Former CBS Monday night bunkmates Lucy and Andy Griffith team up for this change-of-pace episode that would play a little better had it been filmed live in front of an audience. Few Lucy episodes were shot without one, unless the logistical challenges required it. I can't figure out why they did not film this live. It's not as noticeable in the park scenes or the ones that take place in the motel room, but there is a static feel to the restaurant scenes where it is extremely obvious.
This is about as topical as any Lucy show ever got. This would have been what was called A Very Special Here's Lucy if we had that in our lexicon at the time. Griffith plays a kind of combination social worker/preacher trying to raise funds for wayward youths and young adults. When he and Lucy strike up a romance, Kim decides to go undercover to find out if his intentions are honorable.
There is a scene in a cheap motel room where Andy literally puts Kim over his knee and spanks her (with a shoe) that would never fly today thanks to PC watchdogs.
Not a great episode by any means, but it was nice to see a Lucy show try and do something timely and relevant, given that All in the Family, Maude and Mary Tyler Moore were all flying high at the time this originally aired.
This is about as topical as any Lucy show ever got. This would have been what was called A Very Special Here's Lucy if we had that in our lexicon at the time. Griffith plays a kind of combination social worker/preacher trying to raise funds for wayward youths and young adults. When he and Lucy strike up a romance, Kim decides to go undercover to find out if his intentions are honorable.
There is a scene in a cheap motel room where Andy literally puts Kim over his knee and spanks her (with a shoe) that would never fly today thanks to PC watchdogs.
Not a great episode by any means, but it was nice to see a Lucy show try and do something timely and relevant, given that All in the Family, Maude and Mary Tyler Moore were all flying high at the time this originally aired.
