Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

1140 A Holiday Visit

A Holiday Visit
Episode 1140
Original Air Date: December 25, 1980

A couple on their way to beautiful Runyonville, Ohio to visit her parents for Christmas have an accident on the highway. They walk through the snow to the village of Taylortown whose sole resident is a little old woman who can be several places at once.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Diane Kirkwood, Joan Shea, Robert Dryden,

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: **1/2

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WBBM

Commericals: Kennedy Center Honors on CBS, Peoples Magazine, Navy recruiting, CARE PSA, Delta Airlines, Freebie and the Bean television show on CBS, Bayer Aspirin, 1980 Cougars at Terry Lincoln Mercury, Learning Disablities PSA, Chicago Tribune,

1139 Breakout

Breakout
Episode 1139
Original Air Date: November 26, 1980

During World War I, Two French soldiers escape a German POW camp and flee across the German countryside, trying to escape to Holland.

Cast: Robert Kaliban, Paul Hecht, Bryna Raeburn, Ray Owens,

Writer: James Agate, Jr

Rating: ***

Commercials: The Jeffersons, Alice, Price is Right, Preparation H, CARE PSA, Metamusil, Tru Value, March of Dimes, Whitman's Chocolates, Campbells Soup, Anti-smoking PSA, Whitman's Chocolates, Icy Hot, Minute Maid,

NEEDS REPLACED low bit rate encode

Monday, April 9, 2012

1130 The Gilbert Stuart

The Gilbert Stuart
Episode 1130
Original Air Date: October 27, 1980

An art appraiser at a museum is asked to appraise, then purchase an unsigned painting of a famous artist. Recognizing it as a probable fake, he assigns it a value to satisfy the sentimental nature of an elderly widow who owns it. He soon regrets that appraisal.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Tracy Ellis, Gordon Gould, Carol Teitel,

Writer: Edith Horton adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

No news

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1121 The Murder Of Caesar

The Murder Of Caesar
Episode 1121
Original air date: September 24, 1980

As Ceasar consolidates his power, his "friends" plot to destroy him lest he become to powerful. The loving and devoted Portia implores Ceasar to beware the Ides of March.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Gordon Gould, Joan Shea, Earl Hammond

Writer: Adapted from Roman texts by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

No news

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

1120 The Mysterious Rochdale Special

The Mysterious Rochdale Special
Episode 1120
Original Air Date: September 22, 1980

When an entire train disappears along with its lone wealthy passenger, Scotland Yard is baffled. They call on a former con man to find the train.

Cast: Ralph Bell

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: ***

NEEDS REPLACED. Introduction clipped. rough encode in second half.

No news

No commercials

Saturday, April 7, 2012

1117 Ocean Of Emptiness

Ocean Of Emptiness
Episode 1117
Original Air Date: September 10, 1980

The first manned mission to Jupiter (A married couple)find strange things in Jupiter's orbit and find that the world is much different when they return to mother Earth.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Teri Keane, Arnold Moss

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOA Denver, CO

Commercials: Danielle Steele's "Loving", Amana

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1108 The Master Minds

The Master Minds
Episode 1108
Original Air Date: August 11, 1980

A Boston police detective works with a Scotland Yard detective to catch a master jewel thief who has stolen priceless diamonds. The lady detective wants to show Scotland Yard that women make good detectives.

Cast: Russell Horton, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

Recorded from KOH, Reno, NV

No news

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1107 The Mysterious Hanging Of Squire Huggins

The Mysterious Hanging Of Squire Huggins
Episode 1107
Original Air Date: August 6, 1980

A young artist embellishes a tale of the murder of a local man of importance. He soon finds himself accused of the squire's murder.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Robert Dryden, Ray Owens, Patricia Elliot

Writer: Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

No news

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1104 A Ton Of Gold

A Ton Of Gold
Episode 1104
Original Air Date: July 28, 1980

An archeologist, his wife, and his assistant, set off into the New Mexico desert in search of lost Indian gold guided by the last of the tribe that hid the gold. When they arrive, they learn of the curse laid on the gold centuries ago.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Ralph Bell, Gordon Gould, Carol Teitel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Friday, March 30, 2012

1087 Private Demon

Private Demon
Episode 1087
Original Air Date: May 21, 1980

When a Ph.D candidate presents evidence to a college professor that his theories are false, the college professor murders him to protect his reputation. His housekeeper and a detective match wits with the absent minded professor.

Cast: Norman Rose, Carol Teitel, Robert Kaliban

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

No news

No commercials

Monday, March 26, 2012

1078 The Fourth Reason

The Fourth Reason
Episode 1078
Original Air Date: April 21, 1980

An American businessman does not return from a business trip to Paris. His wife requests assistance from her congressman who is determined to use the issue to catapult his candidacy to higher office.

Cast: John Lithgow, Teri Keane, Cort Benson, Arnold Moss

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Commercials: Avon, American Express Travelers Checks, National Alliance of Business PSA, Agree cream rinse and conditioner, Consumer Reports, Perfect Sleeper by Serta, Consumer Reports, Agree cream rinse and conditioner, Democratic National Convention on CBS, Women's Action Alliance, Suicide Prevention Center,

NEEDS REPLACED. Entire introduction clipped.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

1061 The Vampire Plant

The Vampire Plant
Episode 1061
Original Air Date: February 20, 1980

A mousy, mama's boy falls for an assertive woman who nurtures man-eating plants. Soon, his tormenters start to disappear.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Joan Shea, Ian Martin, Teri Keane,

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

News: John Conally campaign running out of money, Khomeni wants Shah returned to Iran for trial, Carter's February 20 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan passes without withdraw, No American Olympic Team in 1980 Olympics, Southern California getting heavy wind and rain, Alice Roosevelt Longsworth dies,

Commercials: "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" on CBS late movie, "By Reason of Insanity Dell Paperback", "Sunflower" Fawcett Paperback, Glass Plus cleaner, Special Education PSA, Perfect Sleeper by Serta, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Consumer Information Catalogue, "Knots Landing" on CBS Television, Tru Value Hardware, Underwriters Laboratory PSA, Dreyfuss Liquid Assets,