tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5050412269020767635..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: September 30, 1961Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-83381724179394472742018-10-01T20:31:36.566-04:002018-10-01T20:31:36.566-04:00"Window on Main Street" is a wonderful s..."Window on Main Street" is a wonderful show. So glad that Shout! included some episodes on its Father Knows Best DVDs. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-20487981478475131212018-09-30T13:53:47.648-04:002018-09-30T13:53:47.648-04:00TV as it should be back then.TV as it should be back then.Hit Radio 1220 WLOL-AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830821878888424172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-61304230823984831952018-09-29T18:21:08.522-04:002018-09-29T18:21:08.522-04:00DICK VAN DYKE SHOW didn't use its most famous ...DICK VAN DYKE SHOW didn't use its most famous opening (which had 3 variations) until Season 2. Season 1 used a photo montage with the actors' names on screen rather than spoken by an announcer.<br /><br />LEAVE IT TO BEAVER had its Season 5 premiere on Sat., Sept. 30, and Ryan O'Neal made his only appearance on this sitcom. The setup for this show was that Wally's girlfriend's father was promoting the idea that Wally (probably a HS Junior at this point, though it took him 6 years to get through 5 years of school) and the man's daughter could be so serious that they'd be marrying soon after HS. Wally ends up having dinner with his gf, her (not much) older sister, and her sister's husband, Tom Henderson (played by Ryan O'Neal), giving him sort of a preview of young marriage. It ends up not being a pretty picture, so Wally & his gf cool down a bit after. There was a neat contemporary reference in this episode, as Wally asks the young Mrs. Henderson if she thinks Mantle or Maris would break Babe Ruth's record that year. Roger Maris did that just the next Day, Oct. 1, 1961.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com