Leap Date:
April 25, 1985

Teaser:

Sam leaps into his second famous person as he becomes the noted sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer! While having a rough time dealing with the subject matter of Dr. Ruth's radio shows, he has to put two of his co-workers together in a relationship and at the same time help a young woman who is being sexually harrassed by her boss at work. Meanwhile, Al gets his own therapy from the real Dr. Ruth in the waiting room.

Audio from this episode:

Sam: Make her sit in the back seat!

Al & Dr. Ruth: The Casabas Conversation

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Project Trivia
Sam Trivia
Al Trivia
Al's Women
Al's Outfits Worn in the Episode
Miscellaneous Trivia
Bloopers
Kiss with History
Guest Stars
Guest Cast Notes
Say What?
Quotable Quotes
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TV Guide Teaser:

Sam appears as Dr. Ruth Westheimer to bring a mismatched couple together and to help a young woman battle sexual harassment. Meanwhile, in the future, Dr. Ruth herself counsels Al on his love life. Sam: Scott Bakula.

E! Promo for "Dr. Ruth"

Interviews with Scott Bakula and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Also, a behind the scenes look on the set.

Leapee:

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Broadcast Date:

January 19, 1993 - Tuesday

Synopsis & Review:

Sam leaps into a woman wearing a blue dress and glasses. He's in a recording studio with a microphone in front of him and a caller speaks to him over the speaker system. "Well?", asks the caller. Sam says, "Well, what?" The caller asks, "What do you think?" Sam is confused and asks her to repeat the question. She asks, "Is the size of a man's feet related to the size of his love muscle?" Sam looks around and sees his host in the mirror. He has leaped into Dr. Ruth Westheimer! Oh boy!

The caller asks if she should repeat the question. Sam nervously says, "No don't repeat it. I heard it just fine." Sam stumbles on the question and asks for the next caller. In the booth nearby are Doug Bridges and Debbie Schaefer, the announcer and producer, respectively. The next caller is Tony and he asks for advice about his girlfriend who is always putting her hand on his crotch, even while driving down the freeway. Sam suggests, "Make her sit in the back seat. Next!"

Debbie wonders what has gotten into Dr. Ruth. Doug thinks it's funny. The next caller says she has such intense orgasms that she pushes her husband out of bed. She asks if there is any answer for her. Sam says, "Knee pads? Next!" Debbie tells Doug to go to commercial and asks Sam, "Are you all right, Ruth?" Sam says he's fine and not to worry about him.

"Knee pads? Kinky...", says Al as he appears nearby. Sam says he has got to get out of here. Al disagrees and says, "Why? This sounds like a great leap to me. You just sit here and talk about sex." He laughs and continues, "Sam, look at it as a learning experience." Sam is not amused and tells Al, "It may sound like fun to you, but it's not for me. They are asking some very embarrassing questions." Al advises, "Sam, sex is not dirty. It's a very natural thing. Bing frank about it and educating your children to be morally responsible and safe is better than sweeping it under the rug." Sam looks surprised. "That's a very mature attitude coming from somebody like you." Al fesses up, "It's not coming from me. It's coming from the real Dr. Ruth in the Waiting Room. But you remember it until Ziggy can find out why you're here." Sam protests, "No, Al, you can't leave. You're an expert on this stuff. You gotta help me answer these questions!" Al opens the Imaging Chamber door and asks Sam, "You know the question about the shoe size? Just call me Bigfoot", and then shuts the door.

The commercial break is over and Doug welcomes the audience on the air back. "Out next caller is Annie from Manhattan." Annie tells Dr. Ruth she is having a problem with her boss. She said she's new in town and her boss invited her out for a drink, but now he keeps coming on to her and wants to have sex with her. He won't leave her alone. Sam asks if she has told anyone about it. She says no, she doesn't want to lose her job. Doug interrupts and says that's all the time they have for today but Annie can meet Dr. Ruth at the book signing coming up. Sam tries to continue talking to Annie, but she says her boss is coming and she has to go. They go off the air.

Debbie apologizes to Dr. Ruth for Doug cutting Annie off. Doug says he held the line open for her but Annie hung up. They start to bicker about it, and Sam says they look like they can use some privacy and he exits to go talk to Al again. Sam tells Al that he knows why he's there, to help the girl who just called. Al says he missed the call because he was with Dr. Ruth. "She is a sharp cookie." Sam asks Al to ask Ziggy about the odds of him being there to help her. Al asks her name, and Sam says it's Annie. Al waves his hands in the air and says, "Just Annie? Well, since there are 6,280 Annie's in Manhattan in 1984, don't you think you could be just a little more specific?"

Al says he can't find her with the limited data Sam knows, but that Ziggy predicts a 72% chance he's there to play with matches. He bangs the handlink and corrects, "Oh, matchmaker! Doug and Debbie." Ziggy says they should be together but Sam thinks they hate each other. Doug follows Debbie out of the sound booth and she calls him a jerk and he calls her a motormouth. Al says, "It's a match made in heaven."

A man hurries down the street and stops in front of a bookstore where Sam is signing autographs as Dr. Ruth. People are in line, waiting to get her autograph. Inside, an elderly lady says the chapter about foreplay was very imaginative. "Any other pointers?" He says everything about everything is in the book. A redhead approaches with a book to sign and asks him to make it out to Annie. Sam looks up, wondering if it's the same Annie. Sam asks her last name and she says it's Wilkins. She apologizes about hanging up on Dr. Ruth. "I was at work. You know how it is... the walls have ears." Annie says she works in a law office as a secretary but someday wants to be a lawyer. She tells Sam that she never should have let her boss, Jonathan, take her out. She just thought he was trying to help her. "I'm so stupid," she adds. Sam invites her to go have coffee and talk about it, but she gets a look of horror on her face whens he looks up and says she has to go.

