- Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show (1972)); Jim Henson is interviewed with Kermit the Frog, and the Muppets perform; Bobby Kosser performs stand-up; private detective Hal Lipset discusses surveillance methods in The Conversation (1974).
- Due to the ongoing musicians' walkout, there is no band. The comedy segment is the Timmy Awards, honors that should have been included in the Emmys - which Johnny is due to host the following week. Suzanne Pleshette first talks about having been to the dentist that day, noting that she is still feeling the Novocaine. She then talks about how she cooks more on "The Bob Newhart Show" than she does at home, because her husband doesn't care for fancy dishes; he likes basic foods, and wants a potato with every meal. She has considered giving him an anniversary present of a tour of Los Angeles fast food restaurants, as he prefers Pink's Hot Dogs to restaurants like Chasen's - though he is good-natured enough to indulge her tastes when they go out. She also discusses her husband's absolute fear of flying, and his preference for train and car trips; she reads a poem on the topic, noting that she has to hide plane tickets so that he doesn't have too much time to build up his apprehension of air trips. She talks about their recent train trip to visit friends in Miami, after which they had to take another vacation in Palm Springs to actually relax, then discusses her 13-year-old Yorkshire Terrier and her ongoing efforts to house train it. Jim Henson then comes out with Kermit, and Johnny interviews both of them. (The preceding Muppets routine was edited from broadcast by Antenna TV; it might have included music.) The second routine is on visual thinking, with Henson performing Kermit and Frank Oz performing a square old man character. Bobby Kosser does a stand-up comedy routine. Hal Lipset, a San Francisco private investigator who served as technical advisor on the movie "The Conversation", talks about electronic surveillance. He discusses the various laws regarding one-party and two-party consent, and how they relate to the Watergate investigation. He explains advances in wiretapping phone conversations, and shows transmitters disguised as a desktop cigarette lighter and a book. Finally, he shows a microphone in a bouquet of flowers.—lenab9011
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