June 22, 2020

What's on TV? Wednesday, June 24, 1970

Some very interesting things on the schedule for today. For instance, Merv Griffin's lineup is a classic of the time: Phil Silvers, Shecky Greene, Red Buttons and Charo. That had to be out of control before it even started. And then there's poet James Dickey appearing on Bob Cromie's Book Beat, discussing his first novel. You might have heard of it—Deliverance. And even though I've seen it many times in these old issues, I'm always somewhat taken aback when Mister Rogers' name appears as one word: Misterogers. Makes him sound sort of like a superhero, doesn't it? Well, there's plenty more for you to see down there; this week's listings are from Philadelphia.
 3  KYW (PHILA) (NBC)

MORNING

    6:05
FARM MARKET REPORT -C- 

    6:10
NEWS

    6:15
SEA POWER—History

    6:45
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN -C- 

    6:55
TODAY IN PHILADELPHIA -C- 

    7:00
TODAY -C- 
Guests: Mayor Richard Hatcher (Gary, IN), Bill Mauldin, Irv Kupcinet, Mike Royko

    9:00
CONTACT—Interview -C- 

  10:00
IT TAKES TWO—Game -C- 
Guests: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Gary Lockwood and wives

  10:25
NEWS—Dickerson -C- 

  10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 

  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 

  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Joyce Haber, Peter Haskell, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Vincent Price, Jo Anne Worley, Wally Cox, Charley Weaver

AFTERNOON

  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER -C- 

  12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS -C- 

    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 

    2:30
DOCTORS—Serial -C- 

    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD/BAY CITY—Serial -C- 

    3:30
BRIGHT PROMISE -C- 

    4:00
ANOTHER WORLD/SOMERSET—Serial -C- 

    4:30
DAVID FROST -C- 
Guests: James Earl Jones, Dick Shawn, John Phillips

EVENING

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

    6:30
NEWS—Huntley/Brinkley -C- 

    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS -C- 

    7:30
VIRGINIAN -C- 

    9:00
MUSIC HALL -C- 
Host: Des O’Connor. Guests: Martha Raye, Phil Harris, Sandie Shaw

  10:00
DAVID FROST—Satire -C- 
Special: Guests: John Cleese, Connie Booth, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, Gillian Lind, Michael Palin
[“Then Came Bronson” is pre-empted]

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
Guest host: Jerry Lewis



 6  WFIL (ABC)

MORNING

    6:30
OPERATION ALPHABET -C- 

    7:00
WORLD AROUND US -C- 

    8:00
POPEYE THEATER -C- 

    9:00
FASHIONS IN SEWING -C- 

    9:10
CONNIE ROUSSIN -C- 

    9:20
NEWS -C- 

    9:30
EXERCISE WITH GLORIA

  10:00
DEAR JULIA MEADE -C- 

  10:30
ON CAMERA—Saunders -C- 

  11:00
BEWITCHED -C- 

  11:30
THAT GIRL -C- 

AFTERNOON

  12:00
BEST OF VERYTHING -C- 

  12:30
WORLD APART—Serial -C- 

    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN -C- 

    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL -C- 

    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME -C- 

    2:30
DATING GAME -C- 

    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL -C- 

    3:30
MOVIE GAME -C- 

    4:00
DARK SHADOWS -C- 

    4:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

    5:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 

    5:30
STUMP THE STARS -C- 
Guests: Lucie Arnaz, Will Hutchins. Host: Mike Stokey

EVENING

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

    6:30
NEWS—Reynolds/Smith -C- 

    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game -C- 
Panel: Henry Morgan, Anita Gillette, Bert Convy, Arlene Francis. Host: Wally Bruner

    7:30
NANNY -C- 

    8:00
EDDIE’S FATHER -C- 

    8:30
ROOM 222 -C- 

    9:00
JOHNNY CASH -C- 
Guests: Merle Haggard, Brenda Lee, Charley Pride

  10:00
HUMPERDINCK -C- 
Guests: Lena Horne, Joel Grey, Trisha Noble, Vanity Fare

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

  11:30
DICK CAVETT -C- 
Guests include Trini Lopez

    1:00
NEWS -C- 

    1:15
RIFLEMAN—Western



 8  WGAL (LANCASTER) (NBC)

MORNING

    6:30
COUNTRY MUSIC -C- 

    7:00
TODAY -C- 
Guests: Mayor Richard Hatcher (Gary, IN), Bill Mauldin, Irv Kupcinet, Mike Royko

