Small World — Season 1, Episode 5: Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin

Episode synopsis

Particularly amusing telephonic chat between actor Peter Ustinov, impresario Sol Hurok and Maryland's Governor Theodore McKeldin. This combative trio consider politics, culture and TV. Hurok and Ustinov both make good sense, with the latter being not only perceptive, but witty as he demolishes several ideas advanced by Governor McKeldin, who unintentionally proves Ustinov's contention that politicians, like the Russians, can be funny precisely because they have no sense of humor.

About Small World

Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey
• E2Lord Bertrand Russell, Dr. Willard F. Libby, Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
• E3Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston
• E4Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Dr. Mark Van Doren, Rebecca West
• E6James C. Hagerty, Jacques Soustelle, Malcolm Muggeridge
• E7General Alfred M. Groenther, Aneturin Bevan, Franz Josef Strauss
• E8President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Richard Clement Attlee
• E9Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish
• E10Dr. Milton Eisenhower, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz-Marin, Dr. Galo Plaza
• E11James O. Sastland, Herb Block, Professor Denis W. Brogan
• E12Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan
• E13Episode 13