What's on TV? Wednesday, September 28, 1966

Admittedly, it's pretty hard to pass up an interview with someone billed as a topless snake-dancer, even though the best you're likely to get is a look at the snake and very little of the topless. Nonetheless, it appears that Gil Hile’s guest on his KGO all-night movie show is, in fact, Tara, the topless snake-dancer (also known as Judy Mamou), who performed at the infamous Condor Club in San Francisco, the nation's first fully topless nightclub, and the performing home of Carol Doda, perhaps the most famous topless dancer of the time. It goes without saying that we won't get the full impact of Tara's performance, but maybe we'll get to see her dressed as Robin the Boy Wonder? This week's edition is, unsurprisingly, from Northern California.

	-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (IND.)
	Morning
	9:45	RELIGION TODAY—Catholic
	10:00	NEWS—Walt Harris
	10:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	11:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	Afternoon
	12:00	I WANT TO KNOW—Mel Venter
	12:25	NEWS—Walt Harris
	12:30	DIVORCE COURT—Drama
	1:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (1947)
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
	4:00	SUPERCAR—Children
	4:30	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
	5:00	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	5:30	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	UNCLE WALDO   COLOR
	6:30	WOODY WOODPECKER   COLOR
	7:00	LITTLEST HOBO—Adventure
	7:30	SURVIVAL!—Documentary
	8:00	NEW BREED—Police
	9:00	WEDNESDAY SHOWCASE   SPECIAL    COLOR
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Blowing Wild” (1953)

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS   COLOR
	6:00	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitans, William M. Stephens
	9:00	EYE GUESS   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Dennis James, Ruta Lee. Host: Jan Murray
	10:30	SHOWDOWN   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS   COLOR
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD   COLOR
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Marjorie Lord, Hal March. Host: Tom Kennedy
	2:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Hilda Crane” (1956)
	4:00	MOVIE—Comedy Time approximate: “When Willie Comes Marching Home” (1950)
	5:30	TRAVENTURE THEATRE   SPECIAL    COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS   COLOR
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE—Comedy   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Lucille Ball, Madeleine Carroll, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Anita Ekberg, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janis Paige, Jane Russell, Paul Lynde, Jerry Colonna, Ken Murray, Peter Leeds
	10:00	I SPY—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS—Duke, Branch   COLOR
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR  From Hollywood: George Burns
	1:00	NEWS   COLOR

 

 

	-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:25	FARM NEWS
	6:30	PROFILE—San Diego State
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitans, William M. Stephens
	9:00	EYE GUESS   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Dennis James, Ruta Lee. Host: Jan Murray
	10:30	SHOWDOWN   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS   COLOR
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD   COLOR
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Marjorie Lord, Hal March. Host: Tom Kennedy
	2:30	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Celebrities: Les Crane, Anita Gillette. Host: Gene Rayburn
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	MILLIONAIRE—Drama
	3:30	MAYOR ART—Children
	4:00	BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy
	4:30	RAWHIDE—Western
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS—Brown, Jensen
	7:00	HONEY WEST—Mystery
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE—Comedy   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Lucille Ball, Madeleine Carroll, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Anita Ekberg, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janis Paige, Jane Russell, Paul Lynde, Jerry Colonna, Ken Murray, Peter Leeds
	10:00	I SPY—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR  From Hollywood: George Burns
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER Studies in Style: “The Human Speaking Instrument”
	6:30	CHINA—History Part 4, Han dynasty
	7:00	KPIX EDITORIAL—Louis Simon
	7:05	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	7:30	NEWS—Jim Anderson
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	CANDID CAMERA
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Danny Kaye, June Lockhart. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Edith Head
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	JOHN BARTHOLOMEW TUCKER—Variety Guest: Sharon Carnes
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Co-host: Woody Woodbury
	5:30	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	7:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   COLOR
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	10:00	DANNY KAYE—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Frankie Randall, the Peanuts Sisters
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety Guests: Tony Martin, Aliza Kashi
	12:50	MOVIE—Drama “Crime Without Passion” (1934)

