What's on TV? Wednesday, September 15, 1965

Art Linkletter's guest on House Party, "physical culturist" Verne Gagne, was better known to me (and millions in the Midwest) as the American Wrestling Association's world heavyweight wrestling champion, and one of the great "good guys" in wrestling history. He was a native of Minnesota, having played college football at the U of M (where he was all-Big Ten), before turning to wrestling, and was a dynamic personality on television. He was an old-school wrestler; there was nothing flamboyant about him, no outrageous costume or over-the-top persona—just good, clean wrestling (his submission hold was "The Sleeper") and a warmth that endeared him to fans. According to the always-reliable Wikipedia, he's one of only seven men inducted into each of the WWE, WCW and Professional Wrestling halls of fame. Too bad this issue isn't from Minneapolis-St. Paul; the programs come from the Northern California edition.

	-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (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	TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama “I Passed by Your Window”
	1:00	I WANT TO KNOW—Mel Venter
	1:30	MOVIE—Drama “Moontide” (1942)
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
	4:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guest: Ken Coleman
	5:30	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
	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—Musical   COLOR  “Neptune’s Daughter” (1949)

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS
	6:00	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Richard Whalen, Sheldon Leonard, Ralph Schoenstein. Guest host: Douglas Fairbanks
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG?—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Q. Lewis, Pat Carroll
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Roger Smith, Eileen Farrell
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Art and Peggy Ann Fleming, Tom and Betty Kennedy
	11:55	NEWS—Frank McGee
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	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  Celebrities: Jerry Van Dyke, Jaye P. Morgan
	2:30	MOVIE—Drama “Park Row” (1952)
	4:00	MOVIE—Adventure Time approximate. “Legion of the Doomed” (1958)
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
	6:30	NEWS
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE—Drama   COLOR  “The Game”
	10:00	I SPY—Drama   DEBUT    COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: the Four Freshmen
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS
	6:00	OF MEN AND MOTIVES
	6:30	PROFILE—San Diego State
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Richard Whalen, Sheldon Leonard, Ralph Schoenstein. Guest host: Douglas Fairbanks
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG?—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Q. Lewis, Pat Carroll
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Roger Smith, Eileen Farrell
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Art and Peggy Ann Fleming, Tom and Betty Kennedy
	11:55	NEWS—Frank McGee
	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  Celebrities: Jerry Van Dyke, Jaye P. Morgan
	2:30	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Celebrities: Phyllis Diller, Wally Cox
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	ELEVENTH HOUR—Drama
	4:00	WHIRLYBRDS—Adventure
	4:30	MAYOR ART—Children
	5:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	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	BOB HOPE—Drama   COLOR  “The Game”
	10:00	I SPY—Drama   DEBUT    COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: the Four Freshmen
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS)
	Morning
	5:55	SUMMER SEMESTER Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: “The Incomplete Agenda”
	6:25	OPERATION ALPHABET
	6:30	5 KPIX EDITORIAL
	7:00	JACK’S PLACE—Cartoons   COLOR
	7:30	35 NEWS—Mike Wallace
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	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 Celebrities: the Smothers Brothers
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Verne Gagne
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Gretchen Wyler. Host: Bud Collyer
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
	5:30	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   DEBUT
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	10:00	DANNY KAYE   RETURN    COLOR  Guests: Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety Guests: Sybil Burton, Marchesi Kids, Howard Storm, Richard Pryor, Leslie Fiedler
	12:50	MOVIE—Comedy “Madame Racketeer” (1932)

 

 

	-6- KVIE (SACREMENTO) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	5:00	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Cold turkey Galantine
	5:30	TURN OF THE CENTURY
	Evening
	6:00	MUSIC IN THE TWENTIES
	6:30	STOCK MARKET REPORT
	6:35	MUSICAL PORTRAITS
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	EXISTENCE—Agriculture
	8:00	WHERE IS JIM CROW?
	8:30	NEGRO TODAY—Discussion   SPECIAL
	9:30	INTERTEL—Documentary   SPECIAL
	10:30	HEIFETZ MASTER CLASS

 

 

 

	-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC)
	Morning
	5:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	6:00	COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
	6:30	DIXIE SINGIN’—Music
	7:00	MARSHAL ‘J’—Children   COLOR
	8:00	ON THE SCENE—Bill Gordon
	8:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel Guests: June Havoc, Cecelia Chiang
	9:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Panelists: Eva Gabor, Fritzi Burr, Ruth Douglas Mann. Virginia Graham hosts
	9:30	MOVIE—Mystery “Lady on a Train” (1945)
	11:00	YOUNG SET—Variety Guest: Paul Anka. Phyllis Kirk is the moderator
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	REBUS—Game
	1:30	PETER GUNN—Mystery
	2:00	WHERE THE ACTION IS Guests: James Brown, Joey Paige
	2:30	A TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPTAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town” (1949)
	Evening
	6:25	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	6:55	SPORTS
	7:00	NEWS—Roger Grimsby
	7:15	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	7:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET   COLOR
	8:00	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	8:30	GIDGET—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:00	BIG VALLEY—Western   DEBUT    COLOR
	10:00	AMOS BURKE—Mystery
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	NIGHTLIFE—Variety
	1:00	MOVIE—Triple Feature 1. “Yesterday’s Enemy” (English; 1959) 2. “Apache Warrior” (1957) 3. “Beware of Children” (English; 1961)

