Mitchell Hadley's Blog: It's About TV!, page 105
December 7, 2020
What's on TV? Monday, December 4, 1967
W e're told by TV Guide that Monday represents the start of a new morning schedule for ABC. The Family Game and The Children's Doctor have moved to new timeslots, and two new game shows make their delayed* debut: Temptation, hosted by Art James, in which "a trio of contestants try to outguess one another for merchandise prizes"; and How's Your Mother-in-Law, with Wink Martindale, where mothers-in-law are judged on behavior; "three comedians try to prove that their mothers are best" by arguing their case before a jury of unmarried men and women. That last one was created and produced by Chuck Barris, a fact which doesn't surprise me in the least. (He also created the aforementioned Family Game.) Neither would still be on the air next year at this time.
*Production was held up due to the fall strike by the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians against ABC. See what Wink Martindale had to say about the experience here.
Don't give up on the rest of the schedule, though, because there's plenty to see in this selection from the Minnesota State Edition.
2 KTCA (EDUC.) Morning 9:00 CLASSROOM—Education 11:35 MODERN GEOMETRY Afternoon 12:00 OBSERVING EYE—Science 12:30 CLASSROOM 3:00 EFFICIENT READING COLOR 3:30 ART FOR TEACHERS 4:00 EXPERIMENT—Science COLOR 4:30 ANTIQUES—Education 5:00 KINDERGARTEN—Marron 5:30 4-H ACTION CLUB Evening 6:00 CAMERAS ON JAPAN COLOR 6:30 MANAGERS IN ACTION 7:00 TEACHING MUSIC 8:00 LATVIAN ORGANIZATIONS 8:30 TIME FOR RENEWAL 9:00 AFTER SCHOOL, WHAT? 9:30 FOLIO—Arnold Walker 10:00 MONDAY FOR MEDICINE
3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS) Morning 7:05 NEWS—Joseph Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 CHRISTMAS SHOPPER 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Arlene Francis. Guests: Polly Bergen, William Bradford Hale 5:00 McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS 10:25 EDITOR’S CHOICE—Krueger 10:30 ROGUES—Drama 11:30 MOVIE—Drama “The Mob” (1951)
3 KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 JACK LA LANNE COLOR 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 LANDMARKS IN IOWA—History 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests: Sterling Holloway, David King 4:00 BART’S CLUBHOUSE 4:30 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 5:00 LET’S GO TO THE RACES 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:40 MOVIE—Drama “Breakthrough” (West German; 1963) 12:00 NEWS
4 WCCO (CBS) Morning 6:00 SUNRISE SEMESTER—Education 6:30 SIEGFRIED—Children 7:00 CLANCY—Children COLOR 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 DR. YOUNGDAHL COLOR 9:05 MERV GRIFFIN—Variety COLOR Guests: Henry Morgan, Selma Diamond, Enzo Stuarti, Sammy Kaye 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:20 SOMETHING SPECIAL COLOR 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests: Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Barbara Rush. Guest: Forrest Tucker 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 MEL CALVERT—Variety SPECIAL COLOR Guest: The Way-Out Band 11:30 MOVIE—Comedy “Girl in His Pocket” (French; 1960)
5 KSTP (NBC) Morning 6:15 DAVID STONE—Music COLOR 6:30 CITY AND COUNTRY COLOR 6:55 DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—James Rogers Fox COLOR 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:15 DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR 4:30 OF LANDS AND SEAS COLOR 5:25 NEWS—Gene Berry COLOR 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 MEN INTO SPACE—Adventure
6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 JACK LA LANNE 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 4:25 BOZO AND HIS PALS COLOR 4:55 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game COLOR 5:25 BUSINESS BOARD COLOR 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS, ROCKY TELLER COLOR 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 DANGER IS MY BUSINESS—Documentary COLOR
6 KAUS (AUSTIN) (ABC) Morning 9:30 FAMILY GAME 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 FILM FEATURE 4:00 CHEYENNE—Western 5:00 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR 5:30 HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone 12:00 NEWS
7 KCMT (ALEX) (NBC, ABC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:20 TRADING POST—Jon Haaven 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 4:00 WELCOME INN—Variety 4:30 BEATLES—Cartoons 5:00 FLYING NUN—Comedy 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR
8 WDSE (DULUTH) (EDUC.) Afternoon 5:00 KINDERGARTEN—Marron 5:30 4-H ACTION CLUB Evening 6:00 DUOLOGUE 6:30 WHAT’S NEW—Children 7:00 NET JOURNAL—Report 8:00 MANAGERS IN ACTION 8:30 FRENCH CHEF—Cooking 9:00 SPREAD OF THE EAGLE 10:00 MONDAY FOR MEDICINE
8 WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 4:00 NEWLYWED GAME 4:30 CENTER OF THE EARTH 5:00 4-H ACTION CLUB—Education 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:30 INVADERS—Drama 11:30 I’M THE LAW—Police
9 KMSP (ABC) Morning 7:30 DATELINE: HOLLYWOOD 7:55 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Smith 8:00 GYPSY ROSE LEE COLOR 8:30 MORNING SHOW COLOR 9:00 ROMPER ROOM—Children COLOR 9:30 DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 MOVIE—Drama “Woman on the Beach” (1947) 4:55 NEWS—Jerry Smith COLOR 5:00 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR 5:30 LEAVE I TTO BEAVER—Comedy Evening 6:00 McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 MOVIE—Musical “Happy Go Lovely” (1951) 12:15 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone
10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC) Morning 8:50 COLOR BARS COLOR 8:55 MR. MAGOO—Cartoons 9:00 ROMPER ROOM—Children 9:30 FAMILY GAME 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 HOLIDAY HOUSE—Women 4:00 MOVIE—Musical “Teen-Age Millionaire” (1961) 5:30 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:25 MOVIE—Western “The Bounty Hunter” (1954) 12:00 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone
10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:20 MEMOS FROM MARY BEA 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DOODLES THE CLOWN—Children 4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Tony Martin. Guests: Marilyn Maye, Lou Brock, Erroll Garner, Buddy Brando 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME DEBUT COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR
11 WTCN (IND.) Morning 8:55 NEWS—Gil Amundson 9:00 CARTOON CARNIVAL COLOR 9:30 ED ALLEN TIME COLOR 10:00 MR. BLACKWELL 10:30 VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews 11:00 BRUNCH BUNCH—Women 11:30 COOKING WITH HANK 11:45 NEWS—Gil Amundson Afternoon 12:00 LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children 1:00 MOVIE—Satire “Uncle Was a Vampire” (Italian; 1961) 2:30 WOODY WOODBURY—Variety COLOR Guests: Eddie Rickenbacker, Susan Oliver, Cliff Arquette, Ron Eliron, the Strawberry Alarm Clock 4:00 POPEYE AND PETE—Children 4:30 CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE 5:30 FLINTSTONES COLOR Evening 6:00 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy COLOR 6:30 PERRY MASON—Drama 7:30 RACE TO RICHES COLOR 8:00 MOVIE—Drama “Island in the Sky” (1953) 10:00 NEWS 10:30 MOVIE—Adventure “Enchanted Island” (1958)
12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 FILM SHORT 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 JACK LA LANNE COLOR 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 4:00 SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS—Music COLOR Mountain Lake High School Choir 4:30 4-H ACTION CLUB—Education 5:00 SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS—Music COLOR Lakefield High School Choir 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS 10:40 PRO FOOTBALL—Vikings Highlights COLOR
13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 FARM AND HOME—Variety 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 4:00 DONNA REED—Comedy 4:30 FUGITIVE 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME COLOR COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 MOVIE—Comedy “Love on a Bet” (1936)
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December 5, 2020
This week in TV Guide: December 2, 1967
We're long past the point when television claimed to be an impartial bystander in the stories it covers. After all, just look at last month's presidential election. Or, perhaps less controversially, there's the story from a couple of weeks ago of the ESPN analyst
who inserted himself into the story
when his lighthearted but derogatory remarks about the Northwestern football team so enraged the players and coaches that they used the insults as motivation in their upset victory over Wisconsin. I'm sure the Badgers really appreciated his support. But we're into controversy around here, and in 1967 there's nothing more controversial than the Vietnam War. And so Martin Maloney's cover story asks the question: does TV confuse Americans about Vietnam?
Maloney calls it "TVietnam, the big war in the little box, the war brought to me by courtesy of pain-relievers, deodorants and low-cal beverages." Not, he hastens to add, is he suggesting that television coverage has been anything other than honest and conscientious. But it is inevitable that the immediacy of television's war coverage, its ability to bring "terror, shock and death" right into the living rooms of Americans, "may force them to become participants in the agony of the times." No longer is war "presented" to us through distant radio and newspaper reports while we wait for future historians to tell us what it all meant; we now find ourselves processing the war simultaneously, "as a kind of daily puzzle which we must ourselves piece out and understand."
The very nature of television news demands movement and urgency. Dramatic developments—or, shall we say, developments that have been deemed to be dramatic—are given the biggest piece of the limited news pie; a crisis calls for, and gets, covered over and over and over. "As a fairly consistent viewer of TV news programs," Maloney writes, "I sometimes get the nightmarish feeling that I have been trapped in a 6 o'clock treadmill: There is nothing new about the news." Television also reduces the size of battle and "detaches the viewer from it." It becomes so incomprehensible to those at home that it is "almost inaccessible to the human intellect." With the U.S. involved in a proxy war between North and South, it becomes nearly impossible to tell who is who, who the Viet Cong are, where the South Vietnamese army has gone. The struggle over territory lacks the clear definition of the march to Berlin; "if the war has actually progressed from North to South, or South to North, or in any discoverable direction, you would never know it from TV."
The end result of TVietnam seems to be "to reduce the whole war to simple numbers, and to report it rather like a series of baseball games in an endless hot summer. Old Walter, or Chet, or Harry, or somebody, comes on and says: 'This was an average fighting week in Vietnam. Opposition casualties: 2473. South Vietnamese: 417. Americans: 201.' But the numbers don't mean anything." In such circumstances, viewers have no choice but to invent the answers for themselves. Maloney compares it to a haunted doll house in which the characters act out their human dramas every night. "But the war inside the box is never acted out in full; this drama continues night after night, world without end." It is no wonder, Maloney conludes, that the Americans, having absorbed such coverage, "protest, complain, demonstrate, cry out. They are suffering the ultimate human discomfort: they need desperately to make sense out of one of the crucial events of the time, an event which eats at them—at their secure existence, at their children, at their sense of what is decent and proper, at the whole fabric of their lives. And the sense is not given them. It simply is not there." Sounds a lot like today, doesn't it?
