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Retro : TNT’s Salute to Leisure Suits : THE ‘70S ARE THE RAGE ALL WEEK

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

Get out those bell-bottoms, platform shoes and gold chains. It’s time to get down and do the funky chicken!

Beginning Monday at 9 a.m., it’s Super Seventies Week on TNT. Every day the cable channel will pay homage to that outtasight decade by airing episodes of such seminal ‘70s series as “Kung Fu,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “Medical Center,” as well as such popular ‘70s flicks as “Gator” “Love Story,” “Coming Home,” ’Taxi Driver,” “Shampoo” and “Annie Hall.”

TNT also will bring back such ‘70s icons as “Dance Fever” host Deney Terrio, who is the official spokesperson for the week, Vidal Sassoon, Evel Knievel, the Village People, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, David Soul, Chad Everett, David Carradine, Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox of “CHiPS” and “Charlie’s Angel” Shelley Hack. The ‘70s continue through Sept. 4, with Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” “Sugarland Express” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Here’s the week’s lineup:

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MONDAY

Four episodes of Starsky and Hutch. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears: Anthony Quinn stars in a 1973 spaghetti Western. 1 p. m.

Gator: Burt Reynolds stars and directs this 1976 sequel to “White Lightning.” 5 p.m.

White Lightning: Reynolds is a convicted moonshiner who exposes a crooked sheriff in this 1973 hit. 7:30 p.m.

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Fuzz: Reynolds plays a Boston cop trying to nab a mad bomber (Yul Brynner) in this 1972 comedy-drama. 9:15 p.m.

The Super Cops: Ron Leibman and David Selby star in a 1974 drama about two New York City policemen. Directed by Gordon Parks. 11:15 p.m.

TUESDAY

Four episodes of Kung Fu. 9 a.m.-1 p. m.

Wanda Nevada: Peter Fonda, Henry Fonda and Brooke Shields star in this 1979 Western. 1 p.m.

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Butterflies Are Free”: Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert headline the 1972 comedy-drama about a young blind man trying to break free of his possessive mother (Oscar-winning Eileen Heckhart). 5 p.m.

Love Story: Means never having to say you’re sorry you watched this 1970 tear-jerker. Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal star. 7:25 p.m.

Coming Home: Jane Fonda and Jon Voight both won Oscars for Hal Ashby’s powerful 1978 drama about the relationship between a Marine’s wife and a troubled paraplegic Vietnam vet. 9:30 p.m.

Network: Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight received Oscars for Paddy Chayefsky’s “mad as hell” 1976 black comedy about the broadcast news business. William Holden also stars. 12:15 a.m.

WEDNESDAY

Four episodes of Medical Center. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The Spikes Gang: Lee Marvin and Gary Grimes star in this 1974 Western. 1 p.m.

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau star in this fast-paced 1974 thriller about four men who hijack a New York subway train. 5 p.m.

Telefon: Don Siegel directed this 1977 spy-thriller starring Charles Bronson. 7:15 p.m.

Taxi Driver: Robert DeNiro is a lonely New York cabbie who falls into madness in Martin Scorsese’s landmark 1976 drama. 9:15 p.m.

Busting: Elliott Gould and Robert Blake are L.A vice cops in the 1974 crime drama. 11:45 p.m.

THURSDAY

Four episodes of Charlie’s Angels. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Shampoo: Groundbreaking comedy starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant (who won an Oscar) and Carrie Fisher. 5 p.m.

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Annie Hall: The Oscar-winning film of 1977 and Woody Allen’s crowning achievement. Diane Keaton also won an Oscar as the memorable title character. 7:15 p.m.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: Woody Allen loosely based his uneven 1972 sketch comedy on Dr. David Reuben’s best-selling book. 9:15 p.m.

Slither: James Caan and Peter Boyle star in this offbeat 1973 comedy. 11:10 p.m.

FRIDAY

Four episodes of CHiPs. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Whiskey and Ghosts: A 1976 spaghetti Western. 1 p.m.

Logan’s Run: Michael York stars in this 1976 sci-fi flick. 5 p.m.

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Rollerball: James Caan stars in Norman Jewison’s futuristic 1975 thriller. 7:30 p.m.

Harold and Maude: This 1971 cult fave stars Bud Cort as a death-obsessed 20-year-old who falls for a 79-year-old woman Ruth Gordon. 10:20 p.m.

Brewster McCloud: Robert Altman directed this 1970 comedy fairy-tale starring Bud Cort. 12:20 a.m.

What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?: A ribald 1970 comical documentary from Allen Funt of “Candid Camera” fame. 2:35 a.m.

SATURDAY

Episodes of Starsky and Hutch (9 a.m.); Kung Fu (10 a.m.); Medical Center (11 a.m.); Charlie’s Angels (noon) and CHiPs (1 p.m.).

Cotton Comes to Harlem: Raymond St. Jacques, Godfrey Cambridge and Redd Foxx star in this hit 1970 farce directed by Ossie Davis. 5 p.m.

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Across 110th Street: Anthony Quinn headlines a 1972 crime thriller. 7 p.m.

Hammer: Fred Williamson plays a boxer in this 1972 thriller. 9:05 p.m.

Hit Man: Bernie Casey and Pam Grier star in a 1972 thriller about a vengeful gangster out to get the men who killed his brother and raped his sister. 9:05 p.m.

Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man: Roger E. Mosley pretends he’s a preacher to get info on a gangland rival in a 1973 thriller. 1 a.m.

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