 

 

	-7-  KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	7:55	AGRICULTURE REPORT
	8:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Richard Whalen, Sheldon Leonard, Ralph Schoenstein. Guest host: Douglas Fairbanks Picked up in progress
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG?—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Q. Lewis, Pat Carroll
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Roger Smith, Eileen Farrell
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Art and Peggy Ann Fleming, Tom and Betty Kennedy
	11:55	NEWS—Frank McGee
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	REBUS—Game
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Jerry Van Dyke, Jaye P. Morgan
	2:30	A TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPTAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	PETER POTAMUS—Cartoon
	5:30	JONNY QUEST—Cartoon
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
	7:00	SHENANDOAH—Western   DEBUT
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama “Stopover: Tokyo” (1957)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: the Four Freshmen

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Richard Whalen, Sheldon Leonard, Ralph Schoenstein. Guest host: Douglas Fairbanks
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG?—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Q. Lewis, Pat Carroll
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Art and Peggy Ann Fleming, Tom and Betty Kennedy
	11:55	NEWS—Frank McGee
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: the Smothers Brothers
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Verne Gagne
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Gretchen Wyler. Host: Bud Collyer
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama “It’s a Small World” (1950)
	5:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	MEN IN CRISIS—Documentary
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE—Drama   COLOR  “The Game”
	10:00	DANNY KAYE R   COLOR  Guests: Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: the Four Freshmen

 

 

	-9- KQED (BAY AREA) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	5:00	CREATIVE PERSON
	5:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	Evening
	6:00	KINDERGARTEN—Education
	6:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:00	PORTRAIT IN MUSIC
	7:30	STANDWELLS—Puppets
	8:30	ANATOMY OF A HIT   SPECIAL
	9:00	FULLER WORLD   DEBUT
	9:30	NEGRO TODAY—Discussion   SPECIAL
	10:30	KQED REPORT—James Day
	10:45	REPERTOIRE WORKSHOP
	11:15	OPINION IN THE CAPITAL

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:20	FOCUS ON FARMING
	6:30	SUMMER SEMESTER Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: “The Incomplete Agenda”
	7:00	WEATHER—Bob Douglas
	7:05	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	7:30	DIVER DAN—Cartoons
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	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 Celebrities: the Smothers Brothers
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Verne Gagne
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Gretchen Wyler. Host: Bud Collyer
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
	4:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guest: Dickey Lee
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	6:30	LAWMAN—Western
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   DEBUT
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	10:00	DANNY KAYE   DEBUT    COLOR  Guests: Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “Wild Harvest” (1947)

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM American Government: “American Tax System”
	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 Panelists: Nancy Steel, Nora Hayden, Nancy Austin
	10:30	PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
	11:00	YOUNG SET—Variety Guest: Paul Anka. Phyllis Kirk is the moderator
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BINGO—Game
	1:30	AFTERNOON—Jess and Lu
	2:00	WHERE THE ACTION IS Guests: James Brown, Joey Paige
	2:30	A TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPTAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	5:30	NEWS
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Westesrn
	7:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET   COLOR
	8:00	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	8:30	GIDGET—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:00	BIG VALLEY—Western   DEBUT    COLOR
	10:00	AMOS BURKE—Mystery
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “Return from the Sea” (1954)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	7:35	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	PEOPLE AR FUNNY—Linkletter
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: the Smothers Brothers
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Verne Gagne
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Gretchen Wyler. Host: Bud Collyer
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Comedy “The Barefoot Mailman” (1951)
	5:00	CARTOONS—Children   COLOR
	5:30	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   DEBUT
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	10:00	DANNY KAYE   DEBUT    COLOR  Guests: Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Melodrama “Larceny” (1948)

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	CARTOONLAND—Children
	8:15	KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
	8:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	9:30	JOSEPH TOMES—Interviews
	10:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	10:30	BAT MASTERSON—Western
	11:00	YOUNG SET—Variety Guest: Paul Anka. Phyllis Kirk is the moderator
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	TODAY IN AGRICULTURE
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	REBUS—Game
	1:30	TRAILMASTER—Western
	2:30	A TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPTAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	WHERE THE ACTION IS Guests: James Brown, Joey Paige
	4:30	CAP.N DELTA—Children
	5:00	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	5:30	CAP’N DELTA—Children
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	7:00	WESTERNERS—Drama
	7:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET   COLOR
	8:00	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	8:30	GIDGET—Comedy   DEBUT    COLOR
	9:00	BIG VALLEY—Western   DEBUT    COLOR
	10:00	AMOS BURKE—Mystery
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	NIGHTLIFE—Variety

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