October, 2021 Channel Pittsburgh

Channel Pittsburgh

October, 2021

What’s New

Premiere Week

Halloween Night

Additional Classic Movies More Custom-Made TV Series Phat Man Dee & Others on

“Pittsburgh Tempo” More Old Time Radio

October 4 — October 10

Pittsburgh native Jonathan Haze stars in the original “Little Shop of Horrors” with special trivia bubbles created exclusively for Channel Pittsburgh!

Schedule changes may occur

Welcome!

What’s New in Daytime Do you love listening to a good book? (Yes, we said listening). New episodes of “Read to Me” begin October 4 with volunteers reading works by a some of the greatest authors, as well as the stunning memoir of a former slave. Cinephiles will rejoice with new episodes of “General Audiences” (also October 4) with trailers showcasing the careers of stars ranging from Doris Day and Frank Capra to Chadwick Boseman and Sandra Oh! Plus, our “Saddle-Up Saturday” line-up of westerns welcomes “The Cisco Kid” and “Dusty’s Trail” while two new old time radio shows join Sunday mornings: “Information, Please” and “Mercury Theatre on the Air.”

Channel Pittsburgh is a streaming television station begun in late 2019 by author and arts entrepreneur James A. Richards. The station’s goal is to provide creative opportunities for media artists and a semi-professional environment for media students. Channel Pittsburgh programs much like a basic cable channel and will eventually be incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Jim has started the station with his own very limited funds and despite serious health issues. Most of the current schedule is comprised of inventively re-purposed vintage material. You can watch Channel Pittsburgh on a Roku-enable smart television set, a tablet, smartphone, personal computer or a laptop.

What’s New on Monday Night

The first Golden Age of Television had some of the greatest live plays and, starting October 4, you can experience them with a new season of “Revisiting Studio One.” You’ll see actors at their prime such as John Forsythe, Anne Bancroft and Charlton Heston. In addition, we’ve obtained additional episodes of the “George Burns & Gracie Allen” show and have added them to the rotation of our two-hour slate of classic TV comedies that include “The Lucy Show,” “Love that Bob” and “The Jack Benny Program.”

What’s New on Tuesday Night Night

What’s New on Wednesday Night

What’s New on Thursday Night


Customized episodes of the award winning game show “Stump the Stars” are joining customized installments of “Password” (October 5). One fun episode of “Stump the Stars (Again)” features the cast of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”! New episodes of the custom-made series “The Detectives” begin with an hour-long special starring Sebastian Cabot (October 5) and a new custom-made series, “Secret Missions” (October 12) starring Cesar Romero, debuts this season.

A new season of “Vital Signs” begins October 6 with more classic TV dramas frankly and entertaining issues like post-partum depression, hearing loss and the stress of hospital politics. Our flagship history series “Moments in Time” returns October 6 with a special two-hour installment of rarely seen films of iconic Pittsburgh firm Westinghouse during its glory days. Another upcoming episode features composer Stephen Sondheim. Customized episodes of the vintage variety series “Hollywood Palace” resume October 13 with a great slate of legends hosting that include Judy Garland, Diana Ross, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Channel Pittsburgh’s first locally-produced series “Pittsburgh Tempo” begins a new season of videos showcasing local music artists such as Phat Man Dee, Dr. Zoot, Cherylann Hawk, Slim Fosythe, No Bad JuJu and many more! (October 7). “Animation Mania” is back with newly created installments featuring some of the finest cartoons ever drawn. (October 7). Settle in for a new season of “The Classic Movie of the Week” (October 7) with great movies led by amazing people such as Mickey Rooney, Constance Bennett, Paul Robeson, Hedy Lamarr, Bela Lugosi and Barbara Stanwyck.

What’s New on Friday Night

What’s New on Sunday Night

What’s New on Saturday Night


We’ve juggled our slate of science fiction and fantasy shows to make room for the pioneering anthology series “Science Fiction Theatre” (October 8).

The laughs continue with the early comedy of Betty White in “Everybody Loves Betty” (October 16) and newly created episodes of the custom-made series “The Classic Comedy Hour” (October 16) with comedic legends such as Bob Hope, Groucho Marx and Jackie Mason.

What could be Channel Pittsburgh’s most interesting custom-made series is “TV That Time Forgot.” This program shares television created more than half a century ago that few remember or even know about. This includes early and rare appearances by stars like James Dean, Johnny Cash and Hope Emerson. But the season begins October 9 with a something truly remarkable: a rarely seen cable TV special from the early 1960’s starring Broadway legend Carol Channing, who originated the leads in musicals like “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “Hello, Dolly!”

There is nothing like settling in with a good book. But the next best thing is a good movie based on a good book. That’s the premise behind “Literary Masterpiece Theatre” (October 10). You’ll see films based on the works of Clarence Day, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte Bronte, Jonathan Swift, Jack London and Agatha Christie. But there is something special and exclusive coming this season: Vicente Blasco Ibanez’s famous novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This 1921 silent adaptation helped make an international star of Rudolph Valentino. But our version is different: it includes new title cards, a new score and sound effects that you will only experience by watching it on Channel Pittsburgh!

