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Billie Jo is ecstatic that her first 45 has been produced. The record company has plans to market it heavily, which evokes mixed emotions in Billie Jo. She is excited about her recording career potentially going through the roof, but is worried that she, as a personality, won't be exciting enough either for the press agent, Ted Swift, or the record buying public. Indeed, Swift is less than enthralled by life at the Shady Rest as a means to market Billie Jo. Eventually, Swift wants to market Billie Jo as a glamorous and sophisticated pampered southern belle, with the Shady Rest depicted as another Tara. To promote her career, Billie Jo likes the idea despite it being a total fabrication, which is why Steve and Betty Jo in particular hate the idea, especially since there is always the potential that the truth about her real life will be discovered. Betty Jo hopes that the question "is this what Mom would want you to do?" will make Billie Jo come to her senses, even if it risks her ...

Meredith MacRae sings the song "The Girl From Ipanema"; however she changes the lyrics to be about a boy instead of a girl, presumably because it would have been inappropriate for a woman to sing about admiring a woman on the beach.

Del Moore plays Ted Swift, but he is not the same Ted Swift played by Sid Melton in "The Singing Sweethearts" in Season 6.

One of the episodes filmed without Bea Benaderet as illness gradually forced her to exit from the series.


Episode complete credited cast:
Bea Benaderet Bea Benaderet - Kate Bradley (credit only)
Edgar Buchanan Edgar Buchanan - Uncle Joe Carson
Linda Henning Linda Henning - Betty Jo Bradley (as Linda Kaye)
Mike Minor Mike Minor - Steve Elliott
Meredith MacRae Meredith MacRae - Billie Jo Bradley
Lori Saunders Lori Saunders - Bobbie Jo Bradley
Frank Cady Frank Cady - Sam Drucker
Del Moore Del Moore - Ted Swift
Jay Jostyn Jay Jostyn - Mr. Cameron
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