Video: 'The Blockbuster' (part 1)
(Saturday, November 13, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — The Bunkers are having problems with their furnace which gets Archie entertaining the idea of possibly moving to California on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘The Blockbuster’ debuts on ‘All In The Family’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: 'Everybody's Everything'
(Saturday, November 13, 1971) — Santana III by Santana, was the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for the first of five weeks (November 13/20/27, December 4/11, 1971).
(Wednesday, November 10, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Malloy and Reed are ambushed by two men who want to silence the prisoner they are transporting from the city of Malibu to Los Angeles on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: 'The Burning Ice' (part 1)
(Tuesday, November 9, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — When a terminally ill man confesses to the killing and robbery of a wealthy woman, McGarrett’s suspicions center on her husband on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘The Burning Ice’ episode debuts on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: 'Carpenters: Live at the BBC' (part 1)
(Saturday, November 6, 1971) — “The Carpenters” (aka, Carpenters: Live at the BBC), a videotaped studio concert performed by The Carpenters aired tonight on Britain’s BBC1 (it was taped on Saturday, Sept. 25, 1971). Continue reading Carpenters’ British TV special debuts 40 years ago tonight (1971)
(Saturday, November 6, 1971) — Shaft, the soundtrack album by Isaac Hayes, became the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for one week.
Video: 'Play Misty for Me' trailer
(Wednesday, November 3, 1971) — Play Misty for Me, a psychological thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood in his directorial debut, opened today at neighborhood theaters in New York. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star.
Video: 'For a Million... Why Not?' (part 1)
(Tuesday, November 2, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Five seemingly good citizens with different motives band together to steal $6 million while McGarrett is away on the “Big Island” of Hawaii at a trial on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘For a Million… Why Not?’ on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
(Saturday, October 30, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — A local election has the Bunker family in turmoil as Mike and Gloria are all for Claire Packer, a woman, which is exactly why Archie is dead set against her on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
(Wednesday, October 27, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Malloy and Reed are on the lookout for an environmentalist known as “The Ferret” who has been posing as an employee to infiltrate and sabotage industrial complexes he feels are creating too much pollution on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
