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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1977)
Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff. 1954. 1:00 P.M. ® — MOVIE: The Boy From Oklahoma' A gun shy sheriff who helps law and order wins the pretti est girl in town. Will Rog ers, Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney, Wallace Ford. 1954. ” 6:00 P.M. 0 0 ® — News O — Sesame Street Cont'd (D —Beverly Hillbillies CD — Dick Van Dyke 6:30 P.M. 0 — Report To The People ® — A B C News ® — Andy Griffith CD — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 - C B S News 0 — Untamed World ® — Concentration ffi — Gomer Pyle CD — Big Valley 7:30 P.M. O — Let's Make A Deal 0 — The Muppets 0 — M. D. ® —To Tell The Truth (B — Hogan's Heroes 8:00 P.M. 0 — Sanford and Son 'The Committeeman.' The mayor names Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) to a Watts community rela tions council - over the objections of committee members, and shortly thereafter a business man (Edward Andrews) tries to bribe the new ap pointee. Demond Wil son, Fritzi Burr and Don Bexley are featured. (Re peat) 0 — Code R The Island Rescue Forces discover they have a job bigger than they can handle and have to call on the aid of their neighbors when all the electrical power for the island is lost and dan ger to life and property becomes imminent. (60 min.) o — Fight Against Slavery ® — Donny and Marie Tonight s guests are Flor ence Henderson and members of 'The Brady Bunch,' Maureen McCor mick, Michael Lookin land, Susan Olsen and Christopher Knight, Chad Everett, Ruth Buzzi, Patty Maloney and the Rice Twins. (Repeat; 60 min.) (B — Night Gallery CD — 700 Club 8:30 P.M. 0 — Chico and the Man Ed Brown vs. the IRS.' Ed announces that he will no longer pay taxes and foot the bill for politicians who put their girlfriends on the public payroll. Jack Albertson, Freddie Prinze and Scat Man Crothers star. (Re peat) 9:00 P.M. 0 — Rockford Files 0 — Nashville 99 Stoney gains immunity from prosecution for a prostitute who will tell all she knows about a crime boss, but the woman is killed by the boss's henchmen, who have al ready failed in an at tempt on Stoney s life. (60 min.) 0 — Wash. Week In Review ® — Future Cop Car lisle Girl.' Officers Cleav er and his biosynthetic partner. Haven, believe they have a cocaine im porter dead to rights un til their other partner, Bundy, suddenly drops the charges. Guest starring Peter Donat, Sheree North, Tracy Reed, and Kim Hamilton. (60 min.) ® — MOVIE: The Curse Os The Mummy's Tomb' The mummified form of a young pharaoh is sent on a tour through Europe and the U.S. The mummy disappears and seek revenge on the de spoilers of his grave. Ter rence Morgan, Fred Clark, Ronald Howard, Jeanne Roland, 1965. 9:30 P.M. 0 — Wall Street Week CD — Pat Robertson 10:00 P.M. 0 — Quincy A Good Smack in the Mouth.' Aft er examining Joey Harri son, a young hitchhicker involved in a traffic acci dent, Quincy discovers welts and bruises on the youngster, indicating that the young runaway is a victim of child abuse. (60 min.) 0 — Hunter 0 — Monty Python (D - A B C News Closeup Commercial Sex: The Urban Battle ground.' Howard K. Smith is the host narraror for this in-depth study of the effects on established businesses and residential areas when massage parlors and porno shops move into the neighborhood. (60 min.) CD — Living Word 10:30 P.M. 0 — Best Os Ernie Kovacs A potpourri of Er nie Kovacs' comedy material including Wolf gang von Sauerbraten; two musical visualiza tions in the Kovacs style; a spoof of television's 'What's My Line'; and the infamous musical group, the Nairobi Trio. (30 min.) 11:00 P.M. 0 0 ® — News 0 — MOVIE: George White's Scendals' Musi cal with humor, romance and problems of casting and opening the 'Scan dals’. Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Gene Krupa, and his Band. ** 1945. (B — All That Glitters CD — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 — Tonight Show John Davidson is the guest host. (90 min.) 0 — MOVIE: The Honey Pot' A rich elderly man calls his three for mer mistresses together to decide which of them will inherit his estate. Rex Harrison, Susan Hay ward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine, 1967. ® — Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (B — Way Out Games CD — Mayberry, R. F. D. 12:00 A.M. ® — Baretta 'The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues.' Baretta becomes more and more suspi cious that a close friend, Sandy, may be the per son selling dope that is causing a series of over dose deaths in the city. Guest-starring Paul Wil liams and Kim Darby. (Re peat; 60 min.) CD — Journey To Adventure 12:30 A.M. 0 — Sign Off CD — News 12:45 A.M. CD — Sign Off 1:00 A.M. 0 —Midnight Special 1:30 A.M. 0 — MOVIE: Man On A String' An ex policeman working as a government undercover agent lands in the middle of warring mobsters when he sets out to sa botage a crime ring from the inside. Christopher George, William Schal lert, Joey Grey. 1971. 