It's nice to look back at Saturday mornings when cartoons ruled the day. That classic era is actually a fairly small window, you know; up until the early 1960s, Saturday mornings consisted mostly of movies (mostly Westerns) and live-action shows like Rin Tin Tin, and by the end o the 1960s the scene was dominated by superhero cartoons and some made-for-TV animation that was truly horrible. But there was a period in-between, as you see this week, when there was a combination of classic toons that started out as movie shorts—Bugs, Daffy, and the like—Hanna-Barbera and Total Television characters, and shows that had started out in primetime before finding a home on Saturdays. For me, that's the Golden Age of Saturday mornings, and even though it could be preempted by sports broadcast via satellite from Europe, it was still a dependable way to grow up. These memories, along with everything else, come from the Northern California edition.
-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (IND.) | ||
Morning | ||
8:30 | STATE TROOPER—Police | |
9:00 | MOVIE—Adventure “The Highwayman”
(1951) | |
10:30 | MOVIE—Drama “This Is Not a Test”
(1962) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | EDITOR’S FORUM | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Wake Up and Dream”
(1946) | |
2:30 | MOVIE—Western “Days of Jesse
James” (1929) | |
3:30 | TRAILS WEST—Drama | |
4:00 | CALIFORNIA GOLFERS | |
5:00 | HORSE RACING—Del Mar RETURN Oceanside Handicap | |
5:30 | ADVENTURE—Travel COLOR | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING Jack Biondolillo vs.
Bill Allen | |
7:00 | BARN DANCE—Music Guest: Rex Allen | |
7:30 | LET’S GO TO THE RACES—Sunshine Park,
Fla. COLOR | |
8:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Daggers Drawn”
(French; 1963) | |
9:30 | CHECKMATE—Mystery | |
10:30 | DOCTOR’S NEWS CONFERENCE | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Western COLOR “Hellfire” (1949) |
-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
7:30 | AGRICULTURE U.S.A.—Interview COLOR | |
8:00 | JETSONS—Cartoon COLOR | |
8:30 | ATOM ANT COLOR | |
9:00 | SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP—England SPECIAL World Cup Final
(England vs. West Germany) | |
11:00 | BASEBALL—Giants vs. Braves COLOR San Francisco Giants
vs. Atlanta Braves | |
Afternoon | ||
2:00 | SPORTSMAN’S HOLIDAY—Curt Gowdy | |
2:30 | SEBRING GRAND PRIX SPECIAL COLOR | |
3:00 | TRAVENTURE THEATRE COLOR | |
3:30 | MOVIE—Science Fiction “Attack of the
50-Foot Woman” (1958) | |
5:00 | MOVIE—Comey “The Lady Takes a
Sailor” (1949) | |
Evening | ||
7:00 | NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil COLOR | |
7:30 | FLIPPER—Drama | |
8:00 | I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy | |
8:30 | GET SMART—Comedy COLOR | |
9:00 | MOVIE—Drama Saturday Night at
the Movies: “The
Mountain” (1956) | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Drama “The Roraring
Twenties” (1939) |
-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
6:30 | WHITE COLLAR FARMER | |
7:00 | CARTOON TIME | |
8:00 | JETSONS—Cartoon COLOR | |
8:30 | ATOM ANT COLOR | |
9:00 | SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP—England SPECIAL World Cup Final
(England vs. West Germany) | |
11:00 | BASEBALL—Astros vs. Reds COLOR Houston Astros at
Cincinnati Reds | |
Afternoon | ||
2:00 | CARTOONS | |
2:30 | TWO ON THE AISLE | |
3:30 | GREEN THUMB—Gillespie | |
4:00 | BAY REGION REPORT | |
4:30 | MOVIE—Drama COLOR “The Old Man and the
Sea” (1958) | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Ray Scherer, Robert MacNeil COLOR | |
6:30 | ROUTE 66—Drama | |
7:30 | FLIPPER—Drama | |
8:00 | I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy | |
8:30 | GET SMART—Comedy COLOR | |
9:00 | MOVIE—Drama Saturday Night at
the Movies: “The
Mountain” (1956) | |
11:00 | NEWS, SPORTS | |
11:15 | MOVIE—Science Fiction COLOR “Warning from Space”
(Japanese; 1963) | |
12:30 | NEWS |
-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
6:00 | AGRICULTURE FILM COLOR | |
6:30 | SUMMER SEMESTER Western Religious
Trends: “The
Secular City” | |
7:00 | JACK’S PLACE—Children COLOR | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children Guest: Molly Scott | |
9:00 | HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons COLOR | |
9:30 | TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons COLOR | |
10:00 | MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons | |
10:30 | LASSIE—Drama | |
11:00 | TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:30 | QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | SKY KING—Adventure | |
12:30 | LINUS COLOR | |
1:00 | MY FRIEND FLICKA COLOR | |
1:30 | SAN FRANCISCO PAGEANT SPECIAL | |
1:55 | KPIX EDITORIAL—Louis Simon | |
2:00 | CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR World Figure Skating
Championships, horse racing, highlights of San Francisco 49ers season | |
3:30 | ALL STAR GOLF COLOR Walter Burkemo vs.
