This is a list of episodes for the television program The Danny Thomas Show, which was titled Make Room for Daddy for the first three seasons. All episodes were filmed in black-and-white.
Series overview
editAt present, only seasons five and six have been released on DVD.[1]
| Season | Title | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||
| 1 | Make Room for Daddy | 30 | September 29, 1953 | April 20, 1954 | ABC | — | — | |
| 2 | 30 | September 28, 1954 | April 26, 1955 | — | — | |||
| 3 | 30 | September 13, 1955 | April 17, 1956 | — | — | |||
| 4 | The Danny Thomas Show | 30 | October 1, 1956 | April 25, 1957 | — | — | ||
| 5 | 32 | October 7, 1957 | May 26, 1958 | CBS | 2 | 35.3 | ||
| 6 | 33 | October 6, 1958 | May 25, 1959 | 5 | 32.8 | |||
| 7 | 33 | October 5, 1959 | May 23, 1960 | 4 | 31.1 | |||
| 8 | 32 | October 3, 1960 | May 22, 1961 | 12 | 25.9 | |||
| 9 | 31 | October 2, 1961 | May 7, 1962 | 8 | 26.1 | |||
| 10 | 32 | October 1, 1962 | May 6, 1963 | 7 | 28.7[a] | |||
| 11 | 30 | September 30, 1963 | April 27, 1964 | 9 | 26.7 | |||
Episodes
editSeason 1 (1953–54)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Uncle Daddy" | William Asher | Melville Shavelson | September 29, 1953 | |
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Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is called Uncle Daddy by his children after being away for months. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Party Dress" | William Asher | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | October 6, 1953 | |
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Terry wants to wear a party dress to her first formal dance. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Second Honeymoon" | William Asher | Story by : Sumner Arthur Long Teleplay by : Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | October 13, 1953 | |
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Margaret plans a second honeymoon with Danny. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Mother-in-Law" | William Asher | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | October 20, 1953 | |
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Danny gets a lesson adult psychology from his children when he asks his mother-in-law once too often to babysit. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Anniversary" | William Asher | Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher | October 27, 1953 | |
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Danny forgets his 12th wedding anniversary. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Margaret, Non-Pro" | William Asher | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | November 3, 1953 | |
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Margaret attempts to begin her own showbiz career. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Visiting Englishman" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Weiskopf | November 10, 1953 | |
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An Englishman who's a friend of Danny's visits the Williams for three weeks. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Sea Captain" | Sheldon Leonard | Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher | November 17, 1953 | |
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Danny's kids pay more attention to an old sea captain than to him on his birthday. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Thanksgiving Story" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | November 24, 1953 | |
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The Williams may have to spend Thanksgiving without Danny when he gets stranded in Boston. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Last Dollar" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | December 1, 1953 | |
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A dollar is missing and Rusty swears he didn't take it. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Margaret's Job" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | December 8, 1953 | |
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Danny talks Margaret into taking a job at her friend's office. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Wonderland" | Sheldon Leonard | Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher | December 15, 1953 | |
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A woman wins a radio contest to spend the weekend with the Williams. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Christmas" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | December 22, 1953 | |
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The Williams may have to spend Christmas without Danny. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Toledo" | Sheldon Leonard | Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher | December 29, 1953 | |
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Danny sees his old friends in Toledo. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Margaret's Jealousy" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | January 5, 1954 | |
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Margaret get jealous when Rusty shows her a picture of Danny kissing a blonde. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Terry for President" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | January 12, 1954 | |
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Terry runs for class president with Danny as her campaign manager. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "True Blue Benny" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | January 19, 1954 | |
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Danny plans a party for Benny in honor of their 12th anniversary as a team. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Rusty Runs Away" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | January 26, 1954 | |
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Rusty runs away from home and encounters a policeman who offers his help. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Professor" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | February 2, 1954 | |
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Danny is steamed that an old flame of Margaret's is coming to dinner. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Burlesque" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | February 9, 1954 | |
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Danny puts on a burlesque show for VIPs who do not approve. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Black Eyes" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | February 16, 1954 | |
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Danny teaches Rusty to defend himself against a school bully. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Margaret's Birthday" | Sheldon Leonard | Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher | February 23, 1954 | |
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Margaret tries to get Danny to buy a ring for her birthday. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Matchmaker" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | March 2, 1954 | |
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Margaret tries to play matchmaker for Jesse. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Night Club" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | March 9, 1954 | |
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Danny goes out to a night club. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Terry's Career" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | March 16, 1954 | |
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Terry wants to start her own career in show business. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "School Festival" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | March 23, 1954 | |
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Danny appears at a PTA festival and worries that it will affect Rusty's education. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Rusty's Pal" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | March 30, 1954 | |
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Rusty finds a new friend in a hobo. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Julia's Birthday" | William Asher | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | April 6, 1954 | |
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Margaret's mother Julia is depressed on her birthday because she's too old to get any acting roles. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Pittsburgh" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | April 13, 1954 | |
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Danny is in Pittsburgh doing a movie with Marie McDonald when the kids surprise him backstage. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "Danny's Vacation" | Sheldon Leonard | Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott | April 20, 1954 | |
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Danny tries to have a pleasant vacation, but Margaret's college reunion proves to be disruptive. | ||||||
Season 2 (1954–55)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 31 | 1 | "Family Trouble" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | September 28, 1954 | |
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The family tries to cure Danny of his showbiz jitters. | ||||||
| 32 | 2 | "Tonsillectomy" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | October 5, 1954 | |
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Danny considers getting a nose job before signing a movie contract while he and Rusty have their tonsils removed. | ||||||
| 33 | 3 | "Terry Takes Charge" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | October 12, 1954 | |
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Terry wants to be in charge of the house while Margaret is serving jury duty. | ||||||
| 34 | 4 | "Danny Has a Baby" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | October 19, 1954 | |
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Danny is asked to take care of a baby, but Margaret doesn't think he's qualified. | ||||||
| 35 | 5 | "Military School" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | October 26, 1954 | |
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Rusty may be sent to military school for his bad report card. | ||||||
| 36 | 6 | "Danny Lands in Pictures" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 2, 1954 | |
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Danny is promised a role in a movie. | ||||||
| 37 | 7 | "Hollywood Trip" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | November 9, 1954 | |
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The Williams go to Hollywood where Danny has high hopes for a career in film. | ||||||
| 38 | 8 | "Anniversary" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | November 16, 1954 | |
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Danny gets in trouble when he's unable to celebrate his wedding anniversary with Margaret. | ||||||
