The BEST episodes directed by Dave Powers

with Dinah Shore
star
8.97
32 votes

#1 - with Dinah Shore

The Carol Burnett Show - Season 10 - Episode 8

Business professionals (Carol and Harvey) discuss his marriage proposal in the style of a business meeting. Dinah Shore sings "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". Tim's plays the oldest living butcher with Harvey as an impatient customer. "Went With The Wind," a "Gone With The Wind" spoof features Carol as Starlet O'Hara, Vicki as Sissy, Tim as Brashley Wilkes, Dinah as Melody, and Harvey as Capt. Rat Butler. A musical salute to New Orleans with "Basin Street Blues" as the centerpiece.

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Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs
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8.60
100 votes

#2 - Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs

Three's Company - Season 5 - Episode 1

Jack wears himself out trying to serve dinner in three places at once.

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Stanley's Hotline
star
8.57
96 votes

#3 - Stanley's Hotline

Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 15

Stanley overhears Chrissy talking through the pipes and mistakenly thinks she is pregnant.

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Lies My Roommate Told Me
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8.42
94 votes

#4 - Lies My Roommate Told Me

Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 6

Jack plays Cyrano for a tongue-tied Larry, who has talked Terri into a date.

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Chrissy's Cousin
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8.42
103 votes

#5 - Chrissy's Cousin

Three's Company - Season 5 - Episode 7

Chrissy's clumsy cousin Cindy moves into the apartment.

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Chrissy's Hospitality
star
8.41
97 votes

#6 - Chrissy's Hospitality

Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 9

Chrissy falls and hits her head in the bathtub while trying to put up a shower curtain. Jack and Janet take her to the hospital when she starts to get dizzy. They misunderstand the doctor when he comes out of Chrissy's room crying, and think that she has only a short time to live.

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Found Money
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8.37
19 votes

#7 - Found Money

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 6

When Mama tries to use the bank's ATM, it malfunctions and gives her $800, and she is unsure whether to keep it or give it back to the bank.

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Jack's Double Date
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8.33
88 votes

#8 - Jack's Double Date

Three's Company - Season 7 - Episode 17

Janet and Terri bet Jack that he can't go without women for a week, but the temptation of a new flame gives him little chance to collect.

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The Older Woman
star
8.32
100 votes

#9 - The Older Woman

Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 14

When Janet and Chrissy think Jack is dating an old woman, they send Larry to try to seduce her.

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Look Who's Breathing
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8.27
15 votes

#10 - Look Who's Breathing

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 18

Naomi and Vinton are taking a childbirth class. When Vint is called in to work, Mama has to go to class with Naomi instead of going to the Bingo Bonanza with Iola, so an impatient Mama creates chaos by trying to speed things along and offering her own perspective on the "miracle of birth".

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Take My Mama, Please!
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8.25
12 votes

#11 - Take My Mama, Please!

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 9

After heckling a stand-up comedian at the Bigger Jigger, Mama accepts a challenge to do a routine of her own.

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Flounder's Day
star
8.22
18 votes

#12 - Flounder's Day

Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 6

After being unfairly beat out 50 years ago, Mama finally has a chance to sing in the annual Founder's Day festival when an audition is held to find a new singer of the town anthem "Raytown, O Raytown"

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The Really Loud Family
star
8.17
24 votes

#13 - The Really Loud Family

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 4

For a school project, Bubba makes a film about the Harper family. However, a short circuit in the camera causes it to turn itself off and on again while recording, resulting in an unintentionally provocative film — shown on public TV.

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The Big Nap
star
8.15
13 votes

#14 - The Big Nap

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 15

After watching detective movies on TV for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams that she is a film noir-style detective hired to find her client's mother.

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Doctor in the House
star
8.12
54 votes

#15 - Doctor in the House

Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 20

Jack pretends he is a doctor to impress his grandfather.

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Guess Who's Going to Dinner
star
8.12
17 votes

#16 - Guess Who's Going to Dinner

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 17

Vint wins a Mother's Day dinner for two at a North African (Moroccan) restaurant called Abdul's Garden of Eating. As a result, Mama and Naomi fight over which of them Vinton should take.

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Bedtime for Bubba
star
8.11
18 votes

#17 - Bedtime for Bubba

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 9

Mama suspects that Bubba and his female classmate are doing more than studying together, and she is determined to prove it.

