What's on TV? Tuesday, June 13, 1978

I'm looking this week at the guest list for some of today's shows. Now, keep in mind I'm not as smart as casting directors and guest coordinators, and any one of you can probably cite an example in support of their decisions. Having said that, I'll note that Hope Lange is a curious choice on a show as bawdy as Match Game. Yes, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was a comedy, as was The New Dick Van Dyke Show; and she might have had as raunchy a sense of humor as anyone; nonetheless, which of these things is not like the others? Likewise, I don't think of Earl Holliman in the same category as, say, Charley Weaver when it comes to The Hollywood Squares, but then I never saw how Glenn Ford fit on there either. And on The Mike Douglas Show (KMOX), it seems as if Lionel Hampton deserves a better supporting cast; he ought to be on The Tonight Show with, say, Keely Smith singing with him. But again, what do I know? On the other hand, these are observations 45 years later, so we're entitled to be curious. Anyway, enjoy this St. Louis Edition.