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A Custom Made series is an original program created from other media, especially those in the public domain, exclusively for Channel Pittsburgh.

A locally produced series exclusive to Channel Pittsburgh, often in partnership with another local institution.

This signifies a classic television series, primarily from the 1950s, airing very much like it did originally.

Some classic television series have been given a customized edit specially for Channel Pittsburgh.

Channel Pittsburgh is thrilled to bring our viewers great movies from the 1930’s onward. Many starring some of Hollywood’s greatest icons.

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Morning Music Show

Read to Me

School Days

Serial Bowl

Matinee Movie

General Audiences

TelePlay

Four Star Playhouse

Robin Hood

Olde World Adventures

Tales of Justice

Crime Scene

On the Job

The Boys

Ozzie & Harriet

Ozzie & Harriet

Lux Radio Theater

You Are There

Mercury Theatre On the Air

Wylie Avenue Theater

The Big Picture

People and Places

Presenting Alfred

Hitchcock

Mr. & Mrs. North

Midnight Movie

Mr. & Mrs. North

Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot

Home on The Range

The Singing Cowboy

Billy the Kid

Backlot Bijou

Heroes of the Old West

Roy Rogers & Trigger

Bonanza

Beverly Hillbillies

Beverly Hillbillies

Mickey Rooney

Welcome to Comedyville

Interstellar Cinema

Fright Flick

Our Strange World

Lights Out Again

Grounded

Dick Tracy

Dragnet

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Dusty’s Trail

Information, Please

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Prime Time Schedule


7:00pm Future Local News

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7:30pm Games People Played

First aired live in 1955, "Dr. I.Q." is a simple but fun game show with audience members as contestants.

8:00pm Future Local Show

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8:30pm Sherlock Holmes

A visiting Frenchman (Lou Van Burg) claims to have been kidnapped as part of scheme to defraud his sister. Holmes: Ronald Howard. Watson: H. Marion Crawford. Judd: Charles Brodie. Lattimer: Bob Cunningham.

9:00pm Space Adventures

An apparently reformed for-mer alien ruler is released from prison with a plot to steal the plans of a faster-than-light spaceship. Flash: Steve Hol-land. Dale: Irene Champlin. Zarkov: Joesph Nash.

9:30pm Captain Z Ro

Hoping to discover buried treasure, Jet encounters notori-ous English pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach (1680-1718), who operated mostly off the coast of North America. Captain: Roy Steffens. Jet: Bruce Haynes. Blackbeard: John Trigonis.

10:00pm Invisible Man Gambling debts and blackmail may compromise the move-ment of a secret rocket. The cast includes Robert Brown, who appeared in several James Bond movies in the 1980s. Sally: Deborah Watling. Heath: Robert Raglan.

10:30pm Yesterday’s Tales of Tomorrow

A young James Dean has a small supporting role in this engrossing play about a sci-ence experiment gone terribly wrong. Peter: Rod Steiger. Anne: Margaret Phillips.

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7:00pm Here’s Johnny

Internationally acclaimed Rus-sian-American composer and conductor Dimitri Tiomkin (who provided music for films such as 1952's "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper) appears. In anoth-er sketch, Johnny portrays Hec-tor in his own version of the Trojan War.

7:30pm You Bet Your Life

An interesting array of contest-ants include baseball player and coach Charles "Chuck" Dressen (1894-1966) and fitness pioneer Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin (1914-2004) who helped to popularize heath food and yoga.

8:00pm Everybody Loves Betty While away from home, the Angels' encounter funny adven-tures and colorful people. Vicki: Betty White. Gus: Bill Williams. Carl: George Neise. Dottie: Joan Banks. Norman: John Dehner.

9:00pm Classic Comedy Hour

Haitian actor and singer Jean Marie Durand struts his impres-sive talents in spoof of adventure movies. Also: Jack Benny treats the classy Yvonne DeCarlo to lunch at his favorite restaurant --- a cheap diner. The other guests include Vincent Price and Van Johnson.

10:00pm TV That Time Forgot

Legendary bandleader Lawrence Welk offers a showcase to youthful talent of the 1950s, including an impressive young lady from Ohio on the piano and a young man gifted in more than one instrument.

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7:00pm Future Local Programs

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8:30pm Literary Masterpiece Theatre

“Don Quixote” (1933). The famous operatic bass tenor Feodor Chaliapin stars and sings in this classic and beloved story of a minor nobleman with major

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Gene Rayburn hosts the origi-nal version of "Match Game" in which celebrity captains vie to win prizes for their contest-ants. Actress Peggy Cass and author Peter Lind Hayes are the star panelists.

8:00pm Lucy Show Vaudeville, radio and televi-sion legend George Burns plays himself as a bank cus-tomer who thinks he's found a new stage partner --- Lucy (Lucille Ball). Mooney: Gale Gordon.

