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In memory of Ed Ames, a native of the Boston suburb of Malden, here's what was on Boston TV the day he inadverdantly made one of TV's most hilarious moment of all time!
NOTE: President Johnson held a 34-minute press conference on all three networks at 4:00 pm.
2 WGBH (NET)
9:05 Parlons Francais 1
9:25 Science
9:45 Parlons Francais 2
11:00 Parlons Francais 3
12:30 Sing Hi, Sing Lo
12:45 Friendly Giant
1:00 Parlons Francais 1
1:45 Science 1
2:00 (off the air)
5:00 Sing Hi, Sing Lo
5:15 Friendly Giant
5:30 What's New?
6:00 Watch Mr. Wizard
6:30 News & Comment
6:45 New England Views
7:00 Chemistry 4
7:30 Elliott Norton Reviews
8:00 Antiques
8:30 Performance - Simmons College Glee Club
9:00 America's Crises: "Marked for Failure"
10:00 What in the World?
10:30 Images
4 WBZ (NBC)
6:15 Sign-on Seminar
6:45 Daily Almanac
7:00 Today
9:00 Big Brother & Flash
9:25 New England Today
9:30 Bachelor Father
10:00 Truth or Consequences
10:25 NBC News Morning Report
10:30 What's This Song? - Wink Martindale's first game show
11:00 Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy!
NOON Eyewitness News (locally pre-empts Call My Bluff)
12:30 Mike Douglas - Co-host: Carol Lawrence; Guests: Dick Clark, Clyde McCoy, Matt Mattox, Dr. Aron Steinberg, Gloria Winters (locally pre-empts I'll Bet and Let's Make a Deal)
2:00 Moment of Truth
2:30 The Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! - Guests: June Allyson, Jan Murray
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference (pre-empts Match Game)
4:30 Leave It to Beaver (joined in progress)
5:00 Boston Movietime: "Four Men and a Prayer" (1938) - Loretta Young, Richard Green, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith
6:30 Eyewitness News
7:00 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Mr. Novak: "Once a Clown" (Series Finale)
8:30 Hullabaloo - Host: George Hamilton; Guests: Brenda Lee, The Impressions, The Womenfolk, Wayne Fontana, The Mind Benders, Linda Bennett, The Hollies, Noel Harrison
9:30 That Was the Week That Was - David Frost
10:00 Bell Telephone Hour: 25th Anniversary - Guests: Harry Belafonte, Maurice Chevalier, Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Preston, Joan Sutherland, Maria Tallchief
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 Spring Festival of Movie: "Anna Lucasta" (1958) - Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr.
5 WHDH (CBS)
6:00 Life of Riley
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 Key Club
7:30 Captain Bob
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Romper Room
9:30 For Women Only
9:45 We Believe
10:00 CBS Morning News - Mike Wallace
10:30 I Love Lucy
11:00 Andy of Mayberry
11:30 Real McCoys
NOON Love of Life
12:25 CBS Midday News
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 News
1:05 New England Farm and Food
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Password - Guests: Shari Lewis, Chester Morris
2:30 House Party
3:00 To Tell the Truth - Panel: Marty Ingels, Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Vivian Vance
3:25 CBS Afternoon News
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference (Pre-empts Secret Storm)
4:30 Jack Benny (joined in progress)
5:00 Bozo the Clown
6:00 Dateline Boston
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS Evening News (special news story on the death of Edward R. Murrow that day)
7:00 WHDH-TV News
7:25 Weather
7:30 Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman: "Police Action, Part II" - Focusing on the Korean War after the USA's entry.
