The Bob Newhart Show: Freudian ShipCBS
January 7, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
B-
This Earl Pomerantz story has Bob and Emily going on a cruise, where she partakes in all the shipboard activities and he counsels an older Texan couple, Vern and Clara Hackler. (Mrs. Hackler is played by Jeff Donnell, who was Gidget's mother in a couple of the big-screen movies and Hannah on the Gidget TV-series.)
Scavenger #1, Jack Scalici, would be The Assistant on Three's Company, while #2, Claudette Duffy, had previously been Sister Mary Catherine, and #3, Timothy Himes, was the Obnoxious Reporter in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Bonerz directed.
You didn't even mention John Crawford, who gave a stellar performance as Vern. He was in over 250 TV and movie roles, and played Sheriff Ep Bridges on "The Waltons".
ReplyDeleteNot to mention his amazing performance in Mildred Pierce! This blog is about my TV collection, so shows are discussed in relation to me and my other shows. Therefore, I care more about Jeff Donnell than someone who wasn't (as far as I know) on any other of my shows. (Maybe if he'd done more sitcoms.)
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