November 4, 2024

What's on TV? Monday, November 5, 1962




Here's a clue as to how old, culturally, this week's issue is: Barbra Streisand, one of Merv Griffin's guests (2:00 p.m., WBZ), is described as a singer-comedienne, not a singer-actress, singer-director, or just plain singer. She had been nominated for a Tony for the Broadway comedy "I Can Get It For You Wholesale," and Groucho Marx liked her sense of humor; of course, she made a number of movie comedies after becoming a big star. I just never thought of her that way. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan. And not only that, her first name was spelled "Barbara." I have to assume this was a typo, because I'd hate to think they didn't know any better. Although I don't usually do this, I did take the liberty of making the correction in the listings below, which come to you from Eastern New England.

 
-2- WGBH (Boston) (Educational)
 
   MORNING   
 
  10:20
SAY AND LEARN
 
  10:45
SCIENCE—Grade 6
 
  11:30
FOCUS—Public Affairs
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
    1:00
FOCUS—Public Affairs
 
    1:30
SCIENCE SPECIAL
 
    2:30
SCIENCE SPECIAL
 
    3:00
PARLONS FRANCAIS III
 
    3:30
PARLONS FRANCAIS I
 
    4:00
AMERICAN ECONOMY
 
    5:15
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
    5:30
WHAT’S NEW?—Children
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
DISCOVERY—Mary Lela Grimes
 
    6:30
NEWS—Louis Lyons
 
    6:45
AMERICAN PRESS
 
    7:00
MODERN ALGEBRA
 
    7:30
AMERICAN FOLKLORE
 
    8:00
CHALLENGE—Science
 
    8:30
ARTIST’S VIEW
 
    9:00
PERSPECTIVES
 
  10:00
WORLD AT TEN
 
  10:30
TWO CENTURIES OF SYMPHONY—Wallace Woodworth
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (Boston) (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education
Atomic Age Physics: “Friction”
 
    6:30
SIGN ON SEMINAR—Education
Other Countries: “Bali Today”
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Local news and weather at 7:25 and 8:25
 
    9:00
NEWS—Chase, Kent
 
    9:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Gene Rayburn   COLOR 
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  11:30
CONCENTRATION
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—Jack Chase
 
  12:10
WEATHER—Don Kent
 
  12:15
BIG BROTHER—Bob Emery
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Accent on Youth” (1935)
 
    1:50
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    2:00
MERV GRIFFIN—Variety   COLOR 
Guests: the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Jonathan Miller, Norma McMillian
 
    2:55
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOUNG DR. MALONE
 
    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy
 
    4:30
CLUBHOUSE 4—Children
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Song of the Eagle” (1933)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
BIOGRAPHY—Documentary
Adolf Hitler
 
    7:30
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD
 
    8:30
SAINTS AND SINNERS
 
    9:30
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  10:00
BRINKLEY’S JOURNAL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
CAMPAIGN AND THE CANDIDATES—News Analysis   SPECIAL 
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Andre Previn, Joanie Sommers
 
  12:45
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    1:00
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
 
 
 
-5- WHDH (Boston) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    5:55
NEWS
 
    6:00
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
“Money and the ‘Fed,’” Part 1
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR 
American Government: “Party Organization”
 
    7:00
MORNING KEY CLUB   COLOR 
 
    7:30
CAPTAIN BOB   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM   COLOR 
 
    9:40
GRETCHEN COLNIK—Women
 
  10:00
NEWS—Leo Egan   COLOR 
 
  10:05
CHRIS EVANS—Women   COLOR 
 
  10:15
WE BELIEVE—Religion   COLOR 
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
NEWS—Leo Egan   COLOR 
 
    1:05
FARM AND FOOD   COLOR 
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Joan Fontaine, Sam Levene
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Will Fowler
 
    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Ann Sothern, Shelley Berman Phyllis Newman, Barry Nelson. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    3:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
BOZO THE CLOWN   COLOR 
 
    5:45
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Leo Egan   COLOR 
 
    6:05
DATELINE BOSTON—Britt   COLOR 
 
    6:30
SEA HUNT—Adventure
 
    7:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:15
NEWS, SPORTS   COLOR 
 
    7:25
WEATHER—Walker   COLOR 
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Garry Moore, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle
 
    8:00
I’VE GOT A SECRET
 
    8:30
LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
 
    9:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
    9:30
POLITICAL TALK
 
  10:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
  10:30
STUMP THE STARS
Terry Moore, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland and Ross Martin vs. Cesar Romero, Jan Clayton, Diana Dors and Mickey Manners
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER   COLOR 
 
