Firing Line
A Conservative Look at Marijuana
TV Flash files “A Conservative Look at Marijuana” as the last listed hour of season 7 — Firing Line (1966–1999) on Syndicated/PBS, season 7, episode 42, aired 1972-12-21, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E42: listed hour 100 of 326 in the Firing Line guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1972-12-21 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “The Young” (S07E41). Next is “What are the Challenges for Conservatives in 1973?” (S08E04).
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Conservative Look at Marijuana sit in the Firing Line guide?
S07E42 is listed hour 100 of 326 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 42.
When did Firing Line S07E42 air?
A Conservative Look at Marijuana aired 1972-12-21 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Where should I start?
A Buckley hour with a guest from across the aisle and room for full sentences is the contract. Clipboard, drawl, no countdown clock. Sample debates, not a serialized doctrine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Firing Line is William F. Buckley Jr. turning argument into spectator sport: clipboard, drawl, and guests from across the aisle in conversations that refused the sound bite. Syndicated, then PBS, it ran for decades on polysyllables. Political talk before the countdown clock — intellectual blood sport with manners, and sentences allowed to finish on national television.
Clipboard, drawl, and a guest from across the aisle — argument as spectator sport before the countdown clock. Firing Line is William F. Buckley Jr. turning political talk into ballet and blood sport at once. Premiered 1966, then ran through syndication and PBS into 1999. Sesquipedalian flair, pointed civility, ideas as combat. Public-affairs TV with a maestro's ego. Sentences allowed to finish on national television. **It set a gold standard for intellectual TV debate across ideological lines.**
Filed against
- William F. Buckley Jr. as Host
William F. Buckley Jr. hosted Firing Line as argument-as-spectator-sport — clipboard, drawl, guests from across the aisle in conversations that refused the sound bite. Syndicated, then PBS, decades on polysyllables. TV Flash files him as…