How to Marry a Mailman (1989) User Reviews (3)

How to Marry a Mailman (#8.4)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 8 June 2014]

Maggie is back from Canada and wants to see Cliff. He is exited but when she sees them and asks to get married he develops a "hysterical blindness", so now he can't see anything. Sam helps him through the date. When Cliff falls into a pool Maggie finds out and Cliff says he recovered, only now he is paralyzed from the waist down.

Maggie didn't bother me so much this time. Luckily she didn't have too much screen-time and Cliff was very funny this time. I agree with Lilith, he should be a study in university! All those scenes with him having his hysterical blindness were too funny. And Sam was a great addition to the situation helping Cliff.

Hysterical Blindness

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 30 August 2019]

Maggie comes back and Cliff is glad to see her. But as soon as she asks him to be his girl, he develops hysterical blindness. This has been a problem in the past. Pretty far fetched. The whole thing leads to Cliff having Sam at his apartment, acting as a sort of guide dog. There are funny moments. One funny bit is Cliff eating corn out of a can and offering it to people.

Your Back-Bacon Is Makin' Me Achin'!

[Bolesroor · 7/10 · 1 May 2011]

Maggie O'Keefe is back, which means the unfunny Annie Golden returns to mute the hilarity of John Ratzenberger's Cliff Clavin.

Turns out Maggie came back from Canada because she wants to "be Cliff's girl." That involves a second appearance on the show during which she renders all of her punchlines unfunny and even sucks the humor from her co-star's jokes.

The thing is, nothing can stop Ratzenberger from being funny. Cliff tells the story of his first steady girl Wendy Beeman, and how his commitment to her caused, understandably, "hysterical blindness." This ruins his date with the annoying Annie Golden, who consistently looks as if she is pondering suicide. If I was there, I would urge her to go ahead.

Kelsey Grammar has perfected his slow burn and is taking completely straight lines and turning them into comedic volcanoes... "Suffice it to say that... Lamaze class is not the place... to flirt."

Maggie eventually learns of Cliff's debilitating emotional ailment and heads back to Canada until the writers can think of a way to bring her back. Annie Golden gets the award for the Worst Thing About This Episode, and Cliff gets the award for the Best.

Note to writers: Enough with Maggie.

GRADE: B