January 26, 1974
Sitcom
DVD
B-
Bob counsels a recent parolee, Miles Lascoe (28-year-old Henry Winkler, who had very recently debuted on Happy Days). Bob and Emily are worried when Miles brings Bob a video recorder. (Very cutting edge! Even if it looks like a reel-to-reel audiotape player.) The episode is more interesting than funny, although Bob trying to speak prison language is amusing.
Russ Grieve, who plays Spike Coolidge, would later be Leo the Private Detective. (And surprisingly, he played three natives on Gilligan's Island.) Len Lesser. who's Mr. Schwab, was a Guard on That Girl. This is the only BNS episode written by Howard Storm, who'd mostly be known as a director, for Mork & Mindy among other things, while his co-writer here, Paul Lichtman was mainly an actor, including on What's Happening!! And speaking of people switching roles, the director this time is Peter Bonerz, who isn't in the episode much. He'd go on to do 28 more for BNS, plus a whole lot of other programs.
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