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❷ WBBM (CBS)
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MORNING
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6:55
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Today’s Thoughts
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7:00
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Ray Rayner Show
(Five minutes of local news, 7:55, 8:55.)
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9:00
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True Picture—Film
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9:30
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Winky Dink And You
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9:45
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Fashion Magic—Women
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10:00
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Capt. Midnight—Adventure
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10:30
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Abbot & Costello—Comedy
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11:00
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Big Top—Circus Fun
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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Lone Ranger—Western
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12:30
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Ray Rayner Show—Variety
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1:30
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Junior Cameraman—Hobby
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2:00
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Buster Crabbe—Western
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2:30
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Choose Your Career
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3:00
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Operation New Horizons
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3:30
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Sports—Fahey Flynn
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3:45
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News Roundup
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4:00
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MOVIE—Western
Frontier Theater: “Rocky Mountain Rangers”
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5:00
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Standout—News Features
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5:15
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Barker Bill’s Cartoons
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5:30
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Range Rider—Adventure
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EVENING
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6:00
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Theater At Dusk—Drama
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6:30
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Beat The Clock—Games
Emcee: Bud Collyer
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7:00
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STAGE SHOW—Variety
Guests: Jerry Colonna, Phil Foster
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8:00
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TWO FOR THE MONEY
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8:30
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND
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9:00
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THAT’S MY BOY—Comedy
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9:30
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STAR SHOWCASE—Drama
“Never Trust a Lady”
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10:00
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MOVIE—Drama
“The Big Wheel”
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11:30
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I’m The Law—Police Drama
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12:00
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News
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12:05
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MOVIE—Espionage
”Secrets Of The Underground”
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4 WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC)
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MORNING
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10:00
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Space Patrol—Adventure
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10:30
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Cowboy G-Men—Adventure
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11:00
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Wild West Theater—Film
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11:30
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Smilin’ Ed—Kids
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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What’s New In The Kitchen
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12:45
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News
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1:00
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Wild Bill Hickok—Western
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1:30
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Farm Program—Discussion
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2:00
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MOVIE—Musical
“Here Comes Elmer”
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3:30
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Big Picture—Army Films
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4:00
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Hot Show Review—Musical
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5:00
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Lone Ranger—Western
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5:30
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Cisco Kid—Western
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EVENING
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6:00
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News—Paul Skinner
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6:10
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Weather—Bill Carlsen
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6:15
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Sports—Lloyd Pettit
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6:30
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Ethel And Albert
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7:00
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MICKEY ROONEY SHOW
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7:30
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AMATEUR HOUR—Talent
Ted Mack emcees. Final show of the current
series. Next week: The Duke, starring Paul Gilbert
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8:00
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SATURDAY NIGHT REVIEW
Host: Eddie Albert. Guest: Alan Young
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9:30
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MOVIE—Suspense
“The Big Cat”
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10:55
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WEATHER
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11:00
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Tony Martin Show—Music
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11:15
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The Hunter—Adventure
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11:45
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Boston Blackie—Mystery
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12:15
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News—Tom Mercein
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12:20
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MOVIE—Musical Comedy
“That’s My Gal”
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❺ WNBQ (NBC)
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AFTERNOON
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12:45
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FOOTBALL—Canada
Ottawa at Toronto or Hamilton at Montreal
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3:45
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The Other Guy—Religious
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4:00
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Youth Wants to Know
Guest: David Beck, president of the Teamsters
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4:30
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Industry On Parade—Film
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4:45
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Hobby Time—Crafts
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5:00
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Mr. Wizard—Science
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5:30
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MOVIE—Western
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EVENING
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6:30
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Ethel And Albert
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7:00
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MICKEY ROONEY SHOW
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7:30
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AMATEUR HOUR—Talent
Ted Mack emcees. Final show of the current
series. Next week: The Duke, starring Paul Gilbert
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8:00
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SATURDAY NIGHT REVIEW
Host: Eddie Albert. Guest: Alan Young
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9:30
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YOUR HIT PARADE
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10:00
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INNER SANCTUM—Mystery
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10:30
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JANET DEAN, R.N.—Drama
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11:00
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MOVIE—Mystery
“The Westland Case”
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12:00
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Faces In The Window
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❼ WBKB (ABC)
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MORNING
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9:45
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Cartoon Time—Kids
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10:00
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Space Patrol—Adventure
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10:30
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Roundup Time—Western
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11:00
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MOVIE—Drama
“When The Lights Go On Again”
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AFTERNOON
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12:30
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The Center Of Things—Film
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1:00
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MOVIE—Western
“Wild Horse”
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2:00
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MOVIE—Adventure
“Isle Of Forgotten Sins”
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3:30
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Ramar Of The Jungle—Adventure
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4:00
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Smilin’ Ed’s Gang—Kids
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4:30
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Cisco Kid—Western
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5:00
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Superman—Adventure
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5:30
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Rocky Jones—Space Ranger
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EVENING
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6:00
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Cowboy G-Men—Adventure
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6:30
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Sports Final—Duggan
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7:00
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FOOTBALL ’54—Sport
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7:30
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GREATEST SPORTS THRILLS
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8:00
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BOXING—Cincinnati
Joe Miceli vs. Wallace “Bud” Smith
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8:45
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BATTER’S BOX—Quiz
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9:00
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PLAYHOUSE—Drama
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9:30
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MISS AMERICA PAGEANT
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11:00
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MOVIE—Intrigue
“The Argyle Secrets”
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12:15
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MOVIE—Drama
“Heads We Go”
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❾ WGN (Du Mont)
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MORNING
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9:00
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Great Americans—Documentary
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9:30
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This Is The Life—Religious
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10:00
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MOVIE—Western
“Range Busters—Thunder River Road”
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10:30
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Bob Atcher’s Playtime
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11:00
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F Bar F Ranch—Education
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11:30
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MOVIE—Western
“Gun Packer”
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AFTERNOON
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1:00
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Batting Practice—Warm Up
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1:10
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Lead-Off Man—Interviews
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1:25
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BASEBALL—Sox vs. Yankees
From Comiskey Park
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3:45
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Tenth Inning Interviews
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4:00
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MOVIE—Western
Frontier Playhouse: Western feature
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EVENING
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6:00
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MOVIE—Western
Six-Shooter Theater: “Law Of The Lash”
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7:00
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MOVIE—Drama
“Shadows Of The Orient”
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8:15
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SENATOR’S REPORT—Talks
Senators Dirkson and Douglas
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8:30
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WRESTLING—Marigold
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11:00
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MOVIE—Comedy
“ ’Neath Brooklyn Bridge”
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12:00
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Commercial
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TV
I don't have this issue, but I do have the week before and the week after, so if nothing else I've got context.