8:30pm Love That Bob

Hotshot photographer Bob Collins (Bob Cummings) tries to help his pal Harvey (King Donovan) score points with his boss. Schultzy: Ann B. Davis.

9:00pm Jack Benny Jack has trouble getting his show started, as everyone from cast members to guest star singer Dorothy Shay keep interrupting him during the monologue. 9:30pm Burns & Allen The legendary husband-and-wife comedy team of George Burns and Gracie Allen began their popular TV series with this delightful episode, about George trying to trick Gracie into letting him see a boxing match. Blanche: Bea Benadaret. Salesman: Henry Jones.

10:00pm Revisiting Studio One

[Season Opener] James Daly stars in this powerful tale set during the Korean War as an army major who faces diffi-cult decision that could result

in his troops' death. Chaplain: Roy Roberts. Chick: Bert Free. Franks: William An-drews.

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Art Linkletter hosts a 1959 epi-sode of "People Are Funny" that includes a bright teenager among the contestants doing or saying silly things.

8:00pm Stump the Stars (Again)

[Debut] Select episodes of the classic celebrity game of charades as specially edited for Channel Pittsburgh with Yvonne DeCarlo (TV's "The Munsters") as the special guest. Regular players include Ross Martin, Beverly Garland and Sebastian Cabot.

8:30pm Classic Password

Comedian and TV show host Garry Moore and the comedic actress he made famous --- Carol Burnett --- are the celebrity players. Host: Allen Ludden.

9:00pm Lock Up Future soap opera icon MacDon-ald Carey ("Days of Our Lives") portrays a semi-fictionalized version of real-life Philadelphia attorney Herbert L. Maris (1880-1960), defending an ex-con false-ly accused of a robbery. Robert Arnold: Jack Hogan.

9:30pm Racket Squad Movie, radio and television actor Reed Hadley portrays Captain John Braddock, a police detective who shares tales of the job includ-ing one about a pair of attractive con artists (Peggy Knudsen, Anne Kimbell). Billy: Bill Lechner.

10:00pm The Detectives

[Season Opener] [One Hour Spe-cial] The answer to a possible murder may possibly be found in an unlikely place --- a hobo camp. Jed: Doug McClure. Carl: Sebastian Cabot. Don: Anthony George. Doc: Myron McCormick. Hokey: Dabbs Greer.

dreams of being chivalrous knight. Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes’ innovative tale is often considered the original modern novel. This film is the first sound adaptation. Sancho: George Robey. Carrasco: Rene Donnio.

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In a 1957 edition of "To Tell The Truth," a panel of celebrities that includes actor Ralph Belamy are challenged by an Olympic track champion and an elderly ballroom dancer.

8:00pm Vital Signs [Season Opener] [One Hour Spe-cial] The subject of post-partum depression is explored through the story of a woman (Gloria McGhee) who has disturbing fantasies of killing her newborn. Styner: Rich-ard Boone. George: Robert Forrest.

9:00pm Moments in Time

[Season Opener] [Two Hour Spe-cial] Industrial films document the peak years of the Westinghouse Electric Company (1886-1999) and its various industries including power generation, broadcasting and appliances. Included: a rare 1904 film of a Westinghouse generator being assembled.

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Comedian and actor Jan Murray hosts "Dollar a Second," an early game show where contestants earn $1 for every second they need to perform a selected task.

8:00pm Pittsburgh Tempo

[Season Opener] [New Night] Videos include Slim For-sythe's salute to the city's Lawrenceville neighborhood; Cherylann Hawk crooning with her daughters; Dr. Zoot's "Roll 'em Up Joe" and Sam Stucky's musical tour of Pittsburgh. Also: a clip of local legend John Davidson singing a medley of songs by Pittsburgh native Stephen Foster.

8:30pm Animation Mania

[Season Opener] A trio of cartoon shorts (featuring first-rate animation) follows the caped hero Superman as he battles one baddie after anoth-er.

9:00pm Classic Movie of the Week

[Season Opener] “The Joe Louis Story” (1954). Boxer-turned-actor Coley Wallace punches out an impressive performance in this 1953 film as champion fighter Joe Louis (1914-1981) who rose from poverty to fame despite the racism and other hurdles that he faced. Marva: Hilda Silmms. Tad: Paul Stewart. Chappie: James Edwards.

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A installment of the award win-ning game show "Stump The Stars" (also known as "Pantomime Quiz") features actors Ed Begley Sr. and Jeanne Crain helping con-

testants solve word puzzles by providing clues in the form of gestures.


[New Time] Interstellar ad-venturer Flash Gordon (Steve Holland) agrees to help lead-ing scientist Dr. Zarkoff to test his new anti-gravity device on a planet whose sole resident has dire warnings. Zarkov: Joseph Nash. Dale: Irene Champlin.

