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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0403 License To Kill

License To Kill
Episode 0403
Original Air Date: December 26, 1975

A woman successfully frees her husband who is in a hospital for the criminally insane for murder. She says her motives are altruistic, but her boyfriend and she have a scheme to swindle him out of his money.

Cast: Joan Loring, Larry Haines, Sidney Slon, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, TX

Commercials: National Association of Bus Owners, Buick Century Regal, Alcoholism PSA, Save the Children PSA, Luden's cough drops, People Magazine, Share-A-Ride, Buick Skylark, United Nations PSA, Alcoholism PSA, Metric System PSA, Save the Children PSA,

0363 Stay Out Of Dutchman's Woods

Stay Out Of Dutchman's Woods
Episode 0363
Original Air Date: October 16, 1975

A couple vacationing in Maine go on a picnic in the woods. They become lost and eventually separated. She finds her way back, he finds and enchantress.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Jada Rowland, Mary Jane Higby, Santos Ortega, Joan Loring

Writer: Fielden Farrington

Rating: ***

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0320 The Devil's Boutique

The Devil's Boutique

Episode 0320
Original Air Date: August 4, 1975

A vein fashion designer finds a quaint and haunting boutique in a remote resort city in the Carribean. She steals some of the shopkeepers designs. Her justice is slow, excrutiating, and ironic. You don't steal from the Devil.


Cast: Joan Loring, Robert L. Green, Bob Kaliban, Jada Rowland, Ian Martin

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: ***

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0286 The Plastic Man

The Plastic Man
Episode 0286
Original Air Date: June 5, 1975

A shallow playboy gets hooked up with a married woman. Her husband is a parapsychologist able to inflict pain and revenge from afar.

Cast: Don Scardino, Joan Loring, Russell Horton, Catherine Byers

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: *

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0278 Return To Shadow Lake

Return To Shadow Lake
Episode 0278
Original Air Date: May 22, 1975

Martha Maxwell makes a winter trip to the couple's summer cabin after hearing someone had been in it. They nearly die in a blizzard en route. While there, A scene from not long ago is recreated --- destroying Martha's world.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy, Robert Maxwell, Joan Loring, Nat Polen, Bob Kaliban

Writer: Fielden Farrington

Rating: ***

Recorded WWJ, Detroit,

Commercials: Motel 6, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Arthritis Foundation, United Way,

0267 The Final Witness

The Final Witness
Episode 0267
Original Air Date: May 2, 1975

A middle-class joe witnesses the murder of a friend. His description leads to an arrest. When he wavers on the stand and the killer goes free, his old starts to visit him. I takes drastic measures to make the visits stop.

Cast: Lou Jacoby, Joan Loring, Bryna Raeburn, Leon Janney, Robert Maxwell

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0189 The House Of The Voodoo Queen

The House Of The Voodoo Queen
Episode 0189
Original Air Date: December 19, 1974

A couple inherit a New Orleans home that is haunted by a malevolent spirit. A woman seduces the husband in order to possess it.

Cast: Jordan Charney, Joan Loring, Rene Roy, Dan Ocko, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: *1/2

Recorded from KOIN

News: Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as vice president, Senate passes bill public service jobs bill and unemployment extension, Gunmen hold hostages in a Minnesota department store, Three injured in London in IRA attack, President Ford hosts newsmen for Christmas, Portland local news, Ford vetoes strip mining bill, President Ford will study ideas for national energy policy, Senate passes unemployment bill, South Korea executes man who assassinated Korea's First Lady, Portland local news,

Commercials: Vantage Press, 1975 World Almanac, United Nations Children's Fund PSA, Buick Skylark SR, Catholic Communications Foundation, Better Business Bureau PSA, Budweiser, IRS PSA, Buick Century Regal, Save the Whales, Cancer Foundation PSA, Mennonite Churches, Contac, Tru Value,

0186 Is The Lady Dead?

Is The Lady Dead?
Episode 0186
Original Air Date: December 12, 1974

A millionaire who is a meticulous planner marries on a whim. When his wife dies shortly after the marriage, he "wills" her back to life. His mother and butler are upset by his behavior.

Cast: Larry Haines, Ann Pitoniak, Joan Loring, Leon Janney

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0173 I Must Kill Edna

I Must Kill Edna
Episode 0173
Original Air Date: November 12, 1974

A cynical, 40 year old man marries a wealthy woman for practical reasons --- just in time to fall in love with a woman half his age. He plots to use his wife's love of rattle snakes to off her.