| 39 | 9 | "Margaret's Aunt" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | November 23, 1954 | |
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Margaret attempts to make peace between her mother and aunt. | ||||||
| 40 | 10 | "Terry's Boyfriend" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 30, 1954 | |
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Terry is asked to her first school dance. | ||||||
| 41 | 11 | "Margaret Feels Neglected" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | December 7, 1954 | |
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Margaret feels she isn't getting as much attention as Danny, so the family tries to feel wanted. | ||||||
| 42 | 12 | "Father of the Year" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | December 14, 1954 | |
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Danny wins the Father of the Year award and is to be featured on the cover of a magazine. | ||||||
| 43 | 13 | "The Anna Maria Alberghetti Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | December 21, 1954 | |
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The Williams are visited by Anna Maria Alberghetti. | ||||||
| 44 | 14 | "The New Year's Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | December 28, 1954 | |
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Danny and Margaret try to spend a quiet New Year's Eve alone. | ||||||
| 45 | 15 | "Jesse's Romance" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | January 4, 1955 | |
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Danny and Margaret fix Jesse up with a female comedian. | ||||||
| 46 | 16 | "Terry Gets Her Own Room" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | January 11, 1955 | |
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Terry wants her own room now that she's older. | ||||||
| 47 | 17 | "Danny Goes on TV" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | January 18, 1955 | |
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Danny is booked for a television appearance. | ||||||
| 48 | 18 | "Terry's First Big Crush" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | January 25, 1955 | |
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Terry develops a crush on a French celebrity staying with the Williams. | ||||||
| 49 | 19 | "The Children's Governess" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | February 1, 1955 | |
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Margaret hires a governess for the children over Danny's objections, then has second thoughts when her mother shows up. | ||||||
| 50 | 20 | "Daddy's Biography" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | February 8, 1955 | |
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Terry makes Danny the topic of a composition. | ||||||
| 51 | 21 | "Danny Tries Real Estate" | Sheldon Leonard | Irving Elinson & Robert O'Brien | February 15, 1955 | |
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Danny considers a career in real estate. | ||||||
| 52 | 22 | "Rusty Gets a Haircut" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | February 22, 1955 | |
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Danny takes Rusty to the barber. | ||||||
| 53 | 23 | "Terry's Teen-Age Birthday" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 1, 1955 | |
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Terry is invited to celebrate her 13th birthday at a chic restaurant. | ||||||
| 54 | 24 | "Peter Pan" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 8, 1955 | |
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Rusty tries to fly like Peter Pan. | ||||||
| 55 | 25 | "The Piano Teacher" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 22, 1955 | |
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Rusty and Terry take piano lessons. | ||||||
| 56 | 26 | "The Newspaperman Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 29, 1955 | |
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Danny asks a journalist friend to write an article about his family for publicity. | ||||||
| 57 | 27 | "The Philosopher" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | April 5, 1955 | |
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Danny is asked to deliver a lecture for a philosophy class. | ||||||
| 58 | 28 | "The Father-Son Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | April 12, 1955 | |
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Danny has to wear a silly costume for a father-son show at Rusty's school. | ||||||
| 59 | 29 | "The Benefit Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | April 19, 1955 | |
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Danny has a nightmare after turning his back on a club owner in need of help. | ||||||
| 60 | 30 | "A Trip to Wisconsin" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 26, 1955 | |
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The Williams take a trip to Margaret's old home town in Wisconsin. | ||||||
Season 3 (1955–56)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 61 | 1 | "Davy Crockett" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | September 13, 1955 | |
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Rusty becomes obsessed with Davy Crockett. | ||||||
| 62 | 2 | "Little League" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | September 20, 1955 | |
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Rusty joins a little league baseball team. | ||||||
| 63 | 3 | "Margaret Goes Home to Mother" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | September 27, 1955 | |
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Margaret moves back home with mother out of anger at Danny for not inviting her to attend his performance at the White House. | ||||||
| 64 | 4 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | October 4, 1955 | |
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Terry plays peacekeeper between Danny and a new neighbor. | ||||||
| 65 | 5 | "Rusty Gets a Job" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | October 11, 1955 | |
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Rusty gets a job as a paperboy. | ||||||
| 66 | 6 | "Big Shot" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | October 18, 1955 | |
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Danny uses his status as a celebrity to get out of paying a traffic ticket. | ||||||
| 67 | 7 | "Danny's Palladium Offer" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | October 25, 1955 | |
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Danny receives an offer to perform at the London Palladium. | ||||||
| 68 | 8 | "The London Palladium" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 1, 1955 | |
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The Williams head off to London for Danny to perform at the Palladium. | ||||||
| 69 | 9 | "Sonnets from the Lebanese" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 8, 1955 | |
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While in London, Danny dreams that he's Robert Browning and Margaret is Elizabeth Barrett Browning. | ||||||
| 70 | 10 | "High Society" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 15, 1955 | |
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Danny and Margaret mingle with English aristocrats. | ||||||
| 71 | 11 | "The Smugglers" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 22, 1955 | |
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Rusty and Terry smuggle a kitten on the trip back home from England. | ||||||
| 72 | 12 | "Danny's Old Girlfriend" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | November 29, 1955 | |
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Danny has a dream about how his life would have been if he hadn't married Margaret when he receives letters from old girlfriends. | ||||||
| 73 | 13 | "Louise's Surprise Party" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | December 6, 1955 | |
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The Williams plan a surprise party for Louise. | ||||||
| 74 | 14 | "Mr. Williams Goes Legit" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | December 13, 1955 | |
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Danny models himself after a champion boxer when he gets cast in a play. | ||||||
| 75 | 15 | "Danny Strikes Oil" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | December 20, 1955 | |
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Danny is talked into putting his money in an oil investment. | ||||||
| 76 | 16 | "Terry's Party" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | December 27, 1955 | |
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Terry is given permission to throw a party for her friends. | ||||||
| 77 | 17 | "The Songwriter" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | January 17, 1956 | |
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Margaret writes a song she wants Danny to look at and he ends up getting sued for plagiarism. | ||||||
| 78 | 18 | "Star of the Family" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | January 24, 1956 | |
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Margaret is the only one in the family who hasn't won an award. | ||||||
| 79 | 19 | "Margaret's Cousin" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | January 31, 1956 | |
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Margaret's cousin moves in with the Williams. | ||||||
| 80 | 20 | "Like Father, Like Son" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | February 7, 1956 | |
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Danny and Rusty both experience a night of anxiety. | ||||||
| 81 | 21 | "Wyatt Earp Visits the Williamses" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | February 14, 1956 | |
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The Williams receive a visit from Hugh O'Brian, TV's Wyatt Earp. | ||||||
| 82 | 22 | "Who Can Figure Kids?" | Sheldon Leonard | Joel Kane | February 21, 1956 | |
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Danny learns an important lesson in understanding his children when he tries to make Terry sing and dance in the school play. | ||||||
| 83 | 23 | "Terry and the Sorority" | Sheldon Leonard | Joel Kane | February 28, 1956 | |
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Terry hopes to be accepted into the most exclusive sorority despite her father being an entertainer. First appearance of Hans Conried as Uncle Tonoose. | ||||||
| 84 | 24 | "Danny and Jesse Split" | Sheldon Leonard | Joel Kane | March 6, 1956 | |
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Danny thinks it's time that he and Jesse went their separate ways. | ||||||
| 85 | 25 | "Terry Has a Date" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 13, 1956 | |
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Terry goes out on a date with a 16-year-old boy. | ||||||
| 86 | 26 | "Don't Yell at Your Children" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 20, 1956 | |
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Danny and Margaret promise not to yell at the children anymore. | ||||||
