What's Happening!!: The Last Page

What's Happening!!: The Last Page
ABC
March 31, 1979
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Sally Wade wrote this story which has gentle parodies/homages of three hit ABC shows: Happy Days, Three's Company, and Mork & Mindy.  More unusually, the director is also female, Mary Hardwick, who doesn't have very many credits.  I don't know if this is partly why this is one of my favorite episodes for how Shirley is treated, like a normal, attractive woman (as a girl Roger-Richie wants to meet and as Mindy, although even her Mrs. Roper has a certain style).  Rerun imagines himself as the leads of the various shows, which are presented with minimal sets.  The costumes alone are worth tuning in for.  Not a great episode but definitely one that I remember from the time and since.

Frequent WH director Mark Warren plays the Killer on the TV show Rerun is cast on.  Note that this is the week that the series switched to Saturday nights, at 8 p.m., while Welcome Back, Kotter was on hiatus.