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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1970
Page
8
Fragmentary TV listings show a dense mix of programs and times from various networks including Sunrise Semester The Bible Answers The Tonight Show and game shows. Names like Jack Lalanne Perry Mason and Andy Griffith appear among daybreak and news segments with frequent channel crossovers.
Schedule note lists a Tuesday evening lineup including a 6.13 movie and Red Skelton at 10 with PSHS basketball. The Messenger disclaims responsibility for errors and any last minute changes. Times are EST and color programming is not specially indicated.
CBS aired a Boston Toronto hockey game to finish after the premier of a ski series. ABC carried the Andy Williams San Diego Open to a sudden death playoff where Pete Brown edged Tony Jacklin by one putt. NBC offered a second in its American Rainbow series with opera stars Merrill and Tucker at Lincoln Center.
The Messenger TV page reviews Saturday broadcasts including a 90 minute adaptation of The Front Page with an all star cast. It praises the lively pre low mood tone and uncensored final line. The Friday lineup features The Tim Conway Show replacing The Good Guys with weak humor. NBC offers A World of the Beaver nature study with Henry Fonda delivering warm, family friendly content.
WOUB-TV outlines Monday action with a NET children special The Muppets on Puppets repeated in an adult slot featuring Jim Henson and Rowlf. Also NET Special The Brave Little Tailor and Other Stories highlights animated puppet tales of Andersen and Grimm. My World and Welcome To It airs with wedding themes as an anniversary discussion meeting follows.
This profile covers Jim Henson's high school choice, his shift from farming to the arts, and the creation of Muppets Inc. during Maryland studies. It notes his TV work Sam and Friends earning an Emmy, early commercials, fame on Today and Tonight, and later projects including Sesame Street and The Muppets on Puppets.
The listing outlines a Mayhem of classic TV and film selections including Ride the Hi Wind with Rin McGavin and Maria Perschy, Strange Confession Part 2 with Jean Gabin and Ellen Drew, The Bow Edge with Rory Calhoun and Yvonne De Carlo, and The Brass Bottle featuring Barbara Eden and Tony Randall. Also shown are Along Came a F... and The Front Page Story with Joe Hawkins, Eva Bartok. The lineup spans color films and black and white dramas from 1940s to 1970s with noted stars and genres such as Western, romantic comedy, mystery, and drama.
Ned Steckel recalls how TV telecasts now try to outguess halftime acts especially Ivy League bands. He mentions Princeton’s 1960s stunt forming ABC on the field followed by a nod to publicity and the crowd and the band’s quick pivot into an N while playing Who’s Sorry Now.
Multi millionaire Ross Perot will discuss his plan to deliver presents and supplies to Vietnamese prisoners of war on the Phil Donahue Show Tuesday at 10 30 a m on WLWC Channel 4.
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