Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 21, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe With Mel Blanc. Springtime brings Bugs Bunny remembrances of his childhood, and an encounter with Marvin the Martian -- and a chance for Wile E. Coyote to finally catch the Road Runner after a 30-year chase.
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| [ABC 8:00] Perry Como's Bahama Holiday [special]
With Toni Tennille, Loretta Swit. An hour of music and variety, sampling the sights and sounds of Nassau and the surrounding islands.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Tarzan memorabilia; Famous Amos the cookie maker; bathtub and turtle races; a toilet-trained cat; a rocket builder; and some underwater musicians. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:30] Carlton Your Doorman [special]
Animated special. While at his post, the doorman has strange encounters with his boss, his beautician girlfriend and his garbage-picking mom.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank (1980)
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Robert Day With Carol Burnett, Charles Grodin, Eric Stoltz, Alex Rocco, Linda Gray, Robert Sampson, Craig R. Nelson, David Hollander, Vicki Belmonte, Annrae Walterhouse. A New York City couple pack up their three children, move to what they think is the easy life of the suburbs, and do battle with crabgrass, commuting and conformist neighbors.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)
W: Ron Friedman D: Roger Duchowny With Jamie Farr, John Byner, Tony Danza, Victor Buono, Gavin MacLeod, Buck Owens, Connie Stevens, Jimmie Walker, Burt Young, Liz Torres, Richard Deacon, Marty Allen. In this satire of TV detectives, eight super-sleuths -- including Lambretta, Nojack, MacSkye, Ironbottom, and Studsky and Hatch -- band together to battle their common nemesis, the brilliant but deadly "Man in White".
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Thanksgiving Crossover
Season 2, episode 9 With McLean Stevenson (Larry Alder), Joanna Gleason (Morgan Winslow), Kim Richards (Ruthie), Krista Errickson (Diane). A photograph taken by Arnold of Morgan kissing Mr. Drummond makes Larry assume he's been outmaneuvered by his old Army buddy. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/28/1979)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Honor Thy Elders
Season 5, episode 12 W: Sam Egan D: Ray Danton With Julie Adams (Sharon Ross), Joby Baker (Tm Morgan), Susan French (Mrs. Morgan), Barbara Tarbuck (Claire Morgan), Estelle Winwood (Muriel Prentiss), Garnett Smith (Roger Prentiss), Leonard Stone (Charlie Walters), Jessamine Milner (Edna Prentiss), Vernon Weddle (Peter Harper), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Oglesby), Anne Curry (Mrs. Harper), Richard Fredricks (Jim Schafer), Pat Cranshaw (Mr. Coogan). After Quincy traces an old man's death to his son's physical abuse, he is faced with a similar case involving the exploitation of two elderly women by their unscrupulous nephew. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/10/1980)
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