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um · 11-04-2019, 10:05 PM

I best recall it was probably "Hazel" but it could have been The Governess, or Donna Reed.
I was very young when I saw it on TV but the plot went something like this. The father of the household was telling his son ( a boy of about 8 to 10 years of age) that when he ( the father) was a young boy he had a fight with another boy in school and won. The son feels proud of his dad winning a fight. But since the years had gone by the father is now friends with that kid he fought with at school decades ago, and invites him home for dinner and the man comes over and he tells the entire family about the fight and about how it was he who won the fight.
The son hears this and feels that his father lied to him and packs up to run away. The mother of the household confronts the son in his room and tells him "If you are ashamed of your father I am ashamed of you." Other things happen in the plot but it gets to where somehow the kid feels he is wrong for feeling betrayed even if his father lied, so he decides not to run away and there is a scene of him hugging his dad and being forgiving of his dad for "bragging," but then it turns out that the man who fought with the father in school actually did not recollect the incident the right way . I think there was some kind of proof that he is the one who lost the fight such as an old school paper or report card and he admits that he had it all wrong and since it was so long ago, he could not remember exactly what happened, then the son of the family feels proud of his dad again realizing that the incident rally did happen as his father originally said.

What sitcom was this? What was the name of the episode? Anyone can identify it ?

11-04-2019, 10:05 PM	#1
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 905	What sitcom and what episode was this? I best recall it was probably "Hazel" but it could have been The Governess, or Donna Reed. I was very young when I saw it on TV but the plot went something like this. The father of the household was telling his son ( a boy of about 8 to 10 years of age) that when he ( the father) was a young boy he had a fight with another boy in school and won. The son feels proud of his dad winning a fight. But since the years had gone by the father is now friends with that kid he fought with at school decades ago, and invites him home for dinner and the man comes over and he tells the entire family about the fight and about how it was he who won the fight. The son hears this and feels that his father lied to him and packs up to run away. The mother of the household confronts the son in his room and tells him "If you are ashamed of your father I am ashamed of you." Other things happen in the plot but it gets to where somehow the kid feels he is wrong for feeling betrayed even if his father lied, so he decides not to run away and there is a scene of him hugging his dad and being forgiving of his dad for "bragging," but then it turns out that the man who fought with the father in school actually did not recollect the incident the right way . I think there was some kind of proof that he is the one who lost the fight such as an old school paper or report card and he admits that he had it all wrong and since it was so long ago, he could not remember exactly what happened, then the son of the family feels proud of his dad again realizing that the incident rally did happen as his father originally said. What sitcom was this? What was the name of the episode? Anyone can identify it ?
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