April 19, 2021

What's on TV? Saturday, April 15, 1967




You wouldn't know it from looking at today's listings (from the Minnesota State Edition), but we're in the middle of an epidemic of multi-part episodes; Flipper and Gunsmoke are both conclusions of two-parters, and Get Smart is part two of three. I never liked multi-part stories; not because they're padded (although they frequently are), but because I didn't like having to wait until next week, often with a cliffhanger that we all knew wasn't really going to kill the star, to see how things end. I suppose I was impatient even when I was a kid. The nice thing about the digital age is that you don't have to wait until next week to find out how things end; the strange part of it, at least in my case, is that even though I can just advance to the next episode, I never do. Like it or not, I still believe in honoring the original TV conventions. I suppose that's just me being me.

 
-3- KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    8:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SUPERMAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
LONE RANGERS—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BEAGLES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
STANLEY CUP—Hockey   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Teams TBD
 
    3:00
ROUTE 66—Drama
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Links of Justice” (English; 1958)
 
    5:00
ALL-STAR WRESTLING
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
    6:30
JACKIE GLEASON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP—Report   SPECIAL 
Pre-empted: “Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats”
 
    9:00
GUNSMOKE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Harriet Craig” (1950)
 
  12:00
UNTOUCHABLES—Drama
 
  
 
 3  KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    8:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SUPERMAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
LONE RANGERS—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BEAGLES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
STANLEY CUP—Hockey   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Teams TBD
 
    3:00
CBS GOLF CLASSIC   COLOR 
Phil Rodgers and Gene Littler vs. Sam Snead and Garner Dickinson
 
    4:00
HERE’S ALLEN
 
    4:15
FILM SHORT
 
    4:30
1966 AUTO RACING   SPECIAL 
 
    5:30
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:15
WESTERN MUSIC—Leo Greco
 
    6:30
JACKIE GLEASON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP—Report   SPECIAL 
Pre-empted: “Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats”
 
    9:00
GUNSMOKE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:20
MOVIE—Drama
“Law of War” (Italian; 1961)
 
 
 
-4- WCCO (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER—Education
 
    6:30
SIEGFRIED—Children
 
    7:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    8:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SUPERMAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
LONE RANGERS—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BEAGLES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  12:15
HOBBY SHOW   COLOR 
 
  12:30
STANLEY CUP—Hockey   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Teams TBD
 
    3:00
CBS GOLF CLASSIC   COLOR 
Phil Rodgers and Gene Littler vs. Sam Snead and Garner Dickinson
 
    4:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
Bill Allen vs. Earl Johnson
 
    5:00
GADABOUT GADDIS—Fishing   COLOR 
 
    5:30
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
    6:30
JACKIE GLEASON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP—Report   SPECIAL 
Pre-empted: “Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats”
 
    9:00
GUNSMOKE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Most Wanted Man” (French; 1961)
 
  12:10
NEWS, WEATHER   COLOR 
 
  12:30
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE—Variety   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NIGHT KAPPERS—Carlson 
 
 
 
-5- KSTP (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
MOVIE—Western
 
    7:30
ANIMAL SECRETS—Children   COLOR 
Last show of the series.
 
    8:00
SUPER 6—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FLINTSTONES   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
COOL McCOOL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
CAR 54—Comedy
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
1966 AUTO RACING   SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    1:00
BASEBALL—Dodgers vs. Cardinals   RETURN    COLOR 
 
    4:00
SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
 
    4:30
OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction
 
    5:30
NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
    6:30
FLIPPER   COLOR 
 
    7:00
DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GET SMART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Suspense    COLOR 
“Rear Window” (1954)
 
  10:15
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  10:45
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
Guests: Diahann Carroll, Tony Randall, Gilbert Becaud
 
  12:15
MOVIE—Melodrama
“House of Horrors” (1946)
 
 
 
