Peace Pipe (14 Oct. 1972)

A drunk driver rams a parked car, trapping a child inside. Chet pesters John about his Native American heritage. A kid gets his finger stuck in a gum ball machine. A woman's new girdle ... See full summary »

Director:

Christian Nyby

Writers:

Harold Jack Bloom (creator), Robert A. Cinader (creator),

Stars:

Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Fuller	...	Kelly Brackett, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Julie London	...	Dixie McCall, R.N.
Bobby Troup	...	Joe Early, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Randolph Mantooth	...	Fireman John Gage
Kevin Tighe	...	Fireman Roy DeSoto
Brooke Bundy	...	Nancy Taylor
William Campbell	...	Sam Jenks
Kip Niven	...	Stan Taylor
Michael Norell	...	Capt. Stanley
Tim Donnelly	...	Fireman Kelly
Marco López	...	Fireman Lopez (as Marco Lopez)
Mike Stoker	...	Fireman Stoker
Vince Howard	...	1st Deputy
Renée Lippin	...	Rosemary (as Renee Lippin)
Joe Pizzorusso	...	Mr. Morgan

Storyline

A drunk driver rams a parked car, trapping a child inside. Chet pesters John about his Native American heritage. A kid gets his finger stuck in a gum ball machine. A woman's new girdle causes breathing difficulties. A worker's error leads to fuel being mixed with the water supply, causing explosive results. A sniper makes a scaffold rescue dangerous.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1972 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 30, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark VII Ltd., Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Capt. Stanley: Let's have a reel line on this gas!

User Reviews

Somehow, An Outstanding Episode

Apparently this is the episode that begins with Johnny's explanation of manipulating an inquiry about his being a native American to his own advantage. Clearly Randolph Mantooth offered this information for real, as no one would have been able to conceive the dialogue he spoke.

This then gives way to a very tragic auto accident in which a drunk has run into a parked automobile with a young girl inside. As they search in vain in the darkness to find her, they finally spy with the flashlight a small sneakered foot sticking ouf of the debris.

This episode then further offers a hilarious bit with Ken Lynch (best known today for Star Trek ep Devil in the Dark, as well as a disagreeable agent on an early Andy Griffith) and a scene-stealing Richard S. Steele (8 time emmy winner for sound editing, shame he got out of acting) as a kid with his finger stuck in a gumball machine. Lynch and Steele (how are those for names?) are not fond of one another.

Further standouts in the episode is a woman (I always thought was Kaye Ballard guesting) who is stuck in a very tight girdle. Johnny has to cut it off of her, and it pops him in the face in the process.

With Brooke Bundy and Kip Niven as the little girl's parents, she from the car crash at the beginning, somehow this episode has always emerged as a bit of a standout.

I really didn't know all these stories were in this one episode.