Retro: Western Washington, Sun. May 27th, 1979

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Source: TV Guide

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62 KTPS Tacoma PBS

5/27/79 - Sun

6AM
6 8 University of the Air
7 Christopher Closeup
Interpreted in sign-language for the hearing impaired.

6:30
4 Action: Inner City
6 8 Film
7 Bread for My People
12 Outlook

6:45
6 8 Sacred Heart
11 News

7AM
4 Viewpoint on Nutrition
5 Faith for Today
6 8 Crossroads
7 Eye on the Northwest
11 Jerry Falwell
From Washington, D.C.: The Rev. Jerry Falwell is joined by Sens. Harry F. Byrd (I-VA), Paul Laxalt (R-NV) and John Warner (R-VA).
12 Weekend
21 Sports Page

7:30
4 This is the Life
5 Davey and Goliath
6 Robert Schuller
7 Music and the Spoken Word
8 Discover

7:45
5 Dialogue

8AM
4 Insight
5 Eucharist for Shut-Ins
The sermon by the Rev. John C. Leffler is interpreted in sign language.
7 Day of Discovery
The sermon 'Your Pastor and You' concludes. Music: 'Such Love.'
8 Search
9 Sesame Street
11 12 Jimmy Swaggart
21 Harrigan

8:30
4 Ag-USA
5 I Like Myself
Topic: dealing with physical defects.
6 Jimmy Swaggart
7 8 Oral Roberts
11 Introduction to Life
12 Day of Discovery
21 Spider-Man

9AM
2 Movie BW
'Talk of the Town.' (1942) George Stevens' witty satire on legal ethics, involving a factory worker (Cary Grant), a schoolteacher (Jean Arthur) and a college dean (Ronald Colman).
4 Boomerang
A lesson on bees and other small creatures. Marni Nixon.
5 Pleasant Journeys
Included: a Russian tale 'Mergen and His Friends.' Also: an Irish folktale.
6 8 Rex Humbard
7 It is Written
9 Sesame Street
11 Kroeze Brothers
12 Anchor
Religious conceptions of death are discussed. The Rev. Leonard Ericksen.
21 Bugs Bunny

9:30
4 Kidsworld
Segments includes a feature on the draft horses at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, a report on skatebaord safety and a visit to an obstacle course.
5 Gardening with Ed Hume
Topics include lawn care, fuchsias and begonias.
7 Face the Nation
11 Rex Humbard
The Rev. Rex Humbard addresses the question "How Can I Gain Favor with God?"
12 Robert Schuller

10AM
4 Kids Are People Too
Guests include Pam Dawber ('Mork & Mindy'), Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs ('Welcome Back, Kotter').
5 Golden Age of Spanish Jewry
Special: How Jews coexisted with the Arab rulers of Spain from the 10th to 13th centuries is studied in this report, which also looks at examples of Moorish architecture.
6 Oral Roberts
7 Three on Three
Semifinal match: Randy Smith (Clippers), former NBA player Chet Walker and Jimmie Walker vs. Paul Westphal (Suns), former NBA player Sam Jones and David Steinberg.
8 Joyce Kelly Sings
9 Sesame Street
21 Rocket Robin Hood/Max the Mouse

10:30
6 Search
7 NBA Playoff
Special: The third game of the NBA Championship is scheduled. (The Sonics went to 2-1 after that game, eventually would win it all)
8 Day of Discovery
11 Robert Schuller
Topic: Opportunities for growth if one has the patience to endure difficulties. Guest Della Reese sings 'Stop and Smell the Roses.'
12 Faith for Today

11AM
2 Lassie
5 Movie BW
'The Password is Courage.' (1962) Delightful true story of a hero named Coward (Dirk Bogarde), who simply refuses to remain a prisoner of war. Surprising amount of fun in the script.
6 8 It is Written
9 Sesame Street
12 Ernest Angley Crusade
21 Flower Spot

11:30
2 Wild Kingdom
4 Animals, Animals, Animals
A study of a beaver-pond exhibit at the Minnesota State Zoo.
6 Day of Discovery
8 Red Fisher
11 Voice of Calvary
21 Gospel Singin' Time

Noon
2 Meeting Place
Service from St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Regina.
4 Issues and Answers
6 Terry Winter
8 Good News
9 Earth, Sea and Sky
11 Movie
'Godzilla's Revenge.' (1967) Top-notch special effects distinguish this installment of the Godzilla saga. Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo.
12 Jerry Falwell
21 100 Huntley Street