She hurries off down the street and the man that was looking in the window earlier is seen following her and Sam out the door. Sam tries to stop her, but Annie gets on a bus and is taken away. Sam tries to flag a cab but is unsuccessful. The man has a disturbed look on his face and walks off. Al appears and says he'll never get a cab this time of day. Sam goes to a pay phone nearby and pretends to talk so that he doesn't look crazy on the street.

He gives the observer Annie's full name, but Al says the data is sketchy. He says Sam is in trouble because the odds of Doug and Debbie getting back together just slipped 12%. "They got in a huge fight about who's fault it was the last time they broke up. That was the fourth time they broke up. " Sam suggests if they break up all the time, maybe they aren't supposed to be together. Al says, "No, Dr. Ruthie says they're perfect for each other. They never fight about anything series." He gives an example of her leaving the bathroom a mess and him staying out to late and not calling. Sam asks if Dr. Ruth has this all figured out, then why is Sam there instead of her. Al says it must be because Sam can do something Dr. Ruth can't. Al mentions something about his last session with Dr. Ruth, but Sam interjects, "Wait a second. You're having counsellings sessions with Dr. Ruth while I'm stuck here in 1985?" Al insists that Ziggy says that is why he's there and to go ask Doug and Debbie why they re fighting this time.

At a restaurant, Debbie says it's about sex. Sam spits out his wine. "His genitals and my orgasms. That's all he wanted to talk about." Sam says, embarrassed, "Well that pretty much would cover everything." She goes on about the fact that she does have them sometimes and has never faked one as Sam hides behind his menu trying to decide what he wants to eat. Doug shows up and they realize that Sam has invited them both to dinner. "I just thought this might be a nice opportunity to put our problems aside and have a nice, peaceful dinner together. Debbie says that Doug sabotaged their relationship.

At the same time, Dr. Ruth talks to Al in the Waiting Room. She comments to him as he helps her put on a white lab coat that is sized better for her, "It's sounds like you sabotage all your relationships with women." He says he does not. Al hands her a pair of glasses and says they were able to reproduce them. She says she didn't know how handsome Al is. "Well you're a very charming woman." She asks why Al thinks he was married five times. Al says he likes variety. Dr. Ruth suggests that if that's the case, he doesn't have to change partners.He can experiment a little. She tells her clients they can have a drawer full of toys, like a new video camera, which could be lots of fun. She says she is disappointed in Al because if this is the future, she thought people would have a healthier attitude towards sex. "When it comes to sex," Al says, "Al Calavicci doesn't have any problems. She says she thinks Al is afraid of something. Al says she's right, "Alimony." She laughs and says he has a fear of abandonment. Al says he was raised in an orphanage. "Ah you see? Now we are getting somewhere."

"That's why we never get anywhere," says Debbie back at the restaurant. "Every time we start to get close, you pull away." Doug says he gave her a ring. Sam is surprised to find out this information. Doug says she only wore it for three days. Al pops up through the middle of their table, off center of his target, apparently. "Oooo, cherries jubilee!" Debbie says after those three days that he stopped performing. Doug becomes irate that people in the restaurant can hear their conversation about his thrusters not thrusting.

Sam begins to mind-merge with Dr. Ruth as he beguines to speak in her accent. Dr. Ruth comes through and says that they are afraid of commitment and so they abandon the relationship before it abandons them. Dr. Ruth says they may have felt abandoned as a child. "That's exactly what she said to me!" Doug and Debbie both agree that could be the case and they start to have a normal conversation without the bickering. "Ah ha, now we are getting somewhere." Al says, "She said that, too!"However, when Debbie says she didn't realize he was insecure and Doug says he didn't know she was insecure, they start to argue again. Debbie ends up pouring water on Doug when he says it doesn't even matter because it's over and rushes out crying. Doug says to let her go.

Sam says she really loves him. Doug says he has met another girl, Brenda, from the Christmas party. He says Brenda is more simple and says they should run away together. Al advises that Doug does run off with her and it's a disaster. She marries him because she thinks he can do her career some good. "They divorce in six months and she marries a game show host." Doug says they have to get going to get ready for the promos tonight and says he'll see Sam back at the station. Al tells Sam to keep working to get the lovebirds back together. "I'd stay with you, but Dr. Ruth is expecting me. She says I'm on the verge of a major breakthrough." He smiles as Sam gawks, and exits through the Imaging Chamber door.

Back at the station, Sam attempts to record tomorrow's promos. "This is Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Tomorrow on Frank Talk about Sex we're going to discuss some common male sexual dysfunctions like premature-- premature-- well, we're going to discuss a lot of things that I'm sure will be very stimulating. Uh, uplifting. Interesting! And that'll be tomorrow, right here, on my show." Sam says he's had enough for tonight.

Doug says he has a call for her, the girl with the sex-crazed boss. Doug puts her through and Annie says she heard someone outside and she thinks it's him. Sam tells her to call the police. She says she's afraid to hang up and gives Sam her address. She says her boss called her into his office and said he was going to teach her a lesson for talking to Dr. Ruth. Sam, for a third time, begs Annie to hang up and call the police. The phone drops and Sam runs out of the studio.

He arrives at Annie's apartment and gets the superintendent to let him in. There is a smell of gas and Annie is laying on the floor, unconscious. Sam gets her to come to and she explains that she was making some tea and she heard the door start to rattle and called Dr. Ruth. She says she must have fainted. Sam says it was the gas from the stove that knocked her out. She says, "He turned on the gas?" Sam asks her if she is positive she lit the stove because if she turned it on and then got scared and distracted, she may have forgotten to light it. Annie insists she lit it and looks for the match she threw out. She empties the trash can but there is no match. Annie cries saying that Sam doesn't believe her, but he consoles her and says they can file a complaint against her boss in the morning. She asks him why someone like Dr. Ruth would care about someone like her. "How do you think I got to be so famous?", Sam answers.

