Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962

Episode aired May 15, 1991
TV-PGTV-PG
48m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Adventure

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Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

350

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Director
- James Whitmore Jr.
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- Paul Brown
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Trivia
This one does not end with Sam's trademark "Oh boy" exclamation, because Sam is gagged and about to receive an electric shock designed for mental patients.

Goofs
The Zenith Solid State Chromacolor II television in the living room is of early 1980's vintage. You could clearly see the trademark information on the front of the set. There were no solid-state televisions in 1962 AND no rectangular tube color sets.

Quotes
Dr. Sam Beckett: [pitching an atom bomb shelter] There you have it: the, er... Ellroy Super-Deluxe, designed to let you sit back, relax and... survive in style. So, er... what do you think?
Mrs. Klingman: I think your pitch needs work.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Yeah, well... I'm not really much of a salesman. It's kind of my first day here.
Mrs. Klingman: No, we don't need so much space. It's only me and my husband. We only have so much from his pension and what I make teaching piano.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Mrs. Klingman... you don't have to worry, they're not going to attack us.
[she shudders and moans]
Dr. Sam Beckett: What? What is it? Here, s... sit down, sit down. What's wrong? You okay?
[Sam sees a serial number tattooed on her forearm]
Dr. Sam Beckett: I'm, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
Mrs. Klingman: [shrugs] It was a long time ago.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Whatever I said to upset you, I'm really sorry.
Mrs. Klingman: No, no, no, no, no. No, it was the words. "Don't worry. They're not going to attack us." I heard those words before. I believed, and look at what happened. Dachau, Buchenwald... Now it is happening all over again. And this time, there will be no survivors.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Then why waste your money on a shelter?
Mrs. Klingman: [laughing] You're right. You're not much of a salesman!