TV Listings for Wednesday September 20 1978 Evening Schedule
Dick Cavett Show guests Herbert Schmertz Jeff Greenfield and Ron Powers plus Bewitched Mary Tyler Moore Joker's Wild Turnabout and more. Dick Clark's Live Wed features Diana Ross Rick Nelson and Rams cheerleaders. Airport 77 Charlie's Angels Are You In The House Alone Are You In The House Alone back to back. Lincoln Center Live From Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta with Rudolf Serkin. Newhart Show Vegas Return to Peyton Place and other drama entries fill the night.
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Dick Cavett
Herbert Schmertz
Jeff Greenfield
Ron Powers
Dick Clark
Diana Ross
Rick Nelson
Los Angeles Rams
Lincoln Nter
New York
Peyton Place
Jeff Chandler
Eleanor Parker
The Tonight Show Johnny Carson Guests Joe Namath
TV guide style listing notes The Tonight Show with host Johnny Carson and guest Joe Namath for a 90 minute segment followed by late movie options and other NBC programming including Police Woman Kojak and American History Hour.
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Johnny Carson
Joe Namath
TV Listing Snowball of Daytime Lineup
A scrambled schedule shows a dense daytime lineup featuring CBS News at 9 00 and educational programming through the afternoon. Many classic game shows and family programs fill the day with varied genres and host incidents.
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Family Feud
Afternoon Schedule Highlights for Daytime TV and Classics
The listing outlines daytime and early evening programming across networks with titles like Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, M A S H, The Tonight shows, and classic reruns. Notable entries include The World Turns, One Life to Live, and Gunsmoke with various time slots and Friday exclusions.
Quiz on Salutes and Space Missions From Historic Q A
A mixed trivia snippet asks why the July 1975 USSR Soyuz 19 mission mattered alongside the U S Apollo 18 mission. It also poses a question about Nellie Bly as a pioneer, offering options on her first major achievement. The garbled text includes stray letters and foreign lettering.
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United States
U.S
Nellie Bly
English Channel
California's fantasy job brings chicken to San Diego
Ted Giannoulas performs in an orange chicken suit, a San Diego symbol who jokes with fans and famous figures. His promotion origin came from KGB radio's Rick Liebert during Easter at the zoo, and he later met presidents and celebrities, while keeping his identity hidden and describing his work as a hobby that makes people laugh.
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Bob East
Associated Press
SAN Diego
Ted Giannoulas
Giannoulas
Ken Norton
Paul McCartney
Elvis Presley
San Diego Padres
Cincinnati Reds
Pete Rose
San Diego State University
KGB
Rick Liebert
Liebert
San Diego Zoo
Hudson Brothers aim to top three man comedy with Bonkers TV
The Hudson Brothers seek to be the biggest three man comedy team with a new TV series Bonkers. They compare past trios like Marx Brothers and Abbott and Costello while noting Bonkers will have 24 half hour episodes shot in England at $200,000 per episode for US TV stations. Bill, 28, married to Goldie Hawn, Mark, 27, and Brett, 25, discuss character dynamics and the English word Bonkers intended for American audiences.
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Mary Campbell
AP News
NEW York (Ap
Hudson Brothers
Bonkers
United States
England
International Television Corp
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Abbott and Costello
Hope
Crosby
Martin
Lewis
Goldie Hawn
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Brett
Overboard TV movie tells of lifelong dream pursuit
Hollywood AP report previews the NBC telefilm Overboard starring Cliff Robertson and Angie Dickinson. Mitch abandons a law career to chase a perfect yacht to Tahiti with Lindy, whose emergence in peril frames a love story tested by marriage strain and flashbacks. Filming shifted from Tahiti due to budget and logistics.
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Angie Dickinson
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Harrison Ford rises after Star Wars role and Skywalker fame
Actor Harrison Ford’s film career leaped from near obscurity after his Han Solo part in Star Wars. He notes initial misgivings about heavy effects but embraced the chance, later starring in Force 10 from Navarone Apocalypse Now and Han Solo’s return in Star Wars II. Ford, 36, balanced acting with carpentry while raising two sons.
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Associated Press
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Harrison Ford
Han Solo
Ford
Nava
Henry Winkler
Lt. Calley
Dynasty
George Lucas
Safeway Introduces Scotch Buy Low Price Private Label
Safeway Stores announces a nationwide launch of Scotch Buy, a low priced private label line aimed at offsetting inflation. The program consolidates second line items under the Safeway name, includes fruits vegetables and paper products, and offers a money back guarantee of quality and wholesomeness.
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U.S
Safeway Stores, Inc
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Safeway
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Scotch Buy
Livesay
Estate films from Howard Hughes estate go to auction
Films from the late Howard Hughes estate will be sold to the highest bidder starting September 25. Items include The Outlaw featuring Jane Russell, The Conqueror with John Wayne as Genghis Khan, and The Book of Lists worst films. Also offered are negatives, continuity scripts, and trailer negatives.
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Howard Hughes
Jane Russell
the Conqueror
John Wayne
Genghis Khan
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