Prime-time network TV listings for Friday October 20, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 25
Season 2, episode 6 With Robert Goulet, The Temptations. In the highlight skit, Goulet plays Capt. Gorgeous in "Aloha Foreign Legion". Goulet sings "A House Is Not a Home". Cher sings "Can't Help Lovin' That Man".
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Cyrano de Brady
Season 4, episode 5 W: Skip Webster D: Hal Cooper With Kym Karath (Kerry). Peter has a crush on Jan's friend Kerry, and when his efforts are frustrated he goes to Greg for help.
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| [NBC 8:00] Bell System Family Theater: The Lion At World's End [special]
The true account of a lion born in captivity and raised in a furniture shop who is relocated to his natural African habitat. Bill Travers and his wife, Virginia McKenna, narrate.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: You're Only Young Twice
Season 3, episode 6 W: Susan Silver D: Lee Philips With Bruce Kimmel (Richard), Maggie Wellman (Molly), Patti Cohoon (Gloria Hickey), Charlotte Rae (Dr. Beecher). When Danny acts up in class, the school psychologist advises Shirley to be more permissive at home to try to discover what is bothering him.
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| [CBS 9:00] Air Pirates - Can They Be Stopped?
Examination of skyjackers, their motivations, and how to thwart them.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: The Imposter
Season 4, episode 6 W: Richard Bluel, Arnold Somkin D: Herman Hoffman With Joe Santos (Mr. Galvez), Alan Abelew, Scott Colomby (Joe). Science instructor Manny Galvez is offered the job of department head at another school, and the routine check by personnel reveals he's been teaching for 17 years without proper credentials.
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| [NBC 9:00] How To Handle A Woman [special]
With Bob Hope, Sonny and Cher, Jack Benny. Dinah Shore and her beau, Burt Reynolds, host a comedy special about the special techniques of handling a woman, and society's changing attitudes toward women. The highlight is Reynolds reciting "The Gospel According to St. Hugh (Hefner)".
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| [ABC 9:30] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Confession W: Joseph Hoffman D: Charles R. Rondeau With Robert Webber (Harris), Char Fontane (Lolita), Madeleine Sherwood (Blanche), James Callahan (Jim), Yvonne Craig (Kathy). When he thinks their cruise ship is going to sink, a man tells his wife about a past affair. Then they are rescued. 2. Love And The Old Flames W: Joyce Eliason, Helene Winer D: Jim Parker With Paul Ford (Reggie), Estelle Winwood (Flora). An old actor and an old actress discover a common secret while watching television late at night. 3. Love And The Disappearing Box W: Jerry Rannow, Greg Strangis D: Charles R. Rondeau With John Myhers (Delmo the Magnificent), Jane Connell (Sadie), Pamela Rodgers (Bunny), Danny Wells (Bellhop), Jerry Fujikawa (Toy Company Man). A great magician is in his hotel room with his beautiful assistant when the newest addition to his act is delivered, a box which makes people disappear. 4. Love And The Hip Arrangement With Stuart Margolin, Cindy Malone, Arnold Margolin, Judy Strangis. A pair of siamese twins who lead a limited social life try a computerized dating service.
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| [CBS 10:00] Smithsonian Adventure With Wally Schirra: 99 Days To Survival [special]
A documentary recreation of one of the most important explorations in the history of the United States: John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers through the Grand Canyon. Walter Schirra is host, and E.G. Marshall reads from Powell's journal.
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| [NBC 10:00] The American Experience: The Fabulous Country [special]
Chet Huntley is host of the first of a ten-part series keyed to the bicentennial celebration of the American Revolution. This segment opens in Boston during the 1770s when revolt against England was in the air. Benjamin Franklin is seen in profile in his many capacities as printer, author, philosopher, humorist, inventor and statesman. Next in focus will be the expansion of the small country to the West, with portraits of the pioneers who hunted, trapped and explored the wilderness regions. Walter Brennan will act as storyteller for these sequences. The series will air two segments per year through 1977.
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| [ABC 10:30] Paid Political Program [special]
George McGovern talks about the economy.
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