In 1960, Ralph Nelson wrote and directed The Man in the Funny Suit, a dramatic account of Keenan Wynn's travails in helping his father, comedian Ed Wynn, play such a serious role on live television in Requiem for a Heavyweight. Ed Wynn went on to play equally serious roles in The Great Man and the 1959 film version of The Diary of Anne Frank. The Man in the Funny Suit was telecast as an installment of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse with Rod Serling and Red Skelton playing themselves, and it remains available for public viewing at the Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles.
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