Wednesday, June 21

THE LEARNING PROCESS (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Bob Hope turns over his usual spot to a news special on U.S. education. Correspondent Edwin Newman explores the use of games, computers and the new math in today's schools, and interviews five pioneers in advanced teaching techniques. Among them: Dr. Robert Davis, father of the new math, and Dr. Donald Bitzer, proponent of learning by computer.

Thursday, June 22

DISSENT-OR TREASON? (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Dr. John Blum, chairman of Yale's history department, reviews the anti-Viet Nam-war movement in the U.S. Film clips of demonstrations and talks with the protesters--plus interviews with some decidedly pro-Viet Nam G.I.s in the field to give the other side of the argument.

THE DEAN MARTIN SUMMER SHOW WITH YOUR HOST VIC DAMONE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Vic Damone and Carol Lawrence substitute for Dean Martin, welcoming George Jessel and Don Cherry as the first of the summer variety-show guests.

Friday, June 23

TWIGGY: WHY? (ABC, 8-9 p.m.). Marshall McLuhan, Eugenia Sheppard, British Fashion Photographer David Bailey and others comment on the Twiggy phenomenon in Britain and the U.S. Film clips of her recent capers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Saturday, June 24

CLEVELAND OPEN INVITATIONAL (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). Golfs touring pros go after another moneybag from the ever-growing treasury --this one worth $103,500. Live from Cleveland's Aurora Country Club, with final round 4:30-6 p.m. on Sunday.

'SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:45 p.m.). The pride and pressures of flying for the U.S. Strategic Air Command in A Gathering of Eagles (1963), starring Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach and Barry Sullivan.

Sunday,June 25

LOOK UP AND LIVE (CBS, 10:30-11 a.m.). Part 2 of "Aging in America" highlights some of the constructive and fulfilling ways in which older people spend their time and talents.

DISCOVERY '67 (ABC, 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon). Kukla, Ollie and Beulah Witch take a tour of swinging London, with stops at Carnaby Street, Portobello Road and Piccadilly.

SOCCER GAME OF THE WEEK (CBS, 2:30-4:30 p.m.). The Chicago Stars v. the Philadelphia Spartans in Philadelphia.

THE ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey in Of Human Bondage (1964), Somerset Maugham's classic story of unrequited love in Edwardian England.

A CBS NEWS INQUIRY: THE WARREN REPORT (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The first of three hour-long studies of the controversy that still rages around the official verdict on President Kennedy's assassination. Walter Cronkite and a team of correspondents attempt to answer some of the crucial questions: One assassin? One bullet? A conspiracy?

Tuesday, June 27

TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m). Don Murray, Inger Stevens, Barry Nelson and Fritz Weaver are featured in The Borgia Stick (1967), the story of a crime syndicate's scheme to invade big business.

NET PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). "The Victorians: The Rent Day," first in a series of one-hour plays reflecting life in 19th century England.

NET JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "Two Views: A Canadian-American Student Debate," a taped discussion of the war in Viet Nam as seen from opposite sides of the border. Although no formal sides were drawn initially, the U.S. students wind up taking an antiwar stand while the Canadians found themselves advocating U.S. involvement.

THEATER

On Broadway

YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING. Four playlets poke fun at man's desires and taboos in the pursuit of sex. Martin Balsam, Eileen Heckart and George Grizzard project all the poignancy and lunacy of Robert Anderson's characters.

BLACK COMEDY is not, as its title suggests, a play about civil rights or a comedy of black humor. It is as unsubtle and vaudevillian as a slip on a banana peel or a pie in the face--and just as much fun.

THE HOMECOMING springs traps and surprises on its audience, catching it up in the controversy of the season as to its validity, intent and meaning. The Royal Shakespeare Company gives Harold Pinter's drama a spellbinding presentation.

Off Broadway

THE COACH WITH THE SIX INSIDES is a kaleidoscopic view of Finnegans Wake expressed in dance and drama and some of the more devilish passages of Joycean imagery. Jean Erdman conceived and directed this bright entertainment.

RECORDS

Opera

WAGNER: TRISTAN AND ISOLDE (5 LPs; Deutsche Grammophon). Just as the lovers sing in darkest Liebesnacht of the light that shines within them, this recording illuminates Wagner's murky masterpiece. Taped live at Bayreuth last summer, it is by far the best interpretation yet. Most of the credit goes to Karl Bohm, who brings out all the opera's passion and eroticism without tripping over its technical difficulties. The tempos are strong, the melodic and thematic lines always clear--all of which supports the singers and frees them to pour their strength into vocal characterization. In the seven years since her first recording of the role, Birgit Nilsson has deepened her Isolde; her vocal performance, from the brilliant high C's to the oboelike low A's, is matchless. Wolfgang Windgassen excels as Tristan, particularly in the third act when his ravings take on a pathetic humanity. For those who care only about Isolde, Kirsten Flagstad's burnished, womanly performance (London) is still best; for Wagner's total creation, Bohm and Bayreuth are supreme.

ROSSINI: SEMIRAMIDE (3 LPs; London). The opera makes almost insuperable demands on the voices and musicianship of the singers, especially the two sopranos, but in this performance Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Home are equal to the task. In the early scenes, Sutherland's voice has a rather thick, clotted quality that soon clears up; Home is superb throughout. For aficionados of bel canto and tortuous vocal ornamentations, this recording is a major event, owing in no small part to Bonynge's intelligent handling of the text and the London Symphony.

