TCM Schedule for Monday March 16 - GUEST PROGRAMMER: JOHN LANDIS

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By day, Jerry Lewis runs amok; by night, filmmaker John Landis chooses films ranging from Buster Keaton to Hitchcock (with some Fatty Arbuckle shorts for good measure).

(all times Eastern)

7:15 AM Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Bumbling blackmail subjects join forces to do in their tormentor. Cast: Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Peggy Mount. Dir: Mario Zampi. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

8:45 AM Too Many Crooks (1958)
When her husband refuses to ransom her, a kidnapped wife takes over the gang. Cast: Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie. Dir: Mario Zampi. BW-85 mins, TV-PG

10:14 AM Short Film: Sky Divers, The (1969) C-15 mins,

10:30 AM Don't Raise The Bridge, Lower The River (1967)
An American's get-rich-quick schemes almost drive his British wife to divorce. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce. Dir: Jerry Paris. C-100 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Thinking he's dying, a man racks up huge debts, only to discover he was misdiagnosed. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis. Dir: George Marshall. C-92 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Three on a Couch (1966)
When a psychiatrist refuses to marry until her patients are cured, her fiance sets out to do the job himself. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley. Dir: Jerry Lewis. C-109 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Nutty Professor, The (1963)
A timid chemist discovers a potion that unleashes his sleazy side. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Howard Morris. Dir: Jerry Lewis. C-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Big Mouth, The (1967)
A meek bank auditor stands in for a look-alike gangster to uncover a stolen treasure. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay. Dir: Jerry Lewis. C-107 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Navigator, The (1924)
In this silent film, two members of the idle rich have to move fast when they're stranded on an abandoned luxury liner. Cast: Buster Keaton, Frederick Vroom, Kathryn McGuire. Dir: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton. BW-60 mins, TV-G

9:15 PM Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
In this silent short, a henpecked husband's innocent friendship with a married woman leads to chaos. Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Alice Davenport. Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. BW-13 mins, TV-G

9:30 PM Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1962)
A scientist keeps his wife's severed head alive until he can find a new body for her. Cast: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniel. Dir: Joseph Green. BW-70 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM He Did and He Didn't (1916)
In this silent short, when a doctor eats too much, he dreams that his wife is unfaithful. Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Ben Turpin. Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. BW-21 mins, TV-G

11:15 PM Show Boat (1936)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson. Dir: James Whale. BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:15 AM Frenzy (1972)
When a temperamental man's ex-wife falls victim to a serial killer, he becomes the number one suspect. Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life (1915)
In this silent short, a farmhand defies his boss to court the man's daughter. Cast: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Al S. John. Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. BW-24 mins, TV-G

3:45 AM Paper Lion (1968)
A journalist goes through pro football training for a story. Cast: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, David Doyle. Dir: Alex March. C-105 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5:31 AM Short Film: Lionpower From Mgm (1967) C-27 mins,

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1. 'Frenzy' is one of Hitchcock's lesser known films

but one that I do enjoy. There is a scene in the back of a truck, where there is a load of sacks of potatoes, and at some point, a leg emerges from one of the sacks. And one will never look at a necktie quite the same way again.....