Triptych For A Witch
Episode 0371
Original Air Date: October 30, 1975
A witch posing as a kindly, widowed, great aunt comes to live with a newlywed couple. She brings with her a couple interesting pets.
Cast: Margaret Hamilton, Kristoffer Tabori, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
0478 Two Plus Two Equals Death

Two Plus Two Equals Death
Episode 0478
Original Air Date: April 29, 1976
A young architect inherits a circus and soon falls in love with a performer. She has an evil twin who haunts him.
Cast: William Redfield, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Sam Gray
Writer: Alfred Bester
Rating: *1/2
Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, Tx
Commercials: 55 MPH speed limit, Buick, American Libraries PSA, Tru Value Hardware, Help Your Kid to Read, Allied Van Lines, Navy Recruiting, Sears Appliances, Red Cross, NASA Space Note (announcing imminent Viking landing),
0477 The Three Elders Of Lifeboat Landing

The Three Elders Of Lifeboat Landing
Episode 0477
Original Air Date: April 26, 1976
A reporter tries to uncover how a small community has achieved something resembling Utopia with no crime, no violence, and no dissent.
Cast: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Anne Shepherd, Guy Sorel, Robert Phelps
Writer: Roy Windsor
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX
News: Senate intelligence committee makes recommendations for changes in country's intelligence community. Democrats campaign in Pennsylvania, Steel prices to increase in US in 1976, Congress approves overhaul of grain inspection system, Worker productivity up 14 percent. Trade Deficit up,
Commercials: Wonder Bread, Better Business Bureaus, Kentucky Derby radio coverage on CBS Radio, Allied Van Lines, Help your kids to read, Buick Elektra, Navy recruiting, American Cancer Society PSA, Red Cross, The Franciscans,
Saturday, March 26, 2011
0462 Time Killer

Time Killer
Episode 0462
Original Air Date: April 5, 1976
A college professor tests his new theory regarding the fluidity of time and is able to transports himself back in time prior to the Great Depression. He gets himself into trouble that will have ramifications for his future.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Rosemary Rice, Jackson Beck, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss,
Writer: Arnold Moss
Rating: ***
Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX
Commercials: ACTION Volunteers, Buick, Project Research, Carrier Air Conditioners, Easter Seals, Allied Van Lines, March of Dimes, All State Insurance,
0455 The Transformation Of Joebee

The Transformation Of Joebee
Episode 0455
Original Air Date: March 25, 1976
After confessing to a final stunt, a chronic practical joker swears he has changed his ways. Is he sincere, or is this just his most amazing joke ever?
Cast: Hans Conried, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn, Joe Silver
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
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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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0408 Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective
Episode 0408
Original Air Date: January 5, 1976
An adult Tom Sawyer has grown up to be a lawyer and is called upon to save his Uncle Silas who has been accused of murder.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Kristoffer Tabori, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack, Robert Kaliban
Writer: Mark Twain adapted by Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
0360 They Shall Stone Them With Stones

They Shall Stone Them With Stones
Episode 0360
Original Air Date: October 9, 1975
A mindreader and her husband put together a Vaudeville act and get a contract to perform. She reads the mind of a killer. The prime suspect wants to recruit them for a private show.
Cast: Teri Keane, Jackson Beck, Arnold Stang, William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn
Writer: Sidney Slon
Rating: **
Commercials: La Boheme Opera, 1975 New York Jets Yearbook,
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0353 The Thomas Jefferson Defense

The Thomas Jefferson Defense
Episode 0353
Original Air Date: September 27, 1975
Thomas Jefferson defends an Indian chief against a murder charge. He must battle the local sheriff and the prevailing attitudes of the time to get justice for an innocent man.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Ralph Bell, Michael Tolan, Richard Seth, Roberta Maxwell, Catherine Byers,
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
0347 The Third Person

The Third Person
Episode 0347
Original Air Date: September 19, 1975
Two spinster cousins inherit a ancestral home with a ghost. The ghost of their long dead cousin has a most patriotic desire.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Arnold Moss, Cort Benson
Writer: Stella and Arnold Moss adaptation of Henry James story
Rating: **
Recorded from WWSW Pittsburgh, PA
News: Senate says airlines should be allowed to lower fares and fly new routes, Four Democrats appear in New Hampshire to campaign, Ronald Reagan says he'll make his income and net worth public, six terrorists arrested in San Francisco as part of the New World Liberation Front, Congressman says EITC is not being advertised enough,
Commercials: Allstate Insurance, Foundation Church, Buick, IRS PSA, March of Dimes PSA, Better Business Bureau PSA, American Lung Association, The Christophers, CBS News special "Your Tax Dollars", Johnny Horizon '76 Environment Program, United Cerebral Palsy PSA,
0331 Terror In The Air

