While Rob and Katie go the movies, Chip (Stanley Livingston) babysits. After the young couple comes home, an argument ensues. Rob (Don Grady) realizes Katie (Tina Cole) didn't really want to see "Slaughter on Bloody Ridge". She wanted to trick Rob into attending a shoe sale near the movie theater. Chip reports the shoe maneuver to Uncle Charley (William Demarest) and the Douglas household. Next, Steve (Fred MacMurray) is tricked into eating out with Barbara (Beverly Garland) and Dodie (Dawn Lyn) in an ultra-feminine restaurant. He is uncomfortable as the only man in the "Pink Parakeet" and must eat yogurt instead of steak. While they dine, Dodie reveals a problem at school...
Dodie needs someone to be a tree in her school play "Friends of the Forest"...
In my grade school, there were always a lot of people available to play the trees. Perhaps Dodie volunteered or was assigned the task. This episode suggests females manipulate their male partners into doing things against their wishes. The humor is seeing Dodie badly play a mushroom, cued by her tree. "We could use you in our fireplace," quips Uncle Charley. Earlier, while Rob tries to tell his dad the women are manipulating their husbands, he says, "You sure are naive for a father of three." Steve Douglas is the father of four sons and one daughter, which equals five. An adoptive father is still a father. Now, if Rob is not counting his forgotten older brother Mike, it should still be "father of four."
**** It's a Woman's World (1970-01-03) Frederick De Cordova ~ Fred MacMurray, Dawn Lyn, Don Grady, Tina Cole
Dodie needs someone to be a tree in her school play "Friends of the Forest"...
In my grade school, there were always a lot of people available to play the trees. Perhaps Dodie volunteered or was assigned the task. This episode suggests females manipulate their male partners into doing things against their wishes. The humor is seeing Dodie badly play a mushroom, cued by her tree. "We could use you in our fireplace," quips Uncle Charley. Earlier, while Rob tries to tell his dad the women are manipulating their husbands, he says, "You sure are naive for a father of three." Steve Douglas is the father of four sons and one daughter, which equals five. An adoptive father is still a father. Now, if Rob is not counting his forgotten older brother Mike, it should still be "father of four."
**** It's a Woman's World (1970-01-03) Frederick De Cordova ~ Fred MacMurray, Dawn Lyn, Don Grady, Tina Cole