Back in the Waiting Room, Dr. Ruth continues to counsel Al. "Believe me, Al, with your kind of problems, you need lots of help." Al says he thought they solved his problems. She says now they have to work on getting him in touch with his feelings and verbalizing them. She asks Al to tell her about his girlfriend. Al says her name is Tina. Dr. Ruth asks him to tell her more. "Well, she's got great.... casabas." Ruth asks for further detail, "What are these...casabas?" Al replies, "Well you know... uh... melons." She says, "Hmmm?" He continues, "Hoo-has, honkers, hooters, headlights, ta-tas, teeters, tweeters, tom-toms, tetons..." She says, "Say it!" Al gets frustrated, "I'm trying to say it! Meatballs, mangoes, creampies, cupcakes, bangers, bouncers, bulumbas..." She scolds him, "Al!" He shouts, "Bazongas… breasts! I said it." She is happy she got him to say it. "You see? It wasn't that hard." Al replies, "Yes, it was!" Dr. Ruth then asks Al about his sex life with Tina, and he responds that it's a very personal question. She says, "Not for an open person like you?"

Sam and Annie get off an elevator carrying items from Annie's desk. Annie thanks him for helping her get free. Sam makes her promise to file a complaint against him as soon as she gets to a new job. Jonathan, her boss, overhears. "Job? Annie, what's going on?" She said she turned in her resignation. He asks how he's supposed to find a replacement at this late notice. Sam tells Annie to go on down and he'll be right there.

Jonathan recognizes Sam as Dr. Ruth and asks how he knows Annie. "She came to me for advice because you've been sexually harassing her on the job." Jonathan laughs, "You're joking, aren't you?" An African-American woman in the background listens in near the elevator. Sam says Annie isn't going to file a complaint because she's afraid it'll effect her career, but someone someday isn't going to roll over that easy." Another woman in the background says, "Come on Anita? Anita...", and they get into the elevator.

Jonathan says Sam has it all wrong. He says he took her out for a drink a couple of times, but treated her just like the rest of the guys. "She got the wrong idea. She thought we were an item." Sam says that not what he was told. Jonathan continues that when he tried to let her down easy she went crazy. He says she kept calling him in the middle of the night and it got so bad he had to change his phone number. He tells Sam he can check with the phone company about that. Sam says that Annie told him that Jonathan was following her around and even showed up at the bookstore. "I was buying a birthday card for my wife. You can check that out too. Dr. Ruth, I'm a happily married man." He goes on to say that he's glad she found Dr. Ruth and hopefully she can get help because it was getting out of hand. He hands Sam a business card and says if he can help, to give him a call. Sam doesn't know what to believe anymore.

Back at the radio station, a caller says she is completely flat-chested and is thinking about getting breast implants. Sam advises that the evidence is not in about the safety of implants. He tells her that liquid silicone can leak and cause severe side effects. From inside the booth, Doug asks, "Where is she coming up with this?" Debbie shakes her head. The caller adds that her boyfriend says she's not sexy. Sam replies, "Being sexy is a state of mind. It's your body, not his." Sam begins to mind-merge with Ruth again. "Promise me you'll think it over?" Al says that was very good and that he convinced 421 women not to have implants that would have given them adverse reactions. Doug says Sam can take five.

Sam has all sorts of ideas now. He tells Al that maybe he could do more good. Maybe he could help with teen pregnancy and slow down the spread of AIDS. Al advises that he isn't there to save the world, and people are going to think Dr. Ruth is crazy. "But I'm not crazy!" Debbie and Doug exit the booth and see Ruth talking to herself. Debbie asks if she is all right. Al quips, "Goodbye, radio. Hello, Belvue." Sam explains that he was just practicing because sometimes he has trouble pronouncing things. Doug mentions the incident at the bookstore and about him running out the night before during the promo recording. Al says they are padding his cell as they speak, but at least Debbie and Doug are talking again.

Sam takes the opportunity to help them reconcile. Sam says they are right, he has been acting strange because he's been upset with them both. Sam says he wants them to apologize to each other for the way they have been treating each other. Al looks at the handlink, "Good, you're making progress." They both say it's not necessary but Sam becomes firm and Dr. Ruth begins to come through in his voice, sharply. "Apologize! Douglas, you first!" They both apologize and seem to make progress until Doug gets a call from Brenda. This sets Debbie off again.

An announcer says they are on the air in 30 seconds, but Al says Annie is now in trouble. Sam changed history, but now Annie dies sometime in the next two hours. Sam looks in the mirror at Dr. Ruth's reflection and worriedly says, "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy."

Back on the air, a caller is asking about erogenous zones and Al is frantic to get Sam on the road to help Annie. Sam changes it up when he tells Doug and Debbie to talk about their relationship on-air instead! Sam tells the listening audience that thy are very much in love, but don't know how to communicate. His mind and mannerisms fade in and out as Dr. Ruth. Al says he doesn't know who's doing the talking, him or Dr. Ruth. Sam says he doesn't know either.

Doug and Debbie argue back and forth until a caller says it sounds like Doug needs positive strokes from Debbie. Sam asks Debbie to say something nice to Doug. "I like his tie. Sam says, "Try harder." Al again tells Sam not to forget Annie. Sam says if this works, he'll be out in five minutes, and to go check on Annie for him.

