A mix-up with a dictating machine brings a big, but poorly-timed Mother's Day surprise for Parker, Gruber, and Tinker.A mix-up with a dictating machine brings a big, but poorly-timed Mother's Day surprise for Parker, Gruber, and Tinker.A mix-up with a dictating machine brings a big, but poorly-timed Mother's Day surprise for Parker, Gruber, and Tinker.
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- TriviaNaomi Stevens, who plays Gruber's mother in this episode, was actually eight years younger than Carl Ballantine.
- GoofsWhen McHale is worried about the gaming night getting too big, Gruber says 'we're be unloading our money belts'. When he says that line Happy is located behind the group doing some work. The camera changes and Happy is now in the middle of the group next to McHale.
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Ensign Charles Parker: Mothers Day sure won't seem the same without Mom.
Lester Gruber: Ahh, let's not get maudlin, Mr. Parker. Why, if all those guys show up, think of all the gifts we'll be able to afford. We'll be sending our mothers mink coats, mink aprons, mink mink!
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This was actually a humorous show
In this enjoyable episode, Binghamton is dictating a letter to his mother for Mother's Day which is just a few days away. Ensign Parker gets hold of the Dictaphone and plays around with the controls and records a tape asking if they can send mothers to the island for Mother's Day. The secretary of the Navy gets a copy of the dictation and thinks it is a good idea. So he will send three mothers of PT 73 to the island for the day and will be a boost to the war effort.
The bad things is that on Mother's Day, McHale and his group were planning a casino night for the entire base. Now with the mother's arriving it is going to throw a wrench into their plans which all the other sailors are anticipating. But with the Under Secretary on this island McHale is going to have to play it safe.
My favorite part of the entire show was when Binghamton wanted to be photographed with all the mothers and even made a point of pushing McHale out of the camera sight so he could take all the glory. At one point McHale was not even standing near but Binghamton still made an attempt to push him before the picture was taken. That was comic gold. This was an entertaining story that was enjoyable to watch.
The bad things is that on Mother's Day, McHale and his group were planning a casino night for the entire base. Now with the mother's arriving it is going to throw a wrench into their plans which all the other sailors are anticipating. But with the Under Secretary on this island McHale is going to have to play it safe.
My favorite part of the entire show was when Binghamton wanted to be photographed with all the mothers and even made a point of pushing McHale out of the camera sight so he could take all the glory. At one point McHale was not even standing near but Binghamton still made an attempt to push him before the picture was taken. That was comic gold. This was an entertaining story that was enjoyable to watch.
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- kfo9494
- Oct 21, 2014
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- Runtime30 minutes
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