The Best Episodes Directed by Alan Rafkin
#1 - A Date with Enid
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 9
Charles has his hands full. It is pouring rain outside and everyone in the Pembroke household is confined to the house. Stan gave everyone assignments, and he is trying very hard to catch up on all those things that get postponed. There is the fireplace that needs cleaning, the bathroom that has to be re caulked. However, all these projects get interrupted when Douglas thinks he has found the love of his life in Enid, Lila's friend. The two young girls are very busy with Enid's beauty treatment. Enid d thinks she needs a great deal of improvements. But these beauty treatments can become sticky, and Charles must lend a helping hand, It is time for Stan to have a man to men talk with his son about the woes of first love and when Enid triumphantly comes down the stairs, Douglas realizes that the "new" Enid is not the girl he has a crush on. In the end, Jason's wish comes true, the entire family goes to Pizza Play land to conclude an activity filled day.
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#2 - The Director
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 21
Fred becomes the director of a community theater production starring boxer George Foreman.
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#3 - Pressure from Grandma
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 16
Charles is in charge of the Pembroke children when their parents are off on a week's vacation in Jamaica, their first one without the kids. Grandma Irene also arrives to help take care of things. She brings with her a very innovative sample of merchandise, a new kind of pizza, which she plans to launch with Charles' assistance. The offer she makes him is very tempting and Charles almost accepts it but backs out in the end, realizing that he does not need a new job. He has one already that brings him enough money to go to school, which is really all he wants. Grandma Irene decides that it would give her more privacy if she moved into an apartment close by and that she also is more than capable to handle her new pizza-selling campaign by herself.
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#4 - The Wrong Guy
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 20
Charles and Buddy are excited about their very first bachelor party. At the same time, a young man whom her parents cannot stand has asked Lila out. Lila is quite desperate to date him and asks Charles for advice and for approval. Unfortunately, his support backfires on them. Lila tries to make her parents see how phony the other guy is they want her to date, and that the young man of her own choice is not trying to impress them with all sorts of lies he is honest and sincere. Douglas also has serious problems when he is kissed for the first time by a girl in his class.
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#5 - Meet Grandpa
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 22
As usual, the Pembroke house is buzzing with activity. Charles and Buddy are trying very hard to find themselves summer jobs and are ecstatic when their summer job applications are accepted by a hotel at a summer resort in Pennsylvania. Jason, in the meantime, is brought home by his parents after undergoing knee surgery. At the hospital all he did was watch soap operas, which now affects his life in a very dramatic way. Douglas is trying to change his image of "skinny kid" by putting on some weight and is eating everything in sight. And, in the middle of all this coming and leaving, Jill's father "drops in" from Alaska, announcing to everyone that he is thinking of retirement, and for some reason he is having a very difficult time recognizing all the children in the Pembroke household.
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#6 - A Singer in Town
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 30
When a famous singer visits Mayberry, Aunt Bee and Clara see their ticket to stardom!
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#7 - Snowed In
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 17
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke went to the movies and, on their way out to the car, they realize that in the meantime an incredible blizzard hit the city, leaving them unable to return to their home. There, Charles, the kids plus a bubbling group of Lila's girlfriends are trapped with no food in the refrigerator and no heating. Gwendolyn and Buddy come to Charles' rescue to entertain these starving kids and teenagers with a game of monopoly and some scenes of "Romeo and Juliet" which need to be rehearse for school anyway. But the pleas for spaghetti and other nutritious foods become more and more insistent and nobody knows for certain when their ordeal will end.
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#8 - What Are Friends For?
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 5 - Episode 10
Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
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#9 - Mr. Brilliant
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 21
Jill Pembroke gives Charles two tickets for a Knicks' game. Charles is so excited about this special treat, and because Mrs. Pembroke always does such thoughtful things, that he thinks of a way to do something special in return. In a conversation with Buddy, the name Max Ziegler comes up. It does not mean much to Charles, but it does to Jill. Max and her went to high school together and she has been following his brilliant career ever since graduation. She thinks of him as a genius and Charles decides to call Ziegler, a.k.a. ˜Mr. Brilliant' to invite him for dinner. When Stan Pembroke finds out who the quest of honor is, he becomes quite upset, but decides to go along with it to make his wife happy. And, just as Stan predicted, Ziegler turns out to be an unpleasant, opinionated and condescending person, who ends up on the door step when Stan and Charles have taken as much as they think they can.
