Stanley Episode 1 – “Opera Tickets”
– Original Air Date: 9/24/56 – Pilot Episode
Stanley’s troubles begin when he buys opera tickets from a scalper, and then sells them to an elderly couple only to find out that they have already been sold to a racketeer who has an interest in the hotel chain. Called up to the racketeer’s suite, Stanley’s resourcefulness comes to the fore; he convinces the racketeer that the real opera lovers don’t sit, they stand!
Find a Rising Star
Writers: William Friedberg & Neil Simon
Supporting Cast: Paul Lynde (in voice over) plays Horace Fenton, the owner of the Hotel Chain, – Danny Dayton plays Petey, the ticket scalper
“The first time I saw Buddy he was a comic in the mountains…he was hysterically funny” – Neil Simon
Neil Simon wrote only one episode, the pilot – Episode 1
(His big brother, Danny Simon wrote on seven episodes:
#’s 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, & 19
