Airdate:
11/26/87
Woody’s auditioning for a new play, “Authors In Hell,” but doesn’t get the role he wanted. The director, however, lets him understudy for the part of Mark Twain, so Woody shows up for work, dressed head to toe in the great satirist’s regalia, just in case he’s called to the stage. In walks Mary, an elderly window, and she’s smitten with this “older man.” The two start dating, but Woody’s just too nice a guy to reveal the truth. Only after Sam’s urging to nip it in the bud does Woody attempt a heart-to-heart discussion, but Mary had known all along of her paramour’s age – she was just having too good a time. She tells Woody she’d love to see him once again, but to leave the wig at home.
Charming episode
begins with a gimmick but ends surprisingly poignantly. Woody does a killer
Twain, and the relationship between him and the older woman is atypically
subtle but dramatically effective. It reminded me of the “Old Fears” episode of
Mork and Mindy, and the plot thread
in Tootsie where Michael s leading
Les, Julie’s dad, on because he doesn’t know he’s a man, and a much younger one
at that. Subplot involving Frasier and Lilith going on a much-needed cruise
vacation is simply filler.
Cold open:
Rebecca suspects Sam’s reason for being late, involving getting lost and being
tied up in a dog circus, is a real whopper of a lie, until a circus performer
and her dogs walk in, validating his excuse.
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