The BEST episodes written by Al Schwartz (I) (1910–1988)

#1 - The Subject Was Noses

The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 18

Marcia has a big problem when she inadvertently makes two dates for the same night. One with Charlie and the other with Doug, the big man on campus. She makes a excuse to Charlie to go out with Doug but quickly learns Doug was only interested in having a pretty girl on his arm after Marcia is hit in the face with a football.

#2 - Jan, the Only Child

The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 8

Fed up with the number of people in the household, Jan voices her desire to be an only child. The other kids oblige and treat her that way, but Jan changes her tune when she's excluded from the other kids' activities.

#3 - The Cincinnati Kids

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 11

Mike brings along the family on a business trip to an amusement park in Cincinnati. But when a mix-up occurs with Mike's blueprints, the Bradys must scour the park to find them.

#4 - Shoplifter at the Shady Rest

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 20

#5 - Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jinx?

Petticoat Junction - Season 2 - Episode 30

No one in Hooterville wants any part of Uncle Joe, for the word's around that he is a jinx

#6 - Kate Bradley, Peacemaker

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 29

Kate acts as peacemaker when a feud between Floyd and Charley threatens to end the operation of the Hooterville Cannonball.

#7 - Her Sister's Shadow

The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 10

Tired of being in Marcia's shadow, Jan is determined to do something that Marcia never did. But Jan becomes more depressed when she fails to make the cheer squad. Then she wins first prize in an essay contest only to discover that her teacher had made a mistake in scoring.

#8 - The Dog Turns Playboy

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 3

The Shady Rest Dog becomes wealthy when a lawyer arrives at the hotel to announces that the dog has inherited $200

#9 - Try, Try Again

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 10

After a string of failures, Jan becomes she has no talent -- until she discovers tap dancing, which drives the Brady family crazy.

#10 - Lucy and Candid Camera

Here's Lucy - Season 4 - Episode 14

The family believes they are on Candid Camera, but in actuality, the are assisting a robbery. Allen Funt plays a dual role as himself and an evil look-a-like.

#11 - The Chicken Killer

Petticoat Junction - Season 2 - Episode 31

Dog Catcher Hinky Mittenfloss, who's been after the Bradley dog for some time, locks up the pooch on charges of killing a farmer's chickens.

#12 - 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.

#13 - Never Too Young

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 4

After Bobby defends a girl at school, she rewards him with a kiss and he immediately sees skyrockets. But after a second kiss, she tells Bobby that she may have the mumps.

#14 - Out of This World

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 16

After meeting an astronaut, Bobby and Peter claim to have spotted a UFO and camp out in the backyard to get it on film.

#15 - His Honor

Green Acres - Season 2 - Episode 16

Oliver misunderstands when the Hooterville bigwigs ask him to be a judge. He thinks he's being appointed an appellate judge but they just want him to judge apples at the county fair. The Douglases travel to New York so Oliver can get some judging advice while Lisa shops for a robe and wig for His Honor.

#16 - A Star is Born

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 19

Residents of the Shady Rest Hotel are thrown into a turmoil when a talent contest is held in Hooterville

#17 - Kate Grounds Selma Plout

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 7

Kate Bradley tangles with Selma Plout when Selma tries to lure pilot Steve Elliott into marriage with her daughter

#18 - The Invisible Mr. Dobble

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 23

Kate believes she has lost her mind when she finds that one of her guests at the Shady Rest hotel is invisable.

#19 - Kitty Karry-All is Missing

The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 7

When Cindy's doll, Kitty Karry-All turns up missing, she accuses Bobby. This leads to a mock trial with Alice as the judge to determine Bobby's guilt or innocence. Then later Bobby's kazoo turns up missing and he blames Cindy.

#20 - Betty Jo Goes to New York

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 10

A week in New York City transforms Betty Jo from a country girl into a svelte sophisticate.

#21 - Getting Davy Jones

The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 12

Marcia makes a promise that she will get Davy Jones to perform at the prom, but finds it almost impossible to reach the former Monkee -- until he surprises her with a visit to the Brady house.

#22 - The Great Earring Caper

The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 20

Peter's new detective kit comes in handy when Cindy touches and then loses a pair of antique earrings that Marcia was borrowing from Carol that she warned her not to touch. This leads Peter and Cindy on an all out search for the missing earrings.

#23 - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy

Gilligan's Island - Season 1 - Episode 19

Gilligan discovers a jungle boy living on the island. He shows them a hole in the ground that causes objects to float, and the professor theorizes that it is expelling either helium or hydrogen. He immediately sets to work building a large balloon, with the hopes of carrying one of them back to civilization.

#24 - Dear Minerva

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 1

Kate become an anonymous celebrity when she writes a lovelorn column for the local paper.

#25 - The Ugly Duckling

Green Acres - Season 2 - Episode 5

Ralph Monroe is devastated when Mr. Kimball turns her down again. Lisa decides to help Ralph out, by making her more feminine. Oliver is forced to sleep in the barn with Eb, while Lisa works day and night to doll up Ralph. Later, at a dinner party, the new Ralph is presented to the unsuspecting Mr. Kimball, who likes Ralph even less now, for Lisa claims she didn't have enough time to make Ralph fully feminine.

