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The New Temperatures Rising Show
S1.E24
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It Don't Mean a Ping If You Ain't Got That Pong

  • Episode aired Mar 13, 1973
  • 30m
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Cleavon Little, Joan Van Ark, Nancy Fox, Reva Rose, and James Whitmore in The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972)
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A lovelorn Chinese ping pong player causes diplomatic problems when he decides to defect and marry nurse Ellen.A lovelorn Chinese ping pong player causes diplomatic problems when he decides to defect and marry nurse Ellen.A lovelorn Chinese ping pong player causes diplomatic problems when he decides to defect and marry nurse Ellen.

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    • Herb Wallerstein
  • Writers
    • William Asher
    • John L. Greene
    • Sheldon Keller
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    • Cleavon Little
    • Joan Van Ark
    • Reva Rose
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    • Director
      • Herb Wallerstein
    • Writers
      • William Asher
      • John L. Greene
      • Sheldon Keller
    • Stars
      • Cleavon Little
      • Joan Van Ark
      • Reva Rose
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Cleavon Little
    Cleavon Little
    • Dr. Jerry Noland
    Joan Van Ark
    Joan Van Ark
    • Nurse Annie Carlisle
    Reva Rose
    Reva Rose
    • Nurse Mildred MacInerny
    Nancy Fox
    Nancy Fox
    • Student Nurse Ellen Turner
    James Whitmore
    James Whitmore
    • Dr. Vincent Campanelli
    Byron Chung
    Byron Chung
    • Chung Ho
    Virginia Ann Lee
    Virginia Ann Lee
    • Li Soo
    Robert F. Simon
    Robert F. Simon
    • Lowell
    Larry Storch
    Larry Storch
    • Norman Frye
    • Director
      • Herb Wallerstein
    • Writers
      • William Asher
      • John L. Greene
      • Sheldon Keller
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      The title is based on the 1931 song "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. With the word "swing" it the title, it has been described as the song that ushered in the Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s.

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      • March 13, 1973 (United States)
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      • English
    • Filming locations
      • The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California, USA(Location)
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      • Ashmont Productions
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      • 30m
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      • Color
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      • Mono
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      • 1.33 : 1

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