| 87 | 27 | "Coats and Boats" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | March 27, 1956 | |
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Danny wants to spend his bonus on a boat, but Margaret wants to spend it on coats for the kids. | ||||||
| 88 | 28 | "We're Going to Chicago" | Sheldon Leonard | Mac Benoff | April 3, 1956 | |
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Danny announces that the family is moving to Chicago. | ||||||
| 89 | 29 | "Danny Goes on USO Tour" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 10, 1956 | |
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Danny searches for a qualified piano player to go with him on a USO tour in Japan. | ||||||
| 90 | 30 | "Danny's Birthday" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 17, 1956 | |
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Danny tries to get everyone to remember his birthday, even though he told them to forget it. | ||||||
Season 4 (1956–57)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 91 | 1 | "Boarding School" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | October 1, 1956 | |
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After Margarets sudden death, Danny feels his children need more attention than he can give them on his own. He decides boarding school is the best option. | ||||||
| 92 | 2 | "The Nelson Eddy Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | October 8, 1956 | |
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Nelson Eddy fills in for Danny at the club. | ||||||
| 93 | 3 | "Problem Father" | Sheldon Leonard | Barbara Hammer | October 15, 1956 | |
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Terry is ashamed of Danny's behavior when she dates the son of a conservative banker. | ||||||
| 94 | 4 | "Be a Pal to Your Son" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | October 22, 1956 | |
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The father of Rusty's friend tells Danny he's not being much of a pal to his son. | ||||||
| 95 | 5 | "Den Mother" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | October 29, 1956 | |
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Rusty asks Danny to be Den Mother of his Cub Scout Pack. | ||||||
| 96 | 6 | "Terry at the Crossroads" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | November 5, 1956 | |
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Terry falls for a boy who doesn't like the way she looks. | ||||||
| 97 | 7 | "Danny Goes to Texas" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | November 12, 1956 | |
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Danny gets booked for a performance in Texas. | ||||||
| 98 | 8 | "The Diary" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur H. Dales | November 19, 1956 | |
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Danny reads Terry's diary. | ||||||
| 99 | 9 | "Talented Kid" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur H. Dales | November 26, 1956 | |
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Danny wants Rusty to perform with him on television. | ||||||
| 100 | 10 | "Danny's Comeback" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 3, 1956 | |
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Danny is pressured into coming back to work even though his broken leg is still healing. | ||||||
| 101 | 11 | "My Fair Vocal Coach" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | December 10, 1956 | |
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Danny falls for his new vocal coach and tries to talk her into auditioning for Broadway. | ||||||
| 102 | 12 | "Pride Takes a Holiday" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | December 17, 1956 | |
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Danny is named Master of Ceremonies for an upcoming show with Rusty's Cub Scouts. | ||||||
| 103 | 13 | "Christmas and Clowns" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | December 24, 1956 | |
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Danny invites circus clowns to Christmas dinner to help the kids get through their first Christmas without their mother. | ||||||
| 104 | 14 | "Liz's Boyfriend" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | December 31, 1956 | |
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Danny and Benny interfere in Liz's love life. | ||||||
| 105 | 15 | "The School Teacher" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 7, 1957 | |
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Rusty's school teacher performs in Danny's club. | ||||||
| 106 | 16 | "Danny's Date" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 14, 1957 | |
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The kids sabotage Danny's date. | ||||||
| 107 | 17 | "Girl from Iowa" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | January 21, 1957 | |
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A girl from Iowa wants to make it in show business and has come to Danny for help. | ||||||
| 108 | 18 | "Danny Goes Social" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 28, 1957 | |
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Danny accepts an invitation to a blonde bombshell's high society champagne dinner. | ||||||
| 109 | 19 | "Lobster Story" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | February 4, 1957 | |
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Danny thinks a down-and-out comic has stolen his material. | ||||||
| 110 | 20 | "The Flashback Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander, Alan Lipscott, Bob Fisher, Jean Holloway & Mac Benoff | February 14, 1957 | |
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Danny thinks the children have forgotten his birthday. | ||||||
| 111 | 21 | "Danny's Fiancée" | Sheldon Leonard | Laurence Marks | February 21, 1957 | |
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Danny meets a woman he hopes will be the perfect mother for his kids. | ||||||
| 112 | 22 | "My Friend Harry" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | February 28, 1957 | |
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Danny wants to portray Harry Ruby in a TV special. | ||||||
| 113 | 23 | "Uncle Tonoose Pays a Visit" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | March 7, 1957 | |
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Uncle Tonoose plans a Lebanese-style wedding for Danny. | ||||||
| 114 | 24 | "The Model" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | March 14, 1957 | |
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Danny tries to dissuade Terry from going to modeling school. | ||||||
| 115 | 25 | "The Orphan Asylum" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander and S.L. Bershad | March 21, 1957 | |
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Rusty runs away to an orphanage when Danny breaks his promise to perform at Rusty's school. | ||||||
| 116 | 26 | "Little League Umpire" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 28, 1957 | |
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Danny becomes the umpire for Rusty's Little League baseball team. | ||||||
| 117 | 27 | "Danny Meets Kathy" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 4, 1957 | |
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Kathy O'Hara comes into Danny's life as a nurse who treats Rusty's measles. | ||||||
| 118 | 28 | "Men Are Men" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 11, 1957 | |
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Danny and Rusty each have trouble with the opposite sex. | ||||||
| 119 | 29 | "Little Miss Moppet" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | April 18, 1957 | |
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Kathy's daughter tries to sabotage her relationship with Danny. | ||||||
| 120 | 30 | "Danny's Proposal" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff | April 25, 1957 | |
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Terry and Rusty try to get Danny to propose to Kathy. | ||||||
Season 5 (1957–58)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 121 | 1 | "Lose Me in Las Vegas" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | October 7, 1957 | |
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Danny and Kathy take a delayed honeymoon in Las Vegas with the children to tag along where Danny ends up entertaining crowds. | ||||||
| 122 | 2 | "Terry vs. Kathy" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 14, 1957 | |
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Terry refuses to relinquish the mantle of housekeeper to Kathy. | ||||||
| 123 | 3 | "Kathy Is Approved" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | October 21, 1957 | |
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Uncle Tonoose arrives to approve Kathy being in the family. | ||||||
| 124 | 4 | "The Dinah Shore Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 28, 1957 | |
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Terry must choose either Kathy or Dinah Shore to perform at her school's fundraiser. | ||||||
| 125 | 5 | "Parents Are Pigeons" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 4, 1957 | |
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Rusty and Linda manipulate Danny and Kathy into doing what they want until Terry shows them they've been had. | ||||||
| 126 | 6 | "Two Sleepy People" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | November 11, 1957 | |
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Danny and Kathy try to prove they can be just as active as other couples. | ||||||
| 127 | 7 | "Danny Meets His Father-in-Law" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | November 18, 1957 | |
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Kathy's father is angry with Danny for not waiting for him to return from a three-month trip before they got married. | ||||||
| 128 | 8 | "Honesty Is the Best Policy" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | November 25, 1957 | |
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Rusty expects to be rewarded for returning a wallet to its owner, but Danny tries to explain that honesty is its own reward. | ||||||
| 129 | 9 | "Terry, the Breadwinner" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | December 2, 1957 | |
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Terry gets a part-time at a dress shop where she keeps losing customers to an aggressive co-worker. | ||||||
| 130 | 10 | "The Non-Orgs" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 9, 1957 | |
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Terry is denied membership into a sorority because her father is in show business | ||||||
| 131 | 11 | "The Soap Box Derby" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | December 16, 1957 | |
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Danny and Mr. Daly each build a different cart for Rusty to drive in the Soap Box Derby. | ||||||
| 132 | 12 | "Man's Best Friend" | Sheldon Leonard | Henry Garson | December 23, 1957 | |
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A man at the Copa is forced to give up his dog, so Danny takes him home to Rusty, who realizes how the dog's former owner is attached to him. | ||||||
