What's on TV? Wednesday, October 4, 1961

Today's listings include the opening game of the 1961 World Series. As you'll notice, it's not only played in the daytime, it begins at 11:00 a.m. CT. The official boxscore shows the start time in New York as being 1:00 p.m., which leads me to believe we're having one of those Daylight Saving Time moments again. Of course, for me the highlight would have been the premiere of The Alvin Show, except for the fact that I was only seventeen months old at the time. The listings are from the Twin Cities, but you probably expected that by now.

	2  KTCA (Educ.)
	MORNING
	9:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	9:35	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	10:00	SINGING TOGETHER—Grade 3
	10:20	GERMAN—Grade 5
	10:35	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	11:00	YA HABLAMOS ESPANOL
	11:15	BRITISH CALENDAR
	11:30	INTRODUCTORY MATH—Ruchte
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	1:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	1:30	YA HABALAMOS ESPANOL
	1:45	KOMM, LACH UND LERNE
	2:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	2:30	HEALTH—Grade 1
	3:00	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS D
	3:30	NEW HORIZONS—Education
	4:00	TEACHER’S PREVIEW—Level I
	4:15	TEACHER’S PREVIEW—Level II
	EVENING
	6:00	INTRODUCTORY MATH—Ruchte
	6:30	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS   DEBUT
	7:00	LOOKING AT ART—Bryan
	7:30	INQUIRY—Discussion
	8:00	AREA STUDY—Middle East
	8:30	IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA
	9:00	FOLIO—Arnold Walker
	10:00	COLLOQUY—Education
	10:30	BACKGROUND—Dr. Ziebarth
	10:40	WESTERN WAY—Niel Snortum

Governor Elmer L. Andersen is one of the guests on Folio (his name in the listings is mistakenly spelled "son" instead of "sen"), not to be confused with C. Elmer Anderson, who was governor from 1951-55. It is Minnesota, after all. At least it's not as bad as "Roughriders" and "Rough Riders."

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:30	COLLEGE OF THE AIR The New Biology: "Origin of the Solar System and Earth"
	7:00	FLYING SAUCER—Siegfried
	7:55	FARM NEWS AND MARKETS
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:10	DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:20	WHAT’S NEW–Arle Haeberle
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	VIDEO VILLAGE—Monty Hall
	10:30	YOUR SURPRISE PACKAGE
	10:55	NEWS—Harry Reasoner
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	12:15	SOMETHING SPECIAL—Merriman
	12:25	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
	2:00	MILLIONAIRE—Drama
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama
	2:55	NEWS—Charles Collingwood
	3:00	BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
	3:15	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	4:00	AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle
	4:30	BOZO THE CLOWN—Children
	4:40	AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card
	5:00	QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons
	5:30	CLANCY THE COP—Children
	5:55	MR. MAGOO—Cartoon
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	6:10	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	6:15	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	6:30	ALVIN—Cartoon   DEBUT
	7:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	7:30	CHECKMATE—Mystery
	8:30	MRS. G. GOES TO COLLEGE   DEBUT
	9:00	U.S. STEEL HOUR—Drama “Brandenburg Gate”
	10:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Dick Enroth
	10:30	MIAMI UNDERCOVER—Mystery
	11:00	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	11:05	MOVIE—Drama “Never Love a Stranger” (1958)

