Newsday TV Book, December 2-8, 1973.

Once again, I present an issue of the weekly TV listings from Long Island's Sunday Newsday, this one from December 1973. I uploaded the cover (for Streets of San Francisco) a few years back, now here are a few more pages.

 

The TV Line broaches such subjects as Musante, Vaccaro and Newton, plus therapeutic toys, beer commercial rivers, and the text that went missing from last week's column.

Holiday Spa skips their customary cheesecake shot for some custom-made holiday art.

The Bill Kaufman-penned cover story tells us all about Mladen Sekulovich, bka Karl Malden.

Ah, clip art Santas, my favorite kind!

There are Sunday afternoon listings alongside an ad for that evening's installment of ABC's Primal Man, a production marred by astonishingly tragic circumstances.

Gary Viskupic lends an illustration to the premiere of a local WLIW 21 show featuring Long Island Congressional representatives.

Late Sunday listings with a close-up on Primal Man.

Santa window-shops in this advertisement "gift guide." An exercise bike or physician's scale are fine ways to tell a loved one "Merry Christmas, fatso!"

The next two pages cover Monday afternoon and evening, with ads for the Pulsar digital watch (sorry--"time computer") and Hicks Nurseries' Christmas display.

Tuesday's schedule had some interesting programming, plus Arthur Murray announced that "Touch Dancing" was here, with or without a partner (eww).

That night, an ABC special traced the origins of comedy back to an unsmiling Alan King in a somewhat humorous chapeau.

I have offered this ad for the Bounty restaurant and the unbelievable Jerry Lane before, but word on the street is that some folks out there still don't believe it. So here it is again.

Thursday's fare includes the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting (back when it was just an NYC thing), that year's Charlie Brown Christmas showing, and a TV movie about a mopey fella who just doesn't cotton to coniferous interior holiday foliage.

Mladen--uh, Malden turns up again on the channel 9 Fright Night feature, but I think I'd have gone with channel 5's Slaughter of the Vampires, despite John Cashman's caveat.

The appended Quick Guide included a summary of sporting events and specials of the week, plus some Sunday programs so you could plan whether it was convenient to go to church that day. ("Sorry, Lord, but they probably won't ever rerun those USGA highlights! Well, other than at 2pm.")

A.A. Nursery was your one-stop shop for heraldics and Hummels, and possibly your latest sobriety chip. The Color King was a familiar character in these pages, with the leopard-print hem of his garment providing a border for a clippable coupon.

The back cover is the same as last time, so instead here's the Crosswords (hint to first clue: not John Madden) and a very 70's Spa ad detailing the international pleasures to be found there... "eucalyptus inhalation rooms," wink wink... and hey, a free baby! (Oh, "...sitting services." Never mind. Anyway, dealing with a baby is the opposite of relaxation!)

On next week's cover: Hitler! Merry Christmas!