8:00 Joey Bishop: "Ellie Goes to Court" (12/6/64; series finale aired Mar. 30)
8:30 Petticoat Junction: "The Mayor of Hooterville"
9:00 Red Sox Baseball - at Chicago White Sox
MIDNIGHT WHDH-TV News
12:30 Tonight Show (pre-empted by WBZ; in progress) - Guests: Ed Ames (with his historically hillarious "Tomahawk throw"), Myron Cohen, Luba Lisa, Phil Ford, Mimi Hines; Musical guests: The Dorothy Donegan Trio
7 WNAC (ABC)
6:30 Understanding Our World
7:00 Three Stooges
8:30 Rebus Game - Jack Linkletter
9:00 Jack LaLanne
9:30 Girl Talk
10:00 Young Marrieds
10:30 Flame in the Wind
11:00 December Bride
11:30 Price is Right (Cullen version ended Sept. 3)
NOON Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 General Hospital
1:30 Trailmaster
2:00 Hollywood's Greatest Stars: "Ziegfeld Girl", Part 2 (1941) - James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, Philip Dorn
3:55 News with the Women's Touch
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5:00 Yogi Bear
5:30 Three Stooges
6:00 Peter Jennings with the News
6:15 Early News
6:30 Rifleman
7:00 Car 54, Where Are You?
7:30 Combat!: "Beneath the Ashes" (Season Finale)
8:30 McHale's Navy: "All Ahead, Empty"
9:00 The Tycoon: "Honest Man" (Series Finale)
9:30 Peyton Place
10:00 The Fugitive: "When the Bough Breaks" (10/6/64) - Guest starring Diana Hyland, Lin McCarthy, Royal Dano, Sue Randall
11:00 Late News
11:20 Late Show: "Suspicion" (1941) - Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
1:20 Late Late Show: "Riverboat Rhythm" (1946) - Leon Errol, Glenn Vernon, Walter Catlett
38 WIHS
5:00 (PM) Kit Carson
5:30 Kartoon Party
6:00 Famous Playhouse
6:30 Love That Bob
7:00 Movie: "Gold Dust Gertie" (1931) - Winnie Lightner, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Claude Gillingwater
8:30 Meet Corliss Archer
9:00 Ray Milland
9:30 Ann Sothern
10:00 News
10:15 Movie: "Winner Take All" (1932) - James Cagney, Marian Nixon
Sources: Boston Globe @ newspapers.com; Boston Herald, Boston Record American @ geneologybank.com
NOTE: President Johnson held a 34-minute press conference on all three networks at 4:00 pm.
2 WGBH (NET)
9:05 Parlons Francais 1
9:25 Science
9:45 Parlons Francais 2
11:00 Parlons Francais 3
12:30 Sing Hi, Sing Lo
12:45 Friendly Giant
1:00 Parlons Francais 1
1:45 Science 1
2:00 (off the air)
5:00 Sing Hi, Sing Lo
5:15 Friendly Giant
5:30 What's New?
6:00 Watch Mr. Wizard
6:30 News & Comment
6:45 New England Views
7:00 Chemistry 4
7:30 Elliott Norton Reviews
8:00 Antiques
8:30 Performance - Simmons College Glee Club
9:00 America's Crises: "Marked for Failure"
10:00 What in the World?
10:30 Images
4 WBZ (NBC)
6:15 Sign-on Seminar
6:45 Daily Almanac
7:00 Today
9:00 Big Brother & Flash
9:25 New England Today
9:30 Bachelor Father
10:00 Truth or Consequences
10:25 NBC News Morning Report
10:30 What's This Song? - Wink Martindale's first game show
11:00 Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy!
NOON Eyewitness News (locally pre-empts Call My Bluff)
12:30 Mike Douglas - Co-host: Carol Lawrence; Guests: Dick Clark, Clyde McCoy, Matt Mattox, Dr. Aron Steinberg, Gloria Winters (locally pre-empts I'll Bet and Let's Make a Deal)
2:00 Moment of Truth
2:30 The Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! - Guests: June Allyson, Jan Murray
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference (pre-empts Match Game)
4:30 Leave It to Beaver (joined in progress)
5:00 Boston Movietime: "Four Men and a Prayer" (1938) - Loretta Young, Richard Green, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith
6:30 Eyewitness News
7:00 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Mr. Novak: "Once a Clown" (Series Finale)
8:30 Hullabaloo - Host: George Hamilton; Guests: Brenda Lee, The Impressions, The Womenfolk, Wayne Fontana, The Mind Benders, Linda Bennett, The Hollies, Noel Harrison
9:30 That Was the Week That Was - David Frost
10:00 Bell Telephone Hour: 25th Anniversary - Guests: Harry Belafonte, Maurice Chevalier, Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Preston, Joan Sutherland, Maria Tallchief
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 Spring Festival of Movie: "Anna Lucasta" (1958) - Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr.
