Episode
Perfect Strangers: The Play's the Thing
Overview
When Balki takes Larry's "Wheat" play-script to Lydia's theater, Larry goes down to see the cast. But when the director tries to change the lines, Larry won't let him, so they all quit. But Larry insists that they keep the show by casting him with Balki, Lydia, Jennifer, and Mary Anne, but they've never acted before and make a mess of it.
Details
- Series
- Perfect Strangers
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1992-03-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Play's the Thing is Episode 19 in Season 7 of Perfect Strangers. It aired on 1992-03-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 18: The Elevator
Larry decides to impress Mr. Wainwright by enlisting himself and Balki to move his brand new oversized couch up the elevator to his office while the elevator is under repair.
Episode 20: Stress Test
Mr. Wainwright has chosen Larry and Balki to team up for a stress evaluation test that could get them fired if they fail, which isn't easy for Larry who is high strung.
More episodes from this season
Episode 17: Wayne Man
Balki wins an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas but is sad when they can't get any tickets to see Wayne Newton. Jennifer attempts to call up an old boyfriend who can get her tickets, But a jealous Larry calls up Wayne's people and tells them that Balki is going deaf and manages to get tickets. After the concert, Wayne wants to meet Balki personally but Larry is afraid the truth will come out.
Episode 21: ...Or Get Off the Pot
Mary Anne has been hinting at Balki to propose to her and he has failed one too many times so she threatens to move out. Larry talks to Balki and tries to get him to realize but do to mis-communication, Balki thinks that Jennifer's in love with him and Mary Anne is going to die. But in all the confusion, Mary Anne move out.
Episode 16: Yes Sir, That's My Baby
When Balki shows Larry that Jennifer has been knitting booties, The possibility that Jennifer is pregnant causes Larry to imagine Larry and Balki's future sons becoming best friends in the nursery trying to escape.
Episode 22: Chicago Suite
Balki hasn't gone out since he broke up with Mary Anne. So Larry convinces Balki to go out and meet new people and takes him to a singles bar. Balki brings home a woman to watch a Woody Woodpecker marathon but her friend comes with her who is drunk and falls asleep in Larry's bed around the time that Jennifer comes home.
Episode 15: Going Once, Going Twice
Larry goes to an auction to cover a story and brings Balki with him and Larry demonstrates the bidding procedure at an auction and they wind up buying a very expensive bottle of wine for $21,000. They now must hide it from Jennifer until they can go back to the auction and resell it.
Episode 23: It Had to be You
Balki has been having so many dates in the past two weeks and Jennifer thinks he still misses Mary Anne but Larry refuses to believe it. Later on, Balki meets the woman of his dreams who is identical to Mary Anne, and they later discover that Mary Anne is dating a man identical to Balki. Balki and Mary Anne don't seem to realize what's going on for a while, but when they do, they end up getting engaged.
Episode 14: Missing
After Dimitri is kidnapped, Balki has a mental block that prevents him from drawing it in the paper. so Larry and Balki try to catch the kidnapper in the basement of the Chronicle.
Episode 24: Get Me to the Dump on Time
According to a sacred Myposian custom, Balki and Mary Anne must be married within 24 hours and they get everything ready. Larry feels left out of the duties so Balki makes him his best man and the guardian of his Myposian marriage necklace which he must have during the ceremony, but Larry accidentally throws it out. So Larry and Balki search the dump for it and eventually find it and Balki and Mary Anne finally get married.
Episode 13: Two Angry Men
Balki gets his and Larry's names drawn for jury duty which starts the day before Jennifer has a pre-paid, non-refundable vacation to Bermuda booked for her and Larry. Balki holds out for not guilty endangering Larry's plans.
Episode 12: Car Tunes
Larry buys a new car radio that gets stolen. So he puts an alarm in the car that keeps going off all night. So they try to catch the thief red-handed by hiding in the trunk and get taken on an unexpected ride.