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#10 - I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 6
Fred tries to set the world record for continuous hours without sleep.
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#11 - Jill's Decision
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 15
Charles has a million things to do before he meets Michelle Harris for coffee at the Lamplight. He hopes she will agree to have dinner with him soon -- maybe that night? Since Jill is suddenly called oh a special assignment that goes with the promotion to arts and fashion editor, Charles has to watch the children for the rest of the day. That means he will not be able to take Michelle out to dinner, but Buddy comes up with an excellent suggestion -- Buddy will pick up the seafood dinner at the restaurant, and Charles and Michelle can have an intimate dinner at home. Easier said than done - Jason is in a school play and has a problem with laughing when he comes to a certain line. Lila needs lessons in throwing a good softball - that is, not throwing like a girl. Douglas is invited to a party and just has to know how to dance. He doesn't want to look like a jerk. When Charles and Michelle finally sit down to dinner in the kitchen, the children come in and interrupt them...
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#12 - Accidental Puppy
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 12
Charles, Buddy, and Gwendolyn have just returned from two days camping out in line for tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert. They feel that it was a worthy life experience spending the night with fifteen thousand people sleeping with their heads on the curb, but it did not get them tickets to the concert. They still would give a lot to get tickets but how? Charles is still occupied with his problem when Jason and Douglas come in the back door carrying the dog. They blame each other for 'killing' the dog. All the while, the dog is very much alive, and both boys want Charles' permission to keep it. Charles agrees that they may-- just long enough until the rightful owner has been found. In the meantime, Jill and Stan have to go to a wedding, Charles has to make decisions on how to sort dirty laundry, and what to do with the two Bruce Springsteen tickets he just won by phoning a local radio station.
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#13 - Carol
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 10
A strange man visits and claims that he and Fred robbed a bank years ago.
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#14 - The Education of Ernest T. Bass
The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 - Episode 4
Ernest T. Bass returns to Mayberry to get an education so his girlfriend will marry him. But when he meets his new teacher Helen, he falls in love with her. Now Andy has to help Helen give Ernest all the facts he needs, including the one about the true object of his affection.
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#15 - Aunt Bee on TV
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 10
While the Taylors were in Hollywood, Aunt Bee won $4800 worth of prizes on a game show. She is the envy of Mayberry, until she her friends think that she's gloating about her winnings. The IRS comes to call, telling Andy that he'll have to pay over $1100 in taxes for the winnings. Aunt Bee sells most all of the prizes to pay the taxes. Worth noting in this episode is that Howard McNear (Floyd the barber), who had suffered a stroke, has a particularly shaky scene, when he's checking out Bee's new dishwasher.
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#16 - Andy's Investment
The Andy Griffith Show Season 8 - Episode 11
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.
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#17 - Fred's Extra Job
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 9
To keep Lamont from quitting the business, Fred takes out a loan and must secretly work as a waiter to pay it off.
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#18 - The Commotion
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 13
Charles is pushed for time; the strain shows on his face; he has to meet a deadline for his school paper. His scholarship depends on it, and he has been assigned to write the paper with someone -- his friend Buddy Lembeck. He needs to concentrate, but the noise around him is deafening. Lila has a loud conversation with her girlfriend on the telephone. Stan and Jill are arguing, and Jason and Douglas are trying to put it on tape. Furthermore, Buddy shows up and tells Charles that he has finished with his part of the assignment. Gwendolyn wants to buy a used car and she would like for Charles to look at the car for her as soon as possible - like that night! Jill rushes out of the house to review a new Chinese restaurant but comes back soon, and then resumes the argument with her husband. In the meantime, Douglas made Jason disappear through what he calls a scientific experiment. Then Charles has to explain to Douglas that you can argue with someone --or disagree -- and still love each other.
