While little Dodie (Dawn Lyn) worries about going from the first to the second grade, Rob (Don Grady) and Katie (Tina Cole) run around the Douglas home like they are young schoolchildren. Rob is playfully mad because Katie thinks Steve McQueen and Paul McCartney are cute. Mother Barbara (Beverly Garland) tells Dodie not to worry about school. Dodie thinks Rob and Katie are old, but Barbara says they are young. Uncle Charley (William Demarest) joins the aforementioned cast for dinner at Rob and Katie's house and notices Katie has gray hairs. Four gray hairs are eventually spotted, and Katie fears she is growing old. Later, at the supermarket, Katie is mistaken for the mother of 7-year-old Dodie. Meeting hairless classmate Lou Cutell (as Marvin Horndiffer) threatens to throw Katie over the edge...
This episode focuses on Katie's fear of growing old, while Dodie's similar fear forms the parallel subplot. It's a natural story, but isn't convincingly played. An undeniably beautiful woman, Tina Cole looks astonishingly perfect at all times. Her hair may be naturally blonde, but it is also obviously colored. Her immaculately well-kept hair contains absolutely no gray. Moreover, there are no gray hairs to be seen on any of the older cast members. At one point, Uncle Charley suggests Katie use hair dye, but doesn't offer any of his own. Fred MacMurray and Ms. Garland do not offer any advice, preferring to keep their ability to maintain thick, uniformly colored hair a secret. This is only a television situation comedy, but it would have been better (and funnier) if re-written to have Don Grady growing the grays.
*** Silver Threads (1969-12-27) Frederick De Cordova ~ Tina Cole, Dawn Lyn, Don Grady, Beverly Garland
This episode focuses on Katie's fear of growing old, while Dodie's similar fear forms the parallel subplot. It's a natural story, but isn't convincingly played. An undeniably beautiful woman, Tina Cole looks astonishingly perfect at all times. Her hair may be naturally blonde, but it is also obviously colored. Her immaculately well-kept hair contains absolutely no gray. Moreover, there are no gray hairs to be seen on any of the older cast members. At one point, Uncle Charley suggests Katie use hair dye, but doesn't offer any of his own. Fred MacMurray and Ms. Garland do not offer any advice, preferring to keep their ability to maintain thick, uniformly colored hair a secret. This is only a television situation comedy, but it would have been better (and funnier) if re-written to have Don Grady growing the grays.
*** Silver Threads (1969-12-27) Frederick De Cordova ~ Tina Cole, Dawn Lyn, Don Grady, Beverly Garland
