When Mr. Lambert was out sick one morning, Louie's class had a substitute, and doggone if she wasn't the sexiest young educator whoever wielded a yard stick. Miss Robertson, a sweet-natured, beautiful British brunette, wearing a short-cut dress. Needless to say, Louie was smitten by her. So much so that he took to voluntarily waking up early, showering, greasing his hair and wearing his finest clothes to school. He looks like a young Donald Trump, doesn't he? Though, something tells me Life With Donald wouldn't make for such an endearing show, and wouldn't be educational, but I digest. Since Louie is the first one to class, Miss Robertson offers him a crumpet. He thinks she only has eyes for him, but then he realizes he's not the only suck-up in class, as Grunewald, Scott, Toddler, Glen Glenn and a whole line of boys brought her little tokens of their esteem. In today's class, Miss Robertson taught the children about William Shakespeare, someone they knew very little about and thought of as incredibly boring. While that was going on, Andy was continuing to work on the bomb shelter he started two episodes ago, and he's consigned his neighbors to help him, with the promise that they all get to use the shelter should the nuke ever drop. He tries to get Louie to help him, but his son was too invested into the works of Shakespeare, even going so far as to change his dialect. Now, something funny happens when Louie tells his parents the name of his teacher. The moment he mentions Mrs. Robertson, Ora suddenly looks up, as if shocked. It's never mentioned in the episode if she knew Miss Robertson or had any sort of feelings toward her, good or bad, so I'm wondering why the animators made her move that way. Maybe it was part of a subplot that got left on the cutting room floor or missed during a script rewrite? I don't know, it's just weird. Anyway, for his sensational knowledge of Shakespeare, the teacher crowns the boy King Louie Lear. Hmm, Louie Anderson as King Lear. Might be worth a look.
Overzealous Andy decided to have a bomb drill at 2:00 in the morning, waking everybody out of a sound sleep and ushering them into the bomb shelter pit, neighbors included. Instantly, they all start complaining about lack of room for their own families. Louie manages to inspire everybody with some Shakespearean words, and Andy suggests a system, wherein they share the shelter in alphabetical order on certain days of the week. Yeah, that's a noble gesture, Andy, but let's say the bomb drops while families A-M are appointed the shelter. Families N-Z are screwed. But then, his family will be in the shelter, so I guess he doesn't care. When the sun was finally out, and Andy was digging the shelter on his own, he began to grow very irritated with Louie's Shakespeare talk, especially since he doesn't understand it, and he's putting him before his own father. Being the dubious schmuck that he is, Andy goes down to the school to complain to Principal Halloran about the new teacher and wants her to be fired. When Miss Robertson joins the meeting, Andy starts in on her by accusing the young lady of teaching his son to mutiny. I think after spending so much time digging that ditch, the sun had fried Andy's brain. The teacher tells him she's an army brat herself, and points out several Shakespeare stories about battle. Well, hearing that he wrote stories about war, she now has Andy's undivided attention. So they all have some tea, and Andy has now completely changed his mind about Miss Robertson and requests she stay on full time, but unfortunately, there are no full time positions available. He suggests she replace Halloran, and I'm for that. At least Miss Robertson doesn't feel the need to write a book about every, single, solitary situation that could come up in one's life. However, Andy presents another solution: getting her a job at the military academy, so it looks like things will work out for her after all. Not so much for Louie, as everyone gets mad at him about his father getting Miss Robertson fired. Glen Glenn overheard the beginning of the conversation in the principal's office. When Louie got home, he berated his dad for ruining his life, but Ora calmly explained that Andy did a good deed, and she understood her son having a crush on the teacher. In time, it would all work out, and he benefited a great deal from her guidance. So in the end, it did work out. Miss Robertson came to visit Louie before starting her new job, and to thank Andy for getting her said job. And as for that bomb shelter in the backyard, Andy broke down and turned it into a pool. A temporary one, of course, because we never see it again after this episode.
I'm sure many of us can relate to Louie, having a crush on a teacher at some point in our lives. Do I think Andy was unreasonable for going down to the school and complaining about Miss Robertson? Personally, I think he overstepped his bounds and behaving irrationally. He thought his son helping him dig that stupid bomb shelter was more important than his education. If he hadn't found it Shakespeare wrote about war, poor Miss Robertson would've been thrown out in the street. Andy mentioned in a couple episodes that he has a metal plate in his head, which would really explain a lot. He started digging this bomb shelter in Military Reunion, as stated above. Yep, even after being honest with himself about what REALLY happened during the war, he's still got his head up his keister about it. Well, besides Andy's issues, this episode was nice. I would probably recommend it, as both Louie and Andy can be very relatable in their respective situations. So check out The Undergraduate.
Overzealous Andy decided to have a bomb drill at 2:00 in the morning, waking everybody out of a sound sleep and ushering them into the bomb shelter pit, neighbors included. Instantly, they all start complaining about lack of room for their own families. Louie manages to inspire everybody with some Shakespearean words, and Andy suggests a system, wherein they share the shelter in alphabetical order on certain days of the week. Yeah, that's a noble gesture, Andy, but let's say the bomb drops while families A-M are appointed the shelter. Families N-Z are screwed. But then, his family will be in the shelter, so I guess he doesn't care. When the sun was finally out, and Andy was digging the shelter on his own, he began to grow very irritated with Louie's Shakespeare talk, especially since he doesn't understand it, and he's putting him before his own father. Being the dubious schmuck that he is, Andy goes down to the school to complain to Principal Halloran about the new teacher and wants her to be fired. When Miss Robertson joins the meeting, Andy starts in on her by accusing the young lady of teaching his son to mutiny. I think after spending so much time digging that ditch, the sun had fried Andy's brain. The teacher tells him she's an army brat herself, and points out several Shakespeare stories about battle. Well, hearing that he wrote stories about war, she now has Andy's undivided attention. So they all have some tea, and Andy has now completely changed his mind about Miss Robertson and requests she stay on full time, but unfortunately, there are no full time positions available. He suggests she replace Halloran, and I'm for that. At least Miss Robertson doesn't feel the need to write a book about every, single, solitary situation that could come up in one's life. However, Andy presents another solution: getting her a job at the military academy, so it looks like things will work out for her after all. Not so much for Louie, as everyone gets mad at him about his father getting Miss Robertson fired. Glen Glenn overheard the beginning of the conversation in the principal's office. When Louie got home, he berated his dad for ruining his life, but Ora calmly explained that Andy did a good deed, and she understood her son having a crush on the teacher. In time, it would all work out, and he benefited a great deal from her guidance. So in the end, it did work out. Miss Robertson came to visit Louie before starting her new job, and to thank Andy for getting her said job. And as for that bomb shelter in the backyard, Andy broke down and turned it into a pool. A temporary one, of course, because we never see it again after this episode.
I'm sure many of us can relate to Louie, having a crush on a teacher at some point in our lives. Do I think Andy was unreasonable for going down to the school and complaining about Miss Robertson? Personally, I think he overstepped his bounds and behaving irrationally. He thought his son helping him dig that stupid bomb shelter was more important than his education. If he hadn't found it Shakespeare wrote about war, poor Miss Robertson would've been thrown out in the street. Andy mentioned in a couple episodes that he has a metal plate in his head, which would really explain a lot. He started digging this bomb shelter in Military Reunion, as stated above. Yep, even after being honest with himself about what REALLY happened during the war, he's still got his head up his keister about it. Well, besides Andy's issues, this episode was nice. I would probably recommend it, as both Louie and Andy can be very relatable in their respective situations. So check out The Undergraduate.