At Annie's apartment, there is a knock at the door as Al pops in. He tells her not to answer the door, but she goes to the door to find Jonathan waiting. She tries to shut the door, but he forces his way in. He grabs her arm and says, "We have to talk."

At the studio, Sam says, "Douglas, I want you to tell us how you feel about Debbie." He replies, It doesn't matter, she doesn't care. Debbie comes back with, "Why should I care when you're seeing someone else?" Sam interjects that he is not seeing someone else. "The only reason he went out with Brenda is because you, dumped him." Debbie protests, then says she got afraid and backed out first. Doug says that's why he backed out the time before. Doug says he is crazy about her and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Debbie feels the same! They start kissing. The caller says, "Somebody better tell Brenda!"

At Annie's apartment, Jonathan has Annie cornered. She grabs a kitchen knife and cuts him on the chin. He backs off and acts as if he's going to leave, but then fakes it and grabs the knife, then grabbing her. Al yells to the air, "Gooshie! Center me on Sam!"

On the busy city street, Sam is stuck in gridlocked traffic in a cab. Al shows up and says he can't just sit there. Meanwhile the cabbie is asking for advice about his wife who only wants to do the deed at midnight. Sam gets out of the cab and the cabbie wonders what he is supposed to tell his wife. Sam replies, "Tell her the early bird catches the worm!" Sam climbs out of the cab and climbs on the roof. He begins to run across cars down the street!

Jonathan has Annie pinned to the floor and she struggles. She bites him and gets up, threatening to call his wife. He says his wife already knows and pins her back down, ripping open her shirt. She knees him in the groin and he gasps as she runs into a bedroom and locks the door. He yells her name through the door to open it.

Sam continues his run down the street as we get glimpses of Dr. Ruth in various vehicle mirrors and windows. He reaches the apartment and gets inside. Jonathan busts down the door and pins her to the bed. Sam yells for Annie and Jonathan gets back up and drags her out, telling Sam he is so thankful someone came, because he couldn't control her advances. Al shouts, "He's a liar! He tried to rape her, that's what happened!"

Jonathan proceeds to tell Sam that Annie called him and said she was going to kill herself if he didn't come over and other lies about the situation. Al tells Sam none of it was true. Jonathan says he doesn't want to police and he won't press charges as long as Annie doesn't contact him again. Sam says he is not to leave until the police arrive. Jonathan asks who she thinks she is and pushes Sam. Sam hits back. Jonathan hit Sam hard, but Sam gets the upper hand and flips him over his shoulder in a humorous mirror shot of Dr. Ruth doing this to him.

Al reports that Ziggy says now Annie goes to law school and becomes an attorney, and she's a pioneer in the field of sexual harassment. "What about Doug and Debbie?", asks Sam. Al checks, "they are broadcasting their wedding ceremony as we speak." Annie comes back from calling the police and thanks Sam. Sam tells her everything is going to be okay. Sam asks Al why he hasn't leaped yet. Al doesn't know. "Well, ask Ziggy!" Al checks the handlink and gets a surprised look on his face. "This has never happened before. Ziggy says the reason you haven't leaped is... me. The reason you leaped into Dr. Ruth is so that she could help me in the future." Sam asks what for and Al replies, "I don't know."

In the Waiting Room, Dr. Ruth replies, "What do you mean you don't know?" Al is laying on the Waiting Room mirrored table. "I don't know how I feel." Dr. Ruth comments that Al and Tina have been going out for four years, but Al says he just likes her. "I like her a lot." Ruth asks, "Does that mean you love her? It may have four letters, but love is not a dirty word. Say it." Al raises up and says he can't. "I said it once long ago, and once is enough."

Dr. Ruth realizes, "That must have been one special love. So special, you could never love anyone else?" Al replies, "Not like that." Ruth understands that he can't love anyone else like that, but no one is asking him to love everyone the same. "People are different. Unique. So why shouldn't our love for them be different?" Al says the person he loved so much was his first wife, Beth. Ruth asks if he loved Beth more than Tina, to which he replies, "Yes. But it was different."

Dr. Ruth continues, "So you love Tina different than Beth, but you still love her?" Al realizes it and says, "Yes. I love Tina different than... I said it!" Dr. Ruth says maybe she tricked him into it, but he still said it. "I love Tina," Al says again. Dr. Ruth instructs Al to go tell Tina. Al gives her a kiss on the cheek and says, "Gee, thanks, Doc."

Al exits the Waiting Room and Dr. Ruth walks around behind the table. She makes a "come here" motion with her hands as she says, "Next!" With that, the blue and white light engulfs her and streams of energy flow through her body as she leaps back to 1985. However, when the Quantum energy dissipates, we see a new person at the table. He removes the glasses from his face and stares ahead as he growls and shows fangs in his teeth! Oh, Boy!

Personal Review by Carol <aka> C_Dean n C_Al:

I love this episode! Mostly because it has a lot of Al in it, but the story is good too. I love how they show you the waiting room … even though we saw it in LHO. I also like how Scott gets Dr. Ruth’s accent. Again, Dean digs deep inside himself and shows us how vulnerable he can make Al. All and all … I LOVE THIS EPISODE!

Project Trivia:

Sam is speaking like Dr. Ruth in some scenes, further evidence of mind/body synergising.

The handlink is the ‘Gummi Bear’ type. Multi-colored little squares that flash, beep and squawk.

Ziggy is not called a he or she in this episode.

Sam Trivia:

Sam still has a hard time walking in heels after several instances of Leaping into women. He runs barefoot over the tops of the cars.

Sam changes history by making Annie quit her job.

Al Trivia:

Al popped in / out 7 times.

Al smoked 7 cigars.

