Airdate: 2/10/83
…or so she
thinks! Fed up after a weekend with a man who can tell you the number of
letters in a sentence you just uttered, Diane takes Sam up on a deal – to
arrange for him the perfect date if he can do the same for her. But Sam narcissistically, and erroneously, suspects
Diane will choose herself, and so he chooses no one. When she arrives with a
friend who studies the science of bodily movement, he grabs an unsuspecting
stranger from the pool room, who turns out to be an ex-con and murderer! After
a double date from hell, Sam fesses up, and Diane construes it to mean he’s
“carrying a torch” for her. Denial, accusations, and name-calling, oh my!
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| "Do you ever pretend to have claws for hands?" |
Fun, craftily
plotted continuation of the Sam-and-Diane saga: the early years. Both
characters’ frailties and foibles are on fine display here, along with two
superb supporting performances as the two date stooges: Gretchen Corbet as
Gretchen, who plays as sort of a low-key version of Diane, and Derek McGrath as
ex-con Andy, who’s about as unhinged as dilapidated barn door. The audience
liked him too – notice the applause he gets after his exit.
Cold open: Lunch
time: Diane sits down to enjoy her roast beef sandwich, until pregnant Carla
arrives to prepare her pimento and sugar-fed anchovies. When Diane darts, Carla
steals her sandwich.
Norm’s opener:
(Coach: Beer, Norm?) That’s that sudsy amber stuff, right? Yeah, I’ve been
hearing good things about it.
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