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Show V GETTING RESPECT f Jl I Will Rodney Dangerfield . r finally get the respect he V f deserves? The answer can be i I x- 1 seen 'n tne comedian's first ' V i. I tf prime-time special, "The Rod- ' x "'" V sl e ney Dangerfield Show," airing t 1 J WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 on I5' ytl : fl f ' : ABC. 7 1 fjl CHECK LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIME ). .Vj? 'VJ i 1882Compulog 2.00 (3) "The Americanization Of Emily" (1964, Comedy) Jam Gamer, Julia Andrews. Romanca growa between a British Brit-ish war widow and a non-heroic officer ssaigned to provide hia superiors with the luxuries of home. (J) "Car Wash" (1976, Comedy) Richard Pryor, Georoe I Carlin. The crazy, mixed-up, dai- ly routine of a deluxe Los Ange-. Ange-. lea car waah ia interrupted by : several unusual customers. ; JJ "The Family" (1073, Drama) Dra-ma) Charles Branson, Jill Ireland. A Mafia contract killer ia obligat-' obligat-' ed to carry out the demanda of the mob. 4:00 fj) 14 "The Four Seasons" Sea-sons" (1981, Drama) Alan Alda, Carol Burnett. Three couplea, all close, long-time friends, experience experi-ence profound changes in their relationships when one of the marriages disintagratea. 'PQ' EVENING 6:00 : (2 fj) NEWS 'I ) BRENOON CHASE "Gone To Ground" Three young brothers decide to run away from their overbearing aunt to live Robin-I Robin-I aon Crusoe-style lor the summer. 1 (Part 2) GD YOU ASKED FOR IT Featured: Fea-tured: "Worlds Worst Bridge Catastrophe" and "A Japanese 1 , Knile Wizard." ! O CD OVER EASY "Diabetes" j Guests: Bill Talbert, Dr. Thad-' Thad-' deus Prout. (R) Q j AUTO RACING "Belgium Grand Prix" (53) LIVEW1RE "Breaking Away" MOVIE "Ten Thou-1 Thou-1 sand Bedrooms" (1957, Come-I Come-I dy) Dean Martin, Anna Maria ! Alberghetti. A wealthy young v playboy falls In love with an Hal- t Ian girl, but has to find husbands ( for her three sisters before he ( can marry her. (59 LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRA1- RfC Laura and Almanzo make the ( miataka of agreeing to care for I hia nephews whrle their parents are on vacation. ( 6:30 CD P.M. MAGAZINE A profile of i pop singer Olivia Newton-John; a divorce case in which the children chil-dren were given custody of the house. C MOVIE "Young And Free"' (1979. Adventure) Erik Larsen, Keith Laraen. A young Mormon boy faces many teata aa he approaches adulthood. 'PG' CD FAMILY FEUD QWEEKMQHT C TIC TAC DOUGH CD BUSINESS REPORT 7:00 i CD REAL PEOPLE Featured: bikini-clad boxers; Canadian hock-ay hock-ay players who are prieata: Chief Crazy Horse sculpted in a mountain. moun-tain. (R) (D THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO An internationally feared aaaaasin plots to spread deadly nerve gas st a mass protest concert con-cert where Tony and Rhonda'a band is performing. (R) O MOVIE "Algiers" (1938, Romanca) Charlea Boyer, Hedy Lamarr. An international Jewel thief takes refuge In the exotic Casbsh. ( THE INCREDIBLE HULK CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT (S) MOBIL SHOWCASE: "THE WAY OF THE WORLD -- THE VIRTUOSO" This 167S farce written by Thomas Shadwell and starring Alan Webb and Jacqueline Jacque-line Tong concerns two young men who pose as philosophers to lure and rescue two young 2) SOUNDSTAQI "Cheap Trick" One of America's hottest rock groups performs In an outdoor out-door festival concert from Chica-go'a Chica-go'a lakefront; Interviews with the band are also included. (JD MUSIC WORLD 69 BENNY HLL Nicholas Par-softs Par-softs interviews TV station head Fred Scuttle. 10:30 CD TONIGHT Host: Johnny Carson. Car-son. (7) ABC NEWS MOHTLINE O CAPTIONED ABC NEWS Q) MOVIE "Passage West" (1951, Weatern) John Payne, Arleen Whelan. A westward-bound westward-bound wagon train geta overtaken overtak-en by six eacaped convicts. MOVIE "Count Three And Pray" (1955, Western) Van HetHn. Joanna Woodward. A Civil War veteran becomes a eelf-ordained eelf-ordained miniater and aeta about reconstructing a deatroyad church. 10:40 (BM'A'S'H 11:00 CD MOVE H "An Eye For An Eye" (1981, Adventure) Chuck Norria, Christopher Le. A San Francisco cop quits the force to avenge the murder of hia partner by members of a drug ring. 'R' (S CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS Guests: Shirley Mac-Lain. Mac-Lain. The Pointer Siatera. Q SAUDI ARABIA "Oil. Money And Politics" The final episode of the aeriea investigates the Saudia aa an emerging superpower super-power - what they intend to do with their power, their objectives in the Middle East, and how they interact with the United Statea. (DDtCKCAVETT 11:10 CD STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO FRANCIS-CO 11:30 QD NEWS S) SATURDAY NIGHT Host: Cicely Tyson. Guests: The Talking Talk-ing Heads. CD CAPTIONED ABC NEWS 12:00 CD LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Guest: film buff Ken Murray. JOE FRANKLIN 12:10 ; CD CHICO AND THE MAN 12:30 LOVE BOAT Doc panics when his ex-wile boards the ship 1 and inlorms him that they sre still ' legally married. (R) I 8PORTS CENTER i ....... vomen from the household of heir idiosyncratic uncle. 