Airdate:
11/29/79
Or The Graduate Redux.
Jim-Bob delivers mail to a new neighbor, Betsy Randolph, whose husband is
an air force pilot away at war. He starts to get a crush on this “older woman,”
and it sets the town’s tongues wagging. John cautions the boy to be careful,
but a heedless Jim-Bob gets his heart broken anyway. Wishing to patch things
up, Betsy arranges for her lovestruck admirer to fly a plane, with the help of
an old aviation buddy, and the two begin a platonic friendship together –
something Betsy needs when she gets a telegram that her husband has died in
combat. Subplot: Serene needs witnesses as she earns her girl scout badges, and
an assistant for her 10-mile hike, whom she chooses as John. When he is
delayed, she impatiently takes the hike herself.
Jim-Bob’s crush, Betsy Randolph as played by Patsy Rahn, is
a complete knockout – and looks nothing like a 1940s woman. Tanned, fit, with
long styled hair and wearing as many midriff-baring outfits as The Waltons would allow, she could’ve
stepped off the set of Charlie’s Angels. Which
isn’t to say she’s not easy on the eyes. Put it this way: there’s no suspension
of disbelief regarding Jim-Bob’s crush on her. But too bad their dialogue
together sounds like the intro to every porn film from the 70s and 80s!
2 comments:
I saw this episode earlier this evening. Patsy Rahn was a knockout here. If I'd have been Jim Bob I'd have fallen for her too.
And how! Too bad she didn't do much else. The only other thing I see she did that could be on DVD is an episode of "The Paper Chase."
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