Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.
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- QuizThe mysterious philanthropist John Beresford Tipton was named for Tipton, Missouri, the birthplace of producer Don Fedderson's wife, Tido Fedderson.
- BlooperEach recipient is made to sign an agreement to never reveal how he or she received the 1 million dollars. This could turn out to be a real legal problem when the IRS looks at the tax return of any recipient.
The presumption is that multi-billionaire John Beresford Tipton's lawyers have worked out some arrangement with the IRS whereby all the taxes are paid so the beneficiaries do not need to declare the money on their returns. The bigger problem is how to enforce the agreement should a beneficiary tell someone other than a spouse.
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Michael Anthony: [At the opening of each episode, with minor variations] My name is Michael Anthony, and for many years I was executive secretary to John Beresford Tipton, the multi-billionaire whose charity was as boundless as it was mysterious. For it was his hobby to give away anonymously and tax free one million dollars apiece to various people he never knew.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Movie Orgy (2009)
As it was for any number of homes back in the day when the fabulously wealthy John Beresford Tipton whom we never saw, but whose voice was supplied by Paul Frees would summon his secretary Michael Anthony in played by Marvin Miller. With the spacious Tipton estate of Silverstone in the background, Tipton explains to Anthony who will be this week's beneficiary.
The next thing we see is Marvin Miller knocking on someone's door and giving them a check for a million dollars. What that individual did with it was the basis of the episode of that week. That in turn depended on the character of the individual. The variations on human character was the heart of each episode.
Tipton found 205 characters to be generous with for six seasons. Presumably he died or ran out of money. He might have had to sell Silverstone, from what little we saw of it, it looked as grand as San Simeon.
They were good episodes, The Millionaire crammed a lot of plot and character development into a thirty minute show. The players had to be good to convey it. I wish I could see some of those episodes on the TV Land Channel now.
- bkoganbing
- 18 mar 2009
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