Jesse White plays a crooked lawyer who sues Lucy when she accidentally runs into a young actor/dancer with her wheelchair. This old sitcom trope means the episode is not particularly original. The episode gains an extra point for the fact that here it is Kim who does the scheming that sets the plot in motion, not Lucy.
Supposedly, the dancer part was intended for Ken Berry whose appearance would have improved this greatly. When Ken had to back out at the last minute, the episode's choreographer stepped into the role, but you can tell he wasn't used to having such large parts. He gets to perform with Lucie Arnaz' character in the big finale, which was the then-timely "Down by The Lazy River" a recent smash hit for The Osmonds, who were huge in 1972.
The most interesting thing about the episode are the various scarves Kim wears around her head for the first half of the episode. It looks like she is trying to channel Valerie Harper from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Did Lucie Arnaz get a bad haircut she didn't like? In the second act, Kim sports these country-bumpkin pigtails during the diner scene and finally a short shag hairdo for the finale, so perhaps the scarves were just a fashion statement.
Supposedly, the dancer part was intended for Ken Berry whose appearance would have improved this greatly. When Ken had to back out at the last minute, the episode's choreographer stepped into the role, but you can tell he wasn't used to having such large parts. He gets to perform with Lucie Arnaz' character in the big finale, which was the then-timely "Down by The Lazy River" a recent smash hit for The Osmonds, who were huge in 1972.
The most interesting thing about the episode are the various scarves Kim wears around her head for the first half of the episode. It looks like she is trying to channel Valerie Harper from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Did Lucie Arnaz get a bad haircut she didn't like? In the second act, Kim sports these country-bumpkin pigtails during the diner scene and finally a short shag hairdo for the finale, so perhaps the scarves were just a fashion statement.
