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- Categories:Male, Television Episode
Description
In this episode, an elderly man (M. Emmitt Walsh) uses an ancient
chant to swap bodies with his young grandson (Taliesen Jaffe --
what a name!) so that he (Grandpa) can play baseball one more time.
It works, and now in the kid's body, the old man proves to be a
phenomenal player, throwing all sorts of impossible pitches, like
the ones Bugs Bunny used to in the old cartoons. He even tosses a
"hovering" pitch that the opposing batter swings at three times,
thus striking out on one throw. Meanwhile, the kid in Grandpa's
body is scared and tries to soothe his confusion by eating all
types of sugary, fatty, and otherwise unhealthy foods that Grandpa
can no longer enjoy. This triggers a heart attack. Grandpa in the
kid is delayed in returning home from the game, but he makes it in
time to swap back with the kid in Grandpa. Following a a last
goodbye, Grandpa (as himself) dies. The episode ends with the other
kids in the neighborhood inviting the kid to join them in another
baseball game (since he played so incredibly the last time. This is
supposed to be a "feel-good" Spielbergian comedy, but it has a LOT
of things wrong with it. For one, GRANPA DIES. Had the kid shown
any self-control, this wouldn't have had to have happened. No one
seems to care when the old guy kicks the bucket. For another thing,
the neighborhood kids (who had formerly snubbed the main boy) are
now so impressed by him that they want him to play with them again
-- HELLO??? He CAN'T play the same way again since that was Grandpa
at the controls! How are they going to react when he returns to
stinking at sports? But the worst mistake of the entire program is
the fact that the gorgeous Caren Kaye played the boy's mother and
Granpa's daughter (or daughter-in-law, I never noticed which), and
she's never swapped with ANYONE else, even though she's prime rib,
A-One, Grade-A swapping material. Oh well.
originally posted by Daydreamer on 2003-07-18, no edits, entryid=3471
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