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| Anderson and Marcus reunited, but this time he's Mr. Carlson's son. |
CBS
October 22, 1977
Sitcom
DVD
B
This, the first of three BNS scripts by Andrew Smith, is better than any lately. The main plot is that Leslie Greely (32-year-old Loni Anderson, still almost a year away from hitting it big on WKRP) brings a paternity suit against Mr. Carlin. Although he's of course attracted to her, the real appeal for him is playing dad to her son (but not his) Billy (9-year-old Sparky Marcus, playing younger than his age, as he did as Ape Face in Freaky Friday the previous year). Not only does he teach the boy about real estate, but he takes him to see Star Wars, and they wear matching outfits. Meanwhile, Howard brings Bob a beeper back from Japan. A funny, kind of sweet episode, not a classic for the series, but I suspect one of the best entries of this last season.
Pat Cranshaw, who previously played the Old Gentleman on Carol's wedding day, here is the Bum with a beeper.
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