| 133 | 13 | "The Chess Game" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | December 30, 1957 | |
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Danny plays a game of chess with Kathy's uncle Sean. | ||||||
| 134 | 14 | "The Bob Hope Show" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 6, 1958 | |
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Danny thinks Bob Hope will steal the show at a benefit for the Heart Fund. | ||||||
| 135 | 15 | "Evil Eye Schultz" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | January 13, 1958 | |
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Danny is afraid that a waiter with a reputation for jinxing the opening performances of those he serves will mess up his opening at the Copacabana. | ||||||
| 136 | 16 | "The Honeymoon" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | January 20, 1958 | |
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When waiter Oscar Schultz, aka Evil Eye, gets engaged to a woman with children, Danny explains to him why he shouldn't take the children on his honeymoon -- by telling him about his own. | ||||||
| 137 | 17 | "The Raffle Tickets" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | January 27, 1958 | |
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Danny uses his nightclub act to help Rusty sell the most raffle tickets. | ||||||
| 138 | 18 | "Rusty, the Bully" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 3, 1958 | |
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Rusty takes boxing lessons to deal with a bully at school, only to become the new bully. | ||||||
| 139 | 19 | "St. Vincent's Frolics" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | February 10, 1958 | |
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Kathy signs Danny up to be the director and producer of a charity show at the hospital where she used to work. | ||||||
| 140 | 20 | "Pardon My Accent" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert O'Brien & Irving Elinson | February 17, 1958 | |
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Rusty's school is having an awards ceremony where the fathers are invited to say a few words, but a friend of his is accepting an award without his father, who happens to be an immigrant. | ||||||
| 141 | 21 | "Terry's Crush" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | February 24, 1958 | |
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Terry has a crush on Dean Martin. | ||||||
| 142 | 22 | "Uncle Tonoose Meets Mr. Daly" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | March 3, 1958 | |
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The Williams household becomes chaotic when Uncle Tonoose and Mr. Daly meet for the first time. | ||||||
| 143 | 23 | "Danny Roars Again" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 10, 1958 | |
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Kathy gets Danny to stop yelling all the time, but soon realizes she's grown accustomed to it. | ||||||
| 144 | 24 | "The Country Girl" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 17, 1958 | |
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Danny and Benny discover a country singer in Rock Ridge. | ||||||
| 145 | 25 | "Good Old Days" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | March 24, 1958 | |
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Terry's friends practice for a PTA show, but because it's rock and roll, Danny doesn't support it - until the principal breaks up the band. | ||||||
| 146 | 26 | "Terry's Coach" | Sheldon Leonard | Ed Simmons | March 31, 1958 | |
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Rusty finds a beggar to be Terry's drama coach when she's unable to act her part in The Merchant of Venice. | ||||||
| 147 | 27 | "Make Room for Father-in-Law" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 7, 1958 | |
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Kathy's father moves in with the Williams. | ||||||
| 148 | 28 | "Family Ties" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Davenport & Jim Fritzell | April 21, 1958 | |
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Kathy accompanies Danny to his poker game after overhearing his lecture to Rusty that families should do things together. | ||||||
| 149 | 29 | "Rusty, the Man" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 28, 1958 | |
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Rusty gets a job shining shoes to prove he's a man. | ||||||
| 150 | 30 | "Terry's Girlfriend" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 5, 1958 | |
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Terry has a new, sophisticated girlfriend whom Danny doesn't approve - before he meets her wealthy, aloof parents. | ||||||
| 151 | 31 | "You Gotta Be Miserable to Be Happy" | Sheldon Leonard | Bill Manhoff and Leonard Burns | May 12, 1958 | |
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Danny thinks Kathy will be jealous of a blonde dancer who's been signed as part of his act. | ||||||
| 152 | 32 | "Too Good for Words" | Sheldon Leonard | Roland MacLane and Dick Conway | May 19, 1958 | |
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A columnist comes to the Williams household to write about their everyday lives. | ||||||
Season 6 (1958–59)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 153 | 1 | "Jack Benny Takes Danny's Job" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 6, 1958 | |
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Jack Benny replaces Danny at Rusty's Cub Scouts show. | ||||||
| 154 | 2 | "Rusty, the Ward-Heeler" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander and David Adler | October 13, 1958 | |
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Rusty takes Danny's advice to throw a rally when he runs for class president. | ||||||
| 155 | 3 | "First Anniversary" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 20, 1958 | |
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On their first wedding anniversary, Danny and Kathy have a disagreement over who proposed to whom. | ||||||
| 156 | 4 | "Terry Goes Steady" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler and Arthur Stander | October 27, 1958 | |
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Danny gets worried when he reads an article about teens running away to get married and learns that Terry has gone steady. Final appearance of Sherry Jackson as Terry, and Terry's only appearance in season 6. | ||||||
| 157 | 5 | "Take a Message" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | November 3, 1958 | |
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Danny and Kathy are invited to dinner with the Foxes, but a mistake on Kathy's part has them eating with the Wolfs. | ||||||
| 158 | 6 | "A Locket for Linda" | Sheldon Leonard | William Cowley & Peggy Chantler | November 10, 1958 | |
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Linda is promised a locket from the tooth fairy. | ||||||
| 159 | 7 | "Danny the Performer" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | November 17, 1958 | |
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Danny invites Rusty's friends to the club, hoping his son will respect his career. NOTE: This episode was produced for Season 5 and included on that DVD release. | ||||||
| 160 | 8 | "Uncle Tonoose's Fling" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | November 24, 1958 | |
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Uncle Tonoose expects to live like a playboy after marrying off his last relative - just before he meets someone. | ||||||
| 161 | 9 | "Linda's Tonsils" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 1, 1958 | |
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Linda is afraid of having her tonsils taken out. | ||||||
| 162 | 10 | "Dinah Shore and Danny Are Rivals" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 8, 1958 | |
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Danny is scheduled to open on the same night as Dinah Shore. | ||||||
| 163 | 11 | "The Reunion" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 15, 1958 | |
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Danny attends a high school reunion in Toledo. | ||||||
| 164 | 12 | "Kathy's Career" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 22, 1958 | |
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Kathy gets a job at a fashion magazine. | ||||||
| 165 | 13 | "The Saints Come Marching In" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 29, 1958 | |
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Danny discovers a band of wayward young men. | ||||||
| 166 | 14 | "Lucille Ball Upsets the Williams' Household" | Sheldon Leonard | Sid Dorfman and Arthur Stander | January 5, 1959 | |
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In a crossover with The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, Lucy Ricardo creates havoc in the Williams apartment while Ricky and Danny are out at the nightclub. | ||||||
| 167 | 15 | "Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | January 12, 1959 | |
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Danny helps his cousin Stephen (Tony Bennett) get into show business. | ||||||
| 168 | 16 | "Tennessee Ernie Stays for Dinner" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 19, 1959 | |
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The children bring a drifter (Tennessee Ernie Ford) over for dinner after Danny teaches them about helping the poor. | ||||||
| 169 | 17 | "Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | January 26, 1959 | |
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Danny takes over as director of his children's school production of Alice in Wonderland only to take advice from Bob Hope, whose nephew is also in the play. | ||||||
| 170 | 18 | "Red Tape" | Sheldon Leonard | George Beck & Arthur Phillips | February 2, 1959 | |
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The Williams are determined to take in a foreign exchange student in spite of the authorities deeming their home unfit. | ||||||
| 171 | 19 | "Gina from Italy" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | February 9, 1959 | |
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Gina Minelli (Annette Funicello), a girl from Italy, is welcomed into the Williams' household. | ||||||
| 172 | 20 | "Shirley Jones Makes Good" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | February 16, 1959 | |
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The daughter (Shirley Jones) of Danny's mentor comes to New York for a job at the Copa, but she can't sing. | ||||||
| 173 | 21 | "Gina's First Date" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 23, 1959 | |
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Danny helps Gina get a date with a high school football player. | ||||||
| 174 | 22 | "Growing Pains" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Phillips and George Beck | March 2, 1959 | |
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Rusty becomes smitten with a girl at school. | ||||||
