Today's listings include the opening game of the 1961 World Series. As you'll notice, it's not only played in the daytime, it begins at 11:00 a.m. CT. The official boxscore shows the start time in New York as being 1:00 p.m., which leads me to believe we're having one of those Daylight Saving Time moments again. Of course, for me the highlight would have been the premiere of The Alvin Show, except for the fact that I was only seventeen months old at the time. The listings are from the Twin Cities, but you probably expected that by now.
I've commented before on the irony of a Western called Man Without a Gun—the gunless man in this case is a newspaper editor. We know that the pen is mightier than the sword, but is it mightier than a gun?
Robert Young stars in Father Knows Best at 7:00 p.m. on CBS, and if you're a Young fan, you'll want to switch over to Channel 11 immediately afterward to catch him in a quite different role, that of an American diplomat who fails to see the threat of fascism, in the 1946 film The Searching Wind. TV
2 KTCA (Educ.) | ||
MORNING | ||
9:00 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
9:35 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
10:00 | SINGING TOGETHER—Grade 3 | |
10:20 | GERMAN—Grade 5 | |
10:35 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
11:00 | YA HABLAMOS ESPANOL | |
11:15 | BRITISH CALENDAR | |
11:30 | INTRODUCTORY MATH—Ruchte | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
1:00 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
1:30 | YA HABALAMOS ESPANOL | |
1:45 | KOMM, LACH UND LERNE | |
2:00 | SCIENCE—Grade 7 | |
2:30 | HEALTH—Grade 1 | |
3:00 | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS D | |
3:30 | NEW HORIZONS—Education | |
4:00 | TEACHER’S PREVIEW—Level I | |
4:15 | TEACHER’S PREVIEW—Level II | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | INTRODUCTORY MATH—Ruchte | |
6:30 | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | |
7:00 | LOOKING AT ART—Bryan | |
7:30 | INQUIRY—Discussion | |
8:00 | AREA STUDY—Middle East | |
8:30 | IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA | |
9:00 | FOLIO—Arnold Walker | |
10:00 | COLLOQUY—Education | |
10:30 | BACKGROUND—Dr. Ziebarth | |
10:40 | WESTERN WAY—Niel Snortum |
Governor Elmer L. Andersen is one of the guests on Folio (his name in the listings is mistakenly spelled "son" instead of "sen"), not to be confused with C. Elmer Anderson, who was governor from 1951-55. It is Minnesota, after all. At least it's not as bad as "Roughriders" and "Rough Riders."
4 WCCO (CBS) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:30 | COLLEGE OF THE AIR The New Biology: "Origin of the Solar System and Earth" | |
7:00 | FLYING SAUCER—Siegfried | |
7:55 | FARM NEWS AND MARKETS | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children | |
9:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
9:10 | DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL | |
9:20 | WHAT’S NEW–Arle Haeberle | |
9:30 | I LOVE LUCY—Comedy | |
10:00 | VIDEO VILLAGE—Monty Hall | |
10:30 | YOUR SURPRISE PACKAGE | |
10:55 | NEWS—Harry Reasoner | |
11:00 | LOVE OF LIFE—Serial | |
11:30 | SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial | |
11:45 | GUIDING LIGHT—Serial | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
12:15 | SOMETHING SPECIAL—Merriman | |
12:25 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
12:30 | AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial | |
1:00 | PASSWORD—Allen Ludden | |
1:30 | HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter | |
2:00 | MILLIONAIRE—Drama | |
2:30 | VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama | |
2:55 | NEWS—Charles Collingwood | |
3:00 | BRIGHTER DAY—Serial | |
3:15 | SECRET STORM—Serial | |
3:30 | EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial | |
4:00 | AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle | |
4:30 | BOZO THE CLOWN—Children | |
4:40 | AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card | |
5:00 | QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons | |
5:30 | CLANCY THE COP—Children | |
5:55 | MR. MAGOO—Cartoon | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
6:10 | WEATHER—Don O’Brien | |
6:15 | NEWS—Douglas Edwards | |
6:30 | ALVIN—Cartoon | |
7:00 | FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy | |
7:30 | CHECKMATE—Mystery | |
8:30 | MRS. G. GOES TO COLLEGE | |
9:00 | U.S. STEEL HOUR—Drama “Brandenburg Gate” | |
10:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Dick Enroth | |
10:30 | MIAMI UNDERCOVER—Mystery | |
11:00 | WEATHER—Don O’Brien | |
11:05 | MOVIE—Drama “Never Love a Stranger” (1958) |
"Brandenburg Gate," tonight's episode of the U.S. Steel Hour, takes us back to a time when said gate was the border between East and West Berlin, at a time just after the Berlin Wall went up. For the first few days, the Wall was just barbed wire until a more permanent structure could be constructed. The illustration for the episode depicts barbed wire in front of the Gate, which could be how things were when this episode was written. Richard Kiley and Dina Merrill star, with Barry Morse as Lieutenant Gerard—just kidding there, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was part of East German security.
