Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday March 15, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 5, episode 7 With Paul Lynde, Bing Crosby. The main sketch features a return to old-fashioned melodrama, in which Crosby plays Carol's booze-soaked father, with Lynde and Harvey Korman portraying twin mustache-twirling bankers. Crosby solos "Love Thy Neighbor" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", and teams with Miss Burnett on "Get Happy". (Repeat program, originally aired 11/3/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: A Very Different Drummer
Season 3, episode 5 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Harry Falk With Ned York (Alex). A ruptured water bed tops off a wacky weekend Tom and Eddie spend as Norman's house guests. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Wednesday Warrior
Season 4, episode 24 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: James Neilson With Kathleen Lloyd (Tawnia Baker), Steve Franken (Albert Porter), Chuck Bowman (Det. Edwards), Jason Wingreen (Suspect), James Oliver (Norm Mitchell), Wink Roberts (Derek), Dale Johnson (Harvey Mortenson). Malloy and Reed are concerned over a young reservist who draws a salty officer for his first partner and then becomes involved in a bizarre robbery investigation.
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| [ABC 8:30] ABC Comedy Hour: The Danny Thomas Special
With Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Totie Fields, Don Knotts, Juliet Prowse. Danny plays a producer trying to put together an all-star show. Skits include such subjects as jet travel, TV medical shows, crime prevention, recycling and consumer protection.
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: West Side Story (1961), part two
W: Ernest Lehman D: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise With Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno. The ill-fated romance between Marie and Tony is ended when Chino kills Tony in a knife fight.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Albatross
Season 3, episode 8 W: Richard Shapiro D: Richard Benedict With Michael Douglas (Jonathan Crowley), John Ericson (Steve Crowley), Anne Helm (Carole Sims), Pamela McMyler (Melody Cavandale), Jeffrey Thorpe (Marvin). A retarded man faces a grim future when his brother, on whom he depends, becomes ill. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/3/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: Powerswitch
Season 1, episode 2 W: John Kruse D: Basil Dearden With Laurence Naismith (Judge Fulton), Annette Andre (Pekoo Rayne), Paul Whitsun-Jones (Inspector Blanchard), Lionel Blair (Quinn Travis), Terence Alexander (Crane), Melissa Stribling (Lisa), John Phillips (Koestler), Les Crawford (Ravel). When Danny and Brett find the body of a drowned girl and set out to unravel the circumstances surrounding her death, a lead takes them to a millionaire's retreat. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/25/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: A Step In Time
Season 5, episode 3 W: Mann Rubin D: Sutton Roley With Dean Stockwell (Charles Townsend), Shelley Fabares (Gwen Townsend), Hildy Brooks (Charlotte Benson), Laurence Haddon (Ted Hanlon), Grace Albertson (Dr. Lucas). When Mannix reports witnessing the murder of a woman, the sheriff insists that it happened the year previously and that he must have had a hallucination. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/29/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay W: Alvin Sapinsley D: William Hale With James Farentino (Craig Lowell), Michele Lee (Joanna Lowell), Jeanette Nolan (Aunt Ada), Jonathan Harris (Nick Porteus). A witch, back from the grave, seeks to inhabit the body of a wife. 2. With Apologies To Mr. Hyde W: Jack Laird D: Jeannot Szwarc With Jack Laird (Laboratory Assistant), Adam West (Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde). Dr. Jekyll tries out a new potion. 3. The Flip-Side Of Satan W: Gerald Sanford, Malcolm Marmorstein D: Jerrold Freedman With Arte Johnson (J. J. Wilson). A callous disc jockey is offered up as a hellish sacrifice at a deserted radio station.
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