| 175 | 23 | "Frankie Laine Sings for Gina" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 9, 1959 | |
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Gina comes down with the measles just as Frankie Laine agrees to perform at her school dance. | ||||||
| 176 | 24 | "Kathy Leaves Danny" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 16, 1959 | |
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Kathy makes vacation plans without consulting Danny. | ||||||
| 177 | 25 | "Latin Lover" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 23, 1959 | |
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A suave man from Gina's hometown shows up at the Williams apartment. | ||||||
| 178 | 26 | "Losers Weepers" | Sheldon Leonard | Danny Simon and Milt Rosen | March 30, 1959 | |
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The material for Danny's opening at the Copa keeps getting lost. | ||||||
| 179 | 27 | "Grandpa's Diet" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | April 6, 1959 | |
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Kathy's grandfather visits the Williams and they try to keep him on his diet. | ||||||
| 180 | 28 | "Double Dinner" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | April 20, 1959 | |
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Danny faces opposition when he's nominated to be Abbott at the Friars' Club. | ||||||
| 181 | 29 | "Danny's Big Fan" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 27, 1959 | |
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Danny gets pestered by an avid fan who actually wants his friendship. | ||||||
| 182 | 30 | "The Surprise Party" | Sheldon Leonard | Story suggested by : Lucille DeMarest Teleplay by : Danny Simon | May 4, 1959 | |
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The Williams plan a surprise party for Danny's birthday. | ||||||
| 183 | 31 | "Gina for President" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | May 11, 1959 | |
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Gina runs for class president against her boyfriend. | ||||||
| 184 | 32 | "The Practical Joke" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 18, 1959 | |
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Danny uses the Williams' temporary maid to play a practical joke on Charley Halper. | ||||||
| 185 | 33 | "Linda's Giant" | Sheldon Leonard | Richard Morgan | May 25, 1959 | |
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Danny is blamed for Linda apparently an imaginary friend called Mr. Jumbo. | ||||||
Season 7 (1959–60)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 186 | 1 | "Terry Comes Home" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 5, 1959 | |
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Terry returns home after two years of school in Europe, but she may just as soon leave when Danny tries to enforce the house rules. Terry is now played by Penny Parker. | ||||||
| 187 | 2 | "Rusty's Day in Court" | Sheldon Leonard | Norman Paul | October 12, 1959 | |
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Danny has a car accident and when the other driver (Charles Lane) takes the case to court, it's up to Rusty to decide who's to blame. | ||||||
| 188 | 3 | "The Chinese Doll" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 19, 1959 | |
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Linda has a new friend, Chow-Lee, whose father (Marvin Miller) thinks she's a bad influence. | ||||||
| 189 | 4 | "Cupid's Little Helper" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 26, 1959 | |
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Terry tries to help Danny improve his marriage to Kathy. | ||||||
| 190 | 5 | "Terry Meets Him" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 2, 1959 | |
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Terry dates European playboys with no money, leaving Danny to pay the bills. | ||||||
| 191 | 6 | "Jealousy" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 9, 1959 | |
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Kathy gets jealous of Danny helping out a former showgirl who's now a headliner, so she sets out to prove that men can be as jealous as women. | ||||||
| 192 | 7 | "Terry Goes Bohemian" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | November 16, 1959 | |
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Terry spends time with a group of beatniks. | ||||||
| 193 | 8 | "Rusty, the Weightlifter" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 23, 1959 | |
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Rusty takes up lifting weights to deal with a bully at school. | ||||||
| 194 | 9 | "Tonoose, the Matchmaker" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | November 30, 1959 | |
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Danny and Uncle Tonoose have different ideas on who Terry should marry. | ||||||
| 195 | 10 | "Danny and Milton Berle Quit Show Biz" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | December 7, 1959 | |
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Danny quits show business when his new show bombs and he learns that Milton Berle has found a new career in oil investments. | ||||||
| 196 | 11 | "Danny and the Little Men" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 14, 1959 | |
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Danny is tricked into thinking he's seeing little green men when he cancels plans with the family to work on fixes for his new show. | ||||||
| 197 | 12 | "A Dog's Life" | Sheldon Leonard | Phil Davis | December 21, 1959 | |
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Kathy and the kids bring a dog into the apartment just as the building gets a new landlord who hates loud noises. | ||||||
| 198 | 13 | "Kathy Crashes TV" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 28, 1959 | |
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Kathy auditions for a family talent show at the Friar's Club despite Danny telling her she's the only one in the family with no talent. | ||||||
| 199 | 14 | "Nightclub Owners" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | January 4, 1960 | |
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Danny and Pat attempt to save a nightclub from being torn down to make way for a parking lot. | ||||||
| 200 | 15 | "That Ol' Devil Jack Benny" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | January 11, 1960 | |
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Danny comes to suspect that Jack Benny may have conspired with the Devil to take a big network show away from him. | ||||||
| 201 | 16 | "How to Be Head of the House" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | January 18, 1960 | |
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Danny and Kathy vie to be head of the household when they can't agree on where to hang their new painting and when they each try to convince Terry and Pat where they should go on their honeymoon. | ||||||
| 202 | 17 | "Danny, the Housewife" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 25, 1960 | |
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Danny takes care of the house while Kathy is on jury duty. | ||||||
| 203 | 18 | "Apple Polishers" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 1, 1960 | |
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Rusty allows a local merchant's son to play on his baseball team in exchange for new uniforms, despite the kid being a terrible player. Danny finds himself in a similar situation when he tells Phil to find a yes man in exchange for a network show. | ||||||
| 204 | 19 | "Tonoose Makes Wedding Plans" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | February 8, 1960 | |
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Danny and Uncle Tonoose have different wedding plans for Terry. | ||||||
| 205 | 20 | "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | February 15, 1960 | |
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In the episode that spawned The Andy Griffith Show, Danny drives through the town of Mayberry and gets pulled over by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through a stop sign he didn't notice. | ||||||
| 206 | 21 | "Battle of the In-Laws" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | February 22, 1960 | |
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Pat's father accuses Danny of stealing his song. | ||||||
| 207 | 22 | "Eulogy for Tonoose" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | February 29, 1960 | |
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Uncle Tonoose wants Danny to write his eulogy. | ||||||
| 208 | 23 | "Linda Wants to Be a Boy" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 7, 1960 | |
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Linda disguises herself as a boy to join Rusty's football team. | ||||||
| 209 | 24 | "Bachelor Party" | Sheldon Leonard | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | March 14, 1960 | |
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During his bachelor party, Pat decides to call off the wedding when he thinks he can't a good provider for Terry. | ||||||
| 210 | 25 | "Danny, the Handyman" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 21, 1960 | |
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Danny helps Rusty build a doghouse. | ||||||
| 211 | 26 | "The Wedding" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | March 28, 1960 | |
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Danny feels like a third wheel with everyone else caught up in the last-minute wedding plans for Terry and Pat. | ||||||
| 212 | 27 | "Three on a Honeymoon" | Sheldon Leonard | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | April 4, 1960 | |
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Danny feels depressed with Terry and Pat on their honeymoon, but finds a way to get them back into town when he gets a call to fill in for Jimmy Durante. Final appearance of both Terry and Pat. | ||||||
| 213 | 28 | "The Deerfield Story" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 11, 1960 | |
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Danny is visited by an old friend from Deerfield. | ||||||
| 214 | 29 | "The Singing Delinquent" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 18, 1960 | |
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Danny helps out a singer with a bad attitude. | ||||||
| 215 | 30 | "Rusty and the Tomboy" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 25, 1960 | |
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A tomboy hopes that Rusty will take her to the school dance but after receiving tips from Danny, Rusty asks the most popular girl. | ||||||
| 216 | 31 | "Family Portrait" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 9, 1960 | |
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A famous artist moves in with the Williams to decide if he should paint a portrait of them. | ||||||
| 217 | 32 | "Rusty Meets Little Lord Fauntleroy" | Sheldon Leonard | Story by : Hal Fimberg Teleplay by : Norman Paul | May 16, 1960 | |