5 KSTP (NBC) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:00 | CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM COLOR Modern Algebra: "Axioms for Multiplications" | |
6:30 | CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM COLOR American Government: "The Frontier in a Space Culture" | |
7:00 | TODAY—John Chancellor Guest: Lester Granger | |
9:00 | SAY WHEN—Art James | |
9:30 | PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin | |
10:00 | PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen | |
10:30 | WORLD SERIES SPOTLIGHT | |
10:45 | WORLD SERIES—Baseball SPECIAL COLOR Cincinnati Reds at New York Yankees, Game 1 | |
AFTERNOON | ||
2:00 | YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial | |
2:30 | FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial | |
3:00 | MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY | |
3:30 | HERE’S HOLLYWOOD—Interview Guest: Rod Steiger | |
3:55 | NEWS—Sander Vanocur | |
4:00 | TOPPER—Comedy | |
4:30 | KUKLA AND OLLIE—Tillstrom | |
4:35 | T.N. TATTERS—Children | |
5:15 | MAN FROM COCHISE—Police | |
5:45 | NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Bob Ryan | |
6:15 | WEATHER—Johnny Morris | |
6:30 | WAGON TRAIN—Western | |
7:30 | JOEY BISHOP—Comedy | |
8:00 | PERRY COMO—Variety RETURN COLOR Guests: Buddy Hackett, Fran Jeffries, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle | |
9:00 | THEATER 62—Drama SPECIAL COLOR “The Spiral Staircase” | |
10:00 | NEWS—John MacDougall | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Johnny Morris | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Dick Nesbitt | |
10:30 | JACK PAAR—Variety | |
12:00 | NEWS AND SPORTS—Krupp |
In Game 1 of the World Series, the Yankees take the Reds 2-0 in a tidy two hours and eleven minutes. I'd say that today, that would get you to about the middle of the sixth inning. Whitey Ford pitched a neat two-hit shutout, his third consecutive World Series shutout. He'd extend that record in the fourth game, going five shutout innings before suffering an ankle injury. The Yanks take the Series in five.
9 KMSP (ABC) | ||
MORNING | ||
7:55 | CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion | |
8:00 | BREAKFAST WITH CAP’N KEN | |
8:30 | OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy | |
9:00 | JACK LA LANNE—Exercise | |
9:30 | MOVIE—Musical Comedy “Ever Since Venus” (1944) | |
11:00 | TEXAN—Western | |
11:30 | LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow | |
12:30 | MAKE A FACE—Bob Clayton | |
1:00 | DAY IN COURT—Drama | |
1:25 | NEWS—Alex Dreier | |
1:30 | MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy | |
2:00 | NUMBER PLEASE—Bud Collyer | |
2:30 | SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz | |
3:00 | QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey | |
3:30 | WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Carson | |
4:00 | AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Clark Guest: Freddie Cannon | |
4:50 | AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Sharp | |
5:00 | LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Children | |
5:40 | NEWS—Bob Allard | |
5:45 | NEWS | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | TRACKDOWN | |
6:30 | STEVE ALLEN—Comedy Guests: Pat Kirby, Davis and Reese | |
7:30 | TOP CAT—Cartoon | |
8:00 | HAWAIIAN EYE—Mystery | |
9:00 | NAKED CITY—Police | |
10:00 | NEWS—Bob Allard | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Jere Smith | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Tony Parker | |
10:30 | VIKING FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS | |
11:30 | MAN WITHOUT A GUN—Western | |
12:00 | SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police |
I've commented before on the irony of a Western called Man Without a Gun—the gunless man in this case is a newspaper editor. We know that the pen is mightier than the sword, but is it mightier than a gun?
11 WTCN (Ind.) | ||
MORNING | ||
9:45 | CARTOON CARNIVAL—Children | |
10:00 | ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS | |
10:15 | ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty | |
11:15 | BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy | |
11:45 | NEWS—Jack Huston | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Comedy “Accent on Youth” (1935) | |
2:30 | DR. HUDSON’S JOURNAL | |
3:00 | LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy | |
3:30 | AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy | |
4:00 | POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee | |
4:45 | ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS | |
5:00 | SUPERMAN—Adventure | |
5:30 | DICK TRACY—Cartoon | |
5:45 | NEWS—Jack Huston | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | TROUBLESHOOTERS—Adventure | |
6:30 | BILLY GRAHAM—Religion | |
7:30 | MOVIE—Mystery “The Searching Wind” (1946) | |
9:30 | NEWS—Jack Huston | |
9:45 | WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman | |
9:50 | SPORTS—Buetel, Horner | |
10:00 | M SQUAD—Police | |
10:30 | MOVIE—Drama Theater 11: “Dust Be My Destiny” (1939) | |
12:30 | NEWS AND WEATHER |