Visions... (1972) TV Movie
Cast: Barbara Anderson, Jim Antonio, Joseph Sirola, Lonny Chapman, Monte Markham, Robert DoQui, Telly Savalas, Tim O'Connor
Opening Narration: For 29 years it's been music's biggest night. Careers have been made, achievements celebrated and through it all there have been the greatest performances. Tonight at the end of the century, Grammy looks back on it's highest and most memorable moments. From number 10 to number 1, we'll track the all time highlights of Grammy's past and look at it's future. Tonight, the recording academy proudly presents; Grammy's Greatest Performances, hosted by Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston.
Documentary on the life and career of 1950s/'60s pop singer Bobby Darin, including photos from his childhood, clips from his concerts and TV appearances, and interviews with friends, family and colleagues.
This is absolutely great and completely forgotten. From the original hour-long CBS primetime broadcast, this selection has no listing info anywhere, it's not even in Mr. Hesseman's bio. Weird, man. Hosted by Howard Hesseman and featuring lost performances by; Joan Baez, The Band, Country Joe McDonald, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, John Sebastian, Sly & The Family Stone, and Johnny Winter and special Woodstock-times remembrances from Penn Jilette, Robert Klein, Martin Mull, Susan St. James, Judy Tenuta, Steven Wright and the legendary Henny Youngman. There's also a funny segment with Mr. Vassmer of Vassmer's market, he was still there as of '89. Personal favorite is Johnny Winter strangulizing a bitchin' electric 12-string guitar. Awesome!
Special on the history of women in country music, featuring music performances, interviews, and vintage footage.
In reverse order; K D Lang, Rush Limbaugh, Stan Winston, Connie Chung, Clint Eastwood, Jack Kevorkian, Shaq, Barry Diller, James Freed, David Letterman, Maya Angelou, and the most fascinating of all..., Hillary Rodham Clinton. Believe it or don't.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth.
Two hours of goodness from the same folks that brought us the First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame.
Special event (via the NBC Dateline crew) broadcast just prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies. Two of the greatest in a long list of American figure skaters. Well done.
Follows the conclusion of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul, S. Korea. This is a 3 hour showcase outlining the final medal counts with video of some greatest moments.
This is the black-tie celebration of the great man on his 50th birthday. Two hours of heartfelt reminiscence featuring everyone from Whitney Houston to Al Pacino to... Almost everybody is here and very happily so; the sincerity is obvious.
It's back for a third time with all the fanfare one expects from a faux awards show. Arm twisting self-pats all around. Ms. Carter opens the show with style and flair and from there it's all downhill.
In May of 1988, KCBS-2 the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles celebrated their 40th birthday. This is a definitive walk through of television history led ably by the late local legend Ralph Story. A live, daytime formal black-tie television broadcast from the site of the first Academy Awards ceremony, the role call is numbing. Almost everyone is in attendance, Morey Amsterdam AND Rose Marie are here, for instance. It's two hours of that, one surprise after the other and with classic and unique video and still photo archival footage the whole thing is excellent. There is a short color POV video clip of a car traveling east on Hollywood Blvd., as it passes the Chinese Theatre you can see the signage for the then-current feature "Trader Horn" from 1931.
A luxury ocean liner is the setting for the ABC Fall preview of 1983. Hosted by the crew of the Love Boat.
A two-hour installment of the brief 1988 revival of the old "Police Story" anthology series. The titular manor is an allegedly haunted mansion in the center of a large city. It is inhabited by a group of police officers who use the mansion as a "rave" site, where they can drink, smoke and party in their off-hours.
Billed as "A fun-filled look at television". This is a small piece of television history and it's very rare but it's dated. Basically it's old TV clips with contemporary (for 1983) comics making funny on top of them. Bad jokes, stale clips and terrible writing define this show at least it's hosted by the great Leslie Nielsen.
Comedy-Western about a turn-of-the-century lady investigator named Kate Bliss who goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming Robin Hood criminal of the plains. His mission is leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property. Dandy Don passed away last week, his lights are out, his party is over, his good thing has come to end.