I don't know if The Today Show employess guest hosts anymore; if they do, they're probably one of the last shows to do so. But back in 1965, when Hugh Downs was the host, they did, and this week's guest hosts are most unusual: puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitan Players, featuring Kukla and Ollie. It's an inspired choice, given the popularity of the characters with adults as well as children. This isn't the first time we've seen puppets on one of the morning programs, either; remember Bil and Cora Baird's marionettes with Walter Cronkite on CBS's The Morning Show back in the 1950s. So the next time you think your newscasters are all puppets, you just might be right. This week's listings are from the Minneapolis-St. Paul edition.
-2-KTCA (EDUC.) | ||
| Evening | ||
| 6:00 | IRELAND REDISCOVERED | |
| 6:30 | EDUCATION PHILOSOPHIES “A Roman Catholic View of Education” Repeated Thursday 8:30 P.M. | |
| 7:00 | CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH | |
| 7:30 | U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY | |
| 8:00 | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
| 8:30 | MILITARY FORCES—OjbectivesSPECIAL “The Changing Nature of War” Repeated Thursday 6:30 P.M. | |
| 9:00 | LANDSCAPE IDEAS | |
| 10:00 | PROFILE—Discussion Guest: Sidney Warren | |
| 10:30 | EFFICIENT READING—Brown | |
-4-WCCO (CBS) | ||
| Morning | ||
| 6:00 | SUMMER SEMESTER—Eduation Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: “The Long Struggle for the Ballot” | |
| 6:30 | SIEGFRIED—Children | |
| 7:00 | AXEL AND DEPUTY DAWG | |
| 7:30 | CLANCY AND COMPANY | |
| 8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGROO—Children | |
| 9:00 | DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL | |
| 9:05 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
| 9:10 | MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Guests: Brandon de Wilde, Anna Russell, Steve Douglass | |
| 10:00 | ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy | |
| 10:30 | McCOYS—Comedy | |
| 11:00 | LOVE OF LIFE—Serial | |
| 11:25 | NEWS | |
| 11:30 | SEARCH FOR TOMORROW | |
| 11:45 | GUIDING LIGHT—Serial | |
| Afternoon | ||
| 12:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
| 12:15 | SOMETHING SPECIAL | |
| 12:25 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
| 12:30 | AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial | |
| 1:00 | PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Wally Cox, Betty White. Host: Allen Ludden | |
| 1:30 | HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Raymond Burr | |
| 2:00 | TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Tom Poston, Orson Bean, Phyllis Kirk, Peggy Cass | |
| 2:25 | NEWS—Douglas Edwards | |
| 2:30 | EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial | |
| 3:00 | SECRET STORM—Serial | |
| 3:30 | I LOVE LUCY—Comedy | |
| 4:00 | MOVIE—Western “The Lone Texan” (1959) | |
| 5:30 | NEWS—Harry Reasoner | |
| Evening | ||
| 6:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
| 6:15 | SPORTS—Don Dahl | |
| 6:20 | GOVERNORS’ CONFERENCE | |
| 6:25 | WEATHER—Don O’Brien | |
| 6:30 | MISTER ED—Comedy | |
| 7:00 | MY LIVING DOLL—Comedy | |
| 7:30 | BEVERLY HILLBILLIES | |
| 8:00 | DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy | |
| 8:30 | OUR PRIVATE WORLD—Serial | |
| 9:00 | LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR | |
| 10:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
| 10:15 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
| 10:20 | SPORTS—Hal Scott | |
| 10:30 | MOVIE—Drama “The Snorkel” (1958) | |
| 12:00 | MOVIE—Western “Silver on the Sage” (1939) | |
-5-KSTP (NBC) | ||
| Morning | ||
| 6:30 | CITY AND COUNTRYCOLOR | |
| 7:00 | TODAY Guest hosts: Burr Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitan Players. Guests: Tariri, Richard F. Sirchie News in color at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M. | |
| 9:00 | TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—GameCOLOR | |
| 9:30 | WHAT’S THIS SONG?—GameCOLOR Celebrities: Randy Boone, Vera Miles | |
| 9:55 | NEWS—Edwin Newman | |
| 10:00 | CONCENTRATION—Game | |
| 10:30 | JEOPARDY—GameCOLOR | |
