A description of Hurricane Donna, Congo crisis; Lumumba arrested
and released, Kennedy campaigns in Texas, a religious issue discussed.            

Highlights: Controversial leaders, including Nikita Khrushchev and Castro coming to New York, New York police take precautions, Hungarian refugees comment on their hatred for Khrushchev, OLA plans raucous greeting for Khrushchev, Khrushchev truculent against pickets and demonstrations, State Department will restrict his movements.           

Khrushchev arrives in New York City to an unfriendly reception, other communist leaders including Fidel Castro are restricted to Manhattan, Communist leader Janos Kadar and USSR's Nikita Khrushchev make  short dockside speeches, heavy police escort guides Khrushchev motorcade to the Russian embassy,                          

New York City Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy slur on Jewish cops, Rabbi comments on insult, Pierre Salinger comments on Kennedy's campaign, Captain William Bradley of ILA comments on demonstrations by dockworkers against Khrushchev.                                      

Castro storms out of his hotel claiming he's being overcharged, too much security, Nixon campaigns.            

Highlights: Castro claims he might sleep in Central Park, Hungarian demonstrations against Khrushchev at the UN, the presidential campaign.

From WINS radio in New York City.                          

Castro will not sleep in Central Park. He will go to his hotel suite instead.                         

More on Castro hotel problems, Hungarian refugees riot against Khrushchev, Eisenhower says troublemakers coming to the US, Russians protest wording on anti-Castro signs, political chaos in the Congo, Mayor Wagner summons NYC police commissioner Stephen Kennedy about anti-Jewish remarks, Laos reports under rebel attack by the communists.            

More news on the Castro hotel incident, Cubans claim the New York police is rude to them, Khrushchev booed and heckled by spectators, the downfall of the Lumumba government in Congo.            

September 19, 1960-March 13, 1961

A half-hour sports series broadcast live from Legion Lanes in Hollywood.   Veteran sportscaster Chick Hearn handled the play by play, and Milton Berle added comedy bits between frames.  
26 broadcasts in the series.           

October 18th, 1959-1966, 

A one hour syndicated taped color weekly broadcast, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The series was awarded a Peabody. Superb music by a 71 piece orchestra in the sumptuous setting of a ballroom. Different guest conductors appear on a weekly basis and take the podium. 

Howard Barlow conductor.                          

Highlights: Castro now settled in Theresa, US calls it a propaganda stunt, Cubans claim suffering negroes in Harlem open their doors to Castro, commissioner Kennedy will not allow Jewish officers off during the holiday, Marshall Tito arrives in New York for UN session.                          

Khrushchev claims the New York police manhandled Russians when Khrushchev visited Castro at Theresa.          

Khrushchev claims assassination attempt, says gun in TV camera, Khrushchev holds an unusual news conference from his balcony, Khrushchev complains of confinement, can't see America, says he's under "house arrest", John Kennedy campaigns in Tennessee, Nixon talks in Indiana.                         

Highlights: 10,000 mass near Castro hotel, brawl results, nine-year-old girl accidentally shot by Castro fanatic, Mayor Wagner will see to it that police commissioner Kennedy apologizes for slur on Jews.                                    

Eisenhower speaks at the UN, Khrushchev at the plaza reception receives boos, nine-year-old Venezuelan girl dies after being shot by Cuban fanatics, Castro gives interview in Harlem hotel, honored by people of Harlem, hopes Khrushchev will visit him in Cuba, Togoland president Olympio comments on possible Khrushchev visit to his country.                                       

President Dwight  Eisenhower will give a speech to UN, wants open skies policy, all quiet in Harlem after huge pro-Castro gathering, Tennessee sit-in faces ten years in prison.                                                

Senator John F. Kennedy to meet with  Vice President Richard M.Nixon in a television debate, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives in New York, Khrushchev hopes for a man in orbit, Prime Minister Nehru of India arrives in New York, Egyptian president Nasser visits Castro in Harlem, Khrushchev wants three Russian secretaries in the UN instead of one, Emily Post dies at 86.                                                  

Senator John F. Kennedy, Democratic Presidential nominee,  and Vice President Richard M.Nixon, Republican Presidential nominee  will have their TV debate, Castro makes 4 1/2 hour speech attacking US at UN, negro leaders accuse Castro of communism, Rabbi still wants an apology from NYC police commissioner Stephen Kennedy.                           

October 18th, 1959-1966, 

A one hour syndicated taped color weekly broadcast, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The series was awarded a Peabody. Superb music by a 71 piece orchestra in the sumptuous setting of a ballroom. Different guest conductors appear on a weekly basis and take the podium. 

Fritz Reiner conducting.                          

