Ted refuses to give Murray credit after an article he ghost writes for Ted becomes popular.Ted refuses to give Murray credit after an article he ghost writes for Ted becomes popular.Ted refuses to give Murray credit after an article he ghost writes for Ted becomes popular.
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- TriviaHelen Hunt's first and only appearance in the show as Murray's daughter, Laurie.
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Ted Baxter: I tell you, this is a great country. You know what makes it great? Because you don't have to be witty or clever as long as you can hire someone who is.
- ConnectionsReferences The Gong Show (1976)
- SoundtracksLove Is All Around
Written and Performed by Sonny Curtis
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Ted Takes the Credit
This is a superior effort in the closing weeks of this series. Ted Baxter has been offered two hundred dollars to write and article for a local newspaper. He tries it on his own, but he is barely literate (at least he can't write). After a couple days, failing, he begs Murray to do it. He will give him the money, but he can't reveal that he wrote it. Well, it turns out to be Murray's magnum opus, and it begins to be praised throughout the city. A school even wants copies of it to distribute to their writing students. And then the final blow. "Reader's Digest" offers Ted 2500 dollars for it. Poor Murray is like Cyranao de Bergerac, having to stand in the shadows while Ted basks in the sunlight. He can't even tell his family (Sometimes I wonder what the deal is with these people. Everyone seems to have the economic stability of Bob Cratchitt). The news staff aren't stupid, and they deduce what's going on. This leads to some fantastic scenes.
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- Hitchcoc
- Mar 5, 2017
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