Category Archives: 1970s

Harry Chapin, The Hollies appear on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Saturday, February 24, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — Harry Chapin (host) and The Hollies are among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC series The Midnight Special. Continue reading Harry Chapin, The Hollies appear on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

Jack Benny, Bill Cosby, Joe Frazier and Phil Silvers on ‘The Dick Cavett Show’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

(Wednesday, February 21, 1973, 11:30 p.m. EST) — Comic legend Jack Benny, comedian-actor Bill Cosby, boxer Joe Frazier and comic actor Phil Silvers appeared on tonight’s The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV.

The Doobie Brothers appear on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Saturday, February 17, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — The Doobie Brothers are among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC series The Midnight Special with host Johnny Rivers.

Steely Dan, Spinners appear on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Saturday, February 10, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — The Ace Trucking Company comedy troupe, Steely Dan and The Spinners are among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC series The Midnight Special with host Johnny Rivers. Continue reading Steely Dan, Spinners appear on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

‘The Subject Was Noses’ episode airs on ‘The Brady Bunch’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Friday, February 9, 1973, 8 p.m. EST) — Peter’s wildly thrown football hits Marcia’s nose, causing it to swell and bruise (“Oh, my nose!”) on tonight’s ABC television sitcom series The Brady Bunch.

TV Guide and TV Land ranked this episode #98 out the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.

‘Midnight Special’ debuts as a series on NBC 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Saturday February 3, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST)Midnight Special, a late-night musical variety series, debuted this morning as a regular series (it had premiered as a special on Aug. 19, 1972) on NBC-TV, with Helen Reddy as the host. Continue reading ‘Midnight Special’ debuts as a series on NBC 40 years ago this hour (1973)

‘Barnaby Jones’ debuts on CBS 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Sunday, January 28, 1973, 9:30 p.m. EST)Barnaby_Jones, a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, debuted tonight on CBS-TV.

LBJ buried near his birthplace 40 years ago today (1973)


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(Thursday, January 25, 1973) — Former U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson was laid to rest today in the Stonewall, Texas ranch, cemetery where his family members have been buried for three-quarters of a century.

Johnson, 64, was fatally stricken Jan. 22, 1973, at his ranch house a quarter mile from the cemetery where he was buried.

Thieu angered by interruption at daughter’s wedding 40 years ago today (1973)


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(Friday, January 19, 1973; during the Vietnam War) — South Vietnamese President Thieu became angry today when Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker demanded to see him just as Thieu gave his daughter away in a wedding. Bunker wanted to communicate the latest letter from U.S. President Richard Nixon pressuring Thieu to agree to a peace agreement.