May 1, 2023

What's on TV? Wednesday, May 5, 1965




I'm sure I've commented on this in the past, but then after so many years at this, you kind of run out of new things to say. I can't help but notice, though, how different daytime programming is today as opposed to the classic era we look at here. We know that soap operas and game shows have virtually disappeared (there remain three of the former and two of the latter), and that news/entertainment programs have expanded (ABC's Good Morning America now has a one-hour afternoon segment, while NBC's entire daytime schedule consists of four hours of Today and one hour of NBC News); meantime, the rest of the time has been returned to affiliates. But what do they show? Are there any local stations, for instance, running movies in the morning or afternoon? Most of what I see are local "news" shows, reality shows, talk shows, infomercials, and sitcom reruns. Children's shows are long since gone, as are local variety programs, educational programs, non-sitcom reruns, exercise shows, or, really, anything of substance. If you read through the listings from this week's Northern California edition, you'll see what I mean. Not that I'm saying things were better thenor am I?

 
-2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (IND.)
 
Morning
 
    9:50
RELIGION TODAY—Protestant
 
  10:00
NEWS—Walt Harris
 
  10:30
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
 
  11:00
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
JACK BENNY—Comedy
 
  12:30
TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama
 
    1:30
I WANT TO KNOW—Venter
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Tanks Are Coming” (1951)
 
    3:25
NEWS
 
    3:30
CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Flying Fortress” (English; 1942)
 
    4:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    5:00
LLOYD THAXTON—Music
Guests: Sonny and Cher
 
Evening
 
    6:00
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons
 
    6:30
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
 
    7:00
LITTLEST HOBO—Adventure
 
    7:30
SURVIVAL!—Documentary
 
    8:00
EAST SIDE/WEST SIDE—Drama
 
    9:00
THRILLER—Mystery
 
  10:00
NEWS—Helmso, Jacobs, Mann
 
  10:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR 
“Valley of the Kings” (1945)
 
 
 
-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    5:55
FARM NEWS
 
    6:00
RHYME AND REASON
 
    7:00
TODAY
Guest: Mrs. William Hasebrook, president of the General Federation of Womens’ Clubs
 
    9:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    9:30
WHAT’S THIS SONG?   COLOR 
Panelists: Rose Marie, Ryan O’Neal
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  10:30
JEOPARDY   COLOR 
                   
  11:00
CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR 
Celebrities: Lauren Bacall, Les Crane
                   
  11:30
I’LL BET—Game   COLOR 
Jim and Henny Backus vs. Joanna Barnes and Larry Dobkin
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
 
    1:00
DOCTORS—Serial
 
    1:30
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
    2:00
YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR 
Guests: Diane McBain, Sid Melton
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Tomorrow Is Another Day” (1951)
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Flying Fortress” (English; 1942)
 
    5:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    7:00
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama   COLOR 
 
    7:30
VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Wednesday Night at the Movies: “The Sad Sack” (1957)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
 
 
-4- KRON (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    5:55
FARM NEWS
 
    6:00
SEMNAR IV—Literature
Act 3 of “Hamlet”
 
    6:30
OUR WORLD—Education
 
    7:00
TODAY
Guest: Mrs. William Hasebrook, president of the General Federation of Womens’ Clubs
 
    9:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    9:30
WHAT’S THIS SONG?   COLOR 
Panelists: Rose Marie, Ryan O’Neal
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  10:30
JEOPARDY   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR 
Celebrities: Lauren Bacall, Les Crane
 
  11:30
I’LL BET—Game   COLOR 
Jim and Henny Backus vs. Joanna Barnes and Larry Dobkin
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR 
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
MOMENT OF TRUTH—Serial
 
    1:00
DOCTORS—Serial
 
    1:30
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
    2:00
YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR 
Guests: Diane McBain, Sid Melton
 
    2:30
MATCH GAME   COLOR 
Celebrities: Roger Smith, Rita Moreno. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
    2:55
NEWS—Nancy Dickerson
 
    3:00
LARAMIE—Western
 
    4:00
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
 
    4:30
MAYOR ART—Children
 
    5:30
BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:55
SPORTS
 
    7:00
MEN IN CRISIS—Documentary
 
    7:30
VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Wednesday Night at the Movies: “The Sad Sack” (1957)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
 
 
-5- KPIX (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    5:55
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Russian Literature in translation: “The Poets Ehrenburg and Yevtushenko
 
