Retro: Central Florida Saturday, February 12, 1966

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)

8 AM Across The Fence
8:30 TBA
9 AM Jetsons (COLOR)
9:30 Atom Ant (COLOR)
10 AM Secret Squirrel (COLOR)
10:30 Underdog (COLOR)
11 AM Top Cat (COLOR)
11:30 Fury
12 N The First Look (COLOR)
12:30 Exploring (COLOR)
1 PM Junior Achievement
1:30 Laramie
2:30 The Outlaws
3:30 Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf:
Gene Littler vs. George Knudson
(COLOR)
4:30 Porter Wagoner
5 PM The Texan
5:30 GE College Bowl: University of Tulsa
vs. Newcomb College, New Orleans
(delay of perhaps two weeks from Sunday
5:30, since Sunday's live show pits either
Newcomb or Reed College of Portland, OR
against Mt. Holyoke College)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Scherer/MacNeil Report (COLOR)
7 PM It's A Small World (COLOR)
7:30 Flipper (COLOR)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (NBC's last remaining
primetime black-and-white show)
8:30 Get Smart (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Maracaibo" (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "7th Cavalry" (COLOR)

WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)

6:30 Open Mind
7:30 Frontiers Of Knowledge
8 PM They Called It Florida
8:30 Wedding On Saturday (the wedding of two
residents of a mining village in Yorkshire, England:
Pam Stanton and Don Forshaw)
9 PM In My Opinion (Barry Goldwater is one of the guests)
9:30 Leontyne Price (soloist for a concert by the Baltimore
Symphony)
sign off 10:30 PM

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Classical Mythology"
7 AM Growers Almanac
7:30 Brother Buzz
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (the Captain talks about Abraham
Lincoln, whose birthday is today)
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle (COLOR)
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo (COLOR)
10 AM Mighty Mouse (COLOR)
10:30 Linus The Lionhearted (COLOR)
11 AM Tom And Jerry (COLOR)
11:30 Quick Draw McGraw (COLOR)
12 N Sky King
12:30 Lassie
1 PM My Friend Flicka (COLOR)
1:30 Lloyd Thaxton
2:15 It's The Law
2:45 Off The Tee (golf)
3 PM SEC Basketball: Kentucky-Auburn
5 PM Lost In Space (delay from Wed 7:30, time
approximate)
6 PM Littlest Hobo
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Central Florida Showcase
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Secret Agent
9:30 The Loner (Rod Serling created this Western
about a former Union officer roaming the West
to clear his head and "find himself"--Lloyd Bridges
stars)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "East Side, West Side" (I don't think
this has any connection to George C. Scott's
1963 series)

WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)

6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Movie: "Hercules Against The Mongols"
8:30 Little Rascals
9 AM Jetsons (COLOR)
9:30 Atom Ant (COLOR)
10 AM Secret Squirrel (COLOR)
10:30 Underdog (COLOR)
11 AM Top Cat (COLOR)
11:30 Fury
12 N Comic Strip
12:15 Quiet! Minds At Work
12:30 Florida Gardenland
1 PM Movie: "Assignment--Outer Space" (COLOR)
2:30 Southland Sweepstakes Regatta (from Lake
Maggiore in St. Petersburg)
3 PM Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf (same as Ch. 2)
(COLOR)
4 PM Hi-Time (students from Tarpon Springs High School
are guests)
5 PM Florida State Fair Highlights (COLOR)
5:30 Horse Racing From Florida Downs
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Outer Limits
7:30 Flipper (COLOR)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie
8:30 Get Smart (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Maracaibo" (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Decision Before Dawn"

