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Guests: Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebsen.

Tonight's guest star is Cher; sketches include Harvey and Tim as dueling pianists, spoofs of commercials, and a love triangle between Harvey, Cher, and Carol as the mousy other woman.

Guest Shirley MacLaine joins Carol in sharing some of their fan mail; Tim plays a palace guard who refuses to allow the Queen through the gates unless he gets a popsicle.

The Pointer Sisters are tonight's musical guests; it's not hard to guess that when Mama and The Family play Charades, things will turn to chaos.

Guest: Maggie Smith.

Betty White hits the stage; Betty plays Eunice's sister as The Family celebrates Mama's birthday; elsewhere, vacationers Carol and Tim lose sleep over a bug in their hotel room.

Features commercial spoofs, Harvey trying to give a speech, and Carol demonstrating how nobody notices her.

Rita Moreno guest stars, appearing in a sketch as a nurse to the accident-prone Carol; Tim plays a hapless officer attempting to dishonorably discharge sergeant Harvey.

Ed prepares to leave on an out-of-town trip, but Eunice and Mickey want to come along; Harvey and Carol can't stop making little digs at each other.

Featuring clown Emmett Kelly; a musical performance from The Jackson 5; Carol in a dual role for the movie spoof, A Swiped Life.

The Family steps out as Mama, Eunice, and Ed go to a fancy restaurant; Tim's Oldest Man is a Wild West sheriff.

Rita Moreno guest stars, appearing in a sketch as a nurse to the accident-prone Carol; Tim plays a hapless officer attempting to dishonorably discharge sergeant Harvey.

Ed prepares to leave on an out-of-town trip, but Eunice and Mickey want to come along; Harvey and Carol can't stop making little digs at each other.

Featuring clown Emmett Kelly; a musical performance from The Jackson 5; Carol in a dual role for the movie spoof, A Swiped Life.

The Family steps out as Mama, Eunice, and Ed go to a fancy restaurant; Tim's Oldest Man is a Wild West sheriff.

Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) is wounded when he and Hanson (Johnny Depp) infiltrate rival gangs to apprehend their weapons supplier. With Steven Williams. Guest star: James Whitmore Jr.

Luke worries about losing his hair.

Christian program hosted by Dr. Freda Crews.

The new captain proposes to shape up the chief with the biggest beer belly, a pretty fair description of the outraged Sharkey.

Being assigned to submarine duty interferes with Sharkey's plans to have fun in San Francisco.

A case of mistaken identity ensues when Sharkey reports to the base hospital for his routine physical and is mistaken for a mental patient.

Comic chaos ensues as Sharkey's barracks is chosen for an experiment in co-ed Navy living.

Sharkey's long time girlfriend, Natalie, tires of waiting and gives him an ultimatum about marriage in their relationship.

Paid programming.

Sharkey lands the lead in a Navy training film.

Sharkey must hide a pregnant Mexican woman from INS officials in this Christmas themed episode.

Sketches including "cocktail party," "fake commercial," "nun runner," "General Bullwright," "missing in America," "Maude's world of statues," "fickle finger of fate award," and "joke wall"; featuring Sonny and Cher.

Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith of "The Monkees.".

Sketches including "health club visit," "General Bullwright," "Toulouse track runner," "good news and bad news," "Maude's world of hospitals," "driving instructor," "pickpocket scenes" and "bum quickie"; featuring Mitzi Gaynor and Jack E. Leonard.

Comedy duo Dan Rowan and Dick Martin host this fast-moving comedy series; characters include Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator, Arte Johnson's German soldier, and Ruth Buzzi's feisty little old lady.

Buddy and Sandy Hackett.

Carol Channing; cameo appearance by Johnny Carson.

Sid Caesar; cameo appearances by Zsa Zsa Gabor, Diana Ross and Peter Sellers.

Comedy duo Dan Rowan and Dick Martin host this fast-moving comedy series; characters include Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator, Arte Johnson's German soldier, and Ruth Buzzi's feisty little old lady.

