THISTV Sat 10 Jan 2009

C A L E N D A R	Saturday, January 10, 2009 Daily schedule as of 01-09-09 13:44
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05:00a-05:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [001] -First Meeting Wilbur is overwhelmed when he goes into his barn and his pet horse starts talking to him. Wilbur's poor wife and neigbors think he's crazy when he tries to tell them. Ed finally explains to Wilbur that he will talk to Wilbur and nobody else.
05:30a-06:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1029] -PEN PALS Patty answers a pen pal ad in a teen-age magazine. She receives beautiful letters from her new pen pal. She loses interest in her boy friend Richard but is unaware that her poetic correspondent is really her very own Richard.
06:00a-07:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1002] -Hundred Days of the Dragon An oriental power" develops a radical medical advance that temporarily makes skin malleable. They then manage to replace a Presidential candidate with one of their own.
07:00a-08:00a	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1003] -The Man with the Power A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconscious mind uses to destroy his enemies.
08:00a-08:30a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1030] -THE FRIENDSHIP BIT Patty discovers that she is allergic to Cathy.
08:30a-09:00a	The Patty Duke Show - Comedy, Sitcom [1031] -PATTY THE FOSTER MOTHER Patty unknowingly signs papers to adopt a korean orphan.
09:00a-09:30a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [002] -The Ventriloquist Wilbur is trying to win a contract to build a clubhouse, but Ed gets him into trouble and botches the idea.
09:30a-10:00a	Mister Ed - Comedy, Sitcom [003] -Busy Wife Carol gets wrapped up in a woman's club and completely ignores Wilbur. It's up to Ed to try and help her overcome the obsession.
10:00a-10:30a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-2-5) - Children [21] -No Mouse is an Island (The Galapagos) Cousin Sonja, her friend Paulo, Emily and Alexander are sailing in a little fishing boat off the coast of Ecuador when a storm comes up! They are thrown from their boat and are afraid they'll drown, when a grappling hook snags Paulo by the pants. As the mice hold on for dear life, they are dumped on the deck of a seafaring vessel. Emily spots the Jolly Roger flying overhead and guesses the worst: Paulo's been caught by a band of pirates! These rogues are desperate to find Big Jim Tin's treasure, but they have one problem: they have a map, but they can't read it. Paulo's reading skills save his life as he helps the pirates decipher the clues. Alexander, Emily and Sonja, with the help of an enormous tortoise, keep a step ahead of the pirates as they find the buried treasure and save Paulo.
10:30a-11:00a	Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventure, The (E/I) (E/I-2-5) - Children [22] -Diamond Safari (Africa) Cousin Safari Sue hurries Emily and Alexander to the village to meet her friend Tumaini. When they run up, they're surprised to find Tumaini being teased by the other children because she is so much taller than the rest. Tumaini runs off in tears to hide in Dark Mountain. The mice are about to follow her when they are frightened by a backfiring jalopy driven by DeClerk, a greedy, blustering diamond miner. As he gets ready to blast the mountain, the mice hurry to save Tumaini, seeking help from one of their distant cousins, a cave bat named Bongo. Working together, they foil DeClerk's plans to destroy the mountain. Tumaini gets a heroine's welcome when she returns to her village and suddenly all the children want her to be their special friend.
11:00a-11:30a	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-4-9) - Children [47] -Triple A Deliveries, Stanley's Amazing Photo, Lost in the Swamp Huckle and Lowly go into business: Triple A Deliveries: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime. Huckle takes on more packages than they can handle and by midday, they haven’t delivered anything. The two friends must work out their differences and make all the deliveries on time and together. And the last delivery is the best one: two sundaes for two hard workers at Mr. Raccoon’s Coffee Shop. / Young Stanley is a photographer’s apprentice with a vivid imagination, and not too great a knowledge of how to take pictures. So when he tells his boss he saw a man fly in the air, the boss tells him to take a picture of it to prove it. Stanley fails the first couple of times, but in the end, gets the shot – of the Wright Brother’s historic flight. / Huckle, Lowly, and Sally head to Nana Cat’s house by themselves for the first time ever. Father Cat gives them a map marked with clues to follow, and secretly follows at a distance. So when the kids take a shortcut through the swamp, Father Cat hurries to find them. But he’s the one who gets lost and the kids find him. Working together, they make it out of the swamp and to Nana Cat’s house.
