Supervising Producers Joshua Brand John Falsey
Production Executives Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Produced by David E. Vogel
Developed by Steven Spielberg Joshua Brand John Falsey
Associate Producers Stephen Semel Steve Starky Skip Lusk
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Season (1986-1987) Supervising Producers Joshua Brand John Falsey Production Executives Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Produced by David E. Vogel Developed by Steven Spielberg Joshua Brand John Falsey Associate Producers Stephen Semel Steve Starky Skip Lusk |
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Gershwin's Trunk |
After a month, we return with this story from the great white way... and the ghost of George Gershwin! |
Summary
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Joe, a Broadway composer, is quickly trying to clean off a bloody candlestick when he is interrupted by a NYPD detective named Watts. Watts finds a blood stain on Joes carpet and is about to take him in when Joe sits at his piano to tell his side of the story. Flashback to find that he and his partner Jerry have broken up, his new musical he is supposed to be composing is due in 2 days and his girlfriend is leaving him. He goes to a psychic named Sister Teresa for help. In turn George Gershwin takes over Sister Teresa's body and finishes his musical for him. He meets his former partner, Jerry to find out that their new shows are opening on the same night. Joes rehearsal pianist is sure that the new work is not Joes own, but all stolen music. Joe gets upset at the accusation and bludgeons the pianist and dumps him in the Hudson. Now we are back in the present. Joe makes a deal with the detective that he will get 1/2 of the gross from the show if he would forget about the murder. The detective agrees as long as the show is not a flop. They go together to Jerry Lanes new musical. They sit down, sure that they are going to be rich. But when the curtain opens, the opening song is identical to the piece that Joe was psychically getting from George Gershwin. Joe looks up and sees Madame Teresa sitting with Jerry Lane. |
Commentary
| With almost the same twist as The Pumpkin Competition, this episode somehow manages to stumble quickly showing its socks. The performances are marred by the sheer annoyance of the story. Worst of all is the idiotic song at the center of the story. And its premiere on the Broadway stage, looking rather like a cheap middle school production with weak performers insultingly receives an immediate standing ovation. If one element survives it is the strong Gershwin sound to the music. |
How Amazing?
Extremely Lacking
Cast and Crew Information
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starring Bob Balaban
Lainie Kazan John McCook |
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