What's on TV? Tuesday, December 16, 1958

We're 10 days out from Christmas, and we do have a couple of seasonal shows on tap tonight; Songs of Christmas on KTCA at 6:00 p.m. (I wonder if high school choirs are even allowed to sing sacred carols anymore?), and The Christmas Gift at 9:00 p.m. on WCCO. Never fear, though; there's plenty more to watch. In case you hadn't guessed, we're in Minnesota this week.

	2  KTCA (Educ.)
	Afternoon
	1:05	HEALTH AND FITNESS
	1:30	SCIENCE—1st Grade
	2:00	SCIENCE—7th Grade
	2:30	HEALTH AND FITNESS
	2:45	AS TEACHERS TEACH
	5:00	MAGIC DOORWAYS—Education
	5:15	FIGNEWTON’S NEWSPAPER
	5:30	CHILDREN’S CORNER
	Evening
	6:00	SONGS OF CHRISTMAS—Music Southwest High School Choir
	6:30	TETE-A-TETE—Education
	7:00	COMPASS—Education   DEBUT
	7:30	CRIMINAL MAN—Education
	8:00	MIDDLE EAST STUDY
	8:30	HUMAN GEOGRAPHY—Education
	9:00	U. OF MINNESOTA
	9:30	HUMAN BEHAVIOR—Education
	10:00	MUSIC AND MAN
	10:30	NEW DIMENSIONS IN LEARNING—Education   DEBUT

I have no idea whether or not Fignewton's Newspaper is spelled correctly—I'd have spelled it Fig Newton—but in the absence of irrefutable evidence, I'm going with the way it is in the issue. Just so you all know.

	3  KDAL (Duluth) (CBS)
	Morning
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
	8:45	NEWS—Stuart Novins
	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
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	12:05	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS
	1:00	JIMMY DEAN Guest: Eileen Barton
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Fernando Lamas
	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	WHERE WE STAND   SPECIAL
	7:30	WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons
	8:00	RIFLEMAN
	8:30	RED SKELTON—Comedy
	9:00	GARRY MOORE—Variety Guests: Helen Traubel, Dorothy Collins, Wally Cox, Varel and Bailly
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	MOVIE—Adventure “Run for the Sun” (1946)

Fernando Lamas is Art Linkletter's guest on House Party, and I'll bet he looks marvelous.

	3  KGLO (Mason City, IA) (CBS)
	Morning
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
	8:45	NEWS—Stuart Novins
	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
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS
	1:00	JIMMY DEAN Guest: Eileen Barton
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Fernando Lamas
	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	BART’S CLUBHOUSE—Kids
	5:30	TIME OUT FOR TEENS
	5:45	NEWS—Doug Edwards
	Evening
	6:00	FARM REPORTER—Al Heinz
	6:05	SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER
	6:30	JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama
	7:00	TEXAN—Western
	7:30	TO TELL THE TRUTH Guest panelist: Jackie Cooper
	8:00	ARTHUR GODFREY
	8:30	RED SKELTON—Comedy
	9:00	GARRY MOORE—Variety Guests: Helen Traubel, Dorothy Collins, Wally Cox, Varel and Bailly
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	BADGE 714—Jack Webb
	11:00	READ FASTER—Education

Singer Eileen Barton, Jimmy Dean's guest, is best known for her hit, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	7:00	CARTOONS—Siegfried
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
	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
	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: Eileen Barton
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Fernando Lamas
	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	COMMODORE CAPPY—Kids
	5:00	AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card
	5:30	POPEYE CLUBHOUSE—Kids
	5:55	WEATHER, NEWS, SPORTS
	Evening
	6:15	NEWS—Doug Edwards
	6:30	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
	7:00	NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL
	7:30	TO TELL THE TRUTH Guest panelist: Jackie Cooper
	8:00	ARTHUR GODFREY
	8:30	RED SKELTON—Comedy
	9:00	CHRISTMAS GIFT—Musical   SPECIAL
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	PAROLE—Police
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Street of Missing Men” (1939)

