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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1971
Page
8
A messy OCR of a Saturday broadcast grid shows times and program names like Kentucky Afield, Gilligan's Island, Wide World of Sports, NBC News, My Three Sons, The Tonight Show, and various local or rerun titles. No cohesive event or narrative. unreadable sequencing and stray numbers fill the page.
A jumble of network listings and show names includes gospel programs with Rev Rex Humbard Kath ry n Kuhlman and Oral Roberts, cartoons Johnny Quest and Penelope Pitstop, news segments ABC CBS NBC and Masterpiece Theater entries, plus parade of movies and religious services across channels and times.
A dense TV schedule lists films and actors from 8 p.m. to midnight including Let No Man Write My Epitaph with Burl Ives and Shelley Winters, Bold Adventure with Gerard Phillippe, The Demon Planet, Svengali, King of the Khyber Rifles, and Revenge of Frankenstein among others, with multiple airings and color programs noted.
The TV SCOUT column in New York and Hollywood explains that questions are answered in this space. Readers are told not to ask by mail or phone and to send questions to ASK TV SCOUT care of the newspaper.
NBC begins the 71 72 grid season with pre season pro exhibition football Friday night. The opener features the San Francisco 49ers against the Miami Dolphins from the Orange Bowl in Miami.
Veteran detective fiction details a murder where an old friend is slain and the wife becomes a prime suspect. The ensemble cast features J. D. Cannon Vera Miles Lynda Day Barry Sullivan Murray Hamilton Keenan Wynn and Warl Holliman in a classic tension driven mystery.
A large cast in Headmaster shows Andy Griffith trying to bring parents of pupils to a session to bridge the generation gap. Grievances run both sides but a follow up yields some results.
The program teases a new series for next season featuring William Conrad as a detective who relies on brains and sometimes brawn. Cannon arrives in town with a peppermint-stick chewing habit and a sharp edge.
TV guide notes two MLB games Kansas City at Boston and Oakland at New York with Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Sandy Koufax, and Jim Simpson. Also World of Sports from Madison and Bay Mere, plus evening dramas and repeats with The Lost Man, Arnie, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mannix, and guest appearances.
A circus trained mouse on the roof drives a bulldozer toward the car, its whistle and air pressure causing an accident as the rear roof rises and the sedan gains excess space. The event notes a shortage of trained circus mice for bulldozer operation but suggests solutions.
On The Odd Couple Felix dates librarian Mary Dusay but cop Murray Al Molinard suspects she is an actress in a nude play. Oscar Jack Klugman rushes to the theater to confirm Murray's claim while the poker group contemplates joining.
A wild episode features Alan Sues Dick Patterson Richard X Slattery Susan Oliver La raine Stephens Joey Forman and Susan Howard tossing pies at each other. Other episodes include Eve Arden Debbie Watson Jack Albertson Bill Bixby Nancy Kovack Mehta and more.
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