Crayton on TV
- Episode aired Nov 15, 1961
- 30m
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6.0/10
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Mrs. G leads a letter-writing campaign to keep Professor Crayton on television.Mrs. G leads a letter-writing campaign to keep Professor Crayton on television.Mrs. G leads a letter-writing campaign to keep Professor Crayton on television.
Thomas Browne Henry
- Prof. Hubacher
- (as Thomas B. Henry)
George Pierrone
- Stage Manager
- (as George Pirrone)
Parley Baer
- Prof. Nimetz
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaClosing credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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"Crayton on Books"
Dean Stoner (Ned Wever) finds no interest from his professors about the prospect of representing the university on television. He pleads to them as a "golden opportunity to broaden the cultural base of our nation" and "pave the way" for other universities. They collectively remain firm that it is below their dignity, then individually sneak back to discuss the opportunity with the dean. Each make their pitch and Dean Stoner decides it with a coin flip which goes to Professor Crayton. "Crayton on Books" will be a Sunday book review program, reading extracted passages. At the studio, the director (Elliott Reid) struggles to get Professor Cryaton to grasp the concept of staging for the audience. When the camera rolls, he freezes thinking of all those watching him. Those around him, praise his performance, but the studio receives multiple letters criticizing his choice of book, and cancel his show. Mrs. G takes it upon herself to organize a letter writing campaign to reverse the tide.
As a previous reviewer noted, it's interesting to see cancel culture in this time. I personally found the plot resolution contrived and of course predictable. While there's more attempt at comedy here than most episodes to this point in the series, it still comes off dry.
As a previous reviewer noted, it's interesting to see cancel culture in this time. I personally found the plot resolution contrived and of course predictable. While there's more attempt at comedy here than most episodes to this point in the series, it still comes off dry.
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- JordanThomasHall
- Apr 30, 2023
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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