About this season
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Episodes (31)
1. The Man Who Thought for Himself
Aired 18 September 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
Aired 25 September 1960 • 30 min
3. Hooray for Love
Aired 2 October 1960 • 30 min
4. Swinging Singing Years
Aired 9 October 1960 • 30 min
5. Goodbye, My Love
Aired 16 October 1960 • 30 min
6. The Camel`s Foot
Aired 23 October 1960 • 30 min
7. The Graduation Dress
Aired 30 October 1960 • 30 min
8. The Influential Americans
Aired 13 November 1960 • 30 min
9. The Playoff
Aired 20 November 1960 • 30 min
10. Journey to a Wedding
Aired 27 November 1960 • 30 min
11. Learn to Say Goodbye
Aired 4 December 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
Aired 11 December 1960 • 30 min
13. The Money Driver
Aired 18 December 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
Aired 25 December 1960 • 30 min
A presentation of the 1960 episode of the same name.
15. Don't Let It Throw You
Aired 1 January 1961 • 30 min
16. Memory in White
9.0Aired 8 January 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
Aired 22 January 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
Aired 29 January 1961 • 30 min
19. A Little White Lye
Aired 5 February 1961 • 30 min
Todays theme is A Little White Lye.
20. The Legend That Walks Like a Man
Aired 12 February 1961 • 30 min
21. A Possibility of Oil
Aired 19 February 1961 • 30 min
Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi
22. Image of a Doctor
Aired 26 February 1961 • 30 min
23. Open House
Aired 5 March 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
Aired 12 March 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
Aired 19 March 1961 • 30 min
26. Labor of Love
Aired 26 March 1961 • 30 min
27. The Red Balloon
Aired 2 April 1961 • 30 min
A special showing of the Albert Lamorisse 1956 French film featuring Lamorisse's son, Pascal.
28. Sis Bowls 'Em Over
Aired 9 April 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
Aired 16 April 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
Aired 23 April 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
Aired 30 April 1961 • 30 min