The TV Guide Historian: July 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

David Susskind Show Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the David Susskind Show, as it aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Sunday, December 8, 1968

Afternoon

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4:00 pm Outdoor Sportsmen

4:30 pm Hunting & Fishing

5:00 pm Defenders "Claire Cheval"

Evening

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6:00 pm Movie "Serenade for Two Spies"

8:00 pm Notre Dame Football (highlights of the 1968 season; notes this is the last

show of this series)

9:30 pm Bill Anderson (guest: Faron Young)

10:00 pm Movie "Serenade for Two Spies"

11:50 pm 100 Paintings

War & Peace Ad

Here's an ad for the movie "War & Peace", which aired on WLS(7). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Auntie Mame Ad

Here's an ad for the Best of CBS presentation of "Auntie Mame", which aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Sunday, December 8, 1968

Evening
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6:00 pm Adventure "Mystery of the Desert"
6:30 pm French Chef with Julia Child
7:00 pm Our People with Tilmon
8:00 pm Chicago Sunday Evening Club (guest: Ralph W. Stockman)
9:00 pm Young Musical Artists (guest: Charles Greenwell)
9:30 pm PBL "Hear Us, O Lord"

Family Classics Ad

Here's an ad for the Family Classics presentation of "The Mark of Zorro", which aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Hall of Fame Close Up

Here's a Close Up for the Hall of Fame production of Pinocchio, which aired on WMAQ(5). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Sunday, December 8, 1968

Morning
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7:00 am Consultation "The Role of Surgery In Arteriosclerosis"
8:00 am Exposure
8:30 am Jubilee Showcase
9:00 am Linus
9:30 am King Kong (cartoons)
10:00 am Bullwinkle
10:30 am Discovery with Bill Owen (rerun)
11:00 am College Football (highlights of the 1968 college football season; notes
that this is the last show of this series)

Afternoon
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12 noon Directions "We Refuse to Play the Game"
12:30 pm Issues & Answers (guests: Sen. Marlow Cook [R-KY], Sen. Robert Dole
[R-KS], & Sen. Richard Schweiker [R-PA])
1:00 pm Of Cabbages & Kings
2:30 pm Forum
3:00 pm For Blacks Only
4:00 pm Movie "Island In the Sky"

Evening
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6:00 pm Land of the Giants "Double Cross"
7:00 pm FBI "The Butcher"
8:00 pm Movie "Ride Beyond Vengeance"
10:00 pm News, Weather, Sports
10:30 pm Movie "War & Peace"

Early Monday, December 9, 1968
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2:30 am News

Bears-Rams Close Up

Here's a vintage Close Up for the Chicago Bears-Los Angeles Rams game that aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Sunday, December 8, 1968

Morning
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7:30 am Astroboy
8:00 am By Gemini
8:30 am Read Me a Story
9:00 am Memorandum with Bob Hale "Women as People" (conclusion)
9:30 am Everyman
10:00 am Eternal Quest (guest: Dr. Pinchas Lapide)
10:30 am Sunday In Chicago
11:30 am Eternal Light

Afternoon
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12 noon Meet the Press
12:30 pm Pro Football: Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets
3:00 pm Pro Football: Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers (time approximate)

Evening
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6:00 pm Hall of Fame "Pinocchio" (notes that the New Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn & Walt Disney's World are preempted)
7:30 pm Mothers-In-Law "Nome, Schnome, I'd Rather Have It at Home"
8:00 pm Bonanza
9:00 pm Phyllis Diller (guests: Victor Borge, Jim Brown, & Shari Lewis & Lamb
Chop)
10:00 pm News, Weather, Sports
10:30 pm WMAQ-TV Special (featured: W. Don Maxwell)
11:00 pm Johnny Carson

A Charlie Brown Christmas Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the 4th airing of the Christmas classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Sunday, December 8, 1968

Morning
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6:55 am News
7:00 am Tom & Jerry
7:30 am Aquaman
8:00 am Project Head Start
8:30 am Magic Door
9:00 am Lamp Unto My Feet "A Matter of Relevance"
9:30 am Look Up & Live "Brothers On Mission"
10:00 am Camera Three (guest: Raymond Lewenthal)
10:30 am About You
11:00 am Face the Nation (guest: Tom Hayden)
11:30 am Eye On the NFL
11:45 am NFL Pregame

Afternoon
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12:15 pm Pro Football: Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins
3:00 pm Pro Football: Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams (time approximate)