1:45 A.M. (B — MOVIE: San Quentin' Behind the scenes expose of prison life: the violence, fear and hate that go into a prison break. Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien. 1937. 3:30 A.M. ® _ MOVIE: The Minotaur' Youth at tempting to rescue prin cess whose life is threatened by evil twin, receives a magic sword from Goddess Amphi trite to slay half-bull, half man monster in labyrinth at Crete. Bobo Mathias, Rosanno Schiaffino, 1961 SATURDAY 7:00 A.M. 0 — Popeye 0 — Tree Talk 0 — No Programs (D — Ebony Beat Journal (B — Three Stooges CD — Mr. Magoo 7:30 A.M. 0 — Kids From C.A.P.E.R. 0 — Four- H Club ® — Animals, Animals Todays pro gram will feature 'The Lion.' (B — Little Rascals CD — Huck And Yogi 8:00 A.M. 0 — Big Blue Marble 0 — Sylvester & Tweety ® — Tom & Jerry/ G. Ape/Mumb. (B — Ultraman CD — Heckle And Jeckle 8:30 A.M. 0 — Pink Panther Laugh Show 0 — Jeannie ® — Jabberjaw ® — Speed Racer CD — Mighty Mouse 9:00 A.M. 0 — Bugs Bunny/ Road Runner ® — Scooby-Doo/ Dynomutt Show (B — Lost In Space CD — Popeye 9:30 A.M. CD — Porky Pig 10:00 A.M. 0 — Speed Buggy 0 — Tarzan ® — MOVIE: Walk The Proud Land' True story of Indian agent s fight for decent treat ment of Indians and peace between Apaches and Whites. Becomes first white man to cap ture Geronimo. Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake, Tommy Rail, Jay Silverheels. 1956. CD — Superman 10:30 A.M. 0 — Monster Squad 0 — New Adv'tures of Batman ® — Krofft Supershow CD — Batman 11:00 A.M. 0 — Space Ghost/ Franknstn Jr 0 — Shazam/lsis Hour CD — Jetsons 11:30 A.M. 0 — The 2 Show ® — Superfriends CD — Swiss Family Robinson 12:00 P.M. 0 0 — News o — No Programs ® — Oddball Couple (B — MOVIE: Houdini' Biographical comedy drama of the man consid ered the world's greatest magician. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, 1953. CD — MOVIE: 'Desperate' Raymond Burr, Audrey Long. Hon est truck operator gets embroiled with mobsters in a fur robbery and has to prove his innocence. 1947. 12:30 P.M. 0 — Dialogue 0 — Kidsworld ® — American Bandstand 1:00 P.M. 0 — Tarzan 0 — Children's Film Festival Three Nuts for Cinderella.' This Cze choslovakian film is an updated version of the classic fairy tale and fea tures Libuse Safrankova as Cinderella, and Pavel Travnicek and the Prince. (Repeat; 60 min.) 1:30 P.M. ® — Formby's Workshop CD — Jeanne Palmer 2:00 P.M. 0 — Grandstand 0 — Fat Albert & Cosby Kids ® — MOVIE: The MillionAiress' Because of her father's will a mil lionairess must marry a man who is a good busi nessman. The doctor she falls for insists she must prove herself in busi ness. She makes a suc cess-he fails. Wily lawyer solves things. Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica. 1961. (B — MOVIE: The Hell With Heroes' Two pilots get involved in a black marketing ring that oper ates between Oran and Paris. Rod Taylor, Claudia Cardinale, Harry Guardino, Kevin McCarthy. " 1968. CD — Celebrity Bowling 2:15 P.M. 0 — Major League Baseball: Baltimore vs. Detroit NBC Sports pro vides coverage of this National League game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers at Detroit's Tiger Stadium. Tony Kubek and Joe Garagiola pro vide commentary. In the case of rain, the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets of the National League will be shown. 