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thursday, September 21, 1978
9
MORNING
SATURDAY
6:00 fl FARM REPORT
8 BACKYARD FARMER
CARRASCOLENDAS
6:30 0 TV CLASSROOM
t J LAND OF THE LOST
CI SUNRISE SEMESTER
OUR LAND
MAGIC OF MARK WILSON
CARTOON CAPERS
0 ff YOGI'S SPACE RACE;
METRIC MARVELS
O Q SCOOBY DOO, WHERE
ARE YOU; SCHOOL. ROCK
Q QD POPEYE; IN THE NEWS
ffi BRADY KIDS
7:30 0 LO MEJOR DEL CINE
ESPANOL
OO FANGFACE; SCHOOL.
63 SESAME STREET
CD MOTHER NATURE
8:00 O 0 CHALLENGE OF THE
SUPER FRIENDS; SCHOOL.
ROCK
Q(E) BUGS BUNNY AND ROAD
RUNNER; IN THE NEWS
6:30 O 0 GODZILLA POWER
HOUR; METRIC MARVELS
S3 ELECTRIC COMPANY
9 OUR GANG
6:00 0 0 SCOOBY'S ALL-STARS;
SCHOOL. ROCK
(B 63 ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
(CAPTIONED) What Katy Did'
Episode Five. When Dr. Carr Is
distressed with Katy's first term
report, the housekeeper In
tervenes. Suddenly, Katy
becomes a devoted student but
complications ensue as a
romance develops.
TOM AND JERRY
SAWDUST THERAPY
O FANTASTIC FOUR
0 QD TARZAN AND THE SUPER
SEVEN; IN THE NEWS
63 ZOOM
MOVIE -COMEDY)Vi "Lost
In Alaska" 1952 Bud Abbott, Lou
Costello. Two wacky firemen go
to Alaska to help a pal with his
dance hall girl. (90 mins.)
O O KROFFT SUPERSTAR
HOUR; METRIC MARVELS
63 BIG BLUE MARBLE
8 POPEYE
O PINK PANTHER;
SCHOOL. ROCK
63 STUDIO SEE
0 FABULOUS FUNNIES
00 ABC WEEKEND SPECIAL
'The Puppy Who Wanted A Boy'
Roles are reversed when a puppy
goes In search of a stray boy to
be his best friend.
tjGD SPACE ACADEMY; IN THE
ULIAS, YOGA AND YOU
CD WOOOY WOODPECKER
11:30 0 MOVIE- DOCUMENTARY) '
'Skabenga' 1975 This
documentary features the land of
Africa and Its animals. (90 mins.)
Of BAGGY PANTS AND
O O NCAA FOOTBALL
Michigan vs Notre Dame
jCj) FAT ALBERT; IN THE
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GAP
63 CROCKETT'S VICTORY
tRDEN 'Fresh Spring Flowers
from Bulbs'
AFTERNOON
1240 0 EXPRESSIONS
CI ROOM 222
0 ARK ; IN THE NEWS
63 NORTHWEST TRAVELER
Guatemala'
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12:30 0 HIRING UNE
CI CD THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL
0 30 MINUTES
IB 63 SOUTH IE This program
gives a unique view of back-to-school
time In an Irish-American
community of South Boston. (60
mine.)
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IS O MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL (PRE-GAME)
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Q MOVIE -(COMEDY)' -Bowery
Ottrnpe" 1944 Leo Gorcey.
Huntz Heft. The 'gang' solves a
murder, setting Into many
crapes before It's an over (2
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GENERAL ELECTRICS
ALL STAR
ANNIVERSARY
The laughter, song and dance that
have brightened the last 100 years in
America will come to life again as John
Wayne plays host to an extraordinary
lineup of stars in 'General Electric's All
Star Anniversary,' a two-hour enter
tainment extravaganza airing Friday,
Sept. 29. on ABC-TV.
Joining the 'Duke' in the special are
(in alphabetical order) Lucille Ball,
Albert Brooks, Henry Fonda, Alex
Haley, Pat Hingle, Bob Hope (pictured
with Wayne), Cheryl Ladd, Michael
Landon, Penny Marshall, Donny and
Marie Osmond. Charley Pride, John
Ritter. Sha-Na-Na, Red Skelton.