Cast: Elliot Reid, Joan Loring, Leon Janney, Evie Juster, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN

News: Mine owners make offer to United Mine Workers, Nelson Rockefeller testifies before House regarding his nomination for vice president, Yassar Arafat on his way to New York to meet with U.N., Jewish Defense League official under arrest for threatening to kill Arafat, Oregon unemployment at 7.1 percent, Oregon mayors say they'll step down before disclosing finances under new law, State legislature requires bicycle license, 10 year old girl lost at sea on a log, Kerr replacing defective canning lids, Trailblazers beat Knicks, Watergate trial continues with Fred LaRue testifying, Pilot missing in Utah after his small plane collided with a bomber, An American pilot was killed in a practice maneuver in Thailand, Power towers repaired in Portland, Energy crisis a blessing in disguise for lumber indusry, Grange master don't worry about price of beer and television but food is a concern, Oregon congressman says America needs total control over energy, Alaska race for governor headed to court, Sen. Henry Jackson says oil funds can't be recycled,

Commercials: Dubanai Wine, Time Magazine, 1975 Buick, Cancer PSA, anti-drug PSA, Contac, Better Business Bureau PSA, Budweiser, USO PSA, 1975 Buick Skylark SR, Religion in American Life PSA, Salvation Army PSA, Time Magazine, Dubanai Wine,

0153 The Spectral Bride

The Spectral Bride
Episode 0153
Original Air Date: September 26, 1974

Despite his remarriage and establishment of a family, a widower compels his former father in law to use a formula he has developed to resurrect his long dead wife from the grave.

Cast: Michael Wager, Joan Loring, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Jordan Charney

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Commercials: Budweiser, Frigidaire, 1974 Buick, Tru Value Hardware, Sine Off, Dallas Times Herald, Cub Scouts,

0143 The Imp In The Bottle

The Imp In The Bottle
Episode 0143
Original Air Date: September 3, 1974

A man acquires a talisman that can grant him wishes. To save his soul, however, he must be rid of it before he dies and he must sell it for less than he paid for it.

Cast: William Redfield, Joan Loring, Ian Martin, Santos Ortega, Leon Janney

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WOR New York,

Commercials: Budweiser, Suburban Savings and Loan, 1975 Buick, shop rite supermarkets, New York Magazine, Martin Paints, Jets Post Game Show, "A Clutch of Vampires" book, Contac, Madison Square Garden Democratic Party fundraiser, Buick,

0130 You Only Die Once

You Only Die Once
Episode 0130
Original Air Date: August 8, 1974

Marge Miller has a beautiful life. Nice home, great husband, and a wonderful son. The husband she thought was dead comes back to extort from her the $55,000 in insurance money she received.

Cast: Joan Loring, Joseph Julian, Hetty Galen Dan Ocko, Tom Keena

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Recorded from KRLD, Dallas

Commercials: Dallas Times Herald, Mazda's rotary engine world, Cullem and Borne's sporting goods, Shook tire and rubber Co., Six Flags Over Texas, Tru Value Hardware, Carriage Trade Dinner Club, Friendly Chevrolet dealership, Church's Fried Chicken, Optics Vision Center, Meijer's Department Store, What-A-Burger,

0104 The Rat

The Rat
Episode 0104
Original Air Date: June 12, 1974

A scientist develops a super-intelligent rat and sics it on the man who is having an affair with his wife.

Cast: Michael Wager, Joan Loring, Robert Kaliban, Ralph Bell

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: *

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0072 Out Of Focus

Out Of Focus
Episode 0072
Original Air Date: April 10, 1974

An advertising executive falls for a model who seduces him. She seems to be his dream woman until she reveals her true, evil purpose.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Dan Ocko, Joan Loring, William Redfield, Earl Hammond, Suzanne Grossman

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Recorded from KRLD, Dallas, TX

Commercials: Sugar Free Diet 7Up, Mariott Hotel, Budweiser (Pour it down the middle), Di-Gel, Phenomint laxative, Kellogs Special K (Veronica and Jeff), Exchange Bank, March of Dimes PSA, Plymouth Park Mall,

0060 The Ghost At The Gate

The Ghost At The Gate
Episode 0060
Original Air Date: March 20, 1974

A man continues his love affair with his wife and his mistress beyond the grave.

