What makes us remember things? I was almost twenty years old when this show came on ETV one Friday evening, a simple little play melodrama with Charles Grodin, Jean Stapleton, Martin Balsam and Marilu Henner, essentially as a family who gathers together one evening.
There would be a child, whom I think was a small boy, that everyone ignored. No one listened to the child and they barely listened to each other.
There would even be another girl, a grown up sister, and no one listened to her either. She would comment while all the tenstion was building and erupting and her statements were not being picked up by anyone.
Finally, Grodin, who was erupting the most would turn on the small child who asked him a question. They would all grow silent.
End.
Was it good? A cliched plot that adults dont listen to children. Grodin was the standout, Balsam was as low-key as he always is. I remember a bit of Stapleton too, but I can't for the life of me recall dear Marilu Henner.
Would only be worth seeing if you were a Grodin fan, but it seems highly unlikely this thing will ever turn up again.
There would be a child, whom I think was a small boy, that everyone ignored. No one listened to the child and they barely listened to each other.
There would even be another girl, a grown up sister, and no one listened to her either. She would comment while all the tenstion was building and erupting and her statements were not being picked up by anyone.
Finally, Grodin, who was erupting the most would turn on the small child who asked him a question. They would all grow silent.
End.
Was it good? A cliched plot that adults dont listen to children. Grodin was the standout, Balsam was as low-key as he always is. I remember a bit of Stapleton too, but I can't for the life of me recall dear Marilu Henner.
Would only be worth seeing if you were a Grodin fan, but it seems highly unlikely this thing will ever turn up again.