12:30
4 Directions
The concerns of teenagers, as expressed in pop music, are explored in a forum with singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, disc jockey Pete Fornatale.
6 Show Biz
8 Indianapolis 500
9 Earth, Sea and Sky

1PM
2 7 Golf
Special: Final round play in the Memorial Tournament is telecast from Dublin, Ohio. Site: the 7101-yard, par-72 Muirfield Village Golf Club. Honored at this year's event is Gene Sarazen, the first man to win all of the Big Four tournaments. At the '78 Memorial, Jim Simons needed long putts on each of the last 7 holes to fend off a challenge from Bill Kratzert. Purse: $329,000; winner's share: $54,000. Coverage begins on the 14th hole. Commentators include Vin Scully, Pat Summerall, Jack Whitaker. [Time approximate on Ch 7.]
4 Movie
'The Egyptian.' (1954) Mika Waltari's best-seller becomes a lavish, sprawling epic of Egypt 33 centuries ago. Edmund Purdom, Jean Simmons.
5 Movie
'Goodbye Charlie.' (1964) George Axelrod's play about a mnurder victim who turns up reincarnated as a woman. More inneundo than whimsy. Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds.
6 Movie
'Cross of Iron.' (1977) A Prussian officer (Maximilian Schell), on the brutal Russian front in 1943, has a burning desire to win the Iron Cross, Germany's top combat award-but he must persuade a corporal (James Coburn) to make a perjured statement recommending him for the honor. [Preempts regular programming.]
9 Washington Week in Review
12 Faith 20

1:30
9 Wall $treet Week
11 Movie BW
'The Time of Their Lives.' (1946) Good Abbott & Costello farce with Lou as a Revolutionary War ghost at large in 1946. Lots of laughs. Marjorie Reynolds, John Shelton.
12 PTL Club
Author Peter Jenkins ('Walk Across America') is the guest.
21 NFB Presentation
'Hard Rider' profiles rodeo champion Kenny McLean as he travels the circuit from Texas to Alberta.

2PM
9 Another Voice

2:30
8 Eight is Enough
David begins to have second thoughts about his upcoming marriage and decides to take to the road for an extended vacation. Grant Goodeve. [Preempts regular programming.]
9 Great Performances
See 9pm, Ch 13.
21 NFB Presentation
'Challenge Under the Glacier' explores Castleguard Cave, longest cavern in Canada, located under the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park.

3PM
2 6 Country Canada
Scheduled: A profile of Nova Scotia fisherman Curtis Roache, who claims that government rules are stopping him from expanding his business. [Seen two hours later than usual, preempting regular programming.]
5 Sportsworld
The U.S. Gymnastics Federation Women's Championships, taped at Dayton, Ohio. Among those expected to compete are Kathy Johnson, the defending all-around champion; and Marcia Federick, the uneven-bars gold medalist at the 1978 World Championships...Amateurs from the Joe Frazier Boxing Club and the Muhammad Ali Boxing Club square off in a series of bouts, taped at Atlantic City, N.J. Golden Gloves champion Marvis Frazier (Joe's son) meets AAU titleholder Tony Tubbs in the heavyweight bout. Also: 'Fittest of Them All.' Commentators on today's show: Jim Simpson, Sam Nover, Bruce Jenner, Ken Norton and Nancy Thies.
7 Emergency One!
A deadly virus and a teenager with vertigo are on the emergency list. Gage: Randolph Mantooth. Madi: Skye Aubrey.
11 Movie
'The Illustrated Man.' (1969) Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom in a trio of three interwoven Ray Bradbury stories.

3:30
2 6 Hymn Sing
David Watson sings 'Old Rugged Cross' and Nelson Lohnes does 'The Day You Meet the Lord.' Choral selections include "I Am So Glad that Jesus Loves Me.'
[Seen 2 hours later than normal, preempting regular programming.]
4 Wide World of Sports
Formula 1 cars race through the streets of Monte Carlo in satellite coverage of the Grand Prix of Monaco...The Great Pool Shoot-Out, pitting Willie Mosconi vs. Minnesota Fats in a match taped at Las Vegas, is repeated. Commentators on today's show include Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Sam Posey.
9 Heifetz Concert
Special: Violin master Jascha Heifetz plays pieces by Bach, Bruch and Mozart in a program that first aired on NBC in 1971.
12 Morris Cerullo School of Ministry
'Are Miracles a Carnal Ministry? Producing the Proof' is the message.
21 Wrestling

4PM
2 6 VIP
Guests: Spanky McFarland, former child star of the 'Our Gang' series, and Senator David Croll.
7 National Geographic
'The Mystery of Animal Behavior,' a filmed study by German naturalist Heinz Sielmann. Segments include famed animal behaviorist Konrad Lorenz demonstrating the instinctual fear of geese toward intruders; rare black woodpeckers.
12 Perspective

4:30
2 6 Gallery
'Alias Silas Huckleback,' first telecast in 1973, about 84-year-old Melvin Burritt. Born in Ontario, Burritt traveled West at the turn of the century to make his fortune as a cowhand.
5 Tony Brown's Journal
Record-company executive Lebron Taylor and musical director Harold Wheeler discuss popular black and white music.
8 Question Period
9 Royal Heritage
See 6pm, ch 13.
12 To Be Announced
13 Idea Thing
21 Horst Koehler
A visit to some British pubs.