    9:00
MIKE DOUGLAS -C- 
Guests: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joan Rivers, Jane Withers

  10:00
IT TAKES TWO—Game -C- 
Guests: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Gary Lockwood and wives

  10:25
NEWS—Dickerson -C- 

  10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 

  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 

  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Joyce Haber, Peter Haskell, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Vincent Price, Jo Anne Worley, Wally Cox, Charley Weaver

AFTERNOON

  12:00
JEOPARDY—Game -C- 

  12:30
NOONDAY ON 8 -C- 

    1:00
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy

    1:30
LIFE WITH LINKLETTER -C- 
Guests: Shani Wallis, Scoey Mitchell

    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 

    2:30
DOCTORS—Serial -C- 

    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD/BAY CITY—Serial -C- 

    3:30
BRIGHT PROMISE -C- 

    4:00
ANOTHER WORLD/SOMERSET—Serial -C- 

    4:30
DAVID FROST -C- 
Guests: James Earl Jones, Dick Shawn, John Phillips

EVENING

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

    6:30
NEWS—Huntley/Brinkley -C- 

    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 

    7:30
VIRGINIAN -C- 

    9:00
MUSIC HALL -C- 
Host: Des O’Connor. Guests: Martha Raye, Phil Harris, Sandie Shaw

  10:00
THEN CAME BRONSON -C- 

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 

  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
Guest host: Jerry Lewis

    1:00
NEWS -C- 



10 WCAU (CBS)

MORNING

    6:00
SUMMER SEMESTER -C-
Eisenhower: The Government and the worker

    6:30
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SEMINAR—Dr. William West -C-

    7:00
NEWS—Joseph Benti -C-

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C-

    9:00
BETTY HUGHES—Variety -C-
Guests: Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNamara

    9:30
FARMER’S DAUGHTER—Comedy

  10:00
LUCILLE BALL -C-

  10:30
HILLBILLIES -C-

  11:00
ANDY GRIFFITH -C-

  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE -C-

AFTERNOON

  12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS—Serial -C-

  12:25
NEWS -C-

  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial -C-

    1:00
GALLOPING GOURMET -C-

    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial -C-

    2:00
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING—Serial -C-

    2:30
GUIDING LIGHT -C-

    3:00
SECRET STORM -C-

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT -C-

    4:00
GOMER PYLE -C-

    4:30
MOVIE—Drama -C-
“Bomb at 10:10” (Yugoslav; 1957)

EVENING

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C-

    7:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C-

    7:30
HEE HAW—Variety -C-
Guests: Charlie Pride, Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis

    8:30
HILLBILLIES -C-

    9:00
MEDICAL CENTER -C-

  10:00
HAWAII FIVE-O -C-

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C-

  11:30
MERV GRIFFIN -C-
Guests: Phil Silvers, Shecky Greene, Red Buttons, Charo

    1:00
MOVIE—Musical -C-
“Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” (1949)

    2:35
NEWS



12 WHYY (NET)

AFTERNOON

    3:45
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children

    4:00
SESAME STREET -C- 

    5:00
MISTEROGERS—Children

    5:30
WHAT’S NEW—Children

EVENING

    6:00
LOCAL NEWS—Don Dunwell

    6:30
ANTIQUES

    7:00
SPECTRUM—Science

    7:30
COMMERCE AND CONCERN -C- 

    8:00
NET FESTIVAL -C- 
“Why Save Florence?”

