The Millionaire
The Story of Waldo Francis Turner
TV Flash files “The Story of Waldo Francis Turner” as a desk essential hour — The Millionaire (1955–1960) on CBS, season 3, episode 9, aired 1956-11-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E09: listed hour 69 of 206 in the The Millionaire guide, hour 9 of 38 in season 3. It aired 1956-11-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Story of David Tremayne” (S03E08). Next is “The Story of Jay Powers” (S03E10).
Essential hour: “The Story of Waldo Francis Turner”. The Story of Waldo Francis Turner — mid-run titled stranger, money still ruining or redeeming on a weekly anthology clock.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Story of Waldo Francis Turner sit in the The Millionaire guide?
S03E09 is listed hour 69 of 206 — hour 9 of 38 in season 3, season 3 episode 9.
When did The Millionaire S03E09 air?
The Story of Waldo Francis Turner aired 1956-11-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Michael Anthony delivering the check. The unseen Tipton and the stranger's windfall are the entire machine from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab: Michael Anthony delivers a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology. Watch it now as the ancestor of every what-would-you-do-with-a-windfall reality premise, played as drama.
So about the check. (I said spoiler-free. The premise is the spoiler, and it is the whole fandom.) Every week on CBS, 1955–1960, executive secretary Michael Anthony — Marvin Miller — delivers a $1 million check from unseen tycoon John Beresford Tipton to an ordinary person, and the episode tracks the consequences. The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral laboratory, high concept before the term was common, Don Fedderson's 206-episode, six-season windfall machine. Tipton is heard but never shown. Peak…
Filed against
- Marvin Miller as Michael Anthony
Marvin Miller delivered the envelope as Michael Anthony on The Millionaire — sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab, a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology.…