What's on TV? Thursday, September 8, 1966

Happy Labor Day to those of you who are reading this on the day it was posted; I hope you're enjoying what's traditionally thought of as the last day of summer. For me, while I appreciate the day off, Labor Day weekend just isn't the same without Jerry.

With no further delay, let's get to this week's listings, from the Minnesota State Edition.

	2  KTCA (EDUC)
	Morning
	10:10	CLASSROOM—Education Sign off at 10:40 A.M.
	Afternoon
	1:10	CLASSROOM—Education Sign off at 1:30 P.M.
	Evening
	6:00	EXPLORING SPACE
	6:30	AMERICAN STORY CLASSICS
	7:00	MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE—Art
	7:30	CHESS—Koltanowski
	8:00	GERMAN PLAYHOUSE
	8:30	PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
	9:00	IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
	9:30	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Wolf
	10:00	MANAGERS IN ACTION
	10:30	CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH

German Playhouse really does sound like a bit from Saturday Night Live, doesn't it? About all I could find out about it was that it originated at WOSU, the Ohio State-run educational television station in Columbus, Ohio. I wonder what it was like?

	3  KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
	Morning
	7:50	FARM AND HOME
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	McCOYS
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD Contestants: Carol Lawrence, Darren McGavin
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Cheryl Miller
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
	5:00	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons   COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	WONDERFUL WORLD OF WHEELS   SPECIAL   COLOR
	7:30	MY THREE SONS—Comedy  COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy Thursday Night Movie: “The Ladies’ Man” (1961)
	9:55	UNITED COMMUNITY FUND—President Johnson
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	MOVIE—Mystery “Town on Trial” (English; 1957)

Conditioning, I suppose, but whenever I see Cheryl Miller's name, I always think of the women's basketball player, who was also the sister of Reggie Miller, the Indiana Pacers star. That Cheryl Miller was one of the greatest of the woman's game—not Art Linkletter's guest on House Party, or one of the stars on Daktari.

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUMMER SEMESTER
	6:30	SIEGFRIED—Children
	7:00	CLANCY AND COMPANY
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:05	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:10	HI NEIGHBOR—Women
	9:30	McCOYS
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	SOMETHING SPECIAL
	12:25	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD Contestants: Carol Lawrence, Darren McGavin
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Cheryl Miller
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Co-Host: Mel Brooks. Guests: Jane Morgan, Joyce Brothers, Dick Roma, Dick Veith
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	WONDERFUL WORLD OF WHEELS   SPECIAL   COLOR
	7:30	MY THREE SONS—Comedy   COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy Thursday Night Movie: “The Ladies’ Man” (1961)
	9:55	UNITED COMMUNITY FUND—President Johnson
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	NORM VAN BROCKLIN—Football
	10:35	MOVIE—Western   COLOR  “Raw Edge” (1956)
	12:05	MOVIE—Drama Time approximate. “Young and Wild” (1958)

Did you ever wonder about some of these guests on shows like Mike Douglas's, who they really were? Take Dick Veith, for example. According to tv.com, Dick Veith was "owner and operator of 'Rent-a-dog' services." Wouldn't you like to know more about that?

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CITY AND COUNTRY   COLOR
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Warren Beatty, Brooks Atkinson, Aline Sarrinen
	9:00	EYE GUESS—Game   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Guests: Stefanie Powers, Michael Landon
	10:30	SHOWDOWN—Game   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY—Music   COLOR  Guest: Joanie Sommers
	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
	12:55	NEWS   COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Mike Connors
	3:00	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Contestants: Bert Parks, Deborah Bryant
	3:25	NEWS   COLOR
	3:30	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game   COLOR
	4:30	OF LANDS AND SEAS   COLOR
	5:25	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—James Rogers Fox   COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS   COLOR
	6:30	TARZAN—Adventure   DEBUT   COLOR
	7:30	STAR TREK   DEBUT   COLOR
	8:30	HERO—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	9:00	DESTINATION SAFETY   SPECIAL   COLOR
	10:00	NEWS   COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR
	12:15	M SQUAD—Police

Game shows featuring celebrity contestants were often, in part, designed to promote stars of the network's shows (see Stefanie Powers and Michael Landon, both NBC stars, on Chain Letter). So it's interesting to see Beverly Garland and Mike Connors on You Don't Say! since neither features on NBC, and their biggest successes of the 1960s are destined to come on CBS.

