The Beavers and the Otters - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Indian Summer has come to Cordella. While everyone else is basking in the sun and fun, Wes and Irene are stuck working and going to classes until they decide to skip out as well. The pair's relationship is explored expertly, including an ...See moreIndian Summer has come to Cordella. While everyone else is basking in the sun and fun, Wes and Irene are stuck working and going to classes until they decide to skip out as well. The pair's relationship is explored expertly, including an opportunity for a little premarital sex. Irene (Jan Norris) displays her enormous talents as an actress. She gives a multi-layered performance as she does throughout the show, with the silences displaying an amazing level of subtly. Wes and Irene are about as real a couple as ever populated a TV show. Tom-Tom (Ted Bessell) slips in a nice bit about foreplay concerning a lecture he, Irene and Nora are attending. I start to get the impression that it may have been the barely disguised allusions to sex that doomed this show with the network as much as anything. Far ahead of its time. Makes you realize what we've lost in 50 years in terms of adult writing and performances in television drama. Listen for Lyle Waggoner as the announcer at the end of every show. Written by The Mystic Hedgehog See less