# Help with a Perry Mason episode (original TV series)

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**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-perry-mason-episode-original-tv-series/945980 "2021-07-08T13:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-perry-mason-episode-original-tv-series/945980/1 "2021-07-08T13:17:53Z")

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I have a dim memory of a scene from the original (1957-66) series where Perry Mason is talking with college students or demonstrators who defend their protest by saying unlike earlier generations, they are faced with the existential threat of nuclear annihilation. Mason responds with something like, “every generation has faced a similar prospect, from war or plague.” Am I misremembering? If not, can anyone direct me to the episode?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-perry-mason-episode-original-tv-series/945980/2 "2021-07-08T15:38:59Z")

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There were a number of “youth-oriented” episodes toward the end of the series. If it’s any help, I’d confine my search to the 1963–65 seasons.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-perry-mason-episode-original-tv-series/945980/3 "2021-07-09T03:15:04Z")

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> **["Perry Mason" The Case of the Cheating Chancellor (TV Episode 1965) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0673218/?ref_=ttep_ep4)**
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> The Case of the Cheating Chancellor: Directed by Arthur Marks. With Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Peter Helm. Van Fowler is an instructor at Perry's alma mater. He is working on his PhD with Dr. Stuart Logan. Logan is taking advantage...

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-perry-mason-episode-original-tv-series/945980/4 "2021-07-09T16:49:16Z")

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Many thanks!