	6  WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Warren Beatty, Brooks Atkinson, Aline Sarrinen
	9:00	EYE GUESS—Game   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Guests: Stefanie Powers, Michael Landon
	10:30	SHOWDOWN—Game   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY—Music   COLOR  Guest: Joanie Sommers
	11:55	NEWS   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	GIRL TALK—Panel
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:55	NEWS   COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Mike Connors
	3:00	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Contestants: Bert Parks, Deborah Bryant
	3:25	NEWS   COLOR
	3:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	4:00	BOZO AND HIS PALS   COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS, ROCKY TELLER   COLOR
	6:30	DESTINATION SAFETY   SPECIAL   COLOR
	7:30	BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE   SPECIAL
	8:30	PUBLIC AFFAIRS—Duluth
	9:00	ROWAN AND MARTIN—Variety   COLOR  Guest: Russ Lewis Last show of the series.
	9:55	UNITED COMMUNITY FUND—President Johnson
	10:00	NEWS   COLOR
	10:20	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR

The Rowan and Martin show at 9:00 p.m. isn't the Laugh-In version, but a regulation variety show that served as the summer replacement for Dean Martin. All true TV Guide aficionados, by the way, will recognize the difference between "Last show of the season" and "Last show of the series." If this were the last show of the season, it meant you were on break until the summer. Last show of the series, however, meant you were destined to shuffle off this mortal coil—until the advent of DVDs, that is.

	7  KCMT (ALEXANDRIA) (NBC, ABC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Warren Beatty, Brooks Atkinson, Aline Sarrinen
	9:00	EYE GUESS—Game   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Guests: Stefanie Powers, Michael Landon
	10:30	SHOWDOWN—Game   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY—Music   COLOR  Guest: Joanie Sommers
	11:55	NEWS   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:20	TRADING POST—John Haaven
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:55	NEWS   COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Mike Connors
	3:00	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Contestants: Bert Parks, Deborah Bryant
	3:25	NEWS   COLOR
	3:30	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	4:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	4:30	WELCOME INN—Variety
	5:00	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE   SPECIAL
	7:30	STAR TREK   DEBUT   COLOR
	8:30	HERO—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	9:00	ROWAN AND MARTIN—Variety   COLOR  Guest: Russ Lewis Last show of the series.
	9:55	UNITED COMMUNITY FUND—President Johnson
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR

I don't know if this happens anymore, but that United Community Fund (now the United Way, I believe) kind of appeal from the president used to happen quite often. It would run for five minutes simultaneously on multiple networks, and it was seen as an endorsement of the cause by the nation's Chief Executive. Today, regardless of the president it charge, it would start off some kind of boycott by the other side. Is this progress?

	8  WDSE (DULUTH) (EDUC.)
	Morning
	10:10	CLASSROOM—Education Sign off at 10:40 A.M.
	Afternoon
	1:10	CLASSROOM—Education Sign off at 1:30 P.M.
	Evening
	6:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:00	U.S.A.—Music
	7:30	FILM FEATURE
	8:00	SCIENCE REPORTER
	8:30	PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
	9:00	IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
	9:30	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Wolf
	10:00	EINSTEIN—Biography   SPECIAL

It may not be a dog's life, but sometimes it sure feels like it, doesn't it? Maybe someone should talk to Dick Veith about it.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	7:30	SOUPY SALES—Comedy
	8:00	HENNESEY—Comedy
	8:30	KIT CARSON—Western
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	10:00	SUPERMARKET SWEEP—Game
	10:30	DATING GAME
	11:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	11:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	Afternoon
	12:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	1:30	A TIME FOR US—Serial
	1:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	2:30	NURSES—Serial
	3:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	3:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS—Variety Performers: Brian Hyland, the Knickerbockers, Steve Alaimo
	4:00	ROUTE 66—Drama
	5:00	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	5:15	NEWS—Jerry Smith
	5:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	STINGRAY—Children   RETURN   COLOR
	6:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR
	7:00	F TROOP—Comedy   COLOR
	7:30	TAMMY GRIMES—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	8:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	8:30	THAT GIRL—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	9:00	HAWK—Drama   DEBUT   COLOR
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “Bright Leaf” (1950)

Be sure to catch the debut of The Tammy Grimes Show on ABC tonight; as I mentioned on Saturday, if you miss it, you'll only have three other opportunities to watch.

