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| Television - 1978 |
| Here's a sampling of what we were watching and which shows made it to the top with an Emmy award. Still classics...Nick at Nite is full of 'em! |
| Premieres "The Incredible Hulk" with Bill Bixby, Lou Frerrigno ("You won't like me when I'm angry!") "Fantasy Island" with Richardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize ("Da plane, da plane!!") "Dallas" with Larry Hagman "WKRP in Cincinnati" with Loni Anderson, pre-Burt "Diff'rent Strokes" with Gary Coleman ("Wha choo talkin' 'bout, Willis??") "Mork and Mindy" with a YOUNG Robin Williams and Pam Dawber "Taxi" with Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito Top Ten in the Nielsens "Laverne and Shirley," "Three's Company," "Mork and Mindy," "Happy Days," "60 Minutes," "M*A*S*H," "The Ropers," "All in the Family," and "Taxi" Emmy Awards "Lou Grant" (Best Drama) "Taxi" (Best Comedy) "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (Special Class) Carroll O'Donnor (Best Comedic Actor, "All in the Family") Mariette Hartley (Best Actress, "The Incredible Hulk") Ruth Gordon (Best Comedic Actress, "Taxi") |
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| 1978 was a bit early for the crime, cop and legal shows...too bad for Rich Loss, he would've fit right in with this mug shot!! |
| Movies - 1978 |
| Box-office blockbusters of 1978...remember going with a gang or a date and seeing them at the Hackettstown Mall Theater, Stroud Mall or maybe even Rockaway? Remember the SMOKING LOGE at Newton? Wow, those were the days!! |
| $181,484,409 $141,600,000 $134,218,018 $102,922,376 $47,000,000 |
| Grease Animal House Superman Jaws 2 Halloween |
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