5pm
2 CBC News-George McLean
4 NFL Great Teams/Great Years/Great Games
This review of the Houston Oilers' 1975 season focuses on coach O.A. 'Bum' Phillips, who guided the club to a 10-4 record that year in his first season on the job.
5 Meet the Press
6 Student Forum
7 In Search Of
A look into the ongoing search for Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest.
8 McGowan & C.
11 Bionic Woman
Lindsay Wagner in a dual role: Jaime Sommers, and a Southern-bred double sent to infiltrate the OSI.
12 Movie BW
'The Lost Volcano.' (1950) Bomba, the jungle boy (Johnny Sheffield), is confronted by hunting guides seeking treasures.
13 Advocates
The debate examines whether the U.S. should recognize the new government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
21 News
62 Firing Line
The selection of Federal judges is analyzed by members of the American Judicature Society. Guests: Larry Berkson, Fletcher Rush and Chester Alter.

5:30
2 Music to See
A program of waltz music, including a performance by Michael Massey and Albert Krywolt of Rachmaninoff's Second Suite for Two Pianos.
4 ABC News-Sam Donaldson
5 6 News
7 Consumer Buyline
Three high-school girls test the comfort and durability of panty hose; a segment on mail-order catalogues includes a visit to a company in Los Angeles. Also: a consumer alert on TV toy commercials. David Horowitz is the host of the series.
8 Capital Comment
9 Pro Soccer

6PM
2 World of Disney
'Nature's Better-Built Homes' is a 1969 survey of animal architects and architecture. Segments highlight the beaver, a consummate lumberjack and dam builder; the bell spider, which spins an underwater home and inflates it with air.
4 6 8 News
5 NBC News-Jessica Savitch
7 CBS News-Morton Dean
11 Star Trek
Kirk clashes with Khan (Ricardo Montalban), a would-be space conqueror from the 20th century.
13 Royal Heritage
The family life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is examined in visits to their public residence, Buckingham Palace, and private homes on the Isle of Wight and in Scotland. Also explored are Albert's taste and influence, and the Queen's grief at her husband's death.
21 Sports Probe
62 Advocates

6:30
4 Viewpoint on the News
Employment problems faced by veterans of the Vietnam War are discussed. Guests include employment adviser Rick Jewell.
5 How Come?
Included: highlights of a lutefisk-eating contest; a look at bus drivers negotiating an obstacle course; and a report on recycling junk. Al Wallace is the series host.
6 8 Provincial Lottery
7 Around Here
Life in Russia is discussed by visitors from the Soviet Union; and a segment on professional photography includes highlights of a contest.
9 Views of Asia
A tour of Thailand.
12 Andy's Party
Host Andy Stewart sings "Courtin' in the Kitchen", "The Road and the Mile to Dundee", and "The Wee Toon Clerk"; and does his old-man sketch.
21 George Hamilton IV

7pm and later in separate post

 

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7PM
2 6 Beachcombers
Hugh's struggle to salvage a huge log proves to be a test of his manhood. Nick: Bruno Gerussi. Hugh: Bob Park.
4 8 Osmond Family
The program's staff and production crew join the Osmonds and Johnny Dark for an inside look at what goes into the making of a variety show. Included is a tour of the TV studio conducted by Jay, scenes of rehearsals and rewrite sessions, and outtakes of bloopers and pratfalls from earlier programs. Musical Highlights..."You're Mine" (Osmond Brothers), "I Go to Rio" (Earl Brown), "All You Need is the Music" and "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Donny, Marie, Jimmy, Brothers)
5 World of Disney
'The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance' follows the flight of a wounded Union soldier and five Yankee children who were kidnapped for ransom by Confederates. Brock Peters, Christian Juttner.
7 12 60 Minutes
11 The Virginian BW
George C. Scot portrays a meek schoolteacher who faces a test of courage when fugitives take over the schoolhouse. Royal Dano.
13 Cousteau Odyssey
See 8pm, Ch 9.
21 So the Story Goes
Included: Stories of a man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice, and of an Old West poker player who died broke but was buried with a perfect poker hand.
62 Camping Out
The series concludes with some miscellaneous camping information.

