By Kathryn Ware
Our tribute to the 35th anniversary of the debut of Maude continues.
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Season 1, Episode 19
Episode Title: Walter’s Secret
Original airdate: 27 February 1973
Plot: Walter is cheating on Maude with a blonde half his age! Carol caught him at the Holiday Inn cocktail lounge where a pretty young thing was “nibbling the pimento out of his olive.”
Walter comes home from work in an anxious state, asking Maude where Carol is. Has she been around? Where is she now?
Maude tells him to calm down and have a drink before Arthur comes over for dinner. (Frequent dinner guest Arthur loves beef stroganoff, so Maude is serving franks and beans.) While Maude’s in the kitchen, Walter calls Arthur to create his alibi: He and Arthur were out bowling last night. Got it? Bowling . . .
Posted on April 2, 2008