6.19 Balls

 

 

 

 


Original Air Date: April 6, 1995 [Listed in correctly as March 22, 1995 in the Production Bible.] • Production number: 77816
Written by: Jeff Melvoin
Directed by: Scott Paulin [He appeared as Lance Bristol in 4.18 Northern Lights]


Chris: You know what they say--life throws you a gutter ball, you got to slap on the old rosin bag and step up to the line.

Log line: Phil and Michelle have marriage problems; Cicely has a bowling team; Lester Haines offers to finance Ed's film, if Ed no longer sees Heather.
Synopsis:

Well it's bowling time in Cicely. Spirits are high as the Cicely Sweethearts welcome the Capra contingent, particularly Michelle, to the fold as they prepare to defend their championship title at the annual Borough of Arrowhead mixed doubles invitational. Unfortunately, the Capras are fighting. Again. Things look bad for the Sweethearts. But, in the end, they manage to pull it together and play as a team putting Cicely over the top by 3 points. Rah, rah. On the romantic front, Chris bends over backwards to pair Maggie up with young Professor Pickering, only to whisk her away at the very end.

Lester Haines has his way with Ed, promising to finance his film provided that Ed make a few minor changes like THE ENDING? It seems Lester has a little problem with country boy gets city girl and attempts to buy Ed off in order to keep him away from his darling daughter. No danger of that though, as it seems young Heather is using Ed simply to irritate her father. Poor Ed. In the end, he tells Lester he can't make a film with someone who doesn't think he's good enough for his daughter, and, in a particularly moving scene, apologizes to Maurice, revealing how much they mean to each other.

Details
(Production Bible):

Bowling alley of choice: Mary Jane's Lanes in Cantwell

Designers du jour: Donna Karan, Betsy Johnson, Versace.

Bob Pickering: Archaeology Professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, league bowler with a 190 average, native of Milwaukee.

Most Memorable Quote: "I hate bowling shoes. The blue, the red, the green. They look like Bozo the Clown shoes. But that's not the worst part. The worst part is you have to stick your feet into these things that have been rented out continuously since Eisenhower was president."

Guest stars: Lester Haynes - Apesanahkwat
Heather Haynes - Charmaine Craig (also appeared in 6.2 and 6.19)
Hayden Keyes - James L. Dunn
Prof. Bob Pickering - Wayne Pere (also appeared in 5.24)
Saleswoman - Ragna Sigrun
Bowler - Matt Smith
April - Angelique von Halle (also appeared in 5.13)
Music:
(Note music listed is from the original TV airings. The DVD may differ.)

[Help! I need names of missing tunes from the original airings - email me.]

• country tune when Chris announces the bowling league.

Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith (Thanks Neil R. and Karen!)
[Ed and Heather shop.]

• banjo tune during tryouts for Maggie's bowling partner.

• Bonnie Raitt tune in the Brick when Chris introduces Professor Pickering to Maggie.

• fiddle tune when Chris explains bowling on the air.

• country tune when Phil comes in the bar and talks to Holling about Michelle.

• doo wop love song - This Time ... when Phil talks with Walt about his marriage.

• carnival tune when Chris is on the air explaining Michelle and Phil not playing.

• Bowling rap song?? - bus leaves for bowling.

• tango song at the bowling match.

• Steppe - Kukuruza (A Russian bluegrass group, info from Susan who got it from David Schwartz)

Shelly’s Earrings:

Bowling pins [On bus to bowling practice.]

Ed Chigliak's Movie References:

North by Northwest
[Ed and Heather are "watching" this when Maurice and Lester walk in on them.]
(thanks Karen!)

Things I own from this episode: Michelle and Chris' bowling shoes

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