"Brandenburg Gate," tonight's episode of the U.S. Steel Hour, takes us back to a time when said gate was the border between East and West Berlin, at a time just after the Berlin Wall went up. For the first few days, the Wall was just barbed wire until a more permanent structure could be constructed. The illustration for the episode depicts barbed wire in front of the Gate, which could be how things were when this episode was written. Richard Kiley and Dina Merrill star, with Barry Morse as Lieutenant Gerard—just kidding there, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was part of East German security.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR  Modern Algebra: "Axioms for Multiplications"
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR  American Government: "The Frontier in a Space Culture"
	7:00	TODAY—John Chancellor Guest: Lester Granger
	9:00	SAY WHEN—Art James   COLOR
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	WORLD SERIES SPOTLIGHT   SPECIAL
	10:45	WORLD SERIES—Baseball   SPECIAL   COLOR  Cincinnati Reds at New York Yankees, Game 1
	AFTERNOON
	2:00	YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial
	3:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	3:30	HERE’S HOLLYWOOD—Interview Guest: Rod Steiger
	3:55	NEWS—Sander Vanocur
	4:00	TOPPER—Comedy
	4:30	KUKLA AND OLLIE—Tillstrom
	4:35	T.N. TATTERS—Children
	5:15	MAN FROM COCHISE—Police
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley   COLOR
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan
	6:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	6:30	WAGON TRAIN—Western   COLOR
	7:30	JOEY BISHOP—Comedy   COLOR
	8:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   RETURN   COLOR  Guests: Buddy Hackett, Fran Jeffries, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle
	9:00	THEATER 62—Drama   SPECIAL   COLOR  “The Spiral Staircase”
	10:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	10:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	10:20	SPORTS—Dick Nesbitt
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR
	12:00	NEWS AND SPORTS—Krupp

In Game 1 of the World Series, the Yankees take the Reds 2-0 in a tidy two hours and eleven minutes. I'd say that today, that would get you to about the middle of the sixth inning. Whitey Ford pitched a neat two-hit shutout, his third consecutive World Series shutout. He'd extend that record in the fourth game, going five shutout innings before suffering an ankle injury. The Yanks take the Series in five.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:55	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	8:00	BREAKFAST WITH CAP’N KEN
	8:30	OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	9:30	MOVIE—Musical Comedy “Ever Since Venus” (1944)
	11:00	TEXAN—Western
	11:30	LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow
	12:30	MAKE A FACE—Bob Clayton
	1:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:25	NEWS—Alex Dreier
	1:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	2:00	NUMBER PLEASE—Bud Collyer
	2:30	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	3:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Carson
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Clark Guest: Freddie Cannon
	4:50	AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Sharp
	5:00	LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Children
	5:40	NEWS—Bob Allard
	5:45	NEWS
	EVENING
	6:00	TRACKDOWN
	6:30	STEVE ALLEN—Comedy Guests: Pat Kirby, Davis and Reese
	7:30	TOP CAT—Cartoon
	8:00	HAWAIIAN EYE—Mystery
	9:00	NAKED CITY—Police
	10:00	NEWS—Bob Allard
	10:15	WEATHER—Jere Smith
	10:20	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:30	VIKING FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS
	11:30	MAN WITHOUT A GUN—Western
	12:00	SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police

I've commented before on the irony of a Western called Man Without a Gun—the gunless man in this case is a newspaper editor. We know that the pen is mightier than the sword, but is it mightier than a gun? 

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	MORNING
	9:45	CARTOON CARNIVAL—Children
	10:00	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	10:15	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	11:15	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
	11:45	NEWS—Jack Huston
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	1:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Accent on Youth” (1935)
	2:30	DR. HUDSON’S JOURNAL
	3:00	LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
	3:30	AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
	4:00	POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee
	4:45	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	5:00	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	5:30	DICK TRACY—Cartoon
	5:45	NEWS—Jack Huston
	EVENING
	6:00	TROUBLESHOOTERS—Adventure
	6:30	BILLY GRAHAM—Religion   SPECIAL
	7:30	MOVIE—Mystery “The Searching Wind” (1946)
	9:30	NEWS—Jack Huston
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:00	M SQUAD—Police
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama Theater 11: “Dust Be My Destiny” (1939)
	12:30	NEWS AND WEATHER

Robert Young stars in Father Knows Best at 7:00 p.m. on CBS, and if you're a Young fan, you'll want to switch over to Channel 11 immediately afterward to catch him in a quite different role, that of an American diplomat who fails to see the threat of fascism, in the 1946 film The Searching Wind.  TV