Picks and Pans Review: Ethel Is An Elephant

UPDATED 06/23/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 06/23/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT

CBS (8-8:30 p.m. ET)

Despite its precious name, this failed pilot isn't a turkey. A smartly written bit of Aesopian whimsy, it stars Todd Susman as a New York photographer who removes a nail from the foot of an abandoned baby elephant, then gets adopted by the pet and tries to disguise her as a sofa.