Match Game

28-year-old Kirstie Alley

Match Game
CBS
July 21, 1979
Game Show
DVD
B-

More of the same, with Kirstie leaving after her two games.

Match Game

Match Game
CBS
July 21, 1979
Game Show
DVD
B-

We see more of Kirstie, Brett continues to seem plastered, and I start matching mostly Betty.

Match Game

Match Game
CBS
July 21, 1979
Game Show
DVD
B

A funny episode with everything from Betty, Brett, and Charles teasing each other to Gene pretending to die while waiting for one of the two "rotten contestants" to come up with an answer.  I can't believe "Catcher in the Rye" was the $100 answer while "Ham on Rye" was $500, but it figures that Jamie and I are too smart for the room.  And, yes, this is the debut of interior decorator Kirstie Alley.

Match Game

From that week

Match Game
CBS
July 21, 1979
Game Show
DVD
B-

The "best of" collection includes four episodes with this date, but this is definitely the first one, since it has Gene welcoming the "new kid," 20-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis, with a couple kisses.  Meanwhile, Charles gives some really random answers, like "war bonds" for a cattle drive.  I was thinking this was a "PM" episode, since the contestants face each other twice, but there's no mention of it in the title.

The Bob Newhart Show: Desperate Sessions

The Bob Newhart Show: Desperate Sessions
CBS
February 26, 1977
Sitcom
DVD
B-

A pre-CHiPs Robert Pine is on the other side of the law in this story by Michael Zinberg and Michael Davidson, as a bank robber who holds Bob hostage.  Mr. Carlin's resentment of having to share his session is the best part, although Walker Edmiston, who was a Krofft regular, is pretty good as Sgt. Webber, who's been watching too much Dragnet.  Note that the robbery is very specifically set on Tuesday, April 5, 1977, since the date is displayed in the bank.  That was indeed a Tuesday, but this also means that this episode is set before the previous one and may explain why Bob has forgotten both buying Emily an anniversary gift and filing his taxes.