Video: 'Cabaret' trailer
(Sunday February 13, 1972) — Cabaret, a musical film set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, under the ominous presence of the growing National Socialist Party, opened today in the U.S. (including the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City).
Produced and directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey, the film is loosely based on the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name.
(Saturday, February 12, 1972, 9:30 p.m. ET) — When Rhoda’s apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
(Saturday, February 12, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Edith gets a package in the mail and discovers that it is a mink cape sent to her as a ‘thank you’ gift by her Cousin Amelia for Edith taking care of her after a surgery on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
(Thursday, February 10, 1972) — 12 days after British paratroopers shot dead thirteen Catholics after a civil rights demonstration in Londonderry in what is known as Bloody Sunday, Paul McCartney’s new single Give Ireland Back to the Irish was banned on British airwaves (it would still be released Feb. 25, 1972).
Video: image from Feb. 5, 1972, at 1:03-1:04
(Saturday, February 5, 1972) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono were among 400 protesters outside the offices of the British Overseas Airways Corporation in New York. Their action is aimed towards the British policy in Northern Ireland, six days after the Bloody Sunday killings.
Video: 'Archie Sees a Mugging' (part 1)
(Saturday, January 29, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Archie and Mike head down to the store to get some items and on the way out Archie witnesses a mugging on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘Archie Sees a Mugging’ episode airs tonight on ‘All In The Family’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
(Saturday, January 29, 1972) — In a recorded telephone conversation with John Connally, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon describes what happened the previous night when a woman with the Ray Coniff singers pulled a small silk banner from the lowcut bosom of her blue evening gown and displayed it.
“Stop the killing,” the black letters on the blue background said. Continue reading Nixon describes encounter with Ray Coniff Singers’ protest 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: 'Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride' (part 1)
(Friday, January 28, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Engaged, Lamont is excited about his impending nuptials but on the wedding day he quickly finds himself the only one who is on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Continue reading ‘Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago tonight this hour (1972)
Video: 'Skinhead' (part 1)
(Tuesday, January 25, 1972, 8:30 p.m. ET) — When a young woman is beaten and raped and a soldier is arrested for the crime, McGarrett begins to have doubts about his guilt on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Skinhead’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago tonight (1972)
(Monday, January 24, 1972) — Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found today hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
