Battle of the Network Stars III
November 4th, 1977
Hosts: Howard Cosell, Telly Savalas & Bruce Jenner
Network Teams:
ABC:
Gabe Kaplan, (Captain) Fred Berry, Billy Crystal, Chris DeRose, Victor French, Cheryl Ladd, Kristy McNicol, Penny Marshall, Suzanne Somers and Parker Stevenson
CBS:
Jimmie Walker, (Captain) Adrienne Barbeau, Valerie Bertinelli, Kevin Dobson, Jamie Farr, Caren Caye, James MacArthur, Jimmy McNichol, Loretta Switt and Lyle Waggoner
NBC:
Dan Haggerty, (Captain) Robert Conrad, Elinor Donahue, Patrick Duffy, Peter Isacksen, Lance Kerwin, Donna Mills, Belinda Montgomery, Michelle Phillips and Larry Wilcox.
Although I'm only at episode #3, this one made me feel old. This episode aired 47 years ago, with actor Billy Crystal looking like a teenager. Billy was on the sit-com Soap at the time playing the gay character Jodie Dallas. Speaking of Dallas, although Patrick Duffy is featured here, this was before he started playing Bobby Ewing. Duffy was underwater at the time on The Man From Atlantis.
As I usually do, I included an introduction of the swimmers in the relay race in the video below. I never thought I'd see Victor French in a speedo... I could be wrong, but it seems they made an attempt to cover more of the men's bodies this time with their names right across their crotch. There were better views in the previous episodes.
Below: There must have been bowling in the early episodes as host Telly Savalas seems to be looking for a comment from Robert Conrad as he's about to toss his ball.
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