Wed, Feb 1, 1978
Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), What's a Museum For, Anyway? (1978)); Cloris Leachman (High Anxiety (1977)); mime Marcel Marceau is interviewed and performs.
Wed, Jun 21, 1978
Tony Curtis (The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)); Steve Landesberg performs stand-up and is interviewed; Bess Armstrong (On Our Own (1977)); Merie Earle (The Waltons (1972)).
Thu, Jul 20, 1978
Bruce Jenner (Caitlyn Jenner) (America Alive! (1978)); Joe Williams performs; Ray Johnson talks about crime prevention and returning convicts to society; Marilù Tolo (The Greek Tycoon (1978)); Donna Hois discusses raising pigs.
Wed, Aug 2, 1978
Johnny presents advice on finding an ideal wife. Burt Reynolds (Hooper (1978)); Susan Sarandon (King of the Gypsies (1978)); Renn Woods performs; Andrew Tobias (book "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need").
Fri, Jan 13, 1978
Buddy Hackett discusses superstitions; Peter O'Toole (The Stunt Man (1980)); William Demarest talks about golf and traveling, and performs on the cello; Victor Buono (play "The Last of the Marx Brothers Writers") recites his poetry.
Thu, Feb 2, 1978
The comedy segment was a brief sketch in which a husband surprising his wife, who was trained in karate, was repulsed and fell through a door. Afterwards Johnny related how a similar sketch injured Red Skelton, when Johnny was one of his writers, as the door hadn't been modified to break. This led to Johnny's first national appearance when he filled in on the show. Carl Reiner first talked about an appearance by Peter O'Toole on The Tonight Show where he could not be understood, and did a lengthy impression of O'Toole. He then described how his facility with accents and types of speech came from not being a good student. He then discussed his current movie "The One and Only" and predicted Henry Winkler would become a big star in motion pictures. A clip from the movie was shown. He also discussed wearing a hairpiece. This led to a discussion of an old radio show that discussed people's personal problems. Jack Klugman talked about how he was still nervous before coming on the show. He then told how the heavy rains kept him from living at home (near the ocean) for several days and he stayed at the studio. That led to him saying he still came across as a slob, even when he spent a lot of money, and how priorities change with aging. He then discussed his work in "Quincy", learning from real medical examiners for the role, and a clip from that show was shown. Jan Todd is a weightlifting champion, referred to as the "strongest woman in the world". She talked a bit about power-lifting and then demonstrated by lifting 415 pounds. Johnny lifted 158 pounds, with Carl Reiner and Jack Klugman the three were able to lift the 415 pound weight.
Wed, Feb 22, 1978
Johnny quizzes the audience on celebrities' real names, and Ed interviews George Washington. Goldie Hawn (The Goldie Hawn Special (1978)) discusses raising her toddler son Oliver Hudson; Buck Henry (Heaven Can Wait (1978)); Dennis Dugan (Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978)).
Tue, Feb 28, 1978
Susan Clark (Hedda Gabler (1978)); Kelly Monteith performs stand-up; journalist Barbara Howar; Joan Embery presents wild animals.
Wed, Mar 1, 1978
Johnny reads the plots of potential soap operas. Don Rickles (CPO Sharkey (1976)); Ray Bradbury discusses Mars exploration and the stage adaptation of "The Martian Chronicles"; Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels (1976), The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978)).
Thu, Mar 2, 1978
Ed interviews a lab mouse. Bruce Dern (Coming Home (1978)); Robert Klein (Hooper (1978)); Susan Sullivan (Having Babies (1978)); Dr. Carl Sagan discusses extraterrestrial life.