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Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 2

Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 2

1979TV EpisodeTV-G
ComedyDramaFamily
5
IMDB Rating
32 votes

On his odyssey to Santa Fe, David befriends Dutch, a veteran hang glider, who entices him to take flight on his own. When no experienced test pilots will fly Dutch's untried prototype in a local competition, David contemplates tak...

Director
Harry Harris
Writers
Thomas Braden, Greg Strangis
Stars
Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve
Release Date
May 9, 1979
Language
English
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
as Tom Bradford
Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley
as Abby Bradford
Grant Goodeve
Grant Goodeve
as David Bradford
Willie Aames
Willie Aames
as Tommy Bradford
Dianne Kay
Dianne Kay
as Nancy Bradford
Connie Needham
Connie Needham
as Elizabeth Bradford
Lani O'Grady
Lani O'Grady
as Mary Bradford
Adam Rich
Adam Rich
as Nicholas Bradford
Susan Richardson
Susan Richardson
as Susan Bradford
Laurie Walters
Laurie Walters
as Joannie Bradford

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production
Lorimar Productions

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaFamily

⭐ Featured Review

Backdoor pilot?
by haa42023-04-05
3/10

"This episode felt very out of place. David and Janet break up and he immediately decides to take a road trip with a female friend. Then they encounter a group of competitive hang gliders we've never seen before and the entire episode is centered around these characters. No mention of the rest of the Bradford family nor do we see any of them. And David doesn't seem to grow or change much from this trip because he doesn't return to Sacramento until the following season. I don't know what the intention was with this two-parter but it felt like some type of backdoor pilot for ..."

💡 Did You Know?

A stand-alone episode in the series, as David is the only series regular to appear in it, and it does not take place in or near Sacramento or the Bradford home.

📖 Synopsis

On his odyssey to Santa Fe, David befriends Dutch, a veteran hang glider, who entices him to take flight on his own. When no experienced test pilots will fly Dutch's untried prototype in a local competition, David contemplates tak...