Telephone Time - Season 1 Episode 1 The Golden Junkman
True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children.
A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.
First Air Date: Apr 08, 1956
Last Air date: Apr 01, 1958
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 82 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 43.161
Language: English
Keyword : anthology
Episode
The Golden Junkman
Man with a Beard
Captain from Kopenick
Borders Away
The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
The Stepmother
Time Bomb
Emperor Norton's Bridge
The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
Harry in Search of Himself
Felix the Fourth
Smith of Ecuador
The Gingerbread Man
Joyful Lunatic
The Key
Grandpa Changes the World
Again the Stars