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Retro: This Week in TV Guide, March 6, 1965 - MSP Edition

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Mitchell H

David Janssen is the cover boy on this week's edition, as we learn about the toll being taken by The Fugitive. Elsewhere, there's a terrific excuse to show a picture of Sophia Loren, Sullivan vs. The Palace, Johnny Carson suffering from the 15-minute flu, a preview of Tuesday's column, and more!

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/03/this-week-in-tv-guide-march-6-1965.html

As always your comments, positive and negative, are welcome.

And now the listings for Saturday, March 6, 1965. As usual back then, Channel 2 - the educational channel - did not broadcast on weekends.

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:30a Sunrise Semester
07:00a Mister Mayor
08:00a Alvin
08:30a Tennessee Tuxedo
09:00a Quick Draw McGraw
09:30a Mighty Mouse
10:00a Linus the Lionhearted
10:30a The Jetsons
11:00a Sky King
11:30a My Friend Flicka
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Weather
12:20p Sports
12:30p Hobbies and Handicrafts
12:45p Almanac Newsreel
01:00p CBS Golf Classic (Casper/Rosberg vs. Winninger/Bolt)
02:00p Movie – “Live Wires”
03:00p Keyhole
03:30p Big Ten Basketball – Minnesota vs. Michigan
05:00p Commercial (music)
05:15p Sports Locker Room
05:30p Survival
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p Sports
06:25p Weather
06:30p Jackie Gleason
07:30p Gilliglan’s Island
08:00p The Entertainers
09:00p Gunsmoke
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Weather
10:20p Sports
10:30p Movie – “Picnic”
12:00a Bedtime Nooz (time approximate)
12:15a Movie – “Ghost Chasers”
01:15a Night Kappers

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning
07:30a Farm Scene (color)
08:00a Andy’s Gang
08:30a Hector Heathcoat (color)
09:00a Underdog (color)
09:30a Fireball XL-5
10:00a Dennis the Menace
10:30a Fury
11:00a Exploring (color)
Afternoon
12:00p Mr. Wizard
12:30p Science Fiction Theater
01:00p Double Feature – “The Giant Gila Monster”
02:15p “The Black Cat”
02:30p Pro Bowlers Tour (Oklahoma City Open)
03:30p Gadabout Gaddis (color)
04:00p Big Three Golf
05:00p M-Squad
05:30p Everglades (color)
Evening
06:00p News (local) (color)
06:15p Weather (color)
06:20p Sports (color)
06:30p Flipper (color)
07:00p Kentucky Jones
07:30p Movie – “Battleground”
10:00p News (local) (color)
10:15p Weather (color)
10:20p Sports (color)
10:30p Johnny Carson (Mel Torme, Ethel Ennis, Pete Barbutti, Nina Wayne) (color)
12:15a Movie – “Teenage Caveman”

KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
Morning
09:00a Shenanigans
09:30a Annie Oakley
10:00a Casper
10:30a Porky Pig
11:00a Bugs Bunny
11:30a Hoppity Hooper (color)
Afternoon
12:00p American Bandstand
01:00p Senator Eugene McCarthy
01:15p Commercial (music)
01:30p Wrestling Champions
04:00p Wide World of Sports (figure skating, ski jumping)
05:30p Peter Gunn
Evening
06:00p FDR
06:30p King Family
07:30p Lawrence Welk
08:30p Hollywood Palace
09:30p The Rebel
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Weather
10:20p Sports
10:30p Movie – “The Horse Soldiers” (color)

WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
Morning
09:45a News (local)
10:00a About Ireland
10:30a Pinky Lee
11:00a Exploring Nature
11:30a The King and Odie
Afternoon
12:00p Lunch With Casey
01:00p Roundhouse Rodney
01:30p Film Short
01:45p Commercial (trade)
02:00p Championship Bowling (Fred Lening vs. Billy Hardwick)
03:00p Rocky and His Friends
03:15p Film Short
03:30p Abbott and Costello
04:00p Movie – “Atlas”
05:30p Sea Hunt
Evening
06:00p All Star Wrestling
07:30p Movie – “Tarzan’s Savage Fury”
09:00p Adventure Theater
09:30p News (local)
09:45p Weather
09:50p Sports
10:00p Movie – “Two Women”
12:00a Commercial (music)
12:15a Amos ‘n’ Andy
 
In the rivalry of Ed Sullivan/Hollywood Palace, I was surprised that no rock act was booked that week on Ed Sullivan. As I remember, by that time rock acts were a weekly norm on Ed Sullivan. Rock acts on Hollywood Palace were not as common.
 
therealjm12 said:
In the rivalry of Ed Sullivan/Hollywood Palace, I was surprised that no rock act was booked that week on Ed Sullivan. As I remember, by that time rock acts were a weekly norm on Ed Sullivan. Rock acts on Hollywood Palace were not as common.
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I agree - by this time Ed was really going all in on rock in an effort to keep his ratings high by offering something for everyone in the family. It would backfire on him eventually, when rockers started shunning television as being "uncool" and unnecessary and younger people stopped watching TV with their parents, by which time Ed had already damaged his relationship with older viewers.
 
