where Margaret does a lot of work for a family that she doesn't know. Was this based on a real incident where someone's family member brought home a stranger's laundry?

This has to be one of the more far-fetched plots I have seen on tv.

Yeah, it's not up to Roswell Rogers' standards on scripts. The general idea isn't bad, but the execution is.

Speaking of this episode, it's onAntenna TV today.

Well, I spoke too soon regarding stupid storylines. I am watching Dallas for the first time (I know, who didn't see Dallas when it first came out) and I just sat through and watched Bobby get killed in a car accident, and then for a whole season a bunch of stuff happened and the first episode of the next season, ALL of it turned out to be a dream. Just a dream. Bobby walks out of the shower as if nothing happened.

Well, I spoke too soon regarding stupid storylines. I am watching Dallas for the first time (I know, who didn't see Dallas when it first came out) and I just sat through and watched Bobby get killed in a car accident, and then for a whole season a bunch of stuff happened and the first episode of the next season, ALL of it turned out to be a dream. Just a dream. Bobby walks out of the shower as if nothing happened.

I guess even primetime soaps did stupid stuff.

People were always coming back from death in daytime deaths. Like Steve Frame on Another World years ago.

where Margaret does a lot of work for a family that she doesn't know. Was this based on a real incident where someone's family member brought home a stranger's laundry?

This has to be one of the more far-fetched plots I have seen on tv.

From what I reasoned, the Anderson family is like THE big shot family of Springfield. Always doing things for others to help them out, which is good but some of the plots are simply ridiculous. For example two of them come to mind immediately.
1- Any of the Frank "Fronk" Smith episodes just seem to far out for me.

2- Another episode "Betty's Crusade" - 1958 with the insurance company that Jim works for buying up an old building to put up a new office building. The old building houses a college "hangout" and needs lots of repairs by a certain time and the so lots of kids show up at night to put a new roof on the place.

Jim talks to the "head office" and they decide to locate the new building somewhere else.

Meanwhile the proprietor is cooking up hot dogs and donuts and as they are passed out everyone is singing "Hot Dogs, Donuts" over & over... Sheesh.

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I hate Fronk. With a passion. Gross.

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I hate Fronk. With a passion. Gross.

I hear you. Something just makes me cringe.