Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday March 19, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Horton Hears A Who! [special]
W: Theodor Geisel D: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam With Hans Conried, June Foray, Chuck Jones. Another creature from Dr. Seuss' literary menagerie makes its debut in this animated musical special. A kindhearted elephant is the hero of this latest children's story to be translated from book form to TV. Hans Conried narrates the tale of a helpful pachyderm who goes to the rescue of Whoville, the harassed hamlet which faces another crisis after the terrible Grinch's annual Christmas larceny. Five original songs are in the MGM production.
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| [ABC 7:30] Pat Paulsen's Half A Comedy Hour [Reg]
Season 1, episode 9 W: Steve Martin With Don Adams. Adams plays a rock & roll star who returns to the fifth grade; Paulsen delivers a lecture on the dubious benefits of smoking.
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| [NBC 7:30] NCAA Basketball Tournament
Tournament semi-finals: St. Bonaventure vs. Jacksonville from College Park, Md.
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| [CBS 8:00] The Jim Nabors Hour [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With Carol Burnett. Miss Burnett teams with Nabors and Ronnie Schell to spoof the Lone Ranger and work on a baseball routine with Frank Sutton. Then Carol and Nabors sing a medley of songs about unrequited love, Sutton discusses gunslingers, and Nabors sings "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Down in the Valley". (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1969)
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| [ABC 8:00] That Girl [Reg]: Easy Faller
Season 4, episode 25 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: John Rich With Bobo Lewis (Gloria), Warren Berlinger (Dr. Goldfisher), Albert Carrier (Jean Paul LeMairre). Donald hurts his back while demonstrating to Ann how safe skis are, and the doctor called to the apartment by Ann orders him to remain there overnight.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bewitched [Reg]: A Chance On Love
Season 6, episode 26 W: John L. Greene D: Richard Michaels With Bernie Kuby (Waiter), Elizabeth Montgomery (Serena), Kasey Rogers (Louise), Jack Cassidy (Dinsdale), Molly Dodd (Mrs. Corby). Samantha forgets she has to sell tickets in a hotel lobby to benefit underprivileged children. When cousin Serena takes her place, an important client of Darrin's advertising agency falls in love with her.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: A New Kind Of Love (1963)
W: Melville Shavelson D: Melville Shavelson With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, George Tobias. A newspaperman exiled to Paris and a career woman who is all work and no play meet aboard a Paris-bound plane, but are unimpressed with each other. However, after a few days in the French capital she begins to yearn for romance.
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| [ABC 9:00] This Is Tom Jones [Reg]
Season 2, episode 24 With Raquel Welch, Roy Clark, Lou Rawls. Raquel sings and dances in a production number to "Along Came Jones" and duets with Jones on "I'll Never Fall in Love Again". In the country-western spot, Tom, Lou and Roy are featured in "Roosevelt and Ira Lee".
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| [NBC 9:30] Dragnet [Reg]: D.H.Q. - Night School
Season 4, episode 22 W: Richard Morgan D: Jack Webb With Leonard Stone (Professor Grant), Harry Bartell (Carl), J.C. Curtiss (Jerry Morgan), Sidney Clute (Norm Cavanaugh), Shannon Farnon (Barbara), Marion Charles (Kelly), Robert Clarke (Bob), Tim Donnelly (Jack). Sgt. Friday's chance to further his education is jeopardized when he arrests a narcotic suspect on campus.
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| [ABC 10:00] Paris 7000 [Reg]: The Last Grand Tour
Season 1, episode 9 With Herbert Rudley (Henri Delatour), Karen Arthur (Nicole Roland), Jack Albertson (George Westerly), Martha Scott (Amy Westerly). Jack Brennan helps a man get out of jail for punching a Frenchman, and resume his final Paris fling with his wife.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]
Season 5, episode 25 With Elke Sommer, Frank Sinatra Jr., Deanna Martin, Charles Nelson Reilly, Don Rice. Martin's solos are "They Didn't Believe Me" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face". Miss Sommer plays a little girl at dancing class who teaches the little boys how to dance. Elke also sings a medley with Dean. In comedy sketches, Reilly tries selling greeting cards to an indecisive customer, and dabbles in romance as a helpful godfather.
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