NOSTALGIA & SPECIALS (TV Soundtracks) reel-to-reel series
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| TV-42 | 8 | 1 | TOMORROW SHOW · A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO D.W. GRIFFITH · MILTON BERLE'S MAD · MAD WORLD OF COMEDY · BOOK BEAT · THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME SHOW · SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK · AMBASSADOR TO GHANA · THE STARLETS: MAKING IT IN HOLLYWOOD |
| TV-44 | 5 | 1 | RONA BARRETT · WHAT'S MY LINE · A 25th ANNIVERSARY SALUTE · CHARLES KURALT- CBS NEWS SPECIAL · THE DREAM GIRLS OF HOLLYWOOD · A SALUTE TO THE DAYTIME DRAMA |
| TV-45 | 24 | 1 | TODAY AT NIGHT: AMERICA THE HUMOROUS · JUDY · CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT · IN SEARCH OF HOWARD HUGHES- An Unauthorized Biography · WHEN TELEVISION WAS LIVE · MISTER ROGERS- EVERY CHILD'S NEIGHBOR · RONALD COLMAN: A VERY PRIVATE PERSON · TODAY AT NIGHT: AMERICA THE HUMOROUS American humor from Colonial days to now. 6/6/75 · JUDY Life of Judy Garland on "60 Minutes"; also: THE ULTRA SECRET The German Enigma code machine of WW II. w/Wallace/Saler. 8/4/75 · CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT The High Cost of Funerals. w/Larry Lewman 8/5/75 · IN SEARCH OF HOWARD HUGHES- An Unauthorized Biography on "Wide World Special" 8/17/75 · WHEN TELEVISION WAS LIVE Edward R. Murrow in a person to person visit with Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy + clips from days of 1960's TV. 8/12/75 · MISTER ROGERS- EVERY CHILD'S NEIGHBOR An interview with Fred Rogers & members of his staff on set of "Mister Roger's Neighborhood" 8/17/75 · RONALD COLMAN: A VERY PRIVATE PERSON on "Book Beat" Bob Cromie interviews Juliet Benita Colman · daughter of Ronald Colman & authoress. 9/2/75 · Special: A semi-serious look at American humor and the role it's played from Colonial days to now" is how executive producer Stuart Schulberg describes this show. Still in production at press time · the program is scheduled to include discussions with comedians and humorists · and commentary by "Today Show" regulars Jim Hartz · Barbara Walters and Gene Shalt. Highlights a sampling of witticisms by Benjamin Franklin (portrayed by Howard da Silva) and Mark Twain (played by Jack Thomas); news-reel footage of Will Rogers; excerpts from screen · radio and television comedy; Godfrey Cambridge discussing ethnic humor; a monologue by Rodney Dangerfield; opinions about political satire offered by David Brinkley · Art Buchwald and Mark Russell; and a look at humor's role in American life by Steve Allen · Abe Burrows and Robert Klein. (90 min.) 6/6/75 · 60 MINUTES—Wallace/Saler · "Judy · " a retrospective on the life and career of Judy Garland · is among the scheduled features. It includes interviews with her daughters Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft · and clips from Garland movie hits like "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "Summer Stock." In another scheduled segment · "The Ultra Secret" examines how the British cracked a World War II German code considered "unbreakable." Mike Wallace and Morley Safer are the reporters. (60 min.) · CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT—Report · How to avoid being financially buried by the high cost of funerals is explained by host Larry Lewman. Also: a pictorial history of burial rites · from the religious services of ancient Egyptians to the present. (Repeat) · WIDE WORLD SPECIAL · "In Search of Howard Hughes: An Unauthorized Biography · " a profile of the billionaire recluse from his early days as a filmmaker and aviator through his career as an industrialist. Host Peter Lawford shows newsreel clips from the '30s and the '40s · and he interviews persons who have known Hughes. (Repeat; 90 min.) · EVEL KNIEVEL · PORTRAIT OF A DAREDEVIL |
| TV-46 | 10 | 1 | WIDE WORLD SPECIAL · RICH LITTLE · EVEL KNIEVEL: PORTRAIT OF A DAREDEVIL · THE LAND USE GAME: WHO CONTROLS YOUR PROPERTY? · WIDE WORLD SPECIAL Motion picture producer Stanley Kramer discusses his box-office flops with the film's stars: Jose Ferrer; Maximillian Schell; Lee Marvin and Faye Denaway. 8/20/75 · WIDE WORLD SPECIAL Stanley Kramer chats about his financially successful movies with stars: Sidney Poitier; Kirk Douglas and Lloyd Bridges · RICH LITTLE Rich does voices of: John Wayne; Geo. Burns; Cary Grant; Hubert Humphry; Raymond Burr; Ed Sullivan; Archie Bunker; Paul Lynde; Johnny Carson; Carol Channing Pres. Gerald R. Ford; Truman Capote & N. Rockefeller. 9/3/75 · EVEL KNIEVEL: PORTRAIT OF A DAREDEVIL with footage of his feats. w/Frank Gifford. 9/4/75 · THE LAND USE GAME: WHO CONTROLS YOUR PROPERTY? An ABC News Close-up: 9/5/75 |
