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  • Mr. Digit and the Battle of Bubbling Brook (1961)
  • Short | 17 min | Short
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Mr. Digit and the Battle of Bubbling Brook (1961)
Short | 17 min | Short
Mr. Digit explains the to the public the impending change to all-number calling in this 1961 film starring the then-well-known radio and television team, Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce ("Ethel and Albert"). They portray a couple coming home from...See moreMr. Digit explains the to the public the impending change to all-number calling in this 1961 film starring the then-well-known radio and television team, Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce ("Ethel and Albert"). They portray a couple coming home from vacation to find their time-honored telephone number, "Bubbling Brook 3-2468", is being changed to seven numerals. Ethel is, naturally, upset to be losing her identity. Mr. Digit, a character created by former Disney animator Chuck Couch, is featured in the animated portion of the film, as the tutor from the telephone company. He explains the new numbering system to Ethel and shows that "we're running out of numbers under our present numbering system." He discusses some expected communications services of the future and the necessity of all-number calling to make improvements in present services as well as those expected to come. Ethel finds the change isn't as radical as she thought, and "she might like it, at that." Written by Charley Couch See less
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Director
Robert W. Larsen (as Robert Larsen)
Writer
Chuck Couch (written by)
Producer
Chuck Couch
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Updated Dec 31, 1961
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1961 (United States)

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3 cast members
Name Known for
Peg Lynch
Ethel Ethel   See fewer
Ethel and Albert (1953)
Alan Bunce
Albert Albert   See fewer
Homicidal (1961)
Howard McNear
Mr. Digit (uncredited) Mr. Digit (uncredited)   See fewer
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
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