 

 

	-6- KVIE (SACRAMENTO) (EDUC.)
	Morning
	8:20	COLLEGE ENGLISH—Lessons
	Afternoon
	5:00	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Sweetbreads and brains
	5:30	DISCOVERY—Science
	Evening
	6:00	LOST APPLE—Documentary   SPECIAL
	6:30	COLLEGE ENGLISH—Lessons
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	NINE ON JAPAN
	8:00	REGIONAL REPORT   SPECIAL
	9:00	PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama “Henry IV, Part I”

 

 

	-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC)
	Morning
		ALL NIGHT MOVIE—Continued Bronco
	7:30	A.M.—Dunbar, Lindstrom, Bentley
	8:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Sheilah Graham, Elsa Lanchester, Raquel Welch
	8:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel Guests: Pat Carroll, Gloria Tracy, JoJo Marengo
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Love Is Better than Ever” (1952)
	10:30	LUAU—Bill Gordon
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	TIME FOR US—Serial
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Perfomers: Ian Whitcomb, Tommy James and the Shondells
	5:00	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home” (1954)
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Victor Buono (King Tut)
	8:00	MONROES—Western   COLOR
	9:00	MAN WHO NEVER WAS   COLOR
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE   COLOR
	10:00	ABC STAGE 67   COLOR  “OLympus 7-0000”
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	POLITICAL TALK—Republican Ronald Reagan, candidate for governor of California
	11:35	MOVIE—Drama “Never Let Go” (English; 1962)
	1:25	MOVIE—All Night 1. “Machine Gun Kelly” (1958) 2. “Santa Fe” (1951) 3. Hawaiian Eye Gil Hile’s scheduled guest is topless snake-dancer Tara

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitans, William M. Stephens
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	CHAIN LETTER—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Dennis James, Ruta Lee. Host: Jan Murray
	10:30	SHOWDOWN   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	TIME FOR US—Serial
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Perfomers: Ian Whitcomb, Tommy James and the Shondells
	5:00	MILTON THE MONSTER
	5:30	ZORRO—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	7:00	THAT GIRL—Comedy   COLOR
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE—Comedy   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Lucille Ball, Madeleine Carroll, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Anita Ekberg, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janis Paige, Jane Russell, Paul Lynde, Jerry Colonna, Ken Murray, Peter Leeds
	10:00	ABC STAGE 67   COLOR  “OLympus 7-0000”
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR  From Hollywood: George Burns

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitans, William M. Stephens
	9:00	CANDID CAMERA
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SWINGIN’ COUNTRY   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Danny Kaye, June Lockhart. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Edith Head
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama “Trouble in the Glen” (1954)
	5:30	MISTER ED—Comedy
	5:45	MERLIN THE MAGICIAN
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	7:00	WHATT EARP—Western
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   COLOR
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	10:00	I SPY—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR  From Hollywood: George Burns

 

 

	-9- KQED (BAY AREA) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	4:00	EXPERIMENT—Science
	5:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	5:30     5:45	FRIENDLY GIANT—Children MERLIN THE MAGICIAN
	Evening
	6:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	6:30	PORTRAIT IN MUSIC
	7:00	FRENCH LESSONS
	7:15	FRENCH TRAVELOG
	7:30	REGIONAL REPORT   SPECIAL
	8:30	PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama “The Iceman Cometh”
	10:20	KQED REPORT—James Day
	10:30	EXPERIMENT—Science

 

 

	-9- KIXE (REDDING) (EDUC.)
	Morning
	8:20	COLLEGE ENGLISH—Lessons
	Afternoon
	5:00	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Sweetbreads and brains
	5:30	DISCOVERY—Science
	Evening
	6:30	COLLEGE ENGLISH—Lessons
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	NINE ON JAPAN
	8:00	REGIONAL REPORT   SPECIAL
	9:00	PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama “Henry IV, Part I”