"Meanwhile, the news broadcasters, caught between necessity and habit, will continue to produce their box scores. Meanwhile, the discomfort will become more and more painful. The end is not in sight."
Again: sounds a lot like today, doesn't it?
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During the 60s, the Ed Sullivan Show and The Hollywood Palace were the premiere variety shows on television. Whenever they appear in TV Guide together, we'll match them up and see who has the best lineup..Sullivan: Ed's scheduled guests are Ray Charles; comic Bill Dana; Met soprano Marie Collier; the singing-dancing Grand Music Hall of Israel; singer Frankie Fanelli; the Muppets puppets; the Mecners, balancing act; and All-American football players.
Palace: Host Jimmy Durante presents Ethel Merman; the singing Lennon Sisters; the rocking Grass Roots; singer-actor Noel Harrison; the comedy team of Larry Bishop (Joey's son) and Rob Reiner (Carl's son); comedian Milt Kamen; and the acrobatic Berosinis.
Perhaps one of the reasons for the decline and fall of the variety show is that there simply isn't much of an appetite anymore for acts like acrobats or balancers, though I maintain spinning plates are still the best cheap entertainment around. The Lennon Sisters' appearance with Jimmy Durante on Palace prefigures their 1969-70 variety series, an effort that tried to attract young and old but succeeded with neither. If we cancel out the Grand Music Hall and the Grass Roots, and likewise Bishop and Reiner with Frankie Fanelli and Marie Collier, we're left with Ray Charles, Bill Dana, football players and the Muppets vs. Durante, the Lennons, Noel ("Windmills of Your Mind") Harrison and Milt Kamen. In my mind, that makes this week a Push.
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Throughout the 60s and early 70s, TV Guide's weekly reviews were written by the witty and acerbic Cleveland Amory. Whenever we get the chance, we'll look at Cleve's latest take on the shows of the era. Television, says Cleveland Amory, bears "a heavy responsibility" for the "almost steady decline of decency and erosion of values" in this country. And what he sees is network television programming as it "shifts from beat-'em-up Westerns and shoot-'em up detective stories to situation comedies, which are funny only in their utter self-satisfaction with the neo-idiotic way of life they represent." Sounds a lot li— wait, we've already done that bit, haven't we?
Anyway, this brings us to Ivan Tors, who, according to Amory, has made "the greatest single-handed effort" to counter this trend, through programs such as Flipper, Daktari and Cowboy in Africa. In doing so, he has "not only fulfilled a crying need in television, he has also shown up the kind of school system which regards science and science fairs as if they were the Second Coming and yet regards anything to do with nature or nature studies as on a par with pagan industry." And this leads to Tors' latest effort, CBS's Gentle Ben.
Being the animal lover he is, you'd think that Cleve would have gentle words for Gentle Ben, and indeed he allows that it's almost "uncharitable," after all he's said, to critize it. In fact, it's not the animal participants in Tors' series that provide their shortcomings, but the human elements. Even if one were to concede that they're produced for children, "there is no excuse for the prevalence of scripts that would bore a baby," not to mention dialog that's often "too cute for words." But what Gentle Ben has going for it that the others lack is star Dennis Weaver. Weaver is much better than he was when we last saw him in Kentucky Jones; here, he's convincing regardless of what he does, and when he's piloting that airboat, he's "positively dashing." Weaver is so good that he elevates his co-stars, Beth Brickell (who has too little to do) and Clint Howard (who, without Weaver, would be "too cute for even our words.") And while Ben is no Rin Tin Tin, you can't blame him for doing his best work in the opening credits; all he needs is "either better plots or better direction—or, preferably, both."
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It's the first week in December, which means it's time to sell some Christmas merchandise, right? I have to admit, though, that I'm disappointed with Kodak's "very merry special" starring Tennessee Ernie Ford (Sunday, 8:00 p.m. CT, CBS). There's nothing wrong with the cast: Andy Griffith, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Young Americans, and Danny Thomas. But as far as I can tell, there's no festive content to the show; "Danny does a turn as a flamenco dancer," Ernie sings "Yesterday" and "Funny How Time Slips Away," the Supremes do a medley of traditional songs, and the Young Americans contribue a medley from Doctor Doolittle. It's all do-little for me. Much better is Friday's showing of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (6:30 p.m., NBC), which seems over the years to have become the unofficial start to Yuletide programming. I'd expect we'll see more of this sort next week.Even without the Christmas spirit, though, specials are a great way for advertisers to get the attention of viewers whose minds have started to turn to thoughts of Xmas shopping. Hallmark's Christmas offering is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (Monday, 8:00 p.m., NBC), with an all-star cast including Genevieve Bujold (in the title role), Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, James Daly, Theodore Bikel and Raymond Massey. Two nights later, CBS shows the musical-fantasy Aladdin, as presented by New York City's Prince Street Players, Limited . And for those who didn't get enough of James Daly in Saint Joan, don't worry, because in a couple of years he'll be on Medical Center. But in the meantime, he stars with Hope Lange, Patricia Barry, Eli Wallach, David Wayne and Rosemary Harris in the brittle marital drama Dear Friends on CBS Playhouse (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.) And in case that isn't enough for you, he also stars in a repeat of Ibsen's subersive play An Enemy of the People on NET Playhouse (Friday, 9:00 p.m., NET). I don't think he's in anything on ABC, but appearing on three of the four networks in the same week is still pretty good, don't you think?
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I kid you not, Jack Paar is back. For his fourth NBC special since leaving his weekly prime-time program, Jack looks at what TV Guide calls "The world's longest-running comedy": the human comedy. And, insists Paar, it proves that "truth is not strainger than fiction—it is far funnier." (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.) In a very funny article, Jack answers questions on just what he's been doing since leaving weekly television, in an insisive interview conducted by the only man who could possibly be up to the task: Jack Paar.
He's happy to be out of the weekly grind; "I do not miss it nor most of the people in it. There are not enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do"; some of those things include traveling with his wife, painting, reading, and working on his cars. He recently turned down $75,000 a week to play in Vegas because, he points out, "everyone knows that there's nothing I can do." When Paar asks whether or not he thinks the public misses him, Paar replies in the negative. "I was never an entertainer for the masses, nor did I ever wish to be. It's a Gomer Pyle world. It's a credit to the industry that even occasionally the networks try something better." And as for the medium of television, he thinks its influence has, for the most part, been good. "I feel our children are far brighter and better informed than we were." He's never even seen a bad program, "because I refuse to watch it. God gave me a mind and a wrist that turns things off." Mindful of Paar's reputation for controversy, Paar asks him what was the most unfair thing that's ever happened to him; Paar cites the incident at the Berlin Wall in 1961 . "[I]t was a nightmare at the time. I was denounced in Congress; editorials in the country's best newspapers were written against me." He was cleared by both the Army and the FCC of any wrongdoing; "This story appeared in only one paper in New York, on the back pages." His infamous water-closet joke, which triggered his famous walkout from The Tonight Show, doesn't rank; besides, "it was mild compared to what is heard on the air today." And speaking of controversy, when asked if he had any regrets, he said if he had to do it over again, he'd be more gentle. "If I hit anyone below the belt, it was because they wore their belt as a halo."
I've written many times about my admiration for Paar; the one part of this interview with which I disagree is his contention that he is not missed. What with his literate conversation and wit, and considering what we see nowadays, he's very much missed indeed.
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Anything else of note? Well, last year's National Drivers Test is rerun on CBS (Tuesday, 9:00 p.m.), and based on what I see on the roads, we could do with a new version of it this year. One of Alfred Hitchcock's lesser-known movies, Under Capricorn, is the CBS Thursday Night Movie (8:00 p.m.). Contrary to most of Hitch's thrillers, this is a drama about a society woman's descent into alcoholism due to her husband's false conviction for murdering her brother. Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten play the unhappily married couple; the script is by actor Hume Cronyn. I confess this is one of Hitchcock's movies that I was not aware of.
According to the Teletype, Harry Belafonte will be subbing for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show next year; I wrote about that landmark week here . The networks have put in full-season orders for five of the season's new shows: Batman, Judd for the Defense, Ironside, Mannix and The Mothers-in-Law. Burl Ives plays a small-town defense attorney in The Adversaries, a TV movie for next season co-starring Guy Stockwell and James Farentino. The Teletype reports it could become Roy Huggins' latest series, and it does, in a way: just swap out Guy Stockwell for Joseph Campanella, relabel it from The Sound of Anger (its title when finally broadcast) to The Lawyers, make it one of the three rotating components of The Bold Ones, and you're all set.
Robert Hooks and Judy Ann Elder in NET's "Day of Absence"
In the Letters section, Carolyn Sawyer of Norton, Massachusetts, wonders why CBS allowed the pro-Vietnam song "An Open Letter to My Son" to be performed on The Ed Sullivan Show while they excised Pete Seeger's anti-war "Big Muddy" from The Smothers Brothers Show. There's TVietnam rearing its ugly head again. (By the way, I think you can explain that decision in three words: L.-B.-J.) Another Bay Stater, Ann Hahn of Easthampton, praises NET's PBL for not pulling its punches with its recent play “Day of Absence,”* performed by black actors in white-face. "Even my husband and I, presumably 'enlightened Northern liberals,' found [it] to be strong stuff. But we'd have been more upset to hear that such a play had been canceled for fear it might offend." Hear, hear.
Finally, on the sports front, ABC has an attractive doubleheader on Saturday, starting with the 68th Army-Navy game, from John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. (12:30 p.m.) That's followed at 4:00 by Wide World of Sports, with a heavyweight elimination bout between Jimmy Ellis and Oscar Bonavena, part of the tournament to fill the vacancy after Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title for refusing military induction. We started this week in Vietnam; I suppose it's appropriate we end there as well. TV
December 4, 2020
Around the dial
If you're old enough to remember the programs I write about each week, then you probably remember the Bobby Darin song "Beyond the Sea" That's the first thing I thought of when I read "Beyond the Sea of Death," the latest Alfred Hayes contribution to Jack's "Hitchcock Project" at bare•bones e-zine. Believe me, the similarities end there.
