Who's the Boss?: Sam's Car

Who's the Boss?: Sam's Car
ABC
October 18, 1988
Sitcom
DVD
B

Meanwhile, in the U.S., a writer's strike delayed the beginning of the 1988-89 season.  In this Braunstein & Perlow Season Five kick-off, 16-year-old Sam gets her driver's license, so her dad buys her the title object, which is embarrassingly large and yellow.  (The reveal of the car, set to the 2001 theme, is nicely done.)  When the kids at school make fun of her, she doesn't want to tell her father and hurt his feelings.  Everyone's perspective, including Angela's as mediator, makes sense.  And it's a pretty funny episode, Garrett Morris's cameo as Officer Audette included, although we can see the beginning of the dumbing down of Bonnie.