#26 - Joe Carson, General Contractor

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 5

Uncle Joe pretends he is a general contractor so he can make a few dollars handling the renovation of the Green Acres farmhouse.

#27 - The Butler Did It

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 15

Bobbie Joe enters a contest sponmsored by Gibney's Old English Tomato Sauce and wins first priza-an English bulter.

#28 - Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 30

Beety Jo fails to return home fro school on time, and her alarmed mother concludes she has run away to get married.

#29 - Bobbie Jo's Sorority

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 6

Bobbie Joe must accomplish a seemingly impossible feat in order to quality for memership in Hooterville High's School's only sorrity.

#30 - The Possible Dream

The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 22

Marcia's sense of security is shattered when Cindy inadvertently gives away her diary to a book collection. Marcia is especially concerned since in it, she confessed a secret desire for Desi Arnaz, Jr.

#31 - Welcome Aboard

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 17

When Carol tells Mike she's expecting an addition to the family, eavesdropping Cindy and Bobby think that Carol is pregnant and pass the rumor along to the rest of the family. But the new addition isn't a baby, it's Carol's nephew Oliver, a clumsy boy who seems to bring trouble wherever he goes.

#32 - Smile, You're on Mars Camera

Gilligan's Island - Season 2 - Episode 4

A NASA satellite with a TV camera, accidentally lands on the island instead of the intended target: Mars. The castaways try to communicate their S.O.S. when the camera is operational. However, with the help of a Gilligan goof-up, the castaways are covered with glue and feathers, and the NASA scientists mistakenly believe they are seeing the first proof of life on Mars.

#33 - Wheels

Good Times - Season 5 - Episode 7

J.J. and his friends buy Bookman's beat-up old car and argue over who gets to drive it.

#34 - Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?

The Brady Bunch - Season 2 - Episode 15

Tired of being the middle blond girl of the family, Jan tries to alter her appearance by buying a black wig, which she intends to wear to a friend's upcoming birthday party.

#35 - Never Trust a Little Old Lady

Green Acres - Season 2 - Episode 14

It's tomato planting season and Oliver needs some useful weather information. Hooterville relies on WPIXL-TV's Mildred, a little old lady who prances out of her dollhouse, or Walter, the singing weatherman. Both are constantly wrong so Oliver contacts the Weather Bureau which predicts warm days and nights. With the plants in the ground, Hooterville suffers the coldest night of the year. Incredibly, it's Lisa's crepe suzettes that save the crop from the cold.

#36 - Bedloe's Successor

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 11

Homer Bedloe's,arch-enemy of the Hooterville Cannonball,returns to Hooterville Valley in adject disgrace and poverty.

#37 - Music Hath Charm

Gilligan's Island - Season 1 - Episode 26

Mrs. Howell decides to form a symphony orchestra, to make up for the lack of culture on the island. Gilligan's drum beats, as they drift across the water, hold special meaning to angry natives on a nearby island.

#38 - Jury at the Shady Rest

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 22

Gluttonous jurors,lodged at the Shady Rest hotel, refuse to reach a verdict because they like Kate's food so much.

#39 - The Windfall

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 26

On an excursion to Pixley[ostensibly to look for a job], Uncle Joe stumbles on a fortune in buried money.

#40 - The Young Matchmakers

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 32

Widow Kate's three daughters organize a lonely hearts club to find eligible bachelors for her.

#41 - My Daughter the Secretary

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 14

Kate Bradley's perennial foe, Selma Plout, schemes to cheat Kate's daughter, Billie Jo, out of a weekend in "Excitement City".

#42 - Billie Jo's Independence Day

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 18

Billie Jo moves out from under her mother's roof and discovers that independence has it's drawbacks.

#43 - Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 17

Tomboy Betty Jo goes looking for a husband on the premise that fate has singles her out to become thhe next bride in the community.

#44 - Uncle Joe Plays Post Office

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 13

Uncle Joe becomes the new postmaster of Hooterville and moves the post office to the Shady Rest hotel.

#45 - Lucy and the Celebrities

Here's Lucy - Season 4 - Episode 10

Lucy and Uncle Harry seek celebrities for a radio campaign when a competitor makes a dent in their business. Kim's boyfriend is an impressionist (Rich Little), and offers his services.

#46 - It's Magic

Gilligan's Island - Season 1 - Episode 33

The Castaways discover a trunk belonging to a magician. They use a magician's props to scare away unfriendly natives from nearby islands.

#47 - Only Boy in the Class

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 20

Bobbie Jo takes pity on the only boy in her home economics class and induces her mother to help him win a passing grade.

#48 - War of the Hotels

Petticoat Junction - Season 3 - Episode 25

Kate fights a no0holds-barred "hotel war" with Murdock Sneep, unscrupulous operator plane of the rival Pixley Hotel.

#49 - He Loves Us, He Loves Us Not

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 4

#50 - How Bugged Was My Valley

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 9

Hooterville is thrown into chaos when Uncle Joe tries to scare up some crop-dusting business for Steve Elliott