Television programs broadcasts: The typewriter (airdate 10/12/72) and The scholar (2/22/73) Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby, Will Geer, Lynn Hamilton.
Summary:
The typewriter: John-Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it back for her brother. The scholar: A neighbor lady, Verdie Grant, asks John-Boy to teach her to read and write. He agrees to teach her as he helps Elizabeth. Things go wrong, however, and feelings are hurt. Author, John McGreevey won an Emmy for this story.
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