torches part of the building, and kills a bird, aided and abetted by Skippy from Family Ties. Fun times. (See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

(See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).

You did now. :lol:

torches part of the building, and kills a bird, aided and abetted by Skippy from Family Ties. Fun times. (See, I didn't mention Barbara wearing only a towel).



LOL! I thought about you when Barbara came out in the towel! :D

So that kid WAS Skippy Handleman !!! I thought he was a young Skippy He was a chubby little thing when he was young! Well ya know it was just as much his fault as it was Alex's about the fire! Had he not come along , Alex never would have even went in the camper and Skippy pulled out the cigarettes! :(

WOW!!! Alex really was an annoying nuisance !! But I kind of felt sorry for the kid last night. I could imagine being a kid and causing havoc like that, all the trouble you would be in and I would be like Alex, the guilt would get to me even if I didn't get suspected of causing it! :confused:

[QUOTE=Bonniegirl]So that kid WAS Skippy Handleman !!! I thought he was a young Skippy He was a chubby little thing when he was young! Well ya know it was just as much his fault as it was Alex's about the fire! Had he not come along , Alex never would have even went in the camper and Skippy pulled out the cigarettes! :(
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I guess he only hangs out with guys named Alex.

I guess he only hangs out with guys named Alex.

:lol:

Wow, I can't believe I didn't realize that was Skippy! Definitely looked younger there compared to his first appearance on Family Ties. Even then he was young.

Has anyone noticed in the late 70's and early 80's that there were sitcoms that were using the "burning down of a venue/house" storyline?
Chachi Burned down Arnold's on Happy Days
Alex Burned down Schnieder's camper
Albert burned down the Blind School on Little House
Krystle and Alexis were trapped in a burning cabin on Dynasty
"Edna's Edibles" was burned down on "The Facts of Life"

Then in the 90's...
Steve Urkel burned down Leroy's Burger joint on Family Matters
Will burned down the kitchen on the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
One of the students burned down "The Max" hangout on "Saved By The Bell:The New Class"
Amanda set fire (unknowingly) to "Jakes Bikes" on "Melrose Place".
Heck, Kimberly Shaw took a detonator and blew up an apartment complex on Melrose Place!! Ha Ha!

In the 2010's...
Alan burned down Lyndsay's house on Two and a half men

This storyline was used a lot.

Is that the episode when Alex was screaming..........."I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Than the idiot last night destroying the rooming house with a still!!! OK he sure had a lot of time on his hands. Who is going to have a still in their basement in 1982? It wasn't like it was prohibition time or they were living in the back woods!!!

If Alex didn't burned down Schneider's camper Barbara & Mark or Julie and Max could have stayed in that! LOL!!! It would have been funny if someone brought that up last night in the show. "Hey it's a shame Schneider doesn't still have his camper"! And made Alex feel like a fool!!! LOL!!!

Bumping up this thread!!!!

This was one of the most detested and awkward episodes of this series, IMO. I hated how for far too long after his fessing and Schneider's initial confrontation Alex kept crying like a little girl not invited to a birthday party (not even remotely close to 'manly' tears on "Little House on the Prairie). Moreover, I REALLY hated how Ann kept guilt tripping Schneider to insist on him forgiving Alex straight away with absolutely no punishment or repayment on Alex's part. Would Ann herself been so instantly forgiving had it been HER property Alex had destroyed albeit unintentionally? I don't think so. :mad:

Oddly enough in the ODAAT retrospect, Mr. Scarpelli considered this one of his fave episodes rather than something to cringe at and hope everyone would forget. To each his own. :confused:

This was one of the most detested and awkward episodes of this series, IMO.

For me that would be the "Sonny Boy" episode, lol.


Oddly enough in the ODAAT retrospect, Mr. Scarpelli considered this one of his fave episodes rather than something to cringe at and hope everyone would forget. To each his own. :confused:

Well it was a very dramatic story line with powerful moments, and Alex's most dramatic episode. So I'm not surprised he so fondly recalls it.

Well it was a very dramatic story line with powerful moments, and Alex's most dramatic episode. So I'm not surprised he so fondly recalls it.

I guess I would have more expected it to have been recalled closer in terms of wearing a leisure suit to a funeral . In other words, something one might have thought was a good idea at the time but, with maturity, life experiences and passing decades, came to realize was not the best plan.

So wait... Barbara was in a towel!!:grineyes:

I still remember Alex screaming like a B*TCH



I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol:

I still remember Alex screaming like a B*TCH



I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol:
Terrible acting.

Terrible acting.

Betty and Veronica liked him...

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Betty and Veronica liked him...

They must have been sniffing glue.

They must have been sniffing glue.

Didn't hurt that Glen's dad was the artist.

Terrible acting.

I disagree, it was a very real reaction.

I disagree, it was a very real reaction.


Well, in any case, this episode did not lead to a "Glenn Scarpelli Show" spin off (and his "Jennifer Slept Here" role the next year was the 2nd lead's sidekick).

In all honesty, this is one of my fav episodes not only for the "I KNOW" scream but PAt Harrington Jr. did his thing in the episode scolding Alex

In all honesty, this is one of my fav episodes not only for the "I KNOW" scream but PAt Harrington Jr. did his thing in the episode scolding Alex

Nah !! Not one of the best episodes , Max/Michael Lembeck wasn't in it!! :D;)

But this thread is a "Blast from the past" !! :)

This is a joke thread, I guess?

I do know that Schnieder slapped the s..t out of Alex for what he did. Felt sort of bad afterwards but the Alex character deserved it.

This is a joke thread, I guess?

I do know that Schnieder slapped the s..t out of Alex for what he did. Felt sort of bad afterwards but the Alex character deserved it.

Schneider never slapped Alex. He got extremely mad and threatened to never talk to him again, but no physical contact. The only one who slapped Alex was that serial slapper Ann, when he smashed the flower pot, but that was in the previous season.

Well breaking a pot is similar to committing herbicide- the death of a plant. Ann had good reason to smack him. But an RV is just materialistic wealth that can be replaced.

Well breaking a pot is similar to committing herbicide- the death of a plant. Ann had good reason to smack him. But an RV is just materialistic wealth that can be replaced.

An innocent bird died because of Alex. That can't be replaced.

An innocent bird died because of Alex. That can't be replaced.

I watched that one today. Damage was valued at $150,000, which inflation calculators say is around $450,000 in todays money.

I want to discuss the ending of the episode "Mrs. O'Leary's Kid".

Schneider's punishment for Alex for destroying his (Schneider's) camper was that Schneider couldn't and wouldn't be Alex's friend, specifically, he couldn't interact with Alex in any way, for one solid year (shortly thereafter reduced to six months, and then three months (with parole in two months)). One has to wonder if such a punishment actually stood in the remaining episodes of the original One Day at a Time's seventh season.