The BEST episodes directed by Hal Cooper
#1 - Today, I am a Freshman
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 4
It's the beginning of another school year, and Marcia panics about becoming a freshman, going as far as pretending to be sick. However, after her parents see through Marcia's act, they encourage her to get involved -- but she joins every club available.
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#2 - My Sister, Benedict Arnold
The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 5
Greg is furious when he discovers Marcia is dating a rival who had beaten him out of a spot on the basketball team. Seeking revenge, Greg begins seeing the girl who had bested Marcia in cheerleading.
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#3 - Call Me Irresponsible
The Brady Bunch - Season 2 - Episode 6
Greg gets his first job as an office boy at Mike's architectural firm. However, he places his job in jeopardy when he carelessly loses some important designs.
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#4 - Cindy Brady, Lady
The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 21
Feeling immature because she is the youngest, Cindy feels that she isn't appreciated until she gets a mysterious letter from a secret admirer.
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#5 - Walter's Problem (1) (a.k.a.) Life of the Party (1)
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 1
After a wild evening of drinking, Maude, Walter and Arthur awake to discover some oddities. First, Maude and Arthur shared a bed, second the guys trashed the living room and third, Walter made an obscene phone call to Maude's mother. Carol suggests that perhaps Walter has a drinking problem but he refuses to face that fact. Maude and Walter later get into a big argument while they are both drunk and Walter slaps her.
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#6 - The Mad Home Wrecker
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 5 - Episode 9
The Bellows' give Tony and Jeannie an early wedding present; a grotesque looking piece of artwork. That's not all, they and others chip in to hire a redecorator to redecorate their home. As it turns out, the redecorator has no taste and Jeannie ends up redecorating their home in the blink of an eye.
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#7 - Maude's Dilemma (2)
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 10
After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's "what-ever-you-want" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.
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#8 - This Is Murder
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 28
When its discovered a princess is coming to Cocoa Beach to visit NASA, Tony is chosen to escort her for 3 days. At the same time, Jeannie sees a picture of her and realizes that she is from a royal family that once cheated her family 3000 years past and Jeannie has taken an oath to kill her. Tony; trying to save the princess from harm; sends Jeannie on a quest (that will ultimately take her 3 days to complete)to get him various things that take even a genie quite a bit of time to accomplish. This plan unfortunately does not work and Jeannie shows up ahead of schedule and meets with the princess. In the end, things work out good because Jeannie and the princess have agreed the feud was childish and thus they dropped the whole thing.
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#9 - Maude Takes a Job
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 7
Maude is sky high now that she has a part-time job as a real estate agent. However, things on the home-front are not so happy as Walter, a self proclaimed old fashioned man, is not used to coming home and not having Maude to cook for him and tell his problems too. Thus, he orders her to quit her job.
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#10 - Florida's Affair
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 6
The lazy furnace repairman, Whitnauer, has been showing an interest in Florida and she doesn't quite know what to do about his advances. This situation ultimately causes marital problems between Florida and her husband, Henry, when he catches her dancing with the man. Meanwhile, Maude and Walter are finding it hard to get Whitnauer to hurry it up on the furnace.
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#11 - The Night the Roof Fell In
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 2 - Episode 9
Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day - and each remember the fight very differently.
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#12 - My Master, the Swinging Bachelor
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 2 - Episode 30
Jeannie makes a cake for Tony and his dinner guests that makes them act like children.
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#13 - Hello, Cousin Emma...Goodbye, Cousin Emma
Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 24
Grady's cousin Emma comes to visit and tries to take advantage of his hospitality.
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#14 - The Will
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 11
A major argument erupts on the day that Maude and Walter are to accept a husband and wife of the year award. The reason: Maude discovers that Walter has appointed a trustee in his will and of all people, the trustee is Arthur; Maude promptly refuses to go to the banquet to accept the award.
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#16 - Cyrano de Brady
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 5
Smitten with Jan's friend Kerry, Peter seeks Greg's advice on landing a girl. This leads to Greg playing Cyrano for Peter, but Kerry mistakenly thinks Greg is the one who has feelings for her.
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#17 - Law and Disorder
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 14
Bobby is crestfallen when he is picked to be safety monitor at school. But with Mike's and Carol's encouragement, Bobby becomes determined to do the job well but goes overboard, becoming the most unwelcome person both at school and at home.
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#18 - Edith Flips Her Wig
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 6
Edith is worried she may be a kleptomaniac after she absent-mindedly takes a wig from a department store.
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#19 - Please Don't Feed the Astronauts
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 3 - Episode 20
Per the direction of Commander Porter, Roger and Tony go on a five day survival mission where they exist on berries and bugs.
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#20 - Florida's Problem
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 18
Florida is backed into a corner by her chauvinistic husband, Henry, who has picked up a second job and orders her to quit her housekeeping job at the Findlays home. Soon it begins to cause problems for Maude and Walter as Walter takes Henry's side and Maude takes Florida's.
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#21 - Always on Sunday
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 2 - Episode 2
Jeannie tries to relieve Tony's stress by making every day Sunday.
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#22 - Fastest Gun in the East
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 2 - Episode 7
Jeannie sends Tony into the past as the marshal of a western town.
