"The Couple Next Door" was one of the many 15-minutes-a day, five-days a week programs that used to fill the airwaves. It was, like "Vic and Sade" a show about "nothing." It lacks the absurdism of "Vic and Sade," and that may have made it easier for its audience to relate to. The show was the creation of one woman, Peg Lynch, who wrote and co-starred in every episode. Tonight, we present two representative episodes depicting late 1950s suburban American life. Then, who better to spend Thanksgiving with than the hard-boiled cast of "The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective"? Someone is trying to kill a man -- a man named Tom Turkey.

Episodes

The Couple Next Door

January 27, 1958 "Is The Couple Married"

October 3, 1960 "Living Room Wired For Stereo" 4:10

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective November 24, 1950 "The Terrified Turkey Caper" 33:35