Playing Possum


Playing Possum


Original Air Date
Monday December 10, 1984
Order Shown:
10 of 23
Order Filmed:
12 of 23

Plot Summary:
A crazed Russian plans to set off a bomb in Washington — and Amanda, Lee and a Soviet agent must stop him.

Bloopers:

  • Watch as Yuri backs his car out of the parking spot at the bowling alley in pursuit of Amanda and Lee. Sitting on the hood of one of the parked cars is a green apple.

    Favorite Quote(s):

    Francine: Are you armed?
    Lee: I’m always armed.
    _____
    Amanda: Mother, I’m a spy.
    Dotty: Of course.
    _____
    Dotty: We, meaning you and the other spies you work with?
    _____
    Amanda: I would go with you to Vermont except that I have…
    Dotty/Amanda: vital information that the other spies need in order to find the bomb.
    _____
    Amanda: You said that bomb could go off at any moment, right?
    Lee: Yes.
    Amanda: Well, I could never make it to Vermont to be with mother and the boys and if it does go off I don’t want to be sitting in a cab, alone somewhere, with the meter ticking.
    _____
    Amanda: It’s always the blue wire.

    Interesting Facts:

  • The Soviet version of Operation Possum is called “Hibernation.”
  • There is an Uncle Herman in Vermont.

    Special Guests:

  • John Colicos … Ilya Kreschenko (Deceased, 2000)
  • Gerry Gibson … Anatoli Ulanovsky
  • Milos Kirek … Yuri
  • Paul Mantee … Perry Lunsford
  • Burt Marshall
  • Katie Mitchell … Svetlana/Debbie
  • Kenneth Tigar … Vassily Barkhov
  • Michael Way


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