Terror In The Air
Episode 0331
Original Air Date: August 22, 1975
A doctor is forced to land a plane and deliver a baby when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Jennifer Harmon, Earl Hammond, Hetty Galen, Richard Seth
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX
Commercials: Sonic Drive In, Squirt soft drink, Metric System PSA, Second winner Ethelda Barrows wins trip to Disney World through CBSRMT, Foundation Church, Sonic Drive In, Keep America Beautiful, Catholic Communications Association, Dallas Morning News,
0322 To Die Is Forever

To Die Is Forever
Episode 0322
Original Air Date: August 7, 1975
A rich eccentric plans to have himself and his terminally ill wife cryogenically preserved until a cure his found for her cancer. However, his plans go awry when his body is overtaken by the spirit of a dead relative.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Jack Grimes, Ann Pitoniak, Leon Janney
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: *1/2
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
0305 The Triangle

The Triangle
Episode 0305
Original Air Date: July 8, 1975
A passenger plane with over 100 people goes down in the Bermuda Triangle. Five days later a survivor is found. She tells a strange tale of paradise in the triangle.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Hecht, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR
News: Russian considering major grain purchase from US, President Ford to announce formal quest for the presidency and Ronald Reagan says he may seek it as well, Democratic mayors agree to set up lobbying effort, Florida land fraud scheme investigated, Kissinger will go to Geneva to discuss arms agreement with Soviets, White minority government of Rhodesia trying to appease militant blacks, IRS investigates its own agents for taking bribes, American wages fail to keep pace with inflation, Local Portland news, Select Senate committee continues to investigate CIA assassination plots, Senate approves energy plan that requires government to store oil as a hedge against future embargoes, Oil pipeline explosion rocks Israel,
Commercials: Sine Off, Catholic Communications Association, Harts 2 In 1 Collar, Mike Roy's Cooking Thing, Sine Off, National Society for Autistic Children, March of Dimes PSA, Florida orange juice, Keep America Beautiful, Metric System PSA, Budweiser, National Alliance of Businessmen, HUD PSA, Hemmoraid, Project HOPE PSA,
Sunday, March 6, 2011
0298 That Hamlet Was A Good Boy

That Hamlet Was A Good Boy
Episode 0298
Original Air Date: June 26, 1975
A modern day Hamlet -- literally. The murdered factory owner implores his son to expose his greedy brother and wife for the murderers they are.
Cast: Joe Silver, Leon Janney, Will MacKenzie, Jennifer Harmon, Greg Mathews
Writer: Fielden Farrington
Rating: ***
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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,
0269 The Transformation

The Transformation
Episode 0269
Original Air Date: May 7, 1975
A young man fritters away his family fortune and the love of a fine woman in this Kafkaesque tale of lost love and redemption. He exchanges three days of life inside his handsome body with a demon-like creature from the deep. When the creature does not return with his body, he must go hunting for it. He finds more than his body.
Cast: Evie Juster, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin
Writer: Elspeth Eric adaptation of Mary Shelley short story
Rating: **1/2
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0263 Till Death Do Us Join

Till Death Do Us Join
Episode 0263
Original Air Date: April 25, 1975
In old Prussia, a young art student falls in love with his teacher's niece. Unfortunately, he sells her hand in marriage to a local financier. The deal is deadly for the living and lively for the dead
Cast: Roberta Maxwell, Don Scardino, Guy Sorel, Arnold Moss
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
0258 Through The Looking Glass
Through The Looking Glass
Episode 0258
Original Air Date: April 17, 1975
A strange new couple moves in next door to Kathy and Doug Sellars. Turn's out Doug's new neighbor is quite the inventor. Doug creates a huge moral dilemna when his neighbor offers him an invention that will revolutionize the world.
Cast: Ann Shepherd, Ken Harvey, Evie Juster, Jack Grimes, Russell Horton
Writer: Fielden Farrington
Rating: **
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"Little people with big heads put me off." -- Russell Horton in the introduction
Episode 0258
Original Air Date: April 17, 1975
A strange new couple moves in next door to Kathy and Doug Sellars. Turn's out Doug's new neighbor is quite the inventor. Doug creates a huge moral dilemna when his neighbor offers him an invention that will revolutionize the world.
Cast: Ann Shepherd, Ken Harvey, Evie Juster, Jack Grimes, Russell Horton
Writer: Fielden Farrington
Rating: **
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"Little people with big heads put me off." -- Russell Horton in the introduction
Saturday, February 26, 2011
0230 Them!

Them!
Episode 0230
Original Air Date: February 27, 1975
A lawyer takes justice into his own hands by kidnapping criminals acquitted of murder in court and imprisoning them in his mansion. He goes too far when he locks up an innocent man.
Cast: Alan Hewitt, Jordan Charney, Augusta Dabney, Evie Juster. Jim Dukas,
Writer: Ralph Goodman
Rating: **1/2
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