The first 1960 presidential debate between Republican Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy.Telecast from WBBM-TV in Chicago. 

Howard K. Smith is moderator. Panelists: Sander Vanocur, Charles Warren, Stuart Novins, Robert Fleming. 

Live coverage of the 1960 presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard Nixon.
Also included are the presidential debates of 10-07-1960, 10-13-1960, and 10-21-1960, all CBS-TV.
Thus is the 1st television debate among presidential candidates.

Khrushchev throws a tantrum at the UN, Khrushchev heckles Harold Macmillan UN talk and pounds on the table, Khrushchev wants allies to accept Russian disarmament terms, fifty-seven Americans harassed by Cubans in Havana, five hundred Americans leave Cuba, reporter comments on condition in police state Cuba, Nixon calls Kennedy a "monumental failure". Adolf Eichman trial to begin soon.           

September 29th,1960-January 26th, 1961 (CBS)

David Susskind was the executive producer for this unusual anthology series that was cloaked in pseudo-documentary trappings. Each show was set in a congressional hearing room where suspected racketeers were grilled by a panel of investigators. Some of the characters who appeared were entirely fictional, while others were based on real people. Telly Savalas guest-starred on the premiere of the series as Lucky Luciano. Paul McGrath appeared as the chairman of the investigating panel.

This is the series premiere.                          

October 1st,1960-September 28th,1963 (NBC)

Saturday morning children's show featuring Shari Lewis and her puppets. It replaced the Howdy Doody Show.                                        

   OPEN END WITH DAVID SUSSKIND:"THE MOVIE MAKERS"
1960-10-02, WNTA, 168 min.
David Susskind, George Cukor, Jerry Wald, Greer Garson, Fred Zinnemann, Daniel Taradash, Richard Brooks, Gary Rutowski, Phil Gries
                 October 14, 1958 - August 13, 1961
OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television)

                  September 10, 1961-May 5, 1963
OPEN END with David Susskind (WNEW Channel 5 Television)

June 9, 1963 last show of the season broadcast on WPIX TV.

                October 13, 1963-September 18, 1966
OPEN END with David Susskind (WPIX Channel 11 Television)

                October 2, 1966-September, 1986
DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (SYNDICATED, PBS, and COMMERCIAL STATIONS, including WNEW, New York). 


OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television)

                          "THE MOVIE MAKERS"

Open End with David Susskind was a break through talk show which literally had no time limit. The show ended when host, moderator David Susskind felt all conversation points were discussed. Some of these marathon telecasts lasted over four hours!. 

The series premiered on WNTA Channel 13 in New York for three years, an independent broadcast station, before it would become a Public Broadcast Station in 1962. A myriad of talk show guests, famous, infamous and unknown, found a forum on OPEN END. Subjects varied focusing on usually one topic...show business, politics, the economy, sex, education, crime, etc. Typically, many guests would discuss a subject sitting around a large table with David Susskind moderating, leading his guests with baited questions. For the first three years, of its 26 year existence as a regular series, WNTA TV was home to OPEN END which originally began its broadcasts on Tuesday nights, switching on January 18, 1959 to Sunday nights...a future Sunday evening time slot of the week where it would remain until 1986, for the rest of its run. The OPEN END with David Susskind Show also found syndication across the country and each market would run the program at different time at their own discretion. 

Most all of the telecasts were recorded on video tape, 2" quadruplex. Most shows were kept for a year or two like THE MOVIE MAKERS broadcast which was re-run on August 6, 1961 almost a year after it was first telecast on October 2, 1960. By this time the show ran for a finite three hours long. Thus the re-run of the MOVIE MAKERS had some footage deleted from its original telecast which aired for over 3 hours & 30 minutes,  2 hours & 48 minutes sans commercials.

The re-run of "THE MOVIE MAKERS" was the next to last broadcast telecast on WNTA channel 13. On September 10, 1961 the show moved to WNEW Channel 5 METROMEDIA in New York, and its air time was reduced to a two hour show.  

Sadly, most all of OPEN END broadcasts, later re titled THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW, commencing with the Oct. 2, 1966 broadcast, were wiped (erased), destroyed, discarded...whereabouts unknown, representing most shows produced and telecast during the late 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's.

"THE MOVIE MAKERS" panel consisted of directors, Fred Zinnemann, Richard Brooks, George Cukor, writer / producer Jerry Wald and screen writer Daniel Taradash. The round table discussion is lively and continued for almost three hours, sans commercials, many topics and anecdotal stories are exchanged. Discussion related to critics, the picture making business of today and yesterday, technical financial challenges of the day, budgets, the independent film making movement, working methods, the motion picture code, the black list, stars of tomorrow, new wave cinema, and commentary related to Hollywood legends, past and present, including  D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Jerry Lewis, John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, and so many others.

