Family Affair (TV Series) Mr. French's Holiday (1968) User Reviews

French Goes West

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 5 October 2020]

Mr French goes on holiday to tour the American West.

A good episode for French and the kids. Bill gets called away to South America on a job. The kids stay with friends, but Jody's friend gets the mumps. He is sent to stay with French. They meet some Indian actors working as extras on a movie. Then Cissy and Buffy have to leave since their friend's father gets the mumps. They also fly out to be with French. Funniest scene is when Cissy convinces him to visit a swinging discotheque.

Mr. French Takes A Vacation

[JSGal · 5/10 · 13 February 2023]

Mr. French takes a much deserved vacation out West after Mr. Davis convinced him that he would be fine with kids during Mr. French's absence. First Mr. Davis gets called away on urgent business, once again, and the kids stay with friends. However Jody is unable to stay with his friend after the kid comes down with the mumps. The only solution that anyone could come up with was to send Jody out to Mr. French. Mr. French's itinerary was interrupted when Jody acted pouty when he heard the tours that Mr. French had scheduled. So Mr. French gave into Jody's wishes on where he wanted to go. Next Cissy and Buffy also have to leave their friends because the dad hadn't had the mumps and the girls had been exposed to Jody. So they too are sent to be with Mr. French. Upon the girls' arrival Cissy informed Mr. French there was a discotheque in town and conned him into once again giving up his itinerary to satisfy the kids' selfish desires. I think it's too bad that the writers of this show portray the 3 kids so often as selfish, and the 2 younger ones as whiney and pouty. All three kids manipulate their uncle more often than not, which I believe is far from reality.