Television: Oct. 14, 1966

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Wednesday, October 12 BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* A wealthy socialite (Jean Simmons) plays loving patroness to a sculptor (Bradford Dillman) who abandons art for money in "Crazier Than Cotton."

FRIENDS AND NABORS (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Jim Nabors, star of Gomer Pyle hollered a "y'all come" to his country cousins for a special musical night. Answering the call are Andy Griffith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Marilyn Home and Shirley Jones.

Thursday, October 13

THE CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11:30 p.m.). The dramatic changes in human personality brought about by the stress of war are vividly portrayed in Carl Foreman's 1963 epic, The Victors. The cast: Vincent Edwards, Albert Finney, Melina Mercouri, Jeanne Moreau, George Peppard, Eli Wallach, George Hamilton, Elke Sommer, Peter Fonda, James Mitchum and Senta Berger.

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Dean welcomes George Burns, Jonathan Winters, The Pair Extraordinaire, Dinah Shore and Wisa d'Orso.

Friday, October 14

TARZAN (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). To establish a native girl as the rightful queen of her tribe, Tarzan (Ron Ely) faces a crocodile, a cobra and quicksand in "The Three Faces of Death." Fate smiles down on him—you may too.

Saturday, October 15

THE SMITHSONIAN (NBC, 12:30-1 p.m.). A new weekly series exploring the Smithsonian Institution and its widespread research centers. The premiere will explore the treasures found under the sea in the San Antonio, a Spanish galleon that foundered on the reefs off Bermuda in 1621.

Bill Ryan is narrator.

ANIMAL SECRETS (NBC, 1-1:30 p.m.). In another new series designed to give ETV a run for its audience, Anthropologist Dr. Loren Eiseley hosts a weekly investigation of such natural phenomena as why bees buzz and how fish talk. The first study: how animals learn to survive as the sea and land around them change. Première.

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 2:30-4 p.m.). The National Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Championships in Peoria, 111., and the World Roller Skating Championships in Essen, Germany.

BRIGADOON (ABC, 9:30-11 p.m.). A special adaptation of Lerner and Loewe's fairy tale about a Scottish village that comes to life once each century. Starring Robert Goulet, Peter Falk, Sally Ann Howes and Edward Villella.

Sunday, October 16 THE CATHOLIC HOUR (NBC, 1:30-2 p.m.).

"The Priest," the first of a three-part series, this one dealing with a middle-aged priest who is confused and troubled by all the many recent changes within the church and longs for the simple days of his youth.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). .Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey provides the answers on current issues for ABC's Howard K. Smith.

BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). "A Portrait of Van Cliburn" follows the pianist from rehearsal to performance and during rare relaxation.

Monday, October 17

THE PAT BOONE SHOW (NBC, 11-11:30 a.m.). Boone presides over a morning variety show aimed, he says, "at the young married woman." Première.