Retro:Cleveland/Northern Ohio, Erie, Pa. Thursday, November 25, 1965

[TimL]

Thanksgiving Day Listings, Courtesy TV Guide:

Channels
3 WKYC-TV NBC Cleveland
5 WEWS ABC Cleveland
8 WJW-TV CBS Cleveland
11 WTOL CBS/NBC Toledo
12 WICU NBC/ABC Erie, Pa.
13 WSPD-TV ABC/NBC Toledo
21 WFMJ-TV NBC Youngstown
25 WVIZ NET Cleveland
27 WKBN-TV CBS Youngstown
33 WYTV ABC Youngstown
35 WSEE CBS Erie, Pa.
49 WAKR-TV ABC Akron

6:20
3 News

6:25
3 Farm Fare

6:30
3 Educational Exchange

6:45
12 Rex Humbard

7AM
3-12-21 Today-COLOR

7:10
8 News

7:15
8 Rex Humbard

7:25
3 What's Doing?-Linn Sheldon
13 Farm Report

7:30
3-13 Today-COLOR
8-27-35 CBS Morning News-Mike Wallace
11 Cartoon Carnival-Cartoons

7:55
8-27-35 Local News

8AM
8-11-27-35 Captain Kangaroo
33 Barney Bean-Children

8:30
11 Movie-Have Rocket Will Travel 1959
(Special today only: Normally 9AM Romper Room 9:30 Mr. T's Morning Show)
33 King Leonardo And Odie

8:40
5 News

8:45
5 Cartoons
33 Movie-Dialing For Dollars Theater:The Senator Was Indiscreet 1948

9AM
3 Mike Douglas-Co Host Milton Berle with Heloise and The Four Tops
8 Franz The Toymaker-COLOR
12 Jack LaLanne
13 Movie:Barbary Coast Gent 1944
21 Cartoons
27 Romper Room-Miss Rosemary
35 A Time For Us-Serial-ABC

9:30
5 Romper Room-Miss Barbara
12 General Hospital-ABC
21 People's Choice-Jackie Cooper
27 Cartoon Carnival
35 Nurses-ABC

9:55
8 News-Howard Hoffman

10AM
3-11-12-21 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade-Lorne Greene, Betty White-The Famous Underdog Balloon Makes its debut this year-SPECIAL-COLOR
5 Paige Palmer

8-27-35 Thanksgiving Parades-SPECIAL
Macy's-New York-Arthur Godfrey, Bess Myerson
Gimbel's-Philadelphia-Bud Collyer
J.L. Hudson-Detroit Marilyn Van Derbur, Frank Gifford
Eaton's-Toronto-Jack Linkletter (Taped Highlites)

33 TV Bingo

49 Operation Alphabet

10:30
5 Junior Clubhouse
13 Donna Reed
33 Never Too Young
49 Ed Allen-Exercise

11AM
5 Alan Douglas-Talk
13-33-49 Young Set-Phyllis Kirk Discussion

11:30
5 Young Marrieds-Serial

12PM
3-12-21 Underdog-SPECIAL-COLOR (Pre-Empts Jeopardy)
5 News
8-27-35 NFL Football-Baltimore Colts At Detroit Lions-COLOR
Frank Gifford, Pat Summerall
11 Movie-Broken Lance 1954-COLOR
13 Ben Casey
33-49 Donna Reed

12:15
5 Noon Show-Captain Penny

12:30
3-12-21 Let's Play Post Office-COLOR
33-49 Father Knows Best

12:55
3-12-21 NBC News-Frank McGee

1PM
3 Three On The Town-COLOR
5 Merv Griffin-Moved from 3:30 for the Holiday-preempts Ben Casey on 5
12 Garden And Farm
13 Mike Douglas
21 Local News
33-49 Ben Casey

1:15
21 Kitchen Corner

1:30
3-11-12-21 College Football-COLOR Oklahoma/Nebraska

2PM
5-33-49 Nurses

2;30
5-13-33-49 A Time For Us
8-27-35 House Party-Linkletter (Notes that the show may be Pre-empted)

2:55
5-13-33-49 ABC News-Marlene Sanders

3PM
5-13-33-49 General Hospital
8-27-35 To Tell The Truth

3:25
8-27-35 CBS News

3:30
5 Comedy Clubhouse-COLOR (Normally 5PM)
8 Aladdin's Lamp SPECIAL COLOR
13 Nurses
27-35 Edge Of Night
33-49 Young Marieds

4PM
13-33 Where The Action Is
27-35 Secret Storm
49 Never Too Young

4:30
3-12-21 AFL Football-Buffalo Bills At San Diego Chargers-COLOR
Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman
5 High School Big Bands-SPECIAL-Bands from Parma, Euclid, Cleveland West Tech and Massillon are featured.
11 Movie-Right Cross 1950
13 Movie-At Gunpoint 1955
27 Movie-Carnival Story 1954
33 Mike Douglas
35 Cartoons
49 Where The Action Is

4:45
35 Movie-Poor Little Rich Girl 1936

5PM
5-33-49 Sammy Davis Jr. SPECIAL-COLOR "The Wonderful World Of Children
8 Adventure Road-Jim Doney-COLOR

6PM
5 Rocky And His Friends
8 City Camera News-Doug Adair, Joel Daly, Ken Coleman Bob "Noulihan" Wells
13-27 News
25 What's New
33 Movie-Belle Starr 1941
49 Professor Jack-Children

6:15
5 ABC News-Peter Jennings
11 Wally Gator-Cartoon
35 Weather, News
49 Sea Hunt

6:30
5 High School Football (Highlights)
8-27-35 CBS News-Cronkite
11 Woody Woodpecker-COLOR
25 Managers In Action

