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Show 7:00 PM O Real People To(D Masterpiece Theatre Edward and Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. night's Christmas Special features a profile of Robert George, Simpson is faced with the problem of giving up her husband's Santa Claus since the Eisens rank and all rights of her childhower Administration and in Barrow, Alaska. (R) rens succession to the throne if she marries the King. (60 min.) (60min.) Closed Captioned Frostys Winter Frosty takes a wife in this animated spe- 9:30 PM Ri) Independent cial. (R) Network News Mr. Merlin 10:00 PM News MacNeil-Lehre- r Report In Performance at the CD MOVIE: Scrooge A miser White House Distinguished arreforms his ways after the tists and young performers of ghostly visitations of Christmas outstanding promise are featured in this program from the East past, present and future. Seymour Hicks, Maurice Evans, Room of the White House. (60 Robert Cochran. 1935 min.) 0D MOVIE: Thousands Cheer CD Business Report A singer gives up her career to QD Odd Couple live on an army base with her officer father and falls in love 10:30 PM Tonight Show with a mixed-u- p soldier. Kathryn Saturday Night Grayson, Gene Kelly, John MASH Boles. 1944 CD Captioned ABC News 7:30 PM Leprechauns Entertainment Tonight Christmas A banshee tries to S3 Hawaii Five-steal the Leprechaun's Christ- 11:00 PM mas gold. Dick Cavett Bishop Paul Moore is the guest. WKRP in Cincinnati Carstance softens CD Cosmos Encyclopedia lsons scrooge-lik- e with the spirit of Christmas, The host notes that our first contact with other possible No Honestly civilizations is likely to be one8:00 PM Facts of Life Too-ti- e way: they talk and we listen. (R) invents an imaginary boy(60 min.) Closed Captioned friend. S3 Jim Rockford- - Private MOVIE: Angel on My Shoulder1 A man sent to Hell Investigator News gets one last chance to escape 11:30PM perdition by coming back as a Nightline politican being manipulated toCaptioned ABC News wards the Presidency. Peter 12:00 AM Tomorrow Strauss and Barbara Hershey. MOVIE: The Ordeal of Bill Love Boat The Captain celeCarney This story, based on fact, follows the trials of a man brates Christmas, a couple seeks whose two sons are taken from grounds for divorce and another him by legal action after an army couple is reunited after three years. (60 min.) (R) training accident leaves him a Gunsmoke paraplegic. Richard Crenna. Christmas Special With Luciano Pavarotti From the 1:00 AM Faces majestic Notre Dame Cathedral NewsSign Off in Montreal, Pavarotti highlights 1:15 AM this program of Christmas favor- 1:30 AM John Davidson ites. (R) (60 min.) Show News Special 8:30 PM MOVIE: MarCD Christmas Snows One 2:30 AM mans holiday memories are riage of a Young Stockbroker A made bittersweet by a moment young man has to decide if the style of living he has created for of childhood cruelty. himself is what he really wants. 9:00 PM Quincy Quincy Richard Benjamin, Lee Grant. tries to prevent chemical leakage 1971 comthat could endanger the munity. (60 min.) MOVIE: City 4:15 AM After Midnight The French polGuillini Concerts Los Anice and a private detective invesgeles Philharmonic Bicentennial tigate the brutal murder of a Celebration. A performance of collector of antiques. Phyllis 1 No. Concerto Brahms Piano Kirk, Dan O'Herlihy, Wilfred is featured. (60 min.) 1953 eski-mo- O 0o 0O0 O ' B -- O 0 O 0 (9 O o 0 O O O 0 Q Coast-to-Coa- st O 0 O 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 O O Hyde-Whit- e. Mickey Rooney: Stay involved with life ; On the Broadway stage, it. I play Bill the way Mickey Mickey Rooney has been star- Rooney wants to play him, not ring in Sugar Babies, play- according to the way someone ing himself. On TV this week, else thinks I should play him. I the veteran performer will havent met Bill Sackter. I portray a mentally retarded didnt want to meet him adult in the dramatic special before I played the part. I Bill, a G.E. Theater pres- dont draw on anything, any entation to air on CBS, Tues- person, to create a characterization. day, Dec. 22. The drama, based on a true Rooney was very impressed story by Barry Morrow, with the story of Bill Sackter focuses on Bill Sackter, who, and feels very honored to be although mentally retarded, playing him on screen. tackles life in the world Bill signed a wonderful beyond the confines of the photograph of himself and institution in which he has sent it to me, and I consider it spent 44 years. priceless, said Rooney. Did Rooney find it difficult Rooney says that working to make the daily transition On behalf of the mentally from Bill to Sugar Babies in retarded is a main cause in less than two hours, a sched- his life. ule he had to maintain while I do a lot of work for them filming the TV special? (the mentally retarded) and I dont find anything have had dealings with them, I he said, adding some details said Rooney. difficult, knew before I began what the of his hopes to be instrumenschedule would be like. Its all tal in the building of villas for ACROSS under the conduit of show the retarded of all ages. business. Rooney noted that he has 1 Sportscaster Allen Although the role of Bill learned many lessons in life, might prove emotionally some of them the hard way, 47 Actpr Hunter My draining to some, Rooney con- since his early Children sidered it fun. days on the Hollywood back 10 Era Its not fun the way Sugar lots. He considers the most Babies is fun, he said. Its important lesson of all to be: 1 1 Guinness' title your approach and your atti- Stay involved with life. Playwright tude toward what you do that That does not seem difficult 12 Simon determines whether or not its for him. But then, he noted, 14 Three's fun. To me, its fun to fulfill nothing is. 16 Star in Northyourself playing a role with ern Cross an emotional impact such as 18 Deface this. 19 Actress Irving Although Rooney has tac21 Genetic kled just about every facet of structure: show business since becoming Abbr. a motion picture star as a 22 Hiking shoe as Andy Hardy in A youth 24 Blackbird Family Affair m 1937 and 25 Actor James has amassed a number of dramatic acting credits ranging Rein-kiMiss 26 The Bold and the from and Boys Town Brave, 27 Prayer of to The Ah, Wilderness! supplication Black Stallion, he had never 29 Beau before portrayed a retarded 31 Actor Albert person. 35 Mr. SutherI didnt do anything to preland he said. for the role, 39 Cricket field pare fTm an actor. I just go out Mickey Rooney there and act it the way I feel fun-fill- ng $ i i By DANIEL M. 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