-6- WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    7:30
CARTOONS
 
    8:00
SUPER 6—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FLINTSTONES   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
COOL McCOOL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
WISCONSIN REPORT
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    1:00
BASEBALL—Dodgers vs. Cardinals   RETURN   COLOR 
 
    4:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    4:30
GREATEST SHOW   COLOR 
 
    5:30
NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
    6:30
FLIPPER   COLOR 
 
    7:00
DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GET SMART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Suspense    COLOR 
“Rear Window” (1954)
 
  10:15
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  10:30
SERENDIPIPTY ’67   COLOR 
 
  11:30
FILM FEATURE
 
 
 
 6  KMMT (AUSTIN) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:30
PORKY PIG   COLOR 
 
    9:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    9:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
  10:00
CASPER   COLOR 
 
  10:30
MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
BUGS BUNNY   COLOR 
 
  11:30
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
Performers: Martha and the Vandellas, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 
    1:30
FILM FEATURE
 
    2:00
CARTOONS—Children
 
    3:00
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Third Round from Stardust G.C., Las Vegas
 
    4:00
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
Daytona 100, Roller Skating
 
    5:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:15
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Smith
 
    6:30
DATING GAME   COLOR 
 
    7:00
NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR 
 
    7:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Sonny James
 
    8:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE   COLOR 
Host: Milton Berle. Guests: Willie Mays, Maury Wills, Jim Piersall, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Buddy Rich and his band, Marilyn King, Prassano Rao, the Dunhills
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Drama
“No Highway in the Sky” (1951)
News follows the movie
 
 
 
-7- KCMT (ALEX) (NBC, ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
SUPER 6—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FLINTSTONES   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
COOL McCOOL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
MILTON THE MONSTER
 
  12:30
DATING GAME
 
    1:00
BASEBALL—Dodgers vs. Cardinals   RETURN   COLOR 
 
    4:00
HALL OF KINGS   SPECIAL 
 
    5:00
CARAVAN—Travel   SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    5:30
F TROOP—Comedy
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
FLIPPER   COLOR 
 
    7:00
DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GET SMART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Suspense    COLOR 
“Rear Window” (1954)
 
  10:15
NEWS
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Musical   COLOR 
“Pal Joey” (1957)
 
 
 
 8  WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    8:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SUPERMAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
LONE RANGERS—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BEAGLES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
Performers: Music Machine, Lesley Gore. Host: Dick Clark.
 
    1:30
CBS GOLF CLASSIC
Dudley Wysong and Kermit Zarley vs. Dave Marr and Tommy Jacobs
 
    2:30
CRUSADE 67—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Lorne Greene, Joan Crawford, Mel Blanc, Myron Cohen
 
    3:00
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Third Round from Stardust G.C., Las Vegas
 
    4:00
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
Daytona 100, Roller Skating
 
    5:30
COLISEUM—Variety
 
Evening
 
    6:30
JACKIE GLEASON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP—Report   SPECIAL 
Pre-empted: “Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats”
 
    9:00
GUNSMOKE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:25
FILM SHORT
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The V.I.P.s” (English; 1963)
 
 
 
-9- KMSP (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
GRANDPA KEN—Children
 
    8:30
PORKY PIG   COLOR 
 
    9:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    9:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
  10:00
CASPER   COLOR 
 
  10:30
MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
BUGS BUNNY   COLOR 
 
  11:30
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
Performers: Martha and the Vandellas, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 
    1:30
LINUS—Cartoons
 
    2:00
DICKENS . . FENSTER—Comedy
 
    2:30
KIT CARSON—Western
 
    3:00
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Third Round from Stardust G.C., Las Vegas
 
    4:00
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
Daytona 100, Roller Skating
 
    5:30
LIEUTENANT—Drama
 
Evening
 
    7:00
NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR 
 
    7:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Sonny James
 
    8:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE   COLOR 
Host: Milton Berle. Guests: Willie Mays, Maury Wills, Jim Piersall, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Buddy Rich and his band, Marilyn King, Prassano Rao, the Dunhills
 