Next week I'll be unveiling my Christmas Gift Guide (in this era of e-commerce, there's always time!), and one of the items you can be sure is on the list—aside from my own books, of course—is When Television Brought Us Together , the new book by David Hofstede of Comfort TV. Those who read David's blog know what an astute observer of classic television and pop culture he is, and you'll find more of the same in this book. Follow the link to read what David has to say about it.
Speaking of holidays and Gift Guides, Television Obscurities has a great gift guide for that fan of the short-lived TV series. Plenty of DVDs of shows from all eras, shows that shouldn't be overlooked; additionally, some really good books that include details on many of those same shows.
I've never driven a sports car and I don't know that I ever want to--for one thing, I don't know if I'd fit in one. Be that as it may, I like looking at them, and in that regard, I have something in common with Dave Garroway, as we can see in this piece by Jodie at Garroway at Large.
At A Shroud of Thoughts, Terence has a handy guide to Christmas movies on TCM this month . Some of them are favorites that you watch every year, but there are others that don't immediately come to mind when you think about holiday flicks. If you get TCM, you'll want to keep this bookmarked.
An interesting question: why has The Twilight Zone survived for so many years when other programs from the era haven't? I'd wager there are some markets where the show's been on in syndication ever since it went off the air. One-time TZ writer Earl Hamner Jr. has some ideas, as Paul recounts at Shadow & Substance.
Abby Dalton, whom I remember from the revamped Joey Bishop Show as well as having been one of the originals on The Hollywood Squares, died this week at age 88. The Hollywood Reporter has the story, as well as a look back at her long and successful television career.
Finally, let's end with some video. Courtesy of Terry Teachout's About Last Night, here's a rare clip from the pre-Johnny Carson Tonight Show: a nearly 13 minute long standup routine by Lenny Bruce, with host Steve Allen at the end. TV
December 2, 2020
Gailey for the Defense (and other concepts that never made it off the drawing board)
Fred Gailey and his most famous clientYou may recall a Christmas story I wrote a few years ago; it was, I thought, a moderately humorous piece in which I imagned Fred Gailey, the attorney who cleared Kris Kringle of insanity charges in Miracle on 34th Street, as the Mystery Guest on What's My Line? After all, considering the publicity that Gailey received as a result of the trial, it was reasonable to assume that, New York being what it is, Fred would have become not only a well-known attorney, but a celebrity in a city that loves celebrities. He would have been the ideal guest for the show. And since John Payne, the actor who played Fred in the movie, had appeared on What's My Line? himself, the whole thing made too much sense.
Anyway, as we were watching Miracle on 34th Street on Thanksgiving Eve (for the 31st consecutive year*), it occurred to me that I'd really just scratched the surface of the idea's potential. After the panel had guessed his identity, I'd had him mention to host John Charles Daly that his agent was in negotiations with CBS to do a weekly series based on some of his more famous cases, and that Raymond Burr had been contacted to star in the show. Of course, the idea wouldn't have panned out, and the network would have turned to Erle Stanley Gardner as a result, but that wouldn't have been the only chance to turn Fred Gailey's story into a drama for the small screen.
*And why not? It is, after all, the greatest Christmas movie ever made .
They always say that when you're pitching a story, you'd better have Plan B and Plan C ready in case the suits don't like Plan A, so let's take a look at the other storylines Fred Gailey's representative had in his briefcase during that meeting.
THE DEFENDERS The story of a father-daughter legal team. At the end of Miracle on 34th Street, it's strongly implied that Fred and Doris (Maureen O'Hara) will get married. Fred adopts her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood), who decides to follow in her stepfather's footsteps and go to law school. Each week, the Gaileys defend an unpopular cause or controversial issue, culminating in a courtroom scene that allows one of them to make a lengthy speech pointing out why those who disagree with them are not bad, just narrow-minded. Stars E.G. Marshall as Fred and Stefanie Powers as the grown-up Susan.
GAILEY FOR THE DEFENSE
Fred becomes a jet-setting, high-profile criminal defense attorney in the mold of F. Lee Bailey and Percy Foreman, dressing in a cowboy hat and string tie and flying around the country defending unpopular causes and controversial issues. He's accompanied along the way by his young assistant Alfred, who works at Macy's during the day while going to night school to get his law degree. Stars Carl Betz as Fred, with Dom DeLuise as Alfred. FRED GAILEY, COUNSELOR AT LAW A kindly, compassionate attorney defends various clients charged with murder, rape and other unpopular and controversial crimes, with the help of his young assistant, Thomas Mara Jr., whose father tried and failed to put Kris Kringle in a mental institution. Stars Arthur Hill as Fred, with Wayne Rogers as Tommy. Appears in occasional crossover episodes with another ABC series, Marcus Pierce, M.D., with Hugh Beaumont as a kindly, compassionate doctor who treats geriatric patients.
GAILEY'S PEOPLE
After a career of defending the downtrodden and displaced, Fred enlists the help of crusty New York City political boss Charlie Halloran and is elected to represent Greenwich Village in the state legislature. Each week, the series spotlights the travails of local politicians, while Fred continues to speak out on unpopular and controversial issues. Stars Richard Crenna as Fred and William Demarist as Charlie. Special appearance by Lucille Ball as Jane Jacobs.HELTER SKELTER Following the success of Miracle on 34th Street, the Gaileys move to Hollywood, where Fred is elected to succeed Hamilton Berger as district attorney of Los Angeles. Because of his involvement in unpopular and controversial issues, his career rides on successfully prosecuting the infamous Manson Family for a string of brutal murders. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Fred, wth Natalie Wood in flashbacks as Sharon Tate. Cameo by Quentin Tarentino as Charles Manson.
THE PEOPLE'S COURT
Fred is the star of a new reality series in which he arbitrates cases between people involved in disputes that are neither unpopular nor controversial. He rapidly becomes the most popular judge in America, and his motto: "Don't tell it to your neighbor, tell it to Fred" is soon a catchphrase. Stars John Payne as Fred, Richard Moll as the bailiff, and Nancy Grace as the court reporter. Things come full circle when, in the first case, a man is charged with producing and distributing bootleg copies of Miracle on 34th Street. TV November 30, 2020
What's on TV: Thursday, December 4, 1958
I mentioned on Saturday that this was a week of specials, but for today's feature I chose a day with no specials, a chance to take a look at an ordinary schedule before it becomes overloaded with Christmas festivities. That's not to say there aren't interesting things to see. For example, look at The Pat Boone Show on ABC. This has to be one of the few instances in this 62-year-old issue (outside of shows with child actors) in which both the star and one of the guests, future Hogan's Heroes star Robert Clary, are still with us. That alone makes it special, don't you think? It all comes from the Minnesota State Edition. 2 KTCA (Educ.) AFTERNOON 1:30 CHILDREN’S ART—4th Grade 2:00 GUIDANCE INFORMATION 2:30 TUNE-UP TIME—3rd Grade 3:00 GRAPHIC ARTS—Education 3:30 PASO-A-PASO—Education 5:00 MAGIC DOORWAYS—Education 5:15 NUMBER OF THINGS—Education 5:30 SING HI-SING LO—Music 5:45 FRIENDLY GIANT—Education EVENING 6:00 NUMBER OF THINGS—Education 6:15 INDUSTRY ON PARADE 6:30 CRIMINAL MAN—Education 7:00 SCHOOL DIGEST—Education 7:30 MIDDLE EAST STUDY 8:00 PRIVATE COLLEGE HOUR 8:30 PRIVATE COLLEGE HOUR 9:00 CURRENT ISSUES—Education 9:30 TOWN AND COUNTRY 10:00 ATOMIC PRIMER—Education 10:30 HEARTBEAT—Education 3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS) MORNING 8:00 CAPT. KANGAROO—Kids Guest: 8:45 NEWS—Hottelet 9:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY 9:30 PLAY YOUR HUNCH 10:00 ARTHUR GODFREY 10:30 TOP DOLLAR 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS—Walter Cronkite 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS 1:00 JIMMY DEAN Guest: Denise Lor 1:30 HOUSE PARTY 2:00 BIG PAYOFF—Quiz 2:30 VERDICT IS YOURS 3:00 BRIGHTER DAY 3:15 SECRET STORM 3:30 EDGE OF NIGHT 4:00 TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama 5:00 BANDSTAND—Jim Rassbach 5:30 ADVENTURE TIME EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:15 NEWS—Doug Edwards 6:30 JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama 7:00 DECEMBER BRIDE 7:30 DONNA REED—Comedy 8:00 ZANE GREY—Western 8:30 PLAYHOUSE 90 “Free Week-end” 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:15 MOVIE—Western “Armored Attack” (1943) 3 KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS) MORNING 8:00 CAPT. KANGAROO—Kids Guest: 8:45 NEWS—Hottelet 9:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY 9:30 PLAY YOUR HUNCH 10:00 ARTHUR GODFREY 10:30 TOP DOLLAR 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:05 TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS 1:00 JIMMY DEAN Guest: Denise Lor 1:30 HOUSE PARTY 2:00 BIG PAYOFF—Quiz 2:30 VERDICT IS YOURS 3:00 BRIGHTER DAY 3:15 SECRET STORM 3:30 EDGE OF NIGHT 4:00 BOB CAVANAUGH—Variety 5:00 HUCKLEBERRY HOUND 5:30 BART’S CLUBHOUSE—Kids 5:45 NEWS—Doug Edwards EVENING 6:00 FARM REPORTER—Al Heinz 6:05 SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER 6:30 ANNIE OAKLEY—Western 7:00 DECEMBER BRIDE 7:30 