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BuddyHinton · 08-05-2006, 09:54 AM

Well, I just finished the series. I skipped the Snooper Star and the Snow White eps (hate em). In closing here, I'm surprised Robert Reed had THAT MUCH problem with the hair tonic episode. I mean this is 1974. If you look in the back of many comics, still to this day they do have some rather bizarre ads for items and gimmicks. In light of other episodes the hair tonic really isn't THAT far off what "could happen" (plus the family just laughs at the tonic and does not think it is reasonable, it's not written as a "comman place" method of money making). Signing Greg to a contract because he fits a suit seems far more unlikely to me. Plus, Barry played the episode great and the whole thing was a lot of fun (minus Cindy and her rabbits; would she really bring home pets like that without asking? Now that seems even more unlikely!)

I did find it funny that the rabbits were named Romeo and Juliet. A stab at the Shakespeare Robert Reed loves so much??

~ Or coincidence?

Tweety · 08-08-2006, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BuddyHinton

..I did find it funny that the rabbits were named Romeo and Juliet. A stab at the Shakespeare Robert Reed loves so much??

~ Or coincidence?

LOL, I never thought of that... I wonder if Romeo and Juliet were the original names for the rabbits in the original script, or were they changed when it was pretty much determined that Reed would not appear in that episode?

I did read somewhere that Reed thought it was unrealistic for a kids magazine to have ads to sell hair tonic...and I kind of agreed with that criticism, as nit-picky as it was... but when I think about it, there WERE an awful lot of strange ads in our old magazines and comic books!

sixfingers · 02-22-2008, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BuddyHinton

I did find it funny that the rabbits were named Romeo and Juliet. A stab at the Shakespeare Robert Reed loves so much??

~ Or coincidence?

Even funnier when it turned about that juliet is male. Not many people would have gotten it at the time, but it is hillarious in retrospect!

James · 03-02-2008, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sixfingers

Even funnier when it turned about that juliet is male.

Yeah, Alice suggested renaming it Julius! (You know, like Caesar! Another Shakespearean reference for Robert Reed since he wrote a play about him! LOL!)

08-05-2006, 09:54 AM	#1
BuddyHinton Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2006 Location: CA Posts: 441	Hair Tonic Well, I just finished the series. I skipped the Snooper Star and the Snow White eps (hate em). In closing here, I'm surprised Robert Reed had THAT MUCH problem with the hair tonic episode. I mean this is 1974. If you look in the back of many comics, still to this day they do have some rather bizarre ads for items and gimmicks. In light of other episodes the hair tonic really isn't THAT far off what "could happen" (plus the family just laughs at the tonic and does not think it is reasonable, it's not written as a "comman place" method of money making). Signing Greg to a contract because he fits a suit seems far more unlikely to me. Plus, Barry played the episode great and the whole thing was a lot of fun (minus Cindy and her rabbits; would she really bring home pets like that without asking? Now that seems even more unlikely!) I did find it funny that the rabbits were named Romeo and Juliet. A stab at the Shakespeare Robert Reed loves so much?? ~ Or coincidence?