Holiday Song

For the song by Pixies, see The Holiday Song.

"Holiday Song"
Goodyear Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 1
Directed by	Gordon Duff Delbert Mann
Written by	Paddy Chayefsky
Produced by	Fred Coe
Production code	Showcase Productions
Original air date	14 September 1952
Guest appearance(s)
Joseph Buloff Herbert Berghof Frances Chaney

Holiday Song is an episode of the TV anthology series Goodyear Playhouse. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky and helped establish his reputation in TV drama.^[1]

The episode was based on a story which had appeared in Reader's Digest.^[2]

References

↑ Paddy Chayefsky at Museum of TV
↑ In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life: Paddy Chayefsky knew that while the stage demands excitement, TV calls for smaller stories. Untouched Moments Chayefsky worked alone with a dictionary for company. By TAD MOSEL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 10 Dec 1989: H7.

External links

Holiday Song at IMDB

Works by Paddy Chayefsky

Films	The True Glory (1945) As Young as You Feel (1951) Marty (1955) The Catered Affair (1956) The Bachelor Party (1957) The Goddess (1958) Middle of the Night (1959) The Americanization of Emily (1964) Paint Your Wagon (1969) The Hospital (1971) Network (1976) Altered States (1980)

TV Plays	Holiday Song (1952) The Reluctant Citizen (1952) Printer's Measure (1953) Marty (1953) The Big Deal (1953) The Bachelor Party (1953) The Sixth Year (1953) Catch My Boy On Sunday (1953) The Mother (1954) The Middle of the Night (1954) The Catered Affair (1955) The Great American Hoax (1956)

Plays	No T.O. for Love (1945) Middle of the Night (1956) The Tenth Man (1959) Gideon (1961) The Passion of Josef D. (1964) The Latent Heterosexual (1968)

Novels	Altered States (1978)

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