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Uhura and Capt. Kirk give each other network television’s first interracial kiss in “Plato’s Stepchildren,” on Star Trek (Tuesday at midnight on KCOP).
It takes Opie a while to warm up to Aunt Bee in the “The New Housekeeper,” the first Andy Griffith Show (Friday at 5:30 a.m. on KTTV).
When Peter Falk directed his only Columbo (Saturday at 11:30 p.m. on KTLA), he sought the advice of his friend John Cassavetes-and a young director named Steven Spielberg. “A Blueprint for
Murder,” starring Patrick O’Neal, aired in February, 1972.
Lakers announcer Chick Hearn has a bit as a TV newscaster in an early ‘60s Fugitive (Friday at noon on A&E;) in which Kimble is spotted in the background of a picture.
Frankie Laine (who sang the “Rawhide” theme) makes his acting debut as a comic in an offbeat Perry Mason (Wednesday at 7 p.m. on KDOC) about the beatnik scene.
“Emergency” star Bobby Troup, a jazz musician, also guest stars. A twist upon a twist is how The Twilight Zone ends in “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?” (Tuesday at noon on KTLA).
Tommy Lasorda plays himself again and again-on CHiPs (Wednesday at 9:05 a.m. on TBS) and Silver Spoons (Friday at 8 a.m. on KTLA).
Rev. Jim makes his first appearance on Taxi (Sunday at 11 p.m. on KTLA)-as an ordained minister of the Church of the Peaceful who performs Latka’s marriage-of-convenience ceremony. It was
before the producers decided to add him to the cast.
Arnold has a personal reason for dogging a couple of bank robbers in Green Acres (Thursday at 1:30 p.m. on KDOC).
“It May Look Like a Walnut,” but Rob thinks it may steal his imagination-and his thumbs-in a classic Dick Van Dyke Show (Saturday at 9:30 p.m. on KDOC).