ABCFebruary 1, 1968
Sitcom
DVD
B+
This is not only better than the other Ethel Merman episode, but it's very funny. Written by Richard Baer, it has a gossip columnist claiming Ethel is dating Lew. Helen believes the story and wants to go home to her mother, in Phoenix. Things get farcical, with a self-awareness that they are, as with Lew hiding behind a screen in Ethel's dressing room. Everyone has something to do and they play off each other very well. Arthur Julian has a scene-stealing role as the Waiter (you can't not laugh when he calls Donald a hippie); he would not only play three other roles on the show, but he'd write three episodes.
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