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#19 - Mr. President
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 14
Charles can't find anything wrong with having a little fun in college, but Gwendolyn has a different opinion. She feels that whoever becomes class president will have an effect on campus life for the rest of the year! Why should Elliot Pembroke be able to turn college into a 'fun-till-you-drop' circus? Gwendolyn urges Charles to run for president against the fun-loving Elliot because he is running unopposed. Furthermore, the person running for office should be bright, caring, and responsible -- like Charles! With elections only a few days away, he agrees to run and challenges Elliot to a debate. When he loses, he follows the good advice from Stan and Jill to organize his campaign. Charles invites the opinion makers - the movers and shakers - to the house for a meeting, to listen to problems and to address the issues. Gwendolyn becomes his campaign manager, and Buddy agrees to help. Finally, the election results are in, and the best person won.
8.00 #20 - The Horse Show
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 14
Shirley rescues a horse from a glue factory and put it in her bedroom. The girls try to find a new home for Buttercup before she's turned into glue. In the end it's Lenny and Squiggy who save the day by finding a farm with a nice pasture who's willing to let the horse live out the remainder of its days in contentment.
8.00 #21 - The Second (Almost) Annual Shotz Talent Show
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 16
Mr. Shotz wants the girls to find a spot in the talent show for his no-talent nephew.
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#22 - The Winning Ticket
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 7
After Fred falls victim to a sweepstakes scam, he devises a plan to con the con men.
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#23 - The General's Practitioner
M*A*S*H Season 5 - Episode 20
In the midst of Hawkeye being considered, much to his distaste, for the position of a general's personal physician, Radar becomes a surrogate father to a Korean woman and her baby, until the baby's GI father returns.
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#24 - The Return of Barney Fife
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 17
Barney Fife returns home to Mayberry for a brief visit only to discover that his former girlfriend Thelma Lou has married. Fortunately for Barney, sweet Nettie Albright a secret admirer from days gone by shows up at Barney's high school reunion dance to save the day.
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#25 - Moonlighting Becomes You
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 14
99 moonlights as the secretary of a radio personality to discover a secret KAOS code.
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#26 - A Vision of Sugar Plums
Bewitched Season 1 - Episode 15
Seven year old Tommy, who lives in an orphanage, is happy to spend Christmas with Gladys and Abner Kravitz. Six year old Michael, also an orphan, derides Tommy's belief in Santa Claus. When Samantha and Darrin bring him home for the holidays, their efforts to get Michael to share in the festivities of the season fail. After Michael admits that he would believe in Santa Claus if he really existed, Samantha takes Michael and Darrin on her broom-stick to the North Pole, where Michael meets Santa Claus. Later, back at home, Darrin and Michael awake. Although both feel they have dreamed the trip, Michael now believes in Santa Claus. Gladys overhears Michael tell Tommy he has met Santa Claus. When she tries to pin Tommy down, he denies that Michael has ever mentioned it. Mrs. Grange, the director of the orphanage, comes to the Stephens home with George and Sarah Johnson. At the Kravitz home, both Gladys and Abner, who are about to return Tommy to the orphanage, express their wish to have som
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#27 - Goober's Replacement
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 28
Goober goes on vacation and can't find anyone to replace him at Wally's Gas Station. His new sweetheart, Flora, who used to work at the diner is now available to fill in for him. Business booms while he is gone and she ends up with Goober's job after he quits. Flora becomes obssessed with increasing business at the station and doesn't notice that Goober hasn't been able to find anything else. It takes Andy's country logic to make her realize that she needs to have her priorities straight and make sure her sweetheart is happy!
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#28 - Otis the Artist
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 16
Warren decides that Otis needs some contructive rehabilitation acitivity-so he has him take up art. Otis works hard on a large mosaic of a cow that he is proud of-and he gives it as a gift to the Taylors. Much to Andy's embarrassment, Otis wants them to hang it up on their living room mantel!
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#29 - Lost and Found
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 19
Aunt Bee loses a piece of jewelry then turns it into the insurance office to collect a claim on it. Then she eventually finds the jewelry. She spends the money that the insurance gave her.
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#30 - The Battle of Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 29
Opie does some investigative reporting for an essay on the Battle of Mayberry but finds getting at the truth is harder than he imgagined.