YANCY DERRINGER 8:00 ZANE GREY—Western 8:30 PLAYHOUSE 90 “Free Week-end” 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:30 COL. FLACK—Comedy 4 WCCO (CBS) MORNING 7:00 CARTOONS—Siegfried 7:45 SANTA CLAUS PARTY 8:00 CAPT. KANGAROO—Kids Guest: 8:45 REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL 8:55 NEWS—Dean Montgomery 9:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY 9:30 PLAY YOUR HUNCH 10:00 ARTHUR GODFREY 10:30 TOP DOLLAR 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:15 TAKE FIVE—Cedric Adams 12:20 WEATHER—Kraehling 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS 1:00 JIMMY DEAN Guest: Denise Lor 1:30 HOUSE PARTY 2:00 RANDY MERRIMAN—Variety 2:30 VERDICT IS YOURS 3:00 BRIGHTER DAY 3:15 SECRET STORM 3:30 EDGE OF NIGHT 4:00 AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle 4:30 AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card 5:00 SUPERMAN—Adventure 5:30 POPEYE CLUBHOUSE—Kids 5:55 WEATHER, NEWS, SPORTS EVENING 6:15 NEWS—Doug Edwards 6:30 I LOVE LUCY—Comedy 7:00 DECEMBER BRIDE 7:30 YANCY DERRINGER 8:00 ZANE GREY—Western 8:30 PLAYHOUSE 90 “Free Week-end” 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:30 MIKE HAMMER—Mystery 11:00 MOVIE—Drama “Man Hunt” (1941) 5 KSTP (NBC) MORNING 6:05 DAVID STONE—Variety 6:30 CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Satellites and Space Travel” 7:00 TODAY—Garroway Guest: Fernanda 9:00 DOUGH-RE-MI 9:30 TREASURE HUNT 10:00 PRICE IS RIGHT 10:30 CONCENTRATION 11:00 TIC TAC DOUGH 11:30 IT COULD BE YOU AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:20 TREASURE CHEST—Hutton 1:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz COLOR 1:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz COLOR 2:00 TODAY IS OURS 2:30 FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial 3:00 QUEEN FOR A DAY 3:30 COUNTY FAIR 4:00 MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy 4:30 HAWKEYE—Adventure 5:00 SHERWOOD FOREST—Adventure 5:30 HI FI-VE TIME—Zimmerman 5:45 NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:20 YOU SHOULD KNOW—Quiz 6:30 JEFFERSON DRUM—Western 7:00 ED WYNN—Comedy 7:30 CONCENTRATION 8:00 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 8:30 ERNIE FORD Guest: Carol Channing 9:00 GROUCHO MARX 9:30 MASQUERADE PARTY COLOR 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:30 TEN-FOUR—Police 11:00 JACK PAAR—Variety 12:00 NEWS 6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC) MORNING 6:30 CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Satellites and Space Travel” 7:00 TODAY—Garroway Guest: Fernanda 9:00 DOUGH-RE-MI 9:30 TREASURE HUNT 10:00 PRICE IS RIGHT 10:30 CONCENTRATION 11:00 TIC TAC DOUGH 11:30 IT COULD BE YOU AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:05 MOVIE—Western “Virginia City” (1940) Part 1 1:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz COLOR 1:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz COLOR 2:00 TODAY IS OURS 2:30 FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial 3:00 QUEEN FOR A DAY 3:30 COUNTY FAIR 4:00 POPEYE—Cartoons 5:25 SKY KING—Adventure EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:15 NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley 6:30 ZORRO—Adventure 7:00 ED WYNN—Comedy 7:30 CONCENTRATION 8:00 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 8:30 ERNIE FORD Guest: Carol Channing 9:00 GROUCHO MARX 9:30 SEA HUNT—Adventure 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:15 ROCKY TELLER—Variety 10:45 JACK PAAR—Variety 6 KMMT (AUSTIN) (ABC) MORNING 10:30 QUIZ A CATHOLIC—Religion 11:00 DAY IN COURT—Drama 11:30 PETER LIND HAYES Guests: Frank Fontaine, Bob Eberly AFTERNOON 12:30 MOTHER’S DAY—Contest 1:00 LIBERACE—Variety Guest singer: Shelby Flint 1:30 MATINEE WITH MARGE 2:00 CHANCE FOR ROMANCE 2:30 PENDULUM—Mystery 3:00 BEAT THE CLOCK—Collyer 3:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz 4:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: The Quintones 5:00 TEXAS RANGERS—Western 5:30 ADVENTURE TIME EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:15 NEWS—Don Goddard 6:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER 7:00 ZORRO—Adventure 7:30 REAL McCOYS—Comedy 8:00 PAT BOONE—Variety Guests: Jeannie Carson, Robert Clary 8:30 ROUGH RIDERS—Western 9:00 MAN WITHOUT A GUN 9:30 JUDGE ROY BEAN—Western 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:15 NEWS—John Daly 10:30 TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama 8 WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS) MORNING 10:00 ARTHUR GODFREY 10:30 TOP DOLLAR 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial 11:45 FILM SHORT AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:30 OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy 1:00 JIMMY DEAN Guest: Denise Lor 1:30 HOUSE PARTY 2:00 BIG PAYOFF—Quiz 2:30 VERDICT IS YOURS 3:00 BRIGHTER DAY 3:15 SECRET STORM 3:30 EDGE OF NIGHT 4:00 MOVIE—Western “Heart of the Rio Grande” (1942) 5:00 JUNGLE JIM—Adventure 5:30 KIDDIES’ HOUR—Variety EVENING 6:00 FARM DIGEST—Martin 6:05 SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER 6:30 WALT DISNEY—Adventure 7:30 I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel 8:00 MUSIC TIME—Variety 8:30 PLAYHOUSE 90 “Free Week-end” 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:20 THIS IS YOUR LIFE—Edwards 10:50 CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING 9 KMSP (Ind.) AFTERNOON 2:00 MOVIE—Drama “Country Husband” (1958) 3:30 BINGO—Joe Cooper 4:30 TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama 5:30 OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy EVENING 6:00 LOONEY TUNERS CLUB 6:30 JUNGLE JIM—Adventure 7:00 GEORGE JESSEL—Comedy 7:30 MOVIE—Musical “East Side of Heaven” (1939) 9:00 MOVIE—Western “High Noon” (1952) 10:30 NEWS—David Lee 10:45 SPORTS—Tony Parker 10:50 OPEN HOUSE—Mel Jass 11:55 NEWS 10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC) MORNING 6:30 CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Satellites and Space Travel” 7:00 TODAY—Garroway Guest: Fernanda 9:00 DOUGH-RE-MI 9:30 TREASURE HUNT 10:00 PRICE IS RIGHT 10:30 CONCENTRATION 11:00 TIC TAC DOUGH 11:30 IT COULD BE YOU AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:15 CHANNEL TEN CALLING 12:30 FILM FEATURE “American Cowboy” 1:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz COLOR 1:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz COLOR 2:00 TODAY IS OURS 2:30 FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial 3:00 QUEEN FOR A DAY 3:30 COUNTY FAIR 4:00 WHAT’S NEW—Don Perry 4:30 FOREST FRONTIERS 5:00 JET JACKSON—Adventure 5:30 HUCKLEBERRY HOUND EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:15 NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley 6:30 JEFFERSON DRUM—Western 7:00 SEA HUNT—Adventure 7:30 CONCENTRATION 8:00 RESCUE 8—Drama 8:30 ERNIE FORD Guest: Carol Channing 9:00 GROUCHO MARX 9:30 DECOY—Police 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:30 JACK PAAR—Variety 11 WTCN (ABC) MORNING 9:00 FILM SHORT 9:20 FARM NEWS—Stuart A. Lindman 9:30 ROMPER ROOM—Miss Kay 10:20 TOP PLAYS—Drama 10:55 MARK STEVENS 11:00 DAY IN COURT—Drama 11:30 PETER LIND HAYES Guests: Frank Fontaine, Bob Eberly AFTERNOON 12:30 MOTHER’S DAY—Contest 1:00 LIBERACE—Variety Guest singer: Shelby Flint 1:30 MARK STEVENS 1:35 BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy 2:00 CHANCE FOR ROMANCE 2:30 AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy 2:55 MARK STEVENS 3:00 BEAT THE CLOCK—Collyer 3:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz 4:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: The Quintones 5:00 TEXAS RANGERS—Western 5:30 ADVENTURE TIME EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER 7:00 ZORRO—Adventure 7:30 REAL McCOYS—Comedy 8:00 PAT BOONE—Variety Guests: Jeannie Carson, Robert Clary 8:30 ROUGH RIDERS—Western 9:00 SEA HUNT—Adventure 9:30 NEWS—Chick McCuen 9:45 MOVIE—Drama “Reap the Wild Wind” (1942) 13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC) MORNING 6:30 CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Satellites and Space Travel” 7:00 TODAY—Garroway Guest: Fernanda 9:00 DOUGH-RE-MI 9:30 TREASURE HUNT 10:00 PRICE IS RIGHT 10:30 CONCENTRATION 11:00 TIC TAC DOUGH 11:30 IT COULD BE YOU AFTERNOON 12:00 EXTENSION DIVISION 12:15 COUSIN FUZZY—Variety 12:45 MARKETS, NEWS 1:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz COLOR 1:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz COLOR 2:00 TODAY IS OURS 2:30 FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial 3:00 QUEEN FOR A DAY 3:30 COUNTY FAIR 4:00 FILM FEATURE 4:30 CARTOONS—Kids 5:00 SHERIFF BOB—Kids 5:30 JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama EVENING 6:00 SANTA CLAUS MAIL 6:15 NEWS, WEATHER 6:30 ZORRO—Adventure 7:00 MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY 7:30 CONCENTRATION 8:00 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 8:30 ERNIE FORD Guest: Carol Channing 9:00 GROUCHO MARX 9:30 DONNA REED—Comedy 10:00 NEWS, SPORTS 10:30 MOVIE—To Be Announced TV
November 28, 2020
This week in TV Guide: November 29, 1958
There's a little something for everyone in this issue, including specials, sports, and even a Christmas show, so let's get right to it before we forget! Saturday night Victor Borge stars in his fourth CBS special (8:00 p.m.), and the Great Dane takes the opportunity to talk with TV Guide's Frank DeBlois about some of the challenges involved in doing television. "On TV there is always the problem of the studio audience," he says. "I dislike to complain, but sometimes I have found that the professional TV studio patron, with a jaw full of rock candy and a carpetbag slung over the shoulder, is not there to watch me play the piano, but rather is there to forage for salami. If I had a show every week I would pass out smorgasbord." He adds, however, that he cannot perform without an audience; it is like "looking into a mirror without a mirror." And, he assures DeBlois, there is no such thing as a bad audience. "A bad audience is merely one the performer cannot handle."
