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In 1990, the United States government is controlled by a youthful administration who decrees that middle-aged people are a drain on resources and orders them into detention camps, where they will be killed when they reach the age of 65. Five confined artists nearing the end of their lives discuss their fate.

This episode takes place in 1990.

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    • Author: Vikus
    This was shown in my sophomore social studies class. It came out on PBS in 1970. Granted, one is impressionable at age 15, but I remember feeling the unfairness of age-based discrimination, and the unfairness of having one's contributions ignored based on some arbitrary standard. I still remember Jack Gilford's performance and the beach scenes. I'd like to see it again simply to see if it holds up as well as I remember.

    To meet the line police requirements "TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same - Robert Frost
  • Episode credited cast:
    Linda De Coff Linda De Coff - Aide (as Linda Decoff)
    Jack Gilford Jack Gilford - Joey
    Carmen Mathews Carmen Mathews - Annie
    Robert McLane Robert McLane - Michael
    Gary Merrill Gary Merrill - Barney
    Cornelia Otis Skinner Cornelia Otis Skinner - Kate
    Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman - Lev
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