    6:25
SOCIOLOGY—Lessons
 
    6:55
KPIX EDITORIAL
 
    7:00
JACK’S PLACE—Children
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
NEWS—Mike Wallace
 
    9:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  10:00
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:30
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:25
NEWS
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
PASSWORD—Game
Contestants: Juliet Prowse, George Hamilton
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Arlene Dahl
 
    2:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Sally Ann Howes, Dick Patterson, Jan Murray, Joan Fontaine. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    2:25
NEWS
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
SECRET STORM
 
    3:30
MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
Guests include Dr. Arthur Trace
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Crusades” (1935) part 1
 
    5:55
KPIX EDITORIAL
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
ONE STEP BEYOND—Drama
 
    7:30
MISTER ED—Comedy
 
    8:00
MY LIVING DOLL
 
    8:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
    9:00
DICK VAN DYKE
 
    9:30
OUR PRIVATE WORLD   DEBUT 
 
  10:00
DANNY KAYE—Variety
Guests: Peter Falk, Pete Fountain and his combo, Michele Lee
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Musical
“Incendiary Blonde” (1945)
 
    1:25
MOVIE—Drama
“Sky Bride” (1932)
 
 
 
-6- KVIE (SACRAMENTO) (EDUC.)
 
Morning
 
    9:10
CLASSROOM—Education
Science, speech, music, language arts, Spanish
 
Afternoon
 
    1:10
CLASSROOM—Education
Spanish, science
 
    4:15
MATH FOR TEACHERS
 
    5:00
FRENCH CHEF
 
    5:30
BETTY B—Songs
 
    5:45
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
Evening
 
    6:00
WHAT’S NEW—Children
 
    6:30
STOCK MARKET REPORT
 
    6:35
MUSICAL PORTRAITS
 
    7:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    7:30
STATE OF THE CAPITOL
 
    8:00
WHERE IS JIM CROW?
 
    8:30
AT ISSUE—Discussion   SPECIAL 
 
    9:30
WORLD PRESS—Panel
 
  10:30
INTERVIEW—Burns, Unruh
 
 
 
-7- KGO (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    5:30
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
Time approximate
 
    6:00
CHANNEL FOR LEARNING
 
    6:30
DIXIE SINGIN’—Music
 
    7:00
MARSHAL ‘J’—Children
 
    8:00
ON THE SCENE—Bill Gordon
 
    8:30
GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel
Guests: Lucille Bliss, Imogene Coca
 
    9:00
GIRL TALK—Panel
Panelists: Jan Sterling, Teri Thornton, Sybil Leek
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Musical
“If I Had My Way” (1946)
 
  11:00
NEWS—Bob Dunn
 
  11:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
Panelist: Vivian Vance
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    1:00
REBUS—Game
 
    1:30
BAT MASTERSON—Western
 
    2:00
FLAME IN THE WIND
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT
 
    2:55
NEWS—Marlene Sanders
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
YOUNG MARRIEDS
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Keep ‘em Flying” (1941)
 
Evening
 
    6:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
 
    6:55
SPORTS
 
    7:00
NEWS
 
    7:15
NEWS—Bob Young
 
    7:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET
 
    8:00
PATTY DUKE—Comedy
 
    8:30
SHINDIG—Music
Guests: the Chambers Brothers, Glenn Campbell, Jimmy Boyd, Willy Nelson, Sonny and Cher, Linda Gall, Ray Peterson, the Blossoms, the Wellingtons. Host: Jimmy O’Neill
 
    9:30
BURKE’S LAW—Mystery
 
  10:30
ABC SCOPE
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
NIGHTLIFE—Variety
Guest host: William B. Williams
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Triple Feature
1. “The Scarface Mob” (1962)
2.   COLOR  “The Golden Hawk” (1952)
3. Spy in the Sky” (1958)
 
 
 
 7  KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
TODAY
Guest: Mrs. William Hasebrook, president of the General Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Picked up in progress
 
    9:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    9:30
WHAT’S THIS SONG?   COLOR 
Panelists: Rose Marie, Ryan O’Neal
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  10:30
JEOPARDY   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR 
Celebrities: Lauren Bacall, Les Crane
 
  11:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
Panelist: Vivian Vance
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    1:00
REBUS—Game
 
    1:30
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
    2:00
FLAME IN THE WIND
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT
 
    2:55
NEWS—Marlene Sanders
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
YOUNG MARRIEDS
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
PETER POTAMUS—Cartoons
 