Sunday strikes a musical note or three, starting with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in the first in a monthly series of programs doing what Berttstein would do so well in his young people's concerts: explaing classical music. (4:00 p.m., CBS) This month, the maestro takes an in-depth look at Beethoven's Ninth; among the soloists assisting Bernstein is the future legend Leontyne Price. The hour-long program ends just in time for NBC's Peter and the Wolf (5:00 p.m.), starring Art Carney and the Baird Puppets, with music based on Prokofiev's themes and composed by Paul Weston, and lyrics by Ogden Nash and Sheldon Harnick. The highlight, however, is probably the musical comedy Wonderful Town, with the wonderful Rosalind Russell reprising her Tony-winning Broadway role (8:00 p.m., CBS), and featuring songs by none other than—Leonard Bernstein. And guess what: you can see it right here!
Monday morning starts the week with a little Yule cheer, the Santa Claus Party (WCCO, 7:45 a.m.), which airs every Monday, Thursday and Friday through the Christmas season. "Shows will be taped ahead with the new Video Tape Recorder, so the youngsters who appear on the show will be able to see themselves on TV." That evening, the Salvation Army's "Tree of Lights" pageant is presented by WTCN (7:00 p.m.), live from the balcony of the Calhoun Beach Hotel, which just happens to be home of WTCN's studios. At 9:00 p.m. on CBS, Danny Thomas and his TV family, fresh off of their own weekly appearance at 8:00 p.m., are the guests on a special Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour that features Danny Williams and his gang renting the Ricardos' Connecticut home for a vacation, while Lucy and Desi are in Hollywood making a picture. This being Lucy, you know things aren't going to be that easy: the project is cancelled, and the Ricardos want their home back. Hilarity ensues.
I don't think I've ever mentioned the espionage series The Man Called X. It ran on the radio from 1944 to 1952, with Herbert Marshall as Intelligence Agent Ken Thurston, but Barry Sullivan takes on the role in the syndicated television version (produced by Ziv), which ran for two seasons, from 1956-57. Tuesday's episode (7:00 p.m., KMSP), "Ballerina Story," was actually the second to air during the show's original run; "Thurston is dispatched from Washington to help a ballerina escape from a dictatorship." Are you sure that's not a typo, that Thurston's dispatched to Washington to help the ballerina escape the dictatorship? No, maybe not. If you're looking for some laughs, George Burns is a popular man tonight: he first appears in his own show (8:00 p.m., NBC) with singer Tony Martin as his special guest; then, at 8:30, George himself is the special guest on The Bob Cummings Show, as he tries to help Bob's nephew Chuck with his singing career. I'll bet Hal could tell us more about this episode at The Horn Section !
On Wednesday's U.S. Steel Hour (9:00 p.m., CBS), we're reminded that panel show regular Betsy Palmer is also an actress, as she stars with Ed Begley in "The Enemies," a predictable Romeo-and-Juliet story set in the world of small-town politics. A better bet would have been the Wednesday Night Fights, airing opposite on ABC, with future heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, currently the #9 ranked contender, taking on Howard King in Chicago. However, Liston pulled out (probably due to injury); his replacement, #2 light-heavyweight Harold Johnson, who took the fight with only six days of preparation, outpointed King to take "an easy, but unimpressive victory in the televised Chicago Stadium bout." The recorded live attendance was 625.I often mention how prominent movies used to be in the everyday TV schedule, especially when it comes to local stations and their programming; later on, you'll read about WTCN and its nightly Movie Spectacular; Thursday night, however, KMSP has to take the honors with its 9:00 p.m. showing of High Noon, the 1952 Western that won an Oscar for Gary Cooper and also starred Thomas Mitchell and Grace Kelly. Seems to me they could have made a bigger deal about having this; maybe they'd already shown it once before? One of the co-stars of High Noon was Lloyd Bridges; his hit Sea Hunt appears opposite the movie, at 9:00 on WTCN and 9:30 on WDSM. Also at 9:30 but on KROC, it's Decoy, the Beverly Garland show that foretold Police Woman.
Friday's Walt Disney Presents (7:00 p.m., ABC) continues the story of fictional Revolutionary War hero Johnny Tremain with "The Short That Was Heard Round the World" at Concord, Massachusetts. Hal Stalmaster stars as Johnny, with Walter Sande as Paul Revere. I have to admit I've lost track of things lately, so you have to remind me: are these guys still heroes or not? At 8:00 p.m. on CBS, Bilko cons the McGuire Sisters into appear on his variety show by hiring two people named "Frank Sinatra" and "Kim Novak." Of course, they aren't the Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. . . And Edward R. Murrow's guests on Person to Person (9:30 p.m., CBS) are TV star Ann Sothern and Pakistani U.N. ambassador Aly Kahn, playboy and former husband of Rita Hayworth. Who could imagine the diplomatic life could be so exciting?
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At one time it was one of the biggest football games of the year, annually attracting over 100,000 fans to Philadelphia Stadium, including, frequently, the president of the United States. Even today, regardless of the records of the two teams, it's guaranteed a national television audience, at a time when no other games are scheduled. It is, of course, the Army-Navy game, and on Saturday (12:15 p.m., NBC) they meet for the 59th time, with Army holding 29-24-4 advantage. Nowadays their fortunes rise and fall, with aspirations to appear in some of the more minor bowl games, but in 1958 the service academies, particularly the Army, still reflect the glory, and success, of the wartime teams. Army enters this year's contest with a record of 7-0-1, ranked #5 in the nation; Navy, ranked as high as #6 at one point in the season, is 6-2. (The Air Force, in case you're wondering, finishes #8 at 9-0-2, and plays on New Year's Day in the Cotton Bowl.) On this day, the Cadets come out on top, defeating the Middies 22-6 to cap off their undefeated season, and finish #3 in the nation. It is, to this date, the last undefeated Army team.In other sports news, CBS has some "ice hockey" on Saturday at 1:00 p.m., with the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers meeting at Madison Square Garden. In Sunday's NFL action, the Los Angeles Rams taken on the Chicago Cardinals (1:00 p.m., CBS), and in the NBA Game of the Week, it's the New York Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors (1:30 p.m., NBC),*
*Yes, the Cardinals were in Chicago before they moved to St. Louis, which was before they moved to Phoenix, which was before they were renamed Arizona. (Hey, they're birds; they migrate a lot.) And the Warriors moved cross-country from Philly to San Francisco, then across the Bay to Oakland, and then back to San Francisco. It keeps moving companies—and stadium builders—in business.
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Speaking of movies on local television, as we were a couple of stories ago, this week's focus is on WTCN, and while it may be the ABC affiliate in the Twin Cities, that doesn't stop it from airing the Movie Spectacular every night at 9:45 p.m, no matter what the network might have in mind. (The station aired 15 minutes of news at 9:30, leading up to the movie.) And while local stations, including WTCN, have been known to exaggerate from time to time, I have to admit they're on to something here.
Well, all right, perhaps Saturday's feature isn't that spectacular: Tugboat Annie Sails Again, even though it has Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan, but check out the rest of the week. On Sunday it's the reformist classic I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, with Paul Muni; Monday is the bullet-riddled This Gun For Hire, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake; Tuesday, William Holden and Joan Caulfield star in Dear Ruth; Wednesday, it's Olivia DeHavilland's Oscar-winning performance in The Heiress, with Montgomery Clift; Thursday is Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind with John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Ray Milland; and Friday winds things up with Bing, Bob and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Singapore. But it doesn't stop there! We've also got ads for next weekend: Saturday is For Whom the Bell Tolls with Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper, while Sunday's feature is the war drama Wake Island, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston and William Bendix.It's a great lineup, but it's almost as important to note that each of the weeknight features are making their television premiere. Movies you haven't seen on TV before are a real attraction for viewers wondering what to watch. Every time I see something like this, I'm reminded again what a marvel television must have seemed like for people back then, bringing things like these blockbuster movies into one's living room (or bedroom). It's so easy to take it for granted when we can watch whatever we want, whenever we want (on our telephones!) but programming like this, with the World Series and a few boxing matches thrown in, might have even gotten some people to go out and buy a TV.
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It's always nice when someone writes a positive review of a favorite show, and that's what we have this week with Peter Gunn. Our reviewer, R.S., praises the show's innovations: Henry Mancini's driving jazz theme, dialog that cracks, courtesy of creator-producer-director Blake Edwards, and top-level performances from its stars. As Gunn, Craig Stevens is "tall, hamdsome and rugged," a private eye with the touch of the Ivy League, and succeeds by underplaying the role. His girlfriend Edie, played by Lola Albright, is lighthearted and compelling, and their relationship is adult and sophisticated. Hershel Bernardi is good as Gunn's policeman sidekick, Lieutenant Jacoby, a role "without whom such shows could not exist." The show itself has its share of violence—it "borders slightly on Mickey Spillane—but never gratuitous; and the locales, from rough waterfront docks to beatnick hangouts (complete with "jive talk) helps to lend atmosphere. It is, in short, an unpretentious half-hour of well-placed, interesting entertainment, "all that could be asked for." t t t
Wondering what to do with those Thanksgiving leftovers? Well, you've come to the right place! "A television-viewing meal," our culinary expert says, "prepared in an electric skillet handy to the set, can be both easy and satisfying," and who am I to disagree with this? There are several recipes to choose from, but let's go with a couple of favorites: turkey scramble and onion rings parmesan.
As always, if anyone tries 'em, let us know how it turned out.
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A few weeks ago we looked at something called the "T-Venus Contest." Actually, you couldn't help but look at it, since 1) it was on the cover, and 2) both the cover and the story inside involved beautiful women. One of the fun things about stories like this is finding out whether or not any of the young women involved became big stars, or even medium-sized ones, and it's actually surprising how many times you run across someone who really did hit the jackpot.
