What's on TV? Saturday, April 3, 1971

In the early days of Sesame Street, the listings included the episode number as well as the names of the celebrities appearing in cameos. (They also included the number on-screen at the beginning of the episode, as I recall.) I'm assuming that WGBH is showing the five episodes that aired during the past week, given that they're numbers 231-235. Now, this factoid may not be particularly notable, but it's the best I can do today, for this Eastern New England edition.

	-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (NET)
	MORNING
	8:00	SESAME STREET -C-  Guests: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
	9:00	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Bill Cosby
	10:00	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Pat Paulsen
	11:00	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Peggy Fleming
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Arte Johnson
	4:00	FANFARE -C-  “Cinderella”
	5:30	MR. WIZARD
	EVENING
	6:00	COURSE OF OUR TIMES -C-  The New Elizabethan Era
	6:30	AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET -C-
	7:00	ADVOCATES—Debate -C-
	8:00	MAGGIE -C-
	8:30	FRENCH CHEF -C-  Difficult pizza dishes
	9:00	DAVID SUSSKIND -C-  Guests: Seals and Crofts

 

 

	-3- WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER -C-  Modern Linguistics: Embedding
	8:00	BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER -C-
	9:00	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND/YOGI BEAR -C-
	10:00	JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS -C-
	10:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon -C-
	11:00	ARCHIE—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	RFD #3 -C-
	12:30	MONKEES—Children -C-
	1:00	DASTARDLY/MUTTLEY -C-
	1:30	JETSONS -C-
	2:00	MOVIE—Western -C-  “From Hell to Texas” (1958)
	4:00	CBS GOLF CLASSIC -C-  Tom Weiskopf and Bert Yancey vs. Grier Jones and John Miller
	5:00	GREEN ACRES -C-
	5:30	BRAD DAVIS -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Roger Mudd -C-
	7:00	HERE’S LUCY -C-
	7:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -C-
	8:30	MY THREE SONS -C-
	9:00	ARNIE -C-
	9:30	MARY TYLER MOORE -C-
	10:00	MANNIX -C-
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:25	MOVIE—Double Feature 1. “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” (Drama; English; 1962) 2. “Walk the Proud Land” (Biography; 1956) -C-

 

 

	-4- WBZ (BOTSON) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	BOOMTOWN -C-
	8:00	BOOMTOWN -C-
	9:00	WOODY WOODPECKER -C-
	9:30	BUGALOOS—Children -C-
	10:00	DR. DOOLITTLE -C-
	10:30	PINK PANTHER -C-
	11:00	H.R. PUFNSTUF—Children -C-
	11:30	HERE COMES THE GRUMP—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HOT DOG -C-
	12:30	JAMBO—Children -C-
	1:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	1:30	CONFRONTATION -C-
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME -C-  Special: From Dayton, Ohio [Pre-empts regular programming]
	4:00	SPORTS CHALLENGE—Quiz -C-  Time approximate. Y.A. Tittle, John Brodie, and Johnny Unitas vs. Waite Hoyt, Johnny Vander Meer and Wally Post
	4:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure” (1959)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	6:30	NBC NEWS -C-
	7:00	NEWS MAGAZINE -C-
	7:30	ANDY WILLIAMS -C-  Guests: Liberace, Ike and Tina Turner, Jonathan Winters, Billy Daniels
	8:30	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “The Spiral Road” (1962)
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “The Borgia Stick” (1967)
	1:30	MOVIE—Comedy “The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s” (English; 1950)

 

 

	-5- WHDH (BOSTON) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER -C-  Modern Linguistics: Embedding
	7:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	7:30	YOUNG WORLD -C-
	8:00	BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER -C-
	9:00	SABRINA—Cartoon -C-
	10:00	JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS -C-
	10:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon -C-
	11:00	MONKEES—Children -C-
	11:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CANDLEPIN BOWLING -C-
	1:00	JUNIOR BOWLING -C-
	2:00	OSMOND BROTHERS -C-  Special: Guests: George Burns, Tina Cole, the Hager twins
	2:30	BASEBALL -C-  Exhibition: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees at Birmingham, Alabama [Wrap-up follows with Ned Martin.]
	5:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	5:30	PEANUTS -C-  Special: “Play It Again, Charlie Brown”
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	6:30	WEEK ENDS HERE -C-
	7:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -C-
	8:30	MY THREE SONS -C-
	9:00	ARNIE -C-
	9:30	MARY TYLER MOORE -C-
	10:00	MANNIX -C-
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	MOVIE—Biography “The Life of Emile Zola” (1937)
	1:45	12 O’CLOCK HIGH

 

 