I'd never heard of Parole; it's a rather unusual example of a reality series, involving real criminals pleading their cases before real parole boards. I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing on television, and frankly I'm surprised someone hasn't thought of this since. Perhaps they could use some of the convicts arrested in Cops.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:05	DAVID STONE—Variety
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Surface Tension”
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	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—Stunts   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—Parks
	4:00	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	4:30	HAWKEYE—Adventure
	5:00	SHERWOOD FOREST—Adventure
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:20	YOU SHOULD KNOW—Quiz
	6:30	DRAGNET—Jack Webb
	7:00	GEORGE GOBEL   COLOR  Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jo Stafford, Rose Bowl Queen Pamela Prather and court
	8:00	GEORGE BURNS—Comedy   SPECIAL  Guest: Eddie Fisher
	8:30	BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
	9:00	CALIFORNIANS—Western
	9:30	STATE TROOPER—Police
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	BADGE 714—Jack Webb
	11:00	JACK PAAR—Variety Guest: Sheila Guyse
	12:00	NEWS

I'm not positive, but I believe Sherwood Forest is the alternate title to The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Richard Greene. Of course, we know that Badge 714 is the syndicated title of Dragnet. Interesting, isn't it, that we get to see both Dragnet and 714 on KSTP tonight? Kind of like getting to see Gunsmoke and Marshal Dillon on Saturday night on WCCO.

	6  WDSM (Duluth) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Surface Tension”
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	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—Comedy “A Night at the Ritz” (1935) Part 1.
	1:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts   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—Parks
	4:00	POPEYE—Cartoons
	5:25	BRAVE EAGLE—Western
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	6:30	TUGBOAT ANNIE—Comedy
	7:00	GEORGE GOBEL   COLOR  Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jo Stafford, Rose Bowl Queen Pamela Prather and court
	8:00	GEORGE BURNS—Comedy   SPECIAL  Guest: Eddie Fisher
	8:30	BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
	9:00	CALIFORNIANS—Western
	9:30	BUCKSKIN—Western
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	BOOTS AND SADDLES—Western
	10:45	JACK PAAR—Variety Guest: Sheila Guyse

I alluded to this on Saturday, but Eddie Fisher, who guests with George Burns at 8:00, alternates with George Gobel in the 7:00 timeslot. This is Eddie's week off, but not really.

	6  KMMT (Austin) (ABC)
	Morning
	10:30	THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion
	11:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	11:30	PETER LIND HAYES Guests: The Playmates
	Afternoon
	12:30	MOTHER’S DAY—Contest
	1:00	LIBERACE—Variety Guest: Joan O’Brien
	1:30	NEWS, WEATHER
	1:40	MATINEE WITH MARGE
	2:00	MUSIC BINGO—Quiz
	2:30	THIS IS ALICE—Comedy
	3:00	BEAT THE CLOCK—Collyer
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: De John Sisters
	5:30	ADVENTURE TIME
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Don Goddard
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	RIFLEMAN
	8:30	NAKED CITY—Police
	9:00	CONFESSION—Interview
	9:30	DICK POWELL—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	NEWS—John Daly
	10:30	TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama

Like Parole, Confession was a television series that featured real-life criminals. In this case, it involved advertising executive and Episcopal priest Jack Wyatt interviewing various criminals and then talking to experts in an effort to discover the root causes of crime. To the classic TV historian, its main claim to fame is that when it was cancelled in 1959, it was replaced by Alcoa Presents, also known as One Step Beyond.

	8  WKBT (LaCrosse) (CBS)
	Morning
	10:00	ARTHUR GODFREY
	10:30	TOP DOLLAR
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	FILM SHORT
	Afternoon
	12:00	TEN FOR SURVIVAL—Education
	12:30	CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE—Drama
	1:00	JIMMY DEAN Guest: Eileen Barton
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Fernando Lamas
	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 “Colorado” (1940)
	5:00	BRAVE EAGLE—Western
	5:30	JET JACKSON—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	FARM DIGEST—Martin
	6:05	SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER
	6:30	COULEE CROSSROADS
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	ARTHUR GODFREY
	8:30	TARGET—Adolphe Menjou
	9:00	GARRY MOORE—Variety Guests: Helen Traubel, Dorothy Collins, Wally Cox, Varel and Bailly
	10:00	NEWS
	10:20	ROUGH RIDERS—Western
	10:50	WRESTLING—Chicago

