That Girl: Write is Wrong

Horrible or wonderful?  Late '60s
TV fashions are at least interesting.

That Girl: Write is Wrong
ABC
November 6, 1969
Sitcom
DVD
B-

This is set a few months after the previous episode and has Don, at Ann's urging, turning his article on being snowed in at JFK into a sitcom script, only to have the script completely rewritten.  The self-parody could be sharper but it's not bad.

Forrest Compton plays Jonathan Adams here and would later be George Phillips.  Arthur Julian, who's playing scriptwriter Milton East, wrote three TG episodes and had three earlier roles.  William Schallert is Harry Cook.  And Alice Borden takes over the role of Ruthie Bauman (helpfully introducing herself at the door as Ann's best friend).

The Patty Duke Show: A Foggy Day in Brooklyn Heights

The Patty Duke Show: A Foggy Day in Brooklyn Heights
ABC
September 15, 1965
Sitcom
VHS
C+

This was a series that I watched on Nickelodeon about 25 years after its first run but never really got into.  Yes, there's an element of camp to it, from the "identical cousins" concept to the silly theme song.  But, no offense to Patty Duke, I just don't feel like much was done with the various elements.  I taped this episode only for the sake of Frankie Avalon's appearance as himself, and the episode is basically people reacting to his presence.  Also it annoys me that there's no consistency about the weather.  (It's supposed to be rainy, not foggy, in Brooklyn Heights, but every exterior shot looks sunny.)  It is nice to hear Frankie croon "These Are the Good Times" outside of Beach Blanket Bingo, and the little twist at the end with boyfriend Richard's reaction to daydreaming Patty's kiss is a sly touch.  But I think this needed a serious rewrite.