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The Williams look after the son of a show business reporter who's called away on an overnight assignment. | ||||||
| 218 | 33 | "Rusty's Advice to Linda" | Sheldon Leonard | Flashback Material : Arthur Stander New Material : S.L. Bershad and R.J. Jacobs | May 23, 1960 | |
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Linda wants to run away from home when she loses her skates and Danny and Kathy won't buy her new ones. Rusty talks her out of it by telling her about the time he ran away to an orphanage. This episode includes flashbacks to "The Orphan Asylum" (Season 4, episode 25). 'S.L. Bershad' and 'R.J. Jacobs' are pseudonyms for producers Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. | ||||||
Season 8 (1960–61)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 219 | 1 | "Kathy Delivers the Mail" | Sheldon Leonard | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | October 3, 1960 | |
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Kathy tries to help out the mailman. | ||||||
| 220 | 2 | "The Report Card" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 10, 1960 | |
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Rusty comes home with A's on his report card, but the teacher made a mistake. | ||||||
| 221 | 3 | "Danny and the Actor's School" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 17, 1960 | |
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Danny goes to drama school when he thinks his comedy isn't getting much respect. | ||||||
| 222 | 4 | "Kathy and the Glamour Girl" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 31, 1960 | |
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Kathy gets jealous of performing with a glamour girl, especially when her song is involved. | ||||||
| 223 | 5 | "Danny Proposes to His Wife" | Sheldon Leonard | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | November 7, 1960 | |
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Kathy won't consider her marriage to Danny final until he proposes to her. | ||||||
| 224 | 6 | "Kathy, the Matchmaker" | Sheldon Leonard | Story by : Tom & Helen August Teleplay by : Arthur Stander | November 14, 1960 | |
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Kathy plays matchmaker for her friend Doris and Phil. | ||||||
| 225 | 7 | "Tonoose, the Liar" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | November 21, 1960 | |
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Uncle Tonoose claims to know middleweight champion Kid Moore, who's arriving to rehearse with Danny. | ||||||
| 226 | 8 | "Linda, the Performer" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | November 28, 1960 | |
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Charlie wants to book Linda for Danny's upcoming TV special after she sings at the club on her birthday. | ||||||
| 227 | 9 | "Danny and the Dentist" | Sheldon Leonard | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | December 5, 1960 | |
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Despite his toothache, Danny refuses to go to the dentist. | ||||||
| 228 | 10 | "Fugitive Father" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 12, 1960 | |
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A friend of Danny's is a fugitive from social services. | ||||||
| 229 | 11 | "The Singing Sisters" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 19, 1960 | |
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Danny comes to the aid of two sisters who haven't been properly paid for getting their Christmas song published. | ||||||
| 230 | 12 | "Rusty the Rat" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | December 26, 1960 | |
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Rusty tries to make Linda take the fall for breaking one of Danny's golf clubs. | ||||||
| 231 | 13 | "The Plant" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 2, 1961 | |
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Danny receives a rare plant from a fan that needs a lot of attention. | ||||||
| 232 | 14 | "Democracy at Work" | Sheldon Leonard | Benedict Freedman & John Fenton Murray | January 9, 1961 | |
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Danny creates a system where the family votes on everything. | ||||||
| 233 | 15 | "You Can Fight City Hall" | Sheldon Leonard | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | January 16, 1961 | |
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Danny goes to court for a parking ticket he thinks is unnecessary. | ||||||
| 234 | 16 | "The Whoopee Show" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | January 23, 1961 | |
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Danny uses Kathy's appearance from having the sniffles as material for his act. | ||||||
| 235 | 17 | "The Rum Cake" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | January 30, 1961 | |
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The Williams add too much rum to Kathy's cake when she tries to get the landlord to change his mind about evicting them for Rusty staying up past his bedtime practicing the drums for the school orchestra try-outs. | ||||||
| 236 | 18 | "Tonoose, the Boss" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | February 6, 1961 | |
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Danny talks Uncle Tonoose into investing his life savings in the club in order to send his grand-nephew to college and medical school. | ||||||
| 237 | 19 | "Rusty, the Millionaire" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | February 13, 1961 | |
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Danny gives Rusty a large amount of money to see how he can handle it. | ||||||
| 238 | 20 | "Good Old Burlesque" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 20, 1961 | |
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Danny tries to put burlesque into the act when he recognizes a swami Kathy hires as an old burlesque performer. | ||||||
| 239 | 21 | "The Four Angels" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 27, 1961 | |
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Rusty becomes a talent agent for the Four Angels and tries to get them on The Ed Sullivan Show. | ||||||
| 240 | 22 | "The Dog Walkers" | Sheldon Leonard | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | March 6, 1961 | |
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Jose takes over Rusty's job of walking the dogs. | ||||||
| 241 | 23 | "The Scrubwoman" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | March 13, 1961 | |
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The Williams' scrubwoman, Nelly O'Brien, admits she'd been writing him to her old beau about being a performer, then she finds herself in a dilemma when the man arrives in New York. | ||||||
| 242 | 24 | "Everything Happens to Me" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 27, 1961 | |
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Danny is met with misfortune when he comes home from Los Angeles and mistakenly takes two sleeping pills. | ||||||
| 243 | 25 | "Old Man Danny" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | April 3, 1961 | |
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Danny starts to feel his age when he hires a new singer who has a profound effect on the audience at the club. | ||||||
| 244 | 26 | "Danny and the Hoodlums" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | April 10, 1961 | |
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Danny tries to save Skip from a Chicago gangster. | ||||||
| 245 | 27 | "Rusty's Punishment" | Sheldon Leonard | Harry Crane & Stan Dreben | April 17, 1961 | |
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Rusty gets punished for making a classmate do his history homework while he goes to basketball practice. | ||||||
| 246 | 28 | "The Scoutmaster" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 24, 1961 | |
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Danny competes with Major Heckendorn to be the new scoutmaster for Rusty's troop. | ||||||
| 247 | 29 | "The Magician" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | May 1, 1961 | |
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Rusty and Linda do a magic act to earn money for the hospital drive. | ||||||
| 248 | 30 | "The Woman Behind the Man" | Sheldon Leonard | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | May 8, 1961 | |
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Kathy resents Danny for not having any problems for her solve - until she hears his dressing room needs to be painted. | ||||||
| 249 | 31 | "Teenage Thrush" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 15, 1961 | |
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Danny discovers a teenage singer whose mother wants her to finish her education. | ||||||
| 250 | 32 | "Party Wrecker" | Sheldon Leonard | Harry Crane & Stan Dreben | May 22, 1961 | |
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For his birthday, Danny just wants a quiet dinner with him and Kathy, then learns that Mr. Heckendorn is having a big party. | ||||||
Season 9 (1961–62)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 251 | 1 | "For Every Man There's a Woman" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 2, 1961 | |
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Danny records a song for elevator operator Jose Jimenez to give the woman he loves. | ||||||
| 252 | 2 | "Linda Runs Away" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | October 9, 1961 | |
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Danny and Charlie acquire disguises to follow Linda when she runs away from home. | ||||||
| 253 | 3 | "Love Letters" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 16, 1961 | |
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Linda delivers Kathy's old love letters from Danny to everyone in the building. | ||||||
| 254 | 4 | "The Trumpet Player" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 23, 1961 | |
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Rusty auditions for a band at the YMCA as their drummer. | ||||||
| 255 | 5 | "Tonoose vs. Daly" | Sheldon Leonard | Fred Fox & Iz Elinson | October 30, 1961 | |
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Danny and Kathy hold an Olympics competition between his uncle Tonoose and her father. | ||||||
| 256 | 6 | "Hen-Pecked Charley" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 13, 1961 | |
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Danny doesn't like the way Bunny bosses Charley around. | ||||||
| 257 | 7 | "Danny Weaves a Web" | Sheldon Leonard | Harry Crane & Stan Dreben | November 20, 1961 | |
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Danny takes the housekeeping money Kathy keeps in a jar to get the car repaired when he finds a dent and doesn't tell her because of his telling jokes about women drivers at the club. | ||||||
| 258 | 8 | "Danny and Durante" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | November 27, 1961 | |
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Jimmy Durante takes a crash course in art, literature and haberdashery from Danny so he'll feel adequate to his college graduate niece. | ||||||