In a script (but never seen broadcast), Al has an Aunt Hilda with six children. Hilda speaks like Dr. Ruth!

Al’s Women:

Beth and Tina are both mentioned in detail when Dr. Ruth counsels Al in the Waiting Room.

Al calls Dr. Ruth, "Dr. Ruthie", perhaps in reference to his third wife, Ruthie.

Al’s Outfits:

(1) Brown shirt w/gold design on collar, Mustard color pants, Black & Mustard color plaid front / Black back Jacket w/ a diamond shaped gold badge, Gold color watch w/Brown leather band, Silver metallic tie, Brown belt and Brown shoes.

(2) Pale Powder Blue suit, White dress shirt w/ a Black collar, an Indian style square Silver slide tie, Black & Grey paisley vest, White tennis shoes.

(3) Pale Mint Green suit, White dress shirt w/ a Black collar, an Indian style square Silver slide tie, Black & Grey paisley vest, White tennis shoes.

Miscellaneous Trivia and General Quantum Leap Trivia:

Sam leaps into a woman in back to back episodes for the only time in the series ("Liberation", then "Dr Ruth.")

In the end of this episode we see Dr. Ruth leap out and Nigel Corrington leap in... the first and only time we see the Leapee arrive in the Waiting Room!

"Frank Talk About Sex" is a fictional name for Dr. Ruth's show. The real name of her show in 1985 was "Sexually Speaking", which aired on Sunday nights.

This episode marks the only time a leapee plays themselves, as well as the only time Sam leaps into two women in a row.

In the entire series, Sam was a:

White Male = 71 times
Black Male = 4 times
Indian = 1 time
Latino = 2 times
White Female = 8 times
Black Female = 1 time
Kid (25 and under) = 7 times
Handicapped & Blind = 3 times
Animal (Monkey) = 1 time

The jobs he did, so to speak:

Test Pilot/Pilot
Professor of-English Literature & Archaeology
Boxer/Wrestler = 2 times
Country Vet
Mob Hit Man
Private Eye
Police/Sheriff = 5 times
Stunt Man
Pianist-Concert & Lounge 2 times
Radio Station DJ & Talk Show = 2 times
Rabbi/Priest 2 times
Actor/Talk Show Host/News Reporter-Stage & TV = 7 times
Lawyer = 2 times
Physic
FBI Agent
Prisoner/Killer-Escaped & Incarcerated = 5 times
Mortician
Circus Performer
Bounty Hunter
Civil War/Vietnam Vet = 4 times
Photographer
Horror Writer
Magician
Biker
Valet
Male Stripper
Pimp
Rock Group Star
Mental Patient
Baseball Player = 2 times
Beverly Hills Hairdresser
Traveling Salesman = 2 times
Chip-o-Naut
New York Cab Driver
Sailor
Chauffer for Marilyn Monroe
Elvis Presley
He was Al 'Bingo' Calavicci
Leaped out of USA = 3 times
Leaped back to the year 1862

Bloopers:

Leap Day Marathon On Sci-fi Promo
Scott Bakula sets up the episode and gives some insight.

Kiss With History:

Sam lectures on the dangers of breast implants. Al pops in, punches keys on the hand link, and informs Sam that 421 women that would have had adverse reactions will not have implants.

Anita Hill (played by actress Bridget Morrow) appears in the background as she gets into an elevator and overhears Sam's conversation about sexual harrassment. Years later perhaps she used Sam's words to sue Clarence Thomas, a government official, in one of the most famous sexual harrassment cases in the 1980's.

Regular Cast:
Scott Bakula as Dr Samuel Beckett
Dean Stockwell as Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci
Deborah Pratt as Narrator/Ziggy (voice)

Guest Stars:
Peter Spears as Doug Bridges
Anita Barone as Debbie Schaefer
James McDonnell as Jonathan Holmby
Robyn Lively as Annie Wilkins
Dr. Ruth Westheimer as Herself (and Mirror Image)
Ellen Albertini Dow as Grandma
Paul Roache as Cab Driver
Mary Scheer as Other Woman
Doreene Hamilton as Anita's Friend
Bridget Morrow as Anita Hill

Guest Cast Notes:

Ellen Albertini Dow as Grandma was born in 1918 and Raised in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. Educated at Cornell University. She taught drama & dance for 30 years. Spouse: Eugene Dow (1950 - present) In 27 films and guest stared in 53 sit-coms. Halfway Decent (2003) as: ‘Mrs. Kahn’ to The Twilight Zone (1985) as: ‘Mrs. Hotchkiss’ in: Need to Know (ep # 1.51) March 21, 1986. Was also in Designing Women (1986) as: ‘Tight Lips’ in: Miss Trial (ep # 5.4) October 15, 1990 - but not with Scott ... and another Trekie ... Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as: ‘Felisa M. Howard’ in: Sub Rosa (ep # 7.14) January 29,1994 and American Drive-In (1985) as: ‘Allison’ which looks to be her first movie she was in. Her most recent fame arrived in The Wedding Singer (1998) as seen in the video below:

Anita Barone as Debbie Schaefer - DOB: September 25, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Height 5' 4", seems to have started in ~QL~, as like many others did, was in Ricochet (1991) as: ‘Waitress’ with Danzel Washington. Great movie! But most recently and just completed One Last Ride (2003) as: ‘Gina’.

Robyn Lively as Annie Wilkins was born in Powder Springs, GA., has 4 brothers and 1 sister who have all been in something. Her Father is Ernie Lively who appeared as ‘Col. Deke Grimwald’ in: The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) and her mother is Elaine, Robyn’s middle name. Her mother is their agent. She was in JAG (1995) as: ‘Vivian Blackadder’ in: Meltdown (ep # 8.21) April 29,2003 and in: Ice Queen (ep # 8.20) April 22, 2003.