Well, we're getting another chance this week, as TV Guide covers the Sixth Annual Deb Star Ball of the Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Union of Hollywood. That may be a mouthful, but it's not as long as the line of entrants; the winners were selected from 229 entries sponsored by studios, networks, film companies and talent agencies. For the lucky 13 "young beauties" selected, it isn't a guaranteed ticket to stardom (although past winners include Kim Novak and Anita Ekberg), but they do get to keep those ball gowns they're wearing (designed and paid for by their sponsors), and in addition to the publicity that comes from being one of the winners, they all appeared on last week's Bob Hope Show on NBC. It's like when Bob used to have the College All-America Football team on, only more fun.
Anyway, we shouldn't be surprised to find that although all of the winners achieved some level of fame, there are a few who wound up being more familiar than the others. It may be kind of hard to make out the names at the bottom, so I've added numbers to identify those whom you might recognize (although I'm sure many of you will be able to pick out a role or two played by any of the others). Number one, for instance, is Judi Meredith, who was mentioned in this issue from earlier in 1958. Number two, Kathy Nolan, is Luke's wife in The Real McCoys, and goes on to become president of the Screen Actors Guild. Myrna Fahey, number three, appeared in many movies and TV series over the years, including Zorro and The Fall of the House of Usher. I mention Arlene Howell, number four, because she was in Bourbon Street Beat, which I spent the better part of a year discussing on Eventually Supertrain . And the other two don't really need a build-up, because I think you'll recognize them anyway: number five is Jill St. John, and Tuesday Weld is number six.
I guess 13 isn't such an unlucky number after all, is it? TV
November 27, 2020
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This, really, is the only way to watch television on the day after Thanksgiving. Or any other day, for that matter. If you're struggling with a tryptophan hangover, or, like me, if you have to work today, then you probably need something to wake you up. Not saying this is all you need, but perhaps it's a good start.
Why not begin with the Nelson family? That's what David does, in this comforting Comfort TV look at how Ozzie & Harriet spend the day after Thanksgiving . If you've ever had your heart set on something you can't get, you'll know how Ozzie feels.
Once Upon a Screen celebrates a 9th anniversary with some wonderful pictorial representations of the traditional gifts for the occasion. Nine years; as I can attest, time does fly when you're having fun, whether you're on the writing or the reading end of things.
It's always nice to be reminded, as Jodie does in this Garroway at Large, that Dave did more than Today. This week, she offers a rare clip from a 1957 episode of Wide Wide World , and it is too bad that so much of our television heritage from this era has been lost, isn't it?
The Broadcast Archives at the University of Maryland links to this Slate article on the times, and they really weren't that so long ago, when the puppets known as the Kuklapolitan Players could charm the nation's TV viewers. If we could just depend on something that gentle today.
At Television's New Frontier: the 1960s, it's a look at 1962 on The Andy Griffith Show , and beyond the usual good rundown on the season's episodes, take a special look at the guest star lineup, a terrific collection of familiar, and sometimes surprising, faces.
You may love Christmas as much as anyone, but if you're getting just a little tired of hearing the same old tunes year after year (especially when they start playing them in October), Martin Grams may have the answer for you: a list of vintage Christmas music you may never have heard.
Finally, at The Hits Just Keep on Comin', JB's latest podcast shares his recent experience spending five nights in the hospital , four of them in the ICU. He's good now, and even though it's the day after Thanksgiving, that's something for which we can all be thankful. TV
November 26, 2020
What's on TV? Monday, December 4, 1967
W e're told by TV Guide that Monday represents the start of a new morning schedule for ABC. The Family Game and The Children's Doctor have moved to new timeslots, and two new game shows make their delayed* debut: Temptation, hosted by Art James, in which "a trio of contestants try to outguess one another for merchandise prizes"; and How's Your Mother-in-Law, with Wink Martindale, where mothers-in-law are judged on behavior; "three comedians try to prove that their mothers are best" by arguing their case before a jury of unmarried men and women. That last one was created and produced by Chuck Barris, a fact which doesn't surprise me in the least. (He also created the aforementioned Family Game.) Neither would still be on the air next year at this time.
*Production was held up due to the fall strike by the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians against ABC. See what Wink Martindale had to say about the experience here.
Don't give up on the rest of the schedule, though, because there's plenty to see in this selection from the Minnesota State Edition. 2 KTCA (EDUC.) Morning 9:00 CLASSROOM—Education 11:35 MODERN GEOMETRY Afternoon 12:00 OBSERVING EYE—Science 12:30 CLASSROOM 3:00 EFFICIENT READING COLOR 3:30 ART FOR TEACHERS 4:00 EXPERIMENT—Science COLOR 4:30 ANTIQUES—Education 5:00 KINDERGARTEN—Marron 5:30 4-H ACTION CLUB Evening 6:00 CAMERAS ON JAPAN COLOR 6:30 MANAGERS IN ACTION 7:00 TEACHING MUSIC 8:00 LATVIAN ORGANIZATIONS 8:30 TIME FOR RENEWAL 9:00 AFTER SCHOOL, WHAT? 9:30 FOLIO—Arnold Walker 10:00 MONDAY FOR MEDICINE 3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS) Morning 7:05 NEWS—Joseph Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 CHRISTMAS SHOPPER 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Arlene Francis. Guests: Polly Bergen, William Bradford Hale 5:00 McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS 10:25 EDITOR’S CHOICE—Krueger 10:30 ROGUES—Drama 11:30 MOVIE—Drama “The Mob” (1951) 3 KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 JACK LA LANNE COLOR 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 LANDMARKS IN IOWA—History 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests: Sterling Holloway, David King 4:00 BART’S CLUBHOUSE 4:30 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 5:00 LET’S GO TO THE RACES 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:40 MOVIE—Drama “Breakthrough” (West German; 1963) 12:00 NEWS 4 WCCO (CBS) Morning 6:00 SUNRISE SEMESTER—Education 6:30 SIEGFRIED—Children 7:00 CLANCY—Children COLOR 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 DR. YOUNGDAHL COLOR 9:05 MERV GRIFFIN—Variety COLOR Guests: Henry Morgan, Selma Diamond, Enzo Stuarti, Sammy Kaye 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:20 SOMETHING SPECIAL COLOR 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests: Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Barbara Rush. Guest: Forrest Tucker 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 MEL CALVERT—Variety SPECIAL COLOR Guest: The Way-Out Band 11:30 MOVIE—Comedy “Girl in His Pocket” (French; 1960) 5 KSTP (NBC) Morning 6:15 DAVID STONE—Music COLOR 6:30 CITY AND COUNTRY COLOR 6:55 DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—James Rogers Fox COLOR 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS COLOR 12:15 DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR 4:30 OF LANDS AND SEAS COLOR 5:25 NEWS—Gene Berry COLOR 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS COLOR 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 MEN INTO SPACE—Adventure 6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 JACK LA LANNE 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 4:25 BOZO AND HIS PALS COLOR 4:55 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game COLOR 5:25 BUSINESS BOARD COLOR 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS, ROCKY TELLER COLOR 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 DANGER IS MY BUSINESS—Documentary COLOR 6 KAUS (AUSTIN) (ABC) Morning 9:30 FAMILY GAME 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 FILM FEATURE 4:00 CHEYENNE—Western 5:00 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR 5:30 HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone 12:00 NEWS 7 KCMT (ALEX) (NBC, ABC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:20 TRADING POST—Jon Haaven 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 4:00 WELCOME INN—Variety 4:30 BEATLES—Cartoons 5:00 FLYING NUN—Comedy 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME SPECIAL COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 8 WDSE (DULUTH) (EDUC.) Afternoon 5:00 KINDERGARTEN—Marron 5:30 4-H ACTION CLUB Evening 6:00 DUOLOGUE 6:30 WHAT’S NEW—Children 7:00 NET JOURNAL—Report 8:00 MANAGERS IN ACTION 8:30 FRENCH CHEF—Cooking 9:00 SPREAD OF THE EAGLE 10:00 MONDAY FOR MEDICINE 8 WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 NEWS 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 4:00 NEWLYWED GAME 4:30 CENTER OF THE EARTH 5:00 4-H ACTION CLUB—Education 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:30 INVADERS—Drama 11:30 I’M THE LAW—Police 9 KMSP (ABC) Morning 7:30 DATELINE: HOLLYWOOD 7:55 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Smith 8:00 GYPSY ROSE LEE COLOR 8:30 MORNING SHOW COLOR 9:00 ROMPER ROOM—Children COLOR 9:30 DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 MOVIE—Drama “Woman on the Beach” (1947) 4:55 NEWS—Jerry Smith COLOR 5:00 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR 5:30 LEAVE I TTO BEAVER—Comedy Evening 6:00 McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS COLOR 10:30 MOVIE—Musical “Happy Go Lovely” (1951) 12:15 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone 10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC) Morning 8:50 COLOR BARS COLOR 8:55 MR. MAGOO—Cartoons 9:00 ROMPER ROOM—Children 9:30 FAMILY GAME 10:00 TEMPTATION—Game DEBUT COLOR Host: Art James 10:25 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR—Dr. Lendon Smith COLOR 10:30 HOW’S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW?—Game DEBUT COLOR Celebrities: George Carlin, Richard Dawson, Larry Storch 11:00 EVERYBODY’S TALKING—Game Celebrities: Pat Carroll, Paul Lynde, Minnie Pearl. Host: Lloyd Thaxton 11:30 DONNA REED—Comedy Afternoon 12:00 FUGITIVE—Drama 1:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 1:30 DREAM GIRL COLOR Celebrities: Kathryn Crosby, Chad Everett, Greg Morris, Louis Nye 1:55 NEWS 2:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial 2:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 3:00 DATING GAME COLOR 3:30 HOLIDAY HOUSE—Women 4:00 MOVIE—Musical “Teen-Age Millionaire” (1961) 5:30 NEWS—Peter Jennings COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 COWBOY IN AFRICA COLOR 7:30 RAT PATROL COLOR 8:00 FELONY SQUAD—Drama COLOR 8:30 PEYTON PLACE—Serial COLOR 9:00 BIG VALLEY COLOR 10:00 NEWS 10:25 MOVIE—Western “The Bounty Hunter” (1954) 12:00 JOEY BISHOP—Variety COLOR Guests: Barbara McNair, Carolyn Jones, Harry Blackstone 10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:20 MEMOS FROM MARY BEA 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DOODLES THE CLOWN—Children 4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Co-host: Tony Martin. Guests: Marilyn Maye, Lou Brock, Erroll Garner, Buddy Brando 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME DEBUT COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 11 WTCN (IND.) Morning 8:55 NEWS—Gil Amundson 9:00 CARTOON CARNIVAL COLOR 9:30 ED ALLEN TIME COLOR 10:00 MR. BLACKWELL 10:30 VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews 11:00 BRUNCH BUNCH—Women 11:30 COOKING WITH HANK 11:45 NEWS—Gil Amundson Afternoon 12:00 LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children 1:00 MOVIE—Satire “Uncle Was a Vampire” (Italian; 1961) 2:30 WOODY WOODBURY—Variety COLOR Guests: Eddie Rickenbacker, Susan Oliver, Cliff Arquette, Ron Eliron, the Strawberry Alarm Clock 4:00 POPEYE AND PETE—Children 4:30 CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE 5:30 FLINTSTONES COLOR Evening 6:00 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy COLOR 6:30 PERRY MASON—Drama 7:30 RACE TO RICHES COLOR 8:00 MOVIE—Drama “Island in the Sky” (1953) 10:00 NEWS 10:30 MOVIE—Adventure “Enchanted Island” (1958) 12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS) Morning 7:30 NEWS—Benti COLOR 7:55 FILM SHORT 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children COLOR 9:00 JACK LA LANNE COLOR 9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy 10:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy 10:30 DICK VAN DYKE 11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR 11:25 NEWS COLOR 11:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR 11:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR Afternoon 12:00 NEWS 12:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR 1:00 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING COLOR 1:30 HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guests; Sterling Holloway, David King 2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Game COLOR 2:25 NEWS COLOR 2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR 3:00 SECRET STORM COLOR 3:30 CANDID CAMERA—Comedy 4:00 SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS—Music COLOR Mountain Lake High School Choir 4:30 4-H ACTION CLUB—Education 5:00 SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS—Music COLOR Lakefield High School Choir 5:30 NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 GUNSMOKE COLOR 7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR 8:00 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR 8:30 FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy COLOR 9:00 CAROL BURNETT COLOR Guests: Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden 10:00 NEWS 10:40 PRO FOOTBALL—Vikings Highlights COLOR 13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC) Morning 7:00 TODAY COLOR Guests: Billy Graham, Ann Novotny, Juan Serrano 9:00 SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Joanna Barnes, Pat Summerall 9:25 NEWS COLOR 9:30 CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR 10:00 PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: Bill Cullen, Selma Diamond, Florence Henderson 10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Celebrities: Wally Cox, Buddy Hackett, Michael Landon, Ruta Lee, June Lockhart, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall 11:00 JEOPARDY—Game COLOR 11:30 EYE GUESS—Game COLOR 11:55 NEWS COLOR Afternoon 12:00 FARM AND HOME—Variety 12:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR 1:30 DOCTORS—Serial COLOR 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR 2:30 YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Celebrities: Ruta Lee, Mel Torme 3:00 MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Alan King, Jane Withers 3:25 NEWS COLOR 3:30 DARK SHADOWS—Serial 4:00 DONNA REED—Comedy 4:30 FUGITIVE 5:30 NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR Evening 6:00 NEWS 6:30 MONKEES COLOR 7:00 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.—Adventure COLOR 8:00 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME COLOR COLOR “Saint Joan” 10:00 NEWS 10:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety COLOR 12:00 MOVIE—Comedy “Love on a Bet” (1936)
TV
November 25, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving!
It's been that kind of year, hasn't it? In our particular circle of Hell, we've been told that we can't get together with family and friends for Thanksgiving unless we all constitute part of a "household." It's not surprising that something like this would happen at Thanksgiving, and I'd expect the same thing to happen at Christmas and, if they can get away with it, at Easter.
It's all part of celebrating a "Thanksgiving Like No Other," although, not having been around during the Thanksgivings of World War II, for example, I don't know how accurate that label is. After all, it's one thing to apart from your loved ones due to a quarantine, but it's something altogether different when that loved one is overseas fighting a war for your freedom, or sitting somewhere in a POW camp, or even dead. Perhaps all wartime Thanksgivings are ones like no other, which begs the question as to whether or not they might even be more common than not. Maybe there's no such thing as "normal"; maybe there never was.
There's nothing wrong with being outraged about injustice; in fact, we'd be a pretty sorry lot if we weren't. (Just how one defines injustice is, of course, another question.) But tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and while it's very easy to kvetch about things, as I've been doing in the past couple of paragraphs, there's still a great deal to be thankful for, if you're willing to be fair and reasonable about it. On the balance sheet of life, many of us still have more assets than debits. I prefer to look at 2021 as a year with an opportunity for improvement. True, there are many reasons to think that next year will be even worse (and I'm not just talking about the virus, either), but other than doing what little we can about our own lives and circumstance, what else can we do? What's the old saying: let God and let go? Well, that's about it.
I'm thankful, as always, for your patronage, your comments throughout the year, and your continued interest in classic television. I appreciate the TV Guides you've allowed me to borrow, and the friendship you've given me freely. I'm grateful for the mere fact that this platform allows me to write about something that interests me, and that it interests many of you as well. I'm always excited about things that bring back warm memories, such as these two pieces from TV Party!, the outlet that gave me my first opportunity to write about classic TV. If watching those shows doesn't make you feel better, at least for a little while, then you're a candidate for a Grinch story about Thanksgiving.
For you and your friends, family and loved ones, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, please accept my very best wishes for a blessed and happy Thanksgiving. Unless you still think turkeys can fly, you're well ahead of the game. TV
November 23, 2020
What's on TV? Thursday, November 26, 1970
I think this is new territory for us, although we might have seen a part of Oregon in one of the northern California issues. Even in 1970, we still have a lot of dual-affiliate stations, and I heartily approve of those like KIEM, a CBS/ABC affiliate that has the good sense to transition from NFL football to college football. Now that's the kind of Thanksgiving I can relate to!2 KATU (PORTLAND) (ABC)
MORNING
6:30 CHRISTOPHERS—Religion -C-
6:45 SACRED HEART—Religion -C-
7:00 SENSE OF DIRECTION -C-
7:15 SACRED HEART—Religion -C-
7:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
8:00 ROMPER ROOM—Children -C-
8:30 GOOD MORNING—Brumfield -C-
9:00 VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Variety -C- Guests: Sue Lyon, Carmel Quinn, Lohman and Barkley, George Putnam
10:00 JACK LaLANNE—Exercise -C-
10:30 IT’S YOUR BET—Game -C-
11:00 BEWITCHED -C-
11:30 THAT GIRL -C-
AFTERNOON
12:00 MARSHAL DILLON
12:30 WORLD APART—Serial -C-
1:00 ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial -C-
1:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL -C-
2:00 NEWLYWED GAME -C-
2:30 DATING GAME -C- Guest Phyllis Diller chooses a date for her son
3:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial -C-
3:30 ONE LIFE -C-
4:00 DARK SHADOWS—Serial -C-
4:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL -C- Special: Houston vs. Florida State at Tampa
EVENING
7:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Four Out Front”[Pre-empts the first half of “Matt Lincoln”]
8:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH -C-
8:30 MOVIE—Western “They Died with Their Boots On” (1941)[Pre-empts “Bewitched,” “Barefoot in the Park,” “Odd Couple,” and “The Immortal”]
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 DICK CAVETT -C- Guests: Bette Davis, Jefferson Airplane, Truman Capote
3 KVDO (SALEM) (Ind.)
AFTERNOON
3:30 VALLEY VIEW -C-
4:30 DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy
5:00 TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama
5:30 NEWS, SPORTS -C-
EVENING
6:00 BEAVER HUDDLE—Discussion -C-
6:30 SPORTS DIALOGUE -C-
7:00 RAWHIDE—Western
8:00 MOVIE—Drama“The Leather Saint” (1956)
10:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
10:30 CHAMPIONS—Drama -C-
11:30 MOVIE—To Be Announced
3 KIEM (EUREKA) (CBS, ABC)
MORNING
7:00 CBS NEWS—Hart -C-
7:30 THANKSGIVING PARADES -C- Special: Parades in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Toronto
10:30 CARTOON SPECIAL -C- Special: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court[“Love of Life,” “Where the Heart Is” and “Search for Tomorrow” are pre-empted]
AFTERNOON
12:00 PRE-GAME SHOW -C-
12:30 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys[Pre-empts regular programming]
3:30 ONE LIFE -C- Time approximate
4:00 DARK SHADOWS—Serial -C-
4:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL -C- Special: Houston vs. Florida State at Tampa
EVENING
7:30 NEWS -C- Time approximate
8:00 MOVIE—Musical -C- Special: “Oklahoma” (1955)
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 MERV GRIFFIN -C- Guests: Joanna Barnes, Slim Pickens, Nudie
5 KOBI (MEDFORD) (CBS, ABC)
MORNING
7:00 CBS NEWS—Hart -C-
7:30 THANKSGIVING PARADES -C- Special: Parades in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Toronto
10:30 CARTOON SPECIAL -C- Special: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court[“Love of Life,” “Where the Heart Is” and “Search for Tomorrow” are pre-empted]
AFTERNOON
12:00 PRE-GAME SHOW -C-
12:30 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys[Pre-empts regular programming]
3:30 ONE LIFE -C- Time approximate
4:00 DARK SHADOWS—Serial -C-
4:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL -C- Special: Houston vs. Florida State at Tampa
EVENING
7:30 FAMILY AFFAIR -C- Time approximate
8:00 MOVIE—Musical -C- Special: “Oklahoma” (1955)
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 MERV GRIFFIN -C- Guests: Joanna Barnes, Slim Pickens, Nudie
6 KOIN (PORTLAND) (CBS)
MORNING
7:00 CBS NEWS—Hart -C-
7:30 THANKSGIVING PARADES -C- Special: Parades in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Toronto[Pre-empts regular programming]
10:30 CARTOON SPECIAL -C- Special: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court[“Love of Life,” “Where the Heart Is” and “Search for Tomorrow” are pre-empted]
AFTERNOON
12:00 PRE-GAME SHOW -C-
12:30 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys[Pre-empts regular programming]
3:30 ZOORAMA -C- Time approximate
4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS -C- Guests: Liberace, Richard Harris, Dody Goodman, David Schoenbrun, Gerri Granger
5:30 NEWS, SPORTS -C-
EVENING
6:30 CBS NEWS—Cronkite -C-
7:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game -C-
7:30 FAMILY AFFAIR -C-
8:00 MOVIE—Musical -C- Special: “Oklahoma” (1955)
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 MERV GRIFFIN -C- Guests: Joanna Barnes, Slim Pickens, Nudie
6 KVIQ (EUREKA) (NBC, ABC)
MORNING
7:00 TODAY -C- Guest: Prof. Jeremy Montagu[Local news at 7:25 A.M. and 8:25 A.M.]