| 259 | 9 | "Danny and the Brownies" | Sheldon Leonard | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | December 4, 1961 | |
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Danny and Charley volunteer as leaders for Linda's brownie troops when Kathy hurts her ankle. | ||||||
| 260 | 10 | "Tonoose's Plot" | Sheldon Leonard | Danny Simon & Mel Tolkin | December 11, 1961 | |
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Tonoose comes to live with the Williams because his family in Toledo have just bought a piece of land for their cemetery and he doesn't like the location of his plot. | ||||||
| 261 | 11 | "Keeping Up With the Joneses" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 18, 1961 | |
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A buying war between Danny and Charley begins when Kathy gets jealous of Bunny receiving new earrings. | ||||||
| 262 | 12 | "Teacher for a Day" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 25, 1961 | |
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Danny partakes in a PTA at Rusty's school where the parents are teachers for the day. | ||||||
| 263 | 13 | "A Baby for Charley" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | January 1, 1962 | |
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Bunny is about to have a baby, but she thinks that Charley hates children when she hears him ranting about how he and Danny had to cancel plans with their wives because is on vacation. | ||||||
| 264 | 14 | "Useless Charley" | Sheldon Leonard | Danny Simon & Mel Tolkin | January 8, 1962 | |
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Charley doesn't think he'll be a good father when Bunny turns down his ideas about how to care for their unborn baby and he destroys Rusty's project. | ||||||
| 265 | 15 | "Linda, the Tomboy" | Sheldon Leonard | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | January 15, 1962 | |
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Linda competes with another girl for the affections of a boy she hopes will ask her to a party. | ||||||
| 266 | 16 | "The Big Fight" | Sheldon Leonard | Danny Simon & Mel Tolkin | January 22, 1962 | |
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Danny and Charley have a fight over which of them works harder. | ||||||
| 267 | 17 | "Casanova Tonoose" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | January 29, 1962 | |
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Tonoose announces he's getting married. | ||||||
| 268 | 18 | "Charley Does It Himself" | Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | February 5, 1962 | |
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Bunny's brother offers to do the nursery for her and Charley, but Charley wants to do it himself. | ||||||
| 269 | 19 | "The P.T.A. Bash" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 12, 1962 | |
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Kathy is persuaded by the PTA to perform for them even though he's rehearsing for The Ed Sullivan Show. Nancy Kulp and Maudie Prickett appear as PTA members. | ||||||
| 270 | 20 | "A Nose by Any Other Name" | Danny Thomas | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | February 19, 1962 | |
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Danny goes to a plastic surgeon when he thinks his nose embarrasses the family. | ||||||
| 271 | 21 | "Casanova Junior" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | February 26, 1962 | |
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Danny gives Rusty advice on how to ask out a girl to the school dance. | ||||||
| 272 | 22 | "Temper, Temper" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 5, 1962 | |
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Danny vows to watch his temper when he feels guilty about yelling at Kathy. | ||||||
| 273 | 23 | "Hunger Strike" | Sheldon Leonard | Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman | March 12, 1962 | |
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Rusty goes on a hunger strike when he tries to trick Danny into giving him permission to go on a weekend saddle trip. | ||||||
| 274 | 24 | "Bunny Cooks a Meal" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 19, 1962 | |
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Kathy has to teach Bunny how to cook over the weekend because Charley's gourmand cousin (Louis Nye) is coming over for dinner and thinks Bunny's a great cook when she really isn't. | ||||||
| 275 | 25 | "Jose's Protege" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 26, 1962 | |
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Danny tries to get Jose's nephew for his act. | ||||||
| 276 | 26 | "Danny and Bob Hope Get Away from It All" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 2, 1962 | |
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Danny and Bob Hope take a vacation. | ||||||
| 277 | 27 | "Extrasensory Charley" | Sheldon Leonard | Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman | April 9, 1962 | |
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The Williams help Bunny trick Charley into thinking he has extrasensory perception. | ||||||
| 278 | 28 | "Kathy, the Pro" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 16, 1962 | |
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Kathy feels useless at home so she joins Danny at the club. | ||||||
| 279 | 29 | "A Promise is a Promise" | Sheldon Leonard | Harry Crane & Stan Dreben and Arthur Stander | April 23, 1962 | |
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Linda breaks her promise not to touch Danny's recorder, so he grounds her, only to be reminded that he promised she could go on Art Linkletter's Kids Say the Darnedest Things TV program. | ||||||
| 280 | 30 | "The Smart Aleck" | Sheldon Leonard | Ray Allen Saffian & Harvey Bullock | April 30, 1962 | |
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Danny teaches his smart-aleck cousin humility. | ||||||
| 281 | 31 | "Baby" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 7, 1962 | |
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Charley is given several doses of a tranquilizer to calm him down when the baby is soon due. | ||||||
Season 10 (1962–63)
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| 282 | 1 | "The Baby Hates Charley" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 1, 1962 | |
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Charley's own baby seems to hate him. | ||||||
| 283 | 2 | "Danny's Replacement" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | October 8, 1962 | |
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With Danny preparing for a tour in Europe, Jack Carter is booked as his replacement at the club. | ||||||
| 284 | 3 | "What Are Friends For?" | Sheldon Leonard | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 15, 1962 | |
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The Halpers and the Williams are peeved at each other when neither asks the other to look after Rusty and Linda while Danny and Kathy tour Europe. | ||||||
| 285 | 4 | "British Sense of Humor" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | October 22, 1962 | |
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Danny arrives in England where their sense of humor doesn't appeal to him. | ||||||
| 286 | 5 | "Jose Rents the Copa" | Greg Garrison | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 29, 1962 | |
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Jose needs to rent the Copa at a deep discount for an afternoon. | ||||||
| 287 | 6 | "Rusty for President" | Greg Garrison | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 5, 1962 | |
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Rusty runs for junior class president. | ||||||
| 288 | 7 | "A-Hunting We Will Go" | Sheldon Leonard | Harvey Bullock & Ray Allen Saffian | November 12, 1962 | |
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In England, a friend of Danny's talks him into hunting for pheasant. | ||||||
| 289 | 8 | "Ten Years Ago Today" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | November 19, 1962 | |
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Charley remembers the day he and Danny first met. | ||||||
| 290 | 9 | "Jose, the Scholar" | Coby Ruskin | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | November 26, 1962 | |
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Jose studies for an American history exam. | ||||||
| 291 | 10 | "The Ould Sod" | Sheldon Leonard | David Adler | December 3, 1962 | |
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Danny and Kathy go to Ireland to see her relatives. | ||||||
| 292 | 11 | "Tonoose, Life of the Party" | Al Rafkin | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 10, 1962 | |
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Rusty throws a party that may be ruined by Tonoose's showing up. | ||||||
| 293 | 12 | "Danny's English Friend" | Danny Thomas | Harvey Bullock & Ray Allen Saffian | December 17, 1962 | |
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Charley hires bumbling waiter Alfie (Bernard Fox) who Danny met in England to work at the club. | ||||||
| 294 | 13 | "Bunny, the Brownie Leader" | Al Rafkin | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 24, 1962 | |
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Bunny becomes the leader of Linda's girl scout brownie troop. Margaret Hamilton guest stars. | ||||||
| 295 | 14 | "Charley, the Artist" | Greg Garrison | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | December 31, 1962 | |
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Bunny talks Charley into taking art class where he suspects his professor of being a fraud. Fritz Feld and Herbie Faye guest star. | ||||||
| 296 | 15 | "Lost French Boy" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | January 7, 1963 | |
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In France, Danny and Kathy are swindled by an adorable six-year-old boy. | ||||||
| 297 | 16 | "Jose the Dog Sitter" | Coby Ruskin | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 14, 1963 | |
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Jose looks after a kleptomaniac dog. | ||||||
| 298 | 17 | "Tonoose Needs Glasses" | Coby Ruskin | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | January 21, 1963 | |
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Tonoose isn't happy that he has to wear glasses. | ||||||
| 299 | 18 | "Million Dollar Dress" | Sheldon Leonard | Robert Shannon | January 28, 1963 | |
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Danny schemes to have a copy made of an expensive dress by French designer Marie-Louise Carven for Kathy. | ||||||
| 300 | 19 | "Rusty's Birthday" | Al Rafkin | Ed James & Seaman Jacobs | February 4, 1963 | |
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Rusty is unhappy that Danny and Kathy can't get him anything for his 16th birthday because they're in Europe. | ||||||
| 301 | 20 | "Charley the Tiger" | Coby Ruskin | Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat | February 11, 1963 | |
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Charley learns to defend himself. | ||||||
