The BEST episodes written by Arnie Kogen
#1 - Harry's Excellent Adventure
Empty Nest - Season 3 - Episode 2
Harry looks forward to his golf game until he has to cancel to help Barbara with her taxes and Carol with her car. Tired of having no time for himself, he follows a globe-trotting friend to Pamplona for the running of the bulls.
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#2 - The Mentor
Empty Nest - Season 3 - Episode 16
Harry realizes his mentor is getting too old to practice medicine, but is afraid to tell him. Meanwhile, Carol and Barbara prepare for a piano recital.
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#3 - The Cruise
Empty Nest - Season 3 - Episode 23
While on a cruise, Barbara practices for a talent show, Harry tries to avoid two ladies who won't leave him alone, and Carol finds the man of her dreams...who disappears when Charley steers the ship into the Bermuda Triangle. Meanwhile back home, Laverne redesigns Harry's refrigerator.
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#4 - A Christmas Story
Empty Nest - Season 2 - Episode 11
The Westons prepare for their annual holiday skiing trip until Dreyfuss runs away. Laverne refuses to accept Christmas gifts from Harry.
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#5 - Rambo of Neiman Marcus
Empty Nest - Season 2 - Episode 6
Carol and Barbara are witnesses to a mall robbery and surprisingly it's Carol who nabs the thief, not police officer, Barbara. Neighbor Rose hits Harry's car and offers to pay for the damages.
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Empty Nest - Season 5 - Episode 10
Laverne is reluctant to accept Harry's invitation to Thanksgiving dinner and flashbacks to the previous such dinner show why.
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#7 - Love is Blind
Empty Nest - Season 2 - Episode 19
Carol dates a blind man and focuses only on his disability, ignoring the fact that he is rude and obnoxious. Jeffrey Millstein is nervous about a chess tournament.
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#8 - Windy
Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 8
A hurricane hits just as the Westons decide to sell their house. Laverne's mother-in-law visits.
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Empty Nest - Season 5 - Episode 26
It's Harry's birthday and he overhears Charley planning a surprise party, but soon finds out it isn't for him. Flashbacks from seasons past highlight this episode.
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#10 - Final Analysis
Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 23
Just as Carol nears a breakthrough, her psychiatrist dies. Harry's new patient enjoys making jokes and smart alack remarks.
#11 - 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".
#12 - The Great Escape
Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 15
While Harry and Laverne are en route to a medical seminar, an escaped convict takes Barbara and Carol hostage.
#13 - Harry's Friend
Empty Nest - Season 1 - Episode 9
Harry isn't too happy when Carol begins dating his old friend.
#14 - My Business is Shrinking
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 20
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.
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#15 - Cyrano de Weston
Empty Nest - Season 1 - Episode 20
Harry gives Charley advice on how to impress a new girlfriend, who turns out to be the same lady Harry is seeing. When a relative dies and leaves Barbara and Emily money, Carol is anxious to see what she'll be getting but isn't too thrilled when it arrives.
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#16 - A Matter of Principal
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 2 - Episode 24
It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches.
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Newhart - Season 4 - Episode 24
The Loudons, George, Steph and Michael are invited to Vanderkellen mansion for Arthur's birthday. Art insists Michael sign a pre-nuptial agreement that he refuses to do. Stephanie fears Michael's only dating her for her money. Dick worries when he breaks a music box given to Arthur by Winston Churchill.
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#19 - What Makes Dick Run
Newhart - Season 3 - Episode 22
Dick and his crew have VITA fever when the local broadcasting awards, the VITAs, are scheduled to be announced. Dick, inspired by a puppet show put on by Larry and the boys for an ailing Stephanie, decides to jazz up his act to win a VITA nomination.
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Newhart - Season 6 - Episode 2
Larry is ousted as leader after he discovers that Darryl is actually the oldest of the three.
#22 - The Big Uneasy
Newhart - Season 6 - Episode 19
Michael is tempted by a television executive during a conference in New Orleans.
#23 - The Snowmen Cometh
Newhart - Season 4 - Episode 17
The town panics when it appears the annual Snow Carnival will be cancelled due to a lack of snow. Larry, Darryl & Darryl request $2,000 to make it snow.
#24 - Dick the Kid
Newhart - Season 5 - Episode 3
Dick heads west to pursue his dream of being a cowboy.
#26 - Good-Bye and Good Riddance, Mr. Chips
Newhart - Season 5 - Episode 23
Dick enrolls in a typing class, only to find that the teacher, Mr. Brooney, is the same tyrant he had for a sixth-grade teacher.