Episodes
1. The Man Who Thought for Himself
September 18, 1960
30 min
Steve Allen played a bank executive who woke up one morning to find all his actions governed by what his neighbors -and boss thought. In a burst of independence, he decided to paint his house barn red, and when his neighbors objected, he blew his cork and painted it red, white and blue. That raised the roof, and the neighborhood called a meeting to decide whether to sue him for creating a public nuisance. Allen didn't like the colors anyway, and was ready to give in and repaint, but not until he could make his point about conformity before the meeting. This he did so well, everybody congratulated him as a courageous, forward-thinking individualist and urged him to keep the house just the way it was. He started to do this until, with a jolt, he realized he'd fallen into the trap of conformity again, and if he didn’t like the house the way it was, he was darn well gonna change it.
Guest Stars:
Lauren Chapin, Dan Tobin, Steve Allen, Howard McNear, Willard Waterman
2. Journal of Hope
September 25, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Crain, Kathleen Hughes, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Baldwin
4. Swinging Singing Years
October 9, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Tex Beneke, Freddy Martin, Stan Kenton, Vaughn Monroe, Charlie Barnet
7. The Graduation Dress
October 30, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Buddy Ebsen, Tom Nolan, Ellen Corby, Hugh O'Brian, Stella Stevens
9. The Playoff
November 20, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Dana Andrews, Regis Toomey, Ryan O'Neal, Vin Scully, Nancy Reagan
10. Journey to a Wedding
November 27, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Gene Tierney, Jason Robards Sr., Jim Davis, Dan White, Malcolm Atterbury
11. Learn to Say Goodbye
December 4, 1960
30 min
Tom Parkes is still attached to the memory of his first wife. Jo, his new wife, vows to win his complete affection.
Guest Stars:
Wally Brown, Coleen Gray, Michael Burns, Frank Cady, Bud Osborne
12. Strictly Solo
December 11, 1960
30 min
Guest Stars:
Tony Randall, Sally Forrest, Barbara Ruick, Vaughn Taylor
13. The Money Driver
December 18, 1960
30 min
Harness racing driver, Al Roberts, fights viciously to bring in the big money. And at home he has no patience with his son Joey and pushes the boy around.
Guest Stars:
Stanley Clements, Mickey Rooney, Will Wright, John Litel, Jocelyn Brando
14. The Other Wise Man
December 25, 1960
30 min
A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.
Guest Stars:
Abraham Sofaer, Madlyn Rhue, Francis X. Bushman, Harry Townes
15. Don't Let It Throw You
January 1, 1961
30 min
Guest Stars:
Dick Shawn, Joey Forman, Gloria Grahame, Jerome Cowan
16. Memory in White
9.0
January 8, 1961
30 min
Super rare GE Theater written by Budd Schulberg, Memory in White, stars Sammy Davis as a punch drunk boxer trying to start a new life as a ring announcer while being tormented by Charles Bronson.
Guest Stars:
Bert Freed, Sammy Davis Jr., Charles Bronson, Ronald Reagan, Art Aragon
17. The Devil You Say
January 22, 1961
30 min
A nattily dressed gentleman climbs out of a manhole, goes down the street to the home of the Willoughbys and introduces himself to Mrs. Willoughby as Nick Lucifer, alias Beelzebub, the Prince of Darkness.
Guest Stars:
Sid Caesar, Patricia Barry, Ronald Reagan, George Conrad, Ken Hooker
18. The Drop-Out
January 29, 1961
30 min
Guest Stars:
Edward G. Robinson, Russ Conway, Walter Baldwin
19. A Little White Lye
February 5, 1961
30 min
Todays theme is A Little White Lye.
Guest Stars:
Michael Pate, John Gabriel, Dorothy Malone
20. The Legend That Walks Like a Man
February 12, 1961
30 min
Guest Stars:
Jimmy Lydon, Ernest Borgnine, William Schallert, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jason Robards Sr.
21. A Possibility of Oil
February 19, 1961
30 min
Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi
Guest Stars:
Joseph Wiseman, Jane Withers, Brad Dexter, Chubby Johnson, Josephine Hutchinson
22. Image of a Doctor
February 26, 1961
30 min
Guest Stars:
Ida Lupino, Robert Lansing, Simon Oakland, Richard Crane, John Lasell
23. Open House
March 5, 1961
30 min
New York Detective Joe McQueen would like to know how to get Grover Healy, his freeloading brother-in-law, out of his house. But it isn't until smalltime hoodlum Willy Zucks shows up at McQueen's home that Grover considers leaving.
Guest Stars:
Mike Mazurki, Paul Ford, Gertrude Flynn, Bob Hastings, Don Haggerty
24. The Small Elephants
March 12, 1961
30 min
A shady operator named Pegosi tries to get a gullible actress, Leslie Blaine, to buy a miniature live elephant for a publicity stunt. When a magician named Trapollini tells Pegosi he'd like one too, Pegosi realizes he many actually have to produce the animal.
Guest Stars:
Barbara Nichols, Jonathan Harris, George Sanders
25. Love is a Lion's Roar
March 19, 1961
30 min
Guest Stars:
Fifi D'Orsay, James Franciscus, Jack Weston, Suzanne Pleshette
27. The Red Balloon
April 2, 1961
30 min
A special showing of the Albert Lamorisse 1956 French film featuring Lamorisse's son, Pascal.
28. Sis Bowls 'Em Over
April 9, 1961
30 min
Connie Marlowe is responsible for orphaned younger brother, Buzz. He hopes to win some money in a father-son bowling match, so he asks Connie to get a stand-in father for him.
Guest Stars:
Jack Cassidy, Audrey Meadows, Raymond Bailey
29. The Joke's on Me
April 16, 1961
30 min
Comic Sid Benton takes a hard-boiled, cynical view of life in his nightclub act where it pays off. But when he runs this attitude over into his private life, he loses his wife's affections.
Guest Stars:
Bud Abbott, Mala Powers, Lee Marvin, Kathleen Hughes
30. My Darling Judge
April 23, 1961
30 min
Judge Cyrus Dunn is determined to get away for a holiday fishing trip. But at the last moment, his wife Betsy insists that the gardener's salary must be paid. This leaves the judge with no ready cash for his trip.
Guest Stars:
Fred Clark, Melinda Casey, Wally Brown, Audrey Totter
