EASTER SEALS TELETHON {SEGMENT} {JACK KLUGMAN, REGIS PHILBIN, LUCIE ARNAZ, DESI ARNAZ, JR.} (TV)
Summary
A portion of a telethon held on behalf of the Easter Seals charity organization to raise money for mentally and physically disabled people.
Highlights include: a group of wheelchair-bound people playing various sports, including appearances from Jack Klugman, Ed Asner, and Steve Allen; Klugman and Ron Howard introducing a child suffering from spina bifida who received assistance from Easter Seals; a performance of “Lady Love” by Lou Rawls; Klugman interviewing Reverend Harold Wilke, an ordained minister born without arms; a performance of “Make Believe” by Peggy Lee; Asner and Rawls participating in a bowling match against wheelchair bowlers; Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. interviewing some of the participants at the call center; Rawls performing “Pure Imagination”; Klugman interviewing the cast of the television show “Eight is Enough,” including Dick Van Patten, Susan Richardson, Adam Rich, Dianne Kay, and Connie Needham, as well as Van Patten’s son Vincent Van Patten; a segment featuring a disabled artist who paints by holding a paintbrush in his mouth; Arnaz presenting a taped segment of people being interviewed about the services provided by the Easter Seals; Lee performing “The More I See You”; an appearance by David Hartman from the set of “Good Morning America”; Klugman and Robert Blake speaking with a young paraplegic man; and a performance of “Car Wash” by Rose Royce.
(This program is incomplete due to missing media. It represents the best copy available at this time.)
Details
- NETWORK: KCRA
- DATE: 1978
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:55
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:93940
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Specials
- SERIES RUN: KCRA - TV, 1978
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jack Klugman … Host
- Lucie Arnaz … Host
- Desi Arnaz Jr. … Host
- Lou Rawls … Performer, Guest
- Peggy Lee … Performer
- Rose Royce … Performer
- Edward Asner … Guest
- Steve Allen … Guest
- Ron Howard … Guest
- Harold Wilke … Guest
- Dara Welles … Guest
- Larry Kaufman … Guest
- Sally Struthers … Guest
- John Gavin … Guest
- Erik Estrada … Guest
- Deborah Raffin … Guest
- Peter Gray … Guest
- John M. Driscoll … Guest
- Regis Philbin … Guest
- Gloria Marshall … Guest
- Dick Van Patten … Guest
- Vincent Van Patten … Guest
- Susan Richardson … Guest
- Adam Rich … Guest
- Dianne Kay … Guest
- Connie Needham … Guest
- David Hartman … Guest
- Robert Blake … Guest