    5:30
JONNY QUEST—Cartoon
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
    7:30
VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Wrong Man” (1956)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
TODAY
Guest: Mrs. William Hasebrook, president of the General Federation of Womens’ Clubs
 
    9:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    9:30
WHAT’S THIS SONG?   COLOR 
Panelists: Rose Marie, Ryan O’Neal
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  10:30
JEOPARDY   COLOR 
 
  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:25
NEWS
 
  11:30
I’LL BET—Game   COLOR 
Jim and Henny Backus vs. Joanna Barnes and Larry Dobkin
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR 
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
PASSWORD—Game
Contestants: Juliet Prowse, George Hamilton
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Arlene Dahl
 
    2:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Sally Ann Howes, Dick Patterson, Jan Murray, Joan Fontaine. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    2:25
NEWS
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
SECRET STORM
 
    3:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Postmark for Danger” (English; 1956)
 
    5:30
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
TALL MAN—Western
 
    7:30
VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Wednesday Night at the Movies: “The Sad Sack” (1957)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
-9- KQED (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (EDUC.)
 
Morning
 
    9:10
CLASSROOM—Education
Chemistry, speech, social studies, music, language arts, Spanish
 
Afternoon
 
    1:30
CLASSROOM—Education
Music, science, French
 
    3:30
MATH FOR TEACHERS
 
    4:30
SPECTRUM—Science
 
    5:00
WHAT’S NEW—Children
 
    5:30
TV KINDERGARTEN
 
Evening
 
    6:00
WHAT’S NEW—Children
 
    6:30
PORTRAIT IN MUSIC
 
    7:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    7:30
STATE OF THE CAPITOL
 
    8:00
WHERE IS JIM CROW?
 
    8:30
BOOK BEAT—Interview
Guest: Emily Kimbrough
 
    9:00
REPERTOIRE WORKSHOP
 
    9:30
WORLD PRESS—Panel
 
  10:30
AT ISSUE—Discussion   SPECIAL 
 
 
 
10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:20
FOCUS ON FARMING
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Russian Literature in translation: “The Poets Ehrenburg and Yevtushenko
 
    7:00
DIVER DAN—Cartoons
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
NEWS—Mike Wallace
 
    9:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  10:00
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:30
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:25
NEWS
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
PASSWORD—Game
Contestants: Juliet Prowse, George Hamilton
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Arlene Dahl
 
    2:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Sally Ann Howes, Dick Patterson, Jan Murray, Joan Fontaine. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    2:25
NEWS
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
SECRET STORM
 
    3:30
DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
 
    4:00
MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
Guests include Dr. Arthur Trace
 
    5:30
LLOYD THAXTON—Music
Guests: The Don Randi Trio
 
Evening
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
NEWS
 
    7:30
MISTER ED—Comedy
 
    8:00
MY LIVING DOLL
 
    8:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
    9:00
DICK VAN DYKE
 
    9:30
BATTLE LINE—Documentary
 
  10:00
DANNY KAYE—Variety
Guests: Peter Falk, Pete Fountain and his combo, Michele Lee
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Five Graves to Cairo” (1943)
 
    1:10
CHECKMATE—Mystery
 
 
 
11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
American Government: “National Goals and Purposes”
 
    8:30
GOSPEL SINGING—Music
 
    9:00
HOCUS POCUS—Children
 
    9:30
BUCKAROO 500—Buck Weaver
 
    9:45
HOCUS POCUS—Children
                   
  10:00
GIRL TALK—Panel
Guests: Mrs. Rosamund V.P. Kaufman, Mrs. Bartley Crum
 
  10:30
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
  11:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
Panelist: Vivian Vance
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    1:00
BINGO—Game
 
    1:30
AFTERNOON—Jess and Lu
 
    2:00
FLAME IN THE WIND
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT
 
    2:55
NEWS—Marlene Sanders
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
YOUNG MARRIEDS
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Color
 
    5:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NEW BREED—Police
 
    7:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET
 
    8:00
PATTY DUKE—Comedy
 
    8:30
SHINDIG—Music
Guests: the Chambers Brothers, Glenn Campbell, Jimmy Boyd, Willy Nelson, Sonny and Cher, Linda Gall, Ray Peterson, the Blossoms, the Wellingtons. Host: Jimmy O’Neill
 
    9:30
BURKE’S LAW—Mystery
 
  10:30
MARSHAL DILLON—Western
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Two Women” (Italian-French; 1960)
 
 
 
