The crew of the USS Appleby have taken interest in the local Korean orphanage while in port and bring the children on board for a party. (Look for what I believe is an uncredited John Ritter around the 5:38 mark.) They have previously adopted (by way of giving financial support to the orphanage) young Kim Yo (Cherylene Lee) for around $100 a year. Now they wish to adopt all 18 children. Ensign O'Toole (Dean Jones) comes up with the idea of throwing a benefit show to raise the $1,800. Commander Stoner (Jack Albertson) likes the idea and puts himself in the show. Chief Richard E. Powell (legendary crooner and actor Dick Powell) comically walks up to audition saying, "I can sing." Powell takes the stage to sing "The Song of the Marines", a reprisal from his star turn in the 1937 film "The Singing Marine". O'Toole and Lt. St. John (Jack Mullaney) look on unamused and after he leaves they question, "what would a guy like that do if he weren't in the Navy?" (Powell owned the series' production company, Four Star Television, but very sadly he was battling terminal cancer at the time the episode was filmed and died less than three months later. I think Powell knew this would be his goodbye to the show business he loved. The laughter appears studio cut as he salutes and walks off the stage- a nice tribute to, and from, a legend.) O'Toole and St. John fly to Tokyo and arranges for showgirls to entertain the men. The weather prevents the girls from making the show so the orphanage caretakers (The Kim Sisters) step in. The episode's plot is simply putting on a show for a good cause, but it's fun with good performances and some nice touches of comedy.
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