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"The Play's the Thing" Leap Date: September 9, 1969 Episode
Adopted by: Rindi
Synopsis: As a young man romancing a much, much older woman, Sam must convince her not to move back to Cleveland with her straight-as-an-arrow son and his wife. And somehow he also has to get through a nude version of "Hamlet."
TV Guide Synopsis
Production # : 67301
TV Guide Synopsis:
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Music: "Goin’ Out
of my Head" by Little Anthony & The Imperials is sung by Penny Fuller (Jane). "Together Forever" (cover) by Aretha
Franklin plays on Jane's tape. "The Look
of Love" by Dusty Springfield is sung by Jane. "Born to the Wild" by Steppenwolf plays in the club. "My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder is mentioned by Jane. "Time of the Season" by The Zombies plays at the club. "For Once in My Life" by Stevie Wonder is sung by Jane for an audition.
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Trivia:
Sam Trivia: Sam says "Oh Boy!" three times in this episode. Sam recalls voting in a Jimmy Carter election. Sam believes it is ok for women to marry younger men just as much as men being able to marry younger women.
Al Trivia: Al’s fifth wife ran off with a bricklayer. Al says "Oh Boy!" once in this episode. Al appears 3 different times in this episode and each time he has a cigar.
He mentions his fifth wife - she was a roller derby fan.
Al’s Outfits Worn in the
Episode: 2nd appearance: Same outfit as #1. 3rd appearance: Al was wearing a light mustard jacket and slacks to match, metallic gold button up shirt with white spiral ovals placed sporadically over the shirt, a metallic goldish copper tie and shoes cant be seen.
Miscellaneous
Trivia: Sam gets Joe a job as the new Boxer Boy (a play on the underwear Joe Boxer).
Beverly Bridges
Eric Laneuville
Co-Executive: Deborah Pratt Co-Executive: Michael Zinberg Supervising: Harker Wade
Regular Cast:
Guest Stars:
PENNY FULLER appeared in All The President’s Men (1976) starring Robert Redford. ROBERT PINE appeared on Enterprise: Fusion (2002) with Scott Bakula a decade after this Quantum Leap episode. He has also been in Independence Day (1996) with Tom Cruise. Also, like many other actors that appeared on Quantum Leap he was also on Star Trek: Voyager: The Chute (1996). DANIEL ROEBUCK has been in Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997) with Jamie Lee Curtis which he also produced and directed, Final Destination (2000) with Devon Sawa, and Agent Cody Banks (2003) with Franky Munez. He was also in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification: Part 1 and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification: Part 2 (1987). ANNA GUNN has been in the TV show Miracles (2003) with Skeet Ulrich with whom she also starred in Nobody’s Baby (2001). She was also in Lost Souls (2000) with Wynona Rider, and Caught In The Crossfire (1994) with DANIEL ROEBUCK. CRAIG RICHARD NELSON was in The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978) with Carol Burnett and in 1979 he worked with her again in Carol Burnett & Company. He too was in Star Trek: Voyager: Living Witness (1998).
Personal Review:
Best Line:
Best Scene: I also liked the scene where Sam is trying to convince Jane to sing for an audition for the jingle singer for the Boxer Boy commercials and Al says, "Actions speak louder than words Sam," and he kisses her passionately to prove he loved her and supported her career.
Say What? There is a card with a barcode on the back, but barcodes weren't used until 1974. Stock footage contains an advertisement for the show "Sly Fox", that opened in 1976. The Twin Towers are seen in stock footage, but were not finished until 1973. A poster for "Happy
Birthday, Wanda June", can be seen, but the play didn't open until 1971.
"Morning Tiger." --Jane Lindhurst "…don’t you think maybe she’s a little um long in the tooth for you?" --Al "Her teeth look just great to me." --Sam " No, no, no, no, I mean don’t you think she’s more right for me…" --Al "Oh, no, no, no she’s much too sophisticated for you." --Sam "Just goes to show you that (pause) some dreams are suppose to stay up in the clouds." --Al "What are you talking about, no, you can never give up on your dreams." –Sam " …the only thing worse than lying to other people was lying to yourself." --Neil\ |