S1.E5

Maggie

Episode aired Aug 29, 1960
30m

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Leon Ames, Fay Baker, and Margaret O'Brien in Maggie (1960)

A famous Broadway husband and wife acting team moves into a staid old Connecticut town,anxious to fit in. Their scatterbrained daughter Maggie does her best to sabotage them with reporters a... Read allA famous Broadway husband and wife acting team moves into a staid old Connecticut town,anxious to fit in. Their scatterbrained daughter Maggie does her best to sabotage them with reporters and neighbors, including trying to convince the old lady next door that her hired man is in... Read allA famous Broadway husband and wife acting team moves into a staid old Connecticut town,anxious to fit in. Their scatterbrained daughter Maggie does her best to sabotage them with reporters and neighbors, including trying to convince the old lady next door that her hired man is in love with her.

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3planktonrules

O'Brien deserved better.

"Maggie" is a pilot for a TV series that the networks rejected. And, after seeing it on YouTube recently, I think I can understand why. There already were some similar shows (such as "Meet Corliss Archer") and the show was anything but subtle. It's a shame really, as Margaret O'Brien was a very good child actress...but here they simply gave her bad material.

Maggie (O'Brien) is a super-emotional 17 year-old who goes through life as if she's acting on stage. And, because of this, she often over-acts and is a bit annoying. To make it worse, the laugh track is invasive. Overall, an interesting experiment that clearly failed. I just wish O'Brien had been given a better chance and better writing.

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Filmed in 1957 as a pilot for a possible series, but as it didn't it wound up in "New Comedy Showcase", a pilot graveyard that occupied Red Skelton's time slot during the Summer.