Showing posts with label Milt Wisoff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milt Wisoff. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

0435 The Bloody Legend


The Bloody Legend
Episode 0435
Original Air Date: February 20, 1976

A professor's study of the novel Beowulf leads to an unhealthy obsession that causes him to have bizarre dreams. When animals and people start to turn up mutilated, he begins to suspect himself.

Cast: Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Robert Maxwell, Arnold Moss

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: ***

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

0168 The Demon Spirit


The Demon Spirit
Episode 0168
Original Air Date: October 31, 1974

A man sacrifices his soul to possess the woman he loves and dies. His desire overpowers death and he takes possession of her. Her family tries to drive him out.

Cast: Mason Adams, Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Nat Polen, Joe Silver, Jack Grimes

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: **

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

0132 The Frontiers Of Fear


The Frontiers Of Fear
Episode 0132
Original Air Date: August 13, 1974

A chronic loser picks up an old typewriter at a pawn shop. Turns out the typewriter is the goose that lays the golden egg. But all that glitters is not gold; it could be blood.

Cast: Jerry Stiller, Paul Tripp, Robert Kaliban, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Budweiser, ACTION PSA, Buick, Better Business Bureau PSA, IRS PSA, Anti-forest fire PSA, anti-handicapped PSA,

Monday, February 7, 2011

0076 The Horror Within


The Horror Within
Episode 0076
Original Air Date: April 17, 1974

Following the death of his girlfriend, a young man prays for special powers to prevent future pain and suffering in the world. But as his faith weakens, his desire to use the powers grows.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Robert Dryden, Joseph Julian, Don Scardino, Deloris Sutton

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WDAF Kansas City

News: Elderly woman and infant in Kansas City, KS die in fire, Kansas City, MO Missouri fight apartment building fire, KC schools will reopen despite teacher strike, Federal grand jury investigating San Francisco bank robbery and Patty Hearst's role in it, Nixon promises to work with Latin American governments to keep peace in hemisphere, Nixon neither dismayed nor disheartened in GOP loss in MI, New York Bar Association investigating Nixon misconduct, John Ehrlichman says he still supports the president, Supermarket survey shows price of beef has dropped, Steel firms estimate their costs are going up, Kansas City Royals play Rangers, Moses Malone drafted by Utah Stars of ABA, football players boycott offseason workouts over labor disagreement,

Commercials: CARE in Cambodia, Kellogs Special K, anti-drug PSA, Sugar Free Diet 7Up, Energy crisis PSA, Budweiser, Law Day PSA, Project HOPE PSA,

Saturday, February 5, 2011

0059 Frankenstein Revisited


Frankenstein Revisited
Episode 0059
Original Air Date: March 19, 1974

A news team plans to cover the 400th anniversary of the death of Baron Von Frankenstein. When they get there, they find that Dr. Frankenstein and his creation might still be around -- and looking for fresh blood.

Cast: Michael Wager, Leon Janney, Evie Juster, William Redfield, Ralph Bell

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: ****

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: President Nixon holds press conference in Houston stating no rationing of gasoline, Says he will not resign, Nixon to tour space center, California court turns down request for a press conference for the Symbionese Liberation Army, Senate Watergate committee prepares to question Nixon friend Bebe Rebozo, Adlai Stevenson wins renomination for U.S. Senate, Blizzard hits Montana on first day of spring, More than 100 people running for state government in Oregon, Evergreen Schools turn down levy, Camus levy fails, Corvalis, OR to be the first city west of the Mississippi to have a city income tax, Sign Off.

Commercials: Budweiser, Jansen Beach Center, U.S. Customs PSA, Special K (Overweight on an Overnight Train), Cerebral Palsy PSA, Better Business Bureau PSA, ACTION PSA, IRS PSA, CBS Radio Network, Energy PSA,

0055 A Sacrifice In Blood


A Sacrifice In Blood
Episode 0055
Original Air Date: March 12, 1974

A pair of archeologists find a baby boy in an Aztec temple of evil. They decide to raise the boy -- much to their regret.

Cast: Patricia Rowe, Ralph Bell, Don Scardino, Ian Martin

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Meeting of Arab Oil Ministers expected to announce lifting of Arab oil embargo, Pat Nixon declined to comment on nationalization of American industry in Venezuela while visiting there, King Hussein of Jordan meets with Henry Kissinger and President Nixon, cyclone hits eastern Australia, Remains returned from Vietnam, California Pacific Utilities wants a 12 percent rate increase in natural gas rates in ORegon, A work release inmate convicted of murder of Eugene, OR woman, 15 year old girl dies in car crash, Portland will seek federal funds for mass transit system, Hatfield aide will not run for governor, FTC served citation against Portland company for false advertising, Gordon Bork resigns as Linfield College, Three Buchanan kids have same birthday, weather,

Commercials: Special K (The Good, the Bad, and the Heavy), Jansen Beach Center, National Institute on Alcoholism PSA, Better Business Bureau, The New Navy, Budweiser (ingredients), Street Corner Scouting, RIF PSA, National Institute of Alcoholism, United Cerebral Palsy