    9:00
YOUR DOLLAR’S WORTH—Report -C- 
Special

  10:00
SOUL!—Variety -C- 
Guests: Cissy Houston, the Herbie Hancock jazz sextet, Nikki Giovanni, Larry Neal

  11:00
LOCAL NEWS—Bill Hudson



17 WPHL (Ind.)

MORNING

    9:30
AT YOUR SERVICE -C- 

  10:00
JACK LaLANNE—Exercise -C- 

  10:30
MR. PIPER—Children -C- 

  11:00
PRINCE PLANET—Children

  11:30
ASTROBOY—Children

AFTERNOON

  12:00
JEOPARDY—Game -C- 

  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE -C- 

  12:55
NEWS—Floyd Kalber -C- 

    1:00
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial -C- 

    1:30
LIFE WITH LINKLETTER -C- 
Guests: Shani Wallis, Scoey Mitchell

    2:00
BAT MASTERSON—Western

    2:30
FURY—Adventure

    3:00
CARTOON CLUB -C- 

    3:30
JOHNNY CYPHER—Children -C- 

    4:00
PRINCE PLANET—Children

    4:30
EIGHTH MAN—Children

    5:00
ROCKET ROBIN HOOD -C- 

    5:30
ULTRA MAN—Children -C- 

EVENING

    6:00
PATTY DUKE—Comedy

    6:30
MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. -C- 

    7:30
OF LANDS AND SEAS -C- 

    8:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH -C- 

    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“No Way Out” (1950)

  10:55
WORLD OF SPORT -C- 

  11:00
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama

  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Main Street to Broadway” (1953)



29 WTAF (Ind.)

MORNING

  10:00
THIS IS THE LIFE -C- 

  10:30
FUNNY MANNS—Children

  11:00
CARTOONS

  11:30
ROMPER ROOM -C- 

AFTERNOON

  12:30
NEWS -C- 
  12:35
BRICKLINS—Discussion -C- 

    1:00
STOCK MARKET REPORT -C- 

    2:30
STOCK MARKET REPORT -C- 

    3:30
WESTERN STAR THEATER -C- 

    4:00
QUICK DRAW McGRAW -C- 

    4:30
TOP CAT—Children -C- 
    5:00
ADDAMS FAMILY—Comedy

    5:30
DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy

EVENING

    6:00
BATMAN—Adventure -C- 
Guest villain: Frank Gorshin (The Riddler)

    6:30
RIPCORD—Adventure -C- 

    7:00
PASSPORT—Travel -C- 

    7:30
ANNIVERSARY GAME -C- 

    8:00
I SPY—Adventure -C- 

    9:00
VIRGINIA GRAHAM -C- 
Guests: George Carlin, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian T. O’Leary, Helen Reddy

  10:00
HE SAID! SHE SAID! -C- 

  10:30
NIGHT TALK—McKinney -C- 



39 WLVT (ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM) (NET)

AFTERNOON

    3:45
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children

    4:00
SESAME STREET -C- 

    5:00
MISTEROGERS—Children

    5:30
WHAT’S NEW—Children

EVENING

    6:00
SESAME STREET—Children -C- 

    7:00
MISTEROGERS—Children

    7:30
KNOW YOUR ANTIQUES -C- 

    8:00
NET FESTIVAL -C- 
“Why Save Florence?”

    9:00
YOUR DOLLAR’S WORTH—Report -C- 
Special

  10:00
NEWSFRONT

  10:30
BOOK BEAT -C- 
Guest: James Dickey




48 WKBS (Ind.)

MORNING

  11:25
NEWS

  11:30
BEETLE BAILEY—Children -C- 

AFTERNOON

  12:00
PIXANNE—Children -C- 

    1:00
MOVIE—Drama -C- 
“The Homestretch” (1947)

    2:50
NEWS -C- 

    3:00
TOPPER—Comedy

    3:30
KIMBA—Children -C- 

    4:00
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND/YOGI BEAR—Children -C- 

    4:30
SUPERMAN—Adventure -C- 

    5:00
FLINTSTONES—Children -C- 

    5:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy

EVENING

    6:00
OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction

    7:00
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy

    7:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy

    8:00
BILLY GRAHAM -C- 
Special

    9:00
PERRY MASON—Mystery

  10:00
NEWS—Carl Grant -C- 

  10:30
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama

  11:00
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama

  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Informer” (1935)

    1:30
NEWS -C- 

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8 comments:

  1. diskojoeJune 22, 2020 at 5:46 PM

    That lineup of that David Frost special looks like a mashup of Monty Python, Faulty Towers & the Goodies

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    1. Mike DoranJune 22, 2020 at 9:24 PM