I have to second that. Younger viewers didn't care about the
old vaudevillians who popped up on Sullivan's show (and probably
only the youngest cared about Topo Gigio), and older viewers
didn't want to see the rock groups, so Ed ended up dividing his
audience instead of uniting them.

I can't remember the exact date but it was around this time that
Dean Martin was hosting "The Hollywood Palace" and the Rolling Stones
were on the bill. The act following them was an acrobat of some sort,
and Dean introduced him by saying, "This is the father of the Rolling Stones.
He's been trying to kill himself ever since."

Interesting, though, that people you don't consider "hip" introduced some of
these acts to American television: Sullivan and the Beatles, of course, but
Jackie Gleason and not Sullivan gave Elvis his first national exposure (on Tommy
and Jimmy Dorsey's "Stage Show," which Gleason produced), and Red Skelton
had the Rolling Stones first.

And here's one that'll leave you shaking your heads in disbelief: a one-hit-wonder
group, the Chantays, had a surf hit called "Pipeline" in the summer of 1963. And
on whose show did they perform that song? Lawrence Welk's!
 
can't remember the exact date but it was around this time that
Dean Martin was hosting "The Hollywood Palace" and the Rolling Stones
were on the bill. The act following them was an acrobat of some sort,
and Dean introduced him by saying, "This is the father of the Rolling Stones.
He's been trying to kill himself ever since."

Interesting, though, that people you don't consider "hip" introduced some of
these acts to American television: Sullivan and the Beatles, of course, but
Jackie Gleason and not Sullivan gave Elvis his first national exposure (on Tommy
and Jimmy Dorsey's "Stage Show," which Gleason produced), and Red Skelton
had the Rolling Stones first.

And here's one that'll leave you shaking your heads in disbelief: a one-hit-wonder
group, the Chantays, had a surf hit called "Pipeline" in the summer of 1963. And
on whose show did they perform that song? Lawrence Welk's!
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I love the Stones, but that was one of Dino's finest TV moments. He also said something along the lines of "The Rolling Stones have to leave right after the show; They're flying back to England to have a hair-pulling contest with the Beatles". Also, when the Stones finished their first song, Martin gave the biggest eye-roll in history when he said "The Rolling Stones, aren't they great?"

As far as the Chantays on Lawrence Welk, my guess is that "Pipeline" was published by Welk Music, and he didn't mind subjecting the nice old Looterans watching his show to a little rock and roll if it made him a few dollars.
 
Corky Marlowe said:
can't remember the exact date but it was around this time that
Dean Martin was hosting "The Hollywood Palace" and the Rolling Stones
were on the bill. The act following them was an acrobat of some sort,
and Dean introduced him by saying, "This is the father of the Rolling Stones.
He's been trying to kill himself ever since."

Interesting, though, that people you don't consider "hip" introduced some of
these acts to American television: Sullivan and the Beatles, of course, but
Jackie Gleason and not Sullivan gave Elvis his first national exposure (on Tommy
and Jimmy Dorsey's "Stage Show," which Gleason produced), and Red Skelton
had the Rolling Stones first.
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I love the Stones, but that was one of Dino's finest TV moments. He also said something along the lines of "The Rolling Stones have to leave right after the show; They're flying back to England to have a hair-pulling contest with the Beatles". Also, when the Stones finished their first song, Martin gave the biggest eye-roll in history when he said "The Rolling Stones, aren't they great?"
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Not only that, but when Deano introduced the Stones (June 1964), he said, "I've been rolled while I was stoned myself." Priceless!
 
A possible reason for the Chantays' appearance with Lawrence is
that they both recorded for Dot, as did Pat Boone, who appeared
on the show a couple of years earlier and sang "Moody River." Some
Welk fans, having seen that show on PBS, wonder why Lawrence let
him do a song about a woman who'd been unfaithful and drowned
herself.
 
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