Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 31, 1972:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]: Family Show
Season 5, episode 24 Carol and company present a full-length spoof of a musical, "The Doily Sisters". Carol and Vicki play singing waitresses in a small New York cafe who make it to the big time on Broadway, then to entertaining the troops in the trenches of France and back to the "Great White Way". Harvey Korman plays Harry Handsome, big star-songwriter; Lyle Waggoner plays Bernie Bernie, famous agent. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/29/1972)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: The Investors
Season 3, episode 18 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Bill Bixby, Hal Cooper, James Komack With Janene Forsyth, Martha Salcido (Hostess), Hal Cooper (Gus). Tom and Norman, on a tip from a head waiter, invest in an oil well. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/26/1972)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Tip
Season 4, episode 16 W: Michael Donovan D: Christian Nyby With Eddie Quillan (T.J.), Larry Linville (Sgt. Brasher), Rose Marie (Woman at Bus Depot), Lawrence Levine (Bus Driver), Mark Allen (Frank Mosley), Jess Barker (Paul Carter). Malloy and Reed don SWAT (Special Weapons Attack Team) equipment to pursue bandits using tear gas and a unique escape route after robberies. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Smith Family [Reg]: Homecoming
Season 2, episode 23 D: Herschel Daugherty With Hank Jones (Bellboy), Harry Lauter (Jack), Richard O'Brien (Capt. Farrell), Dean Haren (Morgan), Dorothy Keller (Jane). Chad and Betty visit their home town, Philadelphia, after an absence of 25 years when Chad is sent there to pick up a prisoner.
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| [NBC 8:30] McCloud [Reg]: Fifth Man In A String Quartet
Season 2, episode 6 W: James D. Buchanan, Ronald Austin D: Russ Mayberry With Lilia Skala (Eugenia Rudell), Joseph Wiseman (Paul Rudell / Stephen Rudensky), Gary Collins (Kevin Mallory), Neville Brand (Fred Shultke), Shelley Fabares (Natalie Rudell), Alex Henteloff (Waldemar), Avery Schreiber (Milton). A music student is accused of murdering his instructor. When McCloud investigates, it becomes apparent that a reformed gangster might be involved, and this in turn uncovers an old gangland murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/2/1972)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Shattered Man
Season 3, episode 7 W: Robert M. Young D: Michael Caffey With Bradford Dillman (John Weisley), Collin Wilcox (Claudia), David Wayne (Quentin Thayer), Jayne Meadows (Nurse Chambers). When Dr. Gannon treats a young executive for accident injuries, he realizes that his patient has a serious marital problem but refuses to seek help. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/27/1971)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine [Reg]
Season 1, episode 11 With Jackie Vernon, Thelma Houston. In skits, Marty treats the problem of teaching a man to walk in the same way driving is taught; Marty is a confused and busy man trying to find an address; Marty and Barbara Feldon have a series of torrid partings and meetings over a period of years in the London fog; Marty makes the mistake of being a man with a ship tattooed on his chest who discovers his bath water contains an enemy sub.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: The Long Goodbye
Season 1, episode 17 W: Michael Pertwee D: Roger Moore With Laurence Naismith (Judge Fulton), Nicola Pagett (Carla Wilks), Madeline Smith (Carla), Leo Genn (Sir Hugo Chalmers), Noel Willman (Theopolis), Anouska Hempel (Carla 2), Brian Jackson (Jenson), Glynn Edwards (Boris), Peter Sallis (Piper), Valerie Leon (Space Queen). Danny and Brett find a crashed plane containing the skeleton of an inventor who disappeared 12 years before. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/2/1972)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: A Choice Of Evils
Season 5, episode 9 W: James Schmerer D: Paul Krasny With Mark Stewart (Toby), Todd Mason (Doctor), Georg Stanford Brown (Dennis Thomas), Stephen McNally (Lawrence Powers), Maidie Norman (Mrs. Frost), Paul Carr (Scanlon), Robert Colbert (John Phillips). Secretary Peggy Fair is kidnapped by two men who leave a note for Mannix saying that the price for her life is the investigation of a company which is openly hostile to him. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/10/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. The Messiah On Mott Street W: Rod Serling D: Don Taylor With Edward G. Robinson (Abraham Goldman), Yaphet Kotto (Buckner), Tony Roberts (Dr. Morris Levine), John J. Fox (Santa Claus), Ricky Powell (Mikey Goldman), Anne Taylor (Miss Moretti), Joseph Ruskin (Fanatic). Desperate to stay alive for the sake of his nine-year-old grandson, an elderly, near-penniless Jew on the brink of death pins his hopes for salvation on the coming of the Messiah. 2. The Painted Mirror W: Gene Kearney D: Gene Kearney With Zsa Zsa Gabor (Mrs. Moore), Arthur O'Connell (Frank Standish), Rosemary DeCamp (Ellen Chase). A mirror reflecting an alien landscape figures in an antique dealer's scheme to rid himself of a hateful business partner.
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