What's on TV? Thursday, December 17, 1964

As we continue to make our way through December, we return to the Twin Cities for another week of programming. Tonight's feature Christmas show comes from Rome, where Perry Como hosts another Kraft Music Hall. It's a pretty average week as weeks go, but I'm sure you can find your favorites here.

	KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
	Morning
	09:45a	Portfolio (Grade 9)
	10:05a	Mathematics (Grade 4)
	10:25a	Mathematics (Grade 5)
	10:40a	Music (Grade 4)
	10:55a	To Be Announced
	11:10a	Singing Together (Grade 4)
	11:30a	Anatomy and Physiology
	Afternoon
	12:55p	Health (Grades 4-6)
	01:10p	Portfolio (Grade 9)
	01:30p	To Be Announced
	02:30p	To Be Announced
	03:00p	Chemistry
	Evening
	06:00p	Supervisory Practice
	06:30p	German
	07:10p	Geography
	08:00p	Profile
	08:30p	Private College Concerts
	09:00p	Professors
	09:30p	Town and Country
	10:00p	The American Negro
	10:30p	Continental Comment

There's something comforting in the consistency of their schedule, isn't there?

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Sunrise Semester (Mathematics in Western Culture)
	07:00a	Clancy and Axel
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	News (Dean Montgomery)
	09:15a	What’s New?
	09:25a	Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl
	09:30a	I Love Lucy
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	The McCoys
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (Dean Montgomery)
	12:15p	Something Special
	12:25p	Weather (Bud Kraehling)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (panelists Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach)
	01:30p	House Party (guest fashion authority Caroline Leonetti)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Phyllis Newman, Sam Levenson, Georgia Brown, Darren McGavin)
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Jack Benny
	04:00p	Around the Town
	04:30p	Axel and Deputy Dawg
	05:00p	Clancy and Company
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (Dave Moore)
	06:15p	Sports (Don Dahl)
	06:20p	Direction
	06:25p	Weather (Don O’Brien)
	06:30p	The Munsters
	07:00p	Perry Mason
	08:00p	Password (panelists Carol Channing, Mitch Miller)
	08:30p	The Baileys of Balboa
	09:00p	The Defenders
	10:00p	News (Dave Moore)
	10:15p	Weather (Bud Kraehling)
	10:20p	Sports (Hal Scott)
	10:30p	Movie – “Stranglehold”
	12:00a	Les Crane

As I mentioned on Saturday, Around the Town features metro area choirs this week and next. Today's is the junior choir from Plymouth Congregational Church. The music hall at PCC is the home of the Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, whose productions we used to attend every year when we lived in Minneapolis. Knowing the church's commitment to music, I'm not at all surprised their choir would be on the show.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:30a	City and Country
	07:00a	Today (guest Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath)
	09:00a	Make Room for Daddy
	09:30a	What’s This Song? (guests Dale Robertson, Janet Blair) (color)
	09:55a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	10:00a	Concentration
	10:30a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:00a	Say When! (color)
	11:30a	Truth or Consequences (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Ray Scherer)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (John MacDougall) (color)
	12:15p	Weather (Johnny Morris) (color)
	12:25p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Loretta Young
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Murray) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (panelists Orson Bean, Betty White)
	03:25p	NBC News
	03:30p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	04:30p	Lloyd Thaxton (guest Andy Williams)
	05:25p	Doctor’s House Call
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	News (Bob Ryan) (color)
	06:15p	Weather (Johnny Morris) (color)
	06:20p	Sports (Al Tighe) (color)
	06:30p	Daniel Boone
	07:30p	Dr. Kildare
	08:30p	Hazel (color)
	09:00p	Perry Como (guests Roberta Peters, the Boys’ Town of Italy Choir, Burr Tillstron, Kukla and Ollie, the Sistine Chapel Choir)
	10:00p	News (John MacDougall) (color)
	10:15p	Weather (Johnny Morris) (color)
	10:20p	Sports (Al Tighe) (color)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
	12:15a	Movie – “The Face Behind the Mask”

I wrote about Perry Como on The Kraft Music Hall Saturday, but this gives me a chance to mention the Sistine Screamers again. I've never been able to understand how one of the greatest Churches in Christendom could produce such sub-par musicians. Actually, I can - but that gets more into Church politics, and we don't need that here.

	KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
	Morning
	07:45a	Brakfast with Grandpa Ken
	08:30a	Romper Room (Miss Betty)
	09:30a	The Price is Right (guest Jimmy Dean)
	10:00a	Get the Message (guests Steve Rossi, Kaye Ballard, Lauren Bacall, Marty Allen)
	10:30a	Missing Links (panelists Tom Poston, Barbara Feldon, Darryl Hickman)
	11:00a	Father Knows Best
	11:30a	Ernie Ford (guest home decorator Arlene)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Top Cat
	12:30p	The People’s Choice
	01:00p	Lois Leppart
	01:30p	Day in Court
	01:55p	ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	Young Marrieds
	03:00p	Trailmaster
	04:00p	Date with Dino
	05:00p	ABC Evening Report (Ron Cochran)
	05:15p	News and Weather (local)
	05:30p	Leave it to Beaver
	Evening
	06:00p	Dobie Gillis
	06:30p	The Flintstones (color)
	07:00p	Donna Reed
	07:30p	My Three Sons
	08:00p	Bewitched
	08:30p	Peyton Place
	09:00p	Jimmy Dean (guests George Kirby, Boots Randolph, Molly Bee)
	10:00p	News (Bill Fahan)
	10:15p	Weather (Jerry Smith)
	10:20p	Sports (Tony Parker)
	10:30p	Movie – “Seven Angry Men”

I guess "Seven Angry Men" must be the civil jury trial.

	WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	10:00a	Kukla and Ollie
	10:15a	Hank Meadows
	10:30a	Movie – “Hostages”
	11:45a	Party Fare
	11:55a	News (Dick Ford)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch with Casey
	12:45p	The King and Odie
	01:00p	Movie – “Bride by Mistake”
	03:00p	Bachelor Father
	03:30p	Dave Lee and Pete
	04:30p	Supeman
	05:00p	Casey and Roundhouse
	05:45p	Rocky and His Friends
	Evening
	06:00p	The Rifleman
	06:30p	Bold Journey
	07:00p	Adventure Theater
	07:30p	Movie – “So Proudly We Hail!”
	09:00p	Wanted – Dead or Alive
	09:30p	News (Dick Ford)
	09:45p	Weather (Stuart A. Lindman)
	09:50p	Sports (Buetel/Horner)
	10:00p	Movie – “You Can’t Run Away from It”
	12:00a	Amos ‘n’ Andy (time approximate)

You probably remember seeing Dave Lee and Pete in these listings, but you don't know much about them. Dave Lee was a gentle, longtime host of kids shows in the Twin Cities, and Pete was one of his puppet sidekicks. I often watched this show after school; it is, I believe, where I ordered my MD Carnival kit from. I never had one of those carnivals; just wanted the kit. Here's a picture of Dave and Pete.

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