Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) Magic Bus (1983) User Reviews

Not a bus ;-)

[VetteRanger · 6/10 · 27 February 2023]

This is the Case of the Purloined Winnebago. The Defense Department has developed a mobile Command and Control and Weapons System in a recreational vehicle, and they want Lee to drive it from the Washington DC area to Arizona, while a fake unit is shipped by air. This is the dodge to make sure anyone wanting to steal or sabotage the unit chases after the fake.

Does this make any sense? No ... but ... TV writers. That's all you can say.

Unfortunately, there is a leak in the process, of course, and a militia group steals the RV right off of Mrs. King's driveway. Why was it parked there? TV writers. Lee and Mrs. King go undercover with the militia group, but not really since the mole tells them who the agents are immediately, and they are held hostage, along with the threat of destroying a dam, against the release of two members of the group held in custody.

As long as you don't think very hard, the episode is an enjoyable piece of fluff, which describes most Scarecrow and Mrs. King episodes.

How weapons are really shipped cross-country

[aramis-112-804880 · 7 April 2024]

Once, when a diamond was being shipped to Britain for Queen Victoria, guards were put aboard the ship and elaborate precautions were laid. Yet that was all a ruse as the real diamond was boxed up and sent through the post office, who delivered it safely. True story.

This is kind if rhe same idea. While elaborate precautions are made for the shipping of a new weapons system that looks like an RV, the real one is . . . No, not sent through the US mail, but being driven across the country by Agency professional spy Lee Steton and his amateur sidekick, Mrs. King. Now, that's security.

Well, why not? Once, when I lived near a major freeway, one Sunday night I was up in the wee hours (pre-dawn) running when I saw about four black cars, then a covered flatbed truck, then another four black cars, driving under the speed limit equidistant from each other. At that hour they had the freeway to themselves. I'll never know what that was about but I went straight home and was gratified the FIB didn't run me in. If they read this, they still might.

This is one of the spookier "Scarecrow" episodes but it has an hilarious climax.