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	FOCUS ON FARMING
	6:25	FARM NEWS
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER Studies in Style: “The Human Speaking Instrument”
	7:00	FOCUS ON FARMING   COLOR
	7:05	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	7:30	WINCHELL-MAHONEY—Children
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	CANDID CAMERA
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Danny Kaye, June Lockhart. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Edith Head
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel Guests: Pia Lindstrom, Joe Hyams
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Co-host: Woody Woodbury
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	6:30	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:00	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   COLOR
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	10:00	DANNY KAYE—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Frankie Randall, the Peanuts Sisters
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “The System” (1953)
	1:15	WEATHER—Russell   COLOR

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:00	EN FRANCE—Language
	8:30	BULLWINKLE—Cartoons
	9:00	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	9:15	BUCKAROO 500—Buck Weaver
	9:30	HOCUS POCUS--Children
	10:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	TIME FOR US—Serial
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Perfomers: Ian Whitcomb, Tommy James and the Shondells
	5:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	5:30	NEWS
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	LARAMIE—Western
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Victor Buono (King Tut)
	8:00	MONROES—Western   COLOR
	9:00	MAN WHO NEVER WAS   COLOR
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE   COLOR
	10:00	ABC STAGE 67   COLOR  “OLympus 7-0000”
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Western “The Violent Men” (1954)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	7:05	EXISTENCE—UC, Davis
	7:35	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	CANDID CAMERA
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS   COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY—Art Linkletter
	12:15	TODAY IN AGRICULTURE
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Danny Kaye, June Lockhart. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Edith Head
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS   COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Western “Comanche Station” (1960)
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	7:00	BATMAN—Adventure Guest villain: Van Johnson (The Minstral)
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE   COLOR
	8:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:00	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	10:00	DANNY KAYE—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Frankie Randall, the Peanuts Sisters
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	CALL MR. D.—Mystery

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	CARTOONLAND   COLOR
	7:45	SERGEANT PRESTON—Adventure
	8:15	CARTOONLAND   COLOR
	8:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	9:00	DIVORCE COURT—Drama
	10:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	10:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	TIME FOR US—Serial
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	CAP’N DELTA—Children   COLOR
	4:30	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS—Cartoons   COLOR
	5:00	NEWS
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	MOVIE—Comedy “The Naughty Nineties” (1945)
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Victor Buono (King Tut)
	8:00	MONROES—Western   COLOR
	9:00	MAN WHO NEVER WAS   COLOR
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE   COLOR
	10:00	ABC STAGE 67   COLOR  “OLympus 7-0000”
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MATT DILLON—Western
	12:00	WELLS FARGO—Western

              

 

	19 KLOC (MODESTO) (IND.)
	Afternoon
	4:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	5:00	MARSHAL WARD—Children
	5:30	BUCKAROO 500—Children
	Evening
	6:00	DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy
	6:30	WILBURN BROTHERS—Music
	7:00	NEWS—Charles McEwen
	7:05	ZANE GREY—Western
	7:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Houston Story” (1956)
	9:30	NAKED CITY—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	QUEST FOR ADVENTURE

 

 

	32 KSAN (BAY AREA) (IND.)
	Afternoon
	4:30	CARTOONS
	5:30	WILD BILL HICKOK—Western
	Evening
	6:00	SOUPY SALES—Comedy
	6:30	TREASURE—Documentary
	7:00	BILL ANDERSON—Music
	7:30	MOVIE—Drama “Eagle Squadron” (1942)
	9:30	MOVIE—Adventure “The Bandit of Sherwood Forest” (1946)

 

 

	42 KCFT (BAY AREA) (IND.)
	Afternoon
	5:00	LET’S IMAGINE—Children
	5:30	FILM FEATURE
	Evening
	6:00	FILM FEATURE
	6:30	NEWS—Jim Manfrina
	6:45	SPORTS—Ed Hart
	7:00	PARTY LINE—Jerry Bassett
	7:30	SPOTLITE ON SPEED   COLOR
	10:00	NEWS

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