Airdate: 4/18/85
Diane’s absence
requires Sam to hire a new barmaid, but his choices, long on looks but short on
experience, get nixed by Carla’s overrule. Only one, a hardy, strapping woman
named Lillian, looking like she came from an 18th century Irish pub,
makes the cut, and even hot-blooded Sam comes around, admiring her waitressing
skills and understanding of the fact that there will be no romantic
entanglements to make the working situation awkward. That is until he meets her
daughter, Carolyn, a lingerie model with a fondness for nude beaches – Sam
behaves himself to a point, and begs Carla to change her mind about quitting if
he dates the comely lass. Carla will give in only if Lillian approves, but
Lillian mistakes Sam’s interest in her daughter for that of herself. It all
gets straightened out and Sam’s ready for Carolyn, who happens to hate sex
since her mother killed her father with a heart attack of passion.
Diane has only
one scene (in an Italian hotel), leaving Sam to do the heavy comedic lifting
here, which he does quite admirably (with a heavy assist from the muse of John
Ritter). Scatological hijinks, if done well, always make me laugh, and Sam’s
self-control, and subsequent lack of it, help make this one of my favorite
episodes. Lillian is a terrific guest character (she’s still employed at the
end, so I presume we’ll see her again), and her monologue establishing her
credentials and scenes of leading the barflies in carousing song are true
highlights.
Cold open: Cliff
can’t get over the fact that Carla makes more than he does when tips are
included; Norm reasons that it makes sense, since he “could go up to three days
without mail.”
Norm’s opener:
Norm’s already at the bar.
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