5 WHDH (CBS)
6:00 Life of Riley
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 Key Club
7:30 Captain Bob
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Romper Room
9:30 For Women Only
9:45 We Believe
10:00 CBS Morning News - Mike Wallace
10:30 I Love Lucy
11:00 Andy of Mayberry
11:30 Real McCoys
NOON Love of Life
12:25 CBS Midday News
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 News
1:05 New England Farm and Food
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Password - Guests: Shari Lewis, Chester Morris
2:30 House Party
3:00 To Tell the Truth - Panel: Marty Ingels, Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Vivian Vance
3:25 CBS Afternoon News
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference (Pre-empts Secret Storm)
4:30 Jack Benny (joined in progress)
5:00 Bozo the Clown
6:00 Dateline Boston
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS Evening News (special news story on the death of Edward R. Murrow that day)
7:00 WHDH-TV News
7:25 Weather
7:30 Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman: "Police Action, Part II" - Focusing on the Korean War after the USA's entry.
8:00 Joey Bishop: "Ellie Goes to Court" (12/6/64; series finale aired Mar. 30)
8:30 Petticoat Junction: "The Mayor of Hooterville"
9:00 Red Sox Baseball - at Chicago White Sox
MIDNIGHT WHDH-TV News
12:30 Tonight Show (pre-empted by WBZ; in progress) - Guests: Ed Ames (with his historically hillarious "Tomahawk throw"), Myron Cohen, Luba Lisa, Phil Ford, Mimi Hines; Musical guests: The Dorothy Donegan Trio
7 WNAC (ABC)
6:30 Understanding Our World
7:00 Three Stooges
8:30 Rebus Game - Jack Linkletter
9:00 Jack LaLanne
9:30 Girl Talk
10:00 Young Marrieds
10:30 Flame in the Wind
11:00 December Bride
11:30 Price is Right (Cullen version ended Sept. 3)
NOON Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 General Hospital
1:30 Trailmaster
2:00 Hollywood's Greatest Stars: "Ziegfeld Girl", Part 2 (1941) - James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, Philip Dorn
3:55 News with the Women's Touch
4:00 President Johnson Press Conference
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5:00 Yogi Bear
5:30 Three Stooges
6:00 Peter Jennings with the News
6:15 Early News
6:30 Rifleman
7:00 Car 54, Where Are You?
7:30 Combat!: "Beneath the Ashes" (Season Finale)
8:30 McHale's Navy: "All Ahead, Empty"
9:00 The Tycoon: "Honest Man" (Series Finale)
9:30 Peyton Place
10:00 The Fugitive: "When the Bough Breaks" (10/6/64) - Guest starring Diana Hyland, Lin McCarthy, Royal Dano, Sue Randall
11:00 Late News
11:20 Late Show: "Suspicion" (1941) - Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
1:20 Late Late Show: "Riverboat Rhythm" (1946) - Leon Errol, Glenn Vernon, Walter Catlett
38 WIHS
5:00 (PM) Kit Carson
5:30 Kartoon Party
6:00 Famous Playhouse
6:30 Love That Bob
7:00 Movie: "Gold Dust Gertie" (1931) - Winnie Lightner, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Claude Gillingwater
8:30 Meet Corliss Archer
9:00 Ray Milland
9:30 Ann Sothern
10:00 News
10:15 Movie: "Winner Take All" (1932) - James Cagney, Marian Nixon
Sources: Boston Globe @ newspapers.com; Boston Herald, Boston Record American @ geneologybank.com
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