Reminiscent of Cocoon and that episode of The Simpsons where Homer went to live in a retirement home. It’s about a carny operator/conman (James Stewart, whose excellent voice is always great to hear) who gets on the run from town authorities and winds up at an old person’s home. Even though he’s in his 40s he passes himself off as someone 35 years older, but who’s discovered the elixr of youth. It’s not really a believable concept, even on radio – how would it work…? At least it is a play about the aged. The humour is gentle but it does have a positive message about living for the moment and the important of positive thinking. Diana Lynn plays the love interest, a nurse engaged to a doctor who is romanced by Stewart. Jose Ferrer played this on Broadway; it was adapted into a Mr Belvedere movie.
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