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| Fox in Dr. Bombay days |
ABC
February 25, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
C+
Ted Bergman's first of three WH scripts feels off to me. It seems like Mama should be more upset about the boys borrowing Ike's car without permission. Also, the pacing of the episode feels slow, with a lot of sitting around and waiting. The Arab and British stereotypes (including Bernard Fox) are about what I'd expect, simplistic but not hostile. There's a reference to oil prices but this is before the Iranian Hostage Crisis, so the feel is different here than it would be a couple years later. And of course the OJ Simpson reference sounds different nowadays (although not as much as Exidor worshiping OJ on Mork & Mindy).
Jeff Corey, who was Carol's older boyfriend Dr. Scott Rivers, is Hassan here. Richard Couture is again a Patron at Rob's Place.
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