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26 Boston Evening Globe Tuesday, December 23, 1S69 TWISTAGRAM NIGHT WATCH TELEVISION -RADIO En Merv should be penalized 5 yards for off side in Tiny Tim's TV TD tttti i -1 1 1 1 1 TV HIGHLIGHTS TODAY 'i 1 1 1 1 1 i 'i ii 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 i 3. Scottish 'one. 4. Kind of tide. 5.

He signed the Declaration of Independence. (His name rhymes with 'reign'.) 6. A plant native to a very cold climate. 7. River duck with a long tail (variant spelling).

8. Thin steel coated with tin. After No. 2, the letters added in succession are and T. Answer tomsrrsw Aatwtr to Yesterday's TWISTAGRAM NH HEN THEN NEATH ATHENS HASTENS SHANTIES Yesterday it said it had found that the Benti show was not holding up for the full hour, that "Kangaroo" was about holding its own in abbreviated form, that "Bozo" had gained about 10 per cent in the ratings in its new slot, but that on the whole it figured the switchback would provide "greater service to more people." RED SKELTON HOUR.

Howard Keel, Joan Freeman, Linda Sue Risk, Jillana join Red in repeat of "The Christmas Urchin." 8:30 (5) KING FAMILY. Christmas special, musical hour. 9 (56) THE COURSE OF OUR TIMES. Abram Sacher, "Russia Under Stalin." 9:30 (2-44) CBS NEWS SPECIAL. "A Conversation with William Rogers," the Secretary of State chats with Eric Sevareid.

10 (5) FIVE-DAY PLAN to Stop Smoking 10:30 to 11 (5) MERV GRIFFIN SHOW. Bob Cummings, Richard Pryor, Pat Buttram. 11:30 (5) DAVID FROST SHOW. Jane Fonda, Grade Fields, Cab Calloway and daughter Chris, Interior Secretary Walter Hickel, Milt Kamen. 4:30 (4) THE NUTCRACKER.

Edward Villella, Melissa Hayden, Patricia McBride in Tchaikovsky's ballet. 7:30 (5) THE MOD SQUAD. Maurice Evans guest stars as "Admiral" Nat Johnson, one of the cleverest con men in the business. 7:30 (7) NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS. Holiday selections by the Univ.

of New Hamp- shire Concert Choir. 8 (4) MOVIE. Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, I Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger in repeat of holiday musical, "White Christmas." 8:30 (4) Copyright 1969 by J. Langdon Sullivan Start anywhere. Some find it more fun to work from the top down.

Each line of the answer contains all the letters in the line above it, usually rearranged. 2. The continent we live on (The 3d and 6th letters of No. 8.) India" (Ch. 2) Half about Gandhi, half about India.

The biographical portion was much more interesting. "Love American Style" (Ch. 7) Not a spark in all three playlets. "Ed Sullivan Show" (Ch. 5) A bulging grab bag of clips and live bits saluting the entertainment highlights of the decade.

The glowing musical excerpts overshadowed the comedy. "Sahara" (Ch. 4) One of the best written documentaries I have ever encountered; a skillfully assembled work. "Traveler without Luggage" (Ch. 2) A moderately intriguing Canadian production of the Anouilh play on the flaws of human nature.

EVENING The Silent Majority can be heard ED MATTAR is one tallcmaster who will not rudely hang-up if he disagree! with you. Call him and see. JFt By Percy Shain Globe Staff Merv Griffin used to get housewives sputtering around here with his late-afternoon didoes. But nothing he ever did in his Group run was quite as tawdry as the jeering imitation of the Tiny Tim-Miss Vicki wedding he permitted to occupy his stage last night. Steve Allen must share the blame, for he wrote the vulgar skit and acted in it with his wife, Jayne Meadows, in what he called "The Marriage of Big Steve and Miss Jaynie." Desperation often makes people do strange things, and that is the only excuse I can find for this offense to good taste, perpetrated in a cheap attempt to duplicate the ratings that the original ceremony got on the "Johnny Carson Show." There was no humor in this reproduction of last week's affair with Steve affecting a luxuriant hairdo, a hooked nose, and a high-pitched giggle, throwing in double en-tendres and innuendoes at every chance, while Jayne played a retarded girl of 14 who kept pumping her daddy in the stomach every few seconds.

