Our family watched this show regularly when it was first run, but I don't think I have seen this episode since that original broadcast. It does bring back pleasant memories.
I am about the same age as Barry Livingston, and if he had not been working, but was a student in LAUSD, he would have started high school back in February 1969.
I am not quite sure what prompted the writers or producers to make the change in season 10 of introducing Beverly Garland as Barbara, the romantic interest/wife for Steve Fred MacMurray. Perhaps the popularity of the Tina/Robbie arc, as well as the hole resulting when they moved out gave them the idea of finally give Steve a genuine love interest.
This was my first introduction to Beverly Garland, and it was not until I was an adult that I got to see some of her earlier roles. What a difference,
I also liked that line they gave guest star Stafford Repp, about the infraction he invented to threaten Steve with. Odd that, even though we also watched the first run of Batman (1966), at the time I did not make the connection it was the same actor.
Followed today on MeTV by an episode of Toon in with Me (2021) featuring cartoons from 1964.
I am about the same age as Barry Livingston, and if he had not been working, but was a student in LAUSD, he would have started high school back in February 1969.
I am not quite sure what prompted the writers or producers to make the change in season 10 of introducing Beverly Garland as Barbara, the romantic interest/wife for Steve Fred MacMurray. Perhaps the popularity of the Tina/Robbie arc, as well as the hole resulting when they moved out gave them the idea of finally give Steve a genuine love interest.
This was my first introduction to Beverly Garland, and it was not until I was an adult that I got to see some of her earlier roles. What a difference,
I also liked that line they gave guest star Stafford Repp, about the infraction he invented to threaten Steve with. Odd that, even though we also watched the first run of Batman (1966), at the time I did not make the connection it was the same actor.
Followed today on MeTV by an episode of Toon in with Me (2021) featuring cartoons from 1964.