Suzanne Somers, James Stewart,
Elizabeth Taylor, Leslie Uggams,
James Whitmore, Cindy Williams and
Henry Winkler.
'General Electric's All Star Anniver
sary' will recreate many of the most
popular forms of entertainment of the
last century ranging from the jubilant
days of the riverboats through the
Ziegfeld Follies and the Charleston era
to today's disco sounds. The program
also will salute some of the greatest
figures of the century, including
Thomas Edison (Pat Hingle), Mark
Twain (James Stewart) and Will Rogers
(James Whitmore).
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Hoffer Intersperses recent In
terviews with the 'longshoreman
philosopher' and pungent, pithy
quotes from his thought
provoking books on the human
condition. Actor Richard
Basehart reads from Holler's
writings. (90 mins.)
2:00 O POINT OF VIEW
Gj) HOMER FORMBY SHOW
2:30 C WILD WILD WEST
(J SCHOOL REPORT
03 LONE RANGER
3:00 DO NCAA FOOTBALL USC vs
Alabama
O CISCO KID
03 POP GOES THE COUNTRY
S3 63 MYSTERY SHIP
ocuments the struggle to raise
the century-old schooner 'Alvln
Clark' from Its watery grave 100
feet below sea level.
8 EMERGENCY ONE
MOVIE -MYSTERY)"
"Charlie Chan in the Secret
Service" 1937 Sidney Toler,
Gwen Kenyon. Charlie is called In
when an Inventor of a secret
weapon is murdered and
blueprints are stolen. More
murders follow, along with three
attempts on Charlie's life. (90
inlns.)
CIC0 SPORTS SPECTACULAR
ilAiSAC Trenton 150, auto race
SoMrTdy-type cars. 2) The Ruffian,
featuring 3-year-olds and up In a
mile-and-one eighth race. (90
mfns.)
m 63 PO.W.: ATLANTA
REVISITED A former prisoner ol
war, a U.S. military guard and a
civilian employee share
recollections of a former World
War II German prison camp neat
Atlanta, Nebraska.
4:00 SHA NA NA Guest: Bobby
Rydell.
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SB 63 JAMES MICHENER'S
WORLD (CAPTIONED) Spain
The Land and the Legend' Front
the mountains and forests, to the
fabled cities of Toledo, Granadi
and Cordoba, James Michenei
traces the history of the lane
chronicled In his novel 'Iberia.
(60 mins )
CD WAGON TRAIN
4:30 0 STAR TREK 'Obsession' (6C
mins.)
fl FISHERMAN
5:00 CI I LOVE LUCY
8 SPORTS CHALLENGE
COMMON GROUND
THAT NASHVILLE MUSIC
C3 63 WASHINGTON WEEK Ih
REVIEW
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Jack Nicholson (left) portrays an inept rustler and Marion Brando plays a flamboyant
gunman hired to bring an end to the thievery when the two Oscar winners meet head
on in THE MISSOURI BREAKS', a western drama on NBC Saturday night at the
Movies on Sept. 30.
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IS NBC NEWS
CIO CBS NEWS
00 WALL STREET WEEK
WAT NASHVUJ MUSIC
EVENING
6:00
8 DICK
DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
NEWS
MO CD NEWS
(I TO BE
5E ANNOUNCED
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THENEWS
6:30 0 ADAM 12
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MARTY HOBBINJ
SPOTLIGHT
NASHVILLE ON THE ROAD
THAT NASHVILLE MUSIC
LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
163 MOSAIC
7:00 0 HEE HAW Guests: Ten
nessee Ernie Ford, Barbara
Fairchlld.(60mlns.)
0 0 CHIP Jon and Poncr
escort a truck loaded with volatile
chemicals over remote mountalr
roads because the citizens of the
towns along the direct route wil
not allow the dangerous convo)
to pass through. (60 mins.)