| 11:00 | CALL MY BLUFF—GameCOLOR Celebrities: Selma Diamond, Gene Rayburn | |
| 11:30 | I’LL BET—GameCOLOR Celebrity teams: Joan and Broderick Crawford vs Sharley and Keenan Wynn | |
| 11:55 | NEWS—Ray Scherer | |
| Afternoon | ||
| 12:00 | NEWS—John MacDougallCOLOR | |
| 12:10 | WEATHER—Johnny MorrisCOLOR | |
| 12:15 | DIALING FOR DOLLARS—GameCOLOR | |
| 12:30 | LET’S MAKE A DEALCOLOR | |
| 12:55 | NEWS—Floyd Kalber | |
| 1:00 | MOMENT OF TRUTH—Serial | |
| 1:30 | DOCTORS—Serial | |
| 2:00 | ANOTHER WORLD—Serial | |
| 2:30 | YOU DON’T SAY!—GameCOLOR Celebrities: Noreen Corcoran, Bill Bixby | |
| 3:00 | MATCH GAMECOLOR Celebrities: Rita Moreno, Cliff Robertson | |
| 3:25 | NEWS—Nancy Dickerson | |
| 3:30 | DIALING FOR DOLLARS—GameCOLOR | |
| 4:30 | LLOYD THAXTON—Variety | |
| 5:25 | DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox | |
| 5:30 | NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley | |
| Evening | ||
| 6:00 | NEWS—Bob RyanCOLOR | |
| 6:15 | WEATHER—Johnny MorrisCOLOR | |
| 6:25 | SPORTS—Al TigheCOLOR | |
| 6:30 | VIRGINIAN—WesternCOLOR | |
| 8:00 | MOVIE—Comedy Wednesday Night at the Movies: “Key to the City” (1950) | |
| 10:00 | NEWS—John MacDougallCOLOR | |
| 10:15 | WEATHER—Johnny MorrisCOLOR | |
| 10:20 | SPORTS—Al TigheCOLOR | |
| 10:30 | TONIGHT—VarietyCOLOR Guest host: Joey Bishop | |
| 12:15 | MOVIE—Comedy “Orders Are Orders” (English; 1957) | |
-9-KMSP (ABC) | ||
| Morning | ||
| 7:30 | MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy | |
| 8:00 | BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken | |
| 9:00 | ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty | |
| 10:00 | REBUS—Game | |
| 10:30 | PRICE IS RIGHT—Game Celebrity: Arnold Stang | |
| 11:00 | DONNA REED—Comedy | |
| 11:30 | FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy | |
| Afternoon | ||
| 12:00 | NEWS—Bill Fahan | |
| 12:15 | LOIS LEPPART—Interview | |
| 1:00 | WHERE THE ACTION IS—Variety Guests: Peter and Gordon. Announcer: Dick Clark | |
| 1:30 | A TIME FOR US—Serial | |
| 1:55 | NEWS—Marlene Sanders | |
| 2:00 | GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial | |
| 2:30 | YOUNG MARRIEDS—Serial | |
| 3:00 | TRAILMASTER—Western | |
| 4:00 | PETER GUNN—Mystery | |
| 4:30 | HENNESEY—Comedy | |
| 5:00 | NEWS—Bob Young | |
| 5:15 | NEWS—Don Riley | |
| 5:25 | WEATHER—Jerry Smith | |
| 5:30 | LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy | |
| Evening | ||
| 6:00 | HUCKLEBERRY HOUND | |
| 6:30 | OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy | |
| 7:00 | PATTY DUKE—Comedy | |
| 7:30 | SHINDIG—Music Guests: the Dave Clark Five, the Nashville Teens, Jay and the Americans, Mike Clifford, Dave Berry, John Andrea, Donna Loren, Terry Black, Linda Carr, Billy Preson. Host: Jimmy O’Neill | |
| 8:30 | BURKE’S LAW—Mystery | |
| 9:30 | DETECTIVES—Police | |
| 10:00 | NEWS—Bill Fahan | |
| 10:15 | WEATHER—Jerry Smith | |
| 10:20 | SPORTS—Tony Parker | |
| 10:30 | MOVIE—Drama “Cornered” (1945) | |
| 12:25 | NIGHTLIFE—Variety Time approximate. Scheduled guests: Barbara McNair, Morty Storm. Host: Les Crane | |
11WTCN (IND.) | ||
| Morning | ||
| 9:45 | NEWS | |
| 10:00 | BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy | |
| 10:30 | MOVIE—Comedy “Buck Benny Rides Again” (1940) | |
| 11:55 | NEWS—Dick Ford | |
| Afternoon | ||
| 12:00 | LUNCH WITH CASEY | |
| 12:45 | KING AND ODIE—Cartoons | |
| 1:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Hot Saturday” (1932) | |
| 3:00 | GIRL TALK—Panel | |
| 3:30 | DAVE LEE AND PETE—Children | |
| 4:30 | PETER POTAMUS—Cartoons | |
| 5:00 | ROCKY AND HIS FRIEND | |
| 5:30 | LONE RANGER—Western | |
| Evening | ||
| 6:00 | SEA HUNT—Adventure | |
| 6:30 | NEWS | |
| 6:45 | BASEBALL WARMUP—Ray Scott | |
| 6:35 | HARMON KILLEBREW—Baseball | |
| 7:00 | BASEBALL—Twins Minnesota Twins at Washington Senators | |
| 9:45 | SCOREBOARD—Frank Buetel | |
| 10:00 | NEWS—Dick Ford | |
| 10:15 | WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman | |
| 10:20 | SPORTS—Frank Buetel | |
| 10:30 | MOVIE—Melodrama “Terror is a Man” (1960) | |
| 12:30 | AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy Time approximate | |
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