THISTV Sat 20 Dec 2008

C A L E N D A R	Saturday, December 20, 2008 Daily schedule as of 12-19-08 12:06
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05:00a-05:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [100] -Old Swayback Ed becomes friends with an old swayback horse, whom everyone ridicules, and convinces Wilbur to let the horse stay with them.
05:30a-06:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1086] -CATHY LEAVES HOME Cathy decides to apply to be an exchange student, and is very disappointed when the family doesn't stop her.
06:00a-07:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1023] -Second Chance A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.
07:00a-08:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1024] -Moonstone Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.
08:00a-08:30a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1087] -HISTORY PAPER CAPER Patty gets a bright, new student at school to "help" her with her history paper.
08:30a-09:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1088] -VERY PHONE-Y SITUATION When Martin puts a time limit on everyone's phone calls, the kids try to earn money to buy their own phone.
09:00a-09:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [101] -Ed, The Donkey Ed is offended when he is constantly called a jackass all the time, so Ed insists that Wilbur take him to the vet to make sure that Ed is still a horse.
09:30a-10:00a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [102] -Mae West Meets Mr. Ed Ed overhears Mae West commissioning Wilbur on creating ultra deluxe stables for her horses. When Ed overhears the conversation, he starts to get discontented with his own surroundings.
10:00a-10:30a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [15] -Mousecovites (Russia) The Moscow Circus is in danger of being closed down! A string of thefts all over the city have two things in common: jewelry is being stolen out of high rooms although the doors are locked from the inside, and each theft has occurred while the circus is in progress. The mice's cousin Ivan is worried that the circus might close which would be the end of the Mousecovite Circus as well. Our heroes help him discover that his friend, Sasha, is being forced to steal by the evil ringmaster. Sasha wants only to be a performer in the circus and for his father to get his old job back as ringmaster. The mice help Sasha set a trap for his dastardly boss. When the circus opens the next night, Sasha soars as the newest acrobat and his father is once again Ringmaster of the Moscow Circus.
10:30a-11:00a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [16] -Vaudeville Mice (New York, USA) Ba-da-boom! Vaudeville is not dead ì but it's gasping for air! Our mice visit their cousin Satchey and his best friend Benny at the Oxodrome theater in New York. Benny's father is convinced his son is a talented singer, but the kid has a voice only a father could love. On top of that, someone is scaring the audience out of their seats! It is none other than Dutch Feeney, a two-bit gangster who is determined to blow up the theater to get to the bank vault next door. To make matters worse, he's kidnapped Benny's father! A wild visit to the Waldorf hotel, more bad jokes than any mouse can stand, and Alexander's first pie in the face, lead the mice and Benny on an adventure that foils the gangsters and reveals Benny's true talent: he's a great magician!
11:00a-11:30a	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [41] -A Trip Back in Time, Home Sweet Home, P.S. Pig's Special Friend Huckle and Lowly wonder why Mr. Fixit is so excited about inventing an elevator, until they find out it’s really a time machine. And when Mr. Fixit’s back is turned, Mr. Fumble falls on the switch and sends himself, Huckle and Lowly back in time to Busyburgh. And luckily for them, Mr. Fixit’s ancestor is there and ready to fix whatever it takes to get them back home. / Bump and Thump, the first inventors ever, decide to help their clumsy friend, Clunk, find a “cave: of his own, but all the caves are taken. So the prehistoric inventors decide to build him a cave. And when their idea catches on, Bump and Thump haven’t just invented the first house – they’ve invented the first village. / P.S. Pig is not happy because all she does is deliver mail and never receives any herself. Huckle, Lowly, Hilda, and Lynnie try to cheer her up and send her letters, signing in “your special friend.” P.S. gets carried away dreaming of meeting her secret admirer, so the kids decide they better fess up. P.S. is upset at first, until she realizes now she doesn’t just have one special friend, she has four.
