Family Affair (TV Series) Oliver (1968) User Reviews

Buffy And Jody's New Friend

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 14 September 2020]

Buffy and Jody ask Bill if their new friend Oliver can stay over for a few days, but they don't tell him it's a dog.

One of the funnier Season 3 episodes, this one goes strictly for comedy. Oliver is not only a dog but a very big one. He does not like Bill and growls and barks at him sending Bill running for cover. No pets are allowed in the building but Bill gets an OK since it is only for 3 days and as long as the neighbors don't complain. Oliver runs around the apartment and the downstairs people think there is a horse galloping above them. After two nights, French comes up with a solution for the last night in one of the funniest scenes.

ANOTHER RIDICULOUS EPISODE!

[JSGal · 6/10 · 28 January 2023]

First of all, did the writers forget that earlier in Season 2 in the episode "Best of Breed" that their Uncle Bill found a way for the kids to have a dog, even though it was against the tenant's rules? And now in this episode of Season 3 the twins tricked him into giving permission to have their friend, Oliver, stay with them, because he was a dog, not a little boy. After the dog arrived Uncle Bill discovered what the twins had done; but they guilted him into letting the dog stay by reminding him that a man always keeps his word. However, no one who is tricked into such an oath is bound by that oath! Uncle Bill then had to convince the building manager to allow the twins' "friend" to stay with them for the 3 days. The twins should have been punished for keeping vital information from their uncle when they asked him permission to have a "friend" stay with them for the 3 days. By not telling him that their friend was really a dog, the twins actually lied to their uncle. As usual, the twins know just how to manipulate him to get their way. In short, it is not an example of "good parenting", where bad behavior is never rewarded. The good news is that finally the twins confessed what they had done, and insisted on being punished with no tv or dessert for a week. Mr. French, however thought that was cruel punishment! What? The dog had caused a costly amount of damage to a dress shop after earlier getting away from Mr. French!