Oct 2, 2026 · 23 min · 8 segments
Theater Five presents “Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison,” episode 69 of the ABC dramatic anthology, originally broadcast November 5, 1964. Written by Rafael David Blau and Ian Martin and…
Let's see now.
Mix two parts of sex appeal, one part of sleeping pills, and two jiggers of bonded whiskey.
Add a dash of nightmare extract, stir, and chill.
Sure, Al.
Come on up.
Hey,
uh, did the stuff come from the drugstore yet?
Any minute, the man said.
Hey, listen, Al, why don't you go pick it up? It's the drugstore in the lobby.
How stupid can you get, Melinda? I told you a thousand times, Betty and me can't have any part in this.
Okay, okay.
That's all we need to have them hook up your manager and publicity man with it.
You're really a first-class, first-grade.
How you got to be a
star? Shut up, Al.
Agents, managers.
Flush peddlers, that's what you are.
Well, find yourself another chunk of flush to peddle.
I'm sick of your yelling at me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, hey, hey, wait.
Melinda, you were drinking.
That's got nothing to do with it.
Oh, the guy's here with the pills, Al.
Let's see now.
Mix two parts of sex appeal, one part of sleeping pills, and two jiggers of bonded whiskey.
Add a dash of nightmare extract, stir, and chill.
Sure, Al.
Come on up.
Hey,
uh, did the stuff come from the drugstore yet?
Any minute, the man said.
Hey, listen, Al, why don't you go pick it up? It's the drugstore in the lobby.
How stupid can you get, Melinda? I told you a thousand times, Betty and me can't have any part in this.
Okay, okay.
That's all we need to have them hook up your manager and publicity man with it.
You're really a first-class, first-grade.
How you got to be a
star? Shut up, Al.
Agents, managers.
Flush peddlers, that's what you are.
Well, find yourself another chunk of flush to peddle.
I'm sick of your yelling at me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, hey, hey, wait.
Melinda, you were drinking.
That's got nothing to do with it.
Oh, the guy's here with the pills, Al.
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