7:30
2 Happy Days
6 Movie
'Hello Dolly!' (1969) Barbra Streisand plays Dolly Levi, that irrepressible matchmaker of 1890s New York, in this splashy version of the Broadway hit. Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford. [Preempts regular programming.]
9 Life Around Us
Topic: computers.
21 Sounds Good
62 Three Artists of the Palouse

8PM
2 Barney Miller
4 Charlie's Angels
A trio of larcenous lookalikes, aided by an impressionist, set up Charlie and the Angels for a safecracking rap. Mickey: Mark Lonow. Sam Puinch: Wynn Irwin.
7 All in the Family
After a particularly boozy evening at their VFW caucus, a practical-joking Pinky (Eugene Roche) arranges for Archie (Carroll O'Connor) to wake up with a strange woman in his motel bed. Marabel: Jonelle Allan.
8 Battlestar Galactica
Landing on Paradeen, the Galactica officers meet two comical androids whom they question in hopes of getting one step closer to Earth. Second of two parts. Appolo: Richard Hatch. Starbuck: Dirk Benedict.
9 62 Cousteau Odyssey
Special: In "Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?" Jacques Cousteau examines the ecology of the storied sea, and finds it 'suffocated by industrial and urban wastes of its bordering nations and the transient traffic that travels across it.' Cousteau visits Venice, imperiled by sewage discharged into its canals; Naples, a busy finshing port endangered by 'floating debris and pollution of every kind,' and a petrochemical company's underwater dumping site.
12 Phil Donahue
13 Masterpiece Theatre
'Lillie.' See 9pm, Ch 9.
21 Welcome Back, Kotter

8:30
2 Three's Company
7 21 One Day at a Time
Ann is stunned when a happily married friend says she's leaving her husband-because she envies Ann's independence. Joyce: Arlene Golonka.
11 Life in the Fast Lane
Physicians discuss athletic injuries.

9PM
2 Dallas
Sue Ellen's joy at being pregnant is overshadowed by doubts as to whether J.R. or Cliff is the father. Sue Ellen: Linda Gray. Cliff: Ken Kercheval.
4 Indianapolis 500
Special: The Nation's premier auto race, taped earlier today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rick Mears, a three-time winner on the 1978 USAC circuit and co-Rookie of the Year at last year's Indy, won the pole position with a four-lap qualifying run of 193.736 mph in a Penske-Cosworth. Joining Mears in the first row are Tom Sneva, the pole winner in 1977 and '78, who clocked in at 198.998 mph in a McLaren-Cosworth, and defending champ Al Unser (192.503, in a Chaparral-Cosworth). Three former Indy winners occupy the second row: Bobby Unser (189.913, in a Penske-Cosworth), Gordon Johncock (189.753, in a Penske-Cosworth) and A.J. Foyt, the event's only four-time champion (189.613, in a Parnelli-Cosworth). Because of rules changes designed to improve driver safety, qualifying speeds are down by nearly 10 mph as opposed to last year's. Approximate purse: $1,000,000. Jim McKay, Bill Flemming, Jackie Stewart and Chris Economaki report.
5 Movie
Donna Reed in 'The Best Place to Be,' a stylish 1979 TV-movie about a widow striving to cope with filial crises, a financial crunch-and an affair with a younger man. Betty White, John Phillip Law.
7 Movie
'Dummy.' Dramatizing a real-life murder case. LeVar Burton stars as Donald Lang, a deaf man also unable to speak, who is accused of killing a Chicago prostitute; and Paul Sorvino plays Lowell Myers, the public defender who represents Lang, despite his own hearing impairment. While preparing the case, Myers uncovers facts he feels prove his client's innocence. However, the court decides that Lang's inability to communicate makes him incompetent to stand trial, and the young man is remanded to a mental institution. Disputing this ruling, Myers begins an arduous round of appeals. His argument is that, since Lang's handicap is pernament, the court has in effect put him away for life without due process of law. Ernest Tidyman adapted the script for this 1979 TV-movie from his book. Brian Denehy, Rose Gregorio.
8 Lou Grant
9 62 Masterpiece Theatre
Wedding bells chime twice in Part 12, when 'Lillie' (Francesca Annis) and her daughter Jeanne Marie (Joanna David) both marry. Hugo: James Warwick. Clement: Adam Bareham.
11 Native Visions
12 Movie
'A Dandy in Aspic' (1968) Complex spy thriller about a Soviet agent (Laurence Harvey) caught between the East and West. Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow, Harry Andrews.
13 Great Performances
The New York City Ballet performs works by George Balanchine in this 1977 program.
21 Movie
'Anything Goes.' (1956) The romantic escapades of two Broadway showmen on the high seas. Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor.

