Philco Television Playhouse
Parnassus on Wheels
TV Flash files “Parnassus on Wheels” as hour 119 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 3, episode 29, aired 1951-04-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E29: listed hour 119 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 29 of 56 in season 3. It aired 1951-04-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bulletin 120” (S03E28). Next is “Routine Assignment” (S03E30).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Parnassus is a sprite like figure who moves through the New England countryside with his traveling book wagon.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Parnassus on Wheels sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S03E29 is listed hour 119 of 256 — hour 29 of 56 in season 3, season 3 episode 29.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S03E29 air?
Parnassus on Wheels aired 1951-04-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Marty (May 24, 1953, Rod Steiger) — the teleplay that became the anthology-to-Oscar dream — then sample other surviving Coe/Mann hours.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Philco Television Playhouse is Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays: ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts, Marty with Rod Steiger before the Oscar film. Watch it now as the rise of intimate realist TV drama — Fred Coe's shop, Delbert Mann, and the anthology-to-Hollywood dream in one sponsor's title.
The close-up is a butcher's loneliness, not a gown — kitchen-sink light, live cameras, ordinary lives getting extraordinary writing. NBC's *Philco Television Playhouse* (1948–1955), 256 episodes across seven seasons, Fred Coe's shop, directors like Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky's *Marty* telecast May 24, 1953 with Rod Steiger. A kitchen sink as an Oscar machine. The Philco/Goodyear tandem nights made anthology drama a dual-sponsor prestige ritual. The timeline can call domestic realism mid. The silhouette was a…