ABC
December 11, 1969
Sitcom
DVD
C-
Ann's line "I'm not having fun anymore" pretty well captures my feeling about this Orenstein-Turteltaub episode. While it's nice to see vintage Vegas, and some cute if not particularly memorable cameos by Carl Reiner and Pat Boone as themselves, I found the plot of Donald going off the rails in Vegas-- in a matter of hours-- both implausible and unfunny. Also, if Ann's in a show, is it too much to ask that we actually see some of it? Jack Cassidy as Ann's boss Marty Haines and Hope Holliday as Joanne Ferrer (Donald's bride) would of course return for Part Two.
Morty Gunty plays himself here (as a sexist stand-up comic) but would later appear as Sandy Stone. Bill McLean would be a Waiter in Part Two as well, while Allen Davis would again be the Desk Clerk, and later Lionel Vernon. Brad Trumbull is a reporter here but would subsequently be a Policeman.
Sadly, this is Marlo Thomas's 100th show I've reviewed.
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