This episode has Oscar getting fired from the newspaper, as he decided to skip a boxing or wrestling event that he was supposed to cover, and he might have gotten away with it if only the referee wasn't shot by one of the participants. Oscar tells Felix that this happens once a year and the paper will offer him the job back, but what Oscar doesn't know is that Felix went to the editor(Edward Platt)that fired Oscar and made some demands to defend Oscar and have the editor apologize to him also; it turns out that the editor was eventually going to re-hire Oscar, but Felix talked him out of it! After feeling bad, Felix introduces Oscar to Bo "Buff" Buffingham, played smugly by John Astin, and he almost forcefully hires Oscar to work for his magazine, which happens to be a girlie magazine; after thinking about it, Oscar takes the job but it's obvious that he longs for his old job as a sports reporter. He does look out of place with a sport jacket and turtleneck on, as he and Felix share a serious moment when Oscar tells him he wishes to be left alone watching a game on the tube at his new office, which has quite the view of the city. The editor hired his nephew in Oscar's place and it's been a complete failure, and eventually, Felix goes to talk to the man again, and helps Oscar get hired once more. The most notable aspect to me was Astin's appearance, but it was nice seeing a friend trying to help out his good friend when he was down.
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