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#31 - Home for the Holidays
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 11
It is Christmas Eve and the Pembroke household is buzzing with activity. Grandma Irene, Stan's mother, is expected for her yearly three-week-stay with her grandchildren. Jill is cleaning an already immaculate house and wonders why her mother-in law's visit still upsets her in the same manner it did fifteen years ago! Charles is trying to console Jason who is depressed and sad to see him go. Charles plans to go home for the holidays; he will spend his vacation with his parents in Vermont. The phone rings, and Charles' dad informs him that they are completely snowed in. This news makes Jason suddenly feel much better, but Grandma Irene becomes more and more jealous of Charles. She has a long conversation with her son, Stan, and both explain their feelings to each other. Stan succeeds in helping his mother accept that Jill has her career,
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#32 - Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 19
Charles and his friends, Buddy, Gwendolyn and others, save and scrape together as much money as they possibly can to spend a few days of rest and relaxation in sunny Florida. But unfortunately, as it often happens, all sorts of unexpected problems come up just before they leave and it seems that, once in Florida, Charles cannot get off the telephone with Douglas. The poor kid has fallen prey to a "junior blackmailer" and is in desperate need of money.
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#33 - Camping Trip
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 24
Fred and Lamont go camping and reminisce, leading to several flashback scenes.
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#34 - Lt. Radar O'Reilly
M*A*S*H Season 5 - Episode 4
Following an offer of promotion made by Master Sergeant Woodruff at a poker game, Radar is promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Finding this position awkward, Radar opts to return to his position as an enlisted man.
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#35 - The Stung
Sanford and Son Season 4 - Episode 22
Fred and his professional gambler friend conspire to hustle money from Lamont's poker game.
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#36 - Trick or Treat
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 8
In Charles estimation, Diana Marks is a classy lady, and she has agreed to go on a Halloween date with Buddy. They had only talked with each other for a few minutes and suddenly Buddy is worried that Diana won't like him when they have to spend the evening together at the annual Halloween party given by a classmate. Buddy doesn't want to disappoint her, and he is worried that she might consider his costume not original enough. Charles is trying to be a good friend and agrees to meet Diana at the student union before the date. Charles approaches Diana, drops a book in front of her, and she picks it up and hands it to Charles with a smile. Gwendolyn witnesses the exchange by chance and is shocked and concerned. At that moment Buddy comes by and tries to explain what is going on. From then on things get a little confusing. At the end though, the evening might still turn out alright for Charles and Buddy. After all, this is Halloween -- Douglas explains -- it is a special night.
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#37 - Divorce Isn't Everything
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1 - Episode 4
Mary and Rhoda find out that divorcees at the Better Luck Next Time club can get group rates on cruises and decide to join. However, Mary proves a hit with the club's members and gets elected to its board.
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#38 - Divorce, Sanford Style
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 2
Fred becomes entangled in a spat between Esther and Woodrow.
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#39 - A Pain in the Neck
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 22
Fred resorts to desperate measures to overcome his sudden back pain in time for an awards banquet in his honor.
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#40 - Bank on This
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 3
At the bank to seek a loan to open the Sanford Arms, Fred and Lamont find themselves hostages in a robbery.
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#41 - Support Your Local Mother
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1 - Episode 6
Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes visiting and Rhoda refuses to see her. Ida stays with Mary but drives her crazy.
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#42 - The Gypsies
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 23
Andy orders a group of gypsies out of town after they bother the residents. They soon set up camp outside of Mayberry and place a "curse" on the area in the form of a drought. Everything's later revealed to be nothing more than a hoax, as the gypsies are using a radio to enact their scheme.
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#43 - Taylors in Hollywood
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 8
The Taylors visit Hollywood and get to see the making of Sheriff Without a Gun.
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#44 - G.I. Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie Season 1 - Episode 5
Jeannie joins the WAAF's in hopes of becoming Tony's secretary, but things dont turn out as planned.
