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American Playhouse Episode Guide
Who Am I This Time?
S1 Ep4
5.5
2nd Feb 1982
From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on screen. Susan Sarandon is new in town, a lonely itenerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Walken's Stanley when the theater group does A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the problem, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.
Come Along With Me
S1 Ep6
16th Feb 1982
Mabel Lederer is a recently widowed woman who sells all her belongings and leaves her home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
S1 Ep10
16th Mar 1982
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
Weekend
S1 Ep15
20th Apr 1982
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
The best rated episodes of American Playhouse are:
Solomon Northup's Odyssey S4E3 rated 6.0
The lowest rated episodes of American Playhouse are:
Who Am I This Time? S1E4 rated 5.5
The first episode of American Playhouse aired on January 12, 1982.
The last episode of American Playhouse aired on September 29, 1996.
There are 177 episodes of American Playhouse.
There are 13 seasons of American Playhouse.
Yes.
American Playhouse is set to return for future episodes.
