Network broadcast date: Thursday,
November 5, 1964
Twenty
Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison
Genre: Psychological drama
Author: Raphael David Blau
Production number: 69
Production date: Monday,
October 12, 1964
Director: Warren Somerville
Plotline: A has-been movie star spends her days getting drunk and wallowing in self-pity, so her managers concoct a scheme to get her back in the spotlight: overdose on sleeping pills and remind the public how much they love her. What could possibly go wrong?
Cast: Ian Martin, Donald Buka, Mary Jane Higby, John Gibson, Guy Sorel, Vicki Vola
Notes:
Episode opens with a spoken plot description rather than an opening scene, and does not have Foy announcing over opening music; Blau creates an allegory about the shallowness of the entertainment business and how people will do anything to get publicity or make a quick fortune