Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 8, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Hee Haw
Season 1, episode 29 With George Jones, Tammy Wynette. Jones sings "It's Not You" and Miss Wynette's numbers are "I'll See Him Through" and "I Know". Both do "Milwaukee, Here I Come".
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| [ABC 7:30] Nanny And The Professor [Reg]: An Element Of Risk
Season 1, episode 12 W: John McGreevey D: Gary Nelson With Lee Meriwether (Marijane Finley). When Prudence insists on storing a balloon in a drawer to keep it safe, Nanny shows her a sunset that disappears but reveals the lovely evening star. The lesson indirectly affects Prof. Everett's decision about meeting pretty Marijane Finley again.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Virginian [Reg]: Ride A Dark Trail
Season 2, episode 1 W: E.M. Parsons D: John Peyser With Royal Dano (Faraway), Frank Sully (Bartender), Hal Baylor (Flake), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott), Sonny Tufts (Frank Trampas), Carol Bryan (Winnie), Buzz Martin (Lon Mortison), George Savalas (Turnkey), Will White (Bridger), Dort Clark (Sheriff), Read Morgan (Mort), Richard Garland (Deputy), Carleton Young (Judge Drucker), Charles Fredericks (Fitch), Stuart Randall (Daley). The story of how Trampas came to Shiloh Ranch to get revenge on Judge Garth, who killed his father in self-defense. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/18/1963)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: The Computer
Season 1, episode 5 W: Rick Mittleman, Ken Pettus D: Leslie H. Martinson With Sabrina Scharf (Diane Kirby). Researching an article for his magazine, Tom Corbett submits a profile card to a computer dating service and is matched with a girl who strangely enjoys most things he doesn't. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1969)
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| [CBS 8:30] The Beverly Hillbillies [Reg]: Silver Dollar City Fair
Season 8, episode 3 W: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson D: Robert M. Leeds With Elvia Allman (Elverna Bradshaw), Jerry Brutsche (Telegrapher), Lloyd Heller (Shad), Chick Allen (Himself), Wini Wesson (Miss Walsh). Granny angers Jed by hawking Elly May and her beauty to the crowd at a backwoods fair. He complains that she's just trying to get Elly married before Elverna Bradshaw's daughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1969)
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| [ABC 8:30] Room 222 [Reg]: The Flu
Season 1, episode 5 W: Allan Burns D: Leo Penn With Patsy Garrett (Mrs. Vaughn), John Rubinstein (Martin Kaufman), Lilly Lyman (School Nurse), Jan Shutan (Bonnie), Sidney Clute (Mr. Reiger), Yvonne Wilder (Mrs. Guerrero). Principal Seymour Kaufman tries to keep Walt Whitman High open during an epidemic, but rejects the offer of aid made by his son, who proposes a Peace Corps method for staffing classes. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1969)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Rebel In White
Season 1, episode 25 W: Anthony Lawrence D: Harvey Hart With David Opatoshu (Dr. Komer), Bart La Rue (Cal Gibbs), Paula Kelly (Ellie James), Will Geer (Jess Calhoun), Georg Stanford Brown (Dr. James), Hazel Medina (Hettie Simpson). Gannon tries to assure a black resident in surgery that he's one of the young doctor's strongest boosters, but the medic is convinced that Gannon lacks confidence in him when he fails to receive a research grant and then is assigned a welfare patient.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Johnny Cash Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 12 With Patti Page, Sonny James, Tony Joe White. Johnny sings "Sunday Morning Coming Down", "Six Days On the Road", "There Ain't No Easy Run", "Sailor On a Concerte Sea" and "Country Boy". Johnny does a medley with Patti Page consisting of "Elusive Dreams", "Cross Over The Bridge", "Detour" and "Gentle On My Mind". Johnny with the Carter Family sings "Blistered" and "Wanted Man". Johnny duets with Tony White on "Polk Salad Annie". All join in for "Smile On Your Brother" and "Ten Commandments".
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| [NBC 9:00] Kraft Music Hall [Reg]
With Jackie DeShannon, John Davidson, Charlie Callas. Eddy Arnold hosts a relaxed hour of songs and fun with singer-composer Jackie DeShannon, singer John Davidson and comic Charlie Callas. Highlights include a medley of Eddy, Jackie and John saluting past Academy Award-winning tunes and Eddy's concert spot at the close. Also, Charlie gets laughs with a mangled version of Marc Antony's eulogy from "Julius Caesar".
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| [CBS 10:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Killer Bee
Season 2, episode 18 W: Anthony Lawrence D: Paul Stanley With Peggy Anne Siegmund (Enid Emory), David Arkin (George Loomis), Jeff Pomerantz (Ted Frazer), Doreen Lang (Emilia Watson), Chapman Lam (Dr. Wong), Douglas Mossman (Keoki Daniels), Harold Best (David Emory), Joseph V. Stewart (Wade Emory). McGarrett is called into a kidnapping case and discovers the suspect is a Vietnam vet with psychological problems whch compel him to his acts of crime. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1970)
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| [ABC 10:00] The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
Season 1, episode 12 With Jack Jones, Louis Nye, Connie Stevens, Harry Secombe. Comedy highlight is a spoof of the Forsyte Saga. Songs include numbers like "Young and Foolish", "The Last Waltz", "More Today Than Yesterday", "The Song of Santa Vittorio" and "Hey Mr. Trouble".
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| [NBC 10:00] Then Came Bronson [Reg]: The Old Motorcycle Fiasco
Season 1, episode 2 W: Thomas Y. Drake, Jon Edward Manson D: Marvin Chomsky With Keenan Wynn (Alex Halvorsen), Martine Bartlett (Nora Halvorsen), James Nusser (Ben Crosswell), Meg Wyllie (Mrs. Crosswell), Carey Loftin (Rancher), Jim Goodwin (Pump Jockey). Jim Bronson unintentionally inspires an old-timer to ride his ancient motorbike again, not knowing it's been rusting away in a shed for 20 years. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1969)
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