6:45
13 ABC News-Jennings
49 Professor Jack Continues

6:55
49 Sports-Bob Wylie

7PM
5 News-Boill Jorgenson
8 Zorro (Disney)
11 News-Ward, Saunders
13-27 Rifleman (Syndicated-Different Episodes)
25 National Symphony
35 Jesse James-ABC
49 News

7:15
49 Women's Page

7:20
5 Dorothy Fuldheim

7:30
3-12-21 Daniel Boone-COLOR
5-13-33 Shindig
8-11-27-35 Munsters
49 High School Football-Taped Highlights of the Akron City Championship Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day for many years

8PM
5-13-33 Donna Reed
8-11-27-35 Gilligan's Island-COLOR
25 Negro People-History

8:30
3-12-21 Music By Cole Porter-SPECIAL/COLOR (Pre-empts Laredo)
5-13-33 OK Crackerby-COLOR
8-11-27-35 My Three Sons-COLOR
25 Legacy-History

9PM
5-13-33-49 Bewitched
8-11-27-35 Movie-Mysterious Island 1961 COLOR
25 French Chef-Julia Child

9:30
3-12-21 Mona McCluskey-COLOR
5-13-33-49 Peyton Place
25 Heritage-Discussion

10PM
3-12-21 Dean Martin-COLOR
5-13-33 First Lady's White House Tour-SPECIAL/COLOR Pre-Empts Long Hot Summer
49 Donna Reed (Moved from 8PM because Of Football Game)

10:30
49 OK Crackerby (Moved from 8:30 PM)

11PM
3 News-COLOR Virgil Dominic
5 News-Tom Field
8 News-Adair, Daly
11-12-13-21-27-33-35-49 News

11:10
5 Sports-Paul Wilcox
8 Sports-John Fitzgerald

11:15
3 Weather-COLOR Wally Kinnan
8 Weather-COLOR Bob "Houlihan" Wells
35 Movie-The Blue Veil 1951
49 Movie-Love Lottery 1954

11:20
3 Sports COLOR Jim Graner
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 Movie-The Lady Eve 1941
27 Movie-To The Victor 1948

11:25
33 Movie Belle Starr 1941

11:30
3 Movie-Fort Osage 1952
5-12-13-21 Johnny Carson-COLOR
11 Movie-Holiday Inn 1942

1AM
5-21-33-49 News

1:05
3 Bilko (Phil Silvers Show)

1:15
8 Movie-Happy Go Lucky 1942

1:35
3 Educational Exchange

2:05
3 News

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Tim Lones takes us back to Cleveland (and northern Ohio) on Thanksgiving Day 1965:

> 9AM
> 3 Mike Douglas-Co Host Milton Berle with Heloise and The
> Four Tops

This was shortly after the show moved to Philadelphia; I thought that in it's Cleveland days, "Mike Douglas" was broadcast live at 12:30 P.M.

> 10AM
> 3-11-12-21 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade-Lorne Greene, Betty
> White-The Famous Underdog Balloon Makes its debut this
> year-SPECIAL-COLOR

I seem to recall Greene and White were hosts for NBC's coverage of the Macy's Parade well into (and perhaps through?) the 1970's.

> 8-27-35 Thanksgiving Parades-SPECIAL
> Macy's-New York-Arthur Godfrey, Bess Myerson
> Gimbel's-Philadelphia-Bud Collyer
> J.L. Hudson-Detroit Marilyn Van Derbur, Frank Gifford
> Eaton's-Toronto-Jack Linkletter (Taped Highlites)

An interesting move by CBS. I don't know how their "Thanksgiving Day Parade Jubilee" (as it was known as for many years) got started, but I suspect it was because at first, CBS did only the Macy's parade and got creamed by NBC in the ratings. CBS probably thought "Hey, there are also Thanksgiving Day parades in Philadelphia and Detroit as well as in New York! Let's show all three and tell viewers they'll see three parades if they watch CBS!".

The Eaton's Santa Claus Parade, if my memory serves me correct, is/was held on the Sunday prior to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. I suspect that the taped excerpts shown on CBS Thanksgiving morning consisted of CBC or CTV video with Jack Linkletter (Art's son) as commentator for CBS.

It's interesting Frank Gifford was in Detroit that morning. I would think he had a car with a Police escort waiting to take him to Tiger Stadium for.........

> 12PM
> 8-27-35 NFL Football-Baltimore Colts At Detroit Lions-COLOR
> Frank Gifford, Pat Summerall

At the time, both Gifford and Summerall were analysts. Who did play-by-play??

I think this was also the first-ever NFL game on CBS to be broadcast in color. I also think it was the only NFL game CBS did in color during the 1965 regular-season (although I believe CBS did broadcast all the playoff games and the NFL Championship game that year in color; I think that starting in 1966, CBS broadcast all their regular-season NFL games in color).

FYI: I think the first Thanksgiving Day NFL game in Dallas was in 1966, but I didn't think Turkey Day games in Dallas became an annual event until 1970.

> 4:30
> 3-12-21 AFL Football-Buffalo Bills At San Diego
> Chargers-COLOR
> Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman

I would think that Gowdy and Christman did three football broadcasts for NBC during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend in 1965: an AFL game on Turkey Day, a college game on Saturday, and another AFL game on Sunday.

> 7:30
> 49 High School Football-Taped Highlights of the Akron City
> Championship Traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day for
> many years

Akron isn't the only place where high-school football is big on Thanksgiving.

Here in the Boston area, Thanksgiving marks the end of the regular-season for high-school football. It's a tradition that goes back over a century in some cases. Teams play their traditional arch-rival.

And for nearly two decades, WCVB-5 in Boston has broadcast (and will do so again in 2005) a half-hour special on Thanksgiving evening with highlights of important Thanksgiving Day high-school football games in the Boston area.