General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater: Season 9

Air Date

September 18, 1960

Episodes

31 episodes

General Electric Theater

Season 9

Episodes

1. The Man Who Thought for Himself

September 18, 1960
30 min

Steve Allen played a bank executive who woke up one morning to find all his actions governed by what his neighbors -and boss thought. In a burst of independence, he decided to paint his house barn red, and when his neighbors objected, he blew his cork and painted it red, white and blue. That raised the roof, and the neighborhood called a meeting to decide whether to sue him for creating a public nuisance. Allen didn't like the colors anyway, and was ready to give in and repaint, but not until he could make his point about conformity before the meeting. This he did so well, everybody congratulated him as a courageous, forward-thinking individualist and urged him to keep the house just the way it was. He started to do this until, with a jolt, he realized he'd fallen into the trap of conformity again, and if he didn’t like the house the way it was, he was darn well gonna change it.

2. Journal of Hope

September 25, 1960
30 min

3. Hooray for Love

October 2, 1960
30 min

4. Swinging Singing Years

October 9, 1960
30 min

5. Goodbye, My Love

October 16, 1960
30 min

6. The Camel`s Foot

October 23, 1960
30 min

7. The Graduation Dress

October 30, 1960
30 min

8. The Influential Americans

November 13, 1960
30 min

9. The Playoff

November 20, 1960
30 min

10. Journey to a Wedding

November 27, 1960
30 min

11. Learn to Say Goodbye

December 4, 1960
30 min

Tom Parkes is still attached to the memory of his first wife. Jo, his new wife, vows to win his complete affection.

12. Strictly Solo

December 11, 1960
30 min

13. The Money Driver

December 18, 1960
30 min

Harness racing driver, Al Roberts, fights viciously to bring in the big money. And at home he has no patience with his son Joey and pushes the boy around.

14. The Other Wise Man

December 25, 1960
30 min

A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.

15. Don't Let It Throw You

January 1, 1961
30 min

16. Memory in White

9.0
January 8, 1961
30 min

Super rare GE Theater written by Budd Schulberg, Memory in White, stars Sammy Davis as a punch drunk boxer trying to start a new life as a ring announcer while being tormented by Charles Bronson.

17. The Devil You Say

January 22, 1961
30 min

A nattily dressed gentleman climbs out of a manhole, goes down the street to the home of the Willoughbys and introduces himself to Mrs. Willoughby as Nick Lucifer, alias Beelzebub, the Prince of Darkness.

18. The Drop-Out

January 29, 1961
30 min

19. A Little White Lye

February 5, 1961
30 min

Todays theme is A Little White Lye.

20. The Legend That Walks Like a Man

February 12, 1961
30 min

21. A Possibility of Oil

February 19, 1961
30 min

Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi

22. Image of a Doctor

February 26, 1961
30 min

23. Open House

March 5, 1961
30 min

New York Detective Joe McQueen would like to know how to get Grover Healy, his freeloading brother-in-law, out of his house. But it isn't until smalltime hoodlum Willy Zucks shows up at McQueen's home that Grover considers leaving.

24. The Small Elephants

March 12, 1961
30 min

A shady operator named Pegosi tries to get a gullible actress, Leslie Blaine, to buy a miniature live elephant for a publicity stunt. When a magician named Trapollini tells Pegosi he'd like one too, Pegosi realizes he many actually have to produce the animal.

25. Love is a Lion's Roar

March 19, 1961
30 min

26. Labor of Love

March 26, 1961
30 min

27. The Red Balloon

April 2, 1961
30 min

A special showing of the Albert Lamorisse 1956 French film featuring Lamorisse's son, Pascal.

28. Sis Bowls 'Em Over

April 9, 1961
30 min

Connie Marlowe is responsible for orphaned younger brother, Buzz. He hopes to win some money in a father-son bowling match, so he asks Connie to get a stand-in father for him.

29. The Joke's on Me

April 16, 1961
30 min

Comic Sid Benton takes a hard-boiled, cynical view of life in his nightclub act where it pays off. But when he runs this attitude over into his private life, he loses his wife's affections.

30. My Darling Judge

April 23, 1961
30 min

Judge Cyrus Dunn is determined to get away for a holiday fishing trip. But at the last moment, his wife Betsy insists that the gardener's salary must be paid. This leaves the judge with no ready cash for his trip.

31. Louie and the Horseless Buggy

April 30, 1961
30 min