Saturday, July 18, 2026

The Eleventh Battle: November, 1981


Battle of the Network Stars XI
November. 20, 1981
Hosts: Howard Cosell 
& Lee Majors 

Willard

NBC (winner) 
Gabe Kaplan, (captain) Maud Adams, Melissa Gilbert, Mark Harmon, Randi Oakes, Cristina Raines, James B. Sikking and Fred Willard


ABC
Scott Baio, (captain) Douglas Barr, Cathy Lee Crosby, Donna Dixon, Telma Hopkins, Ann Jillian, Sam J. Jones and Andrew Stevens 

Roberts

CBS
Pernell Roberts, (captain) Mimi Kennedy, Lorenzo Lamas, Jared Martin, Donna Mills. Tim Reid, Charlene Tilton and Berlinda Tolbert 

The Teams 

It's always surprising to me to see which actors who you didn't expect, look hot out of the clothes they usually wear on TV.  Most actors from the 80's were wearing suits as lawyers, uniforms as cops or rescue workers or scrubs as doctors.  I was surprised how hot and beefy Purnell Roberts looked out his scrubs.  It was also nice to see Fred Willard shirtless.  Willard has made most of us laugh for years, but I don't think I recall two many shirtless scenes. (Although I did find one HERE:


NBC won this battle, and sadly, like some of the other recent editions, they didn't televise the swimsuit introductions.  Early editions had a 'speedo show' with the swimmers jumping on the swim platform to show wave before it begun.  Most of the skin from the eleventh edition occurred during the kayak event.  Check out the video below.  Jared Martin (From Dallas) looks especially hot patddling along.

Martin

Barr

Lamas

Harmon & Kaplan

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