Pink Pills and Purple Parents
Rob recalls when Laura took a tranquilizer prescribed for Millie before meeting Rob's parents for the first time, with disastrous results.
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"When Sally comes into the office with a splitting headache, it prompts Rob to tell her and Buddy about the time Laura met her in-laws...and how taking someone's medication was a very BAD idea! There's a flashback to Rob in his Army days. He and Laura recently married and neither sets of parents came to the wedding...and Rob's parents are coming to finally meet her. But Laura is VERY nervous...so nervous that she is convinced by Millie to take some of her pills. Unfortunately, when she has a bit to drink at dinner, Laura starts to act like a drunk...and Rob's parents think ..."
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According to the book, "Public Service Announcements" by Anna Ritter, PSA's were gaining traction in the television industry and started making their TV shows write a script a season that addressed a social issue. "Pink Pills And Purple Parents" was Carl Reiner's answer to satisfy this requirement. At first he resisted because he felt there was no way to keep the show funny with such a heavy handed message. He had Gary Marshall of Happy Days fame to write the story. Marshall found a way to express taking pills from a friend was not something one should do.
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Rob recalls when Laura took a tranquilizer prescribed for Millie before meeting Rob's parents for the first time, with disastrous results.