One unexpected highlight on this show is the inclusion of actress Greer Garson who can be heard in the studio, and at one point comes to the round-table and serves sandwiches to the panel, where Susskind and the panel start to inject their own humor related to this gesture.

NOTE: This broadcast was discovered by archivist / scholar, Gary Rutowski (www.savetv.tv) in the form of six two sided 10" acetate discs. Eleven sides were cut. Each side plays for approximately 15 minutes. The discs were recorded by Soundcraft, at the request of guest panelist, Daniel Taradash, who paid for this service. Soundcraft was a duplication company with headquarters located  in New York City at the time. The acetates were recorded at 33 &1/3rpm.

Phil Gries cleaned, restored and digitized the acetates in December of 2018. The ten hour process required some equalization, slight volume adjustments, elimination of occasional unwanted extraneous recorded content, occasional moderate unwanted electronic "noise," host David Susskind lead ins to commercial breaks (ten) and four additional edits eliminating gaps, clicks, and chatter. Thus, segues from one disc side to another, eleven in all, were created producing a listening flow as a complete program which never goes to commercial.  

This rare example of a very early OPEN END with David Susskind broadcast is an historic and important television audio air check, now archived and preserved in digital form, reprocessed with continuity by Phil Gries (all extraneous audio eliminated), for the first time in six decades. It is considered one of the oldest surviving OPEN END complete broadcasts, extant.  



                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                 

A SPECIAL broadcast, written by Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart consisting of a series of sketches and satires...romances related to love. 

SKETCHES:

"Manhattan"--------------------------Powell, Randall, Nelson
"Bohemia"-------------------------Carney, Paige
"Alone Together-----------------------------Powell, Nelson
"The Ritz Club---------------------------Randall, Ghostley
"Talk to Him"--------------------------Powell, Paige
"Standing on the Corner"--------------------All
"Sick Summer"-----------------------Randall, Ghostley 
"Passage t o Paradise"--------------------Powell, Nelson
"Strange Strawberries"---------------Carney, Randall, Paige          

Khrushchev creates a wild scene at UN by insulting Spanish president Franco, UN chairman Frederick Boland cautions Khrushchev about insulting heads of state, calls him out of order, Tito meets Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, campaign topics, Kennedy accuses Nixon, China communists attack US, Castro imposes restrictions on outgoing travelers, Nigeria becomes independent of British rule. 

Kenneth Banghart reports.                                       

October 5th, 1952-June 26th, 1955 (ABC)
October 5th, 1956-December 28th, 1956 (NBC)
October 2nd, 1960-November 6th, 1960 ABC)

In the fall of 1956, NBC gave Walter Winchell the opportunity to show that he could be as successful as his fellow columnist Ed Sullivan as the host of a weekly live variety show. The program originated from New York City for its first nine weeks and then moved to Hollywood. Despite Winchell's ability to attract show business personalities as guests who owed him favors, and a reasonably well-paced production, the series never caught on and was canceled after thirteen weeks. 

A half-hour talk show starring journalist and TV reporter Walter Winchell.

This is the debut of the October 2nd, 1960 show on ABC television.

Guest is Richard Nixon Republican candidate for president who answers various questions posed to him by Winchell. Nixon speaks about what the United States will do if Cuba receives military arms from Russia and the economy.                                      

During this 15th assembly of the United Nations, Khrushchev wants Dag Hammerasklod to resign, he wants a troika, Nehru prefers the status quo, prefers Hammarskjold, Hammarskjold speaks for himself defies Khrushchev.                           

July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. 

For four years and eight months, Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the Tonight Show with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melies, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conried, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Johnathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host there were 20 different performers over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times, and Johnny Carson 15 times. Altogether there were 243 broadcasts that had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late-night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first videotaped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10, 1959. The first color broadcast aired on September 19, news bulletin on the "Explorer I"  satellite, launched today. 

Jack's guest is Jonathan Winters, Arlene Francis, George Kirgo all join in a forum of round table discussion topics including the discovery of the wheel, outer space civilizations, the inevitability of war, and the intellect of friend Alexander King.   
Jack Paar mentions that during last evenings show Victor Borge told a joke about a plane crash that was not know by anyone until the 11 O'clock News. Paar says that he against that type of subject as humor. 

During this exchange of philosophical thinking  Jack Paar, Jonathan Winters, Hugh Downs, Arlene Francis and George Kirby discuss the subject of "During the History  of the World, War is Inevitable."  Jonathan Winters describes his imaginary  symbolic character "The Man with the Glass Head."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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. 

