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Lily | |
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Genre | Comedy special |
Written by | Stan Daniels Rosalyn Drexler Ann Elder Robert Illes Lorne Michaels Karyl Geld Miller Richard Pryor Jim Rusk Herb Sargent James R. Stein Lily Tomlin Jane Wagner Rod Warren George Yanok |
Directed by | Rick Wallace |
Starring | Alan Alda Richard Pryor Lily Tomlin Bill Gerber |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Bernard Sofronski |
Producer | Lorne Michaels |
Release | |
Original network | CBS Television |
Original release | 2 November 1973 |
Related | |
Lily (1974 special) The Lily Tomlin Special |
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