Retro: Oklahoma, Sat. May 17th, 1980

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Source: TV Guide

CHANNELS
2 KTEW Tulsa [NBC]
3 KFDX Wichita Falls, TX [NBC]
4 KTVY Oklahoma City [NBC]
5 KOCO Oklahoma City [ABC]
6T KOTV Tulsa [CBS]
6W KAUZ Wichita Falls, TX [CBS]
7 KSWO Lawton [ABC]
8S KVIJ Sayre, OK [ABC/KVII]
8T KTUL Tulsa [ABC]
9 KWTV Oklahoma City [CBS]
10 KTEN Ada [ABC/NBC]
11 KTVT Dallas, TX [IND]
12 KXII Sherman, TX [CBS/NBC]
17 WTBS Atlanta [IND]
25 KOKH Oklahoma City [IND]
34 KGMC Oklahoma City [IND]
39 KXTX Dallas, TX [IND]
OETA Oklahoma Educational Television Authority [PBS, KETA 13 OKC, KWET 12 Cheyenne, KOED 11 Tulsa, KOET 3 Eufaula]

5AM
17 Human Dimension

5:30
2 Time for Timothy
17 It's Your Business

6AM
2 Children's Gospel Hour
3 Bullwinkle
4 Stan Hitchcock Show
5 Better Way...
8T Kids Are People Too
Guests include Ethel Merman, consumer reporter David Horowitz [Fight Back! which premiered that year], special-effects creators Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw, actor Christopher Reeve.
10 Kids Are People Too
Guests: Henry Winkler, Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo, 16-year-old umpire Liz Yerly, umpire-school owner Bob O'Regan, Philadelphia Phillie Tug McGraw.
17 Three Stooges/Little Rascals BW

6:30
2 Bay City Rollers
3 Jetsons
4 Bullwinkle
5 World of Survival
8S U.S. Farm Report
Topic: food-stamp program cutbacks. Also: an interview with Rep. Leon Panetta [D-CA].
9 Marlo and The Magic Movie Machine
39 Hot Fudge

6:40
25 Calendar 25

6:50
25 News

7Am
2 3 4 Godzilla/Globetrotters
5 7 8S 8T 10 Superfriends
6T 6W 9 12 Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
17 Ultra Man
25 Villa Alegre
39 Woody Woodpecker

7:30
17 Movie BW: "The Black Whip" [1957] An interesting yarn about a plot to kidnap a governor. Lorn: Hugh Marlowe.
25 Hot Fudge
39 Aquaman

8AM
2 3 4 Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
5 7 8S 8T 10 Plastic Man
6T 6W 9 12 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
25 Saturday AM
39 Backyard

8:30
OETA Once Upon a Classic
Carrie [Juliet Waley] departs Druid's Bottom in the conclusion of "Carrie's War." Nick: Andrew Tinney.
11 News in Review
39 Hulk

9AM
OETA Last of the Mohicans
A Huron attack on the Heyward party is repulsed by Hawkeye and the Mohicans. Adding to the danger: the defection of Magua [Philip Madoc].
11 Extension '80
17 Movie: "Beau Geste" [1966] Good remake of the old adventure tale about villainy and heroism in the French Foreign Legion, with Guy Stockwell in the stalwart title role.
25 Woman to Woman
39 Captain America

9:30
2 3 4 Daffy Duck
OETA Mystery!
The De Winters decide to hold the traditional Manderley costume ball in Part 3 of "Rebecca". Mrs De Winter: Joanna David.
5 7 8S 8T 10 Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
6T 6W 9 12 Popeye
11 Fifty Plus
25 Movie BW: "Million Dollar Kid" [1944] The East Side Kids try to straighten out a wayward rich lad. Leo Gorcey.
34 Health Field
39 Movie BW: "It Ain't Hay." [1943] Abbott and Costello play two chumps who mistake a champion race horse for a giveaway nag in this Damon Runyon story. Grace McDonald.

