it's been several years since i sat down and watched the 1966 episodes in their entirety...
i had completely forgotten about the opulence,the splendor,the lusciousness that is the "bangor pine" restaurant.it's the creamiest set ever!
it's so swank,so mechelin 3 star.
i love that it's bustling with waiters and maitre d's.so many extras.
burke and carolyn make a rather plebeian meal of salad and steak but it seems like the kind of place that would serve lots of things flambeed.perhaps they ordered crepes suzette for desert!
it's funny that they went to the trouble of such a nicely detailed set that only got one or two uses(i seem to recall vicki and frank garner there at some point).i'm trying to figure out the pattern on the wallpaper.sort of palm fronds and ivy.very 1940's.it sort of suggests that even at this juncture the old bangor pine was already a bit of a dowager.a bit passe.but i'd so love to dine there!
apart from everything else this episode(#42) is notable for another very signifigant reason...it is here that burke first gifts carolyn with THE PEN.we'll be seeing alot more of that for sure.