Title: Stunning
Product review: I was in high school and not very impressed by professional "theater" when this aired in 1972. Yet I sat glued to the television for the entire program (it aired without commercials) because of the performance of Gene Wilder. Sure, I loved Pete Duel (and still do) and Blythe Danner was marvelous, but Wilder was absolutely stunning, mesmerizing, and all those overused words. Watching this show, I learned the power of a comedic actor in a dramatic role and have never forgotten it. Jackie Gleason in The Hustler...Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People...Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society...Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan. I was willing to watch them all because I believed I could be transformed by their performances as I was by Gene Wilder's. I have wished for years that this would be reshown or released so that others could be as enthralled as I was. And seeing it nearly 40 years later, it's still as powerful as the first time.
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