Tommy Bolt | |
4:30 | MOVIE—Musical “The Fabulous
Dorseys” (1947) | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Rod Sherry, Pat O’Brien | |
6:30 | NEWS—Roger Mudd COLOR | |
7:00 | SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police | |
7:30 | CONTINENTAL SHOWCASE—Variety Host: Jim Backus.
Guests: Gilbert Becaud, the Swingle Singers, Les Parisiennes, Lars Lonndahl,
Bibi Johns, Monica etterlundd, Rex Gildo, Heidi Bruhl, Beauty Milton, Silvio
Francesco | |
8:30 | SECRET AGENT | |
9:30 | FACE IS FAMILIAR COLOR Celebrities: Jan
Murray, Phyllis Newman | |
10:00 | GUNSMOKE—Western | |
11:00 | NEWS, SPORTS | |
11:20 | MOVIE—Drama “Shake Hands with
the Devil” (1959) | |
1:25 | MOVIE—Mystery “The Accused” (1948) |
-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
ALL NIGHT MOVIE—Continued Cheyenne | ||
7:00 | CARTOON FACTORY | |
8:00 | MARSHAL ‘J’—Children COLOR | |
10:00 | PORKY PIG COLOR | |
10:30 | BEATLES—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:00 | CASPER COLOR | |
11:30 | MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons COLOR | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | BUGS BUNNY COLOR | |
12:30 | MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons COLOR | |
1:00 | HOPPITY HOOPER COLOR | |
1:30 | AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: the
Syndicate of Sound, Ian Whitcomb | |
2:30 | ADVENTURES IN PARADISE | |
3:30 | MOVIE—Melodrama “The Curse of
Dracula” (1958) | |
5:00 | WORLD OF SPORTS Water-skiing,
motorcycle racing | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | NEWS—Bob Dunn, Bud Foster | |
7:00 | ABC SCOPE—Vietnam Report COLOR “Mayday” | |
7:30 | OZZIE AND HARRIET COLOR | |
8:00 | DONNA REED—Comedy | |
8:30 | LAWRENCE WELK COLOR | |
9:30 | HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety COLOR Host: Arthur
Godfrey. Guests: Sid Caesar, Abbe Lane, the Mamas and the Papas, Corbett
Monica, the Berosinis, Les Apollos | |
10:30 | OH, MY WORD!—Game | |
11:00 | NEWS, SPORTS | |
11:15 | MOVIE—Comedy “How to Marry a
Millionaire” (1953) | |
1:15 | MOVIE—All Night 1. “Anna” (Italian;
1953) 2. “Manfish” (1956) 3. Sugarfoot |
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Morning | ||
8:00 | JETSONS—Cartoon COLOR | |
8:30 | ATOM ANT COLOR | |
9:00 | SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP—England SPECIAL World Cup Final
(England vs. West Germany) | |
11:00 | BASEBALL—Giants vs. Braves COLOR San Francisco Giants
vs. Atlanta Braves | |
Afternoon | ||
2:00 | AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: the
Syndicate of Sound, Ian Whitcomb | |
3:00 | MOVIE—Comedy “Lost in a Harem”
(1953) | |
4:30 | SPORTSMAN’S HOLIDAY—Curt Gowdy | |
5:00 | WORLD OF SPORTS Water-skiing,
motorcycle racing | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | BIG VALLEY—Western | |
7:30 | FLIPPER—Drama | |
8:00 | I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy | |
8:30 | LAWRENCE WELK COLOR | |
9:30 | HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety COLOR Host: Arthur
Godfrey. Guests: Sid Caesar, Abbe Lane, the Mamas and the Papas, Corbett
Monica, the Berosinis, Les Apollos | |
10:30 | MOVIE—Drama “Breathrough” (1950) |
-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
7:15 | VOICE OF AGRICULTURE | |
7:45 | DAVEY AND GOLIATH—Religion | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children Guest: Molly Scott | |
9:00 | HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons COLOR | |
9:30 | TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons COLOR | |
10:00 | MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons | |
10:30 | LASSIE—Drama | |
11:00 | BASEBALL—Giants vs. Braves COLOR San Francisco Giants
vs. Atlanta Braves | |
Afternoon | ||
2:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Operation Gold
Ingot” (French; 1959) | |
3:45 | FILM SHORT | |
4:00 | FILM FEATURE | |
4:30 | FILM FEATURE COLOR | |
5:30 | RED RYDER—Western | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | LOST IN SPACE—Adventure | |
7:30 | FLIPPER—Drama | |
8:00 | I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy | |
8:30 | GET SMART—Comedy COLOR | |
9:00 | MOVIE—Drama Saturday Night at
the Movies: “The
Mountain” (1956) | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Drama “The Wicked Lady”
(English; 1945) |
-9- KQED (BAY AREA) (EDUC.) | ||
Afternoon | ||
4:30 | ONCE UPON A DAY | |