8:30pm Captain Z Ro

[New Time] Time traveling scientist Captain Z-Ro and his adventurous young friend Jet meet explorer Christopher Columbus (1450-1506), who led the first important voyages by Europeans to North Ameri-ca. Captain: Roy Steffens. Jet: Bruce Haynes. Alfredo: Jack Fleming. Columbus: Edward Stevlingson.


[New Time] Ronald Howard --- the son of acclaimed Eng-lish actor Leslie Howard --- dons the garb of the great literary detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate the murder of a young lady. Wat-son: Howard Marion Craw-ford.

9:30pm Invisible Man

[New Time] Canadian actor Lee Patterson voices the lead character in this entertaining adaptation of H. G. Wells' groundbreaking 1897 science fiction novel about a brilliant scientist who botches an ex-periment that renders him invisible. Sally: Deborah Watling.

10:00pm Science Fiction Theatre

[Debut] Select episodes of the groundbreaking 1950’s antholo-gy series begins. First up: Dar-ing test pilot Fred Gunderman (William Lundigan) makes a stunning claim: that he nearly collided midair with an un-known craft. Troy: Bruce Ben-nett. Helen: Ellen Drew.


On trial for allegedly murdering a prominent scientist, the de-fendant tries to explain what happened --- and that an alien invasion is imminent. Noted science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon (who would later write for TV's "Star Trek") wrote the script. Gordon: Lon McCallis-ter.

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Sketches include a game show satire and a spoof of television cooking maven Julia Child. Also: Johnny talks about sports gambling.


Legendary vaudeville, movie and radio comedian Groucho Marx hosts this fun and funny quiz show with guests that include a professional dance instructor.


[Season Opener][Three Hour Special] One of Broadway's biggest stars, actress/singer Carol Channing (1921-2019) is the focus of this 3-hour presen-tation. She stars in a special revue taped in 1961 for the early cable television service Telemeter (1953-1965). Also: the unsold pilot for a sitcom produced and directed by Desi Arnaz.

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7:00pm I Married Joan

[New Night/Time] Veteran comedic actress Joan Davis plays a housewife who wonders if she made the right life choice after learning how many of her school friends have become career women. Brad: Jom Back-us.

7:30pm Your Hit Parade

[Return] Episodes of the classic TV music series customized for Channel Pittsburgh returns to the station’s line-up. Songs include Cole Porter’s “It’s De-Lovely” and the Sammy Cahn tune “Be My Love.”




[Season Opener] “Life with Father” (1947). The autobiog-raphy of stockbroker and news-paper columnist Clarence Day (1874-1935) forms the basis of this warm, family comedy. Wil-liam Powell portrays Day as man trying to make his family life run as smoothly as does his office. But the family isn't mak-ing things: one son is trying to make money selling fake medi-cines and another (Jimmy Lydon) is romancing the new girl in town (Elizabeth Taylor). Vinnie: Irene Dunne. Cora: Zasu Pitts. John: Martin Milner.

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An episode of "What's My Line" includes former First Lady Elea-nor Roosevelt as a contestant. The panel includes publisher Bennet Cerf and actress Arlene Francis.

8:00pm Lucy Show Lucy must deliver important documents to Mooney, whose out on a submarine for his Na-tional Reserve duty. Lucy: Lu-cille Ball. Mooney: Gale Gor-

don. Admiral: Roy Roberts.


Harvey (King Donovan) con-tinues to have problems with an annoying client so Bob agrees to step in. Margaret: Rosemary DeCamp. Scultzy: Ann B. Davis.

9:00pm Jack Benny Burglars break into the Benny home hoping for a quick and easy haul, but soon run into Jack's inventive security measures. Jack: Jack Benny. Rochester: Eddie Anderson.

9:30pm Burns & Allen

Gracie decides to become an artist after a visit to the muse-um. A young Bob Fosse (who would later become a choreog-rapher/director for stage and film, most famously the 1972 movie "Cabaret") performs a dance routine with his partner Mary Ann Niles.


William Shakespeare's classic play "The Taming of the Shrew" is restaged as a 1950s tale of a fortune hunter (Charlton Heston) who thinks he's got it made marrying a rich man's daughter --- but soon learns he has gotten more than he bargained for. Katheri-na: Lisa Kirk. Grumio: Louis Edmonds. Biondello: Don Murray. Widow: Florence Stanley.

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In one of only five surviving episodes of the legendary 1950s game show "Masquerade Party," boxing champion Archie Moore is among the disguised celebri-ties challenging the panel.


Guest players are actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr and future "Fantasy Island" star Richardo Montalban. Regular players include Sebastian Cabot and Beverly Garland.


Movie actor and sitcom star Dick van Dyke and Broadway actress Betsy Palmer are the celebrity players. Allan Lud-den hosts.

9:00pm Lock Up Maris (MacDonald Carey) investigates a young man (Robert Conrad) who has been accused of murder --- and have plenty of enemies who are angry after he's acquitted. Weston: John Doucette. Wayne: Robert Gist.

