What's Happening!!: The Thomas TreasureABC
March 16, 1979
Sitcom
DVD
C+
The main highlight to this Box & Westerschulte episode is the performance of Hank Rolike as Barney Dunn; he'd earlier played Ted Howard, the flawed friend of Dwayne's family. He speaks of being the lookout for the gang as a kid and how he still cares about the men in the gang. If the rest of the episode were at that level, I'd go with a B- or a B. But, as with the "no Roger, no Rerun, no rent" episode, I don't feel like most of the guest cast contributes much. And even if Mrs. Thomas is away (no explanation), it seems like someone should put a stop to demolishing her house. (At least Barney offers to fix it for free, when the five "kids" promise to give the money to the old folks' home.)
Benny Rubin, who was 80 at this point, had credits going back to the '20s, but for the purposes of this blog it's most significant that's he not only Duke Morgan here but had been on That Girl twice.
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