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Birthright
star
8.09
22 votes

#18 - Birthright

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 17

An anonymous letter convinces Vint that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother.

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Jack's Tattoo
star
8.08
62 votes

#19 - Jack's Tattoo

Three's Company - Season 8 - Episode 16

Jack needs surgery to remove a tattoo that his navy buddies made him get while drunk.

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Full House
star
8.08
13 votes

#20 - Full House

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 8

Vinton has a chance to join a local group called the Poker Pals, but he needs Mama to sit in for a missing player, a decision he soon comes to regret.

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Where There's Smoke
star
8.07
27 votes

#21 - Where There's Smoke

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 11

Mama invites Reverend Meechum to dinner in hopes of being names President of the Church Ladies' League.

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Mama and Dr. Brothers
star
8.07
29 votes

#22 - Mama and Dr. Brothers

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 6

When Dr. Joyce Brothers comes to town, Naomi calls in to talk about her bedroom problems with Vint. Dr. Brothers blames it on Mama, which doesn't sit well.

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Mama's Girls
star
8.06
17 votes

#23 - Mama's Girls

Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 18

Trying to get Aunt Effie to follow her doctor's advice and exercise leads Mama to start a senior citizens's tap-dancing troupe.

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Mama Makes Three
star
8.05
19 votes

#24 - Mama Makes Three

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 25

After being told that they cannot conceive a child, Vint and Naomi decide to adopt, but first they - and Mama - are required to meet with a psychiatrist.

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Naomi's New Position
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8.04
23 votes

#25 - Naomi's New Position

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 3

Naomi hopes to become the new assistant manager at the store, but the new manager says that she will have to have an affair with him if she even wants to keep her current job. After hearing this, Mama decides to teach him a lesson.

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Mama's Cousin
star
8.04
24 votes

#26 - Mama's Cousin

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 20

Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama with her neverending stories.

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with Rock Hudson and Steve Lawrence
star
8.03
31 votes

#27 - with Rock Hudson and Steve Lawrence

The Carol Burnett Show - Season 10 - Episode 17

Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) has a millionaire date (guest Rock Hudson) for lunch, but she wants to dump him; Steve Lawrence sings "You Take My Heart Away"; a husband-and-wife news team bicker while anchoring a newscast; and a salute to the music of composer Jule Styne including including "People", "Together", "Small World" and "Everything's Coming up Roses".

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Handcuffed
star
8.02
63 votes

#28 - Handcuffed

Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 18

Chrissy borrows her policeman cousin's handcuffs and accidentally gets locked together with Jack who has a big date waiting for him.

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Chrissy and the Guru
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8.01
68 votes

#29 - Chrissy and the Guru

Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 7

Chrissy joins a cult run by a swindling fraud.

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Psycho Pheno-Mama
star
8.00
15 votes

#30 - Psycho Pheno-Mama

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 8

Vinton and Naomi persuade Mama to have a psychic called "Madame Rita" give everyone readings. At first, Mama is surprised by the psychic's ability, but later sets out to expose the phony medium.

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Fly Naomi
star
8.00
24 votes

#31 - Fly Naomi

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 12

Unhappy with her dead end career at the Food Circus, Naomi decides to enroll in school to become a stewardess.

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Family Show
star
8.00
1 votes

#32 - Family Show

The Carol Burnett Show - Season 10 - Episode 16

A couple bicker over a late-night "wrong number" phone call; a woman tries to liven up her life as a party is going on at the next apartment; the dancers perform a ballet to the music of "Nadia's Theme"; an inept, out-of-tune trio of musicians accompany an opera singer at a recital; a vacuum-cleaner salesman tries to peddle his wares to a housewife; and a "Late Late Late Show" presentation of "Torchy Song" (a spoof of the 1953 Joan Crawford film "Torch Song").

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Best Medicine
star
8.00
33 votes

#33 - Best Medicine

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 3

Ellen must have surgery, which deeply concerns Mama despite her ongoing feud with Ellen.

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Grandma USA
star
8.00
24 votes

#34 - Grandma USA

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 18

Mama competes in the Grandma U.S.A. competition after Bubba jokingly enters her.

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The Love Letter
star
8.00
29 votes

#35 - The Love Letter

Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 8

After a love test with disappointing results, Vint convinces Bubba to write Naomi a love letter. When Iola finds the misplaced letter, a scene of mistaken love occurs.

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Many Unhappy Returns
star
8.00
16 votes

#36 - Many Unhappy Returns

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 5

Vinton's boss, Mr. Carstairs, asks Vint to hold a $200 diamond bracelet for him; it is an anniversary present for Mrs. Carstairs. Confusion ensues when Mama finds it, thinking it is her birthday present.

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Look What I Found
star
7.97
63 votes

#37 - Look What I Found

Three's Company - Season 8 - Episode 15

The trio leaves a stray kitten at Mr. Furley's doorstep, but the gift threatens Furley's ability to pass an inspection ordered by his brother Bart.

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Hearing is Believing
star
7.97
61 votes

#38 - Hearing is Believing

Three's Company - Season 8 - Episode 6

Janet mistakes Jack's girlfriend, a sex therapist, for a prostitute.

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Borrowing Trouble
star
7.95
60 votes

#39 - Borrowing Trouble

Three's Company - Season 7 - Episode 22

When the girls and Larry stage a fake radio contest to give Jack money they mistakenly think he needs, Jack uses the sudden windfall to buy a new leather coat.

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War of the Roses
star
7.94
17 votes

#40 - War of the Roses

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 12

Mama and Iola are preparing for the Crystal Thorn flower contest, and Iola is angry to find that Mama's flowers have cross-pollinated with one of hers, producing a pink-and-white hybrid. At first neither of them wants it, but when floral expert Mayjune Beasley tells Mama that it could win the award, both Iola and Mama claim ownership.

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with Gloria Swanson
star
7.94
33 votes

#41 - with Gloria Swanson

The Carol Burnett Show - Season 7 - Episode 3

The Charwoman meets Charlie Chaplin (guest Gloria Swanson); in another "Carol & Sis" sketch, an elevator operator in Carol and Roger's new apartment building has a crush on her; a mistress (Vicki) tells all to a radio call-in show about a man (Lyle) with whom she's having an affair, while his unsuspecting wife (Carol) listens to every word; and an "Old Folks" sketch. Gloria Swanson performs "A New-Fangled Tango" and Carol sings "Without a Word, Without a Sound".

Extra, Extra
star
7.94
63 votes

#42 - Extra, Extra

Three's Company - Season 7 - Episode 4

The trio's living arrangements are mischaracterized in a newspaper article, causing the girls shame but making Jack a hero with his friends.

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Mama Takes Stock
star
7.94
16 votes

#43 - Mama Takes Stock

Mama's Family - Season 6 - Episode 11

Vinton learns that he is about to lose his job because Kwik Keys is being shut down by the new owners, a corporation called Bernice. When Bubba discovers that an old stock certificate Mama owns is now ten shares of Bernice, she sets out to save Vinton's job.

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Child's Play
star
7.92
24 votes

#44 - Child's Play

Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 8

Reverend and Mrs. Meechum ask Mama to look after their unruly grandson, Eugene, for the day. However, the little monster proves to be very difficult to handle, even for disciplinarian Mama.

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Paradise Lost
star
7.92
57 votes

#45 - Paradise Lost

Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 22

When Terri scores a fancy new house rental, Larry and Mr. Furley scheme to keep the trio from moving.

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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
star
7.90
61 votes

#46 - She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Three's Company - Season 8 - Episode 2

Mistakenly believing that one of the girls is in love with him, Jack brings Janet and Terri to a cabin to determine the identity of his mystery lover.

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Old Folks at Home
star
7.90
94 votes

#47 - Old Folks at Home

Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 7

Chrissy feels sorry for a homeless man and lets him stay with her, Janet and Jack, much to their dismay.

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There's No Place Like...No Place
star
7.89
19 votes

#48 - There's No Place Like...No Place

Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 18

When the police arrest people at a rally for the homeless, Mama is mistakenly arrested for vagrancy and thrown in jail.

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Eleanor's Return
star
7.89
101 votes

#49 - Eleanor's Return

Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 13

When former roommate Eleanor visits, Jack thinks he is being pushed out.

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The Key to the Crime
star
7.88
26 votes

#50 - The Key to the Crime

Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 3

A burglar known as the Courteous Crook is robbing and subsequently cleaning homes all over Raytown. When Vinton is accused of being the Crook, Mama and Iola set out to find the real culprit.

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