Picks and Pans Review: Johnny Cash: the First 25 Years

UPDATED 05/12/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/12/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT

CBS (9:30-11 p.m. ET)

More than 40 stars join the man in black, whose career began with a 1955 hit, Hey, Porter, to celebrate his silver anniversary. Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Larry Gatlin, the Statler Brothers and Hollywood types like Kirk Douglas and Steve Martin combine film clips, unabashed admiration and C&W music in enjoyable doings.