Pre-empted Show: Reading Rambo

The librarian was expecting to be the star of the episode. In the middle of the show, she realizes that the library sketches seem to have not been written for this episode. Adam is the only one on the link set everytime she shows up to complain ... reading and minding his own business. But he's not the writer, what could he do about it? Just before the credits, the librarian tries to persuade the viewers to read educational books, which are so much more "exciting than TV."

Production: Big Bucks

DID YOU NOTICE?

• Ross does not appear in this episode. His voice is only heard, saying "Okay, show's over," in the last scene. Instead, Abby played the librarian, who walked on the link set with the frequency of Ross throughout this entire episode. The only other episode in which Ross did not appear at all was Peer Pressure from 1981.
• As seen in Robert Black's interview, episode 109 would be his last episode to write. However, Roger Price disliked his first scipt and demanded that it be rewritten. After Roger accepted his second version, he changed the title from Publications to Books and Reading, and almost completely rewrote the script again himself.

CLASSIC QUOTES

Adam: Mom, Mom, what are you doing?!
Valerie: Oh, hi Adam. I'm washing a few dirty books I found in your father's closet.
Adam: Mom, you're ruining them!
Valerie: (gasp) Oh, dear, am I?
Adam: You're doing this deliberately aren't you? I'm going to tell Dad.
Valerie: That's a good idea, dear. While you're at it, why don't you mention to your father that I just finished washing the dirty books I found in YOUR closet. Your father would probably be very pleased to learn that you have similar tastes in literature.
Adam: (In a lowered voice) Oh, mabye I won't then.

STAGE POLLUTION

GREEN SLIME: Adam

WATER: Matthew