O O CARTER COUNTRY Chle
Roy, handcuffed to a prlsonei
who Is a larcenous Casanova
gets lost in a storm on his way tc
Atlanta and sends the Clintor
Corners Police Department ou
on an uproarious manhunt
(Season Premiere)
a RHODA Ida carries on ar
iborate plot to hide the news
from Rhoda and Brenda that their
father has left her. (Season
Premiere)
m 63 LOWELL THOMAS
REMEMBERS 'Bernard Law
Montgomery'
(D BASEBALL '78
7:30 0 O APPLE PIE The
Hollyhocks, a happy, somewhat
zany but typical American family,
except that they got together by
the want ads, have advertised for
a father but may have wound up
with a dangerous bank robber.
Stars. Rue McClanahan, Dabney
Coleman. (Premiere)
O m GOOD TIMES It's the big
day-Thelma walks down the aisle
to marry handsome Ail-American
football star Keith Anderson.
C0 63 ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
'What Katy Did' Episode Five
When Dr. Carr Is distressed wltt
Katy's first term report, the
housekeeper Intervenes. Sud
denly, Katy becomes a devotee
student but complications ensue
as a romance develops.
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Royals vs Minnesota Twins C
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THAT NASHVILLE MUSIC
NBC SATURDAY NKSH1
MOVES 'Burnt Of
firings' Stars: Keren Black
Oliver Reed. A coupte rent er
Isolated mansion for e peecefu
summer vacation that turns mfc
EVENING
6:00
DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
HOGAN'S HEROES
QP CD NEWS
HX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
69 LIFE AROUND US 'The
Lopsided Wheel'
6:30
ADAM 12
RED-BIG 8 FOOTBALL
Show
S TO TELL THE TRUTH
FAMILY FEUD
THE JEFFERSON8 George
goes wild when Louise reveals
the bare facta about her new art
class and he discovers that much
more than the truth has been
exposed. (Season Premiere)
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ii wanted dead or alive
tl P THE WAVERLY WON
DERSJoe Casey Is caught In the
middle when the father of one of
his students berates the boy In
front of his classmates and the
frightened youngster seeks
refjge at Joe's house. Stars: Joe
Namath, ' Kim Lankford.
(Premiere)
S O DONNY AND MARIE
uest stars: Bob Hope, Olivia
Newton-John, and KC and the
Sunshine Band. (Season
Premiere; 80 mins.)
fl ELTON JOHN SPECIAL
CD THE NEW ADVENTURES OF
WONDER WOMAN On the eve of
a huge concert date, a kidnapper
nabs teenage heartthrob Lane
Klncald and, while demanding $2
million ransom, escapes notice
by substituting the superstar
singer with his twin brother.
Guest star: Loll Girrett. (Season
Premiere: 60 mins. I
7:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN
:w
BASEBALL (JOINED IN
PROGRESS) Kansas City Royals
vs Minnesota Twins
8 MOVIE -(MUSICAL-MEDY)
"A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the
Forum' 1908 Zero Mostel, Phil
Silvers. Adaptation of the
Broadway musical about a slave
In ancient Rome. (2 hrs.)
7:30
an unforgettable experience lr
terror. (2 hrs, 15 mins.)
QO THE LOVE BOAT Three
vignettes: 'Julie's Dilemma
Stars: Norman Fell, Betty Garrett
'Who's Who' Stars: James Coco
Dody Goodman. 'Rocky' Stars
Melissa Gilbert. Jimmy Baio (
mins.)
0 Q THE AMERICAN GtfttJ
Two oeeutlful gin reporters teen
up as researchers for a televtslor
networti megazlne-fonnel newi
CIO WHO'S WATCHING THE
KIDoAngle and Stacy Invite their
new neighbor, Larry Parnell, over
for dinner In the hope of per
suading him to tutor Angle's
tough-talking teenage brother,
Frankle, to read and apeak
better. Stars: Caren Kaye, Lynda
Goodfrlend. (Premiere)
63 WALL STREET WEEK
8:00 O O ROCKFORD FILES A
country recording artist la
double-crossed by his business
managers, who have Involved
him with rival mobs In the
Chinese-American underworld.
Guest star: James Uhlgeta.
(Season Premiere; 60 mine.)
O O FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
The Bad News Bears' Stars:
Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal. A
former baseball professional
becomes the coach of the junior
league Bears, ages 10-13, a
clumsy, confused and untalented
collection of born losers. (2 hrs.)
