#mac stevenson

'Abyssinia Henry'- Season 3 episode 24. Original Air Date- March 18, 1975 Written by Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell Directed by Larry Gelbart

'…𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛.'

'I did something-- I directed ['Abyssinia, Henry'], as it turned out it was my turn in the box. And I did the one sort of directorial touch I’ve ever done in my life that that no one ever notices…and…but it was just kind of a pleasure for me to do. When– whenever Henry was seen in his office, there was always the skeleton behind him as though it foretold what might happen to the character.' -- Larry Gelbart (Full interview here.)

Happy 51st birthday to one of the best episodes of American television of all time.

(a few days late, but just forget that part)

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Mac Stevenson (American)  :: [Peintures]

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"Spirit, rehearse the journeys of the body that are to come, the motions of the matter that held you. Rise up in the smoke of palo santo. Fall to the earth in the falling rain. Sink in, sink down to the farthest roots. Mount slowly in the rising sap to the branches, the crown, the leaf-tips. Come down to earth as leaves in autumn to lie in the patient rot of winter. Rise again in spring's green fountains. Drift in sunlight with the sacred pollen to fall in blessing. All earth's dust has been life, held soul, is holy."