9:00 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions[Pre-empts regular programming]
AFTERNOON
12:00 THANKSGIVING PARADE -C- Time approximate. Special Macy’s Parade
3:00 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Mouse on the Mayflower”
4:00 DEATH VALLEY DAYS -C-
4:30 PERRY MASON—Mystery
5:30 WESTERNERS—Drama
EVENING
6:00 NEWS -C-
6:30 BRACKEN’S WORLD -C-
7:30 FLIP WILSON—Variety -C- Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Charley Pride
8:30 FORD’S THEATRE SPECIAL -C- Special: Host: Andy Williams. Guests: Dionne Warwick, Ernie Ford, Pearl Bailey, Bobbie Gentry, Henry Mancini, The Supremes, James Stewart[Pre-empts “Ironside”]
9:30 ZANE GREY—Western[“Nancy” is pre-empted]
10:00 DEAN MARTIN—Variety -C- Guests: Mike Connors, Dom DeLuise, Ruth Buzzi, Laurie Ichino
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety -C- Guests: Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Eva Gabor, Sunday’s Child
7 KOAC (CORVALLIS) (PBS)
MORNING
9:00 SESAME STREET -C-
10:00 ABBEY ON MOUNT ANGELSpecial
11:30 SESAME STREET
AFTERNOON
12:30 WORLD PRESS
1:30 ADVOCATES
2:30 MISTEROGERS—Children
3:00 FANFARE
4:00 SESAME STREET
5:00 MISTEROGERS—Children
5:30 KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE
EVENING
6:00 TAKE THIRTY
6:30 HANDWRITING—Instruction
7:00 NADER REPORT
7:30 CATHARSIS—Discussion
8:00 WASHINGTON REVIEW -C-
8:30 NET PLAYHOUSE—Drama -C-
10:00 SOUL! -C- Guests: Cissy Houston, the Herbie Hancock Jazz Sextet, Nikki Giovanni, Larry Neal, King Curtis and the Kingpins. Host: Ellis Haizlip
8 KGW (PORTLAND) (NBC)
MORNING
6:10 FARM NEWS -C-
6:15 TELECOURSE—History -C-
6:45 EXERCISES—Joe Loprinzi -C-
7:00 TODAY -C- Guest: Prof. Jeremy Montagu[Local news at 7:25 A.M., "Morning Visit” at 8:25 A.M.]
9:00 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions[Pre-empts regular programming]
AFTERNOON
12:00 THANKSGIVING PARADE -C- Time approximate. Special Macy’s Parade
3:00 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Mouse on the Mayflower”
4:00 COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Documentary -C-
4:30 TOP THIS—Game -C-
5:00 WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game -C-
5:30 NEWS, SPORTS -C-
EVENING
6:30 NBC NEWS -C-
7:00 OUTDOOR SPORTSMAN -C-
7:30 FLIP WILSON—Variety -C- Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Charley Pride
8:30 FORD’S THEATRE SPECIAL -C- Special: Host: Andy Williams. Guests: Dionne Warwick, Ernie Ford, Pearl Bailey, Bobbie Gentry, Henry Mancini, The Supremes, James Stewart[Pre-empts “Ironside”]
9:30 NANCY -C-
10:00 DEAN MARTIN—Variety -C- Guests: Mike Connors, Dom DeLuise, Ruth Buzzi, Laurie Ichino
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety -C- Guests: Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Eva Gabor, Sunday’s Child
1:00 PEYTON PLACE—Serial
9 KEZI (EUGENE) (ABC, CBS)
MORNING
8:00 MR. FIX-IT—Children -C-
8:30 CATTANOOGA CATS -C-
9:00 COFFEE TIME—News -C-
9:30 ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
10:00 DARK SHADOWS—Serial
10:30 GALLOPING GOURMET -C-
11:00 MOVIE GAME -C-
11:30 THAT GIRL -C-
AFTERNOON
12:00 PRE-GAME SHOW -C-
12:30 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys[Pre-empts regular programming]
3:30 HAZEL -C- Time approximate
4:00 NEWS -C-
4:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL -C- Special: Houston vs. Florida State at Tampa
EVENING
7:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Four Out Front”[Pre-empts the first half of “Matt Lincoln”]
8:00 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Special: Host Oral Roberts. Guests: Jerry Lewis, Kay Starrr, Jay Silverheels[Pre-empts the second half of “Matt Lincoln” and “Bewitched”
9:00 MOVIE—Drama -C- “Days of Wine and Roses” (1962)
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 NEWS -C-
12:00 DICK CAVETT -C- Joined in progress. Guests: Bette Davis, Jefferson Airplane, Truman Capote
10 KMED (MEDFORD) (NBC, ABC)
MORNING
7:00 TODAY -C- Guest: Prof. Jeremy Montagu[Local news at 7:25 A.M. and 8:25 A.M.]
9:00 PRO FOOTBALL -C- Special: Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions[Pre-empts regular programming]
AFTERNOON
12:00 THANKSGIVING PARADE -C- Time approximate. Special Macy’s Parade
3:00 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Mouse on the Mayflower”
4:00 MIKE DOUGLAS -C- Guests: Edie Adams, Sonny and Cher, Chuck Berry, Sandy Baron, Milbourne Christopher
5:30 NBC NEWS -C-
EVENING
6:00 NEWS -C-
6:30 PARTRIDGE FAMILY -C-
7:00 PREP FOOTBALL—Highlights -C-
7:30 FLIP WILSON—Variety -C- Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Charley Pride
8:30 FORD’S THEATRE SPECIAL -C- Special: Host: Andy Williams. Guests: Dionne Warwick, Ernie Ford, Pearl Bailey, Bobbie Gentry, Henry Mancini, The Supremes, James Stewart[Pre-empts “Ironside”]
9:30 TO BE ANNOUNCED
10:00 DEAN MARTIN—Variety -C- Guests: Mike Connors, Dom DeLuise, Ruth Buzzi, Laurie Ichino
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety -C- Guests: Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Eva Gabor, Sunday’s Child
12 KPTV (PORTLAND) (Ind.)
MORNING
7:00 TELECOURSE—Russian Lit.
7:30 FLINTSTONES—Children -C-
8:00 HOBO KELLY—Children -C-
9:00 RUSTY NAILS—Children -C-
10:00 CARTOON CASTLE -C-
10:30 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Special: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
11:00 NEWS -C-
11:15 12 IN THE MORNING—Brendler -C-
11:30 GALLOPING GOURMET -C-
11:40 NEWS—Curran/Swing
AFTERNOON
12:00 MOVIE—Double Feature1. “The Naughty Nineties” (Comedy; 1945)2. “Have Rocket, Will Travel” (Comedy; 1959)[Pre-empts “Perry Mason”]
3:00 NEWS—Stellges/Jones -C-
3:20 FASHIONS IN SEWING -C-
3:30 BEAT THE CLOCK—Game -C-
4:00 RAMBLIN’ ROD—Children -C-
4:30 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy -C-
5:00 PETTICOAT JUNCTION -C-
5:30 ADDAMS FAMILY—Comedy
EVENING
6:00 IT TAKES A THIEF -C-
7:00 DRAGNET—Crime Drama -C-
7:30 FABULOUS SIXTIES -C- Special: 1968
8:30 DAVID FROST -C- Guests: Lorne Greene, Buck Owens, Godfrey Cambridge, Tim Conway, Bill Medley (from Hollywood)
10:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
10:30 MOVIE GAME -C-
11:00 MOVIE—Suspense“Affair in Trinidad” (1952”
12:55 SKI SCENE -C-
13 KVAL (EUGENE) (NBC)
MORNING
7:00
9:00 TODAY -C- Guest: Prof. Jeremy Montagu[Local news at 7:25 A.M., “Children’s Doctor" at 8:25 A.M.]
PRO FOOTBALL -C-
Special: Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions[Pre-empts regular programming]
AFTERNOON
12:00 THANKSGIVING PARADE -C- Time approximate. Special Macy’s Parade
3:00 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL -C- Time approximate. Special: “Mouse on the Mayflower”
4:00 STAR TREK—Drama -C-
5:00 PERRY MASON—Mystery
EVENING
6:00 NEWS -C-
6:30 NBC NEWS -C-
7:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game -C-
7:30 FLIP WILSON—Variety -C- Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Charley Pride
8:30 FORD’S THEATRE SPECIAL -C- Special: Host: Andy Williams. Guests: Dionne Warwick, Ernie Ford, Pearl Bailey, Bobbie Gentry, Henry Mancini, The Supremes, James Stewart[Pre-empts “Ironside”]
9:30 FILM -C- “Hasn’t God Been Good to Oregon” [Pre-empts “Nancy”]
10:00 DEAN MARTIN—Variety -C- Guests: Mike Connors, Dom DeLuise, Ruth Buzzi, Laurie Ichino
11:00 NEWS, WEATHER -C-
11:30 JOHNNY CARSON—Variety -C- Guests: Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Eva Gabor, Sunday’s Child
13 KEET (EUREKA) (PBS)
MORNING
9:00 SESAME STREET -C-
10:00 CLASSROOM—Education
AFTERNOON
4:30 SESAME STREET -C-
5:30 MISTEROGERS—Children
EVENING
6:00 GUTETAG—Instruction
6:30 VANISHING WILDERNESS
7:00 NEWSROOM—Mel Wax
7:30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE
8:30 NET PLAYHOUSE—Drama -C-
10:00 SOUL! -C- Guests: Cissy Houston, the Herbie Hancock Jazz Sextet, Nikki Giovanni, Larry Neal, King Curtis and the Kingpins. Host: Ellis Haizlip
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