5:00 | STORIES OF DE MAUPASSANT “Inheritance” | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | PORTRAIT IN MUSIC | |
6:15 | KQED REPORTS—James Day | |
6:30 | MR. GERMANY—Documentary SPECIAL | |
7:00 | MADAME INDIA—Documentary SPECIAL | |
7:30 | FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR | |
8:00 | HEIFETZ MASTER CLASS | |
8:30 | PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama “All Summer Long” | |
10:20 | CINEPOSIUM—Films |
10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO)
(CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
6:30 | SUMMER SEMESTER Western Religious
Trends: “The
Secular City” | |
7:00 | FOCUS ON FARMING | |
7:30 | BIG PICTURE—Army | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children Guest: Molly Scott | |
9:00 | HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons COLOR | |
9:30 | TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons COLOR | |
10:00 | MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons | |
10:30 | LASSIE—Drama | |
11:00 | TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:30 | QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | SKY KING—Adventure | |
12:30 | LINUS COLOR | |
1:00 | MY FRIEND FLICKA COLOR | |
1:30 | LLOYD THAXTON—Variety Guest: Donna Loren | |
2:30 | ADVENTURES IN PARADISE | |
3:30 | CHECKMATE—Mystery | |
4:30 | STINGRAY—Children COLOR | |
5:00 | MOVIE—Western COLOR “Daniel Boone, Trail
Blazer” (1956) | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | NEWS—Roger Mudd COLOR | |
7:00 | SMOTHERS BROTHERS—Comedy | |
7:30 | CONTINENTAL SHOWCASE—Variety Host: Jim Backus.
Guests: Gilbert Becaud, the Swingle Singers, Les Parisiennes, Lars Lonndahl,
Bibi Johns, Monica etterlundd, Rex Gildo, Heidi Bruhl, Beauty Milton, Silvio
Francesco | |
8:30 | SECRET AGENT | |
9:30 | FACE IS FAMILIAR COLOR Celebrities: Jan
Murray, Phyllis Newman | |
10:00 | GUNSMOKE—Western | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Adventure COLOR “Green Fire” (1954) | |
12:55 | THRILLER—Mystery |
11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
8:30 | MODERN ALMANAC | |
9:00 | AGRICULTURE FILM | |
9:30 | FRONTIER VILLAGE—Children | |
10:00 | PORKY PIG COLOR | |
10:30 | BEATLES—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:00 | CASPER COLOR | |
11:30 | MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons COLOR | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | BUGS BUNNY COLOR | |
12:30 | MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons COLOR | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Dangerous Crossing”
(1953) | |
2:30 | SPOTLIGHT ON SPEED | |
3:00 | MOVIE—Drama “The Glory Brigade”
(1953) | |
4:30 | CHINCHILLA RAISING—Talk | |
5:00 | WORLD OF SPORTS Water-skiing,
motorcycle racing | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | OUTDOORSMAN—Jim Thomas | |
7:00 | SUMMER FUN—Comedy | |
7:30 | OZZIE AND HARRIET COLOR | |
8:00 | DONNA REED—Comedy | |
8:30 | LAWRENCE WELK COLOR | |
9:30 | HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety COLOR Host: Arthur
Godfrey. Guests: Sid Caesar, Abbe Lane, the Mamas and the Papas, Corbett
Monica, the Berosinis, Les Apollos | |
10:30 | HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS “The Funny Men,”
part 2 | |
11:00 | NEWS, SPORTS | |
11:30 | FILM FEATURE | |
11:35 | MOVIE—Drama “The Story of Molly
X” (1949) |
12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
6:00 | SUMMER SEMESTER Afro-Asian Politics:
“Economic
Institutions” | |
7:30 | EXISTENCE—GRICULTURE COLOR | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children Guest: Molly Scott | |
9:00 | HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons COLOR | |
9:30 | TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons COLOR | |
10:00 | MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons | |
10:30 | LASSIE—Drama | |
11:00 | TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:30 | QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | SKY KING—Adventure | |
12:30 | LINUS COLOR | |
1:00 | MY FRIEND FLICKA COLOR | |
1:30 | STINGRAY—Children COLOR | |
2:00 | SUSIE—Comedy | |
2:30 | ZANE GREY—Western | |
3:00 | MOVIE—Adventure COLOR “Hercules of the
Desert” (Italian; 1964) | |
5:30 | WRESTLING | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | NEWS—Roger Mudd COLOR | |
7:00 | BATMAN—Adventure Guest villain: Roddy
McDowall (Bookworm) | |
7:30 | CONTINENTAL SHOWCASE—Variety Host: Jim Backus.
