The BEST episodes directed by Dave Powers
#1 - 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.
#2 - Chrissy's Cousin
Three's Company - Season 5 - Episode 7
Chrissy's clumsy cousin Cindy moves into the apartment.
#3 - Stanley's Hotline
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 15
Stanley overhears Chrissy talking through the pipes and mistakenly thinks she is pregnant.
#4 - Upstairs, Downstairs, Downstairs
Three's Company - Season 5 - Episode 1
Jack wears himself out trying to serve dinner in three places at once.
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#5 - 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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#6 - Chrissy's Hospitality
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 9
A bump on the head lands Chrissy in the hospital, but Jack and Janet mistakenly believe that she is dying.
#7 - Chrissy and the Guru
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 7
Chrissy joins a cult run by a swindling fraud.
#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.
#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.
#10 - Old Folks at Home
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 7
A gruff old man stays at the apartment.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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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#13 - 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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#14 - 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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#15 - Handcuffed
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 18
Jack is forced to drag Chrissy along on a date when they become accidentally handcuffed together.
#16 - Doctor in the House
Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 20
Jack pretends he is a doctor to impress his grandfather.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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.
#21 - 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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#22 - 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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#23 - Larry's Bride
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 8
Larry's new finacée has her eyes on Jack.
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#24 - The Love Barge
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 11
Jack takes s job on a cruise ship and can bring only one guest, causing Janet and Chrissy to spat.
#25 - The Root of All Evil
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 22
The roommates squabble over a cash windfall and seek professional help to settle the dispute.
#26 - In Like Larry
Three's Company - Season 5 - Episode 15
When Jack and Larry switch apartments, Jack feels unwanted and misses life with the girls.
#27 - 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.
#28 - The Money Machine
Three's Company - Season 8 - Episode 3
Recipient of an errant ATM's cash regurgitation, Jack hides the loot in the couch, but Mr. Furley unknowingly sells the couch with the money inside.
#29 - 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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#30 - 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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#31 - The Goodbye Guy
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 24
The roommates mistakenly believe that Furley wants to commit suicide.
#32 - 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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#33 - 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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#34 - 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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#35 - 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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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".
#37 - 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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#38 - 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.
#39 - 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").
#40 - Eleanor's Return
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 13
When former roommate Eleanor visits, Jack thinks he is being pushed out.
#41 - The Reverend Steps Out
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 14
Rev. Snow asks Chrissy to move out of the apartment so that he can land a job with a local church.
#42 - 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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#43 - Double Date
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 1
Jack feigns illness after realizing he has two dates at the same time.
#44 - Good Old Reliable Janet
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 2
Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest that is broken up by the police.
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#45 - 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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#46 - 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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#47 - 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".
#48 - 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.
#49 - The Harder They Fall
Three's Company - Season 3 - Episode 18
Jack and Chrissy think a plant-loving man is messing around with Janet.
#50 - Black Letter Day
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 13
An advice column causes Janet and Chrissy to accuse each other of having an affair with Jack.