Lily Tomlin joins the cast and introduces her stuttering lady character. This New Year's Eve-centered episode brought the series into the 1970's. We start with the cocktail party; Piotr Rosmenko does a reading; quickies; Nancy plays a clumsy waitress; bartender Dan Rowan serves drunk patrons Dick Martin and Ruth Buzzi; Ernestine tries to collect an overdue balance from a customer; the Farkel family; Nancy and the female regulars dress in tails to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; Nancy appears as Marie Curie; Dick propositions Pamela Rodgers; knighthood runners; Henry shares his circus poem; Rosmenko teaches Nancy how to dance to her signature tune These Boots Were Made for Walking; the Whoopi Award goes to a liquor store clerk in Washington State; ballroom dance party; Mama Joanne gives dating advice to teenagers; the cast does a windup of the sexy Sixties; UFO sightings. Guy Lombardo, Ed McMahon, and Frank Sinatra Junior appear in cameos.
—Maisie Fleckum