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#24 - Invisible House for Sale
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 4 - Episode 16
Following Roger's suggestion, Jeannie decides to sell the house so that Tony will have more time with her. But when Tony finds out and tells her that he does not want anyone else seeing the house, she makes it invisible.
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#25 - The Case of My Vanishing Master (2)
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 4 - Episode 14
The substitute Tony blabs about Jeannie to Doctor Bellows who either finally has his answers about Major Nelson or thinks that the imposter is crazy.
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#27 - The Wallet
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 17
Maude finds a wallet on the street that belongs to a man, known for his infidelities. After Walter declares a wallet is a place of privacy for all men, she snoops into his wallet. This triggers a series of mistaken identities when she confronts a woman, Norma, whom she thinks is carrying on an affair with Walter.
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#28 - Phillip's Problem
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 23
Maude's grandson Phillip has been behaving horribly lately and Carol does not know what to do with him. Walter quickly suggests giving him a good old fashioned spanking, but Maude is vehemently against it. However, she begins to change her mind when Carol and Chris leave for a weekend getaway.
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#29 - Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie? (4)
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 3 - Episode 19
Jeannie informs Tony that once she has been locked up for a full moon, whoever frees her will be her new master. Tony rushes to be the one to open the safe.
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#30 - The Greatest Invention in the World
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 2 - Episode 17
Jeannie conjures a miracle fabric that raises Dr. Bellows' suspicions.
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#31 - The Good-Time News
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 3 - Episode 1
Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're frustrated by Ted.
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#35 - The Way to Lamont's Heart
Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 23
Spooked by his girlfriend's marriage ideas, Lamont uses Grady as the reason he can't tie the knot.
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#36 - My Master, the Great Caruso
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 2 - Episode 13
When Jeannie gives Tony an operatic singing voice, he finds himself forced to compete in a talent show.
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#38 - Maude and the Medical Profession
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 16
Walter and Maude are planning on taking a second honeymoon to Italy, however, the day their plane leaves, Maude gets a tetnus shot which results in a rash. She immediatley hotfoots it down to the doctors office where she encounters a busy preoccupied doctor who perscribes her medication but doesn't advise her on how to take it, resulting in an overdose, cancellation of the honeymoon and a possible malpractice suit.
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#40 - The New Housekeeper
Maude - Season 3 - Episode 4
With Florida gone, Maude has finally decided to hire a new housekeeper. She is excited with the fact that the new one, Mrs. Naugatuck is British but quickly the two of them clash over gender roles, as Mrs. Naugatuck insists on calling Walter the master of the house and begins to pamper his every need.
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#41 - Maude's Good Deed
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 20
An old friend of Maude's comes for a visit with news of a feud between herself and her daughter. This leads Maude to go all out and try to reconcile the two but a generation gap and financial matters are working against her attempts. Meanwhile, at the same time, Maude tries to matchmake her friend up with Arthur.
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#44 - Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 21
Tony, frustrated over Jeannie's constant use of magic to help around the house, makes her swear not to help him out anymore under any circumstances. Jeannie agrees, but it's bad timing. Seconds later, Red Chinese spies visit the Nelson home asking for Tony. They kidnap him at gunpoint, and if Jeannie uses her gifts to rescue Tony, she'll lose him as a master. Tony, meanwhile, is being held at shacks along the shoreline, where the criminals aim to make him reveal classified secrets through torture. A beautiful Chinese woman is also in on the scheme Jeannie manages to spy on the spies, reporting back to Roger (who in turn, reports to Dr. Bellows, who reports to Gen. Peterson). After several back-and-forths, Jeannie finally learns that the spies intend to kill Tony by making him drink poisoned tea. Roger convinces Jeannie to temporarily let him be his master, so she can skirt the rules and rescue Tony in time.
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#45 - Guess Who's Going to Be a Bride? (1)
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 5 - Episode 3
When her uncle decides to retire as leader of the small nation of Basenji, Jeannie decides to marry her master and give him the country as an anniversary present. Unfortunately Tony has been assigned to collect an ingot of Phinkilium from an enemy of Jeannie's uncle for NASA and he, angry at her uncle, makes the mistake of saying he would never marry Jeannie if she were the last genie on earth, causing Jeannie to leave him.
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#47 - Arthur Moves In
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 17
After a fire breaks out in his home, Arthur moves in with the Findlays and immediately works over Maude's nerves. Not only does Arthur keep Walter up all night playing card games, but he gives Florida work to do and insists Maude prepare his food in a certain way. Pretty soon, Maude insists that Walter throw him out.
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#48 - Is There an Extra Jeannie in the House?
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 18
Roger has run Jeannie ragged with his whims. But angering Tony (because he exhauses Jeannie) is the least of his concerns. Seems one night he's kept Dr. Bellows' niece out on a hot date until the wee morning hours, making his superior officer really upset.
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#49 - U.F.Oh Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 4 - Episode 1
While Tony and Roger testing a top secret flying saucer like craft for NASA, Jeannie pops on board and her extra weight causes them to go off course. The two land in the middle of hillbilly country and are mistaken for Martians by a family who plans on turning them in for a reward.
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