10AM
2 3 Jetsons
4 Bugs Bunny & Friends
11 Political Talk
34 It's Your Business

10:15
11 Los Tiempos

10:30
2 TV News Game
OETA Murder Most Mystery
The Wilbraham emeralds are found, but the murderer's identity and motive still unsettle Lord Peter Wimsey [Ian Carmichael] as "The Nine Tailors" concludes. Bunter: Glyn Houston.
3 4 Jonny Quest
5 Ho Ho's Showplace
Jungle John and some of his animal friends visit the showplace.
6T 6W 9 12 Fat Albert
The gang learns about respect for people in authority.
7 8S 8T 10 Captain Caveman
11 What About People?
34 700 Club

11AM
2 3 Godzilla
4 Sports Afield
5 7 8S 8T 10 Weekend Special
Part 1 of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Gold Bug" follows an adventurous boy [Anthony Michael Hall] as he stumbles upon a treasure hunter [Roberts Blossom] and his mute servant [Geoffrey Holder]. Agnes: Sudie Bond.
6T 6W 9 12 Shazam!
11 Political Talk
25 Movie: "Rampage at Apache Wells" [German, 1966] Brothers Old Surehand [Stewart Granger] and Winnetou [Pierre Brice] battle the Finger Gang to prevent an oil swindle.
39 Movie: "The Wonderful Country" [1959] Fine adaption of Tom Lea's novel about a hard-bitten outcast [Robert Mitchum] who returns to Texas after many years in Mexico. Excellent cast.

11:15
11 Time Out with Scott
17 Movie: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" [1961] An atomic sub tries to halt a radiation belt threatening the Earth. Walter Pidgeon.

11:30
2 3 Flash Gordon
OETA Victory Garden
Bob Thomson shows how to grow vegetables in containers.
4 Creative Crafts
The interrelationship of painting and drawing is discussed.
5 7 8S 8T American Bandstand
Public Image Ltd. ["Poptones," "Careering"] and Robbie Dupree ["Steal Away," "Hot Hearts"]
6T 6W 9 12 Super 7
10 America's Athletes-1980
11 Parents in Action

Noon
2 Wrestling [unknown who or where]
OETA Oklahoma Gardening
3 Woodworking
4 Unity
11 SMU Presents
34 Movie: "Copper Canyon." [1950] Marksman [Ray Milland] joins in a fight between Southern miners and unfriendly Northerners.

12:30
OETA Market to Market
3 Decorating Crafts With Becky
4 Wallace Wildlife
Fishing for largemouth bass on Lake Nacogdoches, Texas. Don Wallace.
5 Saturday Review
6T 6W 9 12 30 Minutes
Christopher Glenn visits Northern Ireland to assess the impact of 10 years of civil strife on the country's youth. Included are interviews with teenagers, a mother, and religious and community leaders.
7 Dating Game
8T 10 Fishing With Roland Martin
8S That Nashville Music
Guests are Larry Gatlin, Janie Fricke, John Wesley Ryles.
11 Voter's Digest

1PM
2 Movie-TBA
OETA America
Brigham Young, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody...some prominent names in this chapter about the taming and development of the Western frontier.
3 4 10 Baseball Warm-Up
5 Gilligan's Island
6T Who, What, How Do You Know?
6W PTL Club
7 Bowling
Special: The National Collegiate Bowling Championships, taped in Milwaukee. Duane Dow and Los Boxberger report.
8S Porter Wagoner
Ernest Ray and Diana Williams are Porter's guests.
8T Jimmy Houston Show
9 Insight
11 Movie BW: "Pardon Us" [1931] Laurel and Hardy's first feature film. Stan and Ollie land in hail, driving their captors daft.
12 Coping With Change
This documentary examines methods for dealing with changes in life.
25 Movie: "Monster Zero" [1968] Outer-space fantasy about the discovery of a new planet hidden behind Jupiter, featuring Godzilla and Rodan.
39 Movie BW: "Ranger of Cherokee Strip" [1949]

1:15
3 4 10 Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds vs. the Montreal Expos, or the Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers.

1:30
5 Muppet Show
Comic Dudley Moore joins the Muppets in "Mama Don't Allow" and "How High the Moon."
6 Big Blue Marble
8S Pro News Magazine
8T Dragnet BW
12 Challenge Match Fishing
17 Movie: "Skullduggery" [1970] Fantastic yarn about anthropologists hunting the missing link in New Guinea. Filmed in Jamaica. Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel.
34 Movie BW: "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" [1959] Low-budget horror yarn about two brothers victimized by an ancient voodoo curse. Jonathan: Eduard Franz.