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#45 - Pilot
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 1
Scott Baio stars as Charles, a nineteen-year-old college student and live-in family helper to three energetic children on the pilot episode of MCA TV International's "CHARLES IN CHARGE." The story was written by series producer Michael Jacobs and directed by Alan Rafkin. Jill and Stan Pembroke are a working couple whose uncertain schedules propel them into hiring a nineteen-year-old college student, Charles, to move in and help them with their three children: Lila 14; Douglas, 12; and Jason, 10. It appears Charles has the perfect arrangement while he attends school and does some growing of his own with the helpful advice of his best friend, Buddy Lembeck. Charles becomes ecstatic when his dream girl, Gwendolyn Pierce, a campus beauty, accepts a date with him. However, Jill and Stan have to go out for the night, leaving Charles in charge. Buddy comes up with the perfect solution -- invite Gwendolyn to spend the evening at home with him and the children. She accepts and sends Charles int
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#46 - The County Clerk
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 26
Andy and Helen try to play matchmaker for Howard Sprague, the county clerk, but his mother wants to keep him close to home (and to her).
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#47 - The Foster Lady
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 27
In search of a "real person" for his Foster Furniture Polish, Mr. Foster thinks Aunt Bee has what it takes to make his t.v. commercials memorable.
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#48 - Smart Fell on Alabama
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 6
Because he failed to retrieve a little red book from a Kaos carrier,Max has to train,and recruit three convicts to break into a highly fortified Mansion where the Red Code Book is.
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#49 - Aunt Esther Has a Baby
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 11
When Woody gets drunk just before a visit from the adoption agency, Fred must stand in as Esther's husband.
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#50 - The Barbershop Quartet
The Andy Griffith Show Season 7 - Episode 3
The Barbershop Quartet is missing one singer when Howard develops a sore throat. Andy, much to his dismay,must bring along a chicken thief who is a great singer. Andy has deep misgivings about this fellow and whether he will actually sing or try to break free.
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#51 - The Hawaiian Connection (Part 3)
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 3
When Fred and Lamont discover stolen diamonds intended to be smuggled to the mainland, the thieves chase them all over Hawaii.
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#52 - Hello, Columbus -- Goodbye, America
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 24
CONTROL must persuade a decendent of Columbus not to sell America to KAOS.
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#53 - Aunt Bee Takes a Job
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 13
Feeling bored and lonely in the afternoons, Aunt Bee asks Andy if it would be alright if she get an afternoon job. After looking through the want ads, she gets hired at a printing company, not knowing that her bosses are counterfeiters.
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#54 - Keep Your Guard Up
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1 - Episode 5
A football player turned insurance salesman applies for a job as a sportscaster and attaches himself to Mary. Mary and Rhoda discover that he hasn't had much success at anything and encourage him to pursue his dreams.
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#55 - Slumber Party
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 6
Charles and Gwendolyn had a fight over something rather trivial, and suddenly he feels he doesn't want to deal with the whole WOMEN issue. He's had it with women! He looks around the Pembroke house and realizes that Lila is having all her girlfriends over for a slumber party. He is trapped in the house full of women, and although Buddy drops in and has agreed to stay with him, they are outnumbered. When he and Buddy finally escape to his room to be alone, they find that they are not alone there either.
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#56 - A Man's Best Friend
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 12
Opie makes friends with Tommy, the new kid in town. Tommy is a bit mischevious, climbing up on the roof of Andy's building, and taking out a gun from Andy's gun rack even after Andy warns him TWICE not to. Goober gets a dog which he names "Spot" (because there are no spots). Tommy hides one of his walkie-talkies in Spot's collar and he and Opie lead Goober on to thinking that Spot can talk. The tables are turned, however, when Andy uses Tommy's love of horses to teach him a lesson.
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#57 - Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon?
I Dream of Jeannie Season 1 - Episode 3
Tony is on a survival mission with Roger when Jeannie seems to have followed him. She then proceeds to help him in every way possible by giving him food, shelter, and finally transportation while Roger suffers in the hot, sweltering desert.
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#58 - The Hawaiian Connection (Part 1)
Sanford and Son Season 6 - Episode 1
A band of jewel thieves lures Fred and Lamont to Hawaii to unwittingly smuggle diamonds off the island.