Robert MacKenzie - from the leap-out to "Blood Moon" - as Nigel Corrington was in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as: ‘Trazko’ in: Necessary Evil (ep # 2.8) November 13, 1993. He also was in 7 TV guest appearances and 9 movies. Just lately has done the Visual Effects for Hulk (2003) as concept/storyboard artist.

James McDonnell as Jonathan was born on February 23, 19__ (?) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Has 9 movies and 35 guest appearances to his credit.

Mary Scheer as Other Woman was born on March 19, 1967 [14 days and 31 years after Dean :)] in Detroit, Michigan. Kaka Ferskur (Fresh Rolls) or The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) American Dubbing Team ... aka The Nude Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) (USA: X-rated version), Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (2003) TV Series (producer) & Primetime Glick. Had voice parts in Family Guy and King of the Hill. Was in Seinfeld two times and also in Party of Five and Beverly Hills, 90210 and seems to have started in ~QL~ :)

Peter Spears as Doug Bridges started in 1991 and early on did this ep in ~QL~. Last movie he was in was in 1998. His most recent was Some of My Best Friends (2001) as ‘Terry’ in: Pilot (ep # 1.1) February 28, 2001.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer as Herself was born on June 4, 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany with the Birth name: Karola Ruth Siegel, hence the Nickname: Doctor Ruth. She stands 4' 7". Manfred "Fred" Westheimer was her husband from December 10, 1961 to April 3, 1997 (his death) and they had 2 children. Some Trivia for her is: 1) Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988. 2) Her parents sent her to Switzerland to escape the Nazis when she was six years old. Both her parents were killed in the Holocaust. 3) She grew up in a kibbutz in Israel. 4) According to her statements on the February 28, 2002, an ep of Politically Incorrect, Dr. Ruth was a sniper in the Israeli Army. Her shows were: Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1984), Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1980). Guest stared on: The Howard Stern Show (1994) as: ‘Herself’ January 12/13, 1995 and January 29 / November 12, 1996. She passed away at the age of 96 on July 12, 2024.

Paul Roache as Cab Driver: Paul Roache is known for Bugsy (1991), Liar Liar (1997) and Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995).

Doreene Hamilton as Anita's Friend: Doreene L. Hamilton is known for Family Reunion (2019), S.W.A.T. (2017) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020).

Bridget Morrow as Anita Hill: Bridget Morrow is known for Quantum Leap (1989), The Making of '...and God Spoke' (1993) and Ms Daisy.

Say What?

When Sam first leaps in and looks in the mirror, Dr. Ruth is smiling and saying ‘Oh Boy’ and Sam isn’t smiling.

When sam asks Al to locate the Annie that called in, Al says it's 1984, but the Leap is set in 1985.

Al seems concerned that Sam may not leap if he doesn't complete the task of getting Debbie and Doug together. But very recently in "A Leap For Lisa", Sam says success has nothing to do with leaping.

Dr. Ruth has trouble seeing because she doesn't have her glasses. However, Sam has no problem seeing through her glasses during the Leap even though he has perfect vision. Everything should have appeared blurry to him.

The script Sam uses in the radio station does not remotely state what he actually reads.

When we see Dr. Ruth run across the top of the cars, it's very obvious it's a stunt person in a wig.

Near the end of the episode, after Jonathan rips the phone handset cord from the phone in the main room during the struggle, Annie goes into another room to call the police. If the phone is off the hook in one room, she would not be able to call out from another phone unless she had two separate lines. Her financial situation at this time would likely not allow for such a luxury.

Quotable Quotes:

AL: "Just call me … Bigfoot!" [Re: the size of a man’s foot related to his love muscle]

AL: "Take it easy! Take it easy! It’s rush hour in mid-town Manhattan you’ll never get a taxi! … ‘FORGET-ABOUT-IT!’" [Sam is running down the street yelling, "TAXI! TAXI!" and Al is standing on the sidewalk]

Sam is standing on the street, acting like he is talking on a pay phone … but really talking to Al.

SAM: "Wait a second! Wait a second!"

AL: "What?"

SAM: "Wait a second! You’re having counseling sessions with Dr. Ruth while I’m stuck here in 1985?"

AL: "Lookit! Ziggy says you’re here to help Doug and Debbie … unless you do something about that … you’re gonna stay stuck in 1985 … wearing the silly high heels and your stupid dresses and talking to strangers about ‘G’ spots!" [Dean is talking a mile a minute and Scott’s mouth is gapping wide open]

AL: "Oh … Brenda … Ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding … sounds like trouble …" [Sam is talking to Doug about Debbie]

Dr. Ruth and Al are having a session in the waiting room.

AL: "I have a very healthy attitude towards sex."

Dr. Ruth: "I think you have a problem."

AL: "With all due respect Dr. Ruth, when it comes to women, Al Calavicci doesn’t have any problems."

Dr. Ruth: "I think you are afraid of something."

AL: "You’re right! ALIMONEY!"

AL: "Yeah … you could throw Dr. Ruthie right into the ‘Looney Bin’ by acting crazy … good-bye radio … hello Belleview!" [Sam and Al are talking in the sound proof booth about the last caller’s question re: breast implants and in come Doug and Debbie]

AL: "Casabas, melons, hoo-has, honkers, hooters, headlights, ta-tas, teeters, tweeters, tom-toms, tetons, meatballs, mangoes, creampies, cupcakes, bangers, bouncers, bulumbas, bazongas… breasts!"

Sam’s Best Lines:

Sam is in the radio studio, making a commercial tape for the next show. This is so funny how he is trying to be very business-like and keeps saying the wrong words.

