December 2, 2024

What's on TV? Saturday, December 3, 1966




If I'm not mistaken, the Jim Lange hosting Oh, My Word at 10:30 p.m. on KGO is the same Jim Lange that we know and love from The Dating Game. One of his guests, Red Fay, was a confidant of former President Kennedy, and authored the book The Pleasure of His Company, a memoir of his friendship with JFK. There were a lot of books written by former JFK staffers in the years after his death, and many of them were best-sellers; the Kennedy memory was still very strong three years after his death. This week's shows are from the Northern California edition.

 
-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (IND.)
 
Morning
 
    8:30
PIONEERS—Drama
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Man from Cairo” (1953)
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Musical
“Something for the Boys” (1944)
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND   COLOR 
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Historical Drama
“The Last Command” (1955)
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Western
“Back in the Saddle” (1941)
 
    3:30
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
 
    4:00
HORSE RACE—Bay Meadows
San Mateo Stakes
 
    4:30
TIGHTROPE!—Police
 
    5:00
FLYING FISHERMAN   COLOR 
 
    5:30
ADVENTURE—Travel   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
Fred Foremsky vs. Tommy Tuttle
 
    7:00
GRAND OLE OPRY—Music
Guests: Hank Snow, the Rhodes Sisters, Jimmy Newman, Marion Worth
 
    7:30
LET’S GO TO THE RACES—Game   COLOR 
 
    8:00
COLLEGE BASKETBALL—University of Arizona vs. USF   RETURN 
Arizona vs. San Francisco
 
  10:00
BOXING—Los Angeles
Time approximate
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Adventure
“Drums in the Deep South” (1951)
 
 
 
-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:30
AGRICULTURE U.S.A.—Interview   COLOR 
 
    8:00
SUPER 6   COLOR 
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Tarzan and the Amazons” (1945)
 
  10:00
COOL McCOOL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
  11:00
TOP CAT—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
  11:30
SMITHSONIAN—Children   COLOR 
“American Folk Art”
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ANIMAL SECRETS   COLOR 
 
  12:30
ATOM ANT—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    1:00
SECRET SQUIRREL   COLOR 
 
    1:30
SPACE KIDETTES   COLOR 
 
    2:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
Harry Smith vs. Dick Weber
 
    2:30
OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction
 
    3:30
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Giant Gila Monster” (1959)
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Sailor of the King” (1953)
 
Evening
 
    6:45
NEWS—Biondi, Jones   COLOR 
 
    7:00
NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil   COLOR 
 
    7:30
FLIPPER—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:00
PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    8:30
GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Stalag 17” (1953)
 
  11:30
NEWS—Biondi, Jones   COLOR 
 
  11:45
MOVIE—Fantasy
“Burn Witch, Burn” (English; 1961)
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Melodrama
Time approximate. “The Killer Shrews” (1959)
 
 
 
-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
WHITE COLLAR FARMER
 
    7:00
MAYOR ART—Children
 
    8:00
SUPER 6   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT   COLOR 
 
    9:00
SECRET SQUIRREL   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES   COLOR 
 
  10:00
COOL McCOOL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
JETSONS—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
  11:00
TOP CAT—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
  11:30
SMITHSONIAN—Children   COLOR 
“American Folk Art”
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ANIMAL SECRETS   COLOR 
 
  12:30
CARTOON TIME
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Plunderers” (1948)
 
    3:00
GREEN THUMB—Gillespie
 
    3:30
AFL REPORT   COLOR 
 
    4:00
BAY REGION REPORT
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“When Willie Comes Marching Home” (1950)
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil   COLOR 
 
    6:30
ROUTE 66—Drama
 
    7:30
FLIPPER—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:00
PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    8:30
GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Stalag 17” (1953)
 
  11:30
NEWS—Don Picken
 
  11:45
MOVIE—Musical   COLOR 
“The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (1950)
 
    1:15
NEWS
 
 
 
-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:00
AGRICULTURE FILM   COLOR 
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Philosophy: Institutionalism in Ethics
 
    7:00
JACK’S PLACE—Children   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    9:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
    9:30
UNDERDOG   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
SUPERMAN   COLOR 
 
  11:30
LONE RANGER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
BEAGLES   COLOR 
 
    1:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    1:30
FOREST RANGERS—Adventure
 
    2:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Tall Story” (1960)
 
    3:55
KPIX EDITORIAL
 
    4:00
NFL COUNTDOWN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
PERRY MASON—Mystery
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Sherry, O’Brien
 
    6:30
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
    7:00
SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police
 
    7:30
JACKIE GLEASON   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PISTOLS ‘N’ PETTICOATS—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“This Sporting Life” (1963)
 
    1:50
MOVIE—Comedy
“Elmer the Great” (1933)
 
 
 