ReplyDelete- I'm The Law:
Over at another blog, I posted about how this series arose out of the long-standing, gambling-based friendship between George Raft and the Costello brothers (race tracks, casinos, card games, etc.).
The Costellos owned the Abbott & Costello series outright; I'm The Law was diversification for them, as well as a way of raising ready cash for their old friend George Raft (who usually needed the money anyway).
The basic plan ran aground when the IRS decided to go after Abbott and Costello, who shared an attitude that having made the money, they ought to have the right to spend it.
The IRS disagreed, and Bud and Lou spent the rest of their days in hock to Uncle Sam; the TV show ran in syndication for years afterward, but A&C never saw a cent from it.
As to George Raft: by his own admission, he was not a particularly talented actor, but he did have many friends in the business, who were always willing to help with his upkeep.
- WBKB-Channel 7's space program:
As you can see, Ch7 had the ABC network's Space Patrol in the morning (live on kinescope from Hollywood), and Hal Roach Jr.'s syndicated Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (Space Ranger, Space Ranger, Space Ranger ...), filmed at the Roach studios, also in Hollywood.
Thanks to the Miracle(?) of DVDs, I've been able to revisit my kidhood, with both of these shows.
What I can tell you in 2022: as a 72-year-old in the throes of nostalgia, I can notice the differences between the sorta-live Space Patrol and the "slickly" filmed Rocky Jones - but as a single-digit '50s kid, I don't recall percieving much of a difference ...
- Local shows:
- I see that Channel has Ray Rayner twice:
His early morning show, which was like a disk-jockey show, only you saw him running around the studio, with a duck named Havelock and unseen stagehands (all apparently named 'Chauncey').
Then, in the afternoon, Ray Rayner had his Dance Party, wherein he and a Second City comedienne named Mina Kolb would lip-sync to popular records, joined by visiting recording stars would would lip-sync themselves, and be interviewed (this was pre-rock'n'roll).
As a kid, I had lotsa fun with this show.
- Faces In The Window, midnight on Channel 5:
This was the great voice of Ken Nordine, reading suspense stories, with suitably spooky camera work.
Ken Nordine also had another show , Now For Nordine, Monday night at 11:00 pm., where he would read poetry on request.
Some of the poetry was Nordine's own, which he ultimately dubbed Word Jazz; this in its turn led to LP records that became sort of "cult hit" with hip types all over the country.
One fan of Word Jazz was Fred Astaire, who brough Nordine out to Hollywood to do "My Baby" on his Another Evening special: Ken spoke off-camera, while Fred and Barrie Chase performed a dance number - quite amusing.
At the close, Fred and Barrie brought Ken Nordine out for a coast-to-coast curtain call; all his fans in Chicago cheered loudly. ( You can find this number on YouTube, if you're interested.)
Ken Nordine spent his whole career in Chicago, doing commercials, voice-overs, recordings, and the very occasional in-person performance of Word Jazz - well into his 90s.
He passed away in 2019, just short of his 99th birthday - and in demand to the very end.
That 72nd birthday of mine comes around on September 30; I'm not really looking forward to it - but consider the alternative ...
Decidedly Off-Topic (and Definitely Personal):
ReplyDeleteIn the past, I've mentioned my problems with Email: receiving it (which has been catch-as-catch-can) and sending it (which I've never been able to do at all).
Yesterday (Wednesday the 14th), my Email was locked on me; I can't reset the password, and I have a second address that I knew nothing about, and from which I'm apparently getting hacked.
I've spent most of yesterday talking with AT&T, both online and on phone; I won't bore you with details, but the upshot is that I won't be able to receive Emails for at least a week.
Mainly, it's my fault; all my "tech" is prehistoric (my one working phone is a kitchen wall model, '60s vintage (with a rotary dial), to cite one example; I also can't receive or send texts).
I bring it up here because I was thinking of sending you some more of my library overflow, but I don't have your Indiana address, so you've been spared on that score.
Anyway, in lieu of that, I am still wondering how far you've made it through the stuff I've sent you in the past; let me know any way you can, OK?
It's lonely out here ...