SO INCREDIBLE HULK David
nner turns to an attractive
psychiatrist and discovers they
nave a need for each other, a
situation that leads to romance
and marriage. Guest star:
Marietta Hartley. (Season
premiere; 2 hrs.)
& 63 FACES OF COMMUNISM'
'Trie congo- (eg mins.)
1:15 p
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BASEBALL Kansas City
ovals vs Minnesota Twins (2
hrs., 15 mins.)
fl fl EDDIE CAPRA
MYSTERIES Lawyer Eddie Capra
volunteers to help clear a young
woman, who was seen fleeing
from the site of a burning building
In which the body of a prominent
physician Is discovered with a
scalpel sticking from his back,
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1:00
9:30
10:00
SERGEANT BlLKO
inCMIflffB NEWS
fc3 63 WCK CAVETT SHOW
Guests: Coriiedy writers David
Lloyd and Marshall Bdokman,
Part II.
10:30 fl MOVIE JfBIOGRAPHCAL
DRAMA)"V4 "Gerrtleman Jim"
1942 Errol Flyitn, Alexis Smith.
The story of the great boxer set, In
1880's San Francisco. (2 hrs., 15
mins.)
O O THE TONIGHT 8HOVtf
Host: Johnny Carson. Guest: Tim
Conway. (90 mins.)
O O BAP, ETTA 'it Goes With
FIVE WEEKS IN
A BALLOON
'Five Weeks in a Balloon,', an
animated special telling the stirring
adventure yarn based on a Jules
Verne novel about a courageous trio
traveling across the wilds of 19th
century Africa, will be rebroadcast on
'Famous Classic Tales,' Saturday,
Sept. 30 on CBS-TV.
In the story Buck, a teenage
cowboy from Texas, joins his English
uncle Dr. Samuel Fergusson, and an
African tribesman Irumu in a race
across Africa in a balloon. Their
destination is the top of an active
volcano, where a fabulous diamond
sits on an altar. The gem is a gift from
Irumu's tribe to Queen Victoria.
A greedy courtier, the Duke of
Salisbury, and his accomplice, an
infamous criminal named LeGriffe.
set out to reach the diamond first. To
assure their own success, the
dastardly duo lay threatening traps
for our heroes. Nature and geo
graphy add their own obstacles as
Buck, his uncle and
challenges to their wits and
bravery.
show. Stars: Prlscllla Barnes
DebraClinger. (Premiere)
IB 63 THE LONG SEARO
'Footprint of the Buddha' Thlt
Erogram takes viewers on i
urney to Ceylon and India tc
discover the type of Buddhlsrr
practiced In Southeast Asia.
8:30 Q WORLD AT WAR Bonzal' (6(
mins.)
9:00 O O FANTASY ISLAND A shift)
'man of the cloth' wants to spent
a weekend on the farm where hi
was raised, and a celebratec
painter wishes to become sr
adventurous pirate In order tc
sweep the girl of his dreams of
her feet. Guest stars: Dar
Rowan, Sonny Bono. (60 mins.)
O CD DALLAS Bobby thinks he
has hit the Jackpot In Las Vega:
when he runs Into Gary, hi!
missing brother and Lucy'!
father, and convinces him tc
return to the family ranch lr
Texas. (Season Premiere: 6(
mins.)
63 MOVIE -(ROMANCE
ORAMA)"'H "Ferewea tc
Arms" 1933 Gary Cooper, Heler
Hayes. An American ambulanc
driver, wounded In Italy, falls Ir
tove with a nurse during W W I
(105 mins.)
6:30 0 NEWS
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fSONEWS
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USAC Trenton 150. auto race foi
Indy-type cars. 2) The Ruffian
featuring 3-year-olds and up In i
mlle-and-one eighth race (9t
mins.)
