Hollywood Television Theatre

October 7, 1971

Two pathetically ordinary people waste their lives in the office of a company offering typing services.

October 14, 1971

A black comedy about a country where all criminals have been rehabilitated.

October 21, 1971

Edith Northrup and Mabel Lamston pass the time drinking up the profits in glass after glass of their spiked lemonades. They talk about their children, their husbands, and their fantastic dreams, mixing the fabrications and truths of their lives.

October 28, 1971

Story about a struggling young writer working in a New York restaurant as a counterman and a co-worker in the same place who is a waitress.

November 4, 1971

Irish theatre actor Jack MacGowran's celebrated readings from Samuel Beckett. Included are "Waiting for Godot", "Embers" and "Krapp's Last Tape".

November 11, 1971

The play deals with the interrelationship between two elderly Jewish men.

November 18, 1971

Arkady Leokum's study of the nature of prejudice centers around the encounter between a white couple, in an affluent neighborhood and the black couple to whom they are selling their house.

November 25, 1971

A theatrical family of puppets celebrate the subject of love in song, monologue, and drama. The Standwells are brother and sister hand puppeteers who perform with three other puppets in a repertory troupe based in New York.

December 2, 1971

An exceptional experimental company consisting of both puppets (from 2 to 8 feet tall) and live actors. Program includes, "The Great Warrior", about a champion who turns against those he's called in to save. "The Dead Man Rises", in which a maiden finds a drowned man and brings him back to life. And "A Man Says Goodbye to His Mother", in which a doomed soldier leaves for war in a far-off land.

December 9, 1971

Two couples meet for an evening of Monopoly -- and wrecked social amenities by truth telling.

December 16, 1971

An unhappy rich old man tries to buy beauty by purchasing a painting from a young artist.

December 23, 1971

The golden age of radio drama lives again in this re-creation of a studio broadcast about the Devil's plan to kill off Santa Claus.

December 30, 1971

Satire about a slice of white society that crumbles when the black work force mysteriously disappears. With one exception (the reporter), the actors are blacks in white-face, members of the Negro Ensemble Company. Playwright Douglas Turner Ward appears as the mayor.

January 3, 1972

(1) A Marriage Proposal: The hot tempers of two Russian landowners almost ruin a love match. (2) The Bear (originally The Boor): A widow clashes with a soldier over a debt.

January 10, 1972

In 17th-century Massachusetts, a vengeful witch turns a scarecrow into a gentleman. His mission: Win the heart of a rival's fiancee.

March 6, 1972

A celebration of the human spirit, examining the frustrations and hopes of a Jewish family struggling to survive the Depression in the Bronx -- and even live a little in the bargain.

May 30, 1972

A socialite bride-to-be is aroused from her slumber of boredom by a beach-combing free spirit.