12 KHSL (CHICO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:30
EXISTENCE—U. of California
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
NEWS—Mike Wallace
 
    9:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  10:00
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:30
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:25
NEWS
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
PASSWORD—Game
Contestants: Juliet Prowse, George Hamilton
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Arlene Dahl
 
    2:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Sally Ann Howes, Dick Patterson, Jan Murray, Joan Fontaine. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    2:25
NEWS
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
SECRET STORM
 
    3:30
JACK BENNY—Comedy
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Mating of Millie” (1948)
 
    5:30
HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    7:30
MISTER ED—Comedy
 
    8:00
MY LIVING DOLL
 
    8:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
    9:00
DICK VAN DYKE
 
    9:30
OUR PRIVATE WORLD   DEBUT 
 
  10:00
DANNY KAYE—Variety
Guests: Peter Falk, Pete Fountain and his combo, Michele Lee
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:25
MOVIE—Comedy
“True to Life” (1943)
 
 
 
13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    6:40
NEWS
 
    6:45
LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH
 
    7:00
CARTOONLAND—Children
 
    7:45
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    8:15
KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Stromboli” (Italian; 1950)
 
    9:50
HELEN BALE—Interviews
                   
  10:00
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
  10:30
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
  11:00
REBUS—Game
 
  11:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
Panelist: Vivian Vance
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:15
TODAY IN AGRICULTURE
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Bedelia” (English; 1947)
 
    2:00
FLAME IN THE WIND
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT
 
    2:55
NEWS—Marlene Sanders
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
YOUNG MARRIEDS
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
CAP’N DELTA—Children
 
    5:30
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:15
NEWS—Bob Young
 
    6:30
WELLS FARGO—Western
 
    7:00
HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
 
    7:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET
 
    8:00
PATTY DUKE—Comedy
 
    8:30
SHINDIG—Music
Guests: the Chambers Brothers, Glenn Campbell, Jimmy Boyd, Willy Nelson, Sonny and Cher, Linda Gall, Ray Peterson, the Blossoms, the Wellingtons. Host: Jimmy O’Neill
 
    9:30
BURKE’S LAW—Mystery
 
  10:30
DETECTIVES—Police
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
NIGHTLIFE—Variety
Guest host: William B. Williams
 
    1:00
NEWS

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2 comments:

  1. I need to get these in while they're fresh in (what's left of) my mind:
    - On Danny Kaye's show, they're repeating Peter Falk's first appearance from the previous season ( he made at least one more the following year).
    This is pre-Columbo: Falk was still in his "fast-talking tough guy" mode, transitioning into broad comedy with Mad Mad Mad Mad World and Robin And The 7 Hoods; I seem to recall a bit where Peter gives Danny a "tough lesson", which turns out about like you'd expect.

    - On the daytime game show beat, I'll Bet, a husband-and-wife quiz show, is featuring Joanna Barnes and her then-husband, Larry Dobkin.
    We've had occasion to mention Mr. Dobkin here before: he was an all-rounder - actor, writer, director, voice-over man, who worked non-stop in radio and TV for decades.
    On radio, Larry Dobkin was not only Ellery Queen (briefly), but was also Archie Goodwin (also briefly, but they both count), among many other gigs.
    Dobkin also turned up in many movies, putting his distinctive voice to work in "authority" roles (The Day The Earth Stood Still and North By Northwest among many others).
    It was on TV that Larry Dobkin became a mainstay - on camera (he was "Walter Trump" on the now-notorious Trackdown episode, among much else), off camera (on Naked City, he was the narrator:"There are eight million storiesin the Naked City ... this has been one of them."), and behind the camera (he was a top director of episodic series for over twenty years).
    The marriage was short-lived, but Joanna Barnes often worked with Dobkin, even after they were no longer a couple.
    I'll Bet aired during the school year, so I was unable to see it; I'll always wonder if Larry Dobkin got to do his many voices during the play of the game (I guess I'll never know ...).

    - To cap it all off:
    It was that fall ('65) that Peter Falk began his first series, Trials Of O'Brien, still in "fast-talking comic" mode, which co-starred as his ex-wife/romantic interest - Joanna Barnes (see how this all ties together?).

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    1. I loved Joanna Barnes' appearance as Vicky Robinson, the gold-digging fiance from "The Parent Trap". Later this year, she was a panelist on WHAT'S MY LINE?, and the MG was none other than Hayley Mills, promoting her last Disney movie, "That Darn Cat". The 2 ladies looked very happy to see each other again.

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