Monday, January 27, 2020

"The Defiant One"

Image result for "The Defiant One" laverne""The Defiant One"
November 17, 1981
C+

This episode, written by Judy Ervin, starts with a sleeping Laverne practically making out with a Worker (played by Archie Hahn, who was Bob four years earlier) who's trying to repair a bench.  But the episode is mostly about Shirley getting swept up into a bank robbery and having to escape because she's handcuffed to the leader, Louis Armstrong (played by Moll).  Frank helps defeat Louis, with a toaster.

I have to note that although this is set in '66, the alley is full of later-'60s slogans, like "Make Love," "Stop the War," and "Pigs."  And for some reason, circus posters.

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