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

7:30 RFD Mid-Florida
8 AM Jet Jackson
8:30 Planet Patrol
9 AM Kommander Kort
9:30 Space Angel
10 AM Porky Pig (COLOR)
10:30 Beatles (COLOR)
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show (COLOR)
11:30 Magilla Gorilla (COLOR)
12 N Bugs Bunny (COLOR)
12:30 Milton The Monster (COLOR)
1 PM Sea Hunt
1:30 American Bandstand (guests: Al Martino
and the Young Rascals)
2:30 Championship Wrestling From Florida
3:30 Movie: "Cat Girl" (nothing to do with the
Catwoman)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (24 Hours of Daytona,
All-American Water-Ski Championships,
World Two-Man Bobsledding Championships)
6:30 Glenn Reeves (country music)
7 PM One Step Beyond
7:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
8 PM Donna Reed
8:30 Lawrence Welk (the Music Makers salute
Valentine's Day) (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (Donald O'Connor hosts,
Edward G. Robinson reads an excerpt from
Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait") (COLOR)
10:30 Legend Of Jesse James (delay from Mon 8:30)
11 PM News And Sports (appears to be ABC)
11:15 News, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Ghost Of Frankenstein"

WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)

6:45 Davey And Goliath
7 AM Animal Kingdom
7:15 4-H Spotlight
7:30 Space Station
8 AM Movie: "Killer Leopard"
9:30 Submarine 10
10 AM Porky Pig (COLOR)
10:30 Beatles (COLOR)
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show (COLOR)
11:30 Magilla Gorilla (COLOR)
12 N Bugs Bunny (COLOR)
12:30 Milton The Monster (COLOR)
1 PM Hoppity Hooper (COLOR)
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 10-A-Go-Go
3 PM Pro Bowlers Tour: Hialeah-Miami PBA Open
(this may be a delay)
4:30 Horse Race: Bougainvillea Turf Handicap from
Hialeah (live, COLOR)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Let's Go To The Races
7 PM News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Ozzie And Harriet (COLOR)
8 PM Donna Reed
8:30 Lawrence Welk (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (COLOR)
10:30 Zane Grey Theater
11 PM Movie: "Della" (COLOR)
1 AM News And Sports (appears to be
ABC)
1:15 Best Of Open Mike

WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)

8 AM Yogi Bear
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle (COLOR)
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo (COLOR)
10 AM Mighty Mouse (COLOR)
10:30 Linus The Lionhearted (COLOR)
11 AM Tom And Jerry (COLOR)
11:30 Quick Draw McGraw (COLOR)
12 N Huckleberry Hound
12:30 Lassie
1 PM My Friend Flicka (COLOR)
1:30 Pageant (documentary--don't know if
it has anything to do with beauty pageants)
2 PM The Lieutenant
3 PM Top Star Bowling
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Sam Snead and Gardner
Dickinson vs. Dan and Dick Sikes
5 PM Lone Ranger
5:30 Let's Go To The Races
6 PM Adventures In Paradise
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Secret Agent
9:30 The Loner
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:05 Movie: "Twenty Plus Two"

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester (same as Ch. 6)
7 AM Movie: "The Lost Tribe"
8:30 Superman
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle (COLOR)
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo (COLOR)
10 AM Mighty Mouse (COLOR)
10:30 Linus The Lionhearted (COLOR)
11 AM Tom And Jerry (COLOR)
11:30 Quick Draw McGraw (COLOR)
12 N Sky King
12:30 Lassie
1 PM My Friend Flicka (COLOR)
1:30 Stingray
2 PM College Kaleidoscope
2:30 Championship Bowling: Harry Smith (not
the CBS morning guy) vs. Don Carter
3 PM SEC Basketball: Kentucky-Auburn
5 PM CBS Golf Classic (time approximate)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Route 66
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Secret Agent
9:30 The Loner
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Story Of Dr. Wassell" (COLOR)

WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

4 PM Movie: "Arctic Fury"
5:30 Home Show
6 PM Upbeat
7 PM Sports
7:30 Racing Thrills
8 PM Movie: "Lady Luck"
9:30 Championship Wrestling From Florida
10:30 Sports Spectacular (not the CBS show)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather

 

[wbhist]

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
11:15 Movie: "East Side, West Side" (I don't think
this has any connection to George C. Scott's
1963 series)

It didn't. It was a 1949 film noir, starring Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Ava Gardner and Cyd Charisse. It was one of the films in the "MGM 30/63" package that was first made available to local TV stations in late 1962 (and premiered in the fall of 1963).

