SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Teenage Crush

Synopsis

American television sitcom featuring Wally Cox (Mr Robinson Peepers) as a junior high school science teacher at Jefferson High School, in the small Midwestern town of Jefferson. Mr Peepers is a shy, slow-moving science teacher whose efforts to do the right thing always seemed to backfire. This episode contains a scene in which the English teacher, Mrs Gurney, discusses the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.

Series

Mister Peepers

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Transmission details

8 Mar 1953 at 19:30 (Channel: NBC)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Director

Hal Keith

Producer

Fred Coe

Writer

Jim Fritzell; Robert Alan Aurthur

Music

Bernard Green

Production Design

Otis Riggs

Cast

Marion Lorne	Mrs Gurney
Wally Cox	Robinson J. Peepers

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Authorship

Notes

Notes

The entire series was released in 2005 as a 4-DVD set, region 1 only.

History

The series ran July 13 1952-June 12 1955

Production Company

Name

NBC

Sponsor

Name

Reynolds Aluminium

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window

Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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