Sun, Oct 14, 1973
Veteran broadcast journalist Tom Snyder joins the NBC schedule in this talk and discussion series which promises to cover contemporary and sometimes controversial topics. In the premiere episode, Tom's guests include Peter and Suzy Heck, publishers of Swing Magazine, their live-in friend Maureen, Patrick and Ann LaFollette and their live-in friend Joe Hoffman. The two sets of triads are on hand for an informative discussion of group marriage.
Sun, Oct 21, 1973
Veteran broadcast journalist Tom Snyder delves into the topic of flying saucers. His discussion panel includes United States Air Force advisor, astronomer, and scientist Dr. Allen Hynek, who was once a skeptic but now researches unidentified flying objects, Dr. William Kaufman, and ordinary citizens who claim to have witnessed the phenomena.
Sun, Oct 28, 1973
Child abuse and adoption are explored by Tom Snyder and his guest panel: Margo Fritz of Parents Anonymous, Dorothy DeBolt, founder of Aid To Adoption of Special Kids, and Dr. Edward Lenoski of the University of Southern California Medical Center, a pediatrician and expert in the study of child abuse.
Tue, Oct 30, 1973
In a continuation of Halloween themed topics introduced in the previous installment with a full-hour, one-on-one interview with filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, Tom delves into the occult with a guest panel of men and women who are real-life practitioners of witchcraft. Guest Solomon Weir, an employee of the Louisville, Kentucky police department, performs a cursing ritual.
Wed, Oct 31, 1973
Tom engages in a candid discussion of legalized prostitution with his guests prostitute and feminist Margo St James, founder of COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), Joe Conforte, owner of Nevada's infamous Mustang Ranch, and Rick Lutz. Also scheduled is disc jockey Wolfman Jack, who expounds on the music industry.
Sun, Nov 4, 1973
Host Tom Snyder is joined by guests former pro-football player and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Peter Gent, now author of the semi-autobiographical novel North Dallas Forty, and Merlin Olsen, veteran defensive tackle with the Los Angeles Rams. The sportsmen relate the use of drugs in professional sports. Food critic Raymond Sokolov also appears.
Sun, Nov 18, 1973
Host Tom Snyder explains network censorship and the story behind the eleventh hour decision to pull tonight's scheduled broadcast which had been pre-recorded. The show followed Tom and his NBC crew to the Los Angeles nudist colony Elysium Fields Institute. Although no onscreen nudity was shown, the program was deemed to controversial to air.
Tue, Nov 20, 1973
In an episode previously scheduled but pulled by the network, Tom ventures out of his studio to conduct an episode shot entirely on location at the famed nudist colony Elysium Fields Institute in Los Angeles. Ed Lange, the institute's founder, joins Tom and his guests for a sensational examination of nudity and psychological inhibitions in America.
Wed, Nov 28, 1973
Host Tom Snyder is joined by former prisoner and Teamster's Union leader James "Jimmy" Hoffa. Hoffa sits down for a thorough interview about his life, his career, and his future which could include regaining control of the Teamster's union despite an agreement to not seek management of any labor union until 1980.
Sun, Dec 2, 1973
Host Tom Snyder sits down with three writers. Lawrence J. Peter, author of The Peter Principle, talks about his latest effort The Peter Plan. Professor Thomas L. Martin explains his work, Snafus and Blunders. Third guest Caroline Bird promotes her current work Everything a Women Needs to Know to Get Paid What She's Worth.
Tue, Dec 4, 1973
Veteran broadcast journalist Tom Snyder conducts an interview in this installment with New York City's prolific and authoritative Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Milton Halpern. Halpern offers his opinion of contemporary medical issues and recounts some of the sensational cases which have highlighted his venerable career.
Wed, Dec 5, 1973
In this installment of the late night discussion series, host Tom Snyder welcomes guest John Wallace Spencer, author of the million copy bestseller Limbo of the Lost. Spencer talks about his book which explores the mysterious disappearance of airplanes, ships, and people within the Bermuda Triangle.
Sun, Dec 9, 1973
Various guests join this installment of host Tom Snyder's late night discussion series. Sexagenerian Ms. Emylin Cordelia Mayberry speaks with Tom regarding her challenges as a modern day, female prospector. Other guests include Henry Gris, who relates his recent, unusual trip behind the Iron Curtain. National correspondent and commentator Dick Strout is also scheduled.
Mon, Dec 10, 1973
Host Tom Snyder moderates a debate between Nobel Prize winning physicist Dr. William Shockley and conservative activist Roy Innis, executive director of the Congress of Racial Equality. This debate follows a previously scheduled one between the two guests at Princeton University in which Innis abruptly withdrew due to a ban on media coverage. Innis is set to debate Shockley's controversial proposition that racial disparity exists due to genetics, with the black race intellectually inferior to whites.
Tue, Dec 11, 1973
Host Tom Snyder welcomes celebrated journalist Adela Rogers St. John, once nicknamed The World's Greatest Girl Reporter. St. John opens up about her storied career beginning with her early days as writer for Photoplay magazine. She also touches on her political connections, from speech writing for Richard Nixon to a warm camaraderie with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Wed, Dec 12, 1973
Host Tom Snyder and his guest panel delve into the sensitive and controversial issue of euthanasia. The discussion focuses on the medical and ethical dilemma of terminally ill children as well as those born with severe birth defects, and who decides their ultimate fate. First of two parts.
Sun, Dec 16, 1973
In the conclusion of a comprehensive and heavily debated two-part installment, Tom and his guest panel delve into the sensitive and controversial issue of euthanasia. The discussion continues its focus on the medical and ethical dilemma of who decides whether or not children who are terminally ill or born with severe birth defects live.
Tue, Dec 18, 1973
Tom welcomes to the show feminist writer Nancy Friday, author of the New York Times bestseller My Secret Garden. Friday and Tom chat about the overlooked topic of women's sexual fantasies, stories Friday gathered from a disparate group of women through correspondence and recorded interviews.
Tue, Dec 25, 1973
Tom sits down with medical experts and average people for a frank and often sobering examination of alcoholism in America. Guests include: Dr . William Rader, staff psychiatrist of the University of Southern California Medical School, and Vivian Gary, consultant and senior staff psychologist of the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Long Beach. In the first of a two-part installment, real-life alcoholics submit to psychodrama therapy in which the re-enact from both sides various incidents related to their alcoholism.
Sun, Dec 30, 1973
In the final colorcast of 1973, Tom has a seat on-set to review some of the most memorable and unusual installments of the season. Highlights from shows featuring witchcraft, a visit to an infamous Nevada brothel, a female fight promoter, group marriage, death and dying, and a letter from a viewer who was saved from death after watching the show on dying. In the final moments guest Francisco Lupica demonstrates the cosmic beam experience. Tom wishes the audience a very happy 1974.