Guests: Gilbert Becaud, the Swingle Singers, Les Parisiennes, Lars Lonndahl,
Bibi Johns, Monica etterlundd, Rex Gildo, Heidi Bruhl, Beauty Milton, Silvio
Francesco | |
8:30 | SECRET AGENT | |
9:30 | FACE IS FAMILIAR COLOR Celebrities: Jan
Murray, Phyllis Newman | |
10:00 | GUNSMOKE—Western | |
11:00 | NEWS, SPORTS | |
11:30 | MOVIE—Drama “Summer Storm”
(1944) |
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(CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
6:10 | NEWS | |
6:15 | SOCIAL SECURITY IN ACTION Guest: Don Adams | |
6:30 | VOICE OF AGRICULTURE | |
7:00 | SUPERMAN—Adventure | |
7:30 | CAP’N DELTA—Cartoons COLOR | |
8:00 | SERGEANT PRESTON—Adventure | |
8:30 | CAP’N’ DELTA—Cartoons COLOR | |
9:00 | POETRY—Education “Stephen Crane: the
Cult of the Personal Code” | |
10:00 | PORKY PIG COLOR | |
10:30 | BEATLES—Cartoons COLOR | |
11:00 | CASPER COLOR | |
11:30 | MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons COLOR | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | BUGS BUNNY COLOR | |
12:30 | MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons COLOR | |
1:00 | HOPPITY HOOPER COLOR | |
1:30 | AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: the
Syndicate of Sound, Ian Whitcomb | |
2:30 | HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL | |
3:00 | DONNA REED—Comedy | |
3:30 | MOVIE—Western “The Stranger Wore a
Gun” (1953) | |
5:00 | WORLD OF SPORTS Water-skiing,
motorcycle racing | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | MOVIE—Comedy “The Four Poster”
(1952) | |
8:00 | LET’S GO TO THE RACES—Sunshine Park,
Fla. COLOR | |
8:30 | LAWRENCE WELK COLOR | |
9:30 | HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety COLOR Host: Arthur
Godfrey. Guests: Sid Caesar, Abbe Lane, the Mamas and the Papas, Corbett
Monica, the Berosinis, Les Apollos | |
10:30 | OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy COLOR | |
11:00 | CAPTAIN WEBER DAYS—Parade SPECIAL | |
12:30 | MOVIE—All Night 1. “Battle Stations”
(1956) 2. “Footsteps in the
Fog” (English; 1955) 3. “Terror of the
Red Mask” (Italian; 1961) 4. “Stage Struck”
(1948) |
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Afternoon | ||
5:30 | ROLLER SKATING | |
Evening | ||
6:30 | ADVENTURE CALLS | |
7:00 | MOVIE—Drama “They Dare Not Love”
(1941) | |
8:30 | SPOTLIGHT ON SPEED | |
9:00 | WRESTLING | |
10:00 | FILM FEATURE | |
10:30 | MOVIE—Comedy-Drama “Two Yanks in
Trinidad” (1942) |
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Afternoon | ||
3:30 | MARRY A MILLIONAIRE—Comedy | |
4:00 | DON ATKINS—Music | |
5:00 | AQUANAUTS—Adventure | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | FELIX THE CAT—Cartoon | |
6:30 | NEWS—Manfrina, Hinn | |
7:00 | SPORTS—Riddle, Ryan, Pfeiffer | |
7:30 | ADVENTURE FILMS | |
8:00 | HUMAN JUNGLE—Drama | |
9:00 | OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction | |
10:00 | NEWS—Manfrina, Hinn | |
10:30 | SPORTS—Riddle, Ryan, Pfeiffer | |
11:00 | MAN OF THE WORLD—Mystery |
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