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Editorial Reviews
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In this collection from the era-defining show That Girl, boundlessly bouncy actress Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) and her reporter boyfriend Donald (Ted Bessell), try their best to impress her suburban family with their très moderne approach to urban life. Mod style abounds as the cute couple tackles age-old problems. In "Leaving the Nest," Ann tries to prove her domestic talents to her parents (Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp)--and overbearing Aunt Harriet (Hazel Shermet)--by inviting them to her New York pad for a home-cooked meal. But disaster looms when a drastically depressed desperado (Jerry Van Dyke) turns up on the ledge outside her kitchen window. In "The Rivals," a weekend visit to the suburbs goes awry when Ping-Pong bitterness and a traffic accident escalate into a kangaroo court confrontation between Daddy and Donald, who both refuse to face the fact that they're simply jealous over Ann's affections. Things get even wilder in "It's So Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House." In this classic tale of man (and woman) vs. nature, a strange beast invades Ann's apartment and long-suffering Don is enlisted to take care of the problem. When an irate Daddy gets the wrong idea, could the law of the jungle lead to a shotgun wedding in Baltimore? Overall, some of the humor might not seem as fresh as it did in the 1960s, but the show's bright, independent style remains timelessly entertaining. --Grant Balfour
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