"The Man in the Funny Suit" aired this Fall on Riverside-San Bernadino's PBS channel 24's excellent series "I Remember Television" hosted by Ed Rothhaar. Although this series has aired for over 20 years, I only became aware of it when DirecTV added channel 24 to its Los Angeles local channel coverage.
I knew the story about the Wynn's and Requiem for many years, but had no idea that "The Man in the Funny Suit" existed until I stumbled upon its recent broadcast. I have now added it to my AppleTV collection, along with a recent eBay purchase of the LaserDisc of Requiem from the 1981 Sonny Fox PBS package: "The Golden Age of Television" with its terrific introduction of interview with the principals hosted by Jack Klugman.
POSTSCRIPT: Rod Serling would later "thank" Ed Wynn for the terrific job he did for him in "Requiem." In 1959, CBS viewed the Pilot of "The Twilight Zone" in an episode called Where is Everybody" and when they ordered the first Season, Rod wrote the first episode especially for Ed Wynn: "One for the Angels" co-starring Murray Hamilton, who would later play Mr. Robinson in "The Graduate."
I knew the story about the Wynn's and Requiem for many years, but had no idea that "The Man in the Funny Suit" existed until I stumbled upon its recent broadcast. I have now added it to my AppleTV collection, along with a recent eBay purchase of the LaserDisc of Requiem from the 1981 Sonny Fox PBS package: "The Golden Age of Television" with its terrific introduction of interview with the principals hosted by Jack Klugman.
POSTSCRIPT: Rod Serling would later "thank" Ed Wynn for the terrific job he did for him in "Requiem." In 1959, CBS viewed the Pilot of "The Twilight Zone" in an episode called Where is Everybody" and when they ordered the first Season, Rod wrote the first episode especially for Ed Wynn: "One for the Angels" co-starring Murray Hamilton, who would later play Mr. Robinson in "The Graduate."