 

[oldiesfan6479]

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (NBC's last remaining
primetime black-and-white show)

b, I was going to call you on this, but you know, you're absolutely right
(with or without the Five Man Electrical Band ).

The other B&W series (not counting movie telecasts)--Convoy--had
exited the schedule in December and the Friday 8:30/7:30 second season
was occupied by Sammy Davis, Jr., with the peacock intro.

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
7:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
8 PM Donna Reed

Second season moves included Donna from Thursdays 8/7 to
this slot...but where's Oozie And Harried which assumed the
7:30/6:30 Saturday slot (and aired as such in Tampa)? Did
WFTV pre-empt or make good elsewhere?

And we'll take the ninth caller (no we won't, there's no prize, and
no HVCI line ) for the question "what was Ozzie's job?" There
are two correct answers--"he didn't have one" or "it was never
revealed." I guess we sort of knew what Ward Cleaver did for
a living.

 

[Stanislav]

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (NBC's last remaining
primetime black-and-white show)

b, I was going to call you on this, but you know, you're absolutely right
(with or without the Five Man Electrical Band ).

The other B&W series (not counting movie telecasts)--Convoy--had
exited the schedule in December and the Friday 8:30/7:30 second season
was occupied by Sammy Davis, Jr., with the peacock intro.

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
7:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
8 PM Donna Reed

Second season moves included Donna from Thursdays 8/7 to
this slot...but where's Oozie And Harried which assumed the
7:30/6:30 Saturday slot (and aired as such in Tampa)? Did
WFTV pre-empt or make good elsewhere?

And we'll take the ninth caller (no we won't, there's no prize, and
no HVCI line ) for the question "what was Ozzie's job?" There
are two correct answers--"he didn't have one" or "it was never
revealed." I guess we sort of knew what Ward Cleaver did for
a living.

Did we? I don't think it was ever explicitly stated. AFAIK, the only clue is that Ward was an engineer in the military during WWII, so one would have to assume he was still involved in engineering to some degree in his later civilian life.

 

[azumanga]

WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)

1:30 Pageant (documentary--don't know if
it has anything to do with beauty pageants)

I think this was a travelogue series.

 

[bpatrick]

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (NBC's last remaining
primetime black-and-white show)

b, I was going to call you on this, but you know, you're absolutely right
(with or without the Five Man Electrical Band ).

The other B&W series (not counting movie telecasts)--Convoy--had
exited the schedule in December and the Friday 8:30/7:30 second season
was occupied by Sammy Davis, Jr., with the peacock intro.

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
7:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
8 PM Donna Reed

Second season moves included Donna from Thursdays 8/7 to
this slot...but where's Oozie And Harried which assumed the
7:30/6:30 Saturday slot (and aired as such in Tampa)? Did
WFTV pre-empt or make good elsewhere?

And we'll take the ninth caller (no we won't, there's no prize, and
no HVCI line ) for the question "what was Ozzie's job?" There
are two correct answers--"he didn't have one" or "it was never
revealed." I guess we sort of knew what Ward Cleaver did for
a living.

"Ozzie And Harriet" aired in Orlando Sundays at 6:30. However,
on Feb. 13, WFTV pre-empted it for a "Project 9" documentary
on the rising number of traffic-related deaths in Florida.

Although it was never said what Ozzie's job was, in real life he
had been a very successful bandleader and Harriet, the singer
with the band.

I know there's a "Leave It To Beaver" episode where Beaver finds
some old engineering equipment belonging to Ward, who explains
that he was in the Seabees during World War II. However, I was
always under the impression that Ward became an accountant and
that that's what his job was on the show.

 

[bpatrick]

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (NBC's last remaining
primetime black-and-white show)

b, I was going to call you on this, but you know, you're absolutely right
(with or without the Five Man Electrical Band ).

