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Play Sound What this particular virus evidently does. is cause changes in our behavior patterns People infected become euphoric. have a sense of well being Well I'm not going to order the police commissioner. to call out 28 000 cops to find some bird that makes people feel good But we have no way of knowing. what it may lead to People could feel so good. they quit their jobs fly kites in Times Square block traffic uh stop voting Stop voting. Get me the police commissioner.
What this particular virus evidently does. is cause changes in our behavior patterns People infected become euphoric. have a sense of well being Well I'm not going to order the police commissioner. to call out 28 000 cops to find some bird that makes people feel good But we have no way of knowing. what it may lead to People could feel so good. they quit their jobs fly kites in Times Square block traffic uh stop voting Stop voting. Get me the police commissioner.

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Description: A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

Cast:
Pete: George Peppard
Liz: Mary Tyler Moore
Barney: Don Stroud
Aida: Susan Saint James
J. Gardner Monroe: Dom DeLuise
Conrad: Nathaniel Frey
The Mayor: John McMartin
Dr. Shapiro: Charles Lane
Gertrude: Jeanne Arnold
Murgatroyd: George Furth
Sgt. Gunty: Morty Gunty
Officer Ponazecki: Joe Ponazecki
Capt. Wallace: Frank Campanella
Mrs. Schwartz: Thelma Ritter
Brady: Tom Ahearne
Dr. Langley: Ralph Bell
Mayor's Aide: Robert Bond
Board Member: James Noble
Medical Expert: Franklin Cover
Harris: Hal K. Dawson
Zookeeper: Joey Faye
Park Commissioner Williams: Hugh Franklin
1st Mate: Arny Freeman
Sam: Donald Hotten
Junior Executive: Bob Kaliban
Wilson: Lincoln Kilpatrick
Soviet Delegate: Jára Kohout
Woman in Pad: Kay Turner
Lab Technician: Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Phil: Cleavon Little
Witter: Salem Ludwig
Crying Boy At City Hall: Lou Martini Jr.
Harriet: Barbara Minkus
T.V. Newscaster: Martin O'Hara
Bolton: George Petrie
Radio Cop: Tom Rosqui
Roger: John P. Ryan
Man in Pad: Marc Seaton
The Sack: Gillian Spencer
Crewman: George Sperdakos
Charlie: Carmine Stippo
Security Expert: Peter Turgeon
Dr. Fowler: Luis Van Rooten
Captain Narcopolis: Titos Vandis
Marshall legal aide: Ned Wertimer
Sybil: Emily Yancy

Written by: Bill Danch, Vincent McHugh, Tedd Pierce

Director: George Seaton

Release date: 31 Jul 1968