Still perusing the scrapbook, Walt came across a piece called "Last Episodes". It's a list of TV shows which apparently on the air when it was written, with suggestions about how each series might end.
What strikes me, more than a quarter-century later, is how many of these shows I don't really remember. What about you?
IRONSIDE: Special guest star Oral Roberts heals Ironside.
MAGNUM, PI.: Robin Masters comes home and kicks Magnum the heck out.
BEWITCHED: To Darrin's surprise, Samantha is burned at the stake.
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND: The Castaways discover, too late, that they've been marooned on Krakatoa.
HAPPY DAYS: The Fonz goes bald. Meanwhile, Tom Bosley is replaced by David Doyle and nobody notices.
FATHER KNOWS BEST: Bud, Princess and Kitten have a problem that only Jane Wyatt can solve.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL: To a convicted murderer, Palladin mistakenly gives a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card.
FAMILY FEUD: Richard Dawson gets caught in the middle when the Hatfields and the McCoys compete.
9 to 5: The whole company goes on "Graveyard Shift".
THE BEACHCOMBERS: Nick and Relic do another stupid, dangerous stunt, but this time they really do get killed.
LOVE BOAT: Captain Stubing misses the boat and it sets sail for Bermuda with Gopher at the wheel.
FANTASY ISLAND: Gavin MacLeod guest stars as a captain in search of his ship. O'Rourke and Tattoo accompany him to the Bermuda Triangle.
THE FLYING NUN: Sister Bertrille is caught in an updraft while flying over the Bermuda Triangle and is shot down over Cuba by a ground-to-air missile.
FAME: While dancing through Central Park, the cast is mugged by the crew from "Westside Story".
RHODA: Despondant over her divorce, Rhoda goes on an eating binge and explodes.
TAXI: Jim has a lucid moment and buys the taxi company and fires everyone.
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