All those loud "thuds" heard during the course of this episode are the jaws of the men of Hooterville hitting the floor the moment they meet County Agent hope-to-be, Miss Terry.
The Hooterville men all take a wide step out of character as their tongues begin fluttering in the breeze as the lovely Terry swoops in. Eb completely forgets about his new love in life, Lorelei. Sam Drucker hauls out his seldom seen hideous toupee in hopes of impressing Terry with his newly evident youth(lessness) of age. Mr. Haney arrives out of character in that he has no previous awareness of Terry's presence in town. (Surely there was money to be swindled one way or another upon Terry's arrival in town. Haney would usually have no trouble sniffing it out.)
Very out of character is Hank Kimble who has apparently agreed to accompany Ralph Monroe to the dance. Previously, Hank has wanted nothing whatsoever to do with Ralph. Here, he breaks an unusual previously arranged date with Ralph so as to drool over the very attractive Terry. Then there's Fred Ziffel who acknowledges that he is merely to be Terry's "escort" to the dance, as opposed to the other men who are there with obvious hopes of getting in some sweet smooches with Terry by the end of the night. Still, with so many men already contending for Terry's hand, Fred could easily have backed out of the escortship and tended to the woman to whom he's long been married.
Thankfully, Oliver's heart (and eyes) remain true to the Love of his life, the always delightfully delicious, Lisa.
The absolute joy of the episode - and outright "cuddly cuteness" - is provided by non other than Arnold "the pig" Ziffel. Upon being recognized as the apple of Miss Terry's eyes, adorable little Arnold turns a literal shade of lovingly embarrassed "red". Arnold's sheer delight in capturing Terry's heart is true little screen wonderfulness. Love always knows the way. Arnold's continuous uncontrolled blushing provides this episode with a couple extra notches upward in it's numerical IMDB rating. (For me, anyway.)
The Hooterville men all take a wide step out of character as their tongues begin fluttering in the breeze as the lovely Terry swoops in. Eb completely forgets about his new love in life, Lorelei. Sam Drucker hauls out his seldom seen hideous toupee in hopes of impressing Terry with his newly evident youth(lessness) of age. Mr. Haney arrives out of character in that he has no previous awareness of Terry's presence in town. (Surely there was money to be swindled one way or another upon Terry's arrival in town. Haney would usually have no trouble sniffing it out.)
Very out of character is Hank Kimble who has apparently agreed to accompany Ralph Monroe to the dance. Previously, Hank has wanted nothing whatsoever to do with Ralph. Here, he breaks an unusual previously arranged date with Ralph so as to drool over the very attractive Terry. Then there's Fred Ziffel who acknowledges that he is merely to be Terry's "escort" to the dance, as opposed to the other men who are there with obvious hopes of getting in some sweet smooches with Terry by the end of the night. Still, with so many men already contending for Terry's hand, Fred could easily have backed out of the escortship and tended to the woman to whom he's long been married.
Thankfully, Oliver's heart (and eyes) remain true to the Love of his life, the always delightfully delicious, Lisa.
The absolute joy of the episode - and outright "cuddly cuteness" - is provided by non other than Arnold "the pig" Ziffel. Upon being recognized as the apple of Miss Terry's eyes, adorable little Arnold turns a literal shade of lovingly embarrassed "red". Arnold's sheer delight in capturing Terry's heart is true little screen wonderfulness. Love always knows the way. Arnold's continuous uncontrolled blushing provides this episode with a couple extra notches upward in it's numerical IMDB rating. (For me, anyway.)
