It Must Be Love, 'Cause I Feel So Dumb
- Episode aired Oct 8, 1975
- 1h
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7.1/10
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A 13-year-old boy has a crush on a cheerleader at his school and dreams up creative ways to try to impress her.A 13-year-old boy has a crush on a cheerleader at his school and dreams up creative ways to try to impress her.A 13-year-old boy has a crush on a cheerleader at his school and dreams up creative ways to try to impress her.
Alfred Lutter III
- Erik
- (as Alfred Lutter)
Vicky Dawson
- Lisa
- (as Vicki Dawson)
Michael Miller
- Father
- (as Michael B. Miller)
- Director
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A Classic ABC Afterschool Special!
For those of you who are from the 70s generation of watching those ABC Afterschool Specials, this one is well remembered.
In this film, you see Alfred Lutter (prior to his "Bad News Bears" films), in the lead role as Erik, the poor nerdy 13-year-old kid who is trying everything to get a date with Lisa (played by Vicky Dawson), the popular outgoing cheerleader. You know it is hopeless for Erik to even attempt to have Lisa as his girlfriend from the get go, but nevertheless he does manage to get a date with her by spray-painting her name in big large letters on a brick wall and surprising her with his "art". Lisa is ecstatic at seeing her name on the wall and agrees to go out with him, although she is less than thrilled going on a date with Erik to KFC and is critical of comments Erik makes about his dog Bill, who he adores. When he walks her home, you can tell he wants to kiss her goodnight, but she quickly goes into her apartment building. In the next scene, Leroy, the jock who she usually hangs out with, blows her off for practice, so she then sees Erik and happily waves him over and tells him what a great time she had with him and that they should definitely go out again. Erik has been invited to a party by his friend Cathy, played by Denby Olcott, so he suggests they go dancing. But poor Erik who does not know how to dance takes a quick dance lesson to learn the "bump" (the dance craze back in the mid 70s), only to have an instructor bent on teaching him how to waltz. When they arrive at Cathy's party, she is thrilled to see Erik, but her expression quickly turns to disappointment when Lisa confidently says hi and blows past her. At the party, Erik tries to waltz with Lisa, who again is not too happy, and in the next scene, hapless Erik is sitting in the corner (with his hair slicked down wearing a checked suit and bow-tie), while Lisa dances the night away (the bump of course) with a really "cool" guy to "You Haven't Done Nothing'" by Stevie Wonder. When the party is over, Erik and Lisa are in a cab while he nervously watches the meter ticking, knowing he only has a certain amount of money on him to pay for the ride. When he sees the meter hit the limit of how much cash he has, he tells the driver to pull over. It is pouring out. Erik then launches into a fantasy, taking on the role of Gene Kelly in "Singin' in the Rain", trench coat and all, ending with Lisa giving him a big kiss (in the fantasy that is). Then the film goes back to reality and Lisa doesn't want to get soaked walking home in the rain, so she storms off and says she is calling her mother for a ride home, leaving poor Erik once again.
If viewed today, it presents a lot of nostalgia from that era, i.e. air hockey and snorkel jackets.
In this film, you see Alfred Lutter (prior to his "Bad News Bears" films), in the lead role as Erik, the poor nerdy 13-year-old kid who is trying everything to get a date with Lisa (played by Vicky Dawson), the popular outgoing cheerleader. You know it is hopeless for Erik to even attempt to have Lisa as his girlfriend from the get go, but nevertheless he does manage to get a date with her by spray-painting her name in big large letters on a brick wall and surprising her with his "art". Lisa is ecstatic at seeing her name on the wall and agrees to go out with him, although she is less than thrilled going on a date with Erik to KFC and is critical of comments Erik makes about his dog Bill, who he adores. When he walks her home, you can tell he wants to kiss her goodnight, but she quickly goes into her apartment building. In the next scene, Leroy, the jock who she usually hangs out with, blows her off for practice, so she then sees Erik and happily waves him over and tells him what a great time she had with him and that they should definitely go out again. Erik has been invited to a party by his friend Cathy, played by Denby Olcott, so he suggests they go dancing. But poor Erik who does not know how to dance takes a quick dance lesson to learn the "bump" (the dance craze back in the mid 70s), only to have an instructor bent on teaching him how to waltz. When they arrive at Cathy's party, she is thrilled to see Erik, but her expression quickly turns to disappointment when Lisa confidently says hi and blows past her. At the party, Erik tries to waltz with Lisa, who again is not too happy, and in the next scene, hapless Erik is sitting in the corner (with his hair slicked down wearing a checked suit and bow-tie), while Lisa dances the night away (the bump of course) with a really "cool" guy to "You Haven't Done Nothing'" by Stevie Wonder. When the party is over, Erik and Lisa are in a cab while he nervously watches the meter ticking, knowing he only has a certain amount of money on him to pay for the ride. When he sees the meter hit the limit of how much cash he has, he tells the driver to pull over. It is pouring out. Erik then launches into a fantasy, taking on the role of Gene Kelly in "Singin' in the Rain", trench coat and all, ending with Lisa giving him a big kiss (in the fantasy that is). Then the film goes back to reality and Lisa doesn't want to get soaked walking home in the rain, so she storms off and says she is calling her mother for a ride home, leaving poor Erik once again.
If viewed today, it presents a lot of nostalgia from that era, i.e. air hockey and snorkel jackets.
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