Doug: "Ok try it again …"
SAM: "This is Dr. Ruth Westheimer … tomorrow on ‘Frank talk about sex’ we’re going to discuss some … common male sexual dysfunctions … like pre-mat … ure … pre-mature … e … oh we’re gonna discuss a lot of things that I’m sure will be very stimulating … ahhh uplifting … interesting! And that’ll be tomorrow … right here … on my show."

Al’s Best Lines:

Dr. Ruth: "Believe me Al with your kind of problems, you need lots of help."
AL: "I thought we already solved my problems?"
Dr. Ruth: "We identified your basic fear of abandonment. Now we have to work on getting you in touch with your feelings, and verbalizing them. We need to open you up."
AL: "Oh but I’m … I’m a very open person with … with verbal feelings."
Dr. Ruth: "Well then … tell me about your girlfriend?"
AL: "Ah … Ah … her name is Tina."
Dr. Ruth: "Uh-huh ... so tell me more."
AL: "More about Tina?"
Dr. Ruth: "Uh-huh."
AL: "Ah … well … ummm … oh well, ha-ha-ha, she’s got ... great ... casabas!"
Dr. Ruth: "What are these… casabas?"
AL: "Well you know… melons, ho-has, honkers, hooters, headlights, ah… ta-tas… teeters, tweeters, tom-toms, tee-tees?" [His face is all contorted trying to say just one word]
Dr. Ruth: "Say it!"
AL: "I’m trying to say it! Meatballs, mangos, cream pies, cupcakes, eh … bangers, bouncers, bolumbas!"
Dr. Ruth: "Al!"
AL: "Bazongas! BREASTS! ... I said it!" [With a very self-satisfied look on his face]
Dr. Ruth: "You see ... it wasn’t that hard."
AL: "Yes it was."
Dr. Ruth: "So how is your sex life ... with Tina?"
AL: "That’s a very personal question."
Dr. Ruth: "Not for an open person like you."
AL: "Yah ... ahhh..."

Best Scenes:

This scene had me rolling when I first saw this episode. Sam has just leaped into the radio station and a caller is on the line asking a question.

Woman Caller: "Well?"
SAM: "Ahhh … well … well … well what?"
Woman Caller: "What do you think?"
SAM: "Ahhh … could you ahhh … re … repeat that question?"
Woman Caller: "Is the size of a man’s feet related to the size of his love muscle?"
SAM-Dr. Ruth (mirror image): "Oh Boy!"
Woman Caller: "Dr Ruth? Are you there? … (Do you want me to repeat the) question?"
SAM: "No! Don’t repeat it I heard it just fine. The mans … size of his foot … you know … clowns wear really big shoes."
Woman Caller: "The guy I’m dating has very small feet."
SAM: "Well … ahhh … my feet … [laughs] … of course I would do … who would want to know about Dr. … Ruth’s feet. But I have a friend who has … n … could we go to the next caller please?"
Man Caller: "This is Tony from Lindenhurst. I really dig your show."
SAM: "Thank you Tony."
Man Caller: "I got this problem with my girlfriend, no matter where we go she always puts her hands on my crotch."
SAM: "Hummm … ahhh … have you tried just holding hands."
Man Caller: "Well she does it when I’m driving on the turnpike!"
SAM: "Make her sit in the back seat! NEXT!" [Sam is getting very agitated and just throwing answers left and right that make no sense … ]
Debbie: "What has gotten into her?"
Doug: "I think it’s funny."
Debbie: "You think balancing a spoon on your nose is funny."
Doug: "Yah …"
SAM: "Yes … what is your problem …"
Woman Caller #2: "Well I get orgasms so incredible and overwhelming that I end up pushing my husband out of bed. The last time he got all bruised and scraped. Is there any answer for me?"
SAM: "Kneepads! NEXT!"
Debbie: "Commercial!"
Doug: "She’s on a roll!"
Debbie: "I said commercial!"
Doug: "Well be right back with Dr. Ruth Westheimer after these important messages."
Debbie: "Are you all right Ruth?"
SAM: "I’m … I’m fine … don’t worry about me!" [You hear the IC door open]
AL: "Kneepads? … Kinky!"
SAM: "Ahhh … have you been here Al … listening in?"
AL: "Yah … I’ve heard a little of it." [Smiling]
SAM: "I’ve gotta get outta here fast!"
AL: "Why? This sounds like a great leap to me! You just sit here and ya talk about sex!"
SAM: "NO!"
AL: "Sam, look at it … as a learning experience."
SAM: "It may sound like fun to you … but it’s not for me! They’re asking some very embarrassing questions!"
AL: "Sam, sex is not dirty. It’s a very natural thing. Being frank about it and educating your children to be morally responsible and safe … is better than … sweeping it under the rug."
SAM: "That’s a … pretty mature attitude … coming from someone like you." [Looking at Al with his mouth open and a quizzical look on his face]
AL: "Oh it’s not coming from me, its coming for the real Dr. Ruth in the waiting room. But you remember it until Ziggy can figure out … why you’re here."
SAM: "No Al you can’t leave! You’re … you’re an expert on this kind of stuff! You gotta help me answer these questions!"
AL: "No you’re doing fine."
SAM: "No I’m not doing fine! You gotta stay here and help me answer these questions!"
AL: "Oh hey … you know the question about the shoe size?"
SAM: "Yah …"
AL: "Just call me … Bigfoot!"
Doug: "Going back to our calls …"
SAM: "AL! AL! …" [Al steps back into the IC]
Doug: "What was that?"
SAM: "AL be ready …"

Sam’s Best Scene:

Sam has just busted in to Annie’s apartment and pulled Jonathon off of Annie.

