November 24, 1981
C+
After hardly anything of Lenny and Squiggy in the last few episodes, we suddenly get too much of them in this Roger Garrett story. Don't get me wrong, I liked finally seeing their Burbank apartment (#113 1/4, while the girls are in 113 1/2) and I liked the insights into their friendship, like how Lenny is grateful for Squiggy sticking around when Lenny's mother deserted him when he was five. Even the stuff about Lenny and Squiggy trying to cast their movie, Blood Orgy of the Amazons, is interesting.
But even 38 years ago, I couldn't work up any enthusiasm over the appearance of Joey Heatherton as herself, and I felt like the boys trying to meet her at the awards, and all the stuff about Squiggy stealing from Lenny and then trying to hide it, went on too long. Also, compared to Lenny & Squiggy-filled episodes like "The Driving Test" and "You've Pushed Me Too Far," it's just not that funny. It feels strange to say, but I sort of wanted Laverne and Shirley to burst in saying, "Hello," or at least participate more than very peripherally. (Rhonda is in it more, although she's not bad here.) Hopefully, the season will balance the cast better as we continue.
I'm assuming it's an in-joke that Kim Sudol, who plays Bridget, was a Dancer in Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973).
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