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Albie works in advertising for a newspaper and is full of innovative ideas that don't quite work. He goes home to his devoted wife Catherine, 15-year-old daughter Ann, and 14-year-old son Junior.
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Episode 1
Fri, Oct 2, 195330 mins
Albie Morrison's daughter Ann is desperate to go on a class trip, His son wants a Kayak for a Boy Scout adventure, and his wife wants a coat, but he can't afford it. He asks his boss at the newspaper for a raise, and learns he'll get one if he moves to Cleveland for four months of special training. The boss gives him an advance, so he decides to soften up his family by getting them what they want before he tells of the move. His vague references to "going away" along with getting spotted near a cord dangling close to his head in the shape of a noose, and then, fixing a stove's pilot light by climbing in the broiler, convince them that he's attempting suicide so they'll receive his life insurance money.




