Sol and the Sponsor
Rob can’t seem to brush off an old Army buddy (Marty Ingels). Rob: Dick Van Dyke. Laura: Mary Tyler Moore. Ritchie: Larry Mathews. Henry: Roy Roberts. Martha: Isabel Randolph. Arlene: Patti Regan., Marty Ingels guest stars as Sol Pomeroy, the irrepressible army buddy of TV writer Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke). Though Rob is still fond of Sol, he doesn’t cotton to the notion of Sol dropping in on the Petrie household (with strangers in tow!) on the same night that Rob and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) are entertaining Henry Beaumont (Roy Roberts), the sponsor of “The Alan Brady Show.” Sure enough, Sol sets the occasion on its ear with his uninhibited silliness — but does this mean that the staid, conservative Mr. Beaumont will decide to peddle his products elsewhere?, Rob can’t seem to brush off an old Army buddy.