-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
 
ALL NIGHT MOVIE—Continued
Cheyenne
 
    6:30
CHANNEL FOR LEARNING
 
    7:00
MARSHAL ‘J’—Children   COLOR 
 
    8:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    8:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
    9:00
CASPER   COLOR 
 
    9:30
MAGILLA GORILLA   COLOR 
 
  10:00
BUGS BUNNY   COLOR 
 
  10:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Otis Redding
 
  10:45
COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Auburn vs. Alabama   COLOR 
Auburn vs Alabama at Birmingham
Last televised game of the regular season
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
MILTON THE MNSTER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
“Masterson of Kansas” (1954)
 
    4:00
SURFSIDE 6—Mystery
 
    5:00
WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
1. World Surfing Chamionships
2. Riverside Grand Prix
3. National Aerobatics Championship
 
Evening
 
    6:30
SPORTS WORLD WEST
 
    7:00
ABC SCOPE—Vietnam Report
 
    7:30
SHANE—Western   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Anita Bryant
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR 
Host: Victor Borge. Guests: Petula Clark, Jean Pierre Aumont and Marisa Pavan, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Claire Sombert and Michel Bruel, the Flying Cavarettas, Baby Sabu, Dennis Breilein
 
  10:30
OH, MY WORD—Game
Guests: Paul “Red” Fay Jr., Don Porter. Host: Jim Lange
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama   COLOR 
“The Hunters” (1958)
 
    1:00
MOVIE—All Night
1. “Dinner at Eight” (1933)
2. “The Long Haul” (English; 1957)
3. Sugarfoot
 
 
 
-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
 
Morning
 
    8:00
SUPER 6   COLOR 
 
    8:30
ATOM ANT   COLOR 
 
    9:00
SECRET SQUIRREL   COLOR 
 
    9:30
SPACE KIDETTES   COLOR 
 
  10:00
COOL McCOOL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Otis Redding
 
  10:45
COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Auburn vs. Alabama   COLOR 
Auburn vs Alabama at Birmingham
Last televised game of the regular season
 
Afternoon
 
    1:45
PRO FOOTBALL—Jets vs. Raiders   COLOR 
Time approximate. New York Jets at Oakland Raiders
 
    4:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
 
    5:00
WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
1. World Surfing Chamionships
2. Riverside Grand Prix
3. National Aerobatics Championship
 
Evening
 
    6:30
MONKEES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    7:00
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    7:30
FLIPPER—Adventure   COLOR 
 
    8:00
PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Anita Bryant
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR 
Host: Victor Borge. Guests: Petula Clark, Jean Pierre Aumont and Marisa Pavan, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Claire Sombert and Michel Bruel, the Flying Cavarettas, Baby Sabu, Dennis Breilein
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR 
“Captain from Castile” (1947)
 
 
 
-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:15
FILM FEATURE   COLOR 
 
    7:45
DAVEY AND GOLIATH—Religion   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    9:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
    9:30
WEBSTER WEBFOOT
 
  10:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
SUPERMAN   COLOR 
 
  11:30
LONE RANGER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
BEAGLES   COLOR 
 
    1:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    1:30
SERGEANT PRESTON—Adventure
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Science Fiction
“The Angry Red Planet” (1959)
 
    4:00
HORSE RACE—Bay Meadows
San Mateo Stakes
 
    4:30
FILM FEATURE
 
    5:00
JOE ITUE—Music
 
    5:30
NFL GAME OF THE WEEK   COLOR 
Highlights: San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions
 
Evening
 
    6:00
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“What Is a Mode?”
 
    7:00
FLIPPER—Comedy
 
    7:30
JACKIE GLEASON   COLOR 
 
    8:30
GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Stalag 17” (1953)
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953)
 
 
 
10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Philosophy: Institutionalism in Ethics
 
    7:00
BIG PICTURE—Army
 
    7:30
DIVER DAN—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    9:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
    9:30
UNDERDOG   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
SUPERMAN   COLOR 
 
  11:30
LONE RANGER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
BEAGLES   COLOR 
 
    1:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    1:30
STINGRAY—Children   COLOR 
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR 
“Chartroose Caboose” (1960)
 
    4:00
NFL COUNTDOWN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
NFL GAME OF THE WEEK   COLOR 
Highlights: San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions
 
    5:30
HONEY WEST—Mystery
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Roger Mudd   COLOR 
 
    6:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    7:00
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
 
    7:30
JACKIE GLEASON   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PISTOLS ‘N’ PETTICOATS—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Western
“Lone Star” (1952)
 
  12:40
THRILLER—Mystery
 
 
 
11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    7:30
PERSPECTIVE—San Jose State
 
    8:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    8:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
    9:00
CASPER   COLOR 
 
    9:30
CARTOON FESTIVAL   COLOR 
 
    9:45
ERNEST TUBB—Music
 
  10:15
SPOTLIGHT ON SPEED
 
  10:45
COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Auburn vs. Alabama   COLOR 
Auburn vs Alabama at Birmingham
Last televised game of the regular season
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
MILTON THE MNSTER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison” (1951)
 
