Thu, Jan 9, 1969
Ann receives a delivery from an art store of an abstract sculpture. She believes the delivery is in error since there is no card and she didn't buy it. Regardless, she hates it, she likening it to a lump of brass mashed potatoes. She tells Donald her feelings about the sculpture, he who in turn tells her it is a gift from him. He felt like it figuratively "screamed Ann". Outwardly, Ann changes her tune about the sculpture because it was given to her not only with love but with her specifically in mind. However, as Ann starts defending the sculpture to others, it causes a riff between Jerry and Ruthie, between Ann and her father, and between Ann and her landlords, the Brentanos. Will the sculpture come to any good at all?
Thu, Feb 20, 1969
Early one day, Ann is followed home by a friendly and cute little brown and white bushy tailed dog who she's never seen. The dog ends up giving Ann's father a nip on his ankles, causing a superficial wound before the dog runs off. As an off the cuff funny comment, Donald mentions the word "rabid" which sends both Lew and Ann into a fit of hypochondriac related hysteria. Lew is certain his developing symptoms are rabies related, while Ann can only think of her father's welfare even at the expense of her career as she stays with him, missing an important audition in the process. Despite the fact that Lew having rabies is in anecdotal terms a million to one, the possibly rabid dog story gains a life of its own. Because of it, Ann's apartment becomes Grand Central Station with among others the media hungry doctor, the animal control inspector, Ann's agent, a Newsview photographer, a messenger delivering the rabies vaccine, and a gaggle of young boys with small brown and white dogs who want Donald's offered reward money for finding *the* dog parading through her apartment all at the same time.