I don't know much about the Chicago wrestling program, although this bout could have been telecast on the show at some point in time; it's a woman's match that includes a wrestler with the unlikely name of Yulie Brynner. Yulie Brynner was billed as the "World's Ugliest Woman," which I'm in no position to disagree with. Needless to say, Yulie Brynner is bald.

	9  KMSP (Ind.)
	Afternoon
	1:55	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	2:00	MOVIE—Comedy “The Belles of St. Trinian’s” (English; 1954)
	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	JET JACKSON—Adventure
	7:00	MAN CALLED X—Adventure
	7:30	MAN BEHIND THE BADGE
	8:00	WRESTLING—Minneapolis
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930)
	10:30	NEWS—David Lee
	10:45	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:50	OPEN HOUSE—Mel Jass
	11:55	NEWS

In all likelihood, the wrestling program at 8:00 is the same All-Star Wrestling program that moved to WTCN when KMSP became the ABC affiliate. If that's the case, it's hosted by Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame member Marty O'Neill, who was the voice of wrestling here for decades before being replaced by the legendary Mean Gene Okerlund.

	10 KROC (Rochester) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Surface Tension”
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	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 10 CALLING
	12:30	FILM FEATURE
	1:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts   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—Parks
	4:00	WHAT’S NEW?—Don Perry
	4:30	MEET YOUR SCHOOLS
	5:00	TEXAS RANGERS—Western
	5:30	WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	6:30	DRAGNET—Jack Webb
	7:00	GEORGE GOBEL   COLOR  Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jo Stafford, Rose Bowl Queen Pamela Prather and court
	8:00	JOHN NESBITT—Drama
	8:30	BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
	9:00	CALIFORNIANS—Western
	9:30	MEDIC—Drama
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety Guest: Sheila Guyse

Sheila Guyse, one of Jack Paar's guests tonight, was (according to the always-reliable Wikipedia) an black singer-actress who could have rivaled Dorothy Dandridge had she been given more visibility in the movies. She was popular in the 1940s and 50s; I wonder what stage her career was at when she appeared on Tonight?

	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: The Playmates
	Afternoon
	12:30	MOTHER’S DAY—Contest
	1:00	LIBERACE—Variety Guest: Joan O’Brien
	1:30	MARK STEVENS
	1:35	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
	2:00	MUSIC BINGO—Quiz
	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: De John Sisters
	5:30	ADVENTURE TIME
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	RIFLEMAN
	8:30	NAKED CITY—Police
	9:00	TUGBOAT ANNIE—Comedy
	9:30	NEWS—Chick McCuen
	9:45	MOVIE—Drama “The Square Ring” (English; 1953)

The Square Ring, a British boxing movie, features a cast including one Joan Collins, a painfully young 20 year-old.

	13 WEAU (Eau Claire) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education “Surface Tension”
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	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	SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
	12:45	MARKETS, NEWS
	1:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts   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—Parks
	4:00	FILM FEATURE
	4:30	CARTOONS—Kids
	5:00	TELETALE—Education
	5:15	FILM SHORT
	5:30	BOOK BREAK
	5:45	FILM SHORT
	Evening
	6:00	OUR LAND, OUR LIVING
	6:10	WEATHER, NEWS
	6:30	DRAGNET—Jack Webb
	7:00	GEORGE GOBEL   COLOR  Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jo Stafford, Rose Bowl Queen Pamela Prather and court
	8:00	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:30	TARGET—Adolphe Menjou
	9:00	BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
	9:30	NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	COLT .45—Western
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Sign of the Ram” (1948)

Adolphe Menjou hosted Target, an anthology series produced by Ziv for syndication. Interestingly, in 1951 he appeared in a movie called The Tall Target, which has nothing to do with the show. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1931 for The Front Page. TV