Special: A musical-comedy tour of the Anaheim, California, "Magic Kingdom." The show marks the Disneyland park's silver anniversary, an occasion celebrated in songs and sketches by host Danny Kaye, Michael Jackson, Donny Osmond and his brothers, and Adam Rich. Highlights of the hour include an Osmonds' hits' set; a Michael Jackson song-and-dance routine to "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Ease On Down the Road"; an elaborately staged number headlined by Kaye and Rich that plays off the adventures of pirates, the antics of a lifelike orchestra of animated bears and the Cinderella story; a medley of Disney movie standards.

Host Dick Cavett interviews Hal Holbrook.             

Host Dick Cavett interviews Gary Merrill. He discusses his marriage to Bette Davis and his role in "All About Eve."             

Host Dick Cavett interviews Eve Arden.            

Host Dick Cavett interviews  boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard.                          

Host Dick Cavett interviews Richard Burton.                         

Continuing live coverage of the Democratic National Convention.
Senator Edward Kennedy scheduled to speak.        

Jimmy Carter is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.          

Continuing live coverage.                        

Continuing coverage of the 1980 Democratic National Convention.         

Dr. Martin Abend of the 10:00 news engages in a live debate.
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Note: Dr. Martin Abend appeared on the local 10:00 channel 5 news in New York City where he offered commentary on various news topics of the day.         

A look back at 25 years of David Susskind OPEN END & THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW. David Susskind and his wife Joyce Davidson Susskind reminisce and play clips of past shows. David, remembers the very first show, premiere of the movie "The World of Suzi Wong," which in his estimation was a "disaster."   
Discussed is the oldest surviving kinescope, a December 1958 broadcast with Ben Gazzara, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Lawrence Harvey, Julie Stein and Patricia Neal. A 90 second clip of that show is heard.

Susskind remembers fondly the "How to be a Jewish Son" broadcast with Mel Brooks, Harry Truman's appearance in 1961, and Nikita Khrushchev's appearance in 1960. Other shows are remembered related to topics about nuns, prostitution, Viet Nam War, five swinging hair dressers, others, including one with Norman Mailer, Anthony Quinn, Maureen Stapleton and Truman Capote.

David Susskind sums up his 25 years of talk, and states in all that time he missed only four shows.                                   

Celebrities roast Mr. T. (Lawrence Tero).                         

Host Dick Cavett interviews Charleton Heston, and comedy writers Pat McCormick, Larry Gelbert, and Steve Stoller.