8 COMEDY SHOP
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10:30 U MOVIE -(DRAMA) Horns
From the HIB" 1900 Rober
Mltchum, Eleanor Parker
Illegitimate son saves his dad't
life, but comes face to face with
legitimate son who did not know
of his existence (3 hrs., 10 mins )
0 ABC NEWS
PHIL SILVERS SHOW
ISunSdT UNA
8 TO 8E ANNOUNCED
CBS LATE MOVE 'Rockford
Files: The Ktrkoff Case' Larry
ie Job' Tony Baretta la marked
for execution by holduo man vie
Jackaon after the detective slays
Jackson'a brother during a
robbery. R)
tHONEYMOONERS
BOB DEVANEY SHOW
63 MASTERPIECE THEATRE
e Mayor of Casterbrldge'
Eplaode Three. Donald Farfrae
starts his own successful
company and provides com
petition for the Mayor. Elizabeth
Is stunned by the story of her
father's oast, even as another
woman from his earlier years
arrives with some devastating
news. (60 mins.)
PJ LOVE EXPERTS
IS CO) CBS LATE MOVIE The
New Avengers: Target' Five top
gents have all died within a few
weeks and the doctors Insist that
they died natural death.
'Dllilnger' Stars: Warren Oates,
Ben Johnson,
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HIGHLIGHTS
00 ABC CAPTIONED NEWS
f I IRONSIDE
fl 0 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Hosts: REO Speedwagon.
Gueats: Little River Band, A
Taste Of Honey, Atlanta Rhythm
Section, Climax Blues Band,
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IS MOVIE -(ADVENTURE-MYSTERY)
Foreign In
trigue" 1956 Robert Mltchum,
Genevieve Page. Press agent
Investigates mysterious past ol
rich employer after his death.
(115 mins.)
SNEWS
MOVIE -(COMEDY) I'll
ver Forget What's 'Is Name?"
1987 Orson Welles, Oliver Reed.
A successful London advertising
executive decides to give up his
two mistresses, his wife and his
position to return to the carefree
days of his early youth. (105
mine.)
(19 NEWS
11:00
11:90
11:40
12:00
12:40
12:45
12:58
1:00
1:30
1:40
2:00
2:40
2:45
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MARY
HARTMAN, MARY
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"Bombshell" 1933 Jean Harlow,
Lee Tracy. An unscrupulous
publicity director makes Ufa
miserable for a starlet. (105 mins.)
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CJ) UNTAMED WORLD
4:30
5:00
5:30
Irumu find fitting
Klrkoff inherits a fortune when
his parents are killed and he
hires Rockford to find ths mur
derers. (R) 'Coffee, Tea, Or Me?'
Stars: Karen Valentine, John
Davidson.
10:45 0 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Host: Richard Dreyfuss. Guest:
Jimmy Buffet. (R; 90 mins.)
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CB63 DAVID SUSSKfND SHOW
11300 0 MOVIE -(DRAMA) In
CoM Blood" 1967 Robert Blake,
John Forsythe. After an abortive
robbery, two young killers
slaughter an innocent Kansas
family. (2 hrs., 30 mins.)
CD MOVIE -(DRAMA) Vi "The
Executioner" 1970 George
Peppard, Joan Collins. British
undercover agent sets out to
prove that a colleague Is really a
double agent. (2 hrs.)
11:30 CD RHOOA Ida carries on an
elaborate plot to hide the news
from Rhoda and Brenda that their
father has left her. (Season
Premiere)
12:15 0 MOVIE -(HORROR) "Web of
Violence" 19B9 Brett Ha!sey.
Margaret Lee. A man witnesses
the kidnapping of his ex-fiancee
and starts his own Investigation.
(90 mins.)
12:30 fl IRONSIDE
1:00 O NEWS
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1:30 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
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1:40 0 ROCK CONCERT Guests
Harry Crispin, Tom Chapin, Steve
Chapin, Gary Mule Deer. (90
mins.)
1:45 0 NEXT STEP BEYOND
1 I NEWS
2:00 C3 NEWS
2:30 CB MOVIE -(DRAMA) Picture
of Dorian Gray" 1945 George
Sanders. Donna Reed Oscar
Wilde's tale about a good looking
man whose face never ages or
reflects the evH he's done but
whose portrait reveals all. (2 hrs.)
3:10 NEWS
4:30 t j MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Bowery
Chempe" 1944 Leo Gorcey.
Huntz Hatl. The 'gang' solves s
murder, getting Into many
scrapes before it's ea over, (w