PROKOFIEV: WAR AND PEACE (3 LPs; Heliodor). Tolstoy's epic is not the easiest assignment in operatic composing, but by concentrating on the love story of Prince Andrei and Natasha, and Kuturov's defeat of Napoleon, Prokofiev has done a surprisingly effective job. Instead of beginning with a big party scene, he shrewdly chooses a tender picture of longing and rebirth when Andrei hears Natasha and Sonya on their balcony. The composer has written the girls a soprano duet that recalls Strauss's lyricism. Here and elsewhere, the voices of Radmilla Vasovic Bokacevic and Biserka Cvejic are nicely matched. Among the male singers, Dusan Popovic as Andrei stands out as having a visceral knowledge not only of Prokofiev's music but of every shading of Tolstoy's complex character. Werner Janssen leads the Vienna Opera Orchestra in a well-integrated performance.

SHOSTAKOVICH: KATERINA ISMAILOVA (3 LPs; Melodiya-Angel). This opera cost its composer considerable grief: shortly after he wrote it he was denounced by the Soviets for bourgeois intentions and vulgar execution. It is a brash work; at times openly satirical, at others tragically serious. The plot, based on Nikolai Leskov's story, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, tells of a frustrated wife who eventually destroys the men around her. All the characters are thoroughly unsympathetic. The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing. As the wife, Niconora Andreyeva has spirited dramatic presence, but vocally she is insecure. Tenor Vyascheslav Radzievsky, as her husband, has a thin, weary voice, possibly because he forces it at top volume no matter what the circumstances. The many supporting roles are also sung unevenly, with the emphasis on dramatic display rather than well-placed singing.

CINEMA

THE DRIFTER. Inventive, impressionistic camera work and a memorable score tell a story as thin and fragile as a seashell about a vagabond hitchhiker.

THE WAR WAGON. This standard western has style and gusto, thanks to Old Pros John Wayne and Kirk Douglas and the taut direction of Burt Kennedy.

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. Playwright Neil Simon has adapted his boffo Broadway comedy to the screen with no loss of humor, largely owing to the retention of Original Cast Members Robert Redford and Mildred Natwick and the canny addition of Jane Fonda.

A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN. Walter Matthau is the man and Bobby Morse is his guide through the intricacies of adultery--with a fine collection of comics (among them: Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Joey Bishop) contributing cameo illustrations to the lecture.

THE HONEY POT. Rex Harrison plays a voluptuary who lives a vita that is incredibly dolce until Director Joseph Mankiewicz's sourly satirical plot takes over.

MADE IN ITALY. Anna Magnani, Alberto Sordi, Virna Lisi and Catherine Spaak are among the stars of this mosaic of modern Italy that blends humor, irony and pathos.

BOOKS

Best Reading

THE NEW FACE OF BUDDHA, by Jerrold Schecter. The first comprehensive, country-by-country analysis of modern Buddhism's entry into the political arena discusses the attempt of militant monks to cope with the conflict between tradition and transition in Asian life.

THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING, by Jean Cocteau. Autobiographical jottings of the Frenchman who enjoyed playing the flamboyant artist but who preserved for books and movies his creative fires.

THE HORRORS OF LOVE, by Jean Dutourd. Using an ill-fated May-to-December romance, Satirist Dutourd skillfully and venomously explores the French character.

ALL MEN ARE LONELY NOW, by Francis Clifford. The author is the latest practitioner of the le Carre school of thriller writing, and he offers a properly murky plot and even cloudier characters.

RICHARD STRAUSS: THE LIFE OF A NONHERO, by George R. Marek. The great romantic composer is viewed amidst a vivid evocation of cultural life in Germany--whose decay and upheaval after World War I, argues the author, was the cause of Strauss's disappointing later output.

SNOW WHITE, by Donald Barthelme. Snow White and her seven dwarfish accomplices suffer through the complexities of contemporary life in a witty and wild retelling of the old fairy story.

BATTLES IN THE MONSOON, by S.L.A. Marshall. A rapid-fire account of a summer's campaigning in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, this book by Brigadier General "Slam" Marshall brings the red visage of war into close-up focus.

Best Sellers

FICTION 1. The Arrangement, Kazan (1 last week)

2. Washington, D.C., Vidal (3)

3. The Eighth Day, Wilder (2)

4. The Plot, Wallace

5. Tales of Manhattan, Auchincloss (5)

6. Rosemary's Baby, Levin (8)

7. The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Crichton (4)

8. Capable of Honor, Drury (7)

9. The Chosen, Potok (9) 10. Fathers, Gold (10)

NONFICTION 1.

The Death of a President, Manchester (1)

2. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (2)

3. Everything But Money, Levenson (3)

4. Madame Sarah, Skinner (4)

5. Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, Steam (5)

6. Games People Play, Berne (6)

7. Treblinka, Steiner (10)

8. By-Line: Ernest Hemingway, White, ed.

9. Paper Lion, Plimpton (8) 10. Disraeli, Blake (7)

*All times E.D.T.

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