Johnny Jupiter: Frontier Scout Story (Original screenplay for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 television series)

New York: Kagran Corporation, 1953. Revised script for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 ABC television series. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith's working copy, with his substantive annotations in manuscript ink throughout, marking deletions, editorial notes, and revisions.

The "Johnny Jupiter" program appeared in two iterations throughout 1953 and 1954: the first aired on the DuMont Television Network from March to June of 1953, and the second aired on ABC and aired between September 5, 1953, and May 29, 1954. Both series featured 30-minute episodes, blended hand puppetry and live action, and featured a shop employee interacting with aliens through a magical television set, but the second series was geared toward adults, while the first was geared toward children.

The ABC series followed a young television shop employee as he fielded interactions with his human colleagues (his boss and his boss' daughter) and the Jovian aliens from Jupiter (the titular Johnny Jupiter and two robots). In this episode, the Frisby general store is paid a visit by the chief scoutmaster of the Frontier Scouts of America, throwing Duckweather, Horatio, and Katherine into a tizzy, and causing the Jovians to intervene in an (unwanted) attempt to help.

Self wrappers. Title page present, with credit for series writer Jerome Coopersmith, noted as "Script #1" and "'Frontier Scout Story'". 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered 48. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with undated pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, first and last leaves detached from the binding, partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner.