A profile of the playwright composter-
actor Noel Coward, narrated by Sir John
Gielgud. Among those commenting on his work are Richard Burton, Dame Edith Evans, John Mills, Hermione Gingold, Yul Brynner, Dame Sybil Thorndike, and David Niven.
Carol Burnett stars in portrayals of four female characters in the television adaptation by George Furth of his Broadway play. The first three acts are concerned with three sisters and the fourth with their mother, the roles played by Carol Burnett.
The 29th Annual Tony Awards are broadcast live from the Wintergarden Theatre in New York City.
Hosts: Larry Blyden, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, George S. Irving, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, and Bobby Van.
Flip Wilson hits the road in his first special on CBS. Spreading laughter as himself & as Geraldine.
Flip barnstorms America, improvising his dialogue across the U.S. Hawaii: Flip tries his luck t the hula, scuba diving and canoeing. San Francisco: Piloting a ferry under the Golden Gate Bridge and a cable car up San Francisco's hills is child's play compared to Geraldine's efforts to sell hats in a posh department store. Boley, Oklahoma: Riding for fun-first a horse in a rodeo; then a bike in a race with a local teen-ager. LOS ANGELES: MUHAMMAD ALI vs."KILLER" WILSON IN A AROUND OF SPARRING AND COMEDIC EXCHANGES: Opryland, U.S.A. is the setting as Loretta Lynn performs her latest hit in Nashville.
A crippled farm girl is rescued in a meadow by her animal friends after falling out of her wheelchair. A little tree decides to become a Christmas tree and is decorated by the animals who move the tree to the delighted girl's window. A special animated musical for the holidays.
Narrated by Buddy Ebsen.
Burl Ives is the voice of Sam the Snowman in this animated Christmas fantasy, based on the story by Robert L. May. Songs by Johnny Marks. Featuring the voices of Billie Mae Richards, as Rudolph, Stan Francis as Santa Claus, and Paul Kligman as Donner and Coach Comet. Broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, thru December 8, 1972.
Final round play in the $300,990 tournament players golf championship, telecast live from the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, Florida. Jack Nicklaus captures the first prize. Frank Gifford, Keith Jackson, Bob Rosburg, and Dave Marr report.
A rerun of Tennessee Ernie Ford's ninth and final television special originally televised on January 8th, 1975. Highlights of a series of Country and Western concerts taped in September 1974 in the USSR.
Special looking at United States Presidents and their families on camera through the years. Narrated by James Garner.
Dupe of #9195. Original airdate 5-30-76.
Special: Ted Knight embarks on a fictional "sentimental journey" to his home town (Terryville, Connecticut). There he rekindles memories with ... a high-school chum, now mayor (played by Fred MacMurray); an old flame (Rue McClanahan), who dances with Ted to "Cheek to Cheek" and "The Continental"; the deli owner (Edward Asner), who owns Knight's birthplace; a nervous cousin (Loretta Swit), about to be married; a schoolteacher (Ethel Merman), who sings "American, the Beautiful"; and a druggist (Phil Silvers), who is staging a party for Ted. The first and only special for Ted Knight.
Special: Paying homage to the scientific contributions of Leonardo da Vinci. Host Jacob Bronowski explores how the artist's thirst for knowledge led to discoveries in such fields as aerodynamics, anatomy and botany. The program examines the artist's notebooks, manuscripts and drawings. (Repeat)
A kaleidoscope of over 80 all-American tunes capturing the spirit, triumphs & trials of America. The songs range from spirituals to marches and a touch of the Civil War, civil rights, sports and dance.
Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, and Dorothy Lamour help Bob Hope recall his career in show business. Bob reflects on his 40-year love affair with the movies and looks back at his 45-year collaboration with Bing Crosby. Archival footage dates back to 1932.
Dupe of #5126.
Celebrities pay tribute to the man who put television on the map, Milton Berle.
On hand are Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Flip Wilson,
Lucille Ball, Don Rickles, Marlo Thomas, Angie Dickinson, Joey Bishop, Gregory Peck, George Carlin, Carl Reiner, Gene Kelly, Gabe Kaplan, Donnie Osmond and Marie Osmond.
March 22, 1980-May 17, 1980; August 30, 1980-March 7, 1981. This broadcast was a Special. Tim Conway's second variety show. Conway's cohorts on the show included Dick Orkin, Bert Berdis, Jack Riley, Maggie Roswell, Miriam Flynn, Eric Boardman, and Harvey Korman.
A SPECIAL PBS BROADCAST. A heart-lifting hand-clapping musical jubilee.
Tennessee Ernie Ford and Della Reese headline a program that also features the Jordanaires (Elvis Presley's backup group), the Happy Goodman Family, newcomer Micki Fuhrman, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Musical selections include "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "In the Garden (Tennessee Ernie Ford); "Stop and Smell the Roses," "Bye and Bye" (Della Reese); "I Wouldn't Take Nothin' for My Journey Now (Happy Goodman Family); "Deep River," "His Name So Sweet" (Fisk Jubilee Singers); and a Gospel medley by the Jordanaires.
Substituting for Johnny Carson is David Letterman. Johnny Carson hosted "The Tonight Show" for thirty years, five-times the combined tenure of Jerry Lester, Steve Allen & Jack Paar, the first hosts of late night television. Carson hosted more total hours of network programming than anyone before him or since. Only a handful of broadcasts from 1962-1971 survive. Most were discarded in the '60s & '70s.
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