  11:20
SPORTS PAGE—Gillis   COLOR 
 
  11:30
TONIGHT—Johnny Carson   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    1:10
ALMANAC NEWSREEL
 
 
 
-6- WCSH (Portland) (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    5:50
FARM REPORT—Jake Brofee
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education
Atomic Age Physics: “Friction”
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR 
American Government: “Party Organization”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Local news and weather at 7:25 and 8:25
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Connie Roussin
 
    9:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Gene Rayburn   COLOR 
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  11:30
CONCENTRATION
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
FIRST IMPRESSION   COLOR 
 
  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
WEEKDAY ON SIX—Variety
 
    2:00
MERV GRIFFIN—Variety   COLOR 
Guests: the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Jonathan Miller, Norma McMillian
 
    2:55
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOUNG DR. MALONE
 
    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy
 
    4:30
TROOPER 6—Cartoons
 
    5:00
QUICK DRAW McGRAW
 
    5:30
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
YOUTH CAVALCADE—Amateurs
 
    7:30
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD
 
    8:30
CHECKMATE—Mystery
 
    9:30
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  10:00
BRINKLEY’S JOURNAL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
CAMPAIGN AND THE CANDIDATES—News Analysis   SPECIAL 
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
TONIGHT—Johnny Carson   COLOR 
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (Boston) (ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
DISCOVERY ’62—Children
 
    7:25
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    8:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    9:00
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
 
    9:30
LOUISE MORGAN—Women
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
CAMOUGLAGE—Don Morrow
 
  10:25
NEWS
 
  10:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
  11:00
ERNIE FORD
Guest: Johnny Tillotson
 
  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
 
  12:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    1:30
TV HOUR OF STARS
 
    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
MOVIE—Musical Comedy
“Bathing Beauty” (1944)
 
    5:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    6:15
NEWS—Victor Best
 
    6:25
WEATHER—Gus Saunders
 
    6:30
QUICK DRAW McDRAW
 
    7:00
SHANNON—Mystery
 
    7:30
OUTLAWS—Western
 
    8:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    9:00
STONEY BURKE
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “Captains Courageous” (1937) 2. “Here Comes Trouble” (1936)
 
 
 
-8- WMTW (Portland) (ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    8:15
FARM AND HOME—Report
 
    8:45
TEDDY BEAR PLAYHOUSE
 
  10:00
MUSIC
 
  10:15
TEDDY BEAR PLAYHOUSE
 
  10:30
TOWN AND COUNTRY TIME
 
  10:55
WEATHER—Donna Traverse
 
  11:00
ERNIE FORD
Guest: Johnny Tillotson
 
  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
 
  12:30
CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow
 
  12:55
NEWS—Alex Dreier
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Western
“Three Godfathers” (1948) Part 1
 
    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    4:30
DISCOVERY ’62—Children
 
    4:55
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1939)
 
    EVENING    
 
    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Western
 
    8:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    9:00
STONEY BURKE
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY
 
  11:00
NEWS—Bill Shadel
 
  11:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Comedy
“Sorrowful Jones” (1949)
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (Manchester) (ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Dragon’s Gold” (1953)
 
  10:45
JOAN ROBERTSON—Women
 
  11:00
ERNIE FORD
Guest: Johnny Tillotson
 
  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
 
  12:30
CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow
 
  12:45
55 NEWS—Alex Dreier
 
    1:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    1:15
COUNTRY STORE—Bernier, Joy
 
    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    4:30
DISCOVERY ’62—Children
 
    4:55
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND
 
    5:00
UNCLE GUS—Cartoons
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
RANGE RIDER—Western
 
    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    7:00
POLITICS ’62—News Analysis
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Western
 
    8:30
TRACKDOWN—Western
 
    9:00
STONEY BURKE
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY
 
  11:00
NEWS—Bill Shadel
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Arkansas Traveler” (1938)
 
 
 
10 WJAR (Providence) (ABC, NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR 
American Government: “Party Organization”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Local news and weather at 7:25 and 8:25
 
    9:00
COLLEGE COUNTDOWN
 
    9:30
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Jack Bailey
 
  10:00
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Gene Rayburn   COLOR 
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  11:30
CONCENTRATION
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:05
TALK OF THE TOWN—Jay Kroll
 
  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“China Clipper” (1936)
 
