Celebrity listings for "Magnificent Marble Machine" and "Rhyme and Reason"

[thomas_meighan]

A couple more celebrity guides I've been compiling via newspapers.com. I used the Tucson Citizen as my base but occasionally had to fill in elsewhere when celebs weren't listed or panels for "Rhyme and Reason" were incomplete.

First, "The Magnificent Marble Machine."

July 7: Florence Henderson & Roddy McDowall [VTR 6-24]
July 14: Leslie Uggams & Jan Murray
July 21: Vicki Lawrence & Robert Reed
July 28: Adrienne Barbeau & Jimmie Walker
August 4: Joan Rivers & Robert Fuller
August 11: Leslie Uggams & David Brenner
August 18: Susan Clark & Frankie Avalon
August 25: Jo Anne Worley & Arte Johnson
September 1: Marcia Wallace & Sam Melville
September 8: Nanette Fabray & Gary Burghoff
September 15: Joan Rivers & Bill Daily
September 22: Peter Marshall & Alex Trebek
September 29: Lee Meriwether & Gary Burghoff
October 6: Karen Valentine & Marty Allen
October 13: Betty White & Earl Holliman
October 20: Jo Anne Worley & Tony Randall
October 27: Michele Lee & Larry Linville
November 3: Jim McKrell & Chuck Woolery
November 10: Barbara Feldon & Roddy McDowall
November 17: Leslie Uggams & Jamie Farr
November 24: Jo Anne Worley & Earl Holliman
December 1: Florence Henderson & David Brenner
December 8: Ruta Lee & Alex Trebek
December 15: [preempted this week for “Noonday”]
December 22: Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Uggams, Arte Johnson, Anson Williams
December 29: Joan Rivers, Jo Anne Worley, Jamie Farr, Earl Holliman
[on hiatus from January 5-16, 1976]
January 19: Lee Meriwether, Karen Valentine, Gary Burghoff, Arte Johnson
January 26: Betty White, Jo Anne Worley, Earl Holliman, Alex Trebek
February 2: Carol Lawrence, Leslie Uggams, David Brenner, Pat Harrington
February 9: Della Reese, Karen Valentine, Jamie Farr, Robert Fuller,
February 16: Denise Alexander, Jo Anne Worley, Gary Burghoff, Anson Williams [VTR 2-11]
February 23: Shelley Fabares, Nanette Fabray, Pat Harrington, Roddy McDowall
March 1: Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Uggams, Earl Holliman, Arte Johnson
March 8: Ruta Lee, Rose Marie, Peter Marshall, Alex Trebek
March 15: Carol Lawrence, Jo Anne Worley, Charlie Callas, Robert Fuller
March 22: Leslie Uggams, Karen Valentine, David Brenner, Bobby Van
March 29: Florence Henderson, Lee Meriwether, Pat Harrington, Anson Williams
April 5: Nanette Fabray, Jo Anne Worley, Jamie Farr, Earl Holliman

The last original week was almost certainly April 5-9. "The Fun Factory" was supposed to have replaced "Machine" on Monday, April 12, but a strike by NBC employees starting April 1 caused a delay, according to an article in the NY Daily News of April 3 (page 33). The network elected not to use substitute crews due to the new show's complex production techniques. Writeup also stated that MMM repeats would begin April 12. Not many celebrity listings are found for it past April 9, but circumstantial evidence suggests that NBC reran the January 19 through March 19 shows from April 12 through June 11. Celebrities in the Tucson Citizen for the weeks of April 26 and May 24 match those of February 2 and March 1, respectively.

On to "Rhyme and Reason" . . .

[thomas_meighan]

This one is divided by years because it's longer and denser than the one for MMM.

