A look back:December 6, 1960

Ad for the "Jack Benny Program"-Sunday, December 4, 1960. This was the first season Jack went to an "every week" format rather than airing "alternate weeks" with other programs.

Ad featuring Linn Sheldon for "Popeye,Barnaby and Friends" from December 1960..The "Brand New" Popeye Cartoons were the King Features Made for TV cartoons made from 1960-62..Personal note:I grew up on these Popeye cartoons before I even knew about the earlier Fleischer/Famous Studios Theatrical Popyes from the 1930's to the 1950's..

TV Guide Ad for The second version of the timeless NBC special, "Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin on Thursday December 8, 1960..Notice the typo at the bottom of the ad:
3-12-12 should be 3-12-21..

I thought today we would look at The first week of December, 1960..December 6 has special meaning for me as we will see later.

Baranby was well into his third year on KYW-TV as was Ron Penfound's Captain Penny..
On the Network front, The following week's TV Guide had an exclusive-Tennessee Erine Ford was quitting his successful NBC Variety Show..The One O Clock club (Dorothy Fuldheim, Bill Gordon) was gaining afternoon popularity on WEWS-TV 5..Mike Douglas at KYW was still a year away from Premiering opposide One O Clock Club..KYW had a movie at 1PM hosted by "Big" Wilson, morning man at KYW-1100 AM..

TV Guide Schedule for Tuesday, December 6, 1960..

3 KYW NBC Cleveland
5 WEWS ABC Cleveland
8 WJW CBS Cleveland
21 WFMJ NBC Youngstown
27 WKBN CBS Youngstown
33 WKST ABC Youngstown
45 WXTV IND Youngstown
49 WAKR ABC Akron

5:55
3 Farm Fare

6AM
3 Tomorrow's Learning

6:30
3-21 Continental Classroom-COLOR

7AM
3-21 Dave Garroway (Today)
8 Camera Three

7:30
8 Rex Humbard

7:45
8 Clutch Cargo

8AM
27 CBS News-Richard Hottelet


8:15
8-27 Captain Kangaroo

8:55
5 Morning News

9AM
3 Funsville
5 Telecourse-Western Reserve University
8 Ed Allen Show
21 Way Of Life
27 Romper Room

9:30
3 Life Of Riley
5 Romper Room
8 Morning Movie-Traveling Saleslady-1935
21 Man Called X

10AM
3 Give N Take-Tom Haley
5 Paige Palmer
21 Dough Re Mi-Gene Rayburn
27 December Bride

10:30
3-21 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-COLOR
27 Video Village=-Monty Hall

11AM
3-21 Price Is Right-Bill Cullen-COLOR
5-33-49 Morning Court
8-27 I Love Lucy

11:30
3-21 Concentration-Hugh Downs
5-33-49 Love That Bob!
8-27 Clear Horizon-Serial

Noon
3-21 Truth Or Consequences
5 Noon News Summary
8-27 Love Of Life
33-49 Texan

12:05
5 Noon Show-Captain Penny

12:25
5 Mr. Jingeling

12:30
3-21 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden-COLOR
5 Noon Show
8 Search For Tomorrow
27 Movie-No More Ladies-1935
33-49 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer

12:45
8 Guiding light

12:55
3-21 NBC News-Ray Scherer

1PM
3 Movie-He Hired The Boss-1943 (Big's Party Line-Big Wilson)
5 One O' Clock Club-Dorothy Fuldheim, Bill Gordon
8 Movie-The Bride Comes Home-1935
21 News Headlines
33-49 About Faces

1:15
21 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner

1:30
33 Young World-Documentary
49 Cartoon Time

2PM
21 Jan Murray-COLOR
27 Full Circle-Serial
33-49 Day In Court

2:20
3 News-Pete French

2:30
3-21 Loretta Young
5-33-49 Road To Reality
8-27 House Party-Art Linkletter

3PM
3-21 Young Dr. Malone
5-33-49 Queen For a Day
8-27 Millionaire

3:30
3-21 From These Roots
5-33-49 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon
8-27 Verdict is Yours