2PM
OETA Elizabeth R
A climate of oppression endangers young Elizabeth.
5 Ghost Planes from the Past
Vintage aircraft rebuilt from the wheels up attempt to break air-speed records in this film, which features a copy of the Spirit of Saint Louis.
6T Tarzan
Tarzan [Ron Ely] helps an engineer start an irrigation project-despite the presence of a menacing tiger. Stockwell: James Whitmore.
7 Racers
8S National Geographic
8T 1980 NHRA Gatornationals
Highlights of the 11th NHRA Gatornational, held in Gainesville, FL. Total posted awards: $386,850. Defending champions Kelly Brown [top fuel], Gordie Bonin [funny car] and Bob Glidden [pro stock] are among he drivers vying for shares of that purse.
9 12 Lawrence Welk
39 Wagon Train BW

2:30
5 Fishing-The Gentle Giant
7 Choice of Champions

3PM
5 7 8S 8T Wide World of Sports
The U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships, taped in Las Vegas. Also: live reports from Baltimore, site of today's Preakness Stakes; and from Indianapolis, where the Indy 500 Time Trials are in progress.
6T Nashville On The Road
6W 9 12 Golf
Special: Third-round play in the Colonial National Invitation. See Sunday's listing.
11 Fiesta Mexicana
25 Movie: "What a Way to Go" [1964] Wealthy Shirley MacLaine recalls four wacky marriages via flashback-each ending in untimely death for the husband. Paul Newman.
34 Movie: "When Worlds Collide" [1951] George Pal's special-effects Oscar-winner about efforts to leave earth before it collides with another planet.
39 Bonanza
Ossie Davis in "The Wish." Hoss's desire to aid a drought-stricken black farmer is complicated by the ex-slave's pride-and Hoss's color.

3:30
OETA Sneak Previews
6 That Nashville Music
Guests include Jack Greene, Jeannie Seeley, Don King, Ray Pillow.
11 Variedades Musicales
17 Rat Patrol

4PM
2 The FBI
OETA Soccer Made in Germany
3 4 Nashville on The Road
5 7 8S 8T 10 The Preakness
8 Porter Wagoner
Joe Sun sings "Blue Ribbon Blues" and "Old Flames."
6W 12 Sports Spectacular
Marvin Hagler [48-2-2] meets Marcos Geraldo [43-13] in a scheduled 10-round middleweight bout telecast live from Las Vegas. Hagler is ranked No .1 in the 160-lb division by the WBA and WBC. Boxers' records by Ring Magazine.
9 Can-Am Race
11 Newton/Weaver Western Hour
17 This Week in Baseball
39 Rawhide BW

4:30
3 That Nashville Music
4 That Nashville Music
Tommy Overstreet, Gail Davies, O.B. McClinton, Buddy Spicher.
6T Pop Goes The Country
Ray Stevens and Dottsy are the guest performers.
9 Tony Brown's Journal
17 Wrestling
34 The Lone Ranger BW

5PM
2 6T News
OETA Que Pasa, USA?
3 Closer Look
4 Kung Fu
A vindictive warlock [Emilio Fernandez] casts a spell of fear over an entire village.
5 7 8S 8T 10 Wide World of Sports
Coverage of the U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships, taped in Las Vegas, continues. Also: a wrap-up of today's Preakness and a live update on the Indy 500 Time Trials.
6W Country Roads
9 Tony Clark: Newsmakers
11 Lawrence Welk
A tour of the world includes "Around the World," "America the Beautiful," "Mexicali Rose."
12 Wild Kingdom
25 Bionic Woman
The controller of a powerful outer-space weapon is determined to avenge his father's death. Conclusion of a two-part story. Jaime: Lindsay Wagner.
34 Rifleman BW
Andy Moon turns to Lucas for help when he becomes the target of three vengeful brothers.
39 Cheyenne BW
Cheyenne follows his hunch that an amnesic cowboy's former life was a lawless one. Cheyenne: Clint Walker.

5:30
2 3 NBC News-Jane Pauley
OETA Another Vocie
5 8S 8T 10 News
6T 30 Minutes
6W 9 12 CBS News-Schieffer
7 Pop Goes The Country
34 Bob Mills

6PM
2 Candid Camera
Ethnic names are tongue twisters to the announcer at a football game.
OETA Untamed World
Salmon on the run: tracing their journey from the Pacific Ocean.
3 8T Lawrence Welk
See 5PM, Ch. 11.
4 9 News
5 6 6W 8S 12 Hee Haw
The guests include Larry Gatlin ["All the Gold in California," "We're Number One"], Foster Brooks ["Oh, Lonesome Me"] and Becky Hobbs ["I Can't Say Goodbye".] Also: Buck and the Buckaroos sing "Love is a Warm Cowboy," Roy does "Under the Double Eagle" and the Hagers offer "Mexico Holiday."
7 Sha Na Na
10 Country Roads
11 Real McCoys BW
Grampa's jealousy leads him to court and a confrontation with his romantic rival-the judge.
25 Dance Fever
34 Lancer
39 Big Valley
A wealthy rancher [Simon Oakland] sets out to ruin the Barkleys. His motive: intense hatred of Jarrod, who he thinks is having an affair with his young wife.