| 302 | 21 | "The Roman Patriot" | Sheldon Leonard | Arthur Stander | February 18, 1963 | |
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Danny and Kathy arrive in Rome where a handsome Italian offers to take Kathy sightseeing when Danny is too exhausted to do so. | ||||||
| 303 | 22 | "Jose's Guided Tour" | Al Rafkin | Garry Marshall and Fred Freeman | February 25, 1963 | |
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Jose makes extra money as a tour guide - in Danny's apartment. | ||||||
| 304 | 23 | "Bunny's Cousin" | Al Rafkin | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 4, 1963 | |
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Bunny wants Charley to give her cousin a job at the club. Jaye P. Morgan guest stars (billed as J.P. Morgan.) | ||||||
| 305 | 24 | "When in Rome" | Sheldon Leonard | Howard Leeds | March 11, 1963 | |
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Danny and Kathy arrive in Rome where they're advised to eat with fellow American tourists, but they don't. | ||||||
| 306 | 25 | "Louise to the Rescue" | Coby Ruskin | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | March 25, 1963 | |
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Louise offers to help Charley out of a spot. Joyce Jameson and The Clara Ward Singers guest star. | ||||||
| 307 | 26 | "Venetian Melody" | Sheldon Leonard | Harvey Bullock & Ray Allen Saffian | April 1, 1963 | |
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In Venice, Danny and Kathy meet a young agent, her little brother and her gondola-singing father. | ||||||
| 308 | 27 | "Charley My Boy" | Jay Sandrich | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 8, 1963 | |
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Charley is charmed by a beautiful singer (Ruta Lee) auditioning at the club. | ||||||
| 309 | 28 | "Linda, the Grownup" | Jay Sandrich | Ed James & Seaman Jacobs | April 15, 1963 | |
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Linda wants to prove she can be responsible. Danny Thomas's real-life daughter Marlo Thomas guest stars. | ||||||
| 310 | 29 | "Homecoming" | Danny Thomas | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 22, 1963 | |
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Danny and Kathy come home from their European vacation. | ||||||
| 311 | 30 | "Tonoose's Brother" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 29, 1963 | |
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Danny tricks Tonoose into thinking he's his long-lost brother. | ||||||
| 312 | 31 | "Jose's Rival" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 6, 1963 | |
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Jose has a rival for the affections of his dream girl. Bill Bixby and Zeme North guest star. | ||||||
| 313 | 32 | "That Old Feeling" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | May 13, 1963 | |
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Danny negotiates with Harry Ruby over the use of Ruby's songs in Danny's act. | ||||||
Season 11 (1963–64)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 314 | 1 | "Rusty Drives A Car" | Danny Thomas | Flashback Material by : Alan Lipscott, Bob Fisher, Arthur Stander, Charles Stewart and Jack Elinson Written by : Sheldon Keller & Howard Keller | September 30, 1963 | |
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Rusty is old enough to drive a car and Danny can't believe how much his son has grown up. This episode includes flashbacks from "Last Dollar", "The Raffle Tickets" and "Rusty, the Man". | ||||||
| 315 | 2 | "The Perfect Crime" | Danny Thomas | Ray Allen Saffian & Harvey Bullock | October 7, 1963 | |
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The money that Kathy set aside to buy Danny a birthday present has apparently been stolen. Guy Marks guest stars. | ||||||
| 316 | 3 | "Here's the $50 Back" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 14, 1963 | |
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Danny is paid back $50 he supposedly lent a long time ago. Pat Buttram guest stars. | ||||||
| 317 | 4 | "The Woman Behind the Jokes" | Danny Thomas | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | October 21, 1963 | |
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Kathy resents Danny making her the butt of his jokes at the club, so she enlists Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam, crossing over from The Dick Van Dyke Show) for her retaliation. | ||||||
| 318 | 5 | "The Country Squires" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | October 28, 1963 | |
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Kathy and Bunny buy a house in the country without first telling their husbands. | ||||||
| 319 | 6 | "Linda and the New Dress" | Danny Thomas | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | November 4, 1963 | |
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Linda tears her friend's dress during a fight, so to make up for it, she buys her a new one - leaving Danny with the bill. | ||||||
| 320 | 7 | "My Fair Uncle" | Danny Thomas | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | November 11, 1963 | |
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Uncle Tonoose plans to get married. Florence Halop appears as the prospective bride-to-be. | ||||||
| 321 | 8 | "Shy Alfie" | Danny Thomas | Harvey Bullock & Ray Allen Saffian | November 18, 1963 | |
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Danny tries to help waiter Alfie overcome his shyness around women. | ||||||
| 322 | 9 | "Oh, the Clancys" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 2, 1963 | |
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Kathy's relatives (played by Barbara Mullen and The Clancy Brothers) show up in America hoping to perform at the Copa. | ||||||
| 323 | 10 | "The Hex" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | December 9, 1963 | |
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Danny and Charley think they've been hexed by the carpenter (Charles Lane) working on their new home. | ||||||
| 324 | 11 | "The Bowling Partners" | Danny Thomas | Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall | December 16, 1963 | |
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Danny and Rusty participate in a father-and-son bowling tournament. | ||||||
| 325 | 12 | "Christmas Story" | Danny Thomas | Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen | December 23, 1963 | |
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Danny tries to remind his family the true meaning of Christmas. | ||||||
| 326 | 13 | "Linda's Crush" | Danny Thomas | Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson | December 30, 1963 | |
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Linda is angry with Danny for using her crush on a boy in his comedy act. | ||||||
| 327 | 14 | "Peaceful Co-Existence" | Danny Thomas | Sheldon Keller & Howard Merrill | January 6, 1964 | |
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The Williams and Halpers spend a weekend in the country where they get on each others' nerves. | ||||||
| 328 | 15 | "The Two Musketeers" | Danny Thomas | R.S. Allen & Harvey Bullock | January 13, 1964 | |
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Danny helps a musician at the Copa Club pay off a debt to a gambler. | ||||||
| 329 | 16 | "Kathy, the Secretary" | Danny Thomas | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | January 20, 1964 | |
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Kathy tricks Danny into making her his secretary when he complains about her overspending. | ||||||
| 330 | 17 | "The Quiz Show" | Danny Thomas | Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall | January 27, 1964 | |
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Danny goes on a quiz show with Frank, who hopes to win a new washing machine for his mother. | ||||||
| 331 | 18 | "Howdy, Neighbors" | Danny Thomas | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | February 3, 1964 | |
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The Williams and Halpers have neighbors in the Connecticut countryside who are snobs. | ||||||
| 332 | 19 | "The Antique Dealers" | Danny Thomas | Ed James & Seaman Jacobs | February 10, 1964 | |
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Danny and Charley try to sell off old junk as valuable antiques. | ||||||
| 333 | 20 | "Bunny Gets Into the Act" | Danny Thomas | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | February 17, 1964 | |
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Bunny wants to perform in Charley's revue at the Copa. | ||||||
| 334 | 21 | "Sense of Humor" | Danny Thomas | Sheldon Keller & Howard Merrill | February 24, 1964 | |
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Danny gets in trouble with the local tradesmen for joking about them in his act. | ||||||
| 335 | 22 | "Tonoose Gets a Job" | Danny Thomas | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 2, 1964 | |
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Danny gets Tonoose a job at a women's shoe store. | ||||||
| 336 | 23 | "The Leprechaun" | Danny Thomas | Ed James & Seaman Jacobs | March 9, 1964 | |
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A man claims to be a leprechaun. | ||||||
| 337 | 24 | "Pupa from Italy" | Sheldon Leonard | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | March 16, 1964 | |
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Danny brings an Italian girl to perform at the Copa, only to learn that she traded in pop music for opera. | ||||||
| 338 | 25 | "Pupa's Pooch" | Sheldon Leonard | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | March 23, 1964 | |
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Pupa brings her dog from Italy to the Williams' home. | ||||||
| 339 | 26 | "Pupa Loves Rusty" | Sheldon Leonard | Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson | March 30, 1964 | |
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Pupa thinks she and Rusty are engaged to be married. | ||||||
| 340 | 27 | "Beautiful Lady" | Danny Thomas | Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart | April 6, 1964 | |
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A tomboy girl who used to play on Danny's baseball team is now a beautiful woman. | ||||||
| 341 | 28 | "Call Off the Hounds" | Danny Thomas | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | April 13, 1964 | |
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Danny and Charley are tricked by their wives into thinking they're seeing dogs. | ||||||
| 342 | 29 | "Rusty and the Chorus Girl" | Danny Thomas | Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox | April 20, 1964 | |
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Rusty falls for a chorus girl at the Copa. | ||||||
| 343 | 30 | "The Persistent Cop" | Danny Thomas | Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson | April 27, 1964 | |
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A cop pesters Danny into letting a singing group from the poor side of town audition for him. | ||||||
References
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