Cast: Beatrice Straight, Paula Truman, John Baragray, Joan Loring

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Court of appeals will decide if Watergate grand jury report goes to the House Judiciary Committee, Woman walks away from nervous kidnapper, Royals avoid kidnap attempt, Consumer price index will show massive inflation in food prices, Chet Huntley dies, Man captured in attack of Princess Anne, Senate Watergate Committee transcripts turned over to House Judiciary Committee, Common Cause accuses Democrats of stalling on campaign finance reform, Sen. Strom Thurmond has new baby daughter, Gasoline production down last week, but fuel oil up, Farmers struggling with fuel shortages, fertilizer shortage also hurting Oregon farms, Oregon fuel processors fear gas shortages will make it impossible for farm workers to get to work, Prisoner on furlough fails to return to prison,

Commercials: Mike Roy's 4 Alarm Chilli show, Jewish Ataqua Society, President's Council on Physical Fitness PSA, Captain's Corner restaurant, New Navy, Jansen Beach Center, Selective Service PSA, Budweiser, Budweiser (don't sip), IRS PSA, RIF PSA, Portland Community College, Vantage Press, The Franciscans, Two Oregon men missing in Vietnam as MIA's, Gov. McCall to appoint committee to study use of old bombing range, Lifting of Sunday ban on gasoline sales will have no effect on gas shortages,

Rating: 1/2

0052 The Creature From The Swamp

The Creature From The Swamp
Episode 0052
Original Air Date: March 7, 1974

A man rescues a woman from quicksand and is later stalked by a creature that inhabits the swamp.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Joan Loring, Ian Martin, Robert Dryden, Leon Janney,

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

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0031 The Lady was A Tiger

The Lady was A Tiger
Episode 0031
Original Air Date: February 5, 1974

An out of work newspaper reporter is framed for murder in France by a double agent spy.

Cast: Joan Loring, William Redfield, Roger DeKoven, Ian Martin, Chris Campbell

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: **

Recorded from WDAF Kansas City

News: K.C. Shooting suspect in custody, Class action suit filed against K.C. school board and teachers' union, K.C. teachers union leader in jail, Talks in K.C. school strike talks resume, Black police officers join protest against racial profiling, Attica Brigade takes over Statue of Liberty, Nixon spends night at Camp David, Mark Felt says White House asked him to issue improper news releases, Mitchell defense rests in Watergate trial, Golan Heights fighting in Israel, Japan and Chinese agree on mutual air service, Economist predicts inflation will continue to be a problem, Chicago Tribune will bring back Orphan Annie comic,

Commercials: National Cystic Fibrosis PSA, Sugar Free Diet 7Up, anti-heroin PSA, Budweiser, Junior Achievement PSA, Special K, Energy conservation PSA, Better Business Bureau PSA,

0023 Three Women

Three Women
Episode 0023
Original Air Date: January 28, 1974

A writer's publisher wants him to change the end of a book to more fully exploit the heroine. He is afraid because he fears his character is indeed alive.

Cast: Ruth Ford, George Petrie, Elspeth Eric, Joan Loring, Roger DeKoven

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

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0010 The Resident

The Resident
Episode 0010
Original Air Date: January 15, 1974

A retired woman moves from the city to the country and is tormented by a cat and a young woman who move in against the woman's will. The cat's name is EVIL

Cast: Carmen Mathews (her first), Joan Loring, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Elspeth Eric (Her first script)

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: 18 minute gap in Watergate caused by multiple erasers, the gap may result in more Watergate Committee hearings, Gerald Ford and Barry Goldwater defend Nixon, Hughes aide denies Nixon asked him for $50,000 in campaign contribution, Pacific Northwest hit by rains and wind, New York school heating techs call for strike, Dearborn mayor orders employees to lose weight or lose wages, 12 reported dead in rocket attack on Pnom Penh, White House lawyers to cross examine experts that say in was a conscious effort to erase Watergate tapes, Barry Goldwater defends Nixon on tape erasure, Sen. Montoya disagrees with Goldwater and says the erasure was a wilfull effort, VP Ford is hopeful on the economy and promises no recession in 1974, Indonesian student rioting over Japanese Prime Minister visit, Oregon Governor declares state of emergency due to flooding in western Oregon, Car sales drop 27 percent,

Commercials: Metropolitan Life Insurance, Council of Family Health PSA, United Way PSA, anti-smoking PSA ($4.00 for a carton), Special K (The Good, the Bad, and the Heavy), Jansen Beach Center, Peace Corps PSA, Himan Brown pitches PSA, RIF PSA, Budweiser (Brewing beer right does make a difference), Better Business Bureau PSA, Janet Leigh retarded children PSA, Winter Festival on Mount Hood, Holiday Inn, Family Circle magazine, Vantage Press,