What's Ann Marie's Story? I'm Confused

[LittleRickyII]

Yesterday I saw the first episode of That Girl. It showed how she first met Donald, and there was a scene in the middle of the episode where she's living in an apartment I don't recognize talking to her roommate, Judy. Today was the second episode, and it was all about Ann leaving her parents for the first time and moving to her own apartment in New York. So how can she be leaving her parents for the first time if, in the previous episode, she was already living in New York with Judy? And to make matters more confusing, she moves into her apartment where she lives alone, and meets FOR THE FIRST TIME her neighbor . . . Judy! So episode 1, she lives with Judy in New York. Episode 2, she leaves her parents for the first time and moves to New York for the first time where she meets Judy for the first time. Huh?

[hch]

Originally Posted by LittleRickyII

Yesterday I saw the first episode of That Girl. It showed how she first met Donald, and there was a scene in the middle of the episode where she's living in an apartment I don't recognize talking to her roommate, Judy. Today was the second episode, and it was all about Ann leaving her parents for the first time and moving to her own apartment in New York. So how can she be leaving her parents for the first time if, in the previous episode, she was already living in New York with Judy? And to make matters more confusing, she moves into her apartment where she lives alone, and meets FOR THE FIRST TIME her neighbor . . . Judy! So episode 1, she lives with Judy in New York. Episode 2, she leaves her parents for the first time and moves to New York for the first time where she meets Judy for the first time. Huh?

That's because episode 2 was filmed before episode 1 and shown out of order. According to "That Book about That Girl", the episode "Don't just do something, Stand There" was considered a "preview" show when it aired on Sept 08, 1966. At the end of the original airing, Marlo Thomas said that this was a preview show and to tune in when the season began the following week with her moving to New York. Simple explanation. Shows did do that from time to time.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by hch

That's because episode 2 was filmed before episode 1 and shown out of order. According to "That Book about That Girl", the episode "Don't just do something, Stand There" was considered a "preview" show when it aired on Sept 08, 1966. At the end of the original airing, Marlo Thomas said that this was a preview show and to tune in when the season began the following week with her moving to New York. Simple explanation. Shows did do that from time to time.

I thought about that, but it still doesn't make sense because Ann and Judy were portrayed as roommates. If that were supposed to be the second episode, then she's suddenly out of the apartment that she just moved into and living with Judy. And then back into her apartment again in the third episode.

[edplattfan]

I thought the EXACT thing Little Ricky II. BTW hch thanks for the clearing up. Also, why no Don in the following 2 eps? It's as if they were trying to establish Ann's story as an independent woman. never realized Ted wasn't in EVERY TG episode. I know he was going through a rather difficult annulment around the same time.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by edplattfan

I thought the EXACT thing Little Ricky II. BTW hch thanks for the clearing up. Also, why no Don in the following 2 eps? It's as if they were trying to establish Ann's story as an independent woman. never realized Ted wasn't in EVERY TG episode. I know he was going through a rather difficult annulment around the same time.

I'm still not understanding the Ann/Judy roommate thing. She moves into her own apartment, then she's living with Judy, then she's in her own apartment again. I'm still confused about that.

[Mr. Drucker]

I'm still working on why Chuck Cunningham never came back down from dribbling a basketball up the stairs on "Happy Days"!And in 1975,the same year Hoffa disappeared!(Twilight Zone Theme here)

[rcbrad]

I never had the impression that Ann and Judy were roommates in this episode. I watched it again to check it out. I can see where you could get that impression, since Judy was in her bath robe. She came over for coffee/chit chat early in the morning, since she lives right down the hall from Ann.

There was never any mention in any episode or in the "That Girl" book that I have read that talks about Judy ever being a roommate or the idea of a roommate being considered for the storyline.

HTH clear up the confusion.

[hch]

Originally Posted by rcbrad

I never had the impression that Ann and Judy were roommates in this episode. I watched it again to check it out. I can see where you could get that impression, since Judy was in her bath robe. She came over for coffee/chit chat early in the morning, since she lives right down the hall from Ann.

There was never any mention in any episode or in the "That Girl" book that I have read that talks about Judy ever being a roommate or the idea of a roommate being considered for the storyline.

HTH clear up the confusion.

No roommates, just Ann. Judy had her own apt with a husband and child. Judy was basically a "talk-to" person for Ann and sometimes babysitter (remember the episode "Break a Leg").

[edplattfan]

Ok, can someone clear THIS up for me...Why is it that we meet Don in the first episode but he doesn't show up in the 2nd and 3rd? I assume the first ep "Don't just do something..." was shown first but shot after the ep where Ann's mom moves in and the "Dont change a diaper..."

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by rcbrad

I never had the impression that Ann and Judy were roommates in this episode. I watched it again to check it out. I can see where you could get that impression, since Judy was in her bath robe. She came over for coffee/chit chat early in the morning, since she lives right down the hall from Ann.

Well, it wasn't only that Judy was in her bathrobe, but also that didn't look anything like Ann's apartment.

Originally Posted by Mr. Drucker

I'm still working on why Chuck Cunningham never came back down from dribbling a basketball up the stairs on "Happy Days"!And in 1975,the same year Hoffa disappeared!(Twilight Zone Theme here)

The world of sitcoms can be a cruel place. Yes, Chuck not only vanished, but his family forgot his very existence. I remember Daddy Howard giving a toast in the last episode and mentions his two children. Howard, you have THREE! Similarly, Rhoda Morgenstern had a sister named Debbie who got married in an episode of MTM, and Rhoda once mentioned having a brother, but neither were ever mentioned in the series Rhoda. And one episode the family was watching old home movies. There was Ma and Pa and little Rhoda and little Brenda, but no sister Debbie and no brother. And if that's bad, go check out the disappearance of Doris Martin's sons on The Doris Day Show. That show was truly the Twilight Zone as Doris morphed into a never-married woman who never had children, even though we once saw them running around in her apartment.