While Dad's Away (FP)
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| FP 07: While Dad's Away (FP) | |
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| Season | 1987 |
| Album | 00: Family Portraits |
| Aired | March 02, 1987 |
| Written by | Phil Lollar |
| Directed by | Phil Lollar and Steve Harris |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Bob Luttrell |
| Music by | Unknown |
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Theme: Absentee fathers
Scripture: Malachi 4:6 See more with this reference
[edit] Summary
While showing a family around a house that is up for sale, Whit tells a couple the story behind the house and why the former owners decided to move.
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| Characters | Actors |
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| Peter | Unknown |
| Sarah | Unknown |
| DeWayne Brettman | Unknown |
| Janice Brettman | Unknown |
| Laura Brettman | Unknown |
| Michael Brettman | Unknown |
| John Whittaker | Hal Smith |
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Certain elements of this episode copied into a far later episode, AIO348: With a Little Help from My Friends, including Blair's name as the one who gives into peer pressure, the situation of the father at work (later applied to Connie's mother), "Conformists Anonymous" which was changed to "Peer Pressure Anonymous", and the scripture reference, [1].
In the opening wraparound of this episode, Dr. Dobson and Mike Trout talk about some of the negative mail they have gotten about the Family Portraits series. One letter did not like inclusion of the teen/parent arguments in the program and another thought the programs sounded like they were from the 1950s.
This episode contains the first appearance of Dr. Blackgaard's voice, this time as the father.
[edit] Allusions
The title is a spoof on the phrase "while the cat's away [the mice will play]."