    9:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS C
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
"From Hell to Texas" (1958)
 
  12:25
NEWS AND SPORTS   COLOR 
 
 
 
10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:30
PORKY PIG   COLOR 
 
    9:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    9:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
  10:00
CASPER   COLOR 
 
  10:30
MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
BUGS BUNNY   COLOR 
 
  11:30
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
Performers: Martha and the Vandellas, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 
    1:30
WIDE DRAMA—Drama
 
    2:30
INVESTMENT IN LIFE   SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    3:00
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    4:00
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
Daytona 100, Roller Skating
 
    5:30
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
Evening
 
    6:30
    7:00
DATING GAME   COLOR 
NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR 
 
    7:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Sonny James
 
    8:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE   COLOR 
Host: Milton Berle. Guests: Willie Mays, Maury Wills, Jim Piersall, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Buddy Rich and his band, Marilyn King, Prassano Rao, the Dunhills
 
    9:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“Seven Seas” is pre-empted
 
  10:00
NEWS AND SPORTS   COLOR 
 
  10:15
NEWS
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Rest is Silence” (German; 1960)
 
  12:00
MOVIE—Western
“Star of Texas” (1953)
 
 
 
10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
SUPER 6—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FLINTSTONES   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
COOL McCOOL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
Wayne Zahn vs. Dave Davis
 
    1:00
BASEBALL—Dodgers vs. Cardinals   RETURN    COLOR 
 
    3:30
CANADIAN HOCKEY   COLOR 
 
    5:30
NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
IT’S A SMALL WORLD   COLOR 
 
    6:30
FLIPPER   COLOR 
 
    7:00
DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GET SMART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Suspense    COLOR 
“Rear Window” (1954)
 
  10:15
NEWS
 
  10:35
MOVIE—Drama
“Eighteen and Anxious” (1957)
 
 
 
11 WTCN (IND.)
 
Morning
 
    9:00
FARM FORUM
 
    9:30
LANDSCAPE IDEAS
 
  10:00
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
 
  10:30
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
 
  11:00
BOLD JOURNE—Travel
 
  11:30
MAC AND MYER—Children
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
 
    1:00
ROCKY AND FRIENDS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
B-SHARP BEAT—Music
Guests: Still Roven and the Hot Half Dozen. Jimmy Reed is the host.
 
    2:00
UPBEAT—Music
Guests: The Five Americans, the British Walkers, James Brown, Gary and the Hornets, Robie Porter, Laura Greene, Bob Seger and the Last Heard, Travelers IV, the McCoys
 
    3:00
SEA HUNT—Adventure
 
    3:30
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING   SPECIAL 
 
    5:00
LARAMIE—Western   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
ALL-STAR WRESTLING
 
    7:30
PERRY MASON—Drama
 
    8:30
CENTER STAGE—Music   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Peggy Lee, Jean “Toots” Thielman
 
    9:30
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“711 Ocean Drive” (1950)
 
 
 
12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    8:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SUPERMAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
LONE RANGERS—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BEAGLES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
STANLEY CUP—Hockey   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Teams TBD
 
    3:00
CBS GOLF CLASSIC   COLOR 
Phil Rodgers and Gene Littler vs. Sam Snead and Garner Dickinson
 
    4:00
HERE’S ALLEN
 
    4:15
FILM SHORT
 
    4:30
1966 AUTO RACING   SPECIAL 
 
    5:30
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
 
    6:30
JACKIE GLEASON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PRESIDENT’S TRIP—Report   SPECIAL 
Pre-empted: “Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats”
 
    9:00
GUNSMOKE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:20
MOVIE—Drama
“Law of War” (Italian; 1961)
 
 
 