11:30a-12:00n	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [42] -Mr. Fixit's Magnet Machine, Sneef and Sniff at the Opera, Mr. Gronkle Won't Mind Mr. Fixit’s been inventing again, and this time, it’s something very “attractive” – a huge magnet machine. It gets loose in Busytown and rips up everything made of metal. Huckle, Lowly, and Sgt. Murphy find out what’s going on, and hurry to stop it. And luckily for Busytown, Mr. Fumble is fishing nearby and catches the destructive machine. / (?) / Huckle, Lowly, and Father Cat plan to spend a beautiful spring day together, but everything they do lands Father Cat on Mr. Gronkle’s property – uninvited. The cat family retreats to their own backyard – where they catch Mr. Gronkle trespassing himself. And over a wonderful dinner, they all realize how lucky they were to “keep running into each other.”
12:00n-12:30p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [15] -Queen for a Day Today is the day Wimzie catches the flu that everyone else has already had. She's sent to bed but proves to be a very difficult patient, demanding service and attention from Yaya and everyone else. She also causes a puzzle tower that Jonas and the others are building to topple time and time again. Ultimately, Wimzie learns that the quickest way to get back to one's friends when one is sick is to rest up and get better.
12:30p-01:00p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [16] -A Fishy Fish Story Wimzie and her friends desperately want a pet. Yaya wonders whether or not they are ready for the responsibility. The kids think they are, but Yaya decides to start them out with a fish they eventually name Fido. The kids agree to take care of the fish. But after the initial excitement, they soon grow tired of taking care of Fido. Yaya keeps watch and reminds them to put in fresh water, feed their pet and perform other tasks, as per the agreement. Then one day the fish bowl is empty and the kids fear Fido has run away because they stopped taking good care of him. A search proves fruitless but Yaya reveals that she's put the fish in her room. The children can have Fido back when they are ready to be responsible and take good care of him.
01:00p-03:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 1 - Comedy "CLIFFORD" - [1994]/120m Director: Paul Flaherty Stars: Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman A mischievous and obnoxious 10-year-old boy makes life pure hell for his bachelor uncle while his parents are in Hawaii.
03:00p-05:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 2 - Comedy "THE END" - [1978]/120m Director: Burt Reynolds Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Joanne Woodward, Sally Field Burt Reynolds stars as a man who uses his recently diagnosed terminal illness as a means to manipulate those closest to him in this wildly funny film that features an outstanding cast including Dom DeLuise and Sally Field.
05:00p-07:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 3 - Thriller "ESCAPE CLAUSE" - [1996]/120m Director: Brian Trenchard Smith Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Paul Sorvino An insurance expert and his family are targeted for death by the plaintiff in a lawsuit, a police officer crippled in a railroad accident, because of his crucial testimony on behalf of the insurance company.
07:00p-08:00p	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1025] -The Mutant A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.
08:00p-10:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 4 - Action "DIGGSTOWN" - [1992]/120m Director: Michael Ritchie Stars: James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Platt, Heather Graham Highlighted by suspenseful boxing sequences, this witty film casts James Woods, Bruce Dern and Louis Gossett, Jr. as offbeat characters who live for sparring, betting and swindling.
10:00p-12:00m	THIS Saturday Movie 5 - Drama "CHERRY 2000" - [1988]/120m Director: Steve Dejarnatt Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Ben Johnson, Tim Thomerson What used to be the American Southwest... In this post-MAD MAX adventure, a woman mercenary is hired to bust into a 21st-century robot warehouse which is operated by psychos.
12:00m-02:00a	THIS Saturday Movie 6 - Horror "SPELLBINDER" - [1988]/120m Director: Janet Greek Stars: Tim Daly, Kelly Preston, Rick Rossovich, Audra Lindley Jeff Mills, an L.A. attorney, rescues a woman he has never met before, not knowing she is the woman of his dreams, or that she will lead him into a nightmare of illusion and betrayal.
02:00a-04:00a	THIS Saturday Movie 7 - Horror "SUPERNOVA" - [2000]/120m Director: Thomas Lee Stars: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips SUPERNOVA chronicles the adventures of a deep space hospital ship and its crew. When the spaceship comes to the aid of another ship in distress, the crew finds itself in danger from the one man they rescue.
04:00a-05:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1026] -The Guests After running over an ancient man, Wade Norton finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner (and ageless) by an alien intelligence.

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