2:30 P.M. 0 — Soul Train CD — Rifleman 3:00 P.M. CD — Wagon Train 3:30 P.M. 0 — Festival Os Lively Arts "Ailey Celebrates Ellington.' Famed mod ern dance choreogra pher Ailey will present six works created by him and inspired by the mu sic of the late Duke Ell ington. The Alvin Ailey Workshop, a company of young dancers between the ages of 17 and 21, will perform on the broadcast. Gladys Knight is the host. (Repeat; 60 min.) ® — Ken Callaway 4:00 P.M. ® — Racers (B — Lucy Show CD — Laramie 4:30 P.M. 0 — Sports Spectacular Today's show provides coverage of: (1) 'World Full Contact Karate Championships,' live from Las Vegas, Nev., with Ken Squier providing commentary. (2) 'Superbowl of Moto cross,' from the Los An geles Coliseum. (3) Motorcycle', racing over a road course with vari ous obstacles. (4) 'The Human Fly,' featuring a stuntman standing on the top of a jet airplane in flight, from Mojave, Calif. ® — Bill Dance Outdoors (B — Fishin' Hole 5:00 P.M. 0 — Hank Thompson Show ® — Wide World Os Sports (B — Outdoors W/ Julius Boros CD — Big Valley 5:30 P.M. 0 — Bobby Vinton ffi — Sports Week 6:00 P.M. 0 0 — News 0 — No Programs ® — Sports Cont'd ffi — Championship Wrestling CD — MOVIE: Mr. Dodd Takes The Air* Electrician's helper gets a radio singing job in New York; an operation then changes his voice. Jane Wyman, Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh. ” 1937. 6:30 P.M. 0 — Saturday Extra 0 — C B S News ffl — News 7:00 P.M. 0 — Hee Haw 0 — Tell The Mayor 0 — Untamed World ffi — Space: 1999 7:30 P.M. 0 — $128,000 Question 0 — Once Upon A Classic 8:00 P.M. 0 — MOVIE: Against a Crooked Sky’ Richard Boone, Stewart Peters en, Jewel Bland and Henry Wilcoxon are the players in this Western drama, set in the mid 1800 s, about a man's desperate attempt to res cue his sister who was abducted by the A|> aches. 0 — Mary Tyler Moore Pandemonium erupts in a usually smooth television news operation when Murray takes a step up to co produce the news with Mary Richards. (Repeat) 0 — Onedin Line ffl — Paul Lynde Comedy Hour Paul Lynde stars in this spe cial hour of repertory style comedy theater. Cloris Leachman and Tony Randall guest star on this special which will be a series of comedy playlets in which Paul and his guests will play different characters. Like members of ah English repertory company, they sometimes star and sometimes do bit parts. (60 min.) ffi — Nashville Music CD — Rex Humbard 8:30 P.M. 0 — Bob Newhart Bob Hartley s reception ist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel both give the psycholo gist a hard time. (Repeat) ffi — Nashville On The Road 9:00 P.M. 0 _ All In The Family At long last, Archie sees away of getting even with a practical-joker pal, by arranging a date with the 'perfect girl,' Beverly LaSalle, a professional female impersonator. (Repeat) 0 — Soundstage 'Woody Guthrie's Ameri ca.' The vision of one of America's greatest folk poets is captured in his own words and music by Judy Collins, Pete See ger, Arlo Guthrie, Fred Hellerman, and Studs Terkel. (60 min.) ® — Starsky and Hutch Vampire.' John Saxon guests stars as a killer who thinks he is a vampire and murders young girls. (Repeat; 60 min.) CB — Porter Wagoner CD — Warren Roberts 9:30 P.M. 0 — Alice There's celebration, soon short lived, at Mel's case when Alice discovers that her late husband left behind a sizable insurance poli cy. (Repeat) (B — Buck Owens 10:00 P.M. 0 — Highlights of 1976 Miss World Beauty Pageant Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug are the hosts for this program of high lights from the interna tional extravaganza which was held at the Royal Albert Hall in Lon don in November 1976. Special guest star is Sa sha Distal and 62 repre sentatives from all over the world. (60 min.) 0 — Carol Burnett Carol's guest tonight is Sammy Davis, Jr. (Re peat; 60 min.) 0 - MOVIE: 'L'- Awentura' A girl mys teriously disappears on a yachting trip and her lov-» er and her best friend be gin an affair in the resulting vacuum. Moni ca Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar. 1960. ® — Dog And Cat ffi — Popl Goes The Country CD — The Lesson 10:30 P.M. CD — Music Place CD — 700 Club 11:00 P.M. 0 0® — News CB — Rock Concert 11:30 P.M. 0 — Saturday Night Eric Idle (of Britain's 'Monty Python' group) is the guest host. (90 min.) 0 — Rhythm and Blues Awards ® - MOVIE: 'From Here To Eternity* Power ful drama of the passions and violence of a group of soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor just before World War 11. Academy Award, 1953. Burt Lan caster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Er nest Borgnine. 1954. CD — Mayberry, R. F. D. 12:00 A.M. CD - Sign Off 12:30 A.M. (B — MOVIE: The Purple Plain' RAF pilot, in Burma, learns that his wife was killed. He fights against mental break down. Well-made film, based on H.H. Bates' nov el. Filmed in Burma. Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Mau rice Denham, Brenda De Banzie, 1955.