    2:55
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOUNG DR. MALONE
 
    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy
 
    4:30
HERE’S HOLLYWOOD
Guests: Wild Bill Elliott, Cloris Leachman and George Englund
 
    4:55
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Lash” (1931)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
NEWS—Larry Martin
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Western
 
    8:30
SAINTS AND SINNERS
 
    9:30
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 
 
  10:00
ELEVENTH HOUR—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
TONIGHT—Johnny Carson   COLOR 
 
 
 
11 WENH (Durham) (Educational)
 
   MORNING   
 
    8:35
CALCULUS—Advance
 
  10:00
MUSIC
 
  10:30
BOOK PARADE—Children
 
  10:45
SCIENCE—Grade 6
 
  11:15
CAREERS—Guidance
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
    1:00
HISTORY—New Hampshire
 
    1:30
SCIENCE—Grade 3
 
    2:00
CALCULUS—Advance
 
    3:00
PARLONS FRANCAIS III
 
    3:30
PARLONS FRANCAIS I
 
    5:30
WHAT’S NEW?—Children
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
CLASSICAL MUSIC
 
    6:25
EVENTS—New Hampshire
 
    6:30
NEWS—Louis Lyons
 
    6:45
AMERICAN PRESS
 
    7:00
DYNAMICS OF DESEGREGATION—Documentary
 
    7:30
AMERICAN ECONOMY
 
    8:00
CHALLENGE—Science
 
    8:30
ARTIST’S VIEW
 
    9:00
PERSPECTIVES
 
 
 
12 WPRO (Providence) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:30
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
“What Money Is and Is Not”
 
    7:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    7:30
STORYTIME—Beth Chollar
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Bonnie Riker
 
    9:30
MORNING MERRY-GO-ROUND
 
  10:00
CALENDAR—Harry Reasoner
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
ERNIE FORD
Guest: Johnny Tillotson
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Spellbound” (1945)
 
    2:20
NEWS—Ed Miller
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Will Fowler
 
    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Ann Sothern, Shelley Berman Phyllis Newman, Barry Nelson. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    3:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
SALTY BRINE’S SHACK
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
 
    6:30
EVERGLADES—Police
 
    7:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:15
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Garry Moore, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle
 
    8:00
I’VE GOT A SECRET
 
    8:30
LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
 
    9:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
    9:30
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“The Doctor and the Girl” (1949)
 
 
 
13 WGAN (Portland) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
“Gross National Product and Its Cousins”
 
    7:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:35
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
GOOD MORNING, MAINE
 
  10:00
CALENDAR—Harry Reasoner
 
  10:30
BAT MASTERSON—Western
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
DRAGNET—Police
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Joan Fontaine, Sam Levene
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
Guest: Will Fowler
 
    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Ann Sothern, Shelley Berman Phyllis Newman, Barry Nelson. Host: Bud Collyer
 
    3:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
CAPTAIN AND THE KIDS
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Last Hurrah” (1958)
 
    EVENING    
 
    7:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:15
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Garry Moore, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle
 
    8:00
I’VE GOT A SECRET
 
    8:30
THIRD MAN—Mystery
 
    9:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
    9:30
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
  10:30
STUMP THE STARS
Terry Moore, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland and Ross Martin vs. Cesar Romero, Jan Clayton, Diana Dors and Mickey Manners
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Andre Previn, Joanie Sommers
 
  12:45
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
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2 comments:

  1. "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" was a Broadway smash and where Barbra met Elliot Gould, whom she'd marry in 1963.

    I don't know if you've written about "Stoney Burke" before but it was only on for about a year and starred Jack Lorde of Hawaii Five-O, along with the 70's movie greats Bruce Dern and Warren Oates. 1962-3 seems like a transition season for television, before more interesting things started happening in comedy, especially.

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  2. "Barbara" is Barbra Streisand's birth name. She changed it to "Barbra" sometime around 1962 because she hated the name "Barbara". Also it made her unique. I think that most people who see the name "Barbra" think of Ms. Streisand, whereas "Barbara" may just as well have been Ms. Billingsley at the time. I'm not a fan of her personally, but she was fantastic as a comedienne in "What's Up, Doc", among my 10 favorite movies. (I don't have an actual list, but I know a few movies I would put in the list, and that's one of them.)

    Norma McMillan (I guess it was spelled "McMillian" in the magazine), who was on the same show, was the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Sweet Polly Purebread, as well as the mother by this time of child actors Stefan & Alison Arngrim.

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