Moments after receiving an old photo album from his mother, where he saw pictures from his days at summer camp as a 10-year-old, Mr. Parker gets conked on the head during a Japanese bombing attack and when he comes to, he has amnesia.
Unlike the kind we usually see on TV, where the character has no idea who he is, or who anyone else is, here Chuck thinks he's 10 again, back at camp. Of course, McHale tries to hide him from Binghamton without success, so once again the captain is sending for a admiral psychiatrist to get him a medical discharge.
When the admiral arrives, he finds McHale and Co. dressed like Indians, playing "Indian" with Chuck and can tell right away about his amnesia. Then that same submarine starts bombing the main base only this time, boxes blow up where the captain and Chuck are taking cover. Of course, the result is that Chuck gets his memory back and Binghamton loses his.
I enjoyed this, another in a series of 60s and 70s comedies relying on a major character getting amnesia. The most famous ones to me were Rob Petrie on Dick Van Dyke, Lisa Douglas on Green Acres, and Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, but there were many more on many series, even going up to Mr. Monk getting it for an episode of Monk.
When he learned about Chuck's amnesia, Binghamton worked to keep Chuck at his base, happy until the admiral came, so he appointed Carpy as counselor "Uncle Elroy" to play games with Chuck, telling him he was now at Camp Wakisaki.
It wasn't a great episode, but I laughed plenty enough to give it a 7, a totally different opinion than kfo had 6 years ago.
Unlike the kind we usually see on TV, where the character has no idea who he is, or who anyone else is, here Chuck thinks he's 10 again, back at camp. Of course, McHale tries to hide him from Binghamton without success, so once again the captain is sending for a admiral psychiatrist to get him a medical discharge.
When the admiral arrives, he finds McHale and Co. dressed like Indians, playing "Indian" with Chuck and can tell right away about his amnesia. Then that same submarine starts bombing the main base only this time, boxes blow up where the captain and Chuck are taking cover. Of course, the result is that Chuck gets his memory back and Binghamton loses his.
I enjoyed this, another in a series of 60s and 70s comedies relying on a major character getting amnesia. The most famous ones to me were Rob Petrie on Dick Van Dyke, Lisa Douglas on Green Acres, and Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, but there were many more on many series, even going up to Mr. Monk getting it for an episode of Monk.
When he learned about Chuck's amnesia, Binghamton worked to keep Chuck at his base, happy until the admiral came, so he appointed Carpy as counselor "Uncle Elroy" to play games with Chuck, telling him he was now at Camp Wakisaki.
It wasn't a great episode, but I laughed plenty enough to give it a 7, a totally different opinion than kfo had 6 years ago.