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Release Date: 1985-04-30

Overview: Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.

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Cast

Ned Beatty

as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")

Sam Bottoms

as Patrolman Rick Selby (Segment "A Good Time")

Eileen Brennan

as Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")

Patty McCormack

as Mandy Morgan (Segment "A Good Time")

Burgess Meredith

as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")