Naked City (TV Series) A Horse Has a Big Head - Let Him Worry! (1962) User Reviews

Very well done

[vette99 · 10/10 · 5 March 2013]

I watched this episode as a 12 year old when it was first broadcast in 1962. It was my first awareness of the beautiful Diahann Carrol and from then on, whenever I saw her I always remembered this show. I just watched it again yesterday and found it to be as well written and acted as I remembered it from all those years ago. Harold's journey across town and his teacher, Miss Jay's wisdom and heart make viewing this episode a very well spent hour. This was quite a treat for me and wonderful that it lived up to my expectation. All performances were spot on, including a 10 year old John Megna as Harold and there were some very subtle but interesting views of the teaching profession. A real winner over all.

Very well written and acted episode

[zxdex88 · 9/10 · 16 August 2021]

See the boy with the one eye of his glasses blacked out standing next to John Megna? That's Tommy Norden, better known as Bud on Flipper and ironically this Naked City episode also has Luke Halpin who played Sandy on Flipper. It's not really such a coincidence as all three boys, John, Luke and Tommy are native New Yorkers, born and raised in the City and all appeared in several New York City film and stage productions. Luke appeared on Broadway in Peter Pan. All three were tough New York kids. The next time you watch Flipper pay close attention and you can clearly hear Tommy's very pronounced New York accent.

The long voyage home

[sol-kay · 6/10 · 4 March 2013]

***SPOILER*** It's when legally blind elementary school student Harold Danton, John Magna, snuck out of a city bus that he and his fellow blind students were on that his teacher and the person in charge of the kids Ruby Jay, Diahann Carroll,suddenly feared the worst for him. For some time Miss. Jay has been drumming into Harold as well has her other blind students heads her unorthodox approach to their disability and how to cure or overcome it. She wants them to act independently as if their normal with normal vision. And that's exactly what Harold is now doing!

With a city wide police manhunt for Harold he almost gets himself killed a number of time in not being able to see the traffic as well as dangers that he faces walking home from mid-town Manhattan to what seemed like Brooklyn Heights in the Boro of the former home of the lovable Bums-Brooklyn Dodgers- Brooklyn New York. Despite his near blindness as well s also losing his corrective gasses Harold does make it to the Brooklyn Bridge with NYPD Det. Adam Flint, Paul Burke, at Miss Yay's insistence is tailing Harold by car to see that nothing goes wrong for him. Like Harold being hit by a car truck or bus.

***SPOILERS*** As it turned out it was Harold special education teacher Miss.Jay who instilled in him the Independence in himself and his ability to be normal that in the end got Harold home safely. Even though she risked losing her job for doing it. And it was Harold's parents Mr. & Mrs. Denton,Graham Jarvis & Audra Lindley, who never for once doubted her teachers ability as a special ed teacher, even though at times during Harold disappearance she did, who couldn't thank Miss. Jay enough.

P.S As for the unusual title of the "Naked City" episode "A Horse has a big head-Let Him Worry" that was the massage from a Chinese fortune cookie that Miss. Jay cracked open as she together with Det. Flint and his girlfriend Libby Kingston, Nany Malone, were out dining in Chinatown at the end of the episode.