Television: Dec. 2, 1966

Wednesday, November 30 THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.).* The Clampetts, hearing that Gloria Swanson's mansion will be razed to make way for a golf course, decide that she is destitute and go into silent-movie making so that Gloria can try a comeback.

THE DANNY KAYE SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Danny plays his usual gracious host to Nancy Wilson, Peter Ustinov and Frank Gorshin.

ABC STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe," narrated by John Huston—who directed her first well-known film (The Asphalt Jungle) and her last (The Misfits).

Thursday, December 1 THE JACK BENNY HOUR (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). In a comedy special with Phyllis Diller, Trini Lopez and the Smothers Brothers, Jack fiddle-faddles away the time so hilariously that it's a shame TV doesn't see more of him.

Friday, December 2

TARZAN (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Suzy Parker is anything but plain Jane as a woman archeologist searching for an ancient gold lion.

Saturday, December 3 ANIMAL SECRETS (NBC, 1-1:30 p.m.). Bees not only talk but have dialects—to the extent that a Southern European bee's "Honey, child!" might mean "Bitter, baby!" to his Scandinavian cousin. This and other levels of animal communication are explored by Dr. Loren Eiseley in "Messages." THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). When the Honeymooners visit West Berlin, Ralph (Jackie Gleason) and Ed (Art Carney) wind up behind the Iron Curtain where they pose as Soviet dignitaries.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:30 p.m.). Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (1953) starring William Holden, Otto Preminger, Don Taylor and Neville Brand, returns to remind television how to tell war stories.

Sunday, December 4

DISCOVERY '66 (ABC, 11:30 a.m.-noon). A visit to "America's Jungle Wilderness—the Everglades" includes a stop at the Miami ''Serpentarium, where they engage in such ticklish tasks as extracting the venom from a 15-ft. king cobra.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC, 4-4:30 p.m.). Randolph S. Churchill, Sir Winston's son and author of a most perceptive and engaging book about his dad (TIME, Nov. 11).

G.E. FANTASY HOUR (NBC, 5:30-6:30 p.m.). Johnny Marks's music and Burl Ives's narration of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer are reason enough for this special to become an annual celebration. Repeat.

BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). "The Cleveland Orchestra—One Man's Triumph" will focus on Conductor George Szell in rehearsal and in concert.

Tuesday, December 6 TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). The Bridges at Tokori (1955), James Michener's story of carrier-based jets during the Korean War, with William Hoiden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March and Mickey Rooney.

S. HUROK PRESENTS (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). A galaxy of stars twinkling in tribute to Impresario Sol Hurok. Representing only a few of the hundreds he has sponsored during the past 55 years are Marian Anderson, Van Cliburn, Isaac Stern, Andres Segovia, the Bolshoi Ballet with Prima Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya and Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid.

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