TV Yule Specials Push Holiday Saturation
A reader laments overload of Christmas TV specials from Thanksgiving onward and vows to boycott. Yet local groups offer live holiday entertainment such as Lorain Palace performances by Lorain County Civic Musicum and Messiah at Washington Avenue Christian Church, encouraging seasonal spirit. A note mentions Oberlin College students amid this weather spell.
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Evening cinema listings and campus theater note
A college conservatory stage presented Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters in Peters Hall after a power outage. Center Repertory Theatre announced The Scarecrow from May 4 to 11 and the Cleveland Orchestra announced a three week Orient tour under Lorin Maazel. Great Performances will air a six part dance mini series on Channel 25 starting Wednesday with Balanchine, Taylor, American Ballet Theatre, and Cunningham Company, repeating Sundays.
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Special Sunday Holiday Theater Schedule
A listing of Sunday through Friday programs and showtimes including L Chaim To Life Francis of Assisi Rudolph's Shiny New Year Charlie Brown Christmas Night Before Christmas Conversation with Eric Sevarei Perry Como's Olde English Christmas Doug Henning's World of Magic Hallmark Hall of Fame Nutcracker House Without a Christmas Tree.
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Rudolph
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Evening TV Highlights and Movie Schedule
Tonight's lineup features Bye Bye Birdie with Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke, plus The Grinch and Paper Man in prime slots. Documented programs include Gentle Giants of the Pacific, Frosty the Snowman, Starsky and Hutch, Jeffersons, and Love Boat with Pearl Bailey, followed by Isadora and Ride The Tiger and Forbidden Street in late hours.
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Grinch
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Starsky
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Tony Randall
Birdie
Janet Leigh
Dick van Dyke
Ann-Margaret
Maureen Stapleton
Bobby Ry
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Ed Sullivan
Carol Burnett Seeks Ratings Rescue With Time Slot Change
Hollywood UPI Carol Burnett says her show is in trouble and has shifted from Saturday to Sunday to boost ratings. She cites strong competition including The Love Boat and NBC's The Big Event, notes four moves in 11 years, and remains hopeful for a new opening.
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TV Questions and TV Show Fortunes in 1960s Washington
Readers ask about filming locations for Washington Behind Closed Doors and the use of Hollywood scenery for White House sets. The Garland TV reruns are limited by mass audience appeal, while McLean Stevenson failed to find solo success after M A S H due to unsuitable TV fits.
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