Season 19

E1. From Chicago. Teddy Pendergrass co-hosts

Sep 3, 1979

Guests: Mayor Jane Byrne actress Ruth Gordon playwright Garson Kanin Country singer Ronnie Milsap Grandma's Boys the championship Barbershop Quartet The Kingston Trio a kite sailing demonstration by Gary Thompson and the Goodyear Blimp. Highlights: Mike sings "My Kind of Town".

E2. From Chicago. Maureen McGovern co-hosts

Sep 4, 1979

Guests: actor John Schuck singer Nancy Wilson gymnast Kurt Thomas Chicago Tribune columnist Aaron Gold Chef Luis Szathmary and jazz group Spyro Gyra. Highlights: Maureen McGovern sings "Different Worlds". Nancy Wilson sings "Music on My Mind."

E3. From Chicago. K.C. & the Sunshine Band co-host

Sep 5, 1979

Guests: Jazz singers Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams singer-songwriter Don McLean comedian Tom Dreesen violinists Betsy and Cheney Varney and high wire act The Great Wallendas. Also: a visit to Wrigley Field with Cub Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, slugger Dave Kingman, coach Cookie Rojas and sportscaster Jack Brickhouse.

E4. From Chicago. K.C. & the Sunshine Band co-host

Sep 6, 1979

Guests: actor Rock Hudson actress Judy Kaye Country singer Jim Stafford comedian Tom Dreesen and singer Maxine Nightingale. Highlights: Mike sings "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".

E5. From Chicago. Gloria Gaynor co-host

Sep 7, 1979

Guests: entertainer Bob Hope actor Jed Allan Kukla, Fran and Ollie and rock group Asleep at the Wheel. Highlights: Asleep at the Wheel perform "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie."

E6. From England. Burt Reynolds co-hosts

Sep 10, 1979

Guests: actor Peter Ustinov actress Joan Collins Jazz singer Cleo Laine musician John Dankworth author Charles Tamplin and musicians from the Wavedon Music Center School. Highlights: Cleo Laine sings "He Was Beautiful".

E7. From England. Burt Reynolds co-hosts

Sep 11, 1979

Guests: Country singer Barbara Mandrell The Muppets and their creators Jim Henson and Frank Oz Fred and Lou Hitchin and The Boomtown Rats. Highlights: Mike Douglas and Miss Piggy duet to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off".

E8. From England. Burt Reynolds co-hosts

Sep 12, 1979

Guests: actor George Hamilton actress Lesley Anne Down Country and bluegrass fiddler Jana Jae British singer Tom Lewis Derek Hobbs and The Oak Ridge Boys. Highlights: The Oak Ridge Boys perform "Sail Away".

E9. From England. Burt Reynolds co-hosts

Sep 13, 1979

Guests: actress Glenda Jackson stage and screen actor Peter Ustinov actor Billy Dee Williams banjo player Buck Trent Tubby Isaacs owner of Tubby's Jellied Eel shop and Drill Sgt. John Blood of the Royal Guard. Highlights: Mike sings "Got to Get You Into My Life".

E10. From England. Burt Reynolds co-hosts

Sep 14, 1979

Guests: actor Ricky Schroeder actress Carroll Baker fashion designer Zandra Rhodes Sgt. George Garnham Chef Anton Mosiman of The Dorchester Hotel and John West, head doorman of the Dorchester Hotel. Highlights: Mike sings "They Can't Take That Away from Me."

E11. Ron Howard co-hosts

Sep 17, 1979

Guests: actor Alan Alda actress-comedienne Vicki Lawrence singer Bonnie Pointer and impressionist Fred Travalena. Highlights: Bonnie Pointer sings "Heaven Must Have Sent You".

E12. Ron Howard co-hosts

Sep 18, 1979

Guests: actor Henry Winkler boxing great Muhammad Ali actress Mariette Hartley St. Louis Cardinals base-stealing great Lou Brock makeup artist Ken Chase and The Rollers.

E13. Ron Howard co-hosts

Sep 19, 1979

Guests: actor Donny Most actress Sally Struthers Joyce Virtue co-authored Sally's book "The Sally Struthers Natural Beauty Book" The Flying Karamazov Brothers and The Kendalls. Highlights: The Kendalls perform "Sweet Desire."