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#59 - Jeannie and the Marriage Caper
I Dream of Jeannie Season 1 - Episode 4
General Stone is leaving the U.S. Air Force to accept an ambassadorship overseas. He offers Tony the opportunity to come along and be his Military Attache. General Stone's daughter, Melissa, who is also Tony's fiancee, urges Tony to accept the prestigious position and move up their wedding date.
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#60 - A Baby in the House
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 25
Aunt Bee is thrilled to be able to help out her niece by babysitting her infant baby. Unfortunately the baby cries only when Aunt Bee picks her up and not when anyone else does it. This makes Aunt Bee terribly upset until a minor crisis occurs and she finally understands what she was doing wrong.
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#61 - Physician Impossible
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 9
Mistaken for a doctor and his nurse, Max and 99 are kidnapped and forced to operate on a wounded gangster. CONTROL is transporting vicious killer Big Eddie Little to jail by pretending to run in a marathon with him. Little breaks away from Max, but not before Max shoots him in the shoulder. Little gets away, vowing to kill Max. Max ignores his threats and goes to visit 99 and the twins in the hospital. Dressed in hospital scrubs, Max and 99 are taken for a doctor and nurse by KAOS and taken to a remote cabin to remove the bullet from Little's shoulder. Only by pretending to remove the bullet can Max escape from the cabin alive.
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#62 - My Husband Is Not a Drunk
The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 - Episode 6
Rob falls under a hypnosis spell meant for Buddy - he keeps acting drunk every time a bell rings.
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#63 - Pink Pills and Purple Parents
The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 - Episode 10
In a flashback to when they were first married, Laura is nervous about meeting Rob's parents. Millie gives her some pills that could help her relax, but Laura doesn't really want to try them.
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#64 - Lamont in Love
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 18
To find the truth about Lamont's new girlfriend Janet, Fred goes undercover.
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#65 - Friends And Lovers
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 10
Charles and Gwendolyn decide that college itself puts enough pressure on them and they do not need the additional ones of a serious relationship. There will be plenty of time for that once they have graduated. Charles explains to Stan and Jill Pembroke that, since they are so secure in their relationship, it will only help them appreciate each other more if they go out with other people. Then Gwendolyn has to cut her chemistry studying time with Charles short because she has been asked out on a date that evening. Charles begins fighting the first symptoms of a very serious jealousy attack. Enters Buddy who wants to help his friend overcome his sorrows and doubts, but the young ladies they meet at a gathering of foreign students do not seem to fill the gap Gwendolyn has left in Charles' life. Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke also offer good and sound advice, but nothing helps much. Charles and Gwendolyn realize how much they care for each other and promise to remain friends forever.
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#66 - Charles 'R' Us
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 18
No matter how hard Charles and Buddy try, between them they do not have enough cash to even think about going out on dates. There has to be a way for them to make some extra spending money. Buddy's idea of finding household helpers and training them, then placing them for a small fee may be the answer to their cash shortage. What if they could offer somebody with the Good Charleskeeping Seal of Approval? Who would be better suited to find other Charles' than Charles himself? Buddy and Charles set up appointments with prospects from their college, and Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke give them permission to hold the interviews at the house. After some exhausting screening of a number of prospects, they decide on Megan Harker. They even give her the 'torture test', which she passes. Charles can honestly recommend her to the Wilson's for the live-in helper's job. After he offers Megan his congratulations, he tells Buddy that Megan will be the only graduate from Charles Us school.
7.50 #67 - The Dentist
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 17
Laverne has a chipped tooth and goes to Shirley's dental student cousin Mikey. Laverne, as a favor to Shirley, allows Shirley's dentist cousin to fix her tooth. The only problem is he's a lousy dentist and Laverne can't let on that he's doing a terrible job as Shirley's cousin's professor is watching every move he makes.
7.50 #68 - Bus Stop
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 18
The girls take a bus to a distant city to visit two medical students who leave them stranded.