Dom DeLuise, who was scheduled to play the judge, apparently wanted no part of these asinine doings, so Jack Carter never noted for his propriety moved over to play the justice while old Arthur Treacher filled in as the father. Jack did utter one truth in his mock ritual: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to increase our ratings." Well, maybe Tiny Tim asked for it in the rank commercialism that surrounded his nuptials. NBC has been no better than the rival network in allowing repeated snickering slurs on its airways, from such as Bob Hope and Johnny Carson himself, whose promise of "no ridicule" turned out to be a sham. The more I see of this whole business, the more I think they all should be ashamed of themselves. WHIL WO Radio ffi "Hp I 7TTlJj7 Thanks to a whopping win for "Hans Brinker," the musical special, as the top-rated show of the week, NBC gained its largest margin yet in the Nielsen ratings for the week ending Dec.

14 a score of 20.3 as against 17.7 for CBS and 16.9 for ABC. The victory enabled the network to claim a sweep for the 13-week Fall season, in which it led CBS by 19.9 to 19.1. NBC also led at this stage a year ago, but was nosed out in the final week of the season after a year-long neck-and -neck duel. Following "Brinker" in the top 10 were mostly old favorites, "Gunsmoke," "Dean Martin," "Bonanza," "Music Hall," "Laugh-In," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Ironside," "Lucy" and "Movie of the Week." The high "Music Hall" rating was a good omen for Johnny Cash, who was its host that week and shortly begins a weekly variety show on ABC. The movie was Ray Milland's "Daughter of the Mind." There was good news, too, for CBS which reported that an overnight National Arbitron rating gave the "Glen Campbell Show" a 25.8 rating and a 42 percent share of audience in its Sunday night debut Dec.

21. That was considerably higher than the figure usually garnered by Leslie Uggams, the predecessor show, and enabled it to trounce "Bonanza," which had a 21.1 rating and 34 percent share. MORNING GLOBE reviews in brief: "Gandhi's Daily 9-Noon Phone 395-1320 trait 38 Divorce Court (c) 50 Dennis Wholey Show (cj 9:00 2 Michael Ambrosino, Christmas Show (c) 11 Firing Line (c) 38 Crackerbarret 44 Skiing 56 King Family Christmas Special 9:30 2-44 The Course of Our Times (c) 43 GOVERNOR AND J.J. HIT OF THE SEASON 5-12 The Governor and J.J. (c) 10:00 2-11 Newsfront 5 CBS News Special: "A Conversation with William Rogers" 6 Suspense Theatre (c) 7-9 M.rcus Welby.

M.D. (e) 12 Oral Roberts Special 38 Movie. "Strawberry Blonde," Rita Hayworth, James Cagney 44 The Forsyte Saga 50 News Central 56 Arch Macdonald, news (c) 10:30 2 Flick Out 5 Channel 5 Reports 50 Steve Allen Show (c) 56 The Honeymooners 11:00 4-5-6-7-9-10-12 News 56 Strange Paradise (c) 11:30 4-10 Tonight Show (c) 5-12 Merv Griffin Show (c) 6-7 Joey Bishop Show (c) 9 The Untouchables 38 Weill Fargo 56 Movie. "Journey into Light," Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lind fors 1:00 4 Movie. "Meet John Doe" part 2 5 Secret Agent 6 Movie.

"Five Guns West," John Lund, Dorothy Melon 7 News 56 At Your Service 4:00 2-44 Spsaling Frctly 4- 5-7-10-12 News, wsathsr 4 Star Trek (c) 9 ABC Newt (c) 1 1 The Liturgy of Worship 38 Dobie Gillit 58 Bonus Bingo 56 Patty Duke 4:30 4-10 Huntley-BrinWey Report (e) 5- 12 Walter Cronkite, news (cj 7 Game Game (e) 9 News, weather 1 1 Exploring the Crafts 38 Man From U.N.C.LL (c) 50 lnfo-50 Wrapup (e) 561 Love Lucy 7:00 2-1 1-44 Louis Lyons 4 Eyewitness Newsday (c) 5 What's My Line? (c) 6 Strange Paradise (e) 7 Dick Van Dyke Show 9 "Sounds of Christmas" 10 To Tell the Truth 12 Truth, Consequences 50 Mike Douglas (c) 56 Gilligan's Island Elliot Norton 4- 101 Dream of Jeannie (c) 5- 12 The Nutcracker 6- 7-9 The Mod Squad (c) 38 Of Land and Seas (c) 56 Beat the Clock (c) :00 2-44 The Forsyte Saga 4 Christmas Special 10 Debbie Reynolds Show World and Work of American Craftsman (c) 56 Star Trek (c) 1:30 4-10 Movie. "White Christmas," Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen (r) 5-12 Red Skelton Hour (c) 6-7-9 Movie. "Honeymoon With nA Stranger," Janet Leigh, Rossano Brani 1 1 Bryan Beavers: A Moving Por feats fesi I IT I -f "i ''Mir UjO(! Oil of. -mi i i Mon. Fri.

