What's on TV? Monday, March 20, 1961

I don't know how we came to have so many of these 1961 issues all at once, but here they are. You'll be glad to know that we'll be moving on to other years for awhile—or maybe you won't. I think it's always nice to have a little variety anyway. Stick around for next week and see what we get.

	2  KTCA (Educ.)
	MORNING
	9:15	YA HABLAMOS ESPANOL
	9:30	PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY—Discussion
	10:15	YA HABLAMOS ESPANOL
	10:30	ART—Grade 6
	11:00	YA HABLAMOS ESPANOL
	AFTERNOON
	1:30	SINGING TOGETHER—Grade 5
	1:50	KOMM, LACH UND LERNE
	2:05	RED MYTH—Documentary
	2:30	EXPLORING NUMBERS—Gorr
	3:00	TEA AT THREE—Vivian Hoff
	EVENING
	6:00	ADVENTURES OF DANNY DEE
	6:30	THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
	7:00	PROSPECTS OF MANKIND
	8:00	RUSSIAN AREA STUDY
	8:30	ST. THOMAS PRESENTS
	9:00	WORLD AFFAIRS—George Grim
	9:30	MUSIC—Arnold Walker
	10:00	GREAT BOOKS—Discussion
	10:30	BACKGROUND—Dr. Ziebarth
	10:40	VIRUS—Science

Ah, George Grim, host of World Affairs at 9:00 p.m. Around here, he was known more as a newspaperman, writing for nearly 40 years for the Minneapolis Star (the evening paper) and, later on, the Minneapolis Tribune (the morning paper). According to this, at one time or another he was on every one of the "big five" stations in the Twin Cities except for WTCN. 

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	FLYING SAUCER—Siegfried
	8:00	NEWS—Richard C. Hottelet
	8:15	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:10	DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:20	WHAT’S NEW?—Arle Haberle
	9:30	VIDEO VILLAGE—Monty Hall
	10:00	DOUBLE EXPOSURE—Dunne
	10:30	YOUR SURPRISE PACKAGE
	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
	12:20	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	FACE THE FACTS—Red Rowe
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
	2:00	MILLIONAIRE—Drama
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama
	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
	5:00	AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card
	5:30	CLANCY THE COP—Children
	5:55	SPORTS—Rollie Johnson
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	6:10	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	6:15	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	6:30	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
	7:00	PETE AND GLADYS—Comedy
	7:30	BRINGING UP BUDDY—Comedy
	8:00	INGRID BERGMAN—Drama   SPECIAL
	9:30	JUNE ALLYSON—Drama
	10:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Dick Enroth
	10:30	TIGHTROPE!—Police
	11:00	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	11:05	MOVIE—Melodrama “Crashout” (1955)

Arle Haberle's name pops up constantly in these early '60s issues. She was on WCCO both mornings and afternoons, doing What's New and Around the Town. They're the kind of shows you still have on local television, but now they're decked out more like infomercials. It was nice to have someone you could turn to on television who could tell you what was going on around your city.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR  Chemistry
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR  Probability and Statistics
	7:00	DAVE GARROWAY Anniversary of publication of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	9:00	SAY WHEN—Art James
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	11:30	IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	12:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	12:20	TREASURE CHEST—Jim Hutton
	1:00	JAN MURRAY—Game   COLOR
	1:30	LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
	2:00	YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	3:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	3:30	HERE’S HOLLYWOOD—Interview Guests: Susan Strasberg, George Maharis
	4:00	TOPPER—Comedy
	4:30	T.N. TATTERS—Children
	5:15	CITY DETECTIVE—Police
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan
	6:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	6:30	AMERICANS—Drama
	7:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	8:00	ACAPULCO—Adventure
	8:30	DANTE—Mystery
	9:00	BARBARA STANWYCK—Drama
	9:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	10:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	10:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety Guest: Kaye Ballard
	12:00	NEWS—Roger Krupp

If my math is correct, Today is celebrating the 110th anniversary of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Why, I'm not sure, although perhaps the increasing attention paid to the civil rights struggle has something to do with it.

	9  KMSP (Ind.)
	MORNING
	9:50	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	9:55	NEWSBEAT—Tony Parker
	10:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercises
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “Inside Job” (1946)
	11:30	I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	KARTOONTIME—Children
	12:30	WILLY—Comedy
	1:00	FOLLOW THAT MAN—Mystery
	1:30	RACKET SQUAD—Police
	2:00	MOVIE—Drama “Dr. Kildare’s Victory” (1941)
	4:00	HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE—Comedy
	4:30	MR. ADAMS AND EVE—Comedy
	5:00	SUSIE—Comedy
	5:30	OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Children
	7:00	WRESTLING—Minneapolis
	8:00	MACKENZIE’S RAIDERS—Drama
	8:30	PLAY OF THE WEEK—Musical “archy and mehitabel”
	10:35	NEWS—Paul Sevareid
	10:50	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:55	WEATHER—Jere Smith
	11:00	NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL
	11:30	OFFICIAL DETECTIVE—Sloane

For those of you who saw the Saturday listings I did last month, you'll remember that KMSP has wrestling on Saturday nights. Tonight's wrestling show at 7:00 p.m. consists of "taped highlights of one of last Saturday's action-packed matches." Their words, not mine.

	11 WTCN (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:55	FARM NEWS—Frank Seifert
	8:00	GOOD MORNING MINNESOTA!
	8:30	CARTOON CIRCUS—Children
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	9:45	SHAPE UP—Louraine Larson
	10:15	WAYS WITH FOOD—Mrs. Meyer
	10:30	LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
	11:00	MORNING COURT—Drama
	11:30	LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow
	12:30	NUMBER PLEASE—Bud Collyer
	1:00	ABOUT FACES—Ben Alexander
	1:25	NEWS—Al Mann
	1:30	DR. HUDSON’S SECRET JOURNAL—Drama
	2:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	2:30	ROAD TO REALITY—Drama
	3:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST—Carson
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Clark Guest: Adam Wade
	5:00	5 O’CLOCK REPORT—Huston
	5:05	CASEY JONES WITH POPEYE
	5:30	RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Western
	7:30	SURFSIDE 6—Mystery
	8:30	BING CROSBY—Variety   SPECIAL  Guests: Maurice Chevalier, Aldo Monaco, Carol Lawrence
	9:30	PETER GUNN—Mystery
	10:00	NEWS—Chick McCuen
	10:15	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	10:20	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:30	PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
	11:00	NEWS—Ken Anderson
	11:05	MOVIE—Drama Theater 11: “Journey for Margaret” (1942)
	12:30	NEWS—Stuart A. Lindman

In the issues we've looked at from the 1950s, we would have seen the name Chick McCuen over at WCCO, where he was the news director and anchor. In 1958 he moved over to WTCN, and then to the mighty WMAQ in Chicago. Best McCuen story, of many: at WMAQ, he was one of only 25 reporters to be credentialed to the Richard Speck "Trial of the Century" in 1967, only to wind up on the other side of the picket line because of the AFTRA strike. Wound up being hired as the maitre 'd at the restaurant where the reporters hung out. Of course, he's in the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. TV