The Flying Nun: The Complete Second Season.
“I don’t understand,” says my wife. “How does she fly? Is it magic?”
Well, I begin to lamely explain (examining the back of the box to be sure I’m not completely talking out of my arse), it’s something to do with her nun’s habit catching the winds that blow around the convent in Puerto Rico where she resides. The uncertain look I receive in return clearly implies that she’s not buying this…and who can blame her? Sister Bertrille – played by Sally Field, who proves that even nuns can be cute – might be a slight young thing, but unless she’s got hollow bones like a bird, the laws of gravity would most definitely keep her on the ground.
Too bad the gimmick’s so completely goofy; it’s actually a cute, sweet show, and one which probably wouldn’t get off the air today, given that Catholicism is a major part of the program. Not that it gets even remotely controversial, but you know how it is these days: just the merest possibility that someone might make fun of religion has the boys down in Standards and Practices on edge.
They wouldn’t go anywhere near the panic button with “The Flying Nun.” The comedy is light and occasionally slapstick, and the guest stars are straight from sitcom heaven; Jamie Farr, Rich Little, Paul Lynde, Bernie Kopell, Alan Hale, Jr., Dwayne Hickman, and Gavin McLeod are just a few of those who pop up.
