PBS Festival ’78 Brings Special Programs March 4 to 20
PBS launches a 16 day Festival ’78 with prime time specials and series installments to solicit viewer pledges. Live from the Grand Ole Opry and The End of Civilization headline a diverse slate featuring John Cleese, Willi Boskovsky, Arthur Fiedler, and Zubin Mehta among others. The drive challenges member stations to air the unusual lineup while balancing programing and pledge breaks.
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PBS
Grand Old Opry
Nashville
John Cleese
Monty Python
Flying Circus
Sherlock Holmes
Josef Strauss
Willi Boskovsky
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Ballet
Vienna Boys Choir
Woody Herman
Count Basie
Maynard Ferguson
Marshal Efron
America
Aegean Sea
National Geographic
Namib
Africa
Atlantic
Steve Allen
Mat
Joan Sutherland
James Morris
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Mark Russell
Julie Andrews Spring Special on CAS TV
Julie Andrews hosts a musical spring program on CAS-TV Thursday March 9. Leslie Uggams Leo Sayer and The Muppets perform along with a guest appearance by Alan ing. Songs span Broadway jazz rock disco with Kermit Miss Piggy Gonzo Rolf and new Muppet species plus West End dancers.
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Julie Andrews
Cas-Tv
Leslie Uggams
Leo Sayer
the Muppets
Miss Andrews
Alaning
Kermit the Frag
Miss Piggy
Gonzo the Great
Rolf
Jim Henson
London
West End
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Rage Lize
Mike Finnegan
POPS
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops Orchestra
Sousa
Handel
Strauss
Offenbach
Humphrey
Tony Robinson
Acadery
David Lean
Charles Dickens
John Mills
Valerie Hobson
Jean Simmons
Alec Guinness
Finlay Currie
Francis Sullivan
Johnny Mathis
Zubin Mehta
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Greece
Mediterranean
Francesca Annis
Tom Bell
Ira Gershwin
Sondheim
Ned Sherrin
Millicent Martin
Julia McKenzie
David Kernan
BBC
Duncan Carse
Antarctic
Hester Street
Joan Micklin Silver
New York
Moscow
Dean Simmons
Martia Hunt
Anthony Wager
Dickens
Lamb
Whilpool
Zenith - Amana
JENN
AIR KitchenAid
Wenghos
Crites
Cod
Rem
Tel Tay
Ottawa
Kansas - Whirlpool