0398 Fireball

Fireball
Episode 0398
Original Air Date: December 18, 1975

The wife of a defense contractor is convinced the new blacksmith(?) he hired is actually the god of fire, Vulcan. After an accident leaves the contractor lame, he starts to believe too.

Cast: Kim Hunter, Hugh Marlowe, Earl Hammond, Guy Sorel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Commercials: Buick Century, Sam Goody's, Sherlock Holmes at the Broadhurst Theater, Moscow Circus, New Years Eve Party and St. Moritz Hotel, Buick Skylark, GAF Color Film, Martin's Home Improvement Center, Northwest Airlines, Ms. Paul's Fish Sticks, Samsonite Luggage at Macy's Department Store, Greenpoint Savings Bank,

0226 Must Hope Perish

Must Hope Perish
Episode 0226
Original Air Date: February 20, 1975

A senator who is his party's leading candidate for president is opposing a popular trade bill because he is sure that country's leading dissident is trying to communicate with him through poetry even though they've never met.

Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from WOR, New York,

Commercials: Budweiser, Talking About Talk radio show, Contac, Buick, I. Miller Shoes for Women, Arlene Francis Show on WOR, "Good Time Charlie" musical, Columbia Savings and Loan, TV Guide magazine, Patricia McCann Show on WOR, Pan Am airlines, Brooklyn Union Gas, Sherry Henry Show on WOR, Anchor Savings and Loan,

News: Governors call for national conservation program, AFL-CIO wants Congress to defeat President Ford's tax plan, Congress and Ford battle over energy tariffs, CIA says it kept files on four congressmen, CIA has used sex traps to gain information from foreigners, Ford lost 60 percent compared to 1973, New York wants reforms in harsh New York drug laws, Congressional trip to Vietnam delayed, Greece and Cypress want a separate state in Turkish Cypress, IRA bomb explodes killing four, Financial Report, New Democratic Coalition says Gov. Carey is veering from promised progressive agenda,