Episode
number: 8
Network broadcast date: Wednesday,
August 12, 1964
Jump,
Jump
Genre: Topical drama
Author: Raphael David Blau
Production number: 4
Production date: Wednesday,
June 24, 1964
Director: Ted Bell
Producer:
Plotline: Depressed that his novel isn’t connecting with audiences, a young writer decides to jump off a building. While a police officer tries to talk him off the ledge, the crowd below cheers for him to jump. Has the novelist finally found his crowd pleaser?
Cast: Jack Manning, Jean Gillespie, Ian Martin, Sam Raskyn, Ralph Bell
Notes:
Written by Blau who had studied psychology and collaborated on screenplays with psychology themes such as Bedtime for Bonzo (a comedy about getting insights into instinctual human behavior) and Fear Strikes Out (biography of baseball player Jimmy Piersall's struggle with depression).
"Breton" is mentioned as the last name of the girlfriend... Ex-NYer Blau had moved to Nova Scotia near Cape Breton
Sports concession owner "Harry Weldon" is probably a reference to "Harry M. Stevens" who had all of the NYC stadium food concessions and became a legend in the concessions business.
The "Hotel Phyllis" is mentioned in the story and will be used in another episode.
The dark ending may not have been acceptable in the golden age of radio period.