This Side of Eden, Show # 411 (1977) | Insight powered by Paulist Productions

[@paulkitt-er9dr]

Carol Burnett and Walter matthau work well together they made a movie around the same time pete n tillie

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

Three legends of comedy in one spot. I love it.

[@vickieharris9834]

R.I.P Ed Asner

[@umarbentley4953]

This can easily be mistaken for a Carol Burnett Show sketch with Walter Mathau as the guest star even tho this is a dramatic show.

[@fromthesidelines]

Bob Mackie designed her "Eve" outfit; Al Schultz, her make-up man, worked on this episode, too.

[@jnadle1]

@@fromthesidelines Just can't seem to let them go at all. She was still doing her show at the time.

[@justinbishop1193]

Timeless....

[@JHarder1000]

This is superb. It is almost reminiscent of Thornton Wilder.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Interesting story about this episode in Father Kieser's book. He says it came out so well that he took it to NBC to see if they wanted to run it as a prime-time special, and they agreed. He was thrilled as this would be a breakthrough. Father Kieser then went back to ask permission to everyone involved with the episode, since they agreed to a typical Insight non-commercial syndicated airing, and not a network prime-time special. He says most were thrilled, but some said no, and one unnamed person would not even meet with Father Kieser about it. He wrote the person, and got a response from the person's lawyer, saying the answer is still no, and not to contact his client again. Of course, the episode would not air on NBC primetime. I wonder who the mystery person was.

[@InsightPaulistProductions]

You have a 33% chance of guessing correctly! :)

[@jeremyprice7256]

I may be wrong but I think that because her show was still on at that time and on another network, I'd say it was Carol Burnett.

[@jaredjlinden]

Walter Matthau still had a good movie career going at the time. I’m guessing he didn’t want to appear on a network primetime special.

[@nativevirginian8344]

Maybe Matthau, with Ukrainian Jewish ancestry, did not want his appearance in a Christian tv show shown widely.

[@flwrfan1752]

I remember this episode being mentioned in the tv guide at the time it came out in the seventies.

[@RovingRoy]

How do the Paulists get all these "A" List stars to do their shows?

[@InsightPaulistProductions]

It was our founder, Fr. Kieser! He was determined to make it happen!

[@57buickcentury]

At 23:25, did Matthau make a mistake saying "president", or was the line written in the script that way?

[@InsightPaulistProductions]

That's a good question--it certainly sounds like a flub to us!

[@Jiltedin2007]

R.I.P.: Walter Matthau an Ed Asner 😥😥😥😥

[@SirPaulMuaddib]

I didn't know Mark Hamill was in an episode...which episode was he in?

[@Armychuck]

When you see Arcturus. Show 372. One of my favorites.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Isn't that Mr. Lou Grant playing God?

[@garybryant9097]

EVERYBODY did this show. The question was how can you avoid doing this show?

[@davidmoser3535]

Ed Asner did this show at least 3 times