Evening
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6:00 pm Lassie "New Horizon"
6:30 pm Peanuts "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (special; notes that Gentle Ben is
preempted; rerun)
7:00 pm Ed Sullivan (guests: Joan Sutherland, Liza Minnelli, Jack E. Leonard,
Richard Pryor, the Association, & the Veterans)
8:00 pm Smothers Brothers (guests: Bob Newhart, the First Edition, Paul
Hampton & the West Coast cast of Hair)
9:00 pm Mission: Impossible "The Play"
10:00 pm News, Weather, Sports
10:45 pm Movie "Auntie Mame"

Early Monday, December 9, 1968
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1:30 am Movie "Appointment With a Shadow"
2:55 am News

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

WFLD(32) Movie of the Week Ad

Here's an ad for WFLD(32)'s Movie of the Week, which happened to be "Serenade for Two Spies". From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Saturday, December 7, 1968

Afternoon
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12 noon Moby Dick/Mighty Mightor
12:30 pm Lone Ranger
1:00 pm Thunderbirds
2:00 pm Charlie Chaplin Theater
2:30 pm Movie "Sons of the Desert" (notes that the Laurel & Hardy short
"Beau Hunks" will air immediately after the movie)
4:30 pm Upbeat (guests: Iron Butterfly, Peppermint Trolley, Clarence Carter, &
the Rotary Connection)
5:30 pm Prep Bowl Quiz with Jerry Tolbert: Calumet High School vs. last week's
winner

Evening
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6:00 pm Movie "Serenade for Two Spies"
7:45 pm Howard Miller
10:00 pm Movie "Serenade for Two Spies"

Cagney Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the Best of CBS presentation of the James Cagney movie "Never Steal Anything Small", which aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Monday, July 28, 2014

College Basketball Ad

Here's an ad for the UCLA vs. Notre Dame college basketball game that aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Marnie Ad

Here's an ad for the movie "Marnie", which aired on WLS(7). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Escape to Mindanao Ad

Here's an ad for the movie "Escape to Mindanao", which aired on WMAQ(5). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Saturday, December 7, 1968

Morning
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7:00 am Roy Rogers "End of the Trail"
7:30 am Lone Ranger
8:00 am Super 6
8:30 am Top Cat
9:00 am Flintstones
9:30 am Banana Splits
10:30 am Underdog
11:00 am Birdman
11:30 am Super President

Afternoon
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12 noon News, Weather
12:30 pm City Desk
1:00 pm Movie "Fire Monsters vs. the Son of Hercules"
2:30 pm It's Academic with Ed Grennan (schools: Eisenhower, Cary Grove, & St.
Charles high schools)
3:00 pm College Bowl with Robert Earle: Wells College vs. winner of last week's
match
3:30 pm Pro Football: Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers

Evening
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6:30 pm Adam-12 "Log 111: the Boa Constrictor"
7:00 pm Get Smart "The Farkas Fracas"
7:30 pm Ghost & Mrs. Muir " Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang"
8:00 pm Movie "Escape to Mindanao"
10:00 pm News, Weather, Sports
10:30 pm Kup's Show (guests: Mark Lane, Vic Lasky, Otto Preminger, Emily
Kimbrough, Max Adrian, & Sir Partrick Dean)

Cuddly Dudley Ad

Here's a vintage ad offering a Cuddly Dudley & his Super Jet Plane toy for free with a Chicago Tribune subscription. Because I am not looking to pick a fight with the Chicago Tribune, & sadly, common sense & brains seem to be in short supply these days, I have cropped out the phone number & the order blank, leaving all to see the photo of Cuddly Dudley, his plane, & a kid. From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Saturday, December 7, 1968

Morning

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5:55 am News

6:00 am Sunrise Semester (subject: Philosophy)

6:30 am Seminar '68

7:00 am Go-Go Gophers

7:30 am Bugs Bunny/Road Runner

8:30 am Wacky Races

9:00 am Archie

9:30 am Batman/Superman (cartoons)

10:30 am Herculoids

11:00 am Shazzan!

