The recent passing of the actor and country-and-western singer Jerry Reed reminded me of this episode.
I've been hearing about a recent cable show in which Reed caught a fish, with the intent of taking it to a taxidermist, which, in turn, reminded me of this "Alice" episode, in which Reed, playing himself, caught a largemouth bass, also with plans to have it stuffed, and loaned it to Mel for safekeeping--the waitresses, however, seeing a note on the fish saying, "Special Bigmouth", mistakenly cut it up, prompting Mel's wrath.
The girls tried to make up for it by tossing a fish into Reed's motel room, while he was on the telephone--he saw the attempt, which caused him to joke, "The largemouth bass must be a flying fish, 'cause one just flew in here!"
Robert Mazzella
I've been hearing about a recent cable show in which Reed caught a fish, with the intent of taking it to a taxidermist, which, in turn, reminded me of this "Alice" episode, in which Reed, playing himself, caught a largemouth bass, also with plans to have it stuffed, and loaned it to Mel for safekeeping--the waitresses, however, seeing a note on the fish saying, "Special Bigmouth", mistakenly cut it up, prompting Mel's wrath.
The girls tried to make up for it by tossing a fish into Reed's motel room, while he was on the telephone--he saw the attempt, which caused him to joke, "The largemouth bass must be a flying fish, 'cause one just flew in here!"
Robert Mazzella