Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 12, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Walt Disney: Walt Disney. . . One Man's Dream
Season 28, episode 12 W: Stan Hart, John McGreevey, Mitzie Welch D: Marty Pasetta, Dwight Hemion With Michael Landon (Host), Mac Davis, Marie Osmond, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Julie Andrews, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Walter Cronkite, Buckminster Fuller, Beverly Sills, Andy Warhol, Christian Hoff (Young Walt Disney), Charles Aidman (Mark Twain), Jan Hoff (Roy Disney), Lawrence Guy (Elias Disney), Frances Bain (Flora Disney), Kathleen MacNaighton (Ruthie). This two-hour installment pays tribute to the creativity of Walt Disney with dramatized segments of his life and his creations. It also gives viewers a preview look at EPCOT Center, under construction in Florida at Disney World.
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| [ABC 8:00] Open All Night [Reg]: Centerfold
Season 1, episode 3 W: Sy Rosen D: Will Mackenzie With Joe Mantegna (Arab), Arthur Malet (Junkman), Paul Willson (Melon Man), Xander Berkeley (Medfly), Teri Landrum (Aspen), Gillian Farrell (Hippie), Elisabeth Chavez (Mother on the Beach). The Feesters' plans for a champagne anniversary celebration go flat when Gordon finds a photo of Gretchen in an old copy of a men's magazine.
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Sons of the Pioneers.
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| [ABC 8:30] It's A Living [Reg]: Mann Is Mann
Season 2, episode 7 W: Greg Antonacci D: John Bowab With Donnelly Rhodes (Buddy Manischewitz), Nancy Dolman (Suzy), Dan Frischman (Frankie). Sonny is petrified by advances from the fiancee of his intimidating brother.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Take A Letter, Vicki / The Floating Bridge Game / The Joy Of Celibacy
Season 5, episode 10 W: Howard Albrecht, Marlene Perry, Mel Shields, Sol Weinstein, Ray Battocchio D: Richard Kinon With Jim Stafford (Barry Styles), Robert Alda (Dr. Frank Leonhardt), Nanette Fabray (Shirley Simpson), Lucille Benson (Doris), Carlene Watkins (Linda Trent), Rose Marie (Bridge Player), Jan Clayton (Ethel). An emotionally cold woman falls for a man who claims he's been celibate for a year; a woman's bridge partners interfere with her bid for a handsome dentist; Vicki turns into an efficiency freak.
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| [NBC 9:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: Stella's Scam
Season 2, episode 5 W: Charles Isaacs D: Alan Bergmann With Abe Vigoda (Slick), David Fresco (Clerk), Melonie Mazman (Charlene). Stella gets a job as Mayor Harper's assistant -- and a bribe from a man who offers her $10,000 to steal copies of the construction bids for the new wing of the Harper Valley Hospital.
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| [NBC 9:30] Lewis & Clark [Reg]: The Uptight End
Season 1, episode 5 W: Gabe Kaplan With Robert Hegyes (Georgie), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Stu is the host of a luncheon for a Heisman Trophy candidate.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Vietnam Veteran
Bill Moyers is the correspondent for a look at several Vietnam veterans who served together, their common experiences after returning from the war, and the problems they face now.
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| [ABC 10:00] Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas [special]
With Debby Boone, Dorothy Hamill, Diane Tell, Andre Gagnon. The singer in a musical salute to Quebec and its holiday traditions.
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| [NBC 10:00] Television: Inside And Out
An interview with Richard Dreyfuss.
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