Episode Name/Number:  Fat City Holiday  (Episode 5.3)

Original Air Date:  September 27, 1979

Summary:  The girls are in the market for a vacation, but the only option within their budget (read: free) is as weight loss counselors at a fitness camp. Unfortunately, their vacation turns out to be not so relaxing...

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Guest Stars:  Susan Kellerman as Bambi

Best Quote:  "You two will make excellent counselors, you’re so trim and so neat." -Mrs. Latimer  "Thank you, Mrs. Latimer, we owe it all to diet and exercise." -Shirley  "And the fact that we’re too poor to overeat" -Laverne
Most Touching Moment/Quote:  Laverne telling Shirley that if they eat the food, Bambi wins.
Funniest Moment:  The girls wiggling around on the floor while stuck in their herbal wraps.
Squiggy Hello:  "Yeah, but Laverne, think of it. We’re going to buy food from some seedy underworld character. And god knows what he’s selling. Probably spoiled vegetables and runny cheese." -Shirley  "Hello!" -Squiggy
Featured Songs:  None
Strangest Moment:  Carmine showing off his bite marks from his weekend adventure... and then Shirley also proceeding to bite him.
Best Insult:  "I was just doing my job!" -Bambi  "Well, you do it crummy, pardon my French!" -Shirley
Saddest Moment:  The girls admitting that they just came to the camp for the free vacation, not to really be counselors.
Fun Tidbit:  The bus driver ran over Frank & Edna’s luggage because he said Frank was spittin’ ("I wasn’t spitting! That’s the way I talk." -Frank).

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Star Rating:  3/5
Verdict:  Not the best episode ever - but certainly not the worst either, as we get to see some very well-executed physical comedy by our two leading ladies (as per usual), and some Lenny & Squiggy fun thrown in there as well.