Peter Lawford; Hugh Lambert; cameo appearance by Johnny Carson.

Phyllis Diller; cameo appearance by Roger Moore.

Greer Garson; cameo appearances by Stu Gilliam and Lorne Greene.

Nancy Sinatra; cameo appearances by Tom & Dick Smothers, George Gobel, Guy Lombardo and Ed McMahon.

James Garner; Stu Gilliam; cameo appearances by Roger Moore and Engelbert Humperdinck.

"Tormented" (1960) Horror. A dead lover's crawling hand haunts a jazz pianist; with Richard Carlson.

"Women of the Prehistoric Planet" (1966) Science fiction. Alien astronauts land on a strange place, but it's only the beginning of Earth. With Wendell Corey, Keith Larsen, John Agar.

"Attack of the Giant Leeches" (1959) Horror. A bartender sends his wife and her lover into a swamp where big, smart leeches lurk. With Ken Clark, Michael Emmett, Yvette Vickers.

Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.

Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.

Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.

Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.

Mistaken for a Howard Hughes-like billionaire in Las Vegas, Freddie the Freeloader tries to promote the fledgling singing career of busboy Bobby Rydell.

Hawkeye relies on his honor and reputation when he is accused of shooting Taylor in the back during an attack.

While on a road trip through a desert, mild-mannered high school teacher Ralph Hinkley is greeted by extraterrestrials that present him with an extraordinary red flying suit that imbues him with uncanny powers.

Bill enlists Ralph's help to protect a chorus girl as he transports her to testify against her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend.

Ralph's plans to spend time with in-laws are thwarted when he must retrieve a secret gun sight stolen by mercenaries.

Bill, in trouble with the FBI, asks Ralph to help him look good by finding an Italian heiress pursued by Soviet spies.

Rhonda turns to Ralph when her too-curious mother is abducted by a Soviet spy stealing a weapons manufacturer's secrets.

Bill calls on disillusioned Ralph when he learns his Korean War idol plans to finance retirement with a gem heist.

Ralph, Bill and Pam fend off the CIA, IRS, Treasury Department and police when Tony is suspected of arson.

New junior law-partner Pam learns her boss is involved in a mob bribery scheme.

While on a road trip through a desert, mild-mannered high school teacher Ralph Hinkley is greeted by extraterrestrials who present him with an extraordinary red flying suit that imbues him with uncanny powers.

The aliens who gave Ralph the suit ask him to stop a computerized missile launch which could start World War III.

A supposed-dead billionaire knows about the suit and asks Ralph to ensure his last charity bequest be honored.

Bill calls on disillusioned Ralph when he learns his Korean War idol plans to finance retirement with a gem heist.

Ralph, Bill and Pam fend off the CIA, IRS, Treasury Department and police when Tony is suspected of arson.

New junior law-partner Pam learns her boss is involved in a mob bribery scheme.

While on a road trip through a desert, mild-mannered high school teacher Ralph Hinkley is greeted by extraterrestrials who present him with an extraordinary red flying suit that imbues him with uncanny powers.

The aliens who gave Ralph the suit ask him to stop a computerized missile launch which could start World War III.

A supposed-dead billionaire knows about the suit and asks Ralph to ensure his last charity bequest be honored.

A martial artist saves Jamie from a gang attack, but he turns out to be a murder suspect; Russ and Bobby compete for the affections of a sexy French film star.

Russ goes undercover to investigate campus gambling after college students are hurt for not paying a bookmaker.

A student is found dead, prompting a probe into a college call-girl ring that leads to a radical female professor.

Chris goes undercover after a series of murders in a female prison; Monica uses the situation to tempt T.C. into a romantic situation.

A surfboard manufacturer pressures a promising champion; Chris is jealous of T.C. and Monica; whoever busts the dumbest crook wins a bet.

Little Luke spends his paper route money on himself.

Jim buys a horse for the daughter of his business partner, unaware the horse had been stolen from the wife of a local Indian chief.

Jim joins the Lipan Apache tribe and helps in the conflict against the Comanches.