13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
SERGEANT PRESTON
 
    7:30
SALVATION ARMY—Religion
 
    7:45
LIGHT TIME—Religion
 
    8:00
SUPER 6—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    9:00
FLINTSTONES   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:00
SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
COOL McCOOL—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:30
BULLWINKLE--Cartoons
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
CRUSADE 67—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Lorne Greene, Joan Crawford, Mel Blanc, Myron Cohen
 
  12:30
SCHOOL REPORTER—Eau Claire
 
    1:00
BASEBALL—Dodgers vs. Cardinals   RETURN    COLOR 
 
    4:00
AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
Last show of the season
 
    5:00
DEATH VALLEY DAYS   COLOR 
 
    5:30
ERNIE RECK—Music
 
Evening
 
    6:00
THIS DAY OF GRACE—Religion
 
    6:15
SPORTS, WEATHER, NEWS
 
    6:30
FLIPPER   COLOR 
 
    7:00
PORTER WAGONER—Music
Guest: Jimmy Dickens
 
    7:30
GET SMART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Suspense    COLOR 
“Rear Window” (1954)
 
  10:15
NEWS
 
  10:45
COMBAT!—Drama
 
  11:45
MOVIE—Drama
“A Tale of Two Cities” (English; 1958)
 
TV  

8 comments:

  1. MeTV recently reran that 2-part GUNSMOKE episode, "Nitro". It guest starred David Canary, who was about to take a regular role in the rival Western BONANZA.

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    1. I love those coincidences, whether it's seeing an episode you just read about, or an actor from one show appearing in another!

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  2. Mitchell, was "Canadian Hockey" on KROC just focused on Montreal and Toronto? Or was it minor league Canadian hockey?

    This was the last spring of the Original Six as the league would double the number of teams by the start of the 1967-68 NHL season. Anyone remember the Oakland Golden Seals who wore white skates a la the Oakland A's? Both teams owned by the flamboyant Charlie Finley.

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    1. Not sure--I'm guessing it would have been the former rather than the latter. And yes, I remember the Seals--they wound up moving to Cleveland and Becoming the Barons, who then merged with the North Stars, before they would up splitting the teams again to create the San Jose Sharks. Of course, then the North Stars moved to Dallas and we wound up with the Wild. What a way to run a railroad, to coin a phrase.

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    2. The hockey game noted was Game 5 of the Stanley Cup semi-finals between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks, from the Chicago Stadium. The Leafs won the game 4-2, taking a 3-2 series lead back to Toronto, where they would on Tuesday. They played the Montreal Canadiens for the Cup, winning the series 4-2. Weekend games of that series were broadcast by CBS.

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    3. It would be interesting to see. Yes, the NHL doubled from six to twelve teams in 1967-68. Interestingly, California's Bay Area was seen as a prime market for the NHL thanks to the success of the minor league team, known as the San Francisco Seals and the larger population. Throughout its nine year existence, they were known as the California Seals, the Oakland Seals and the California Golden Seals. Charles Findlay's ownership of the team is their best known period, but they made only two playoff appearances. They weren't any more successful as the Cleveland Barons from 1976 to 1978 despite the Gund Brothers' ownership. When they merged with the Minnesota North Stars in 1978, they became the last major league North American sports team to fold. Interestingly, the Gunds were a lot more successful back the Bay Area with the San Jose Sharks.

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    4. David, I remember the Leafs run back in '67 well. Living close enough to the border in upstate NY, the antenna would be turned with a pipe wrench to get CKWS in Kingston, ON to catch the weeknight games. 51 years and counting for the Leafs...

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  3. "Upbeat" on Channel 11 (2:00p) features a VERY young Bob Seger with his first band, The Last Heard! I wish there was surviving video footage of this! His music was pretty fierce in the 60s!

    I really think it's a shame there are no more local-based music shows. There used to be on local community access programming, but the cable companies have pretty much destroyed local programming. (I know this- I work for a community access station in California!)

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Thanks for writing! Drive safely!