MRFD benefits from it's TAGS carryover good feeling. I'm more lenient in my 7 out of 10 rating because of this. Without it's TAGS ties on its own it merits no higher than a 4.
The biggest problems it had was it's two lead actors Sam Jones (Ken Berry) and son Mike (Buddy Foster) were mostly very bland and could be "dry as dust". The writing was a huge dropoff from TAGS. Sam's signature preachy teach a lesson shtick never clicked. Then, Alice Ghostley in season 3 was a disaster.
The pluses were the return from TAGS of George Lindsey, Paul Hartman, Jack Dodson, pretty Arlene Golonka, and Frances Bavier. The best episodes centered around this wonderful core. Also, many great lesser TAGS supporting actors returned which was a treat.
Quality was somewhere between the underrated TAGS color episodes and stinker TAGS reunion movies.
The biggest problems it had was it's two lead actors Sam Jones (Ken Berry) and son Mike (Buddy Foster) were mostly very bland and could be "dry as dust". The writing was a huge dropoff from TAGS. Sam's signature preachy teach a lesson shtick never clicked. Then, Alice Ghostley in season 3 was a disaster.
The pluses were the return from TAGS of George Lindsey, Paul Hartman, Jack Dodson, pretty Arlene Golonka, and Frances Bavier. The best episodes centered around this wonderful core. Also, many great lesser TAGS supporting actors returned which was a treat.
Quality was somewhere between the underrated TAGS color episodes and stinker TAGS reunion movies.