May 5, 1981
C+
As "Plout" episodes go, this one written by Paula A. Roth isn't bad, and it does give Vicki Lawrence a chance to sing*. However, I kept thinking I knew where things were going to go and it turned out that these were just filler subplots. First I thought Rhonda was going to give her a makeover and/or fix her up with someone, not that that necessarily would've been funnier, but I could picture it. And I thought that when Squiggy gives himself a makeover as a blond Preppie, Plout would fall for him, which could've been hilarious. Instead we're supposed to believe that Laverne and Shirley could find wigs and costumes that fit them so they can provide back-up at the nightclub and somehow distract the MPs. (And they wear the outfits home!)
Marlene Laird didn't direct any other L & S episodes.
*One of her first episodes had Plout refer to "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," while here Shirley makes a Carol Burnett reference.
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