11:30a-12:00n	Busy World of Richard Scarry, The (E/I) (E/I-4-9) - Children [48] -Mr. Fixit's Super Submarine, Cahuchu's Magic Tree, Mr. Bean's Restaurant At the launching of Mr. Fixit’s submarine, Huckle and Lowly find themselves all alone floating out into BusyBay – and the sub is sinking. Mr. Fixit makes a daring rescue and takes the boys on a trip underwater. But poor Father Cat thinks Huckle and Lowly are all alone and he and April Rhino head out for the rescue. In the end, they all need rescuing, and a friendly whale is the perfect tugboat. / Little Cahuchu has a lively imagination and is always telling tall tales, so it’s hard for him to convince his parents about a tree with magic bouncing sap. But when Cahuchu and his father are stranded on an island, Cahuchu uses the tree sap to fix the hole in the boat. And when they are safely back in the village, Cahuchu shows everyone how to collect the sap – and rubber is discovered. / The grand opening of Mr. Bean’s drive-in restaurant turns sour when Busytown discovers all he serves is beans. Hilda teaches Mr. Bean the importance of variety, and with a few changes, and a new motto: “You name it, we’ve got it”, everyone turns out for a good meal and the drive-in is a complete success.
12:00n-12:30p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-2-5) - Children [21] -A Medal for Horace It's Happy Yaya Day and each child is supposed to make a gift for her. Horace, arrives wearing a special first-class Somersault Medal he won and hasn't taken off for a week. He's forgotten to make his gift for Yaya but is too embarrassed to admit it and says nothing. When it's his turn to give his personalized gift, he hems and haws and, in desperation, gives Yaya his special Somersault Medal. Later, Wimzie overhears Horace in the closet saying that he wants his medal back. He explains to her what happened but he still doesn't want to tell Yaya about forgetting her gift. So Wimzie tells Yaya who then improvises a "Child Appreciation Day", an "impromptu tradition" which must always follow a Happy Yaya Day. Part of this special day's ceremonial is to give each child a little gift. And of course, the one Yaya gives Horace is... his Somersault Medal
12:30p-01:00p	Wimzie's House (E/I) (E/I-2-5) - Children [22] -By the Numbers A simple game of counting backwards has repercussions when everyone but Loulou can do it. Upset, she mistakenly thinks that becoming like Wimzie will enhance her abilities. So she tries taking off her glasses, putting on some antlers, etc. But the transformation only complicates life for everyone. Ultimately, Loulou learns that she has some skills that others don't have, as do the others. The goal is to establish that everyone learns at his own pace and has something unique to offer the world.
01:00p-03:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 1 - Comedy "HIGH SPIRITS (EPIC)" - [1988]/120m Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo Peter Plunkett, unable to make the payments on a castle in Ireland, decides to advertise the castle as haunted to attract gullible American tourists. Among those who visit is Jack, a romantic desperate to rekindle the romance with his wife, Sharon. Peter and his staff fake the haunting, but soon awake the real ghosts of the castle, including a female ghost who falls in love with Jack.
03:00p-05:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 2 - Comedy "VAMPIRE'S KISS" - [1989]/120m Director: Robert Bierman Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Maria Conchita Alonso After a night of passionate lovemaking in which he is bitten on the neck, a troubled literary editor becomes convinced that he is a vampire and begins to live the role.
05:00p-07:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 3 - 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.
07:00p-08:00p	The Outer Limits - Science Fiction [1004] -Architects of Fear A group of intellectuals decides that the best way to avoid World War III is to give us all a common enemy. To that end, they transform a man into an alien creature.
08:00p-10:00p	THIS Saturday Movie 4 - Comedy "ERIK THE VIKING" - [1989]/120m Director: Terry Jones Stars: Tim Robbins, Terry Jones, Eartha Kitt, Mickey Rooney A Monty Pythonesque farce about a Viking who grows dissatisfied with his barbaric way of life, and decides to set out to find the mythical Asgard--where the Norse gods dwell.
10:00p-12:00m	THIS Saturday Movie 5 - Drama "HIDDEN AGENDA" - [1990]/120m Director: Ken Loach Stars: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling A member of a panel investigating British atrocities in Northern Ireland is caught up in the cover-up of the death of her boyfriend at the hands of British soldiers.
12:00m-02:30a	THIS Saturday Movie 6 - Drama "DEMPSEY" - [1983]/150m Director: Gus Trikonis Stars: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant Dramatization of the Manassa Mauler's colorful boxing career and his marriage to silent film star Estelle Taylor. Based on Dempsey's autobiography "MY NAME IS DEMPSEY".
02:30a-04:30a	THIS Saturday Movie 7 - Thriller "TRACES OF RED" - [1992]/120m Director: Andy Wolk Stars: James Belushi, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Goldwyn, William Russ An erotic thriller about a West Palm Beach serial killer who slashes women with a letter opener, smears their faces with Yves Saint Laurent lipstick, steals their clothes and mails out lousy poetry that warns of further mayhem.
04:30a-05:00a	The Patty Duke Show (OTO) - Comedy, Sitcom [1072] -PATTY THE CHATTERBOX Patty will get an extra week's allowance if she can refrain from talking for three days.

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