SAM: "Are you okay? Go call the police." [Annie nods her head that she is and leaves the room to go call]
Jonathon: "There’s no need for the police."
SAM: "You’re not gonna leave ‘till the police get here!" [Sam grabs his arm and he tries to get away]
Jonathon: "Who the hell do you think you are?"
AL: "He’s not who you think he is!"
Sam and Jonathon go at it. [Sam flips him to the ground and in a mirror you see the stunt double.]
AL: "Good flip and kick Sam!"
SAM: "Did the job!"
AL: "Ziggy’s now sayin’ that … Annie … she goes to law school, becomes an attorney … and she’s a pioneer in the field of sexual harassment."
SAM: "What about Doug and Debbie?"
AL: "They’re broadcasting their wedding ceremony … even as we speak."
SAM: "Ahhh … unbelievable!"
Annie: "The police are on their way. Ahhh … Dr. Ruth, ahhh … what … what happened?"
SAM: "He ahhh …"
AL: "He musta tripped."
SAM: "He tripped. He’s not going to bother you any more."
Annie: "Thank you. Thank you so much. I’ll never forget you."
SAM: "Everything’s going to be okay" [They hug and there is a knock at the door and Annie points and goes to answer it] "Yah, right". [Sam Sighs] … "So?"
AL: "So?"
SAM: "Well … so?"
AL: "Well so … so what? Oh why haven’t you leaped?"
SAM: "Yah … why haven’t I leaped …"
AL: "I don’t know."
SAM: "Why haven’t I leaped?"
AL: "I have no idea."
SAM: "Well ask Ziggy!"
AL: "Oh! … Ahhh … Hey! … This has never happened before …"
SAM: "What’s never happened before?"
AL: "Well Ziggy says that … the reason you haven’t leaped is me …"
SAM: "I don’t believe that."
AL: "Either do I. Ziggy says that the reason you leaped into Dr. Ruth … was so that … she could meet me in the future."
SAM: "What for?"
AL: "I don’t know?"

Al’s Best Scene:

Al is laying down on the table in the waiting room and Dr. Ruth is walking around it talking to him.

Dr. Ruth: "What do you mean? You don’t know."
AL: "I don’t know how I feel."
Dr. Ruth: "You’ve been going out for … how long now? Four years?"
AL: "Give or take a couple of months? Yah Tina’s crazy about me!"
Dr. Ruth: "And you are crazy about her."
AL: "Well I … I …"
Dr. Ruth: "Aren’t you?"
AL: "Well I wouldn’t say that … I like her …"
Dr. Ruth: "You just like her?"
AL: "I like her a lot! A lot!"
Dr. Ruth: "Does that mean you love her?"
AL: "I …"
Dr. Ruth: "It may have four letters … but love is not a dirty word. Say it!"
AL: "Ahhh … I cant!"
Dr. Ruth: "Why not?"
AL: "I said it once long ago and once is enough." [He sits up on the edge of the table and Dr. Ruth is standing next to him.]
Dr. Ruth: "That must have been one special love."
AL: "It was."
Dr. Ruth: "So special … you could never love anyone else?"
AL: "Not like that."
Dr. Ruth: "Of course not like that! Who is asking you to love … everyone the same. People are different … unique … so why shouldn’t our love for them be different? This person you loved …"
AL: "That was my … 1^st wife … Beth."
Dr. Ruth: "Did you love this Beth more than you love Tina?"
AL: "Yes. But it was different."
Dr. Ruth: "So you love Tina different than Beth, but you still love her."
AL: "Yes."
Dr. Ruth: "Did you hear what you just said?"
AL: "I said … I love Tina different … I … I said it!" [Al now has a big smile on his face]
Dr. Ruth: "Maybe I tricked you into it … but you said it! Now say it again and dog the different part … that’s a given!" [She walks away from Al and faces the camera]
AL: "I love Tina." [He gets up and walks to Dr. Ruth]
Dr. Ruth: "Now go tell her!"
AL: "Ok … gee thanks doc!" [He leans over and gives her a kiss on the cheek …  She gives a little wave to Al as he walks away. She then walks around the table and faces the camera]
Dr. Ruth: "Next …" [She gestures with her hand as she speaks]
And Dr. Ruth leaps out and Nigel Corrington leaps in snarling and showing his teeth …

Production Credits:

Theme by: Mike Post
Musical Score By: Velton Ray Bunch
Co-Executive Producer: Deborah Pratt
Co-Executive Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Supervising Producers: Tommy Thompson, Richard C. Okie
Supervising Producer: Harker Wade
Producer: Robin Jill Bernheim
Created by: Donald P. Bellisario
Written by: Robin Jill Bernheim
Directed by: Stuart Margolin

Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario
Associate Producers: Julie Bellisario, Scott Ejercito
Coordinating Producer: David Bellisario
Director of Photography: Robert Primes, A.S.C.
Production Designer: Cameron Birnie
Edited by: Jon Koslowsky, A.C.E.
Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
First Assistant Director: R. John Slosser
Second Assistant Director: Brian Faul
Casting by: Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, C.S.A.
Set Director: Robert L. Zilliox
Costume Designer: Jacqueline Saint Anne
Costume Supervisors: Alice Daniels, Glenn Bradley
Art Director: Ellen Dambros-Williams
Sound Mixer: Barry D. Thomas
Stunt Coordinator: Diamond Farnsworth
Make-up: Jeremy Swan
Hairstylist: Andrea Mizushima
Sound Editor: Greg Schorer
Music Editor: Bruce Frazier
Special Visual Effects: Roger Dorney, Denny Kelly

Panaflex ® Camera and Lenses by: Panavision ®

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