THISTV Sat 3 Jan 2009

C A L E N D A R	Saturday, January 3, 2009 Daily schedule as of 01-02-09 13:03
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05:00a-05:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [125] -Ed's Cold Tail Ed wants a heater for the barn and Carol needs a new refrigerator.
05:30a-06:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1017] -HOROSCOPE Patty become an astrologist in order to earn money to buy Natalie a birthday present.
06:00a-07:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1042] -Inheritors, Pt I A soldier falls in Vietnam, felled by an unusual bullet. Miraculously, he survives long enough to be sent to the US for an operation. Adam Ballard, the Assistant to the Secretary of Science, apprises his boss of the situation. Lt. Minns survived, but now has a second brainwave pattern, much stronger than his own.
07:00a-08:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1043] -Inheritors, Pt II In Part Two, Ballard follows up on a lead from Minns' apartment: a list of names. He finds that they're all children -- special children. Minerva Gordon is blind, Danny Masters is a deaf mute, others are handicapped in various ways. He makes preparations to protect the kids from Minns, to no avail. He then sets up a series of roadblocks on the road to Wichita, where a spaceship is being built.
08:00a-08:30a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1018] -THE TYCOONS When all the girls like the dress that Cathy made, she and Patty decide to go into business.
08:30a-09:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1019] -AUTHOR, AUTHOR Patty writes a novel presenting the viewpoint of the American teenager and immediately gets a publishing contract.
09:00a-09:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [126] -The Bank Robber Ed accidentally becomes the "drop" for stolen money, taken from a bank where Wilbur was making a deposit.
09:30a-10:00a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [127] -My Horse, The Mailman When Wilbur designs a spot office with a Pony Express statue, Ed becomes amazed at the thought that his ancestors used to deliver mail.
10:00a-10:30a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [19] -The Mystery of the Mouse Pharaoh's Tomb (Egypt) Cousin Anwar is very worried. They must solve the riddle of the missing hieroglyphics and find the tomb of the Pharaoh Kamose before the water from the Aswan dam destroys it forever! Emily and Alexander meet Anwar's friend Rabia, who hopes she finds the treasure. If she does perhaps she will be able to become an archeologist instead of following the path of the other girls in her village: tending to the housework. But there's someone else on the trail of the tomb's riches: Notail Nogoodnik! He captures Anwar, dresses as a cat-mummy and does everything he can think of to scare them away, but to no avail. Rabia and the mice solve the riddle of the hieroglyphics and save the pharaoh's treasures before the rising tides sweep them away!
10:30a-11:00a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [20] -The Ghost of Castle MacKenzie (Scotland) There is trouble on the moors! Ghosts are howling and yowling night after night and cousin Angus is at his wit's end. When Emily and Alexander meet Angus' friend Robby, they discover that with all of these ghosts about, his parents have decided to sell their beloved castle. They have long ago given up all hope of finding the gold supposedly hidden in its walls. Gold? Notail Nogoodnik hears this word and sets out on the scam of his career. If there's gold to be found in Castle MacKenzie, he's just the rat to do it. He meets up with his kilted clan members ì the MacRats ì and launches a scheme to grab the gold for himself. Meanwhile, it's up to Alexander and Emily to discover who the real ghost is and help Robby keep his castle home.
11:00a-11:30a	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [45] -Bananas the Magician, The First Horseless Carriage, Princess Hilda Bananas Gorilla decides to become a magician, but after only one day of practicing he gives up. To boost his confidence, Huckle and Lowly make one of his tricks work, and Bananas the Magnificent’s fame spreads through Busytown. Bananas decides to do his biggest trick ever, and when it fails, Huckle and Lowly must tell him the truth – Bananas Gorilla is plain ol’ Bananas, and that’s just fine with him. / Every week Nicholas Cugnot and his family push their heavy cart up a steep hill to the village market, much to the amusement of all the other villagers. So, when the family discovers that steam can move things, they invent the first ever steam carriage. The villagers are amazed with this new invention, but the Cugnots forgot one small detail on the carriage… BREAKS! / When “professional actress” Hilda Hippo doesn’t get the lead role in the school play, her dreams of fame are shattered. Hilda’s sure all she needs is a break, and boy does she get it. Hilda finds herself all alone on the “Cooking in Busytown” set at the Busytown Broadcasting Center, and she has a field day cooking up a storm, while all her friends tune in for the funny show.