9:30
11 Probe
Vietnam-era veterans are discussed.

10PM
2 All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) suspects that one of his canine patients, owned by a wealthy woman, is leading a better life than he is. Siegfried Farnon: Robert Hardy. Tristan Farnon: Peter Davison.
8 W5
Items include an interview with Margaret Trudeau, filmed on a movie set in France; and an interview with Canadian writer Matt Cohen. Helen Hutcihnson, Jim Reed.
9 The Prisoner
The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) discovers that someone is going to be killed. What he doesn't know is who. No. 2: Derren Nesbitt.
11 Focus
A look at some activities in the Tacoma-Pierce County area, including arts and drama, and sports.
13 62 The Long Search
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is examined in Romania, where religion coexists with atheistic communism. Ronald Eyre attends Easter Week rituals.

10:30
6 Please Stand By
11 700 Club

11PM
2 6 CBC News-George McLean
4 5 News
7 CBS Sunday Night News-Ed Bradley
8 CTV News-Keith Morrison
12 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Frank (Michael Crawford) attends an annual reunion of the Royal Air Force.
21 Sports Page

11:15
2 6 7 News
4 ABC News-Tom Jarriel

11:20
8 News

11:30
4 Movie BW
'The Star.' (1952) Kinetic Bette Davis has an actress's field day as a Hollywood h as-been attempting a comeback. Jim: Sterling Hayden. Gretchen: Natalie Wood.
5 Movie
'Tora! Tora! Tora!' (1970) This semi-documentary account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor won an Oscar for its special visual effects. Martin Balsam, Jason Robards.
7 Movie
'The Great Waldo Pepper.' (1975) Robert Redford portrays a daredevil barnstorming pilot of the 1920s who links up with a small air circus. Bo Svenson, Susan Sarandon.
12 Movie
'East of Sudan.' (1964) In the 1880s, Moslem unrest hastens the flight of four Britons in a jungle riverboat. Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms.

11:40
2 Movie BW
'Ride the Pink Horse.' (1947) A war vet arrives in a New Mexico town to track down a profiteer who's had his buddy killed. Fine work by star director Robert Montgomery. Wanda Hendrix (excellent as Montgomery's Mexican aide).

12AM
11 News

12:05
6 Movie
'The Flight of the Phoenix.' (1966) Engrossing account of a plane crash in the Sahara desert, and its survivors' frantic efforts to stay alive. Excellently acted. James Stewart, Peter Finch.
8 Movie
'Imitation of Life.' (1959) The old Fannie Hurst tear-jerker about two widowed mothers, one white and one black, and their daughters. Lana Turner, Juanita Moore.

1:30
7 Movie
'The Caine Mutiny.' (1954), based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II story about mine-sweeper officers who revolt against a captain they consider mentally unfit. Produced by Stanley Kramer, directed by Edward Dmytryk. Humphrey Bogart, Fred MacMurray.

2:35
8 Movie
'Let's Switch!' (1975) TV-movie about the chaos that ensues when a career woman (Barbara Feldon) trades roles with her former college chum (Barbara Eden), a housewife. Ross: Richard Schaal. Alise: Penny Marshall.

3:05
6 Movie
'Taras Bulba.' (1962) Gogol's story of the Cossasck leader whose son betrays him for love. Yul Brynner.

4:05
8 Emergency!

 

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Hard to figure out what was more humiliating for the NBA: that their championship finals started at 10:30am West Coast time, that the game before this was tape delayed for the rest of the country, or that the pregame show involved David Steinberg playing 3-on-3

2:30
8 Eight is Enough
David begins to have second thoughts about his upcoming marriage and decides to take to the road for an extended vacation. Grant Goodeve. [Preempts regular programming.]

Incredibly odd start time for this show.

5 Movie
Donna Reed in 'The Best Place to Be,' a stylish 1979 TV-movie about a widow striving to cope with filial crises, a financial crunch-and an affair with a younger man. Betty White, John Phillip Law.

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Donna Reed having an affair! What would Jeff and Mary think?

12 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Frank (Michael Crawford) attends an annual reunion of the Royal Air Force.

During the late 70s, KVOS would for whatever reason air a lot of British shows. This was a huge hit in the UK but this may have been its only US showing.