The summary line I provided is probably the most memorable part of this very thin episode, which is one of the weaker ones of the first season. Burt Reynolds must've been the man back in 1978, as he's mentioned twice in this episode, and he's also mentioned in another one; it's too bad he didn't make a guest appearance to enliven this dull episode though. If I write just positive reviews, then I'm doing the reader a disservice; that being said, this isn't a "bad" episode by any means, it just didn't have anything memorable to me, other than what I mentioned above. Regarding the particulars, the main stars were John Schuck(trust me, you've seen his face), Henry Gibson, Jane Powell, Beverly Sanders(you should recognize her), Gilbert Green, a cameo by Mary Jo Catlett, and a very awkward appearance by Mabel King, who's one of the ladies chasing Schuck's character, although I give her props for playing a role that competed with many skinny white ladies chasing this fool. The other story has a man wanting to meet a hotelier, and his fantasy is use this man's power and influence to help him build this dream hotel he always wanted but could never afford. Both stories have somewhat predictable conclusions, plus we get the obligatory disco dancing by Tattoo, which can be funny or painful, it depends on your outlook. I'm willing to give some of the weaker episodes a pass, mainly because this is the first season, and the formula isn't quite there yet, even though you may like softer stories like this one, although I prefer ones that have more suspense to them.
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skinnybert20 June 2017
As the other reviewer notes, this is no great moment in TV broadcasting: fairly predictable, while serviceable if unremarkable acting mean you'd probably only watch this once.
The plot of the man who wants to be irresistible to women is already tired on its face, but you can at least expect to see women who are young, pretty and as revealingly dressed as late-70s broadcast TV would allow. More interesting is seeing the same attraction expressed by the full-bodied middle-aged black woman who maintains the house, although the episode doesn't pursue this very far.
The other story manages to bolster itself with a side detail that was really more interesting than its main issue -- namely, the addictive element of gambling.
Both stories thus pursue loss of perspective and the insecurity behind such loss, though not necessarily helpfully. And those late 70s leisure outfits are truly awful; those who lived through the late 70s may not really want to see it again, but that's how things were (at least, on TV).
MST3K alert: ten years before Space Mutiny, Reb Brown (a.k.a. Splint Chesthair, Slam Meatchunk, Big McLargeHuge, etc) is quite recognizable as one of three jealous boyfriends; he's in the blue shirt at the disco, and later appears poolside.
The plot of the man who wants to be irresistible to women is already tired on its face, but you can at least expect to see women who are young, pretty and as revealingly dressed as late-70s broadcast TV would allow. More interesting is seeing the same attraction expressed by the full-bodied middle-aged black woman who maintains the house, although the episode doesn't pursue this very far.
The other story manages to bolster itself with a side detail that was really more interesting than its main issue -- namely, the addictive element of gambling.
Both stories thus pursue loss of perspective and the insecurity behind such loss, though not necessarily helpfully. And those late 70s leisure outfits are truly awful; those who lived through the late 70s may not really want to see it again, but that's how things were (at least, on TV).
MST3K alert: ten years before Space Mutiny, Reb Brown (a.k.a. Splint Chesthair, Slam Meatchunk, Big McLargeHuge, etc) is quite recognizable as one of three jealous boyfriends; he's in the blue shirt at the disco, and later appears poolside.
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