Laura and Rob had gone to bed for the evening. But before drifting off to sleep. Laura did something unusual. Keeping the table lamp on, she lied on top of the bed and began doing stretching exercises.
Robert watcher her with curiosity. "Honey, what are you doing?"
"It's called yoga. There's this show that comes on at 10:00AM that teaches it. But they recommend that it's good to do before going to bed, so I thought I'd try it."
"I see."
"They say that it's better than sleeping pills."
"Yes, I can imagine."
He continued watching her. She stretched her legs out and tried to touch her toes without arching her legs. But being fairly new at it, she only got up to her ankles. Next, she raised each leg in the air, held it up for a few seconds, then lowered it. And then she lied down on her stomach and raised her head and legs up and down.
It was at this point that Robert decided to have some fun; he got up, went over to her, and mischievously tickled her left foot!
She giggled and turned around. "Rob!"
"I'm sorry, honey!," he said with a laugh.
"Since you're here, why don't you help me with one of the exercises."
"All right."
She sat up and put the soles of her feet together, forming a diamond with her legs. "Hold into me feet, please."
He did this. She bobbed her head to the left and right, holding her arms out as she did this. After finishing, she said, "Thanks!"
"No problem." He went back to bed.
"Why don't you do a couple of these exercises with me"
"Me?"
"Yes. I think you'd benefit by them."
"Well, OK."
"Sit up straight and bring your legs out."
He did this.
"Now, try to touch your toes without arching your legs."
He only got as far as his knees. "You're better at it than I am!"
"The girl on the show can touch her toes. I've been doing it for only a few weeks. Here, let me help you.
She got up. She grabbed his arms and stretched them out.
"OW!"
"Rob?"
"My back hurts!" He began rubbing his lower back.
"Oh, Rob!" She reached over and rubbed the same area. "Is that better?"
"A little."
"I'm sorry, Rob! I've got an idea: Lie on your stomach."
He did this. She got up on the bed and put her foot on his back. She stepped down slowly, making sure her full weight wasn't on him.
"How's that?'
"Much better, thanks."
"Tell me if this hurts."
She put her other foot on his back.
"You're a little heavy-but that feels wonderful! Did you learn that on the show?"
"No, but I saw it demonstrated on a talk show I watched."
She did this a little longer, then she got off. He rolled back onto his back. "Thanks!"
"You're welcome, dear."
She did a couple more yoga exercises, then turned off the light.
This inspired Rob. The next day, he, Buddy, and Sally wrote a sketch for the show. It showed Allen Brady's wife doing yoga exercises with him, with unfortunate results! It was a satirical version of what he and Laura did, the night before. The sketch proved quite popular.