2022-04-05

T5#51 All the Bright Young Ones

Episode number: 51

Network broadcast date: Monday, October 12, 1964
All the Bright Young Ones
Genre: Social
Author: Virginia Radcliffe
Production number:
50
Production date:
Monday, September 14, 1964
Director:
Warren Somerville

Plotline: In a world where everyone over 40 is considered a senior citizen, a middle-aged college professor finds himself in forced retirement, working as a doorman and ignored by his estranged son — the 21-year-old mayor of New York City. But when the doorman finally snaps, his hysterical rant lands him in jail and on the evening news, making him a mess the Mayor needs to clean up one way or another.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+641012+051+All+the+Bright+Young+Ones.flac

Cast: Ralph Camargo, William Redfield, Larry Robinson, Rosemary Rice, Peter Fernandez

Notes:

Episode opens with a spoken plot description rather than an opening scene, and does not have Foy announcing over opening music