Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 31, 1971:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Cinderella [special]
W: Joseph Schrank D: Charles S. Dubin With Lesley Ann Warren, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Celeste Holm, Jo Van Fleet, Stuart Damon, Pat Carroll. The only original musical ever written for television by Richard Rodgers and the late Oscar Hammerstein recreates the perenially popular fairy tale of Cinderella, the girl who manages to escape the life of a kitchen drudge in her wicked stepmother's household, with the help of a fairy godmother. Originally broadcast in 1965. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Teeter-Totter Caper
Season 3, episode 14 W: Joel Kane, Jack Lloyd D: Russ Mayberry With Dick Winslow (Winters), Vito Scotti (Radio Announcer). Bobby and Cindy try to prove their importance by setting a world record in teeter-tottering.
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| [NBC 8:00] Orange Bowl Parade [special]
Anita Bryant and Joe Garagiola cohost the 36th annual parade from Miami, Fla. The theme is the "Wonderful World of Music", which is illustrated by six floats.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Where Do Mermaids Go?
Season 2, episode 14 W: Peggy Chantler Dick D: Lou Antonio With Meredith Baxter (Jenny), Herbert Rudley (L.J. Belson), Richard X. Slattery (Police Officer), Val Bisoglio (Palmer). A wandering girl befriended by the Partridges leaves them a check for $1 million when she departs. News of their windfall gets around and the family learns, the hard way, what it's like to be rich.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: The Fading Of The Elegant Beast
Season 3, episode 14 W: Erwin Goldman, Sherli Evans Goldman, Richard Bluel D: Ivan Dixon With Arthur O'Connell, Dick Patterson, Rafael Lopez (Ralph), Barry Bowles, John Lawrence. Because there are not enough students to warrant a full-time teacher for the Latin course, Mr. Kaufman may be forced to replace a teacher with a computer.
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| [CBS 9:30] Movie: The Geisha Boy (1958)
W: Frank Tashlin D: Frank Tashlin With Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Suzanne Pleshette, Barton MacLane, Nobu McCarthy. Jerry plays an inept magician on tour with the USO in Japan, where he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: And Leave The Greyhound To Us?
Season 2, episode 14 W: Martin Cohan D: Hal Cooper With Herbie Faye (Track Official), John McCartt (Race Announcer), Phil Leeds (Salty), Buddy Lester (Kennel Owner). Oscar wins a greyhound in a card game but is unable to pay the dog's kennel bills, so Felix chips in and becomes half owner. Complications arise when Oscar wants to race the dog and Felix wants it only as a pet.
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| [NBC 9:30] Project 20 Special: Down To The Sea In Ships [special]
Burgess Meredith narrates a history of sailing ships in a documentary which originally aired in 1968.
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Contact Lens W: Lila Garrett, Stan Dreben D: Peter Baldwin With Michele Lee (April), Eve Arden, Hal Buckley (Bud). A girl's mother refuses to let her tell her boyfriend that she wears contact lenses, even after she loses them. 2. Love And The Motel Mixup W: Harvey Bullock, R.S. Allen D: Bruce Bilson With Desi Arnaz Jr. (Alan), Florence Halop (Guest), Heather Menzies (Shari), Bryan O'Byrne (Artie), Mary Treen (Clerk), Bill Quinn (Devring). A boy and girl go to a motel and manage to confuse everybody they meet because they can't make up their minds whether they want a room or not. 3. Love And The Doctor's Honeymoon W: Harvey Bullock, R.S. Allen D: Hal Cooper With Don Galloway (Kevin Douglas), Jo Ann Pflug (Casey Douglas), Mickey Shaughnessy (Harry), Barbara Nichols (Gladys), Arthur Malet (Dr. Andrews), Jean Inness (Nurse), Marion Charles (Girl). When a Navy officer marries a woman doctor, he discovers a waiting room can be a lonely place.
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