                                                                                        

Victor Borge presents his first special of the year. Borge plays a concert version of Grieg's Concerto - Latin American style.

Dupe Of Number 5491.                           

SPECIAL BROADCAST SALUTE
Mrs. FDR was 75 a year ago and as a plus one year follow up, a tribute to her (and the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Research Foundation located in Denver Colorado) by admirers in and out of show business.  Many perform during this one-hour 76th birthday celebration special broadcast. A brief distinguished appearance by Mrs. Roosevelt and a simple spiritualization of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Mahalia Jackson rounds out an excellent broadcast. 

Bob Hope hosts this program which presents show business personalities and other prominent people.
Executive Producer, David Susskind.
Written for Television by  Reginald Rose.

HIGHLIGHTS:

"You Gotta Start Off Each Day With A Song," "I Believe, "Treat A Piano Nice".....Jimmy Durante

"Do Re Mi"....................Mary Martin accompanied by Richard Rodgers on the piano.

"If"..................................Carol Channing

"The Continental".....................Nat King Cole

"The Bee"......................................Jack Benny

NOTE:
This follow up broadcast to last years ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: DIAMOND JUBILEE (October 7, 1959) is different which had Arthur Godfrey hosting and including guests Eddie Cantor, Ralph Bellamy Gertrude Berg, Art Carney, Henry Fonda and Cedric Hardwicke among others. 

NOTE: Occasional original slight broadcast audio static and hum.                                                                                              

NBC newsman Frank McGee is the moderator for the second Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate telecast live from Washington DC.           

Bob Hope is the host for a 75th birthday salute plus one and career tribute to Mrs. Eleanor Rossevelt. David Susskind is the executive producer. 

This is an excerpted duplicate of #7112 which is complete
            

The second presidential debate between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy. Held at WRC-TV in Washington D.C. 

Moderator: Frank McGee
Panelists: Edward P. Morgan, Alan Spivak, Paul Niven, Harold Levy.

Phil Silvers only guest is Polly Bergen. Phil and Polly perform a variety of sketches, songs and dances together.                      

The final 66 minutes has been archived on 1/4" master audio tape of the show with David Susskind interviewing Nikita Khrushchev.  

NOTE:  David Susskind's show, Open End, was so titled because the show's episode ran as long as needed to cover the topic. In mid October, 1960, Susskind invited Nikita Khrushchev to appear for an interview. Khrushchev was prepared to expose any hypocrisy and propaganda, and the usually unbeatable Susskind had met his match. For 2 hours, Khrushchev pummeled Susskind's anti-Russian and anti-Castro's rants, embarrassing Susskind and the nation. It was even more unfortunate when a anti-communism commercial ran mid-way through the live event. Khrushchev, realizing what had just happened, commented about the "trickery."

Susskind delivered long patriotic orations and attempted to appear statesman-like, but Khrushchev exposed Susskind's flip behavior. When Susskind remarked to Khrushchev, "You are baying at the moon", Khrushchev, according to Time Magazine, "gave him a naughty-boy dressing down, beginning by asking Susskind's age (39) and suggesting he had much to learn." Throughout the interview, Khrushchev was amiable, calm, and on-target. 

SEE ATA#13496B, "WORLD IN PERSPECTIVE" televised right after the OPEN END Susskind & Khrushchev interview. A review of the program is discussed with David Susskind and a panel of six journalists.                                                                         

The final 66 minutes has been archived on 1/4" master audio tape of the show with David Susskind interviewing Nikita Khrushchev.  

NOTE:  David Susskind's show, Open End, was so titled because the show's episode ran as long as needed to cover the topic. In mid October, 1960, Susskind invited Nikita Khrushchev to appear for an interview. Khrushchev was prepared to expose any hypocrisy and propaganda, and the usually unbeatable Susskind had met his match. For 2 hours, Khrushchev pummeled Susskind's anti-Russian and anti-Castro's rants, embarrassing Susskind and the nation. It was even more unfortunate when a anti-communism commercial ran mid-way through the live event. Khrushchev, realizing what had just happened, commented about the "trickery."

Susskind delivered long patriotic orations and attempted to appear statesman-like, but Khrushchev exposed Susskind's flip behavior. When Susskind remarked to Khrushchev, "You are baying at the moon", Khrushchev, according to Time Magazine, "gave him a naughty-boy dressing down, beginning by asking Susskind's age (39) and suggesting he had much to learn." Throughout the interview, Khrushchev was amiable, calm, and on-target. 

SEE ATA#13496B, "WORLD IN PERSPECTIVE" televised right after the OPEN END Susskind & Khrushchev interview. A review of the program is discussed with David Susskind and a panel of six journalists.