Video: 'Odd Man In' (part 1)
(Tuesday, December 28, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — A veteran criminal who has already had dealings with Five-O escapes, and plans to steal millions of dollars from drug smugglers on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Odd Man In’ episodes airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: Hoffa reunited with wife (at 1:15)
(Thursday, December 23, 1971) — James Hoffa, the former Teamsters Union president, was reunited today with his ailing wife and family, hours after being freed from federal prison by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Video: 'Harold and Maude' trailer
(Monday, December 20, 1971) — Harold and Maude, a film about a young man intrigued with death (Bud Cort) who develops a relationship with an old woman named Maude (Ruth Gordon), opened today at the Coronet in New York City.
Directed by Hal Ashby, the dark comedy is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Laughs list.
(Saturday, December 18, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — It’s Christmas Day and Archie is the only one not in the Christmas spirit on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
Video: 'Family Affair'
(Saturday, December 18, 1971) — There’s a Riot Goin’ On by Sly & the Family Stone was the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for the first of two weeks (December 18/25, 1971).
(Thursday, December 16, 1971) — The Pakistani army surrendered today, ending both the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 between India and Pakistan and the Bangladesh War of Independence, with the new nation of Bangladesh established in East Pakistan.
(Wednesday, December 15, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Eight years after an act of heroism put him out of commission, an officer returns to active duty, only to find that the changes made to the job that limit an officer’s power and increase suspect’s rights are too much to handle on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: 'Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?' (part 1)
(Tuesday, December 14, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — McGarrett and the team must find out who is behind a series of ecological stunts, when it is feared that a company executive will be their next target on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: 'Cousin Maude's Visit' (clip)
(Saturday, December 11, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — When Archie, Mike and Gloria all come down with a terrible flu, Edith calls on her extremely liberal Cousin Maude to come and stay with the Bunkers and help out on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