2-6 p.m. DBS VIA WW Wednesday TV until 6 p.m. Andover Iralntrei Newton Saugus 6:00 6:15 6:25 ft 10-38 Name Drop pert (c) 1:00 5 Where the Heart It (c) 6-7-9 Dream House (c) 10 Talk Back 12 Edge of Night (c) 38 One Life to Live 56 Movie. "Hoppity Goet to Town," Mai Fleischer cartoon 1:25 I JO 2:00 We Wish You a Stereo Christmas. 1 1 6:30 6:45 6:55 7:00 8:00 8:30 8:45 9.00 5 TV Cook-In (c) 5- 12 As the World Turns (c) 6- 7-9 Let's Make a Deal (c) 10-38 You're Putting Me On (e) 4- 10 Days of Our Lives (c) 5- 12 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (c) 6-9-38 Newlywed Gam (c) 7 Movie.

"The Jackpot," Jamet Stewart, Barbara Hale, Jamet Gleason 2:30 4- 10 The Doctors (c) 5- 12 Guiding Light Ul 3:00 4-9-38 The Dating Gam (e) 56 Make Room for Daddy (c) 4-10 Another World (c) 5 The Secret Storm (c) 4-9-38 General Hospital (c) 12 Mike Douglas Show 56 Kimba (c) 9:30 5 Sunrise Semester (c) 4 Prince of Peace 7 Understanding Our World 10 Leave It to Beaver 12 Sunrise Semester (c) 5 N.E. Farmer (c) 4 Daily Almanac (c) 5 We Believe (c) 6 Jack Delaney, newt (c) 7 News (c) 12 Jobs Are Waiting (c) 4- 10 Today Show (c) 5- 12 Joseph Benti, news (c) 6 The Boio Show (c) 7 Major Mudd (cj 5-12 Captain Kangaroo (c) 6 Community (c) 5 The Boio Show (c) 6 Jack LaLann Show (c) 6 News (c) 4 New England Today (c) 5 Romper Room (c) 6 Funtime (c) 7 Galloping Gourmet (c) 10 Steve Allen Show (c) 12 Dialing for Dollars (c) 5 Classroom 5 (c) 6 Romper Room (c) 7 Steve Allen Show (c) 9 Cartoon Festival (c) 2 Sesame Street (c) 4.6 It Takes Two (c) 5-12 The Lucy Show (c-r) 9 Movie. "Flaiy Martin," Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone 10 How It Is 4-10 Nancy Dickerson, newt (c) 4- 10 Concentration (c) 5- 12 Beverly Hillbillies (c-r) 6 Girl Talk (c) 7 Dave Garroway (c) 56 At Your Service (c) 4- 10 Sale of the Century (c) 5- 12 Andy Griffith Show (c-r) 6 Anniversary Game (c) 56 Here's Barbara, talk show (c) 38 Louise Darling (c) 9 Medic, drama 38 Newt (c) 4- 10 Hollywood Squares (c) 5- 12 Love of Life (c) 6 He Said. She Said (c) 7 New, (c) 38 Jack LaLann Show (c) 56 Captain Boston Show 7 Speak Out. Ed Miller (c) 9 News.

Tom Bonnar 2 Misteroaer't Neighborhood 3:15 3:30 10:00 Mothers were rejoicing today that "Captain Kangaroo" will be back in its 60-minute entirety on the Ch. 5 slate starting Jan. 5. The experiment of giving half the time to "Bozo" will have lasted just 17 weeks. The station decided the old way was better.

Accordingly, "Bozo" will go back to its old 7:30 a.m. slot; the Joseph Benti news show will be cut to a half-hour, starting at and "Kangaroo" maestro Bob Keeshan will again hold forth for the full hour from 8 to 9, which has been his on the CBS network for many years. The change was a signal victory for Action for Children's Television (ACT), the mothers' group that has been putting pressure on the station for many weeks for the full "Kangaroo" through the medium of letters, phone calls, meetings with management and one picketing march. Ch. 5 had promised, in a letter to protesters, that it would "reevaluate the situation" after 13 weeks.

