Here’s audio from the closing credits to the January 1976 series premiere of The Practice on NBC:
The Practice debuted from 8:30-9PM ET on Friday, January 30th, 1976. The sitcom starred Danny Thomas and David Spielberg as father and son doctors working at different practices in New York City.
The closing credits include a voiceover promotional spot by Dick Cavett for the January 31st episode of NBC’s Saturday Night (the original title of Saturday Night Live).
Here’s a transcript:
[Dick Cavett] Hi, this is Dick Cavett. You may not know this but right now I’m actually in your kitchen and throwing my voice onto your television. Please join me Saturday when I host NBC’s Saturday Night. My guests will be Jimmy Cliff, Marshall Efron, and the Not Ready for Prime Time Players.
That’s NBC’s Saturday Night 11:45, 10:45 central time. See you then. Thanks for the silverware.
About This Recording
Source: Reel-to-reel audio tape
Date: Friday, January 30th, 1976
Network: NBC
Station: WRC-TV (Channel 4, Washington, D.C.)
………….the show never even had a real chance…Spielberg endured thru Punk Brewster..and other obnoxious fare……Thomas needed that work…….time slot was a bad choice………what more?? any destictive theme/ or sound??———-your sound=tape was almost a chancey throw of – the -dice/// moment…..? I recall my Panasonic portable cassette RQ 209S then…*****used even to sneak to school to record teachers break-downs in class… sent to the guidance department!!!*****