9:30pm Racket Squad

Young funeral director Charles Thomas Underwood (Warren Douglas) gets pulled into a scam after he joins a private poker game. Brad-dock: Reed Hadley. Connie: Lois Hall.


A construction accident in northern Italy may have some-thing less than accidental. Poccari: Vittorio de Sica. Giorgio: Alan Bates. Anna: Judi Dench.

10:30pm Secret Missions

[Debut] Vintage dramas from the 1950s as repackaged ex-clusively for Channel Pitts-burgh. For the opener, suave diplomatic courier Steve McQuinn (Cesar Romero) comes to the aid of a young woman (Carolyn Jones) drawn into international espionage. Terrance: Mark Dana. Nikos: Steven Geray.

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An installment of the game "Place The Face" challenges contestants to identify a person from their own past by asking the person simple questions.


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8:30pm Vital Signs Sal Mineo portrays a teen whose mother is reluctant to approve the operation that he needs. Janet: Ella Raines. Mrs. Garcia: Miriam Goldina.


Positive films on deaf people include a biography of author and advocate Helen Keller (1880-1968) and a 1960's-era piece on hearing impaired individuals with successful computer careers.

10:00pm Hollywood Palace Memories

[Season Opener] Host Sammy Davis Jr. welcomes soul music icon Aretha Franklin, child star Johnny Whitaker and the pop group Spanky & Our Gang.

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Oscar winning actress Bette Davis appears on "What's My Line" as the mystery contest-ant.


Phat Man Dee beautifully croons "You are Special" and the River City Brass performs the classic "Rock Around the Clock." Also: a clip of local legend Mary Lou Williams singing the jazz favorite "Ain't Misbehavin."


Shorts set in unusual environ-ments include a world made up of candy and another in which all of the residents are balloons.


“Blonde Ice” (1948). This impressive and inventive 1948 film noir follows a journalist (Leslie Brooks) who is willing to do anything to get the story --- even if it means committing one mur-der after another. Les: Robert Paige. Blackie: Russ Vincent.

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Among the contestants in "To Tell The Truth" include a woman who is a spelunker. Actor Don Ameche is among the panelists.


Commander Buzz Corry (Ed Kemmer) leads his Space Patrol team in tracking down money and credits stolen from spaceships. Cadet Happy: Lyn Osborn. Major Robbie Robert-son: Ken Mayer. Vera: Lisa Howard.

8:30pm Captain Z Ro

Captain Z-Ro and Jet learn that the life of legendary fron-tiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820) is in danger even before his historic career of explora-tion begins. Captain: Roy Steffens. Jet: Bruce Haynes. Young Daniel: Billy Hicks.


Oscar nominated American actress Paulette Goddard por-trays the prime suspect in the murder of a prominent lord (Peter Copley). Holmes: Ronald Howard. Lestrade: Archie Duncan.


Peter agrees to undertake a risky mission to rescue a Brit-ish agent being held by a mili-tary dictatorship. Yolanda: Adrienne Corri. Hassan: Eric Pohlmann.


Al and his wife Nell (Don DeFore, Marie Windsor) have an interesting new neighbor whose new gadgets are even more interesting. Ted: Warren Stevens. Ann: Peggy O'Con-nor.


A scientist's miscalculation may turn his benign nuclear project into a deadly one. Carl: Robert Allen. Jane: Ann Lor-ing.

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Comedy bits include a frog races that doesn't go right and Johnny leads his troupe in a riddle contest.


Contestants include former silent screen actress Laura La Plante Asher (1904-1996), who retired after she was unable to transfer to talkies.

8:00pm Everybody Loves Betty

Award winning actress --- and television icon --- Betty White stars in two episodes of her first sitcom, "Life with Elizabeth," about a young suburban couple and their misadventures. Alvin: Del Moore.


[Season Opener] Bob Hope hosts an hour of laughs and music. Sketches include Phyl-lis Diller as a marriage coun-selor and a spoof of monster-themed sitcoms like “The Munsters” and “The Addams Family.” Dean Martin sings “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.”


An example of an early con-cert series features band leader Charlie Spivak (1907-1982)and his orchestra performing classic tunes such as "Lady of Spain" and "Walking My Baby Back Home."

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The domestic duo agrees to temporarily foster a boy whose father has just been sent to prison. Character ac-tress Sandra Gould, who would later become known on TV's "Bewitched," makes a brief appearance as the boy's mother. Joan: Joan Davis. Brad: Jim Backus.


The cast of singers and danc-ers perform a version of the song “The Loveliest Night of

the Year.” It was originally written in 1888 as a Mexican waltz before being re-imagined for the 1951 movie “The Great Caruso.”




“A Study in Scarlet” (1933). Famed investigator Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) makes his first talking film appearance in this adaptation of the 1887 novel. The story fol-lows Holmes as he tracks down a multiple murder when various wealthy men start dying --- and leaving nothing to their heirs. Merrydew: Alan Dinehart. Mrs. Pyke: Anna Mae Wong. Lestrade: Alan Mowbray. Wat-son: Warburton Gamble.