11:30a-12:00n	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [46] -Daylight Savings Time, Eager Beaver's Clever Game, The Pickle Car Wash When Mr. Tick Toc gets stuck in the clock tower and is unable to change the time back one hour for Daylight Savings Time, all of Busytown winds down and is late. It’s Huckle, Lowly, and Bananas who figure out that something is not right when the town clock strikes thirteen, and with Sergeant Murphy’s help, they rescue Mr. Tic Toc and set Busytown on the right time. / Eager Beaver is a soldier who would much rather play than work. So, when he is ordered to dig out the tool shed, clean it up, and count every tool, Eager Beaver turns it into a game – and he invents hockey. And when the other soldiers give it a go, especially the Sergeant, they think Eager Beaver’s right… playing is a lot more fun than working. / Busytown has its first ever automatic car wash and Scotty Dog has set it up just right. Mr. Frumble and his car are vacuumed, scrubbed, soaked, washed, and dried, and the pickle car ends up flatter than a pancake. Mr. Frumble suggests to Scotty that he get his gas pumps fixed before he opens for business.
12:00n-12:30p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [19] -All Alone This morning, Wimzie has some big fun planned. However, none of the kids show up: Horace is having a checkup, Jonas is visiting the school he may go to, and Loulou has a morning playdate with a neighbour's daughter. Wimzie goes crazy being alone, pestering Yaya and generally being underfoot. Finally she begins to realize that being alone isn't as boring as she first thought when you allow your imagination to take over and entertain you.
12:30p-01:00p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-5-7) - Children [20] -You Just Gotta Keep Trying Loulou is in awe of Wimzie's drawing skills and wants to draw a picture of Wimzie. Her attempts are mostly funny and totally off the mark. Meanwhile, Yaya finds her old guitar in the closet and plays it beautifully. Wimzie wants to learn to play like her grandma and gets her first lesson. However, she quickly becomes frustrated and gives up, despite Yaya's advice that any skill is something you have to work hard at. Wimzie thinks more along the lines of: "If I can't get it right away, I don't want to do it." On the other hand, despite all her failed attempts, Loulou doggedly continues trying to draw that picture of Wimzie and finally produces a good likeness, and is lauded for it. The lesson isn't lost on Wimzie. In the final scene, at night, we hear the stumbling scales of a guitar playing. This time, the young player steadfastly continues practicing despite her mistakes.
01:00p-03:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 1 - Drama "MOLLY" - [1999]/120m Director: John Duigan Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, D. W. Moffett Fact based comedy about a man who has to take care of his sister when she is released from an institution. The autistic sister undergoes a new medical treatment that not only cures her but turns her into a genius.
03:00p-05:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 2 - Drama "DEAD OF WINTER" - [1987]/120m Director: Arthur Penn Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall Mary Steenburgen stars as an out-of-work actress who accompanies Roddy McDowall to an isolated house for an audition that takes a horrifying twist in this white-knuckle shocker.
05:00p-07:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 3 - Thriller "NIGHT VISITOR" - [1989]/120m Director: Rupert Hitzig Stars: Elliott Gould, Allen Garfield, Michael J. Pollard, Shannon Tweed Take a terrifying trip into the world of satanic crimes in this dark, underworld tale of a chronic liar who holds the clues to a murder but can't get anyone to believe him. Shannon Tweed co-stars.
07:00p-08:00p	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1044] -Keeper of the Purple Twilight An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.
08:00p-10:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 4 - Drama "CRISSCROSS" - [1992]/120m Director: Chris Menges Stars: J.C. Quinn, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderon, Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn delivers a moving portrayal as a poor, single mother, abandoned by her husband (Keith Carradine), and left to raise her young son (David Arnott) in a seedy Key West neighborhood.
10:00p-12:30a	THIS Saturday Movie 5 - Drama "THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (1999)" - [1999]/150m Director: Paul Sorvino Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Terry Kinney, Tony Shalhoub, Gary Sinise Four best friends and their high school basketball coach are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their winning season. But their reunion soon turns violent on the dark secret they've been hiding for years is finally exposed.
12:30a-02:30a	THIS Saturday Movie 6 - Comedy "STARFLIGHT ONE" - [1983]/120m Director: Jerry Jameson Stars: Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland The world's 1st hypersonic transport plane blasts off from California to Australia at a speed of 4,000 m.p.h. when a freak accident forces it into outer space.
02:30a-04:30a	THIS Saturday Movie 7 - Horror "THE FOOD OF THE GODS" - [1976]/120m Director: Bert I. Gordon Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino After ingesting an unknown substance, various animals grow to alarming proportions and threaten the dwellers of a remote island. Based on a portion of the novel by H.G. Wells.
04:30a-05:00a	The Patty Duke Show (OTO) - Comedy, Sitcom [1079] -GIRL FROM NEPHEW Patty becomes involved in the spy business when an Interpol agent visits the Lanes.

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