Harry's "missing" Mother and a beauty pageant operator appear in court.Harry's "missing" Mother and a beauty pageant operator appear in court.Harry's "missing" Mother and a beauty pageant operator appear in court.
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Dorothy Andrews
- Cashier
- (uncredited)
David De Lange
- Courtroom Spectator
- (uncredited)
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- Quotes
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding: [Dan handing out address to his apartment to foreign beauty pageant contestants] This is the address to Dan's apartment. Dan's apartment is Goood!
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"This is Dans' apartment. Dans' apartment is GOOD."
Appearing before the court in this episode are a bevy of gorgeous babes from various countries who assaulted a sleazy dude who passed himself off as a beauty pageant organizer. This is good for a number of laughs as well as some girl-watching, but the kicker comes when elderly Eleanor Brandon (Janis Paige, "Please Don't Eat the Daisies") comes before Harry. She claims to be his long-lost mother (who'd left him when he was just five), and this both throws Harry for a loop and greatly upsets him.
While it is a little hard to believe that Eleanor could come to know so much about Harry through "a little research", this episode does a fine job of both delivering the expected laughs and giving the story some real poignancy. Paige is so endearing and wonderful that she just steals your heart. And you really feel for Harry, having to grow up without a maternal influence in his life and not knowing what to believe.
Some good recurring laughs come from Bull trying to get close to "Miss Sweden" (Lena Pousette, "The Lonely Guy") and a typically, hilariously horny Dan trying to con the beauties into coming to his apartment. "There will be no funny stuff....unless you want it."
Also guest starring Peter Jurasik ('Hill Street Blues', 'Babylon 5'), Melanie Vincz ("The Lost Empire"), who's very funny as the bubbly "Miss U. S. A.", Stephanie Faulkner ("Howling V: The Rebirth"), and Adele Yoshioka ("Magnum Force").
Eight out of 10.
While it is a little hard to believe that Eleanor could come to know so much about Harry through "a little research", this episode does a fine job of both delivering the expected laughs and giving the story some real poignancy. Paige is so endearing and wonderful that she just steals your heart. And you really feel for Harry, having to grow up without a maternal influence in his life and not knowing what to believe.
Some good recurring laughs come from Bull trying to get close to "Miss Sweden" (Lena Pousette, "The Lonely Guy") and a typically, hilariously horny Dan trying to con the beauties into coming to his apartment. "There will be no funny stuff....unless you want it."
Also guest starring Peter Jurasik ('Hill Street Blues', 'Babylon 5'), Melanie Vincz ("The Lost Empire"), who's very funny as the bubbly "Miss U. S. A.", Stephanie Faulkner ("Howling V: The Rebirth"), and Adele Yoshioka ("Magnum Force").
Eight out of 10.
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- Hey_Sweden
- Feb 26, 2023
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