Bowie tries to recruit a young army lieutenant to assist in his plan to develop an Apache silver mine in Texas, but the lieutenant's family has other plans for the man.

Jim is embroiled in a complicated deal in his attempt to purchase a plantation.

Jim guides a doctor to tend to the ill son of a Choctaw Indian chief.

Bowie agrees to help local Tennessee politicians campaign against Davy Crockett in his bid for Congress, but things become contentious when Bowie objects to their methods.

Jim saves a baby from a burning wagon along the trail.

Bowie hunts for a bride who's kidnapped shortly after her wedding.

Bowie offers to make a deal with a broke Creole aristocrat who can't make good on gambling debts.

A reporter, on an errand for Bowie, is mistaken for him by a number of travelers on the trail.

After his rifle misfires during a close encounter with a bear, Jim approaches a blacksmith to suggest a different kind of knife.

Jim persuades an imperious plantation owner to allow a squatter and his pregnant wife to remain on her land.

Jim is amused when his friend is mistaken for the missing son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Jim takes a turn as a volunteer deputy to guard a prisoner, but he begins to doubt the prisoner's guilt.

Jim believes a fur company may be trying to drive him away by killing any Cajun trapper with whom he does business.

A case of mistaken identity leads an angry farmer to decide that Jim must marry his daughter in a shotgun wedding.

Jim is asked to protect a group of travelers from a bandit preying on people along the road to Natchez.

Jim's family takes on the local saloon keeper, who has different visions of the town's future.

Jim assists farmers who are being forced to pay protection money to an old woman who threatens to unleash the ghost of a Louisiana pirate on them.

President Jackson asks Jim's friend to prevent a group of planters from seceding from the union.

While traveling along the Mississippi, Jim is bushwhacked by settlers who accuse him of being a land-grabber.

While traveling to New Orleans, Jim encounters two women from a school, searching for one of their students, who is planning to elope.

Jim learns that a slave he had freed has been recaptured and is about to be sold at a slave auction.

Jim goes in search of a gang of river pirates who've stolen his cargo.

Jim is asked to protect a group of travelers from a bandit preying on people along the road to Natchez.

Jim's family takes on the local saloon keeper, who has different visions of the town's future.

Jim assists farmers who are being forced to pay protection money to an old woman who threatens to unleash the ghost of a Louisiana pirate on them.

President Jackson asks Jim's friend to prevent a group of planters from seceding from the union.

While traveling along the Mississippi, Jim is bushwhacked by settlers who accuse him of being a land-grabber.

While traveling to New Orleans, Jim encounters two women from a school, searching for one of their students, who is planning to elope.

Jim goes in search of a gang of river pirates who've stolen his cargo.

Hanson claims a frame-up when he is put on trial for the murder of an undercover officer. With Barry Primus.

A hermit steals food and leaves coyote skins.

Elder Jacob Meyer teaches that the sacred Scriptures must be interpreted as literally as possible and its precepts faithfully obeyed.

Hal Frazier sings "Didn't We?"; Red honors his idol in "Tribute to Ed Wynn.".

With Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Cauliflower McPugg guest stars on the "Merv Griffin Show," and Willie Lump-Lump causes trouble in the audience.

Guests Arthur Godfrey and The Young Americans.

The town of Calico kills one of the Kiley brothers then makes a display of his burial on main street; Bill goes there to warn them that the Kiley gang is planning revenge.

After failing in an attempt to ambush Bill, Bishop pays a band of Native Americans to attack the Akins herd, hoping to scatter the cattle and prevent them from reaching Abilene first.

Still leading the cattle drive, Bill takes his herd across a powerful rancher's land; he finds a woman who claims she is fleeing from a rancher's advances, but he learns that she isn't telling the whole truth.

A former lawman who lost his nerve after a shooting incident is being harassed by brothers of a man he once killed; the ex-lawman's daughter refuses to let him fight back.

Bill travels to Ciudad Juarez to accept a job from a cattleman, only to find out he's actually been hired to become a scapegoat in a counterfeiting scheme.