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The famous June Taylor Danc-ers and award winning actor William Holden are among the guests of "What's My Line" with columnist Dorothy Kil-gallen among the panelists.

8:00pm Lucy Show Lucy and Mary Jane come up with a sure-fire scheme to make money by taking ad-vantage of a company's promo-tion --- unaware that Mooney is involved. Lucy: Lucille Ball. Mary Jane: Mary Jane Croft. Mooney: Gale Gordon.


Pamela (Nancy Kulp) entices Bob to consider spending some time in the great outdoors, but all Bob is interested in is Pame-la's sexy friend. Bob: Bob Cummings. Schultzy: Ann B. Davis.

9:00pm Jack Benny Fellow radio comedian Fred Allen has designs on stealing Jack's sponsor to support his own TV program.


It's time for the Burns' to pay their property taxes, but the assessor never met anyone like Gracie (Gracie Allen). George: George Burns. Blanche: Bea Benadaret.


Riots, false arrests and vigi-lantism rock a small town after a man (John Forsythe) plots revenge for his sister's death by tampering with the water supply. June Dayton. Howard Freeman.

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Popular ventriloquist Edgar Bergan hosts "Do You Trust Your Wife," a game show that challenges married couples on how much they know about each other.


The four principal cast mem-bers of the Emmy Award win-ning TV sitcom "The Dick van Dyke Show (Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam) join the regular celebrity players including Beverly Garland.


Future late-night TV superstar Johnny Carson and comedic actress Pat Carroll compete. Allan Ludden hosts.

9:00pm Lock Up A young man's murder convic-tion leaves many questions unanswered. The cast includes a young Dyan Cannon, who later became known for films like 1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice." Maris: MacDon-ald Carey. Tom: Chet Marshall.

9:30pm Racket Squad

Braddock (Reed Hadley) goes undercover as a geologist to expose a gold scheme. Miller: Percy Helton. Davis: Richard Travis. Sam: Wade Crosby.

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The dangerous inmate at a women's prison hunts the police officer sent to ob-serve her undercover. Bar-rett: Richard Travis. Aggie: Carroll McComas. Evelyn: Bille Bird.


Former Marine Bill Greer (Bill Williams) is recruited by the Treasury Department to recover counterfeit cur-rency plates hidden in San Francisco Bay. Patty: Diane Mountford. Arnett: Carleton Young. Beaudry: Don Ken-nedy.

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The celebrity panelists of "To Tell The Truth" are confronted with two imposters posing as the head chef at the United Nations.



8:30pm Vital Signs Robert Vaughn as a young surgeon who operates on his former lover, despite the risks to his career and to her life. Franklin: James Komack. El-len: Claire Griswold.


The role of women during the 1950s is examined through a series of films including one starring Marsha Hunt (the 1940 film "Pride & Prejudice") Dar-ren McGavin (1983's "A Christmas Story") and directed by Norman Lloyd (1914-2021), who famously worked with Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock.


Don Adams (TV's "Get Smart") hosts. Guests include singer Janis Joplin and actress/singer Barbara Eden (TV's "I Dream of Jeannie"). Also: the acrobat-ic troupe Dovyeko Company.

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Kids compete for prizes in "Sense & Nonsense" by partici-pating in silly tasks. Among the children appearing is a young Leonard Frey (1938-1988) who would grow up to be an actor in films like 1970's "The Boys In The Band" and the 1980's TV series "Best Of The West".


An extended video by Andre Costello and his band the Cool Minors is this installment’s highlight. Other performers include Steven Vance, Jessica Lee and Sam Stucky. Also: a clip featuring a piece by Pitts-burgh composer Henry Mancini.


Square-jawed hero Clutch Cargo and his young pal Spinner blast off into space hoping to rescue the lost pup Paddlefoot. Also: a vintage science fiction comedy cartoon from the late 1960's.


“Our Daily Bread” (1934). Ka-ren Morley and Tom Keene portray urbanites who are forced out of the big city by the Great Depression in this acclaimed 1934 film. But their new life in the country proves to be much more rewarding and challenging than they expected. Sally: Bar-bara Pepper. Louie Fuente: Addison Richards.

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The owners of the New York Yankees are among the contest-ants in "What's My Line" as well as awarding actor Walter Pi-geon.


Tom Corbett (Frankie Thom-as) and his fellow space cadets race to save an endangered ship. The guest cast includes a young Frank Sutton, who would later be known as Sgt. Carter on the hit sitcom "Gomer Pyle USMC." Roger: Jan Merlin. Astro: Al Markim.

8:30pm Captain Z Ro

Jet learns about Venetian merchant traveler Marco Polo (1254-1324) with the help of the Captain's time machine. Captain: Roy Steffens. Jet: Bruce Haynes. Marco: Eddie Bartel.


