That Girl: Dark on Top of Everything Else

That Girl: Dark on Top of Everything Else
ABC
January 16, 1969
Sitcom
DVD
B-

This Carl-Kleinschmitt-written episode starts with Donald at Ann's apartment door, claiming to be Steve McQueen there to "ravage" her, and then about twenty minutes later her parents catch them kissing on a bed in their basement.  But in between it's mostly Ted Bessell directing Marlo Thomas as Ann, spending the weekend on her own in Brewster and she shows that she doesn't necessarily need a supporting cast every moment.  OK, her getting stuck in a bed while trying to close a window (I guess her parents never replaced the ladder she broke on Halloween) is pretty Lucy-ish, but I almost buy it.

Although he's uncredited, I'm pretty sure that's George Fenneman on Ann's TV screen.

You Bet Your Life, 7.21

You Bet Your Life, 7.21
NBC
February 14, 1957
Game Show, Comedy
VHS
B-

Broadcast just a couple weeks after the other episode I own, this is mostly notable for the appearance of John Barbour (later of Real People) and his then wife.  The secret word is "dollar," and not surprisingly both couples say it.  The other couple has a woman who keeps cracking herself up while trying to tell a joke and never finishes it.  Both couples go for the (comparatively) big money but sadly miss such relatively easy answers as Mary Shelley and Samuel Gompers.

You Bet Your Life, Episode 7.19

You Bet Your Life, Episode 7.19
NBC
January 31, 1957
Game Show, Comedy
VHS
C+

The copy I have is from a local Southern Californian PBS series of the late '80s, called I Remember Television, so I think it's edited down from what you might see on YouTube or elsewhere.  The basic format is here though, with the two man-woman pairs successively trying for amounts of money that weren't much even at the time.  (When the quiz show scandal happened, YBYL was in the clear, very obviously not fixed.)  It's all an excuse for Groucho to gently mock the contestants, who are of course good sports about it and occasionally joke back.  This time the secret word (worth $100) is "head" and is won by the Italian war bride and her partner the talent agent.  (The other female contestant is an airline pilot and apparently future astronaut, Jan Dietrich.)

A lively moment on what is mostly a slow-moving episode.