OK I must agree with the previous reviewer about most aspects of this episode. I sometimes just like to be transported back to that era and escape for twenty five minutes. I have been a fan of this show for many years and of course there are some episodes I can't stand. You can't please all of the people.... I do like Milton Selzer's character and the funny bit at the beginning when an uncredited Lennie (Leonard) Bremen as the New York baseball fan, who, when asked who got hit, gets to say 'Who was it, it was That Goil!'. I've always liked Ted Bessell and thought he should have went on to bigger things. Check out his dramatic turns in Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1979)(Oh how I would love to have the complete three hour version, which I did years ago, but the tape has since given up the ghost)and The Acorn People (1981). Lew Parker was always a treat and my mother and I always compared him to her father. Even my wife thinks he was funny. But I digress. The split screen effect is deftly handled and yes, I suppose Ted could have played it differently, but that was point of the story wasn't it? That Rex and Don were almost exactly alike...
That Girl (TV Series)
If You Were Almost the Only Man in the World (1968)
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One of the worst. Not funny at all. Writing is embarrassing.
LarryBrownHouston15 January 2008
Synopsis: Ann is hit on the head with a baseball while Donald is out of town. Her doctor looks just like Donald and in her confused state this leads to various situations. Ted Bessell plays both roles with some split screen work.
Larry-view: F. One of the worst. Some early scenes are devoid of any value at all as the writers assume that the situation will carry the comedy, so they don't bother to even try to make the dialog funny or interesting. For example, the first scene in the hospital where Ann mistakes Dr. Kennedy for Donald is a long scene of tedious, tiresome dialog, and it's a complete waste of time. The next scene in the hospital with the psychiatrist also features a long stream of tedious dialog that doesn't push the story along, but does have a little trite psychiatrist humor. Later scenes try harder but fall completely flat, giving the script an embarrassing "trying too hard" quality. The show isn't funny at all. There is one funny joke in the entire script, until the climax, which is funny but only for a few seconds. Much of the script is occupied with the usual compromising situations of men staying over while Ann is in her pajamas, Mr. Marie walking in on men putting Ann to bed, etc. Ted Bessell does not come off well here. He doesn't pull a fantastic Shatner on us and play two characters. Rather, he pulls a lame Clark Kent and plays Donald Hollinger the whole time, simply putting on a pair of glasses for the other character.
Larry-view: F. One of the worst. Some early scenes are devoid of any value at all as the writers assume that the situation will carry the comedy, so they don't bother to even try to make the dialog funny or interesting. For example, the first scene in the hospital where Ann mistakes Dr. Kennedy for Donald is a long scene of tedious, tiresome dialog, and it's a complete waste of time. The next scene in the hospital with the psychiatrist also features a long stream of tedious dialog that doesn't push the story along, but does have a little trite psychiatrist humor. Later scenes try harder but fall completely flat, giving the script an embarrassing "trying too hard" quality. The show isn't funny at all. There is one funny joke in the entire script, until the climax, which is funny but only for a few seconds. Much of the script is occupied with the usual compromising situations of men staying over while Ann is in her pajamas, Mr. Marie walking in on men putting Ann to bed, etc. Ted Bessell does not come off well here. He doesn't pull a fantastic Shatner on us and play two characters. Rather, he pulls a lame Clark Kent and plays Donald Hollinger the whole time, simply putting on a pair of glasses for the other character.
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