E14. Ron Howard co-hosts

Sep 20, 1979

Guests: actress Susan Sarandon former pro-football players turned actors Jim Brown and Fred Williamson comedienne Sarah Rawls Country singer Margo Smith and Olympic Gymnastic team Stacy Tutton and Igor Ashkanazi Highlights: Margo Smith sings "Little Things Mean a Lot."

E15. Ron Howard co-hosts

Sep 21, 1979

Guests: actress Cindy Williams actor Dennis Weaver journalist Charles Kuralt and artist Alan Wayne.

E16. Donna Pescow co-hosts

Sep 24, 1979

Guests: actor Robert Guillaume of "Benson" producer Norman Lear "The Baxters" co-stars Anita Gillette and Larry Keith comic George Miller and concert violinist Mari Tsumura. Highlights: Mike performs "The Girl Next Door."

E17. Donna Pescow co-hosts

Sep 25, 1979

Guests: actors John McCook and Paul Pape actresses Charlene Tilton and Jacklyn Zeman bodybuilder-actor Lou Ferrigno singer Stephanie Mills and TV producer Sylvia Fine Kaye. Highlights: Stephanie Mills sings "Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'?" John McCook sings "Pieces of Dreams."

E18. Donna Pescow co-hosts

Sep 26, 1979

Guests: actor James Brolin singer Evelyn "Champagne" King gadget man Stan Kann puppeteer Rene Barbara Myerhoff author of "Number Our Days" and paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (re: "Amityville Horror" house). Highlights: Evelyn performs "Out There."

E19. Donna Pescow co-hosts

Sep 14, 1979

Guests: actor Mike Connors producer Garry Marshall singer B.J. Thomas actor Jimmy McNichol actress Michele Tobin and swimmer Diana Nyad. Highlights: B.J. performs "God Bless the Children."

E20. Donna Pescow concludes her co-hosting duties

Sep 28, 1979

Guests: actor Robert Hayes actresses Debralee Scott Doris Roberts and Sharon Spelman vaudeville performer Whitey Roberts singer Maureen McGovern and fashion designer Calvin Klein. Highlights: Maureen McGovern performs "Different Worlds."

E21. Robert Blake co-hosts

Oct 1, 1979

Guests: actress Victoria Principal actor Christopher Skinner entertainer Tiny Tim Deborah Mazzanti author of "Secrets of the Golden Door" Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo Susan Subtle author of "Contest Book" food critic and author Ruth Reichl and Linda Lutz winner of a laughing contest.

E22. Robert Blake co-hosts

Oct 2, 1979

Guests: actress Jean Stapleton singer Mary MacGregor "Real People" host Skip Stephenson activist Daniel Ellsberg Sharon Smith Phil Graves and a lesson in driving a motorized bar-stool. Highlights: Mary performs "Good Friend".

E23. Robert Blake co-hosts

Oct 3, 1979

Guests: Reverend Billy Graham actress Barbara Anderson comedian Jay Leno singer Maxine Nightingale cigar-smoking contest winner Beverly Sturdevant and fire-fighting contest winner Larry Hinds. Highlights: Maxine Nightingale sings "Lead Me On".

E24. Robert Blake co-hosts

Oct 4, 1979

Guests: actresses Patty Duke and Joyce DeWitt singer Dionne Warwick Dr. Marvin Goldman Dr. John Goffman and champion hog caller Delores Nipp. Also: a debate on nuclear power. Highlights: Dionne Warwick sings "I'll Never Love This Way Again."

E25. Robert Blake co-hosts

Oct 5, 1979

Guests: actors Richard Thomas Norman Fell and Ernest Borgnine Country singer Dottie West attorney Nelson Christensen author Pierre Mornell and Nelson Christensen, an attorney who won a whistling contest.

E26. Lola Falana, James Darren, golfer Nancy Lopez

Oct 8, 1979 · 90m

E27. John Davidson, Miss America Cheryl Prewitt, John Denver, Patti Page

Oct 9, 1979 · 90m

E28. Shecky Greene, Charlie Daniels Band, Robert Urich, Jimmie Walker

Oct 10, 1979 · 90m

E29. Neil Sedaka, Frankie Valli, Robert Goulet, Larry Holmes, Don King

Oct 11, 1979 · 90m

E30. Melissa Manchester, Fred Travalena

Oct 12, 1979 · 90m