	-6- WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:30	FARMER’S CORNER -C-
	7:30	FELIX THE CAT -C-
	8:00	COOL McCOOL -C-
	8:30	HERCULES -C-
	9:00	LANCELOT LINK/SECRET CHIMP -C-
	10:00	JERRY LEWIS—Cartoon -C-
	10:30	HERE COME THE DOUBLEDECKERS—Children -C-
	11:00	HOT WHEELS -C-
	11:30	SKYHAWKS—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOTOR MOUSE -C-
	12:30	HARDY BOYS—Cartoons -C-
	1:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND -C-  Guest: Sammi Smith
	2:00	ROLLER DERBY -C-
	2:30	PET SET -C-
	3:00	UNTAMED WORLD -C-
	3:30	PRO BOWLERS TOUR -C-  Firestone Tournament of Champions [Last telecast of the season]
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS -C-  NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships; World Pairs Figure Skating Championships
	EVENING
	6:30	SAINT -C-
	7:30	LAWRENCE WELK -C-  Guest: Jack Benny
	8:30	PEARL BAILEY -C-  Guests: Danny Thomas, Carmen McRae, Lola Falana
	9:30	SHOWTIME -C-  Hosts: Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens. Guests: Roy Castle, Silvan
	10:30	FELONY SQUAD -C-
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	DAVID SUSSKIND -C-
	1:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	1:45	MOVIE—Science Fiction “War of the Colossal Beast” (1955)

 

 

	-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:25	AGRICULTURE U.S.A. -C-
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	SMOKEY BEAR -C-
	7:30	MISTER ED
	8:00	MUDVILLE, U.S.A. -C-
	9:00	LANCELOT LINK/SECRET CHIMP -C-
	10:00	JERRY LEWIS—Cartoon -C-
	10:30	HERE COME THE DOUBLEDECKERS—Children -C-
	11:00	HOT WHEELS -C-
	11:30	SKYHAWKS—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOTOR MOUSE -C-
	12:30	HARDY BOYS—Cartoons -C-
	1:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1953)
	2:15	NBA HIGHLIGHTS -C-
	2:45	AMERICAN SPORTSMAN -C-
	3:30	PRO BOWLERS TOUR -C-  Firestone Tournament of Champions [Last telecast of the season]
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS -C-  NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships; World Pairs Figure Skating Championships
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	7:00	ONE MORE TIME -C-
	7:30	LAWRENCE WELK -C-  Guest: Jack Benny
	8:30	PEARL BAILEY -C-  Guests: Danny Thomas, Carmen McRae, Lola Falana
	9:30	JOHNNY CASH -C-  Guests: Homer and Jethro
	10:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:00	MOVIE—Musical -C-  “Daddy Long Legs” (1955)

 

 

	-8- WNHC (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:45	SACRED HEART
	7:00	GOD LOVES US -C-
	7:15	DAVEY AND GOLIATH -C-
	7:30	CAPTAIN NOAH -C-
	8:00	CARTOONS -C-
	9:00	LANCELOT LINK/SECRET CHIMP -C-
	10:00	JERRY LEWIS—Cartoon -C-
	10:30	HERE COME THE DOUBLEDECKERS—Children -C-
	11:00	HOT WHEELS -C-
	11:30	SKYHAWKS—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOTOR MOUSE -C-
	12:30	HARDY BOYS—Cartoons -C-
	1:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND -C-  Guest: Sammi Smith
	1:30	SPORTS CHALLENGE—Quiz -C-  Waite Hoyt, Johnny Vander Meer and Wally Post vs. Ray Fosse, Ken Harrelson and Alvin Dark
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME -C-  Special: From Dayton, Ohio [Pre-empts regular programming]
	4:00	PRO BOWLERS TOUR -C-  Joined in progress following basketball. Firestone Tournament of Champions [Last telecast of the season]
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS -C-  NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships; World Pairs Figure Skating Championships
	EVENING
	6:30	DEATH VALLEY DAYS -C-
	7:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C-
	7:30	LAWRENCE WELK -C-  Guest: Jack Benny
	8:30	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “Marjorie Morningstar” (1958)
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	MOVIE—Western -C-  “Blood on the Arrow” (1964)

 

 

	-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
	MORNING
	8:30	RING-A-DING THE CLOWN
	9:00	LANCELOT LINK/SECRET CHIMP -C-
	10:00	JERRY LEWIS—Cartoon -C-
	10:30	HERE COME THE DOUBLEDECKERS—Children -C-
	11:00	HOT WHEELS -C-
	11:30	SKYHAWKS—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOTOR MOUSE -C-
	12:30	HARDY BOYS—Cartoons -C-
	1:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND -C-  Guest: Sammi Smith
	2:00	MOVIE—Comedy “At War With the Army” (1950)
	3:30	PRO BOWLERS TOUR -C-  Firestone Tournament of Champions [Last telecast of the season]
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS -C-  NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships; World Pairs Figure Skating Championships
	EVENING
	6:30	SPORTS FILM -C-
	7:00	HUGH C. LEWIS -C-
	7:30	LAWRENCE WELK -C-  Guest: Jack Benny
	8:30	PEARL BAILEY -C-  Guests: Danny Thomas, Carmen McRae, Lola Falana
	9:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Fountainhead” (1949)
	11:30	ABC NEWS—Sam Donaldson -C-
	11:45	WESTERNERS

