Showing posts with label Howard DaSilva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Howard DaSilva. Show all posts

Monday, October 3, 2011

0607 Legend Of Phoenix Hill


Legend Of Phoenix Hill
Episode 0607
Original Air Date: February 25, 1977

An archeologist takes his adopted son on an expedition to China. The young man dreams of the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese princess and feels an irresistable urge to "uncover" her.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Bob Kaliban, Evie Juster, Ian Martin

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

0577 This Breed Is Doomed


This Breed Is Doomed
Episode 0577
Original Air Date: January 4, 1977

A con man grifts the residents of a small town and ends up stealing a small piece of irony.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

0565 The Smoking Pistol


The Smoking Pistol
Episode 0565
Original Air Date: December 14, 1976

When a cop's son is murdered and a suspect is found holding a smoking gun, he figures it's an open and shut case. But when the suspect's mother appeals to him to investigate further, doubts arise in his mind.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Ann Pitoniak, Rosemary Rice, Bob Kaliban

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York,

News: New York local news,

Commercials: Budweiser, WOR Children's Christmas Fund, Madame Rochas perfume, Contac, Lufthansa German Airlines, Polish Hams, Budweiser, 1977 Buick Regal, Drydock Bank, Cheers Steak House, Ex-Lax, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Corveau Wines,

Sunday, April 24, 2011

0540 Somebody Stop Me!


Somebody Stop Me!
Episode 0540
Original Air Date: October 22, 1976

A cop who is so ugly he can't get a date, kills women who turn him down.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Larry Haines, Bryna Raeburn, Evie Juster

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Commercials: Tru Value Hardware, Opel Isuzu, Contac,

Saturday, April 16, 2011

0511 The Night Shift


The Night Shift
Episode 0511
Original Air Date: August 30, 1976

A bored, disenchanted bus driver finds his passion when he is assigned a new bus. He becomes very protective of it and soon cares more for it than his wife.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond, William Griffis

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

0475 The Prince Of Evil



The Prince Of Evil
Episode 0475
Original Air Date: April 24, 1976

Adaptation of "Richard III

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Evie Juster, Hetty Galen, Ian Martin, Cort Benson, Earl Hammond

Writer: Ian Martin Adaptation of William Shakespeare

Rating: **

Recorded from WOR, New York

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

0434 Goodbye, Benjamin Flack


Goodbye, Benjamin Flack
Episode 0434
Original Air Date: February 19, 1976

A businessman, deep in debt concocts a scheme to kill his cousin who looks like him and collect the insurance money, and take over his cousin's life.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Joan Lovejoy, Cort Benson, Ralph Bell

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: **1/2

Saturday, March 19, 2011

0418 There's No Business Like


There's No Business Like
Episode 0418
Original Air Date: January 19, 1976

A time traveler goes forward in time to the year 2076 where people who commit crimes against society are sentenced to spend time in show business -- where the stunts and special effects are real and dangerous.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Joan Loring, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***1/2

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

0396 Burn, Witch, Burn


Burn, Witch, Burn
Episode 0396
Original Air Date: December 15, 1975

Notorious Puritan judge Cotton Mather has doubts about the conviction of a witch, so he invites an Episcopalian minister to meet with her to drive the demon from her soul.

Cast: Howard Dasilva, Marian Seldes, Kurt Peterson, William Redfield, Cort Benson

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York,

Commercials: Budweiser, Buick Century, Lincoln Savings Bank, Martin's Home Decorating Center, New Years Eve Party at St. Mortitz Hotel, First Federal Savings, Western Union, Americana Hotels,

0387 The Frammis


The Frammis
Episode 0387
Original Air Date: November 28, 1975

A worthless piece of glass that resembles a diamond makes its way through a fictional kingdom. It's magical powers affect people in a different way and eventually brings it full circle through the kingdom.

Cast: Howard Dasilva, Bryna Raeburn, Joan Shea, Ian Martin, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

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0380 The Moonlighter


The Moonlighter
Episode 0380
Original Air Date: November 17, 1975

A man with a wife with expensive tastes must find a second means of income. His buddy offers him a way to more than double his income with just a small investment of his soul.

Cast: Howard Dasilva, Joan Lovejoy, Robert Kaliban, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Recorded from WOR, New York,

Commercials: Budweiser, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Ski Expo '75, Listerine Lozenges, Lincoln Savings Bank, Rambling with Gambling, Buick LeSabre, Sine Off, Hillman-Cohan Vision Center,

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

0366 The Sealed Room Murder


The Sealed Room Murder
Episode 0366
Original Air Date: October 23, 1975

A country sheriff and county clerk must solve the sealed room murder of the county's most obnoxious resident. To learn who was the killer, they must delve into the character of this most reprehensable being.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Earl Hammond

Writer: Ian Martin adaptation of short story by Andy Post

Rating: **1/2

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0354 The Other Self


The Other Self
Episode 0354
Original Air Date: September 28, 1975

A psychologist examines a factory worker who has not missed a day of work in eight years to find out what makes him such a good employee. She finds out that it is his obsession with the Civil War --- specifically with the Battle of Shiloh --- that keeps him focused on his mundane assembly tasks.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Joan Lovejoy, Robert Dryden, Joan Shea, Russell Horton

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

No news

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

0346 The Coffin With The Golden Nails


The Coffin With The Golden Nails
Episode 0346
Original Air Date: September 18, 1975