4PM
3-21 Make Room For Daddy
5-33-49 American Bandstand (5 carries the show for only 60 min.)
8 Brighter Day
27 Esther Sonntag-Fashions

4:15
8-27 Secret Storm

4:30
3 Barnaby, Popeye and Friends
8 Edge Of Night
21 Here's Hollywood
27 Life of Riley

5PM
5 Santa Claus
8 As the World Turns
21 Capt. Sailorbird and Susie
27 Stanley's Inn

5:05
3 Movie-The Lost Patrol-1934

5:15
5 Captain's Clubhouse

5:30
5 Three Stooges
8 Movie-You Said A Mouthful-1932
21 Bozo
33 Rocky And His Friends
49 Cartoon Time

6PM
27 Quick Draw McGraw
33 Little Rascals
45 Hawkeye (Mohicans)

6:15
49 It's In The Bag

6:25
5 Mr. Jingeling

6:30
3 News-Bill Minshall
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
21-27 News
45 Ramar Of The Jungle
49 Akron Baptist Temple

6:40
3 Weather-Big Wilson

6:45
3-21 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
5 News-Tom Field
27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
33-49 ABC News-John Daly

6:55
5 Weather-Susan Sadler

7PM
3 Tombstone Territory
5 Manhunt
8 City Camera News
21 Polka Parade
27 Silent Service
33 No Listing
45 Movie-Bandido-1956
49 News and Sports

7:10
8 Sports Camera-Moran

7:15
8 CBS News-Bouglas Edwards
49 Akron Public Schools

7:30
3-21 Laramie
5-33 Bugs Bunny
8 Sea Hunt
27 Flight
49 Movie-Earl Of Chicago

(Kind of Odd here that, according to Brooks/Marsh, CBS did not have
network programming 7:30-8 Tuesday in 1960-61)

8PM
5 Rifleman
8-27 Father Knows Best
33 Roy Rogers

8:30
3-21 Alfred Hitchcock
5 Wyatt Earp
8-27 Dobie Gillis (America One has shown this over WIVM-52/WIVN-29 Canton/New Philadelphia, Ohio weekdays at 3PM-For several years now)
33 Little Rascals
45 New York Confidential

9PM
3-21 Thriller-Boris Karloff
5-33-49 Stagecoach West
8-27 Tom Ewell Show
45 Movie-Spring Reunion 1957

9:30
8-27 Red Skelton

10PM
3-21 Open End-David Susskind-SPECIAL
TV Guide noted that this was supposed to be a version of Susskind's "Open End" Syndicated show with off the cuff talk..except it wasnt really open end..was limited to an hour..Impressive lineup:Joey Bishop, Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx, George Burns, and Buddy Hackett..The subject:Comedy

5-33-49 Alcoa Presents
8-27 Garry Moore

10:30
5 My Sister Eileen-CBS Wed. 9PM
33 Decoy
45 Movie-Bandido-1956
49 Code Three

11PM
3 News-Bill Minshall
5 News-Tom Field
8-27 News-Warren Guthrie (Sohio Reporter)
21 News
33 Movie-Military Academy-1940
49 Movie-The Feminine Touch-1941

11:10
3 Weather-Jim Girard
8 City Report-Doug Adair
27 News/Sports

11:15
3 Sports-Jim Graner
5 Jack Paar-COLOR (The only color show on Channel 5's Schedule)
8 Sports/Weather

11:20
3 Movie-The Toast Of New York-1937
8 Movie-Main Street To Broadway-1953
21 Jack Paar-COLOR
27 Movie-The Thin Man Goes Home-1941

1AM
3-Movie-Fair Warning-1937
5 News Roundup

I said earlier that December 6 has a special meaning for me..Today is my Birthday..Hitting the big 5-0..(shudders to think about it)..I want to thank Blogging buddy 74WIXYGrad for the nice well wishes this morning on his blog. Check it out in the links to the right.. Though I probably didnt watch even one show on the day referred to above because I would have been only 3 years old then..LOL..