7.50 #69 - The Obstacle Course
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 20
The policeman in charge of testing the recruits thinks Shirley is too puny and weak to do the assault course, so Laverne helps Shirley train to prove him wrong. Laverne's policeman boyfriend is getting women volunteers together to form L.A.M.P. (Ladies' Auxiliary Milwaukee Police). Laverne is naturally selected, but then Shirley wants to try it too. Laverne tries to dissuade her but ends up agreeing as long as Shirley doesn't quit. When Shirley gets there, no sooner does she try the obstacle course than she fails at the first obstacle which happens to be a pool of water. Shirley runs out of the room soaking wet. Laverne finds Shirley at the Pizzabowl in the ladies room, and Shirley now wants to quit. Laverne calls Shirley a cream puff and storms out. Back at the apartment, Shirley apologizes and says she'll keep at it if Laverne will help her become more athletic. Laverne then trains Shirley in all the obstacle course events until the day of the test, Shirley manages all the obstacles
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#70 - The Cannon
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 11
The governor comes to town for founders day. The mobile state museum is brought to town for the event. Goober and that clown Warren are supposed to guard the museum and end up firing the old Civil War cannon at two crooks who are attempting to burglarize the museum.
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#71 - The Legend of Barney Fife
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 18
Warren gets to meet his idol Barney Fife. Barney is thrilled to have someone worship him (at long last!) but tries to sneak out of town when a real case needs to be dealt with involving an escaped convict.
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#72 - Cousin Elliott
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 5
Charles comes home triumphant from a softball game. He is so happy with life, his job, school...Lila is getting ready for a survival trip to which Douglas was hoping to go also, all hidden in her duffel bag. Unexpectedly cousin Elliot shows up at the Pembroke house. His ideas of how to deal with children, what is permissible and what is not, does not necessarily coincide with Charles' opinions. The children drink coffee, overeat on ice cream to the point of stomach aches, Elliot even plans to take Lila - who is only fourteen years old - to a dark, smoky night club. Charles is undecided. Should he step in and stop all the "fun" or should he not get involved at all? His friend Buddy had told him that blood is thicker than water, and Elliot is family. In the end, Charles does put his foot down, and to his amazement finds out that Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke were just letting him go through this experience by himself, since they knew all along how things were going to end.
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#73 - Barney Runs for Sheriff
The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 - Episode 21
Andy is offered a job in Minnesota so Barney decides to run for sheriff in the upcoming election. But when Andy's job offer falls through, he returns to Mayberry to find Barney with a case of campaign fever, aiming to unseat Andy.
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#74 - Wyatt Earp Rides Again
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 20
A wild west show comes to town featuring a wimpy man who is said to be related to Wyatt Earp.
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#75 - Do I Hear a Vaults?
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 25
The Chief meets Smart at a public library to recover a book containing names and addresses of CONTROL agents. Max and Larrabee transport the book in an armored car to a bank vault, but Max accidentally locks the vault door on both the Chief and Larrabee. Guest Stars: Ned Glass, Herbert Voldand, Ann Summers, Robert Karvelas, George Sawaya
7.38 
#76 - Discipline
Charles in Charge Season 1 - Episode 7
Stan Pembroke comes home expecting Jill to be dressed and ready to go to the Vice Presidents reception but the Pembroke home has suddenly turned into "Little Crisis Central". Lila and Douglas brought home grades from school that they are not very happy about. Even Charles and Buddy are grumbling about too much homework and too much pressure. Jill feels that she cannot just walk out of the house and leave the children without at least talking about their individual problems, but Stan maintains that he has confidence in Charles --Charles has his trust and he will resolve the problems, whatever they are! That is why Charles and Douglas have to go to Doug's school and Charles has to face the boy's teacher. A stunned Charles meets an absolutely gorgeous and fashionably dressed young woman - Ms. Susan McCoy. It turns out that she is also very knowledgeable. And during their meeting the other Pembroke children drop in, they are able to benefit from the valuable lesson.
7.36 
#77 - A Vision of Sugar Plums
Bewitched Season 2 - Episode 15
A repeat of Season 1 episode of the same name, this episode begins with Samantha and Darrin getting a card from the boy they took in last year for Christmas. They then have an episode-long flashback of the previous season's holiday episode.
