Directed by William A. Graham (Return to the Blue Lagoon, Change of Habit) and written by Stanley Z. Cherry, this movie finds Johnny Gaines (Bill Bixby) learning that he has a son named B.J. (Darrell Larson) whom he’s never known, all while he’s still sleeping with 16-year-olds. Or nearly sleeping with them, as his kid shows up right before his initials happen to his dad.
Johnny is still a boy, protected by his father Al (Jack Albertson) and mother Ethel (Ann Sothern) who are starting to wonder why their son doesn’t want to settle down with Edye (Diane Baker). Can Johnny settle down and become a father to the son he never knew while maybe not being someone who double books dates and tries to get his son drunk to go out with someone as his replacement?
Plus: Tom Bosley as Edye’s dad and Judy Strangis in the cast (she was Dyna Girl!).
Don’t have the box set? You can watch this on Tubi.
