Chip is getting bothered by a bully. He's felling really down. He doesn't want to go to school. Steve is insistent that Chip take care of it himself. Steve says that Chip should fight back. If the Bully's going to start punching regardless of what Chip does, than Chip should get some punches in.
And, Chip gets the stuffing kicked out of him worse than before.
Bub has a funny meeting with the principal but that's about it on the humor front. Steve vanishes for most of the episode, on another "trip". Steve really isn't in this show much at all. He sort of floats around the outside. There's a reason why the character is remembered as a pipe-smoking, advice-distributing dad who wades in and solves the problems. Because he isn't in it much. He appears, solves the problems and then is gone. Whole swathes of the episodes go buy without him appearing. It can feel a little odd.
So, Chip gets beat up a lot and...Steve finds out that his advice had backfired. Chip keeps attacking the bully, long past the point where the bully wants to fight. It's a nice twist...and at that point, when Steve is ready to have his final chat with Chip...my DVD jumped.
Oh no. This darn DVD. The next episode is on Disc 3 of my collection so I'm hoping everything will be OK. Basically, as Steve is about to talk to Chip, the episode jumps back to the end of Bub Leaves Home...Come on!
Well, the episode is pretty interesting up to that point. Wish I knew the ending. Everyone lives...I know that.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
1.17.: Mike In A Rush
Mike is deciding whether or not he wants to go to college. He goes to a party with his girlfriend. And, he gets involved with a fraternity because he's a track star at high school...And, Mike lets it all go to his head and becomes, kind of an aloof jerk.
Not a funny episode. The charms come from watching Mike teetering on the end of a high school and the (possibly) realistic depictions of the Fraternity life of early 1961. Oh yes, it's White. Everybody's white. Well, that certainly places it in it's time and, honestly, there's nothing else I'd want from My Three Sons at this time. As the 60's continue, I am very interested to see what it gets up to.
Regardless, there are some humorous moments. "Dad, I'm going to college!" Bub: "Anything to get out of doin' work around here!" The actual frat stuff is very straight-laced, at least from what I can see. I was never part of a Fraternity and, from watching this, it all seems kind of, I don't know, odd. But, Mike warms to it immediately. Unfortunately, his over estimate of his current worth in the eyes of the "KAG" Fraternity and Chip not quite relaying a message to him properly causes some confusion and embarrassment at the Winter Mixer.
It all ends with a guy from the Frat earnestly speaking to Mike about membership and why Mike isn't getting in. Mike is disappointed but...he's one step closer to becoming a man.
Hmmm...The earnestness of the Frat presentations does seem strange to me. It's sad to see Mike get his hopes up so high and then dropped but that's life, that's growing up. Again, like the last episode, it's an important character moment and a nice episode. But, it doesn't really super-grab me like some of the earlier ones.
I wonder if this is the way the show shall carry out from here on in, at least, in this season. I kind of hope not.
Not a funny episode. The charms come from watching Mike teetering on the end of a high school and the (possibly) realistic depictions of the Fraternity life of early 1961. Oh yes, it's White. Everybody's white. Well, that certainly places it in it's time and, honestly, there's nothing else I'd want from My Three Sons at this time. As the 60's continue, I am very interested to see what it gets up to.
Regardless, there are some humorous moments. "Dad, I'm going to college!" Bub: "Anything to get out of doin' work around here!" The actual frat stuff is very straight-laced, at least from what I can see. I was never part of a Fraternity and, from watching this, it all seems kind of, I don't know, odd. But, Mike warms to it immediately. Unfortunately, his over estimate of his current worth in the eyes of the "KAG" Fraternity and Chip not quite relaying a message to him properly causes some confusion and embarrassment at the Winter Mixer.
It all ends with a guy from the Frat earnestly speaking to Mike about membership and why Mike isn't getting in. Mike is disappointed but...he's one step closer to becoming a man.
Hmmm...The earnestness of the Frat presentations does seem strange to me. It's sad to see Mike get his hopes up so high and then dropped but that's life, that's growing up. Again, like the last episode, it's an important character moment and a nice episode. But, it doesn't really super-grab me like some of the earlier ones.
I wonder if this is the way the show shall carry out from here on in, at least, in this season. I kind of hope not.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
1.16.: Bub Leaves Home
Bub is at the bus station. He's leaving the house. Where's he going? Why's he going? Luckily, Bub is big on flashbacks so we learn what has happened over the past few days. What sent him from the comfort of the home and Steve and the boys...
Cousin Selena...She comes to visit. She seems to be more competent than Bub. The boys seem to like her more. Bub begins to feel left out. he begins to doubt the fact that he should be working in the kitchen, that's women's work. And, he leaves the household. We get a lot of shots of James Frawley making faces at the camera as a voice over talks and talks.
In the end, there is a lovely scene where Selena and Bub talk in the bus station. She heads back home. Bub goes out to Steve and the boys. But, the rest of the episode is pretty average. When Bub is feeling sorry for himself, he's not funny. Bub is the Comic Relief in this comedy. When he's not funny, there ain't a lot of comedy but there is a lot of running around.
I like the fact that the premise is Bub doubting his place in the Douglas household. That makes it worth viewing. The acting is fine. The drama is good. There isn't really any comedy. But, it's a definite important point in the series because, in the end, Bub returns to the home. Nothing will get in the way of him and his family.
Cousin Selena...She comes to visit. She seems to be more competent than Bub. The boys seem to like her more. Bub begins to feel left out. he begins to doubt the fact that he should be working in the kitchen, that's women's work. And, he leaves the household. We get a lot of shots of James Frawley making faces at the camera as a voice over talks and talks.
In the end, there is a lovely scene where Selena and Bub talk in the bus station. She heads back home. Bub goes out to Steve and the boys. But, the rest of the episode is pretty average. When Bub is feeling sorry for himself, he's not funny. Bub is the Comic Relief in this comedy. When he's not funny, there ain't a lot of comedy but there is a lot of running around.
I like the fact that the premise is Bub doubting his place in the Douglas household. That makes it worth viewing. The acting is fine. The drama is good. There isn't really any comedy. But, it's a definite important point in the series because, in the end, Bub returns to the home. Nothing will get in the way of him and his family.
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