6:30
2 Muppet Show
Folk-rock performer Arlo Guthrie sings "Grocery Blues" and "Whoopee Ti Yi O." Muppet cows storm the stage and sing "Elegance."
OETA Outdoor Oklahoma
4 Bill Banowsky Visits
7 Muppet Show
9 Newlywed Game
10 That Nashville Music
11 Make Room for Daddy BW
17 Baseball
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves at Atlanta Stadium.
25 Sha Na Na
Guest Troy Donahue does "If You Wanna Be Happy."

7PM and later will be added tomorrow.

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Continuing

7PM
2 3 4 12 BJ and The Bear
BJ [Greg Evigan] fuels his rig with moonshine after saboteurs cut off his diesel supply.
OETA Dukes of Dixieland and Friends
Special: New Orleans' Dukes of Dixieland band plays "South Rampart Street Blues," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"; and joins the New Orleans Pops Orchestra for "When the Saints Go Marching In."
5 7 8S 8T 10 Love Boat
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders entertain on a charity cruise that finds a renowned actress [Ginger Rogers] and a pompous critic [Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.] keeping a cool distance; smugglers [Larry Linville, Gunilla Hutton] trying to retrieve gems they stashed in a lamp last time out; a single executive [Bill Daily] striving to impress his family-oriented boss [John Hillerman] with a wife, mother and son [Roz Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Jackie Earle Haley] he hired from a talent agency; and an engaged widow [Dina Merrill] hoping that her daughter [Wendy Ames] will accept her stepfather-to-be [William Windom].
6T 6W 9 Tim Conway
Guest Mel Tillis sings "You Threw Away The Key." Sketches include Tim as an elderly taxi driver whose fare [Eric Boardman] is in a hurry, and as a mad scientists. The Don Crichton Dancers salute Broadway musicals. Regulars include Dick Orkin, Jack Riley, Bert Berdis. [Last show of the series]
11 Pop Goes the Country
25 Wild, Wild West
The evil Dr. Loveless [Michael Dunn] takes a giant step in his plan to rule a world of "little people"-by reducing West to a six-inch miniature. West: Robert Conrad.
34 Baseball
The Rangers take on the Yankees at New York's Yankee Stadium.
39 Bowling
See 1PM, Ch. 7 for details.

7:30
11 That Nashville Music
Guests include Bill Anderson, Reba McEntire, John Conlee.

8PM
2 3 4 12 Sanford
Fred [Redd Foxx] has two overnight guests-his college-bound nephew and Evelyn's runaway daughter Cissy [Suzanne Stone].
OETA Big Band Cavalcade
Entertainers from the big band era bring back the sounds of the '30s and '40s. Among the performers are singers Margaret Whiting and Bob Crosby and bandleaders Freddie Martin and Frankie Carle. Tunes include "Begin the Beguine," "Moonlight in Vermont."
6T 6W 9 Movie: "The Wild Wild West Revisited," a 1979 TV-sequel with Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as secret-service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, called out of retirement in 1885 to do battle with Michelito Loveless, Jr. [Paul Williams], son of their old adversary. Edney: Rene Auberjonois.
11 Nashville on the Road
25 Movie BW: "Psycho" [1960] Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant and terrifying study of murder and madness at an eerie, run-down motel. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh.
39 Movie BW: "Edge of Darkness" [1943] Tense story of Norwegians plotting a revolt against the ravaging Nazis. Errol Flynn.

8:30
2 3 4 12 Joe's World
Joe Wabash, already father of five, learns that he's going to have yet another mouth to feed. Joe: Ramon Bieri.
11 Porter Wagoner
Razzy Bailey is Porter's guest.

