"Oh Hear the Angels' Voices"

"Oh Hear the Angels' Voices"
December 21, 1976
C+

The gang puts on a Christmas show at a mental hospital, which is as odd as it sounds.  I might've gone with a B-, but I didn't feel like the acts were that memorable, even the McKean-and-Lander-penned "The Jolliest Fat Man" song.  Note that it's now a month until the Lucille & Carmine trip to Europe.

Garry Marshall makes another uncredited onscreen appearance as a Drummer, while David W. Duclon, who wrote this episode and others, plays Vincent Van Eagle.  And the one and only Howard Hesseman is Dr. Grayson, around the time he had a recurring role as Craig Plager on The Bob Newhart Show and almost two years before he became Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati.