Variety series graveyard grows
A critical look at weekly variety shows notes how hard it is to sustain this format and that even legendary performers rarely succeed. It argues audiences prefer simple talk from ordinary hosts over elaborate acts, and highlights the challenge of shaping exotic personalities like Cher or comic stars like Carol Burnett into approachable, plain-speaking hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Kaye
Jonathan Winters
Phyllis Diller
Helen Reddy
Mac Davis
Sonny Bono
Melba Moore
David Steinberg
Clifton Davis
John
Byner
Ke Cher
Carol Burnett
TV Variety Takes Shape With Cosell and New Stars
Networks test summer series to seed fall lineups as Howard Cosell eyeing a weekly variety show on ABC faces pressure from bland formats. CBS features Dick Cavett and Joey Heatherton while NBC lines up Gladys Knight Ben Vereen and more. ABC primes Jim Stafford before Cosell takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cosell
ABC
Ed Sullivan
Howard
Lily Tomlin
CBS
Robbie Gentry
Hudson Brothers
Dick Cavett
Cavett
Joey Heatherton
New York
Merry Mailman
Ray Heatherton
Manhattan Transfer
NBC
Gladys Knight
Broadway
Ben Vereen
Vereen
Jim Stafford
Cosell
Stafford
Evening TV Highlights From Channels 3 and 5
A dense schedule lists several programs with air times, repeats, and guests. Notable items include World of Survival on Kenya Lake, Academic Challenge among Maplewood Solon and Hawken students, Bobby Bare and Connie Van Dyke on Hee Haw, Last of the Wild, Emergency cases, Kung Fu with a tale of a child’s cry, All in the Family bets, Thin Edge on sexual identity, The Jeffersons blackmail plot, Mary Tyler Moore family plans, Bill Moyers Journal Japan study, Bob Newhart battles ex-love, Carol O’Connor and Gene Wilder guest, Old Movies The Scarlet Pimpernel, International Animation Festival, Sammy and Company with jazz greats, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, 24 Hours to Kill pilot, Run a Crooked Mile, A Very Special Favor, At War with the Army, King Kong vs Godzilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKYG
Wuas
Warn
Cleveland
NBC
Akron
Cleveland United Artists
Bree
Vans News News
I News
Lawence Welk World Press
Jimmy Swaggart
Mary Tyler Moore
Bill Mayers
Bob Bob Newhart
Avery
Army
Nightly TV listings and world facts from old paper
Tonight's Movies features SING BOY SING starring Edmond O'Brien and Tommy Sands at 5 and 1 p m on Channel 43 plus THE LOG OF THE BLACK PEARL a 1974 tale with Kiel Martin and Ralph Bellamy at 9 p m on Channel 3. Also THURSDAY'S GAME a poker study at 1 25 a m on Channel 3 PANIC IN THE STREETS about bubonic plague killers with Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas at 2 125 am on Channel 4 and POPPY a 1936 W C Fields film with Rochelle Hudson. Plus note on Karakenn University founded 859 AD Fez Morocco Utah Mormons and a National Geographic population claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Widmark
Paul Douglas
Accident victim sues for $115,049 in Lorain County
In a June 1, 1973 traffic crash in Lorain County, Michele Gutierrez, age 17, seeks $115,049 in a suit filed in Common Pleas Court. She was riding in a car damaged along with a vehicle driven by Gerald L. Rodgers on East Lake Road in Sheffield Lake. Her father Joseph Gutierrez also seeks $14,050 for damages due to her injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michele Gutierrez
42Nd St
Lorain
Lorain County
Willard youth sues for $2 million in 1973 incident
Willard teen Elmer Bolen, then 17, sues Firelands Electric Co op Inc and Jacobs TV Inc alleging negligence after a wind gust caused a TV antenna to contact live wires, causing severe injuries including left forearm amputation and leg portions. The accident occurred July 10, 1973, at his Rt. 1 home in Huron County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Lorain County
Bolen
Jacobs
Firelands Electric
Electric Company
Coplaintiff
Rt. 1
Huron County
Chicago wind compares to Antarctic gale reports
A weather note states Chicago lacks the record wind speeds of Commonwealth Bay on George V Coast Antarctica where gales reach up to 200 miles per hour. It highlights the extreme wind strength measured in Antarctic conditions versus midwestern urban winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Bay
George V Coast
Antarctica
Louvre houses world’s largest art collection
Officials from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare study the University of Missouri program for handicapped students in Columbia Missouri as a case in point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
The
Paris
Columbia. Mo
UPI
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
University of Missouri
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Tony Orlando
Dawn
Paul Benedict
Harry Bentley
Jeffersons
Kenya Lake
Maplewood
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Bobby Bare
Conny van Dyke
Archie
Mike
George
Murray
Bill Moyers
International Report
Japan
Bob Newhart
Ellen
Carol Oul
Gene Wilder
Ellen Bur- Burnett
Tim Conway
Sly
Cloris
Leachman
Leslie Howard
Sir Percy Blakeney
Merle Oberon
Raymond Massey
Nigel Bruce
Hippam
Eugene Ionesco
Mel Brooks
Sammy and Company
Dizzy Gillespie
Sarah Vaughan
Billy Eckstinée
Count Basie
Bob Hope
Don Kirshner
Chick Corea
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Roy Buchana
Beirut
Mickey Rooney
Lex Barker
Walter Slezak
Rock Hudson
Leslie Caron
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Polly Bergen
Michael Keith
James Yagi
Edmond O'Brien
Tommy Sands
Kiel Martin
Ralph Bellamy
Poppy
W. C Fields
Rochelle Hudson
Morocco
University of Karagenn
Fez
Utah
National Geographic Says
Sonshine
Gavin MacLeod
Michael Higa
Tonight At 9
CBS Channel 8
Lawson's
Chicago
Republican Council AT Large
Ken
Donald Pressaelt
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Elyria, Chie
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Pnogme
Broad St
Sterner
Lake Erie
Downe
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San
Savail
LU Sterner
West Broad Street
Elyria
Ohio
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