What's Happening!!: The Birthday PresentABC
August 12, 1976
Sitcom
DVD
C+
I suspect that this episode was made before the one that aired previously, since Diane (Debbi Morgan) is new to school and Dwayne explains Rerun's nickname to her. I think going with this second was a good idea, since it's a weaker episode, with not only Mama spanking Roger (off-camera) but too much back & forth about buying the birthday blouse.
Manager Joe Morton had been on M*A*S*H as Capt. Saunders a few months earlier. Helen Martin returns as Millie. Bernie Orenstein and Saul Turteltaub, who wrote a lot for That Girl, would do four more for this show.
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