The BEST episodes directed by John Rich
#1 - The Curious Thing About Women
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 16
Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.
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#2 - The Bunkers and the Swingers
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 7
Edith unwillingly invites a pair of wife-swapping swingers to dinner when she responds to a newspaper ad for pen pals.
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#3 - Where Did I Come From?
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 15
Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.
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#4 - That's My Boy?
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 1
All about about the day Richie came home from the hospital. With so much stuff to take home, and so many mix ups with the items of the Peters (a couple in another hospital room), Rob begins to wonder what else could have gotten mixed up.
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#7 - Lionel's Engagement
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 20
The family attends Lionel's engagement party, where his parents discover that one of his fiancé's parents is white.
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#8 - A Clubhouse is Not a Home
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 6
With more and more of the girls belongings being moved over from storage, the boys become fed up and take to their 'No Girls Allowed' clubhouse in the backyard which sparks the first of many battles between the sexes. This leads the girls to try to build their own clubhouse.
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#9 - Archie Is Branded
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 20
Archie wakes up to find a swastika painted on his front door.
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#10 - Black Jesus
Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 2
J.J.'s painting of a black Jesus coincides with good fortune coming to each family member.
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#11 - Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding (1)
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 9
On the Stivics' second anniversary, the family recalls the comedy of errors that transpired on the wedding day.
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#12 - Katchoo
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 5
Jan comes down with a mysterious allergy and Carol and Alice try to determine just what is causing it. They deduce that the cause is Tiger, the family dog. Or is it?
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#13 - Sammy's Visit
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 21
Sammy Davis Jr. visits the Bunkers and plants a kiss on Archie's cheek.
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#14 - What's in a Middle Name?
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 2 - Episode 7
Rob and Laura must explain to Richie why his middle name is Rosebud.
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#15 - Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 8
Archie and several neighbors learn that a black family is moving into the neighborhood, unaware that it is the Jeffersons. Lionel finds out about the effort to purchase the Jeffersons' new house and gets Archie to reveal his plans.
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#16 - Archie Sees a Mugging
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 18
Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.
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#17 - Dear Libby
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 2
An article in an advice column, Dear Libby, draws Marcia's attention. In the article, an anonymous person is in the same situation as Mike and Carol is in and this particular person is unhappy. This leads Marcia to draw the conclusion that Mike or Carol wrote the letter. She later shows the article to the other kids and they devise a plot to keep their newly formed family together.
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#18 - Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 7
Mike invites an unmarried hippie couple to spend the night in the living room, despite Archie's strenuous objections.
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#19 - We're Having a Heat Wave
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 1
Henry Jefferson joins Archie in trying to prevent a Hispanic family from moving into the neighborhood.
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#20 - Edith's Conversion
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 9
Archie thinks Irene Lorenzo is trying to convert Edith to Catholicism.
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#22 - Archie and the Computer
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 7
A computer informs Archie that he's been declared dead.
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#23 - One Angry Man
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 24
Rob gets called for jury duty and finds himself doubting the attractive defendant's guilt.
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#24 - Archie and Edith, Alone
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 19
The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria visit a commune.
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#25 - Amy's Good Deed
Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Episode 31
Amy Slater gets to Dodge and tells Matt she came to die. He suggests seeing Doc Adams, she says she's not sick but that Matt could help. When asked how, she says "you're going to kill me." Learning the truth, he decides how to handle it.
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#26 - Everybody Tells the Truth
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 21
The family recounts vastly different versions of the same encounter with a pair of handymen in the kitchen.
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#27 - We're Still Having a Heat Wave
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 2
As the Lorenzos settle in, Archie grows jealous of Edith's friendship with Irene.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 5 - Episode 5
The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 5 - Episode 1
Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.
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#30 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 4
No longer feeling needed around the Brady household, Alice makes up a story about an ailing aunt in Seattle in order to leave. Later the family finds out the truth and put "Operation Alice" in effect in an attempt to make her stay.
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#31 - Meet the Bunkers
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 1
On the Bunkers' wedding anniversary, Gloria and Mike bicker with Archie.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 5 - Episode 9
Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet.
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#33 - Archie Feels Left Out
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 17
Archie refuses to attend his own birthday party.
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#34 - Judging Books by Covers
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 5
Archie thinks Mike's friend is gay, but learns his ex-football player buddy is homosexual.
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#37 - The Prize Boat
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 4 - Episode 12
Gomer wins a boat in a jingle contest, but it's Carter navigating iinto taxes, license fees, and other expenses.
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#38 - Archie is Cursed
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 14
Irene challenges Archie to a pool match, but he begs off, complaining of a sore back.
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#39 - Archie Gives Blood
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 4
Archie hesitates to donate blood, fearing it may be mixed with that of a different race.
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#40 - The Mill
Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 4
The Cartwrights construct a grist mill to provide income for a crippled rancher who blames Ben for his predicament. Ben has to contend with the man's depraved caretaker, and finds himself attracted to his wife. "Sons can't be everything," Ben tells her.
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#42 - Edith the Judge
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 22
Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.
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#43 - Cousin Maude's Visit
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 12
Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.
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#44 - Archie and the FBI
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 16
Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.
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#45 - Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding (2)
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 10
Continuation of the flashback to the Stivics' wedding, when Michael's uncle insists that the marriage be performed by a Catholic priest.
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#47 - Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 3
Cindy has been cast as the fairy princess in the school play. She's excited that her mom and new dad will be able to see her in the production until she learns she can only invite one parent. Torn between who she should choose, Cindy fakes an injury to get out of being in the play.
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#48 - Twelfth Night
Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Episode 16
A feud begun between two families when they lived in the Ozarks continues with fresh bloodshed, and Matt gets caught in the middle.
#49 - Texas Cowboys
Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Episode 30
A headstrong Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men was responsible for murdering another by shooting him in the back.
#50 - To Watch a Thief
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 4 - Episode 11
Gomer thinks Carter stole a watch from the base PX.
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