The 1980 Republican National Convention from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Presidential nominee: Governor Ronald Reagan of California.
Vice-Presidential nominee: George Bush of Texas.
President-Elect Ronald Reagan is administered the oath of office and gives his first address as President. Includes news report that American hostages in Tehran have been freed.
Special Report: Freed hostages arrive in Algiers. Comments from Kurt Waldheim, Jimmy Carter, others.
Special: Robert Klein headlines a program of sketches, songs and blackouts with guests Judd Hirsch and the Charlie Daniels Band. Robert plays the lead in a roller-disco version of "Julius Caesar," the host of a radio call-in show and a taxi driver forcing unwanted advice on his celebrity passenger (Judd). The Charlie Daniels Band performs "In America" and Robert sings "They're Playing Our Song" and "Since I Fell for You."
Special: Comedian Robert Klein's self-reflective monologues develop into sketches in which he plays a psychiatric patient who unwittingly reveals his Oedipal dream to a national TV-and-radio audience; and a corporate executive whose meeting with colleagues Jane Curtin and Rodney Dangerfield is sabotaged by swivel chairs. Also: a spoof of "trash sports."
Special: President Ronald Reagan, Gene Autry, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Minnie Pearl are among those saluting Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Acuff through recollections, film clips and, of course, songs.
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