A Third World secret police chief and torturer enters a program to remake his face and psyche in order to disguise himself in a new life. Problems arise when he falls in love with one of his former victims.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Marian Seldes, Ralph Bell, Kristoffer Tabori

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Bomb explodes in Seattle in retaliation of Patty Hearst arrest, No progress in arms limitation talks, Members of Presidential Clemency Board claim anti-war activists have taken over the board, President Ford headed to New Hampshire to campaign, President Ford enacting reform of nation's intelligence system, Sen. Proxmire points out wasteful Navy spending, Former President Nixon headed to China, Two congressman accused of accepting bribes from S. Korea, British officials receive death threats, Police break up demonstration in Lima Peru after Sec of State Kissinger arrives, House considers regulations of foreign arms sales, House leaders say chances are good to reconstitute the Federal Elections Commission, Guatamala recovers from earthquake,

Commercials: Preparation H, Hanes panty hose, Sine-Off, Mike Roy's Cook Thing, Goodyear, American Lung Association PSA, Buick LeSabre, IRS PSA, Save the Children, Tru Value Hardware, American Lung Association PSA, Sine-Off, Buick Elektra, Foundation Church, Heart Fund PSA, CBS News Profile, Better Business Bureau PSA,

0329 Welcome For A Dead Man


Welcome For A Dead Man
Episode 0329
Original Air Date: August 19, 1975

A crook gets out of prison 21 years after murdering a payroll clerk. He sets out to find the stolen loot he stashed, but discovers something much more important.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack, Earl Hammond

Writer: Henry Slesar

Rating: **1/2

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0321 Hung Jury


Hung Jury
Episode 0321
Original Air Date: August 5, 1975

A seemingly average accountant with an average job and average home and married to an average woman is actually having an affair with a call girl and deeply in debt because of gambling. The bookies are demanding payment and his world is ready to fall apart. A chance encounter on the highway seems to solve all his problems. He ends up enpaneled on a jury for a murder he committed.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Joan Shea, Catherine Byers, Robert Dryden, Guy Sorel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***1/2

Sunday, March 6, 2011

0301 Come Back With Me


Come Back With Me
Episode 0301
Original Air Date: July 2, 1975

When times get tough, a businessman travels back in time to old times, old friends, in an old bar to relive the good times of his youth. But the old friends at the old bar have one very disturbing factor in common.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Teri Keane, William Redfield, Ian Martin

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Commercials: AIDS PSA,

0287 The Transformer


The Transformer
Episode 0287
Original Air Date: June 6, 1975

A salesman's war buddy is a killer for hire. He makes an offhand comment that his boss is standing in the way of his career. His boss ends up dead. Now he has to deal with the police who suspect he's guilty.

Cast: Howard DeSilva, Mandel Kramer, Earl Hammond, Teri Keane

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Saturday, March 5, 2011

0270 Taken For Granite


Taken For Granite
Episode 0270
Original Air Date: May 8, 1975

Howard DaSilva plays a sculpture with a maimed hand who has developed a new technique for sculpting. His creations look so lifelike because their made of live people.

Cast: Howard Dasilva, Joan Shea, Jim Dukas, Robert Dryden, Joan Arliss

Writer: Hank Warner

Rating: **

News: House passes bill that will raise gasoline taxes and taxes on new cars with low gas mileage, Shah of Iran says gasoline prices should rise to match inflation, Ford says it will raise car prices 3-6 percent, Singapore president tells President Ford that Vietnam was an unmitigated disaster, Breshnev comments on the change of leadership in Vietnam, Sen. Kennedy wants to eliminate tax deduction for first class air travel as a business expense, Congress moving toward passage of aid for Indochina refugees, Journalists say millions of people forced to march from Cambodian cities to the countryside, Vietnam says 11 nations have recognized the new nation, Former Olympic Committee Chairman Brubaker dead, Creator of "Sad Sack" dies, Storms hit Baton Rouge killing two, IRS has started mailing out tax rebate checks,

Commercials: "34 East" novel, Generic drugs, Buick, Save the Whales, Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice, Metric System PSA, Keep America Beautiful, Red Cross PSA, Buick Riviera, Catholic Communications Association PSA, Hemmoraid, Keep America Beautiful, Underwriter Laboratories PSA,

Sunday, February 27, 2011

0259 A Challenge For The Dead


A Challenge For The Dead
Episode 0259
Original Air Date: April 18, 1975

Cop Johnny Gordon is trying to nail a gangster for the 20 year old priest. But when his wife rekindles an old love affair with him, he may find a better reason to collar him.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Robert Dryden, Teri Keane, Leon Janney, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Military situation in South Vietnam continues to worsen, U.S. embassy in Singapore says air craft carrier headed for waters near South Vietnam to assist with evacuation, President Ford campaigns at the Old North Church in Mass., Gen. Omar Bradely leaves hospital after recovering from stroke, man shoots up family dinner in Chicago, killing four and himself, House approves three cents a gallon gasoline tax, Watergate prosecutor drops charges against former Treasury secretary John Conally. Local Portland news, Khmer Rouge says top leaders of Cambodian government have been beheaded, EPA says it has found cancer causing agents in 79 cities' water supplies,

Commercials: Hemmoraid, Anacin, Save the Whales, The New Navy, Radio advertising, Buick Skyhawk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, AFS PSA, American Lung Association, Better Business Association PSA, Buick Century, March of Dimes PSA, National Federation of the Blind, U.S. Savings Bonds,