	10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC)
	Morning
	10:00	SUPERMARKET SWEEP—Game
	10:30	DATING GAME
	11:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	11:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	Afternoon
	12:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	1:30	A TIME FOR US—Serial
	1:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	2:30	NURSES—Serial
	3:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	3:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS—Variety Performers: Brian Hyland, the Knickerbockers, Steve Alaimo
	4:00	MOVIE—Drama “Teen-age Caveman” (1958)
	5:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	TALL MAN—Western
	6:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR
	7:00	F TROOP—Comedy   COLOR
	7:30	TAMMY GRIMES—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	8:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	8:30	THAT GIRL—Comedy   DEBUT   COLOR
	9:00	HAWK—Drama   DEBUT   COLOR
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	MOVIE—Melodrama “The Black Scorpion” (1957)

Ah, Teen-Age Caveman, starring the pre-U.N.C.L.E. Robert Vaughn. It actually isn't as stupid a movie as you might think, based on the title. Of course, it isn't good, either. But Vaughn does give an honest portrayal of youth questioning, and ultimately challenging, the status quo as laid down by the elders. In other words, something that was right up Vaughn's political alley.

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	Morning
	9:00	CASEY JUNIOR—Children
	9:05	HANK AND CASEY—Women
	9:20	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	9:30	GLORIA—Exercise   COLOR
	10:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Rose Franzblau, Maureen O’Sullivan, Marie Le Doux
	10:30	PDQ—Discussion Guests: Rose Marie, Bob Denver, Jack Carter
	11:00	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	11:30	TODAY’S DRAMA—Anthology
	11:55	NEWS—Gil Amundson
	Afternoon
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Romance in the Dark”  (1938)
	2:40	MEL’S NOTEBOOK—Interview
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	3:30	MISTER ED—Comedy
	4:00	POPEYE AND PETE—Children
	4:30	CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE
	5:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	6:30	BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE   SPECIAL
	7:30	BAT MASTERSON—Western
	8:00	MOVIE—Drama “Armored Attack” (1943)
	9:30	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	10:00	MOVIE—Musical Comedy “High, Wide and Handsome” (1937)

Who is Rose Franzblau, one of the guests on Virginia Graham's Girl Talk  at 10:00 a.m.? According to her obituary in The New York Times,

For 25 years, until 1976, Dr. Franzblau wrote “Human Relations,” a daily question‐and‐answer column on such subjects as sex, marriage, parenthood and how to get along with people. The column appeared in The New York Post and a dozen other newspapers around the country.

In her columns and in numerous magazine articles, Dr. Franzblau regularly applied the principles of Freudian theory to . the problems of her readers. Her magazine articles covered everything from juvenile delinquency to “the tyranny of executive tensions,” from “celebrity doodles and what they mean” to self‐hate.

Kind of a cross between Dr. Ruth and Joyce Brothers?

	12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS)
	Morning
	7:30	NEWS—Benti   COLOR
	7:55	FILM SHORT
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	McCOYS
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD Contestants: Carol Lawrence, Darren McGavin
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Cheryl Miller
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	CLAY COUNTY FAIR
	3:45	FILM SHORT
	4:00	BART’S CLUBHOUSE
	4:30	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	4:45	BART’S CLUBHOUSE
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:25	SPORTSORAMA
	6:30	WONDERFUL WORLD OF WHEELS   SPECIAL   COLOR
	7:30	MY THREE SONS—Comedy   COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy Thursday Night Movie: “The Ladies’ Man” (1961)
	9:55	UNITED COMMUNITY FUND—President Johnson
	10:00	NEWS
	10:40	TRACKDOWN—Police
	11:10	MOVIE—Western “Copper Sky” (1957)

Somewhere in Tim Hollis' book Hi There, Boys and Girls, you'll find a complete description of Bart's Clubhouse, the afternoon kids' show at 4:00. I'm not here to write about that, just to briefly mention the role that television shows play in our memory. I searched Bart's Clubhouse to see if there was anything pithy I could include here without having to actually get up and walk over to the bookcase where Hi There is, and there wasn't. at least not as far as the show itself goes. What there was, though, was a host of reminiscences by people on events that had made an impact on them—a tornado, the assassination of JFK, things like that. In doing so, people would mention how they had been watching Bart's Clubhouse when the bulletin came on, or when the storm hit, or what have you. There's nothing special about the show per se; I could have Googled any similar show and gotten similar stories. What this demonstrates, though, is how strong that association is in the memory, how each story begins with Bart. We often here how tastes and aromas can bring back strong memories of a moment in time; certainly television does the same. How can you possibly take lightly something as powerful as that? TV