Gimme a Break! - Season 6 - Eps 9: Harry the Hamster
Nell is furious when she hears a squeaking noise coming from Joey and Matthew's room. When she checks in on them, she finds out that they are caring for Joey's class hamster, ""Harry"", who Joey knows would most likely be used to be tested on human products. Nell and Addy decide to make a fund to stop people from testing animals with human products. Late at night, to stop the squeaking of Harry's cage, Nell pours salad oil on it. However, what she doesn't know is that it is rancid. When she gets another hamster for Joey, she is surprised that it is a girl who has just had six babies, making Joey change his mind about her, after he finds out she killed Harry.
About Gimme a Break!
Title: Gimme a Break!
First Air Date: 1981-10-29
Last Air Date: 1987-05-12
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 28 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 137
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates
Synopsis
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
Cast
Nell Carter
Nell Harper
Lara Jill Miller
Sam Kinisky
John Hoyt
Stanley Kanisky
Joey Lawrence
Joey Donovan
Telma Hopkins
Addy Wilson
Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Donovan
Paul Sand
Marty
Rosie O'Donnell
Maggie O'Brien
Rosetta LeNoire
Maybelle Harper