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Private and public parties took place in the hotels and on the streets of Los Angeles the night before the game. The sight of rows of men swinging down the street singing a Redskin or Dolphin fight song was common. At the palacial Century Plaza Hotel, NBC held a party for its staff and friends. The guests were heavily pre-Washington and D.C. Mayor Walter Washington attended with his wife and a sizeable portion of the D.C. government...
This Super Bowl stands out as special for a number of reasons. Julian Goodman, president of NBC, gave a few. "We will set a new high for the viewers of a televised event, 75 million. With Alaska being hooked up for the first time, even the Eskimos will see the Super Bowl. Also for the first time, a TV black out will not be imposed on the immediate area of the game...
Kyle Rote, former football star and now a news commentator for NBC reviewed some more reasons for the added excitement of this game. "Whenever you have two coaches like George Allen and Don Shula, and you know the way they are, great things can be expected. Also you have a team, Miami, which just missed winning it last year and who is back again as the first undefeated team...
Other luminaries who wandered through the party in various stages of pregame revelry were Vernon Jordan, director of the Urban League. Willy Wood, John Madden, coach of the Oakland Raiders (he looks like a Boston cop), and Curt Gowdy, Dan Simpson, and the rest of the NBC news team...
TUESDAY: NBC Reports. Producer Lucy Jarvis ("The Kremlin", "The Louvre") spent three months in mainland China as the guest of Chou En-Lai to produce this special on "The Forbidden City," the national art treasure-trove of the People's Republic. CH. 4. 10 p.m. Color...