Another one of those everything goes wrong and WHY??? ... episodes.
Gidge and her guy pal Toby (Robert Beach) have company --his dad, Mel (played by popular actor Herb Voland). Since Toby's mom is away visting her sister, Mel is kind of lonely and decides to spend more "quality time" with his son and his date. Heaven forbid!
There's a classic scene where a cop walks up to Toby's car at the beach, peeks inside to have a talk with the young couple -- only to have Mel pop up in the back seat? It also looks like Mel was sleeping on the seat the whole time? Voland was a very popular actor, making many appearances on BEWITCHED, later playing generals on M. A. S. H.
In meanwhile, there's another interesting "examination" with future psychologist John, this time his subject is professor Lawrence. John hooks up electrodes to Gidge's dad and asks him a series of questions, looking like a scene from a low budget sci fi film.
This was the first directing assignment for actor Christopher Cary. Cary was known for a supporting role on GARRISONS GORILLAS, and many other popular tv shows at the time. In all, Robert Beach appeared in 6 episodes of the series, either as Toby or Pete. Take your pick.
Yes, two's company and three's a crowd.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 31 remastered Columbia dvd box set. Classic box set.
