MONDAY, NOV. 6
Vintage fare for those who care
HEY THERE: A SAMMY DAVIS JR. SIGHTING!
Sammy Davis Jr. made one of the classic guest appearances in a 1972 episode of “All in the Family” in which he dropped in on Archie Bunker to retrieve a briefcase he had left in Archie’s cab.
Five years later, he played himself on a memorable “Charlie’s Angels” episode in which the girls become his bodyguards after several attempts to kidnap him. You can see it tonight at 9 on WPXN, which is Ch. 31 over-the-air, but airs as Ch. 3 on Cablevision.
THE QUESTION: Can you name three other series on which Sammy guested during the 1970s? Look for the answer here tomorrow.
ALSO OF NOTE
THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1 a.m. Tuesday morning on Sci Fi). One of the classics, “A Game of Pool.” A pre-Oscar, pre-Quincy Jack Klugman’s a pool shark who finds himself in the game of his life against his long-dead rival (Jonathan Winters).
THE LAST WALTZ. (11 p.m., VH1 Classic) — Martin Scorsese’s memorable filming of the Band’s 1976 farewell concert at San Francisco’s Winterland. It really was a swan song to the ‘60s (but you knew that), with performances by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters.