PaulJ7460

When the show began, it wasn't so bad. But adding Mama Doris was a mistake and does nothing to the show's entertainment. The whole thing has gotten out of hand with her interrupting and loud behavior. I stopped watching last season as I couldn't stand her anymore. There was also a particular episode where Anthony Anderson made a blatant comment about white people which I thought was totally unacceptable and it wasn't funny. ABC should either get rid of Mama Doris or just cancel the show along with Match Game and Card Sharks --the originals are so much better.

I liked this movie and viewing it today it does seem dated. It did come at the early stages of AIDS and for a professional LA doctor to screw around with a promiscious gay male, probably wouldn't be portrayed so casually, if this were made today. I also liked when Bart and Zach went out for lunch right after Bart got examined at the doctor's office.He almost pushed Zach aside saying, "Who eats lunch?" Then I thought when Bart got his hamburger he took off the bun and Zach told him "The bread is not going to kill you." Zach goes on to say.."Give me a break doc; if I say this is poison, this is poison." Funny, this was long before Atkins and becoming a carbophobic society.!! Anyway, great acting by Hamlin, Ontkean and Kate Jackson!

It's funny reading how many people remember this movie. I was one who saw it originally in 1982 on ABC and was probably impatiently waiting for them to re-run it, because I liked it so much. Well, I have the repeat telecast from 1985 from "The ABC Saturday Night Movie." It drove me crazy to find it on an old VHS tape. I just converted it to DVD so I have the complete version. I don't know if this movie was ever cut when it was shown in syndication which is usual for more commercial time. I guess I have a found gem and should put it on ebay or ioffer.com. The acting is pretty good and Valerie harper and Ruth Gordon are priceless. Dennis Weaver always seems to get parts of a drunken father or abusive husband (see "Intimate Strangers"). See this movie if you can!