Holmes and Watson (Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford) travel to a castle in Sussex to investigate a murder with a weapon imported from the U.S. MacLeod: Russel Wa-ters. Morelle: Maurice Teynac.


After sustaining serious facial scars, millionaire Raphael Constantine (Dennis Price) asks Peter to make him invisi-ble to hide his disfigurement --- but his real motive is much uglier. Sally: Deborah Wat-ling. Max: Edwin Richfield.


America's radar systems are being sabotaged by what may be a secret station in space. Osbourne: Richard Arlen. Jeffries: Jess Barker. Kenyon: Carlyle Mitchell.

10:30pm Yesterday’s Tales

of Tomorrow A brilliant child (Robin Mor-gan) is taken from her family to work at a military base where she predicts a future of doom. Dr. Hardensteen: Bert Lytell.

23 Saturday


Johnny offers commentary on a ballet performance; a sketch looks at the "American home of the future" --- 1980. Also appearing is singer Jill Corey.


Students from an unusual school are among the con-testants.


The challenges of youth confront Vicki and Gus Angel (Betty White, Bill Williams) as they rely on an obstetrician for Gus' fever and then must contend with Vicki's precocious nephew (Jimmy Boyd). Dolly: Nan-cy Culp. Wilma: Natalie Masters.


Canadian actor and comedi-an Ben Blue performs a silent skit set in a French bar. Also: the paintings at a museum talk back to visitors and Perry Como croons “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes.”


Groucho Marx hosts a co-medic talk/game show with real people sharing their real (and often really interesting) stories.

24 Sunday


Joan and Brad suffer three sleepless nights thanks to their new neighbors --- who like to party at all hours. Joan: Joan Davis. Brad: Jim Backus. Mildred: Sandra Gould.


American composer Leroy Anderson’s impressive 1951 instrumental piece “Blue Tan-go” receives an equally impres-sive staging by the show’s dancers.




“Nightmare Alley” (1947). Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell star in this controver-sial adaptation of the 1946 novel about the rise and fall of a slick con man. Molly: Col-

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leen Gray. Lilith: Helen Walker. Ezra: Taylor Holmes.

25 Monday




Bill Cullen hosts an early version of "The Price Is Right" with comedic actress Pat Carroll as the celebrity player and a pair of poodles delighting the audience.

8:00pm Lucy Show Comedian, actor and ventril-oquist Paul Winchell agrees to perform for a bank event but the show may not go on when Lucy (Lucille Ball) loses his dummies. Mooney: Gale Gordon.


Attempts to learn Swedish to woo a sexy model may send Bob (Bob Cummings) into orbit. Margaret: Rosemary DeCamp. Chuck: Dwayne Hickman.

9:00pm Jack Benny While traveling home from a Hawaii vacation, Jack fanta-sizes about a romance with screen legend Marilyn Mon-roe (who appears as herself). Rochester: Eddie Anderson.


Blanche and Gracie (Bea Benadaret, Gracie Allen) are determined that their hus-bands learn to rumba in time for an upcoming dance party. George: George Burns.


Noted playwright George Axelrod penned this autobio-graphical story about a Broadway author (Art Car-ney) nervously waiting to see if his show will be a success or a bust on opening night. Also in the cast: Barbara Nichols, Jacqueline Susann and Fredd Wayne.

26 Tuesday




Comedian Jan Murray hosts "Treasure Hunt," offering contestants the chance to win prizes if they answer questions correctly and select the correct treasure chest.


The husband-and-wife acting team of Gordon and Shelia MacRae play charades along with Robert Clary (TV's "Hogan's Heroes") and Richard Long.


Legendary film star James Mason and future Academy Award winning actress Jane Fonda play. Host: Allan Lud-den.

9:00pm Lock Up House painter Ed Reed (Karl Swenson) is proving a difficult client for Maris --- he freely admits to arson but not to the murder everyone else is con-vinced he committed. Maris: MacDonald Carey. Weston: John Doucette.

9:30pm Racket Squad A Korean War veteran is the target of con artists who use a complex swindle to steal his business --- and now the vet plans revenge. Braddock: Reed Hadley. Jack: Bob Rockwell. Mildred: Helen Parrish.


Sleuthing hobbyist Michael Lanyard (Louis Hayward) explores whether a murder actually happened or is merely the imagination of a deranged mind. Ted: De Forest Kelly. Bill: Michael Pate.


A dangerous storm may pre-vent Steve (Cesar Romero) from delivering life-saving aid to a Soviet scientist hiding in California. Oscar: Dan Sey-mour. Matt: Jan Merlin. Cora: June Vincent.

27 Wednesday


In the meantime, enjoy a

peaceful video.


Bright kids are challenged by host Bert Parks in the quiz show "The Giant Step" with the top prize being a college scholarship.



8:30pm Vital Signs A driven doctor (Warren Stevens) becomes a problem-atic patient when a sudden case of polio leaves him de-pendent on an iron lung. Cath-erine: Jean Willes. Dr. Lusk: Dan Dayton. Wright: Roy Glenn.


