Special: "I hated to wait until December to get jolly" - so George Burns opts to celebrate Christmas early. He's joined by Bob Hope; Ann-Margret; and five Playboy Playmates, who serenade him with "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind." Also: the gospel-singing Hawkins Family does "He'll Be There When You Need Him."

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is interviewed. He calls President Reagan an actor. US-Libyan relations deteriorate.          

Solidarity in conflict with central government, state of emergency. Muammar Gaddafi attacks President Reagan as a "cowboy" in continuing crises.    

Special: In 1958, the million-selling Christmas record called "The Chipmunk Song" launched the career of Alvin, Simon and Theodore Chipmunk. Now they're back in yuletide.

Special: An animation holiday half-hour special based on "Our Gang." This broadcast originally aired on December 3, 1979. A Christmas cartoon based on the Little Rascals movie shorts of the '30s. The gang helps Spanky and Porky replace the winter coat their mother had bought - but returned to buy them an electric train.

The year 1981 is reviewed.         

The year 1982 is ushered in live from Times Square in New York City.             

Bonnie writes her autobiography in song and dance, with a little help from Michele Lee, Joe Namath and Broadway hoofers Lee Roy Reams and Gene Castle. Bonnie's youth is recalled in a tap sequence; her audition jitters are recollected in song; and, in a seriocomic piece, her romances (with Joe Namath playing different Mr. Rights) are remembered. Bonnie sings "Me and My Baby."

January 30, 1982-February 27, 1982.

 Fresh from his series, "Soap," Billy Crystal hosts this short-lived five week variety series. Crystal creatively reprises many of his comic characters.  

In this episode, comedy includes a spoof of early-morning talk shows, a one man stage show, "The  Alexander Haig Story," and a send-up of "Young Man with a Horn" called "Young Man with a Mouth." Manhattan Transfer performs "Trickle Trickle" and "Spies in the Night."           

A review of significant TV events of 1981 with Bob Hope, Walter Cronkite, and Dick Cavett.            

January 30, 1982-February 27, 1982. 

 Fresh from his series, "Soap," Billy Crystal hosts this short-lived five week variety series. Crystal creatively reprises many of his comic characters. 

Comedy includes a sex change for Reggie Jackson (Nell Carter), a screen test for Robert Conrad, directed by Fernando Lamas (Crystal), and a medley of Lou Carter songs including "What's a Matter with Me?" and "If I Had a Nose Full of Nickles."            

Special on the crisis in Iran.            

Special: Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger in San Diego Bay, Suzanne Somers sings, dances and clowns around before some 6000 sailors with guests Marie Osmond, Flip Wilson (who appears as Geraldine), and Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Special: President Ronald Reagan, Gene Autry, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Minnie Pearl are among those saluting Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Acuff through recollections, film clips and, of course, songs.

All Star Variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors Fund Of America. 

Note: 90 minute excerpt of 3 hour program. 

Other stars appearing are Treat Williams, Henry Winkler, Robin Williams, Orson Welles, Jack Warden, Ben Vereen, Peter Ustinov, Liv Ullmann, Cicely Tyson, Daniel J. Travanti, Elizabeth Taylor, Lynn Swann, Donald Sutherland, Lee Strasberg, Beatrice Straight, James Stewart, Robert Sterling, Maureen Stapleton, Allison Smith, Alexis Smith, Sylvia Sidney, Brooke Shields, William Shatner, George Segal, Ricky Schroder, John Schneider, Isabel Sanford, Jane Russell, John Rubenstein, Mickey Rooney, Gunger Rogers,  Cliff Robertson, Pernell Roberts, Jason Robards, Lionel Ritchie, Christopher Reeve, Robert Reed, Tony Randall, Charlotte Rae, Anthony Quinn, Victoria Principal, Robert Preston, Stephanie Powers, Jane Powell, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, Hildy Parks, Al Pacino, Frank Oz, Jerry Orbach, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Newman, Roger Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore, Jaime Monroy, Anna Moffo, Liza Minnelli, Ann Miller, Dina Merrill, Ethel Merman, Maureen McGovern, Michael McDonald, Marcello Mastroianni, Joel McCrea, James Mason, Mary Martin, Penny Marshall, Gavin McLeod, Myrna Loy, Dorothy Loudon, Priscilla Lopez, John Lindsay, Gina Lollabridgida, Hal Linden, Jack Lemmon, David Letterman, Janet Leigh, Michele Lee, Michael Learned, Linda Lavin, Frank Langella, Burt Lancaster, Edward Koch, Laura La Plante, Ted Knight, Jack Klugman, Robert Klein, Richard Kiley, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Gene Kelly, Howard Keel, Diane Keaton, James Earl Jones, Van Johnson, Ann Jillian, Ann Jeffries, Judith Jamison, Kate Jackson, Bernard Hughes, George S. Irving, Ken Howard, Lena Horne, Celeste Holm, Dustin Hoffman, Judd Hirsch, Doug Henning, Florence Henderson, Helen Hayes, Goldie Hawn, Julie Harris, Valerie Harper, Margaret Hamilton, Larry Hagman, Robert Guillaume, Harry Guardino, Charles Grodin, Joel Gray, Rocky Graziano, Linda Gray, Farley Granger, Ruth Gordon, Lillian Gish, Anthony Geary, Andy Gibb, Melissa Gilbert, Eva Gabor, Jane Fonda, Phyllis Frelich, John Forsythe, Peggy Fleming, Jose Ferrer, Alice Faye, Peter Falk, Lola Falana, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Evans, Nancy Dussault, Sandy Duncan, Alfred Drake, Placido Domingo, Joyce DeWitt, Danny DeVito, Colleen Dewhurst, Frances Dee, Gabriel Valez, (Muppets Puppeteer). 

A variety show presented as monthly specials on NBC.

Host: Bob Hope. Monologue only. 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Celebrities are interviewed on the Red Carpet before the 1982 Oscar ceremonies.          

The 54th Annual Academy Awards from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Johnny Carson, host.

Winners: 

Best Picture: Chariots Of Fire
Best Actor: Henry Fonda
Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn
Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton

Jane Fonda accepts the best actor award for Henry Fonda. Gregory Peck presents an honorary award to Danny Kaye.
Honorary award to Barbara Stanwyck. 


                                                           

Syndicated series saluting the big bands & their leaders

Special: A birthday celebration from 1979 for George (then 83), who talks about vaudeville; banters with Milton Berle, Jimmy Stewart, Helen Reddy, Gregory Peck, Don Rickles and George Jessel; and accepts sarcastic tributes from Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Steve Martin, and Pat and Debby Boone. (Repeat)

Rodney Dangerfield in his first special.

Grace Kelly dies, also Lebanon President-Elect Gemayel assassinated in bomb blast.

Dan Rather reports.             

Mario Cuomo wins New York State governorship in a narrow victory over Republican Lewis Lehrman.         

New Year's Eve ushering in 1983 is broadcast live from Times Square.       

The Friar's Club Roast actor Roger Moore.

Host/Master of Ceremonies:: Frank Sinatra.
Roger Moore roasted in NYC on March 17, 1986 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and named Man of the Year by the New York Friars. Roasters include William B Williams, whom Frank Sinatra salutes and welcomes him back to the Friars after his illness which would take his life only four and half months later (Aug. 3, 1986), James Mellon-British Ambassador, Angie Dickinson, George Segal, Larry Rivers Dixieland Band, Cliff Robertson, Dean Martin sings “When You're Roger”, Cary Grant, Milton Berle, Dick Shawn, Roger Moore.
Adult Language.