The Farmer's Daughter: Where's Katy?

The Farmer's Daughter
Season 1, Episode 3: Where's Katy?
Originally aired October 4, 1963

The episode begins with Senator Glen Morley searching all over for Katy, because he is angry that his juice has not been served. Katy has been busy helping the gardener, researching for a speech, helping the cook, running errands to the post office, repairing a busted baseball mitt and making some stilts for the boys. When Glen complains, Katy cleverly responds, "I will learn punctuality when I have the time."

When Agatha reminds her that she volunteered for all these duties, Katy explains that she didn't realize how much Glen would take it all for granted. When Katy says, "To him I am a machine," Agatha advises her to do something unexpected and remind Glen she's a woman.

At the same time, Glen realizes he's been too tough on Katy. When he meets a male masseuse from Sweden, Glen thinks Katy will enjoy the company of a fellow Swede and get relaxation from talking in her native language. Karle Ingstrom is young and handsome, but Katy is insulted that Glen set a date on her behalf without consulting her.

Katy enjoys spending time with Karle, but only as a friend. However, Agatha, knowing that it will make Glen jealous, advises Katy to continue going out on dates with Karle. When Katy waltzes into the dining room in a stunning dress, Glen is speechless. One of the young boys remarks that the soup is too hot to swallow and Agatha quips, "The soup isn't the only thing your dad is finding hard to swallow."

Glen is regretting his decision to set Katy up with Karle and is worried he will lose her. He receives a call from Karle. Karle tells him that he's proposed to Katy but Katy turned him down with the reason that she is in love with another man. Karle says it is clear that man is Glen Morley and he warns Glen that he will hurt Morley if anything ever happens to Katy.

Katy then arrives with juice and when Glen questions her about Karle, Katy is coy. She tells Glen only that she let Karle down gently and mentions nothing of being in love with another man.

The episode ends with Katy smiling to herself as she closes the door.

Production Notes

In Eddie Foy, III's Day Out of Days Schedules, Where's Katy? is listed as Production # 3802 and the report was typed on July 11, 1963.

Schedule Days: 3 

Producer: Peter Kortner 

Director: Don Taylor 

Associate Director: Herb Wallerstein 

Katy (Inger Stevens), Glen (William Windom), Agatha (Cathleen Nesbitt), Cooper (Philip Coolidge), Steve (Mickey Sholdar) and Danny (Rory O'Brien) all worked the scheduled days of July 12-July 16. Character Karle  (Jeremy Slate) worked 2 days and two characters simply named Boy (Paul Potash) and Girl (Gina Trikonis) worked 1 day each.

Cues from the Zoo (1956)

In 1956 Inger was featured in a news story about actors learning from the movement of animals. At the time, Inger was studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Inger is photographed in front of the lion and leopard cages at the Central Park Zoo and comments:

Mr. Strasberg advises us to browse around the zoo studying the animals. The object is not only to learn to move like a certain animal, but to feel like one. Later we pantomime our chosen animal in front of the class, with everyone trying to guess what we are. I happen to be a pretty fair panther.

The brief article promotes Inger's upcoming performance in the Broadway play "Debut" with the author predicting that "Mr. Strasberg, Flappy the seal and even the raccoon will be proud of their pupil."

Source:
Lieber, Leslie. "Cues from the Zoo." St. Louis Globe. February 5, 1956.