The other B&W series (not counting movie telecasts)--Convoy--had
exited the schedule in December and the Friday 8:30/7:30 second season
was occupied by Sammy Davis, Jr., with the peacock intro.

Your mention of Sammy's Friday-night show reminds me that it was a
ratings disaster. The first telecast, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton, was skewered by the critics as "pointless." Then Sammy had to
stay off his own show for three weeks due to a previous commitment to
ABC (IIRC, it was a kids' special called "Hey Cinderella! Or What's A Nice
Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?"). Sammy never recovered from
that unfortunate beginning.

But if you believe TV Guide, the worst was yet to come; they ranked
his syndicated talk show "Sammy And Company" (1975-77) among the
50 worst shows in TV history.

Still, I remember Sammy's annual appearances on Jerry Lewis' telethon;
love him or hate him, he was a consummate showman and I still miss
seeing him on Labor Day.

 

[DS67]

I remember "Lets go to the Races",My Mom used to get scratch off tickets from Winn Dixie that would give the pick of the race when scratched off. I think the Races started at 6pm(at least in 1976) and My Mom's horse always seemed to finish last! :

 

[Stanislav]

But if you believe TV Guide, the worst was yet to come; they ranked
his syndicated talk show "Sammy And Company" (1975-77) among the
50 worst shows in TV history.

IIRC, that show and its cheesiness, its shallowness, and its guests' mutual semi-sincere fawning and waxing poetic over each other, was one of the inspirations for SCTV's "Sammy Maudlin Show." (Which also, of course, had some Tonight Show elements as part of the mix, too.)

 

[Tim L]

Your mention of Sammy's Friday-night show reminds me that it was a
ratings disaster. The first telecast, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton, was skewered by the critics as "pointless." Then Sammy had to
stay off his own show for three weeks due to a previous commitment to
ABC (IIRC, it was a kids' special called "Hey Cinderella! Or What's A Nice
Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?"). Sammy never recovered from
that unfortunate beginning.

But if you believe TV Guide, the worst was yet to come; they ranked
his syndicated talk show "Sammy And Company" (1975-77) among the
50 worst shows in TV history.

Still, I remember Sammy's annual appearances on Jerry Lewis' telethon;
love him or hate him, he was a consummate showman and I still miss
seeing him on Labor Day.

That was actually Alice In Wonderland, which ABC aired October 30, 1966. Sammy was the "Chesire Cat" in that production..It was sponsored by Rexall Drugs and had the cartoon cast in integrated commercials...Would love to have that intact, commercials and all..

 

[bpatrick]

I stand corrected; "Hey Cinderella" starred the Muppets
and aired around 1969 or '70. But why would Sammy be
off his own show for three weeks in January and February
when the special didn't air until after his show was gone?

 

[azumanga]

That was actually Alice In Wonderland, which ABC aired October 30, 1966... It was sponsored by Rexall Drugs and had the cartoon cast in integrated commercials...Would love to have that intact, commercials and all..

Especially the ads involving the red pill and the blue pill.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

But why would Sammy be off his own show for three weeks in January and February
when the special didn't air until after his show was gone?

The contractual red tape must have involved a different, earlier special.

Excerpted from Brooks & Marsh:
"An unusual situation occurred at the start of the series. Mr. Davis had a
prior commitment to do a special on ABC with the stipulation that he could
not appear on television during the three weeks preceding the special."

His NBC series premiered on Jan. 7, 1966 which he hosted, then used guest
hosts for the next three shows. Sammy would have returned on Feb. 4,
so the ABC special must have aired between Jan. 29-Feb. 3.

And just for laughs (though it didn't seem that way at the time, just a
crummy way to operate a TV station), if you were in Tucson, all these
dates were out of synch, as KVOA-TV ran Sammy Fridays at 9 PM MT
on a one-week tape delay. Could it have been worse? Sure...KVOA ran
timeslot predecessor Convoy two weeks late, and on 16mm film to boot! :