don't parade in my rain: Newsday TV Book, November 5-11, 1978.

This issue is one of the first, if not the first, of my collection. I've put several pictures from it on the webs, but at long last I'm taking the deep dive. The cover features Judd Hirsch of the recently-premiered Taxi, and the Bill Kaufman story follows.
(Click on the pics for easier reading.)

On the inside cover, the TV Line gave the skinny on Fred Astaire, Tim Matheson, the Onedin Line, and your various Labyorteaux (which is the correct spelling of their name, btw, despite how you may see it in their early credits).

An early Christmas ad suggested booking the Dining Car 1890 restaurant in East Setauket for your holiday festivities. Here we see Leslie Caron stopping by Dennis Farina’s table.

Off Camera dished about the Travolta attention issue, Lou Grant potentially influencing an election, and Ingrid Bergman's better side.

Here's a bit of Sunday listings, with a Ned Levine illustration for that night's The Sting (no Gary Viskupic art in this issue, alas) and an ad for Dan Howard Maternity Factory Outlet, with an obscure Long Island advertising character familiar to Newsday readers: the Noseless Preggo!

A few ads that caught my attention: VIP Formals, with a location in my hometown of Plainview; and Castro Convertibles, with a tiny representation of spokeskid Bernadette, well-known to area TV viewers into adulthood.

Late Sunday listings are accompanied by a political ad for Angelo F. Orazio, who served as a member of the New York State Assembly's 15th district through 1984. He died in 2018.

A few classic ads here, for the Enurtone Company's bedwetting cure for Johnny and his smelly house, and the North Shore Animal League's puzzling "puppy circus" come-on.

Here's all of Election Day, Tuesday the 7th, with a look at the network and local coverage. Plus: Terry Bradshaw scoring with New Man Qaylar, and another obscure LI advertising character: the Verdi Industries Snowman!

Here's Thursday's daytime listings, really just for the Belmont Racetrack Flea Market ad, and the peculiar, Egyptian-themed one for Ammis Haircutters.