Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Mac Davis Show' from 1970-1982:
- Mac Davis (1974-1976)
- Ron Silver (1976)
- Shields & Yarnell (1976)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Mac Davis Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
With Paul Anka, Diana Trask, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara.
The premiere of the summer replacement for the Flip Wilson Show.
Season 1, episode 2
With The Lennon Sisters, Joan Rivers, Fred Smoot, Mike Neun.
Season 1, episode 3
With Roy Clark, Rich Little, Loretta Swit.
Season 1, episode 4
With Helen Reddy, Jimmie Walker, Fred Smoot, Dick Shawn.
Season 1, episode 5
With Raymond Burr, Olivia Newton-John, Jerry Van Dyke, Gabe Kaplan.
Season 1, episode 6
With Carl Ballantine, Marty Feldman, Loretta Swit, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond.
Season 1, episode 7
With Nanette Fabray, George Gobel, Rodney Allen Rippy, Ricky Segall.
Gobel, Ricky and Mac take part in a pawn shop sketch; Nanette is in an apartment sketch; Davis sings "Hello, L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham".
Season 1, episode 8
With Andy Griffith, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Steve Simon.
December 19, 1974:
Season 2, episode 1
With Connie Stevens, Paul Williams, Paul Lynde.
Season 2, episode 2
With Charlie Rich, Gladys Knight and the Pips, McLean Stevenson, Billie Holliday.
Highlights: Davis sings "Let the Good Times Roll". In skits, the cast does takeoffs on TV vs. real life doctors, home movies and restaurants.
Season 2, episode 3
With Olivia Newton-John, Jimmie Walker, John Davidson.
Mac sings "Something's Burning". Mac and Jimmie do a skit, "The Bodyguard". John sings "Annie's Song". Olivia sings "Have You Never Been Mellow".
Season 2, episode 4
With Ray Charles, Rich Little, Nanette Fabray.
Mac sings "Games People Play" and "Poem for My Little Lady". In skits, Rich and Nanette do a satire on late-show freaks; the cast salutes TV commercials.
Season 2, episode 5
With Marvin Hamlisch, Loretta Swit, Jimmie Walker.
Highlight: clips of the movie "The Sting" will be shown when Hamlisch plays his hit, "The Entertainer".
Season 2, episode 6
With Florence Henderson, Tim Conway, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond.
Davis is joined by Florence and Conway in a skit about household movers. The cast presents their version of "The Last Christmas Show".
Season 2, episode 7
With Ruth Buzzi, Loggins & Messina, Gabe Kaplan.
Season 2, episode 8
With Aretha Franklin, Nancy Walker, James Coco.
Skits are on covered wagons, lovers and hard-hat workers.
Season 2, episode 9
With Joan Rivers, Buddy Ebsen, Smokey Robinson.
Season 2, episode 10
With Glen Campbell, Paul Lynde, Jimmy Webb.
Davis sings "Everyday People". Lynde spoofs a moment in history 200 years ago.
Season 2, episode 11
With Dom DeLuise, Roy Clark, Anne Murray.
Highlights: Davis sings "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"'; Clark offers his version of "Kansas City"; the cast spoofs commercials.
Season 2, episode 12
With Tennessee Ernie Ford, Gabe Kaplan, Helen Reddy.
Mac sings "You're Sixteen" and "Only You"; Ford offers "Daddy Usta Say"; Reddy sings "Emotion" and Mac does his song improvisations.
Season 2, episode 13
With Lee Grant, Jim Nabors, O.J. Simpson, Donna Fargo.
Season 2, episode 14
With Lucie Arnaz, Chad Everett, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Jose Feliciano.
Season 2, episode 15
With Jack Albertson, Loretta Swit, John B. Sebastian.
Davis sings "Happy Together". With Sebastian, he does "Nashville Cats", "Daydream", "Darling Be Home Soon" and "Summer in the City". With Loretta, Mac sings "You're the Reason" and "Never Ending Song of Love". Loretta sings "The Pill" and Albertson "Old Man Time".
Season 2, episode 16
With Jack Cassidy, Karen Valentine, Charley Pride, Peter Allen.
Featured sketches concern a divorce court, prison life and a lawyer. Davis sings "That'll Be the Day" and "Everyday".
Season 2, episode 17
With Charlie Rich, Gladys Knight and the Pips, McLean Stevenson, Billie Holliday.
Davis sings "Let the Good Times Roll", "Whoever Finds This I Love You" and, with Gladys Knight and the Pips, "Feelin' All Right". Mac is joined by his guests for takeoffs on television vs. real-life doctors, home movies and restaurants.
March 18, 1976:
Season 3, episode 1
With Dean Martin, Tina Turner, Anson Williams.
(Season Premiere) The easygoing Texas singer pops up again with a variety show. Dean Martin dops by for a bicentennial medley with Davis. Mac sings a duet with Tina Turner and joins Anson Williams from "Happy Days" for a '50s medley. The host improvises songs from titles given by the audience and will "pick a tune" each Thursday from amateur songwriters among them.
Season 3, episode 2
With Bob Hope, Redd Foxx, Anson Williams.
Season 3, episode 3
With Kate Smith, The Osmond Brothers, Barbara Eden.
Season 3, episode 4
With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Steve Forrest, John Byner.
Season 3, episode 5
With George Burns, Roy Clark.
Season 3, episode 6
With Edgar Bergen, The Sylvers.
Season 3, episode 7
With Susan St. James, The Pointer Sisters.
Season 3, episode 8
With Donna Fargo, Liz Torres, Rufus & Chaka Khan.
Season 3, episode 9
With Dolly Parton, Paul Williams.
A takeoff on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and a version of the old "Hit Parade".
Season 3, episode 10
With McLean Stevenson, John B. Sebastian.
(Last show of the series.)