A rancher warns Bill and the railroad workers not to put track down through the land his cattle graze on, even though it is government land; he shoots one of the workers, which sends the rest of the workers into a lynching mood.

Bill tries to find out who's supplying whiskey to railroad workers during their working hours in order to halt railroad progress; he first suspects a saloon owner, but it becomes clear she's not the guilty party.

Bill agrees to take his former Civil War commander's oldest son with him to make a man out of him; Bill quickly detects the son has an intense bitterness towards his father.

Bill is serving as Marshall of Rio Nada, an area plagued by Mexican bandits who cross the border to raid the countryside; he captures one of the bandits and threatens him with hanging to get the identity of the bandit leader.

After acting Marshall Bill decrees that no guns would be allowed on Rio Nada's streets, a casino owner hires two notorious gunmen to kill him.

Bill is brought to the Governor by two bounty hunters, and he's hired to become Marshal of border-town being controlled by an outlaw called El Sombro; Bill learns his old mentor is the current sheriff and he's become an ineffective drunk.

Bill is forced to kill one of the Dawson brothers after the man draws on him during a fight; now he must contend with the three other brothers who want revenge.

After Bill turns down a bribe from a landowner to detour the track through his town, the man forces a doctor to quarantine the railroad workers with false claims.

Bill finds an old prospector almost dead from thirst and brings him to the railroad workers' camp; men from a rival outfit talk the old man into spreading a story about finding gold, hoping to lure workers away from their jobs.

A group of convicts take over the work train and hold the entire construction crew hostage; Bill, who the convicts believe is dead, makes it back to the site and tries to stop them.

Bill is planning to leave the railroad worker camp and move on, but a former crewman shows up to make trouble; Bill learns the man is working as field agent for the company that the workers hoped to get a new contract from.

Bill saves a government agent from an ambush; the agent is carrying a list of landowners who are refusing to pay their taxes, and Bill learns the daughter of one of those landowners arranged the ambush.

Bill finds a town engulfed in a feud between two ranchers; he also learns that his former commanding officer is now a doctor who's turned to drinking, and a young man blames him for crippling his arm.

A lynch mob wants to hang a young man convicted of killing a family of homesteaders; Bill rides in with a stay of execution from the governor just as the mob is about to break into the jail; the desperate prisoner escapes.

Bill stops to visit his friend, a well-respected sheriff, only to find that the whole town has turned against him and he's been jailed for killing an unarmed kid; Bill seeks to discover the real truth.

Bill comes to the defense of an unassuming man who is being bullied and tries to encourage him to stand up for himself; soon after, the man asks Bill to teach him how to use a gun.

Bill takes the job of escorting a convicted killer to his hanging, knowing that the man's sons and gang members are planning to free him.

An Easterner and his daughter hire Bill to guide them searching for a wild stallion to breed; however, an old enemy plans to follow them and rob the horse breeder to get revenge on Bill.

Bill goes after the three men who had forced him to accompany them on a bank robbery then framed him for it after.

Bill befriends an overeager young man, Johnny Tuvo, who plans to challenge him in the upcoming horse race; however, two men at the event have more sinister plans.

Bill is captured by a posse and accused of being one of the men who robbed a bank and shot the banker; only the sheriff, whom the banker hates for being in love with his daughter, is inclined to believe Bill.

Bill is sent into Mexico to investigate and put an end to a counterfeiting ring that's been operating there making phony American currency; the lawman he was to contact is ambushed and killed, leaving Bill to handle the situation alone.

Bill escorts a prisoner to Pueblo for trial; he is also to deliver money to the prisoner's mother for his daughter, whom she has custody of; the two men encounter a dust storm, which forces them to take refuge in a ghost town.

Bill comes to the defense of an unassuming man who is being bullied and tries to encourage him to stand up for himself; soon after, the man asks Bill to teach him how to use a gun.

Bill takes the job of escorting a convicted killer to his hanging, knowing that the man's sons and gang members are planning to free him.