| TV-48 | 32 | 1 | Mrs. Cornelia Wallace. Tennis Mothers. Genetic research on determining a baby's sex. · Events of Orson Welles 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast & effects. · The Incredible Machine Microphotographic technics of human body. · Salute to 1950's with cast of Happy Days · on Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson; Geo. Peppard & Jane Goodall. B. & R. plug their book: Write if you get Work · MAGAZINE (1.) Mrs. Cornelia Wallace. (2) Tennis Mothers. (3.) Genetic research on determining a baby's sex. 10/21/75 · THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA Events of Orson Welles 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast & effects. 10/31/75 · NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY "The Incredible Machine" Microphotographic technics of human body. 10/28/75 · DINAH Salute to 1950's with cast of "Happy Days" 11/5/75 · BOB & RAY on "Tonight Show" w/Johnny Carson; Geo. Peppard & Jane Goodall. B. & R. plug their book: "Write if you get Work" 11/14/75 · ON OCT.31 · 1938 · THE RADIO ANNOUNCED THE END OF THE WORLD... AND THE WORLD BELIEVED IT · THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA · STARRING VIC MORROW MEREDITH BAXTER TOM BOSLEY WILL GEER · EEL TV 49. NOSTALGIA & SPECIALS (TV Soundtracks) · ASSASSINATION: AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE on "Wide World Special" Host: Peter Lawford; Films shown from 1901 Wm. McKinley (electrocution of assassin) to Pres. Ford. 11/16/75 · THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (1974 Film) salutes MGM musicals with clips from 70 movies from 1929 until 1958 11/18/75 · OSCAR'S GREATEST MUSIC from 20 years of Academy Awards programs. 11/25/75 · Oscars greatest music (concluded) · THE AMERICAN ASSASSINS CBS special in 2 parts by Dan Rather. 11/25/75 · THE AMERICAN ASSASSINS CBS special (not complete) 11/29/75 · T'S EST MUSIC 9:00 · Maurice Chevalier at the Oscars in 1959 · Memorable musical moments from of Academy Awards programs. Lip down memory lane includes Orlando singing a medley of Cole Porter (1965); Eddie Fisher doing "Love Is a Splendored Thing" (1956); Rock and Mae West crooning "Baby · It's Outside" (1958); Maurice Chevalier re-"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"; he tune he sang in the Oscar-winning Louis Armstrong performing "The Jessiles" (1968) · The trip continues with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas doing the comic number "It's Great Not to Be Nominated" (1958); Frank Sinatra singing "Star" (1969); Liza Minnelli performing in a production-number tribute to "Oscar" (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. singing a medley of nominated songs from the past (1964); Isaac Hayes playing the "Theme from Shaft" (1972); and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers doing an impromptu dance on their way to present an award (1967). Jack Lemmon is the host (60 min.) · close up · MOVIE 6:00 3 · 7:00 2 5 · THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! · Singing and dancing snow-stoppers. "That's Entertainment!" (1974) salutes MGM musicals with clips from some 70 movies—from "Hollywood Revue" (1929) to the Oscar-winning "Gigi" (1958). The numbers are tied to a theme or a star · and three stars—Fred Astaire · Judy Garland and Gene Kelly—are standouts. Astaire is seen in his only screen duets with Kelly (doing Gershwin's "The Babbit and the Bromide") and Eleanor Powell ("Begin the Beguine"); Garland's segment includes renditions of "Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You) · " "Over the Rainbow · " "Get Happy" and "Under the Bamboo Tree" (pictured); Kelly performs in what many regard as Hollywood's two finest musicals: "An American in Paris" and "Singin' in the Rain." There are also clips of Garland-Mickey Rooney "Let's-put-on-a-show" musicals; Esther Williams' splashy vehicles of the '40s; unlikely song-and-dance men like Clark Gable and James Stewart; and a gallery of other stars · including Bing Crosby · Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor. (3 hrs.) · Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland · THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY · Special: A two-part report that concludes Saturday afternoon. Officially · the case of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is closed. In September 1964 · the Warren Report decided that Lee Harvey Oswald · acting alone · killed the President as he rode in |
