Guess Who's Coming for Lunch

Episode aired Oct 29, 1969
Not Rated
30m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Comedy Family

Eddie gets a new second best friend - Tom will always be his best friend - by the name of Max, who Eddie wants to spend time with when best friend Tom needs to do his adult things. Tom finds... Read allEddie gets a new second best friend - Tom will always be his best friend - by the name of Max, who Eddie wants to spend time with when best friend Tom needs to do his adult things. Tom finds out that Max's mother, Betty Kelly, is a single parent, which makes Mrs. Livingston think... Read allEddie gets a new second best friend - Tom will always be his best friend - by the name of Max, who Eddie wants to spend time with when best friend Tom needs to do his adult things. Tom finds out that Max's mother, Betty Kelly, is a single parent, which makes Mrs. Livingston think that Eddie is once again "mother shopping". On Eddie's urging, Tom invites Max over to st... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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[Eddie's new friend, Max - who is black - spends the night at the Corbett house as part of Eddie's plan to fix up his father with Max's single mother]
Eddie Corbett: Good morning, Dad.
Max Kelly: Good morning, Uncle Tom.
[Eddie's Father doesn't quite know how to process this greeting, coming from an African-American boy]
Eddie Corbett: I told Max that maybe you couldn't be his father right away, but you could be his uncle, like Uncle Norman.
['Uncle Norman' is Tom's business associate and a close family friend]
Tom Corbett: Oh, sure.
Max Kelly: Thank you, Uncle Tom.

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Music and Lyrics Written and Sunged [sic] by

Connections
References Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

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Best Friend (Theme song)
Performed by Harry Nilsson

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Featured review

7/10

Friends of No Differences

Eddie tells his father that he has a new best friend- a boy named Max Kelly (James Cole) who only has a mother- Betty (Cicely Tyson, "Fried Green Tomatoes"). Mrs. Livingston surmises that Eddie is matchmaking again. Tom obliges Eddie's request to invite Max over to stay the weekend and for his mother to have dinner with them. When the door opens Tom is a bit stunned to find they are black. He invites them in and he and Betty get to know each other as they prepare dinner. The kids are hoping it will progress to a serious relationship.

This wasn't the first time that concept has been addressed on film and TV. Like the hilarious Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy??" I think it was handled the right way in that any differences didn't matter and they simply sat down and got to know one another. It isn't preachy or made to cause division. There's a hilarious exchange in the episode: Eddie: "I told Max...you could be his uncle..." Tom (pleasant smile): "Sure" Max (smiling): "Thank you Uncle Tom"