1975
July 7: Charlie Brill, Barbara Feldon, Linda Kaye Henning, Mitzi McCall, Robert Morse, Nipsey Russell
July 14: Charlie Brill, Frank Gorshin, Pat Harrington, Lee Meriwether, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell
July 21: Jamie Farr, Meredith MacRae, Nipsey Russell, Dick Sargent, Kaye Stevens, Jessica Walter
July 28: Dick Clark, Frank Gorshin, Mitzi McCall, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
August 4: Bill Cullen, Pat Harrington, Milt Kamen, Meredith MacRae, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell
August 11: Steve Forrest, Stu Gilliam, Sheila MacRae, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Gregory Sierra
August 18: Charlie Brill, Johnny Brown, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Mitzi McCall, Lois Nettleton
August 25: Charlie Brill, Anne Francis, Frank Gorshin, Mitzi McCall, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell
September 1: Adrienne Barbeau, Johnny Brown, Pat Harrington, Johnny Mann, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
September 8: Charlie Brill, Frank Gorshin, Mitzi McCall, Maureen Reagan, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
September 15: Pat Harrington, Lee Meriwether, Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Murray, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena
September 22: Charlie Brill, Jamie Farr, Randy Fuller, Meredith MacRae, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell
September 29: Rhonda Bates, Pat Harrington, Frank Gorshin, Nipsey Russell, Dick Sargent, Conny Van Dyke
October 6: Charlie Brill, Ted Lange, Mitzi McCall, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Sally Struthers
October 13: Pat Harrington, Mickey Manners, Nipsey Russell, William Shatner, Conny Van Dyke, Cara Williams
October 20: Charlie Brill, Frank Gorshin, Mitzi McCall, Jaye P. Morgan, Marcia Rodd, Nipsey Russell
October 27: Pat Harrington, Gisele MacKenzie, Nipsey Russell, Joe Sirola, Fred Travalena, Conny Van Dyke
November 3: Geoff Edwards, Suzanne Edwards, Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell
November 10: Robert Alda, Charlie Brill, Pat Harrington, Meredith MacRae, Mitzi McCall, Jo Anne Worley
November 17: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Pat Harrington, Fred Travalena, Conny Van Dyke
November 24: Charlie Brill, Frank Gorshin, Mitzi McCall, Jo Ann Pflug, Nipsey Russell, Sammy Shore
December 1: Rhonda Bates, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Nipsey Russell, Gale Storm, Conny Van Dyke
December 8: Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Dwan Smith, Robert Urich
December 15: Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Shari Lewis, Lois Nettleton, Nipsey Russell, Jimmie Walker
December 22: Charlie Brill, Pat Harrington, Meredith MacRae, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
December 29: Rhonda Bates, Orson Bean, Pat Harrington, Gary Owens, Nipsey Russell, Jo Anne Worley

1976
January 5: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Nancy Kulp, Don Matheson, Nipsey Russell
January 12: Charlie Brill, Abbe Lane, Ross Martin, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena
January 19: Pat Harrington, Bobbi Jordan, Jaye P. Morgan, Louis Nye, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena
January 26: Jim Backus, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Clary, Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Nipsey Russell
February 2: Charlie Brill, Foster Brooks, Carole Cook, Meredith MacRae, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell
February 9: Johnny Brown, Pat Harrington, Gunilla Hutton, Nipsey Russell, Bobby Smith, Jo Anne Worley
February 16: Orson Bean, Norm Crosby, Jamie Farr, Barbara McNair, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell
February 23: Charlie Brill, Gloria DeHaven, Shari Lewis, Mitzi McCall, Fred Travalena, Jimmie Walker
March 1: Adrienne Barbeau, Johnny Brown, Jamie Farr, George Hamilton, Pat Harrington, Abbe Lane
March 8: Marty Brill, Jack Cassidy, Pat McCormick, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Jo Anne Worley
March 15: Orson Bean, Charlie Brill, Shari Lewis, Mitzi McCall, Jo Ann Pflug, Nipsey Russell
March 22: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pat Harrington, Meredith MacRae, Nipsey Russell, Shani Wallis, Jimmie Walker
March 29: Conrad Bain, Pat Cooper, Anne Meara, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena
April 5: Charlie Brill, Geraldine Brooks, Jamie Farr, Ross Martin, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell
April 12: Shari Lewis, Pat McCormick, Nipsey Russell, Ronnie Schell, Wolfman Jack, Jo Anne Worley
April 19: Lisa Farringer, Pat Harrington, Marilyn Michaels, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena, Anson Williams
April 26: Steve Allen, Charlie Brill, Foster Brooks, Sally Ann Howes, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell
May 3: Andy Devine, Jamie Farr, Alice Ghostley, Abbe Lane, George Hamilton, Nipsey Russell
May 10: Pat Harrington, Tom Kennedy, Meredith MacRae, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Avery Schreiber
May 17: Tom Bosley, Charlie Brill, Rick Hurst, Mitzi McCall, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
May 24: Phil Foster, Dody Goodman, Shari Lewis, Roger Miller, Nipsey Russell, Fred Travalena
May 31: Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard, Terry Carter, Bo Donaldson, Pat Harrington, Rue McClanahan
June 7: Charlie Brill, Jamie Farr, Mitzi McCall, Rod McKuen, Kay Starr, Jimmie Walker
June 14: Rick Hurst, Shari Lewis, Marion Ross, Ronnie Schell, Jimmie Walker, Jesse White
June 21: Anita Gillette, Pat Harrington, Robert Hegyes, Meredith MacRae, Greg Mullavey, Nipsey Russell
June 28: Jamie Farr, Anita Gillette, Meredith MacRae, Jaye P. Morgan, Nipsey Russell, Ronnie Schell
July 5: Charlie Brill, Terry Carter, Pat Harrington, Rick Hurst, Shari Lewis, Mitzi McCall

[vtown7]

Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us, Thomas!
R.