3 MOV "Kung Fu Gold" 11975, Adventure) Wang Kuan--tsiung, Tze Lan. Kung Fu msa-ers msa-ers battle for gold and vengeance ven-geance in the hills outside Hong Kong. 7:30 3D NO. HONESTLY! "Only Make Believe" The Danby household is disrupted when Clara receive a part m a film along with CD. 8:00 CD THE FACTS OF UFf Blair learns that her mother's surgery is lor cancer and not tor cosmetic cosmet-ic reasons. (R) CD ON VACATION WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS Animated. Animat-ed. Jiminy Cricket tries to produce pro-duce hia own TV ahow but must lirst track down vacationing stars Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Pluto. 3) THE FALL GUY Colt and Howie go to Las Vegas to pick up a email time con man who they soon learn ia on the hit Nat of the town'a top loan shark. (R) (D ELEANOR. FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD The life of Eleanor Roosevelt after the death of her husband. President Franklin Roosevelt, ia chronicled; Jearu Stapleton. E.G. Marshall and Coral Browne stsr. QD POCKET BILLIARDS Luther Laasiter va. Cowboy Jimmy Moore CD MEDIA PROBES "Language" Victor Borge oilers his own special spe-cial humor in an exploration of the impact of language on culture. cul-ture. Q (55) WOMEN IN JAZZ: THE CREATIVE CRE-ATIVE FORCE Jazz pianiat Marian Mari-an McPartland narrates a look into the real meaning of the word "creativity" in jazz, with performances perfor-mances by guitarist Mary Osborne, saxophonist Wilene Barton,, soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, jazz composer singer Carla Bley and the late jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams. (Part 1) NA8L SOCCER New York Cosmos vs. San Diego Sockers 8:30 CD TEACHERS ONLY O PLACIDO DOMINGO: THE TENOR, THE TEACHER The world-famous tenor works with three promising young singers from the Philadelphia College ol the Performing Arts. CD MT. ST. HELENS: WHY THEY DIED The policies, procedures and judgements of scientists and government officials concerning the eruption of Ml. St. Helens ir May of 1980 where 60 people died are questioned. (D MOVIE "The Four Seasons" (1981, Drama) Alan . Alda, Carol Burnett. Three couples, cou-ples, all close, long-time friends, experience profound changes in their relationships when one of the marriages disintegrates. 'PG' CD NEWS 1:00 (D JOHN DAVIDSON Guests: Jean Stapleton, James Brown. MOVIE "On The Threshold Of Space" (1956, 1 Adventure) Guy Madison, Virgin. 1 ia Leith. After a flier is injured, ' his doctor runs into a strange sit-1 sit-1 uation. 1:30 1 (J) AUTO RACING "Belgium . Grand Prix" j 2:00 , CD MOVIE "The Destruc , tors" (1967, Suspense) Richan Egan, Patricia Owens. A U S Intelligence agent uncovers i plot to disrupt the developmen ! of a new weapon, i 2:38 ) CD MOVIE "Caveman (1981, Comedy) Ringo Stan Dennia Ouaid. The clownis : member of a ' barely huma 1 prehistoric tribe begins to dia - cover that brains and not braw i will be the key to hia people' survival. 'PG' 306 - NEWS 3:30 0 CS AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOT " BALL MORNMQ 8TRETCH 3:60 CS MOVIE "Shadows C Tombstone" (19S3, Western Rex Allen, Slim Pickins. Greer y backs stained with inky fingei 0 prima provide a clua in the cas K againat a gang of gamblin crooka and rustlers. 4:00 JOE FRANKLIN e 8:40 J ARTS AT SOTHEBY'8: OLD MASTER PAINTINGS Flemish paintings are discussed by Bren-da Bren-da Ausiander of New York's lamed auction house. (Part 1) 9:00 (33 QUhNCY Ouincy suspects a cover-up by fellow students of a college man who died during fraternity fra-ternity hazing week. (X) MOVIE "Melvin And Howard" (1980, Comedy) Paul LeMat, Jason Robards. An otherwise other-wise unknown gas station attendant claims to be the rightful right-ful heir to Howard Hughes' billion dollar estate. 'R' (D ITS NOT EASY BEIN' ME Valerie Perrine, Aretha Franklin and Bill Murray join Rodney Dangerfield for his first prime time special for television. O MASTERPIECE THEATRE "Love In A Cold Climate: Monsieur Mon-sieur Le Due" In Paris, Linda begins a whirlwind romanca with La Due de Sauveterre. (Part 7) Cfi SPORTS CENTER HILLARY'8 CHALLENGE: RACE TO THE 8KY Sir Edmund Hillary's 1977 Ganges Expedition Expedi-tion from the Ganges River delta to its aource high in the Himalayas Himala-yas is documented. TJ NIGHTCAP: CONVERSATIONS CONVERSA-TIONS ON THE ARTS AND LETTERS LET-TERS The subject is censorship with authora, Kurt Vonnagut, Norma Nor-ma Klein and Ring Lardner, Jr. 0:30 (O) ROMAN FESTIVALS Thi National Orchestra of Franca under the baton of Lorin Maaze playa the "Roman Festivals" b) Italian composer Ottorinc Respighi. r INDEPENDENT NETWORt EWS 10:00 5) 3) CB news 0 BUSINES8 REPORT JD COLLEGE FOOTBALL "Notn Oame Spring Game" |