Miller's Court - Honor Thy Parents #408

DateDecember 12 1985

Can DescriptionsMiller's Court X3808 National Master (Aging Parents) "Honor Thy Parents"

AbstractMiller's Court: Honor Thy Parents; the scene opens with two sons arguing about parents moving into a home for Aging Parents; son sues son for more support of the parents so that they can live at home rather than be moved into a home for the aging; attorneys Scott Harshbarger and Martin Gannon interview the sons and will represent each side of the case; black screen breaks; the attorneys are questioned about the problems of the question in general, and jurors are polled about the details of the case; 9 jurors voted with the defendant and 3 voted with the plaintiff; the audience voted similarly, though more closely split with 53% that there was no duty to pay for the parents' at-home-care, while 47% voted that there was a duty to pay for at-home care.

OtherIn the studio Arthur Miller, Elizabeth Cheng, Bob Comiskey, Curtis Poole, Mary Ellen Hayes, Linda Adler, Stephanie Levin, Bruce Goldman, Jane Cartier, Kif Williams, George Ellard, Joe Mozdiez, Sumner Shain, Tony Coleman, George Manning, Wayne Smith, Russ Cooper, Nancy Moloney, Richie O'Neill, Joe Soucar, Geoffrey Sullivan, George Ellard, Doug Devitt, Bill Hartigan, Libe Stril Rever, Bob Hakkila, Scott Philbrick, Ted Talanian, Jeff Boortz, Frank Firnschild, Adriene DeMarco Jim Bolton, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, Joy McGugan, Peter Kovner, Peter Edmund Haydu, James Patrick Sheehan, Belle McDonald, Netta Vercollone, Stephen Minkofsky, The Charles Hotel at Harvard Square, Joseph W. Heston, Paul LaCamera.