Fun House

Fun House
Episode #	619
Air Date	March 13, 1983
Briefing	Lindsey missing/Stolen canister contains a deadly virus.

Title screen

Brief Plot

Some college kids putting up a banner cause a multi-vehicle crash. Back at Central it turns out they're from Getraer's old fraternity, Delta Delta Tau. Bruce is working as a crossing guard, and meets a young girl who gets kidnapped by a woman who lost her own daughter.

Guest Stars

• Constance Forslund as Hildy Hopkins
• Heather O'Rourke as Lindsey
• Stephen Furst as Dirtball
• Tina Gayle as Kathy Linahan
• Dennis Bowen as Renzlo T. Johnson II
• Larry Poindexter as Mark Anthony Harlington III

Co-Starring

• Dr. Joyce Brothers (as Herself)
• Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Webster
• Billy Braver as Mold
• Tim Jones as Large Slob
• Jody Kay as D.D.T. Girl
• Kahlena Marien as D.D.T. Girl
• Guylaine Moquin-sanford as Cherie
• Patrick O'Moore as Mr. Cringle
• Marilyn Staley as D.D.T. Girl
• Susie Walsh as Maggie

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Supervising Producer: Paul Mason
• Produced By: Joseph Gunn and Donald L. Gold
• Written by: Gerald Sanford
• Directed by: Chuck Bail
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Executive Story Consultant: Gerald Sanford
• Creative Consultant: Larry Mollin
• Associate Producer: Randall Torno
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
• Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
• Editor: William Neel
• Unit Production Manager: Steven P. Saeta
• First Assistant Director: Fred R. Wardell
• Second Assistant Director: David Newman
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Script Supervisor: Suzi Alter
• Production Consultant: Bill Udell
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Production Associate: Bonnie Jo Chermak
• Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A., Jane Aull
• Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
• Sound Editor: John Delbis
• Music Editor: Tommy Carlin
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Casting: Al Onorato, Jerry Franks
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

• There are several Animal House (1978) tie-ins here. Stephen Furst (Dirtball) played Kent Dorfman in the movie. The fraternity in the movie was Delta Tau Chi (ΔΤΧ), here it's the similarly named Delta Delta Tau (ΔΔΤ). In the movie the students attended Faber College, whereas here they're at St. Faber University.
• Heather O'Rourke (Lindsey) became famous a year before this episode as the little girl (Carol Anne Freeling) in Poltergeist.
• 5701 Ethel Avenue (seen on sign near the start) is actually the address of the Los Angeles Valley College.
• When Getraer grabs the guy who stole the virus he says "going somewhere, Caesar?". The character's name is Mark Anthony Harlington III - Mark Anthony was one of Julius Caesar's generals. Why someone would dress as a Roman at a Greek event is another matter - they obviously weren't history majors!

Mistakes

Different front ends

• Surely it must have occurred to the D.D.T.s to just tie their banner to the footbridge.
• When the college kids are driving their "wreck on wheels", the background in the top left of the screen in the close-ups shows that the van is stationary.
• When the Alpha Kappa Gammas are loading the stolen virus and microscopes in their van it has a prominent GMC grille. When they hit the car that subsequently catches fire, the van has a different front end.
• Lindsey tells Hildy they've passed San Diego and are heading for Mexico just after the car is seen passing the end of Napoleon Street on Vista Del Mar, just north of LAX.
• When Ponch is talking to Hildy on the rocks, the green slope behind him is in the wrong place to match the long and reverse shots.

Preceded by: "Firepower"

Fun House 619

Followed by: "Fast Company"