Just plain stilly stuff from the final season. Rob, the professional writer, is asked by an old pal to make changes to his movie script. Instead of getting money --he'll get to star in it! Not really that far from the truth, especially when it comes to low budget films, not to forget the ever resourceful Hollywood pioneer, Ed Wood.
To stir it all up even more, Laura gets to visit the set -- while Rob has to do a love scene with beautiful Italian actress Lucianno Mazetta, a take-off on Gina Lollobrigida, no doubt. Laura isn't impressed and there's fireworks! The awkward kissing scene between Rob and the Italian bombshell is tv history.
Popular actor Michael Constantine as Merkle is a hoot. Written so well by Jack Winter, who later wrote for such shows as the ODD COUPLE and LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE. Jack also made historical news as it was later revealed his fellow classmate at Harvard was noneother than the Unibomber, Ted Kaczynski. An amazing fact.
Watch this for one goofy performance by Dick Van Dyke. SEASON 5 EPISODE 28 remastered dvd box set.