TV MOVIES (CONTINUED)
1970-1979
Team Spirit (1979) - Sequel to the successful 1978 TV Movie "Monday Mourning Quarterback." The dead players come back as ghosts to help the new team.
Franken-Stein (1979) - Retelling of the classic tale starring Al Franken (written by Al Franken, Tom Davis, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargeant, AlanZweibel, Don Novello and Lorne Michaels).
Monday Mourning Quarterback (1978) - The San Onofre Chargers find out from the team doctor they are all dying of radiation poisoning from the nearby nuclear power plant. Can they muster the strength to play in the upcoming Super Bowl?
And Then There Was Nun (1978) - Agatha Christie's "10 Little Indians" set in a convent.
House Fire '78 (1978) - More people died in house fires during 1978 than in all other disasters combined. This is one of those stories and hopefully some laws will be changed (and lives saved) because this story was told.
The Telex Killer (1978) - Serial killer sends telexes to his victims right before they are murdered.
Reed My Lips (1977) - The romantic true story of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Reed.
Blackout '76 (1977) - A group of friends react differently to the 1976 blackout in New York.
General Grandpa (1977) - Grandpa organizes his entire family (including his very young grandchildren) to go to Vietnam and fight during the waning days of the Vietnam War.
Earthquake At The Nut House (1976) - True story of mental patients who were liberated after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake knocked down the sanitarium walls. Those idiots ended up helping rebuild that glorious city.
Love Beat (1976) - The story of Tony DeFranco's use of violence to shape his family into "America's Family."
Clown Without Pity (1976) - There are thousands of horrible, mean clowns performing at kids birthday parties out there - but none more horrible or mean that Willie.
No Christmas For Bobby (1975) - After Bobby attacks a neighbor with a knife, his parents force him to spend Christmas alone in his room. By morning, will Bobby learn to understand the true meaning of Christmas?
Run, Joey, Run (1975) - Movie based on the 1975 hit pop song.
Yakety Sax - Don't Talk Back (1974) - True story of Boots Randolph's slow decent into madness.
The Playground Is My Battleground (1973) - Dramatic story of a young boy and his struggle to be accepted at a new school.
Lucky Strike: Bounty Hunter (1972) - Cool as a cucumber, Lucky Strike smokes his way through wine, women and danger. [Manka Bros. produced this movie for Phillip Morris in an attempt to beat the recently imposed ban of cigarette advertising on television. Upon its first airing, the public had less issues with its blatant display of tobacco use than its hardore violence and frontal nudity.]
1960-1969
Rosie The Drunk (1969) - The tragic story of what became of "Rosie The Riveter" after the men came back from war, took her job and she returned to being a 1950s housewife.
The Satanic Nurses (1969) - Strange things happen during the nightshift at Allendale Memorial Hospital.