50 Romper Room (c) 2-1 1 Joyce Chen Cooks 4-10 Bright Promises (c) 5 Edge of Night (c) 4-9 One Life to Live (c) 38 He Said. She Said (c) 66 Bunker Hill 7 News 8 8 8 8 3:50 4-DCl 2-1 1-44 Sesame Street (cl WKOXFM has planned a very special Christmas for you. Only on FM-105 will you hear 32 hours of beautiful Christmas music in STEREO, plus 5the voices of New England Servicemen with their holiday greetings to loved ones. You'll hear all the traditional "sounds of the season" in STEREO starting at Noon on Christmas Eve and continuing through Christmas, And every half-hour, Servicemen from around the world will send their personal greetings in their own voices to family and friends. Tune in a STEREO Christmas.

Tune in FM-103, WKOXFM All Hit radio for New England. 10.25 10:30 1055 11:00 11:15 1 1 11:30 4-10 Letters to Laugh-In (c) 5 Peyton Place (c) 4-7-9 Dark Shadows (c) 12-38 Gomer Pyte 50 Woody Woodbury (c) 4:25 4 Floyd Kalber, newt (c) 4:30 4-12 David Frost Show (c) 5 To Tell th Truth (c) 4 Lost in Space (c) 7 Candid Camera 9 Uncle Gus 10 I Lov Lucy 38 Three Stooges 54 Little Rascals 5:00 2-11-44 Misterogert' Neighborhood 5 Perry Mason 7 Haiel, Shirley Booth 10 Ben Casey 38 Fury, Bobby Diamond 56 Speed Racers, Cartoon (c) 5:20 4 News, weather (c) 5:30 2-11-44 What's New7 4 Gilligan's Island (c) 7 Truh or Consequences 9 Panic, drama 38 The Murtstert 50 Treehouse 50 56 The Flintstone (c) liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimm On Your Dial 11:35 11:55 12:00 4-5-12 News, weaker (c) 4-7-9 Bewitched (r) 10-38 Jeopardy (c) 12:30 50 lnfo-50 (c) (to 3:15 p.m.) 2 What's New? 4 Mike Douglas Show (c) 5-12 Search for Tomorrow (c) 4-7-9 That Girl (c) UU a FRAMINGHAM And he sure to join us New Year's Day too, for something very special Yorfve never heard it so good! AM STATIONS Kc. Kc. WEEI 1260 WRKO 680WJDA 1300 WCAS 740 WCRB 1330 WHDH 850WLYN 1380 WRYT 1390 WBZ 1030 WHIL 1430 WILD 1090 WMEX 1510 WCOP 1150WNTN 1550 WKOX 11901 WUNR 1600 FM STATIONS Mees. Megs.

WHIL 107.9 WROR 98.5 WBZ 106.7 WJIB 96.9 WKOX 105.7; WHRB 95.3 WBCN 104 1 WHDH 94.5 WEEI 103.3 WBOS 92.9 WCRB 1C2.5 WEUR 30.9 WLYN 101.7 WGBH 89.7 WCOP 100.7 WERS i3 9 WFLM 99.1 WTBS 83.1 RADIO HIGHLIGHTS New York StrinsT Quartet In Brahms' Sextet No. 2 In G. Boccheiini i Quintet in F. WGBH-FM. 9:30 SEASON'S GREETINGS, with Irish music, Michael Sherlock.

host-Hour of music from Ireland, with brief interviews to reflect an Irish Christmastime. WCRB. 10 Cantata No. 123, Honctser't Christmas Cantata. Liszt's The Christmas Tree (excerpts i.

WCRB. 30 MISICAL SPECIAL. WGBH Studio Concert. WGBH-FM. 8 30 RtTBOABD IJIMOBTALS.

Special Chrisfcras Tchaikovsky and Schumann concert WCRB. SOITH MOUXTAIX CONCERT. THK ADVOCATIS. -Should the United States ratify the Gcreva Protocol against the use of chemical and biological Undersecretary of State Elliott Richardson, principal speaker. WGBH-FM.

7:30 BASKETBALL. Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls, wbz. EEM.NG AT SIMPHOM. Bach'.