| TV-49 | 5 | 1 | on Wide World Special Host: Peter Lawford; Films shown from 1901 Wm. McKinley (electrocution of assassin) to Pres. Ford. · (1974 Film) salutes MGM musicals with clips from 70 movies from 1929 until 1958 · from 20 years of Academy Awards programs. · CBS special in 2 parts by Dan Rather. · CBS special (not complete) |
| TV-50 | 39 | 1 | Unnecessary Surgery w/Barbara Seaman (The Dr.s case against the Pill) Barbara Ehrenrich (Complaints & Disorders) (Missed opening) · MERRY CHRISTMAS · FRED · FROM THE CROSBYS · To Sue or not to Sue · Anniversary show flashbacks of comedy highlights of 1st 2 years. · Tracing the history of the harmonica. · (1970) John Wayne's patriotic journey thru American history with 29 stars. · A reverential look at the comedians of the silent screen by critic Walter Kerr in his book Silent Clowns · HONEYMOONERS- THE SECOND HONEYMOON · WOMAN "Unnecessary Surgery" w/Barbara Seaman (The Dr.s case against the Pill) Barbara Ehrenrich (Complaints & Disorders) (Missed opening) 12/2/75 · MERRY CHRISTMAS · FRED · FROM THE CROSBYS 12/3/75 · CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT "To Sue or not to Sue" 1/8/7 · HAPPY DAYS Anniversary show flashbacks of comedy highlights of 1st 2 years. 1/12/76 · PLAYING THE THING Tracing the history of the harmonica. 1/27/76 · SWING OUT · SWEET LAND (1970) John Wayne's patriotic journey thru American history with 29 stars · BOOK BEAT A reverential look at the comedians of the silent screen by critic Walter Kerr in his book "Silent Clowns" 1/31/76 · HONEYMOONERS- THE SECOND HONEYMOON w/Jackie Gleason · Art Carney & Audrey Meadows & Jane Kean. 2/2/76 · close up · SWING OUT · SWEET LAND 7:00 2 · A BICENTENNIAL SALUTE · Special: John Wayne's patriotic journey through American history · which drew some 76 million viewers when it was first telecast in 1970. The program features music · comedy and 29 stars · including Jack Benny as a contemporary of George Washington (played by Lorne Greene); Bob Hope and Ann-Margret as entertainers at Valley Forge; Red Skelton as a colonial printer · discussing dissent with his apprentice (Tom Smothers); Bing Crosby as Mark Twain; Dean Martin as Eli Whitney; Rick and David Nelson · fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War; Dan Rowan and Dick Martin as the Wright Brothers; Greg Morris as Crispus Attucks · a black who died in the Boston Massacre; and Lucille Ball—as the Statue of Liberty. (Repeat: 90 min.) · Songs and Performers · "Ribbon of Steel" Johnny Cash · "This is a Great Country" Glen Campbell · "Clementine" Leslie Uggams · "The Declaration" Doodletown Pipers · "God Bless America" All · Presents John Wayne "SWING OUT · SWEET LAND" · WITH ANN-MARGRET BING CROSBY ROWAN & MARTIN JACK BENNY PHYLLIS DILLER RED SKELTON GEORGE BURNS BOB HOPE TOMMY SMOTHERS JOHNNY CASH MICHAEL LANDON LESLIE UGGAMS ROY CLARK DEAN MARTIN DENNIS WEAVER RICKY NELSON AND MANY MORE! · THURSDAY • JAN. 15 NBC 8:00 EST/7:00 CST · BING CROSBY 9:00 5 · A CROSBY AND ASTAIRE CHRISTMAS · Special: Holiday music-making. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire · who were once teamed up in Hollywood musicals of the 1940s · are reunited in this Christmas show—Bing's 40th since he began the tradition on radio in 1935. Crosby describes the hour as "a kind of affectionate Christmas greeting to Fred Astaire from the Crosby clan"—Bing's wife Kathryn · sons Harry and Nathaniel · daughter Mary Frances and · as guests · the Young Americans. The show had still to be taped at press time · but it's scheduled to include little patter and a lot of music and nostalgia—a medley of tunes from Bing's "Road" movies sung by Bing · Fred and Kathryn; a teaming of Bing and Fred for "A Couple of Song and Dance Men · " which they performed in the 1946 film "Blue Skies"; and the traditional Christmas medley sung by all and capped of course by "White Christmas." (60 min.) · RICKEY AND FONZIE SAY "REMEMBER WHEN" · 2nd Anniversary Special! Get ready for plenty of laughs and fun-filled moments as the guys look back on the "good old days." · HAPPY DAYS · close up HONEYMOONERS— THE SECOND HONEYMOON 7:00 4 · Special: Reuniting one of television's · CBS 5 9-10 PM MERRY CHRISTMAS |