The Everett Family is celebrating the oldest child Hal's (David Doremus) birthday. His father Professor Everett (Richard Long) gives him a telescope. Nanny (Juliet Mills) mysteriously gives a special powered lens despite not knowing about the telescope. The younger son Butch (Trent Lehman) feels left out, so the professor lets him use his old telescope. Butch discovers a comet to the family's shock and perhaps Nanny's help. The professor reports it to the Bureau of Astronomy who tells Butch they will let him name the comet. A science writer Marvin Winters (Larry Gelman, Vinnie from "The Odd Couple") and photographer Keith Talbot (a still-active actor Douglas Rowe) from the Consolidated Press come to the Everrett household to interview Butch. They later receive word that the comet sighting has been claimed by Dr. Anthony Lazko (character actor Sam Jaffe) who comes to visit Butch to work out the dilemma.
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JordanThomasHall9 May 2017
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mlbroberts28 March 2022The Professor gives Hal a telescope for his birthday and then is led to wonder how he can get more interested in the things Burch is interested in, when he's naturally drawn to scientific Hal. Then it's Butch who spots a new comet through Hal's telescope. Suddenly it's Butch who's the famous scientist, even if he would rather play baseball - and then a genuine astronomer who has been working out the comet's appearance also claims the discovery. The problem is he is a really nice man. He is a tenth of a second behind Butch, and Butch begins to regret that the real scientist, who worked for years and years to find the comet, is the one who loses out. A story about a boy's sense of fairness.