What's on TV: Sunday, December 17, 1961

Well, it occurs to me that we haven't looked at a Sunday listing lately, and I couldn't find the last time we'd done one from the 1961-62 season, so here we are. This is a genuine Twin Cities issue, without the outstate stations; you also won't see anything from KTCA, the educational channel, since back then Channel 2 didn't broadcast over the weekend. We certainly aren't lacking in programs of interest, though.

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	8:00	SACRED HEART—Religion
	8:15	DAVEY AND GOLIATH—Religion
	8:30	LIGHT TIME—Religion
	8:45	CHRISTIAN SCIENCE—Religion
	9:00	BUSINESS AND FINANCE
	9:30	CIMARRON CITY—Western
	10:30	BOZO THE CLOWN—Children
	11:15	WORLD OF AVIATION—Booen
	11:30	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	11:45	BOWLERAMA—Don Dahl
	Afternoon
	12:45	PRO FOOTBALL KICKOFF Last show of the series.
	1:00	PRO FOOTBALL—Vikings vs. Bears Last regularly scheduled game of the season.
	3:45	FOOTBALL FOLLOW UP Last regularly scheduled show of the season.
	4:00	AMATEUR HOUR—Ted Mack
	4:30	G-E COLLEGE BOWL—Quiz North Dakota vs. Bates
	5:00	TWENTIETH CENTURY
	5:30	MISTER ED—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	LASSIE—Drama
	6:30	DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy
	7:00	ED SULLIVAN—Variety Guests: Louis Armstrong and his band, Duke Ellington, Paul Anka, Walter Chiari and Barbara Cook, Wayne and Shuster, the Baird Puppets, Corbett Monica
	8:00	G.E. THEATER “Tippy-Top”
	8:30	JACK BENNY—Comedy
	9:00	CANDID CAMERA—Durward Kirby
	9:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Panel Guest: Martin Gabel
	10:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Dick Enroth
	10:30	BOWLING BONANZA—Merriman

Oscar winner Red Buttons stars in the half-hour musical "Tippy-Top" on G.E. Theater at 8:00 p.m., as the "imaginary" friend of a lonely boy named Randy, played by Ronny Howard. Mark Sandrich Jr, who co-wrote the musical's book along with Sidney Michaels, is the son of Mark Sandrich Sr., who produced and directed Holiday Inn, among many successful musicals. A little seasonal linkage there.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	7:30	FAR HORIZONS—Education
	8:00	BIBLE STORY TIME--Religion
	8:30	ADVENTURES IN AFRICA
	8:45	CHRISTOPHERS—Religion
	9:00	QUIZ A CATHOLIC—Religion
	9:30	ETERNAL LIGHT—Religion
	10:00	BIG PICTURE—Army
	10:30	THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion
	11:00	AMERICAN ADVENTURE
	11:30	MOVIE—Western “Pioneer Trail” (1941)
	Afternoon
	12:30	BUILDERS’ SHOWCASE
	1:00	PRO FOOTBALL—Steelers vs. Cardinals Last regularly scheduled game of the season.
	3:30	ORGAN MUSIC
	3:45	PATTERNS IN MUSIC   COLOR  Time Approximate. Joined in progress. Last show of the season.
	4:00	WISDOM—Conversation
	4:30	CHET HUNTLEY—News Analysis
	5:00	MEET THE PRESS—Interview   COLOR  Guest: George Meany
	5:30	1, 2, 3, GO!—Children
	Evening
	6:00	BULLWINKLE—Cartoons   COLOR
	6:30	WALT DISNEY’S WORLD   COLOR
	7:30	CAR 54—Comedy
	8:00	BONANZA—Western   COLOR
	9:00	DU PONT SHOW—Drama   COLOR  “Trick or Treason”
	10:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	10:15	WEATHER—Pete Evanston
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	10:30	CAMEO THEATER—Drama   COLOR  “The Man Without a Country”
	11:30	FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE ”Next Stop Bethlehem”

"Trick or Treason," the episode on Du Point Show of the Week, sounds as if it should have been shown around Halloween, but in reality it's a World War II espionage story, starring Monique Van Vooren about how the Allies fooled the Germans into expecting the D-Day landing at the wrong place.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	10:30	JIM BOWIE—Adventure
	11:00	ORAL ROBERTS—Religion
	11:30	SUSIE—Comedy
	Afternoon
	12:00	SILENT SERVICE—Drama
	12:30	SOUL’S HARBOR—Religion
	1:00	BOWLING QUEENS—Tattler
	1:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	2:00	FOOTBALL WITH TONY PARKER Last regularly scheduled show.
	2:30	PRO FOOTBALL—Titans vs. Texans Last regularly scheduled game.
	5:30	MAVERICK—Western
	Evening
	6:30	FOLLOW THE SUN—Drama
	7:30	LAWMAN—Western
	8:00	BUS STOP—Drama
	9:00	ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
	10:00	NEWS—Bob Allard
	10:15	MAN WHO WAS THERE—Grim
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “Come to the Stable” (1949)

I couldn't imagine a program today called Bowling Queens, could you?

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	Morning
	9:45	BUSINESS TOPICS
	10:00	FAITH FOR TODAY—Religion
	10:30	FARM FORUM—Agriculture
	11:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Protestant
	Afternoon
	12:00	HOUSE DETECTIVE—Jim Wiley
	1:00	EXECUTIVE REPORT—Discussion
	1:30	MINNESOTA FORUM—Debate
	2:30	MOVIE—Drama “Desperate Journey” (1942)
	4:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Go West, Young Man” (1936)
	5:45	DR. HAROLD DEUTSCH
	Evening
	6:00	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	6:30	GREAT MUSIC—Chicago
	7:30	PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama “Henry IV, Part I”
	9:30	NEWS—Jack Huston
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama Select Theater: “Going My Way” (1944) “News Roundup” follows at the conclusion of the movie.

Interestingly enough, "Henry IV, Part 1," on the NTA syndicated Play of the Week, is not a British import, but a production from the Phoenix Theatre in New York. According to this site, its original airing, in 1960, faced some stiff competition: it was shown on September 26, opposite the first Kennedy-Nixon debate. TV