1965-03-16, WNBC, 52 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.
1965-03-17, NBC, 19 min.
Variety special with Dinah Shore and guest Bob Hope.
1965-03-18, , min.
The first spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts, the Soviet Union protests US aggression in Vietnam, urges withdrawal, a description of the Russian spacewalk.
1965-03-18, ABC, min.
Report on the Russian Cosmonaut's spacewalk.
Alex Drier reports.
1965-03-18, ABC, min.
The Soviet spacewalk. The US prepares for space trip in the Gemini space capsule, astronauts John Young and Virgil Grissom will be aboard, civil rights march to begin on Sunday, George Wallace in protest, a report from Vietnam and US prisoners of war,
1965-03-19, WPIX, 3 min.
1959-1963 WNTA-TV Channel 13
1963-1968 WPIX-TV Channel 11
The Clay Cole show was a teen-age dance show seen first on WNTA-TV Channel 13 and then on WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City and hosted by Clay Cole.
Tonight's guests: The Faces.
1965-03-21, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's top news stories: Negroes march on Selina in voter registration drive protest, US bombs North Vietnam, comment by President Johnson, King Farouk, Journalist Quentin Reynolds, and author George Hicks have all died, Hubert Humphrey speaks about the duties of the vice-presidency.
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1965-03-21, ABC, 27 min.
The US launches Ranger 9 to the moon, Selma march to Montgomery begins, Sheriff Clark comments on "outsiders."
1965-03-23, CBS, min.
Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight, Gus Grissom and John Young aboard. President Johnson talks to astronauts.
1965-03-23, , min.
1965-03-23, WCBS, min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
Guests: George C. Scott, The Honeycombs. George and Red perform a "panhandle with care" sketch.
1965-03-23, BBC, min.
The latest news from the BBC.
1965-03-23, , min.
The latest news from Radio Moscow.
1965-03-23, , min.
The latest news from CBS and ABC. Comment by Eric Sevareid (CBS). News of Ranger 9 spacecraft impact on the moon. Also, gas in Vietnam.
1965-03-23, CBS, 27 min.
Gemini 11 spaceflight (Young and Grissom) aboard, Ranger 9 rocket heads toward the moon, Moscow hails space-walking cosmonauts, President Johnson talks to returned astronauts.
1965-03-23, ABC, 11 min.
The Ranger 9 spacecraft impacts the moon after taking photos, Astronauts Young and Grissom back on the carrier "Intrepid," ABC science editor Jules Bergman comments on future US space flights, the US defends the use of non-lethal gas in Vietnam, comment by Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara and the possible opening of a pandora's box, comment to exploit the use of it, Selina march is in progress, Senator Robert Kennedy climbs Mt. Kennedy (13,500ft) to the top and arrives at 8,000 ft level by helicopter,
1965-03-23, CBS, min.
Gemini flight a success, a recap, the Ranger 9 spacecraft speeds toward the moon, the Russian cosmonauts are welcomed in Moscow, the Alabama civil rights movement marches half-way to Montgomery in wet weather, President Johnson is not consulted on the use of non-lethal gas in Vietnam-comment by Robert McNamara, comments also by China, London, and Paris, President Johnson talks to astronauts John Young and Virgil Grissom,
Subbing for Walter Cronkite is Harry Reasoner.
1965-03-23, NBC, min.
Live coverage of Gemini 111, the first manned Gemini mission carrying astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John W. Young from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coverage of three orbits.
1965-03-23, , min.
Gemini 3 astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom and John Young are launched into space from Cape Kennedy atop a Titan 11 launch vehicle.
1965-03-25, ABC, min.
Coverage of the civil rights March in Alabama.
1965-03-25, ABC, min.
Coverage of the civil rights March in Alabama.
1965-03-25, , min.
Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young hold a press conference following their Gemini 111 spaceflight.
1965-03-25, , min.
The latest news from Radio Moscow.
1965-03-25, CBS, 16 min.
South Vietnamese army lieutenant and US advisors try to stop incidents in Ben Cat. A disturbing incident in Vietnam over "salute."
Harry Reasoner subs for Walter Cronkite.
Joinrd in progress.
1965-03-26, NBC, min.
President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomes astronauts Virgil Grissom and John W. Young to the White House following their historic Gemini 3 spaceflight.
1965-03-26, CBS, 3 min.
A white woman in Selma march 9Viola Liuzzo) shot dead by KKK, an angry President Johnson reacts and announces their arrest, a report from Vietnam, George Wallace comments but refers to crimes in other states, KKK leader Robert Shelton calls President Johnson a liar, a report from an outpost in Ben Cat, South Vietnam mission control against Viet Cong.
Harry Reasoner subs for Walter Cronkite.
1965-03-27, NBC, 16 min.
A variety show presented as monthly specials on NBC.
Includes monologue. Guests are cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who describes the Viet Cong attack on a US base, (Pleiku)
Host: Bob Hope.
1965-03-28, WCBS, 25 min.
Ron Cochran narrates this first installment of a two part retrospective chronicling the 31 year history of "The Original Amateur Hour."