    4:15
CHINCHILLA RAISING—Talk
 
    4:30
OUTDOORSMAN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
1. World Surfing Chamionships
2. Riverside Grand Prix
3. National Aerobatics Championship
 
Evening
 
    6:30
IRON HORSE—Western
 
    7:30
SHANE—Western   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Anita Bryant
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR 
Host: Victor Borge. Guests: Petula Clark, Jean Pierre Aumont and Marisa Pavan, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Claire Sombert and Michel Bruel, the Flying Cavarettas, Baby Sabu, Dennis Breilein
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
KNOCKOUT—Boxing
 
  11:35
MOVIE—Comedy
“Bedtime for Bonzo” (1951)
 
 
 
12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:25
FILM FEATURE
 
    7:30
EXISTENCE—Agriculture
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
 
    9:00
MIGHTY HEROES—Cartoon   COLOR 
 
    9:30
UNDERDOG   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FRANKENSTEIN JR.—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  10:30
SPACE GHOST—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  11:00
SUPERMAN   COLOR 
 
  11:30
LONE RANGER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
  12:30
BEAGLES   COLOR 
 
    1:00
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Hercules Against Rome” (Italian; 1964)
 
    3:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
Bob Stampe vs Gene Rhoda
 
    4:00
NFL COUNTDOWN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
DATING GAME
 
    5:30
NFL GAME OF THE WEEK   COLOR 
Highlights: San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions
 
Evening
 
    6:00
LET’S GO TO THE RACES—Game   COLOR 
 
    6:30
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
    7:30
JACKIE GLEASON   COLOR 
 
    8:30
PISTOLS ‘N’ PETTICOATS—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “City Beneath the Sea” (1953)   COLOR 
2. “Gung Ho!” (1943)
 
 
 
13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    6:25
NEWS
 
    6:30
VOICE OF AGRICULTURE
 
    7:00
CARTOONS   COLOR 
 
    8:00
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
    8:30
BEATLES   COLOR 
 
    9:00
HISTORY—Lessons
 
  10:30
CHANGING TIMES—Report
 
  10:45
COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Auburn vs. Alabama   COLOR 
Auburn vs Alabama at Birmingham
Last televised game of the regular season
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
GADABOUT GADDIS—Fishing   COLOR 
 
    2:30
WE ARE NOT ALONE   SPECIAL 
 
    3:30
GREATEST SHOW—Drama   COLOR 
 
    4:30
FILM SHORT
 
    4:45
CAMELLIA BOWL PREVIEW   COLOR 
 
    5:00
WORLD OF SPORTS   COLOR 
1. World Surfing Chamionships
2. Riverside Grand Prix
3. National Aerobatics Championship
 
Evening
 
    6:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
“Bullwhip” (1958)
 
    8:00
LET’S GO TO THE RACES—Game   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR 
Guest: Anita Bryant
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR 
Host: Victor Borge. Guests: Petula Clark, Jean Pierre Aumont and Marisa Pavan, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Claire Sombert and Michel Bruel, the Flying Cavarettas, Baby Sabu, Dennis Breilein
 
  10:30
PERRY MASON—Mystery
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“You Gotta Stay Happy” (1948)
 
    1:30
MOVIE—All Night
1. “The Flying Missile” (1950)
2. “Home, Sweet Homicide” (1946)
3. “Rancho Notorious” (1952)
 
 
 
19 KLOC (MODESTO) (IND.)
 
Afternoon
 
    3:00
HIGH SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
 
    3:30
DIMENSIONS IN COINS
 
    4:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    4:30
SPOTLIGHT ON SPEED
 
    5:00
KFIV DANCE STAND
 
Evening
 
    6:00
WRESTLING
 
    7:00
COUNTRY MUSIC CARAVAN
 
    7:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Scaramouche” (1952)
 
    9:30
ROGUES—Drama
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Tension” (1949)
 
TV  

3 comments:

  1. San Francisco was Jim Lange's main home during his off-time from Hollywood hosting. He was a DJ for radio station KABL. He also hosted the weekly kids game show California Countdown on KGO-TV.

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  2. OH MY WORD was broadcast from SF, and TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, also hosted by Lange, was syndicated also from SF in 1982. This concept went national late in 1986 with WORDPLAY on NBC, the last game show that Tom Kennedy hosted.

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  3. I was 9 in 1966, and what a kick it is to see those Saturday morning cartoon lineups on all 3 networks. Just seeing listings for Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Magilla Gorilla, Underdog and the others brings back so many great memories. And I also took note of a couple of stations affiliated with 2 networks mixing and matching their prime time lineups among both networks. Sports wise, the Saturday afternoon NFL Countdown to Kickoff show is a lost treasure too. Tom Harmon was the host. A great look back for sure!

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