      This special was part of an overall deal between David Frost and Westinghouse Broadcasting.
      When Westinghouse signed Frost to do the daily talk show, he made available to them his considerable inventory of comedy shows that had been playing on British TV for most of the '60s - most of which Frost had godfathered onto the air.
      You'll note that KYW in Philadelphia was owned by Westinghouse, which pre-empted Then Came Bronson for the occasion (Bronson did play that night on the rest of the NBC network).
      Because this special didn't air in Chicago (no Westinghouse station in town), I never got to see it; sight unseen I'm guessing that much of the content was recycled from shows Frost produced in Britain not long before (correction welcomed if needed).

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    2. jabartlettJune 23, 2020 at 9:54 AM

      I believe that's probably a film called "How to Irritate People," which was written by Cleese, Chapman, Brooke-Taylor, and Marty Feldman and co-starred Michael Palin and Connie Booth. Frost was listed as the producer. It's been a while since I've seen it so I don't know if he appears in it. As best I can tell, it was edited for American TV, but this looks like it's the whole thing, as seen in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipdPFoIzFi0

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    3. diskojoeJune 24, 2020 at 9:25 AM

      I have a copy of How to Irritate People, which did come out on DVD. It's almost, but not quite up to the level of Monty Python

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  2. chckJune 22, 2020 at 10:39 PM

    1. Judging by the guest list, that day's Today Show may have originated in Chicago. 2. Charlie Pride fans may have lucked out on this night, Hee Haw at 7:30, then Johnny Cash at 9:00. 3. On that "Soul" listing, that is indeed Whitney Houston's mom.

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  3. chckJune 22, 2020 at 10:51 PM

    I just had to explain in 2 different Facebook posts that "Hillbillies" was posted as is was just for TVG purposes, not because of syndication, you also notice that that they do the same for "Humperdinck" in IDing "Englebert Humperdinck"

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    1. JonJune 23, 2020 at 9:06 PM

      This is close to the time when, starting in its 9th & last season this coming fall, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES dropped "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" and went right to an announcer reading the show's title, then the starring actors were introduced. Raymond Bailey & Nancy Kulp were promoted to the opening credits starting in Season 7.

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  4. Mike DoranJune 23, 2020 at 12:26 PM

    As long as I'm in the neighborhood:

    - It Takes Two was a celebrity husband-and-wife game, hosted by Vin Scully.
    This was a sort-of descendant of an earlier NBC game called I'll Bet (not a Goodson-Todman show, like the similar He Said-She Said/Tattletales, which came later - and that's another story).
    The listing only mentions the celeb husbands, so here's an FYI:
    Jim Backus's wife was his longtime comedy partner, Henny Backus.
    Jack Cassidy's wife was Shirley Jones, who was just about to start work on The Partridge Family.
    Gary Lockwood's wife was Stefanie Powers, who was appearing on every TV drama in sight that year; Lockwood was just coming off 2001: A Space Odyssey, which made him the better-known one at the time.

    - Someone mentioned Hee Haw, so I thought I'd throw this in, although I probably should have in the previous post:
    Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth, the Canadian comedy writer-producers of Hee-Haw, performed those same functions on Happy Days, the '30s nostalgia variety show you mentioned last time.
    Peppiatt and Aylesworth used the same production method on both shows: they would do each of the regular comedy segments all at once, then cut-and-paste them into the thirteen separate episodes as needed.
    The musical numbers were done the same way: the various singers spent a day's worth of studio time singing their old hits before an assembled audience, after which the editors would separate them out into individual shows.
    One thing you didn't mention last time: the comedy segments included Jim MacGeorge and Chuck McCann doing their classic Laurel & Hardy skits, and Julie McWhirter (Dees) did a spot-on Gracie Allen (I don't recall who they had doing George Burns).
    And a guy named Bill Oberlin really did W.C. Fields: he was a physical dead-ringer, and had the voice down as well.
    Bill Oberlin was a set-designer by trade; doing Fields was a profitable sideline for him, here and in commercials (One time I remember one of those spots airing on Dick Cavett's show; as they were coming out of the spot, Cavett asked aloud "Can we get that guy on the show?").

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