- Title: Charlie’s Angels – The Sammy Davis Jr. Kidnap Caper
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. Built around guest-star Sammy Davis Jr. playing two roles, both himself and a celebrity lookalike who is mistakenly kidnapped by some of the most inept kidnappers ever captured on film (who include The Karate Kid‘s Martin Kove), “The Sammy Davis Jr. Kidnap Caper” is a goofy episode even by Charlie’s Angels standards. The Angels are hired to be Davis’ bodyguards after a couple of failed kidnapping attempts leading to them popping up as models in a fashion show, joggers in his neighborhood, and even a local television crew.
Altovise Davis notably plays herself in the episode as Sammy’s worried wife while Davis gets to have fun both as himself and Herbert Brubaker III who is put in the uncomfortable position to pretend to be Sammy, including butchering some of his songs, after the kidnapping to prevent his abductors doing away with their hostage. Notable moments involve the ploy Kris (Cheryl Ladd) uses to get a look into the office of Sammy’s financial manager (Robert Pine) and each of the women revealing themselves to Sammy, including Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) confusion over meeting Herbert prior to Sammy.
