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The Wonder Years, 1987 September 21

1 folder
Collection Creator:
Orton, Peter Z.
Dates:
1987 September 21
Located In:
Box 9, Folder 3
Extent:
1 folder
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

Television script for the pilot episode of the Emmy Award-winning television comedy/drama created and written by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. The show ran for six seasons on ABC, from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988. This is a photocopy of the revised second draft, dated September 21, 1987. 38 leaves.

Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Credit this material:

The Wonder Years; Peter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, C1225, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 9
System Identifier:
/repositories/5/archival_objects/860609

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of thirty screenplays, five made-for-TV film scripts, and three television series scripts--typewritten or photocopied--collected by Peter Orton. The earliest screenplays are Sullivan's Travels, written by Sullivan Sturges and released in December 1941, and Casablanca, written by Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch and released in 1942. The most recent film script is High, Wide and Handsome!, later known as Talladega Nights, written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay in 2005. There are two copies each of Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Our Sons, and Leap Of Faith, four drafts of 3 O'Clock High (or After School), and one of A World Apart. Other screenplays include The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, Chocolat by Robert Nelson Jacobs, and Chinatown by Robert Towne. All but these three scripts were produced: "Sacred Cow" written by Joe Eszterhas, "The Universal Baseball Association" by Robert Coover, and "Godzilla vs. Cleveland" by Dana Olson. Television scripts include an episode of Seinfeld ("The Pez Dispenser") written by Larry David dated 1991, the pilot episode for Quantum Leap by Donald P. Bellisario, and the made-for-TV film Who Will Love My Children written by Michael Bortman.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

No appraisal information is available.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

The Wonder Years; Peter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, C1225, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 9