Episode 1
The Man Who Thought for Himself
Sep 18, 1960
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.
Episode 2
Journal of Hope
Sep 25, 1960
Episode 3
Hooray for Love
Oct 2, 1960
Episode 4
Swinging Singing Years
Oct 9, 1960
Episode 5
Goodbye, My Love
Oct 16, 1960
Episode 6
The Camel`s Foot
Oct 23, 1960
Episode 7
The Graduation Dress
Oct 30, 1960
Episode 8
The Influential Americans
Nov 13, 1960
Episode 9
The Playoff
Nov 20, 1960
Episode 10
Journey to a Wedding
Nov 27, 1960
Episode 11
Learn to Say Goodbye
Dec 4, 1960
Tom Parkes is still attached to the memory of his first wife. Jo, his new wife, vows to win his complete affection.
Episode 12
Strictly Solo
Dec 11, 1960
Episode 13
The Money Driver
Dec 18, 1960
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.
Episode 14
The Other Wise Man
Dec 25, 1960
A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.
Episode 15
Don't Let It Throw You
Jan 1, 1961
Episode 16
Memory in White
Jan 8, 1961
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.
Episode 17
The Devil You Say
Jan 22, 1961
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.
Episode 18
The Drop-Out
Jan 29, 1961
Episode 19
A Little White Lye
Feb 5, 1961
Todays theme is A Little White Lye.
Episode 20
The Legend That Walks Like a Man
Feb 12, 1961
Episode 21
A Possibility of Oil
Feb 19, 1961
Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi
Episode 22
Image of a Doctor
Feb 26, 1961
Episode 23
Open House
Mar 5, 1961
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.
Episode 24
The Small Elephants
Mar 12, 1961
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.
Episode 25
Love is a Lion's Roar
Mar 19, 1961
Episode 26
Labor of Love
Mar 26, 1961
Episode 27
The Red Balloon
Apr 2, 1961
A special showing of the Albert Lamorisse 1956 French film featuring Lamorisse's son, Pascal.
Episode 28
Sis Bowls 'Em Over
Apr 9, 1961
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.
Episode 29
The Joke's on Me
Apr 16, 1961
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.
Episode 30
My Darling Judge
Apr 23, 1961
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.
Episode 31
Louie and the Horseless Buggy
Apr 30, 1961
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