1965-03-28, ABC, 22 min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's top news stories: Selma march, Martin Luther King comments, comments by George Wallace, Andrew Young, Whitney Young, Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Ralph Abernathy, KKK murders a white civil rights woman activist (Viola Liuzzo), President Johnson makes angry comments calling KKK " A hooded society of bigots," KKK leader Robert Shelton comments, KKK Grand Dragon comments on President Johnson, a report on the Gemini 11 spaceflight, the Ranger 9 moon probe takes pictures of the moon, 50,000 Russians greet cosmonauts in Moscow, China warns Russia to send troops to Vietnam, Senator Robert Kennedy scales Mount Kennedy peak in the Yukon,
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1965-03-28, WABC, 4 min.
Howard Cosell interviews Jackie Robinson who will be a sports commentator. On March 17th, 1965, Robinson became the first black network broadcaster for Major League Baseball.
Time Length: 4 minutes, 30 seconds.
1965-03-28, WPIX, 76 min.
Chuck McCann pays tribute to the late comedy team, Laurel and Hardy. John McCabe, Al Kilgore, and John Tillman contribute. Clips are shown and commented upon, featuring classic Laurel and Hardy shorts and features.
First broadcast in prime time as a WPIX TV Special (9:30-1100pm) on March 9, 1965. One time only, this program was rebroadcast on March 28, 1965.
Afterward, the original master 2” Quad Video Tape was wiped and never seen again.
NOTE:
ATA Archivist Phil Gries, who recorded this broadcast off the air on ¼” Reel to Reel Audio Tape, presented a copy of this special program to Chuck McCann in 1995 when having lunch together. He had been unsuccessfully searching for this TV program for decades, and was thrilled to receive a copy for his archives.
TV Broadcast History:
WPIX Ch. 11 had been running L&H films on Saturday afternoons since the late 1950's, but without a host. By 1960, the station executives felt that someone should entertain in-between the films.
Laurel & Hardy Show (in NYC "Laurel & Hardy & Chuck") was seen weekday afternoons and Sunday afternoons on WPIX TV Ch. 11 in NYC beginning on Wednesday September 7, 1960 and Sunday October 14, 1962. Chuck would perform puppet skits (in serialized form) to introduce and end the rerun of The L&H film for that day's broadcast. Chuck McCann would also provide information about "the Boy's careers" with extra info provided by film historians: "Prof John" McCabe (the founder of The L&H Film Appreciation Club The Sons Of The Desert and author of Mr.Laurel & Mr.Hardy) and Al Kilgore.
Laurel & Hardy & Chuck went off the air on Friday December 28, 1962 and on Sunday, December 30, 1962. Almost none of these broadcasts are known to exist (Video or Audio).
1965-03-29, WNBC, 41 min.
Jonathan Winters and his guests, Buster Keaton, Julie Newmar and Fred Clark satirize Hollywood. Alexander Scourby also guests as narrator.
1965-03-29, , 5 min.
Commentary on the failure of US policy in Vietnam, an attack on General Maxwell Taylor.
1965-03-29, ABC, 3 min.
Martin Luther King urges boycott of goods sold in Alabama, for the first time on US television, Green Beret Barry Saddler sings the new song "Ballad Of The Green Berets."
1965-03-30, WNBC, 52 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.
1965-03-30, WCBS, 54 min.
Jim Jensen narrates this special documentary on teenage drug addiction.
1965-03-30, NBC, 19 min.
January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)
Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964.
A satirical commentary on the week's news.
1965-03-30, NBC, 5 min.
War in Vietnam is sharply stepped up as Viet Cong bomb the American Embassy building in Saigon, the US marines want to go into action and whip the Viet Cong.
Frank McGee reports.
1965-04-02, CBS, min.
Vietnam bomb blast at the American Embassy, the reaction of US involvement in the war, comments by President Johnson, Senator Morse, embassy attack reaction by other Senators, General Maxwell Taylor in Washington for the high-level conference, Martin Luther King boycott of Alabama goods, negro voting rights bill, comments by Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon, KKK unrest by US possible.
Harry Reasoner reports.
1965-04-02, , min.
A Soviet woman's open letter in appeal to stop US aggression in Vietnam urges American women to appeal for the stoppage of US air raids and US withdrawal.
1965-04-03, WABC, 52 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
1965-04-05, ABC, 202 min.
Bob Hope is the host for The 37th Annual Academy Award presentations from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
Best Actor: Rex Harrison ("My Fair Lady")
Best Actress: Julie Andrews ("Mary Poppins")
Best Picture: ("My Fair Lady")
Best Director: George Cukor ("My Fair Lady")
This is Bob Hope's 14th time as Master Of Ceremonies for the Academy Award presentations.
1965-04-05, WABC, 9 min.
The news with Bill Beutel following the Academy Awards broadcast. President Johnson will address the nation this week on Vietnam, Vietnam bombings, a report on a New York City negro ghetto, newspaper strike talk.
1965-04-06, NBC, 37 min.
1965-04-06, WCBS, 19 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1965-04-07, NBC, 3 min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Johnny's guest is actress Eva Gabor.
1965-04-08, WNBC, 54 min.
September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.
1965-04-10, WABC, 52 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
1965-04-13, WCBS, 25 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1965-04-13, NBC, min.
September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965
Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety / talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe.Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films.
Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant and Jonathan Winters. This 10pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory.
Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace.
After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973).