Acclaimed lyricist Stephen Sondheim answers students' questions in a television spe-cial --- which first aired when he was just 31 --- regarding his creative methods and hit musicals such as "West Side Story."


Legendary crooner Bing Cros-by hosts and his son Phil sings "For Once in My Life". Also: The Four Tops and comedian Shelley Berman.

28 Thursday




TV legend Ernie Kovacs and his wife actress Edie Adams are the mystery guests in an installment of "What's My Line" that includes a young man with an interesting underwater profession.


Jessica Lee, Phat Man Dee and the River City Brass all perform jazz classics while Jimmy Adler strums in a video shot in an unlikely location. Also: a clip of Pittsburgh native Phyllis Hyman singing "Sentimental Mood."


Shorts with a nocturnal theme include Betty Boop's pets preventing her from getting a good night sleep and Popeye's attempts at slumber are constantly thwarted by a hungry ro-dent.


“Rock, Rock, Rock!” (1956). Disc jockey Alan Freed portrays himself in this tale of teenage girl (Tuesday Weld) doing what-ever is necessary to buy her dream gown for the prom. This 1956 film is considered one of the first “jukebox musicals.” It includes per-formances by legends such as Chuck Berry, Connie Francis and Frankie Lymon.

29 Friday




In the game show "Camouflage," contestants must locate an object cleverly hidden inside simple drawings.


One of interstellar adventurer Flash Gordon's best friends is captured and brain washed to carry out a special mission --- killing Flash (Steve Holland). Dale: Irene Champlin. Zarkov: Joseph Nash.

8:30pm Captain Z Ro Captain Z-Ro teaches Jet a valu-able lesson in jealousy and loyal-ty by showing him the actions of General Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), who defected to the ene-my during the American Civil War. Captain: Roy Steffens. Jet: Bruce Haynes. Arnold: Richard Glyer.


After attending to a man's final hours, Watson (H. Marion Craw-ford) is surprised to meet the dead man walking near Holmes' flat. Holmes: Ronald Howard. Lestrade: Archie Duncan.

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Peter tries to chip away at the Cold War in attempting to rescue a Soviet scientist (Zena Marshall) who may be able to help with his invisibility ex-periments. Dee: Lisa Daniely. Sally: Deborah Watling.


DeForest Kelly (TV's "Star Trek") portrays part of a mili-tary unit whose members may have developed mental telepa-thy. Lawton: Walter Kings-ford. Edna: Rachel Ames.

10:30pm Yesterday’s Tales

of Tomorrow Joanne Hathaway (Meg Mun-dy) is undergoing a change that is making her more beau-tiful, more intelligent --- and more disturbing. Tim: Sidney Blackmer. Will: Don Briggs.

30 Saturday

7:00pm Here’s Johnny The entire membership of the Johnny Carson Fan Club visits --- all three of them; in a sketch, Johnny plays a single man trying to get invited to a neighbor's party. Jack Albertson and Jill Corey are among the featured performers.


A minister and his wife are among the contestants, who surprise Groucho with their surprising family.


Domestic concerns facing Eliza-beth and Alvin (Betty White, Del Moore) include preparing for a relative's visit and issues with their neighbors. Mrs. Skinridge: Loie Bridge.


Jackie Mason tells cutting jokes about current politics (actually,

the 1964 presidential cam-paign); the Berosini Chimps spoof the Beatles and Dean Martin performs his hit song “Volare.”


A divorce decree has an unusual stipulation: the now ex-husband is required to spend one day each year with his son doing whatever the boy desires. Damon: Cyril Richard. Donald: Van Dyke Parks. Penelope: Elaine Stritch.

7:00pm I Married Joan A pair of con artists find the ideal patsy: Joan (Joan Da-vis). Brad: Jim Backus. Mildred: Sandra Gould. Joe: Jerry Hausner.


Dorothy Collins performs the delightful tune “Glow Worm” and Irving Berlin’s classic “Cheek to Cheek.”

8:00pm Little Shop of Horrors: Channel Pittsburgh

Edition [Special] Pittsburgh native Jonathan Haze stars in this classic 1960 horror comedy as a nebbish flower shop employee whose latest horticultural find has more bite than does most foliage. This version includes fun trivia bubbles created exclusively for Channel Pittsburgh providing insights on the production and the cast. Audrey: Jack-ie Joseph. Mushnick: Mel Welles. Burson: Dick Miller. Wilbur: Jack Nicholson.

10:00pm Old Time Radio: Mercury

Theatre on the Air [Special] Perhaps the most famous --- and most infamous --- radio play of all time: Orson Welles' controversial adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds. This version moves the action to 1938 New Jersey and staged like a series of newscasts breaking into regular pro-gramming. Included: a clip from the press conference following the broadcast and another from 1970 of Welles reflecting on

the incident.

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