 

 

	10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:00	TOMFOOLERY -C-
	8:30	HECKLE AND JECKLE -C-
	9:00	WOODY WOODPECKER -C-
	9:30	BUGALOOS—Children -C-
	10:00	DR. DOOLITTLE -C-
	10:30	PINK PANTHER -C-
	11:00	H.R. PUFNSTUF—Children -C-
	11:30	HERE COMES THE GRUMP—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HOT DOG -C-
	12:30	JAMBO—Children -C-
	1:00	CELEBRITY BOWLING -C-
	1:30	SPORTS CHALLENGE—Quiz -C-  Jim Brown, O.J. Simpson and Leroy Kelly vs. Jerry West, Happy Hairston and Gail Goodrich
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME -C-  Special: From Dayton, Ohio [Pre-empts regular programming]
	4:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	4:30	MOVIE—Comedy -C-  “Kimberley Jim” (South African; 1966)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	6:30	NBC NEWS -C-
	7:00	DEATH VALLEY DAYS -C-
	8:30	MOVIE—Comedy -C-  “The Nutty Professor” (1963)
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD -C-
	11:40	MOVIE—Drama “Seven Thieves”

 

 

	12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER -C-
	10:00	JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS -C-
	10:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon -C-
	11:00	ARCHIE—Cartoon -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SCOOBY DOO—Cartoon -C-
	12:30	WRESTLING -C-
	1:30	VISUAL GIRL -C-
	2:00	RHODE ISLAND HOCKEY -C-  Special
	2:30	BASEBALL -C-  Exhibition: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees at Birmingham, Alabama [Wrap-up follows with Ned Martin.]
	5:00	RUN FOR YOUR LIFE -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Roger Mudd -C-
	7:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C-
	7:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -C-
	8:30	MY THREE SONS -C-
	9:00	ARNIE -C-
	9:30	MARY TYLER MOORE -C-
	10:00	MANNIX -C-
	11:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	11:30	MOVIE—Western -C-  “Man of the West” (1958)

 

 

	27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	ROLLER DERBY -C-
	2:30	WORLD OF BOATING -C-
	3:00	LIKE YOUNG -C-
	4:00	VISUAL GIRL -C-
	4:30	SPORTS FEATURE -C-
	5:00	WOOLNER BROTHERS -C-
	5:30	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	CELEBRITY BILLIARDS -C-  Barry Sullivan vs. Minnesota Fats
	6:30	MOVIE—Mystery “Somewhere in the Night” (1946)
	8:30	PORTER WAGGONER -C-  Guest: Hank Lockin
	9:00	BARBARA McNAIR -C-  Guests: Sonny and Cher, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tom Patterson
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER -C-
	10:30	WRESTLING -C-
	11:30	ROLLER DERBY -C-

 

 

	38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	8:00	TOMFOOLERY -C-
	8:30	HECKLE AND JECKLE -C-
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy “In Society” (1944)
	10:30	PORKY PIG -C-
	11:00	CAPTAIN SCARLETT -C-
	11:30	THUNDERBIRDS -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SCOOBY DOO—Cartoon -C-
	12:30	COMEDY CAPERS -C-
	1:00	DASTARDLY/MUTTLEY -C-
	1:30	JETSONS -C-
	2:00	MOVIE—Comedy “I’m from Arkansas” (1944)
	3:00	WRESTLING -C-
	3:30	ROLLER DERBY -C-
	4:30	HORSE RACE—Aqueduct -C-  Gotham Stakes
	5:00	LARRY KANE -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	DEREK SANDERSON -C-
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Roger Mudd -C-
	7:00	ALFRED HITCHCOCK
	7:30	BRUINS HIGHLIGHTS -C-
	8:00	PRO HOCKEY -C-  Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs [Wrap-up follows with Tom Larson.]
	10:45	MOVIE—Adventure Time approximate. “Wake of the Red Witch” (1948)

 

 

	56 WKBG (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	10:00	COMBAT -C-
	11:00	WRESTLING -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE—Biography “Christopher Columbus” (English; 1949)
	2:00	MOVIE—Science Fiction “Atragon” (Japanese; 1964)
	3:30	OUTER LIMITS
	4:30	ONE STEP BEYOND
	5:00	MY FAVORITE MARTIAN -C-
	5:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	I LOVE LUCY
	6:30	AVENGERS -C-
	7:30	MOVIE—Science Fiction “The Eye Creatures” (1965)
	9:00	MOVIE—Melodrama “Cry of the Werewolf” (1944)
	10:30	MOVIE—Mystery “The House of Fear” (1945)

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