11:30 am Jonny Quest

Afternoon

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12 noon News, Weather

12:15 pm Lee Phillip

12:30 pm Eye On the NFL

12:45 pm NFL Pregame

1:00 pm Pro Football: Baltimore Colts at Green Bay Packers

3:45 pm Opportunity Line

4:15 pm Movie "The Stand at Apache River"

5:25 pm NFL Highlights

5:30 pm News with Roger Mudd

Evening

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6:00 pm News, Weather

6:30 pm Jackie Gleason

7:30 pm My Three Sons "First Night Out"
8:00 pm Hogan's Heroes "Bad Day In Berlin"
8:30 pm Petticoat Junction "Bye Bye Doctor"
9:00 pm Mannix "Night Out of Time"
10:00 pm News, Weather, Sports
10:30 pm Movie "Never Steal Anything Small"

Early Sunday, December 8, 1968
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12:25 am News
12:30 am At Random with John Madigan (guest: David Amram)

Cover of the Chicago, IL TV Guide, dated December 7-13, 1968.

Here's the cover to the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, featuring E.J. Peaker & Robert Morse of "That's Life", an ABC program that aired on WLS(7). The following stations are in this guide:

2 WBBM CBS
5 WMAQ NBC
7 WLS ABC
9 WGN Independent (now CW)
11 WTTW NET (now PBS)
20 WXXW (now WYCC) NET (now PBS)
26 WCIU Independent/SIN(now Independent)
32 WFLD Independent (now Fox)

Friday, July 25, 2014

Topper Feature Page

Here's the last feature page, featuring the TV series Topper, which aired on WBBM(2), & some vintage ads for Chicago-area businesses. From the Chicago Daily News' TV book, dated November 28-December 4, 1954.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Saturday, December 4, 1954

Morning
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9:00 am This Is the Life
9:30 am Morning Movie Time "Two Gun Troubadour"
10:30 am Bob Atcher's Playtime
11:00 am F-Bar-F Ranch
11:30 am Adventures of Danny Dee

Afternoon
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12 noon TV Matinee "Thunder In the City"
1:00 pm Frontier Playhouse "Where Trails End"
2:00 pm Frontier Playhouse "Shadow of the Range"
3:00 pm Frontier Playhouse "Gallant Fool"
4:00 pm Pro Football: Baltimore Colts vs. Los Angeles Rams

Evening
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7:00 pm Six Shooter Theater "Gentleman from Texas"
8:00 pm Theater Date "Criminals Within"
8:30 pm Wrestling from Marigold (Leo Stern vs. Johnny Silvi; Carl Grey vs. the
Great Karpozilas; Bill Fletcher vs. Al Szaz; Gregory Garque vs.
Ivan Rasputin; Mighty Atlas vs. Zack Malkov; Johnny Moochy
vs. Hans Schmidt; Yukon Eric vs. George Babich; & Angelo
Martinelli vs. Pat O'Connor)
11:00 pm Saturday Night Movie Date "Charlie Chan at the Opera"

Early Sunday, December 5, 1954
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12 midnight Commercial

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Saturday, December 4, 1954

Morning
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8:45 am Industry On Parade
9:00 am Happy Felton's Spotlight Gang
9:30 am Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show
10:00 am Funny Boners
10:30 am Kid's Holiday
11:00 am Week End Workshop with Jim Hamilton & Kay Westfall

Afternoon
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12 noon Animal Care Time with Curley Bradley
12:30 pm To be announced
1:45 pm Bud Wilkinson's Sports for the Family
2:00 pm Professional Basketball: Baltimore Bullets at Boston Celtics
4:00 pm To be announced
4:30 pm Industry On Parade
4:45 pm Hobby Time with Bill Healion
5:00 pm Dr. Wizard "Highlights"
5:30 pm Hopalong Cassidy "Death by Proxy"

Evening
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6:00 pm Abbott & Costello
6:30 pm Ethel & Albert
7:00 pm Mickey Rooney Show
7:30 pm Place the Face
8:00 pm Imogene Coca Show
8:30 pm Star Theater
9:00 pm George Gobel Show (guest: Faye Emerson)
9:30 pm Your Hit Parade
10:00 pm Mayor of the Town "First Year"
10:30 pm Janet Dean, R.N. "The Barto Case"
11:00 pm Championship Bowling (no contenders listed)

Early Sunday, December 5, 1954
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12 midnight Midnight Matinee "The Wrong Road"

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Patricia Scot Feature Page

This is the other photo that was miscaptioned- this photo is actually of Patricia Scot, who appeared on WBBM(2)'s In Town Tonight. From the Chicago Daily News' TV book, dated November 28- December 4, 1954.