Buddy, Can You Spare A Father?

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 8 a.m.

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When Shirley\'s sailor father Jack Feeney visits, he\'s charming her friends, taking money he never pays back, and then disappears from the dinner date he has with her. After a pep-talk from Squiggy, Shirl\'s off to track her dad down, leading to a barroom brawl that Carmine and Laverne have to rescue her from. Will Shirley get the attention she seeks from Jack by the time the dust settles?

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On pod, Chris talks the rather well-crafted (but underutilized) psychology while Lisa gives further context and insight to how Garry Marshall\'s "always happy endings" motif was utilized through the series.

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