The Man Who Thought for Himself

S09 E01 • Sunday, Sep 18, 1960 • Sep 18 • 30m

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.

Journal of Hope

S09 E02 • Sunday, Sep 25, 1960 • Sep 25 • 30m

Hooray for Love

S09 E03 • Sunday, Oct 2, 1960 • Oct 2 • 30m

Swinging Singing Years

S09 E04 • Sunday, Oct 9, 1960 • Oct 9 • 30m

Goodbye, My Love

S09 E05 • Sunday, Oct 16, 1960 • Oct 16 • 30m

The Camel`s Foot

S09 E06 • Sunday, Oct 23, 1960 • Oct 23 • 30m

The Graduation Dress

S09 E07 • Sunday, Oct 30, 1960 • Oct 30 • 30m

The Influential Americans

S09 E08 • Sunday, Nov 13, 1960 • Nov 13 • 30m

The Playoff

S09 E09 • Sunday, Nov 20, 1960 • Nov 20 • 30m

Journey to a Wedding

S09 E10 • Sunday, Nov 27, 1960 • Nov 27 • 30m

Learn to Say Goodbye

S09 E11 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1960 • Dec 4 • 30m

Tom Parkes is still attached to the memory of his first wife. Jo, his new wife, vows to win his complete affection.

Strictly Solo

S09 E12 • Sunday, Dec 11, 1960 • Dec 11 • 30m

The Money Driver

S09 E13 • Sunday, Dec 18, 1960 • Dec 18 • 30m

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.

The Other Wise Man

S09 E14 • Sunday, Dec 25, 1960 • Dec 25 • 30m

A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.

Don't Let It Throw You

S09 E15 • Sunday, Jan 1, 1961 • Jan 1 • 30m

Memory in White

S09 E16 • Sunday, Jan 8, 1961 • Jan 8 • 30m

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.

The Devil You Say

S09 E17 • Sunday, Jan 22, 1961 • Jan 22 • 30m

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.

The Drop-Out

S09 E18 • Sunday, Jan 29, 1961 • Jan 29 • 30m

A Little White Lye

S09 E19 • Sunday, Feb 5, 1961 • Feb 5 • 30m

Todays theme is A Little White Lye.

The Legend That Walks Like a Man

S09 E20 • Sunday, Feb 12, 1961 • Feb 12 • 30m

A Possibility of Oil

S09 E21 • Sunday, Feb 19, 1961 • Feb 19 • 30m

Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi

Image of a Doctor

S09 E22 • Sunday, Feb 26, 1961 • Feb 26 • 30m

Open House

S09 E23 • Sunday, Mar 5, 1961 • Mar 5 • 30m

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.

The Small Elephants

S09 E24 • Sunday, Mar 12, 1961 • Mar 12 • 30m

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.

Love is a Lion's Roar

S09 E25 • Sunday, Mar 19, 1961 • Mar 19 • 30m

Labor of Love

S09 E26 • Sunday, Mar 26, 1961 • Mar 26 • 30m

The Red Balloon

S09 E27 • Sunday, Apr 2, 1961 • Apr 2 • 30m

A special showing of the Albert Lamorisse 1956 French film featuring Lamorisse's son, Pascal.

Sis Bowls 'Em Over

S09 E28 • Sunday, Apr 9, 1961 • Apr 9 • 30m

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.

The Joke's on Me

S09 E29 • Sunday, Apr 16, 1961 • Apr 16 • 30m

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.

My Darling Judge

S09 E30 • Sunday, Apr 23, 1961 • Apr 23 • 30m

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.

Louie and the Horseless Buggy

S09 E31 • Sunday, Apr 30, 1961 • Apr 30 • 30m