9PM
2 3 4 12 Prime Time Saturday
Scheduled: A look at quarterback Terry Bradshaw's off-the-field activities, which include TV commercials and personal appearances, and recording spirituals.
OETA Doctor Who
5 7 8S 8T 10 Fantasy Island
1. A recent widower [Bob Denver] wants to impress his 8-year-old son by becoming a comic-book superhero. 2. A journalist graduate student [Vernee Watson] wants to break "the biggest news story of the decade." Hal: Larry Storch.
11 High Chaparral
Ignoring John's advice, Victoria rides into Indian country. Result: capture by an Apache-and "rescue" by a sinister trio that refuses to take her to her destination. Brady: William C. Watson.
17 Pop Goes the Country

9:30
17 That Nashville Music
34 Bob Newhart

10PM
2 3 4 5 6T 6W 7 8T 9 10 12 News
OETA Monty Python's Flying Circus
8S ABC News
11 Wrestling
17 Dick Maurice and Company
25 Movie BW: "In a Lonely Place" [1950] Nicholas Ray directed this taut thriller about a jaded screenwriter [Humphrey Bogart] who becomes innocently involved in murder.
34 Benny Hill
Benny rises to stardom as a 17th-century minstrel.
39 Time Tunnel

10:15
8S News
10 ABC News

10:30
2 3 4 10 Saturday Night Live
Guests: Steve Martin [host], Paul and Linda McCartney [via a remote from London] and the rock group 3-D. Regulars include Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman.
OETA Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Something is lacking in the dinner party Reggie has for his boss-specifically, the food. Leonard Rossiter.
5 M*A*S*H
A GI requests a Jewish religious ceremony in a unit where the only chaplain is Catholic.
6T Mary Tyler Moore
Ted astonishes everyone by coming up with a winning system for betting on football games.
6W 9 Movie: "Support Your Local Sheriff!" [1969] Western spoof about an easygoing stranger who becomes the lawman of a wild and woolly town. James Garner.
7 Movie: "Footsteps" [1972] TV-movie with Richard Crenna as a has-been football coach trying for a comeback at a small college.
8T Gunsmoke
Bandits delay wounded Matt Dillon's journey to Denver in Part 2 of "The Bullet." Matt: James Arness.
12 Nashville on The Road
34 Rat Patrol
Troy [Christopher George] wakes up in a field hospital blind-and unaware that his English-speaking benefactors are German agents.

10:45
8 Movie: "Kelly's Heroes" [1970] Yugoslavian locations enhance this World War II heist yarn about soldiers penetrating enemy lines for a fortune in gold bullion. Clint Eastwood.

11PM
5 Movie: "Dan Candy's Law" [1973] Melodrama based on an actual 1895 incident, with Donald Sutherland as a Mountie stalking the Indian who killed his partner.
6 Movie: "The Red Tent" [1971] The story of General Umberto Nobile [Peter Finch] and his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1928. Amundsen: Sean Connery.
12 Pop Goes the Country
Barbara Mandrell sings "One Love in My Lifetime" and "His Eye is on the Sparrow".
17 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
34 Wrestling
39 Journey to Adventure

11:30
8T Movie: "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" [1966] Breezy package of songs, girls and Elvis Presley.
11 Ironside
Law student Mark gets a frustrating look at the legal system while trying to help an impoverished friend falsely accused of assault. Ironside: Raymond Burr.

12AM
2 Movie: "Easy Rider" [1969] A popular youth-cult film, with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper portraying the cross-country adventures of two free-spirited bikers. Jack Nicholson.
3 Wrestling
4 SCTV
6 Movie: "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" [1966] Comedian Woody Allen took a Japanese spy film and gagged it up with some outlandish dubbed dialogue. It's a funny satire of James Bond thrillers.
25 Country Roads
34 OKC Forum

12:30
4 Movie BW: "Fort Apache" [1948] A John Ford directed saga about an arrogant colonel's [Henry Fonda] trouble-making with the Apaches. John Wayne, Shirley Temple.
7 ABC News
9 Twilight Zone BW
11 News
17 Baseball
Mets at the Braves, played earlier today in Atlanta.
25 Calendar 25

12:45
7 Soul Train

12:50
5 Movie: "Bank Shot" [1974] George C. Scott plays an escaped convict who plans to rob a bank the hard way-by hauling it away.

1AM
6 News
8T Soul Train
9 Twilight Zone

2AM
2 Movie: "A Reflection of Fear" [1973] An old mansion is the moody setting for murder when a father [Robert Shaw] returns to the family he deserted ten years earlier.

2:30
5 ABC News

3AM
4 Movie: "The Sweet Ride" [1968] Youth-orientated melodrama set in the Southern California milieu of cyclists and surfers. Tony Franciosa.
17 Untouchables BW

4AM
2 Movie: "House on Green Apple Road" [1970] Flashbacks provide the clues in this tale of a police lieutenant [Christopher George] investigating a murder without a corpse. Janet Leigh.
17 Rat Patrol

4:30
17 Ag-USA

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