That Girl: All About Ann

That Girl: All About Ann
ABC
December 1, 1966
Sitcom
DVD
B-

This is Milton Pascal's second TG script and again features Ann training to be a better actress.  But mostly the episode is about a misunderstanding, where Don is gathering information on Ann for an article he wants to surprise her with, while she, encouraged by best friend Judy, thinks he's cheating on her with a girl from her acting workshop.  It sounds farcical, but it plays out so that we feel Ann's pain, and that makes the episode less enjoyable.  If this were a more cartoonish show, like Three's Company, we could shake our heads at the failure to communicate, while here Donald and Ann are enough like real people that it's like watching our friends be stupid.  I think both are to blame, he for keeping the article secret, and she for jumping to conclusions.

This is the first of ten TG episodes John Erman would direct.  And, yes, that's nineteen-year-old Rob Reiner as Chuck, his first of three TG roles.