Man in the Square Suit

TV Movie
1966
30m

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This was a pilot for a TV series that didn't make it to the series level. The man in the square suit is a 37-year-old writer who ends up being forced into the position of becoming the main ... Read allThis was a pilot for a TV series that didn't make it to the series level. The man in the square suit is a 37-year-old writer who ends up being forced into the position of becoming the main writer for the TEEN BEAT tv show, where everyone else is (comparatively) a child, even the... Read allThis was a pilot for a TV series that didn't make it to the series level. The man in the square suit is a 37-year-old writer who ends up being forced into the position of becoming the main writer for the TEEN BEAT tv show, where everyone else is (comparatively) a child, even the executive producer, all 22 or under. As the show begins, we see that our hero is someone... Read all

Director
- Jean Yarbrough
Writers
- John Aylesworth
- Frank Peppiatt
Stars

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8.4/10

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Director
- Jean Yarbrough
Writers
- John Aylesworth
- Frank Peppiatt
Stars

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Produced as a pilot for CBS, The Man In The Square Suit aired once on ABC on April 15th 1966 at 8:30pm. The Original title was "Who is Benny Goodman" it was later known as "Rambling Wreck From the Discotheque". In its only airing it bumped The Addams Family.

Quotes
Gary Young: I don't believe it. You're Frank Johnson?
Frank Johnson: Uh, well if you believe that, I'll believe you're a television producer.
Gary Young: It's like you're old daddy. You're like waltz time.
Frank Johnson: You better believe it!

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7/10

Square suit in a round hole!

This pilot was in the extras on my My Favourite Martian DVD set, an odd little show, obviously produced by the same team but never got picked up as a series. Had never heard of Paul Dooley before but I see he has been in a ton of stuff over the years, and still going in his 90's! In this he looked as if he was trying to channel either Robert Cummings or Dick Van Dyke, and was quite likeable I thought. The plot was a bit hackneyed, he, from an older generation who liked good music, up against the kids of the day who preferred the more raucous sounds of Rock & Roll It could have had potential, why it wasn't picked up who knows? The girl who played his wife was good, a bit like a young Patty Duke I thought!