THIRTYSOMETHING: A STOP AT WILLOUGHBY (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas about the personal and professional dilemmas confronting a close-knit group of friends -- urban baby boomers in their thirties -- living in Philadelphia. In this episode, Michael confronts unpleasant truths about the advertising game when he is forced to fire an actor from a beer campaign after the actor attends a demonstration protesting the Persian Gulf war. Wracked with guilt and stress, unable to sleep, and plagued by hallucinations inspired by the beer campaign, Michael flounders in a futile attempt to reconcile the client's gung-ho patriotism with his own liberal ideals. A chilling conversation with his draconian boss and mentor Miles Drentell brings Michael's hypocrisy and self-delusion into focus as the master manipulator explains the inherently amoral and dishonest nature of the advertiser's art. Michael is shaken to the core as he faces a decision that will enable him to define himself -- or cost him everything. Includes commercials, promos, public service announcements, and an "ABC News Brief" with anchor Barry Serafin.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 14, 1991 Tuesday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21477
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Advertising - Drama; Drama
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1987-1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Backdraft" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Best Foods Mayonnaise
- TV - Commercials - Diet Dr Pepper soda
- TV - Commercials - Disney Fun Bubbles toy camera
- TV - Commercials - DynaTrim weight-loss formula
- TV - Commercials - Eagle tortilla chips
- TV - Commercials - Federal Express delivery service
- TV - Commercials - HBO premium cable service
- TV - Commercials - Jeep automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Land O Lakes spread
- TV - Commercials - Match Light charcoal briquets
- TV - Commercials - Monistat 7 vaginal cream
- TV - Commercials - Samsonite luggage
- TV - Commercials - Saturn automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Subaru automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Toyota Corolla automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Visa credit card
- TV - PSA - AIDS information
- TV - PSA - McMurphy Nursing Project
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "American Detective"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Into the Night"
- TV - Promos - "Miracles and Other Mysteries"
- TV - Promos - "Our Sons"
- TV - Promos - "Primetime Live"
CREDITS
- Edward Zwick … Executive Producer, Created by
- Marshall Herskovitz … Executive Producer, Created by
- Parsons, Lindsley, III … Coordinating Producer
- Scott Winant … Supervising Producer
- Richard Kramer … Producer
- Ann Lewis Hamilton … Producer
- Joseph Dougherty … Producer, Writer
- Ellen S. Pressman … Producer
- Jean Byrd Hall … Associate Producer
- Timothy Busfield … Director
- W.G. Snuffy Walden … Music by, Theme Music by
- Stewart Levin … Theme Music by
- Timothy Busfield … Cast, Elliot
- Polly Draper … Cast, Ellyn
- Mel Harris … Cast, Hope
- Peter Horton … Cast, Gary
- Melanie Mayron … Cast, Melissa
- Ken Olin … Cast, Michael
- Patricia Wettig … Cast, Nancy
- David Clennon … Cast, Miles Drentell
- Ken Jenkins … Cast, Lars Durstin
- Richard Cummings … Cast, Mark
- Andra Millian … Cast, Angel
- Shawn Weatherly … Cast, Rita
- Richard Comeau … Cast, Randy
- Dierk Torsek … Cast, Dr. Flick
- Rafann Emery … Cast, the Assistant to Miles
- Dave Edison … Cast, the DAA employee
- Brittany Craven … Cast, Janey
- Lacey Craven … Cast, Janey