Newly's best friend becomes the victim of a con game perpetrated by a pretty young woman and her partner.Newly's best friend becomes the victim of a con game perpetrated by a pretty young woman and her partner.Newly's best friend becomes the victim of a con game perpetrated by a pretty young woman and her partner.
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Vince Deadrick Sr.
- Cowboy #1
- (as Vincent Deadrick)
Michelle Breeze
- Saloon Girl
- (uncredited)
Walker Edmiston
- Burnett
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode aired 3 days before guest star Cliff Osmond's 33rd birthday (born February 26, 1937).
- Quotes
[last lines]
Ben Sommars: [to Celia Madden] You sure are the cryin'est woman.
Featured review
Ugly Reward
Cliff Osmond often played really ugly moronic slobs who were in love with pretty women. His character had to be mentally defective if he thought he had a chance with a gorgeous young lady like Melissa Murphy. I presumed at the time that the only reason Cliff Osmond got any work was because he was Donny & Marie Osmond's father, or at least told people he was.
In this incredibly boring and predictable episode, Osmond lurches around town as the blacksmith and Newly's best friend for one episode. I always found it annoying how some character who had never been on the show would be introduced as a main character's best friend, brother, etc., and then that new character would never be seen or discussed again.
So Newly, who was not that sharp himself, meets Osmond's cute dream girl, played by Melissa Murphy. Even dumb and naive Newly figures out that nobody as beautiful as Melissa would ever want to be next to a steaming lump like Cliff Osmond. Newly warns Osmond, and Osmond knocks him out and ties him up in his closet...
Soon Osmond has been robbed of his life's savings, and while he waits for Melissa to come by so they can get married, she is off on the noon stage with her pimp and fraud partner, played by career character actor Frank Marth.
Osmond eventually figures it out, thanks to Festus and several other characters explaining it to him and speaking really slowly. The end of the story is a bit depressing, as the bald guy with the really bad furry wig forces the pretty girl to marry him. "Jail or Church" he says, as the nasty pelt on top of his head seems to be moving. Where did they get those wigs?
The better ending would have been if Melissa Murphy had a derringer in her purse, and shot Osmond to death after he took her off the stage. Then she took all the money he recovered from Marth, and rode off on his horse. Or she could have done that after they got married. Final scene, Newly attending Cliff's funeral, with Donny and Marie Osmond singing "Amazing Grace."
In this incredibly boring and predictable episode, Osmond lurches around town as the blacksmith and Newly's best friend for one episode. I always found it annoying how some character who had never been on the show would be introduced as a main character's best friend, brother, etc., and then that new character would never be seen or discussed again.
So Newly, who was not that sharp himself, meets Osmond's cute dream girl, played by Melissa Murphy. Even dumb and naive Newly figures out that nobody as beautiful as Melissa would ever want to be next to a steaming lump like Cliff Osmond. Newly warns Osmond, and Osmond knocks him out and ties him up in his closet...
Soon Osmond has been robbed of his life's savings, and while he waits for Melissa to come by so they can get married, she is off on the noon stage with her pimp and fraud partner, played by career character actor Frank Marth.
Osmond eventually figures it out, thanks to Festus and several other characters explaining it to him and speaking really slowly. The end of the story is a bit depressing, as the bald guy with the really bad furry wig forces the pretty girl to marry him. "Jail or Church" he says, as the nasty pelt on top of his head seems to be moving. Where did they get those wigs?
The better ending would have been if Melissa Murphy had a derringer in her purse, and shot Osmond to death after he took her off the stage. Then she took all the money he recovered from Marth, and rode off on his horse. Or she could have done that after they got married. Final scene, Newly attending Cliff's funeral, with Donny and Marie Osmond singing "Amazing Grace."
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- Johnny_West
- May 14, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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