7.35 
#78 - Witness for the Execution
Get Smart Season 5 - Episode 19
Max is assigned to protect KAOS Agent Dietrich. Dietrich has turned informant, and will give testimony on the inner workings of KAOS that would put an end to KAOS. The only obstacle is a man name Kibbee, a ruthless KAOS assassin who has never failed an assignment. Will Max be able to protect Dietrich, and himself, from Kibbee also known as the Exterminator?
7.35 
#79 - Off to Hollywood
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 7
When Andy receives a $1000.00 dollars for the rights to a story about him "Sheriff without a gun" that will be filmed in Hollywood, he wants to put it in the bank. Opie, Aunt Bee and Helen all insist he do something fun with it. When they come up with the idea of a trip to Hollywood, the entire town gets involved in sending them off.
7.33 
#80 - The Older Woman
Sanford and Son Season 4 - Episode 23
Fred tries to convince Lamont to end his romance with an older woman.
7.25 
#81 - Man in the Middle
The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 - Episode 7
A lover's spat between Barney and Thelma Lou blows out of proportion and ends up involving Andy and Helen. Soon all four are not speaking and it's up to Barney to fix things, but he'll have to make up with Thelma Lou first.
7.24 
#82 - If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars
The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 - Episode 22
Barney sets up a sting operation to catch a crook who may be returning to Mayberry for some stolen loot and ends up arresting an undercover FBI agent instead. But a suspicious Andy realizes Barney's operation may not have been as far off as he thought.
7.22 
#83 - The Hollywood Party
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 9
Andy has some explaining to do to Helen when photographs of him getting cozy with a famous and attractive Hollywood starlet make it back to Mayberry.
7.21 
#84 - A Warning from Warren
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 6
Warren is convinced he has e.s.p. and feels that Andy and Helen are in grave danger if they go to the lake. He tries to warn them but they do not take him seriously. He takes it upon himself (with Goober's help) to "protect" them.
7.20 
#85 - The Escorts
Sanford and Son Season 5 - Episode 19
Fred starts an escort service but must entertain three ladies at the same time.
7.20 
#86 - Goober and the Art of Love
The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 - Episode 20
Goober starts to annoy Andy and Barney by hanging around during their dates with Helen and Thelma Lou. They decide to set him up with a girl he likes, only to find they now have twice the trouble.
7.12 
#87 - Eat Your Heart Out
The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 - Episode 24
Poor Andy Taylor. What's he to do when Goober's new sweetheart starts making cow eyes at him? What else? HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Her name is Flora Mahlerbie, Mayberry's attractive new waitress. She charms the patrons all, serves fine pies and juggles her dishes admirably all while managing to remember what the daily blueplate special is. Goober goes for her in a big way but fickle Flora has her eye on anxious Andy. Head for the hills Andy!! "Flora if you wanna be stuck on someone PLEASE be stuck on Goober cause he's crazy over you! You gonna git me in ALL kinds of trouble..."
7.11 #88 - The Morticians
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 13
Laverne has a crush on a mortician who is more interested in her dead than alive. To help her chances of getting to know the mortician better, Laverne asks Shirley to pretend she is dying.
7.00 #89 - The Slow Child
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 15
When Mrs. Babish's mentally slow daughter, Amy, comes to visit, a moving relationship soon develops between her and Lenny - despite the fact that almost everyone believes Lenny just wants to take advantage of "the slow child". But to everyone's amazement, Lenny really comes through as a thoughtful, sensitive and caring person toward Amy.
7.00 #90 - Debutante Ball
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 21
Laverne and Lenny go to a debutantes' ball where Lenny learns he is 89th in line for the Polish throne.
7.00 #91 - Breakin' Up and Makin' Up
Laverne & Shirley Season 3 - Episode 24
Laverne and Shirley try to get Frank and Edna back together after they break up when Edna's ex-husband comes to town.
7.00 
#92 - Julio and Sister and Nephew
Sanford and Son Season 4 - Episode 10
When Julio's sister and nephew visit and must stay with the Sanfords, Fred becomes involved with the nephew's problems at school.
6.89 
#93 - My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 - Episode 21
Laura is angry with Rob always picking up the check whenever they go out with friends.
6.50 
#94 - The Death of the Party
The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 4 - Episode 12
After golfing against Laura's wishes, Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura prepare a party.
5.50