The BEST episodes written by Ben Gershman
#1 - Greg's Triangle
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 11
Greg is crazy for his latest girlfriend, Jennifer, but things get difficult for him when he learns that both Jennifer and Marcia are competing for head cheerleader -- and he just happens to be one of the judges.
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#2 - The Hustler
The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 21
When Mike's boss, Mr. Matthews, sends the family a pool table, Bobby becomes obsessed with pool, challenging all comers including Mr. Matthews himself.
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#4 - Quarterback Sneak
The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 9
Marcia's new beau, the quarterback of the rival Fairview team, uses her to get to Greg's Westdale playbook.
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#5 - Marcia Gets Creamed
The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 7
Marcia loves her new job at the ice cream parlor -- until the shiftless Peter fouls things up and Jan outperforms her.
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#6 - Party Invitation
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 15
Beaver is invited to Linda Dennison's birthday party and quickly discovers that he is the only boy that she invited. Fearing for his reputation, Beaver tries his best to get out of attending, but June and Ward are insistent, not aware of the situation Beaver's in.
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#7 - The Wheeler-Dealer
The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 4
Greg buys his first car for $100 from his smooth-talking friend Eddie. Finding that he has been stuck with a lemon, Greg attempts to repeat Eddie's snow job when he tries to resell the car to another sucker.
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#8 - Danger! High Voltage!
My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 27
Martin needs to electrically charge himself for his trip back to Mars. However he overcharges himself. He needs to rid himself of the excess electricity, and when he initially tries to discharge it, he blacks out half of Los Angeles. Martin is facing two problems. First, if he is overcharged for an extended period of time, he will exhibit unusual symptoms such as a plaid designed face. A current symptom is his continual sneezing which is causing electrical switches to turn on. And second, the power company is narrowing the source of the blackout to the O'Hara's neighborhood, and have called in the police to investigate the malicious tampering with the power grid. Martin figures the best course of action to discharge the electricity in a hurry is to do it direct at the source: the power house. In his invisible state, Martin hitches ride in the power truck that's come to investigate their neighborhood. After distracting the power man on duty, Martin manages to discharge his excess electricity safely back into the system. But once again, he's missed his opportunity to get back to Mars.
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#9 - Now You See It, Now You Don't
My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 19
At the museum, Martin discovers that the long-time curator, Wilbur Canfield, is very unhappy. He has just acquired a new expensive Egyptian piece for the museum, but the museum's board is questioning the authenticity and therefore merit of this acquisition. Because of this, Canfield himself is now questioning his own abilities, as he feels he may be getting too old to do his work properly. The board is calling in an independent expert, Pietro Donati. What's worse, Canfield once discredited Donati's evaluation. Martin will know the piece's authenticity, if he can only get a look at it. In doing so, Tim can get an exclusive story and Martin can validate Canfield as an expert in the field. But the artifact is stashed away behind security until Donati's arrival. Since Martin can't get close to it, he decides instead to levitate it to him. After Martin finds that it is indeed authentic, he has to get it back to the museum. However security is aware that it's missing and thus the museum is secured even more than usual while they try to locate the artifact. After some tricky maneuvering, Martin does manage to get it back into place, although to the bewilderment of security. However, Martin forgot to check for the mark of Ra, which definitely identifies the artifact as authentic. When Donati arrives to inspect the piece, he deems it to be a fake since the mark of Ra is not there. However Martin tells him to look a little more closely under the couple thousand years of residue. The mark is indeed there. Therefore it ends well for Canfield and Donati. The only person with an unhappy ending is Tim - his exclusive story was so good, Mr. Burns appoints him editor of culture, which is not exactly his cup of tea.
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#10 - The Disastro-nauts
My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 34
Martin convinces Tim to use his connections as a reporter to get Martin a tryout as the astronaut for a Mars destined rocket, privately financed by Omar M. Keck. Despite a slew of younger stereotypical astronaut types vying for the job, Martin's obvious advantages as a Martian get him the job. Before Martin is ready to leave, he allows Tim to prepare a story of his uncle "The Martian" for publication after Martin is on his way. On his way to the air force base with Martin, Tim leaves the tape of the story on Mr. Burns' desk - based on his usual schedule, Mr. Burns should arrive at the office after Martin and the rocket are safely in space. However the launch of the rocket is delayed, leaving Tim and Martin to rush back to the office to retrieve the tape. They rush back to base to watch the launch happen without Martin in the rocket. At least the launch was picture perfect!
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#11 - El Senor from Mars
My Favorite Martian - Season 2 - Episode 36
In Mexico, Tim and Martin witness the opening of an ancient box.
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#12 - 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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#13 - The Dropout
The Brady Bunch - Season 2 - Episode 1
Don Drysdale's tips for Greg on his baseball playing go to his head. Which leads to Greg deciding to not go to college and he even starts to think about dropping out of high school.
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#14 - Martin and the Eternal Triangle
My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 26
Since Tim is unavailable for an outing, Martin asks Mrs. Brown out on a "date". Mrs. Brown herself can't make it since surprisingly she already has a date for that evening. Martin feels dejected, but he doesn't know why. Tim lets him know that he is jealous of Mrs. Brown's new suitor, Andre Philippe Charles Dupre, a suave, debonair fashion designer. On first glance, Martin must admit that Andre is a charming and accomplished gentlemen, worthy of Mrs. Brown's affections. But Martin digs a little deeper in hopes of finding fault with Andre. When Martin finds nothing, he feels ashamed about his selfishness, and vows to further the happiness of Mrs. Brown, a person for who he has deep affection, by doing whatever he can to foster her relationship with Andre. Martin does this despite gleaning from reading her mind that Mrs. Brown does not find Andre to be as romantic a suitor as she had hoped. Thus while Mrs. Brown and Andre are on a dinner date, Martin does whatever he can to make Andre appear the most romantic of suitors. Andre proposes, but Mrs. Brown turns him down and decides not to see him again. She felt the evening was too perfect and thus their relationship would have no where to go. She mentions to Tim and Martin that women prefer men with a few imperfections, she implying that Martin is that man for her.
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#15 - Dreaming Can Make It So
My Favorite Martian - Season 2 - Episode 1
Tim learns about Martian dreams when he sees three girls dancing around the dozing Uncle Martin.
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#16 - Wally's Girl Trouble
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 10
Wally and Beaver dread attending dance school, so when suddenly Wally takes a liking in it, June and Ward are dumbfounded. It seems Wally has developed a crush on a girl named Penny and Beaver soon feels neglected and left out when Wally begins spending all his time with her.
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#17 - Andy Forecloses
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 28
Andy, faced with the unpleasant task of serving an eviction notice on a family who has fallen on hard times, tries desperately to come up with a way for the tenants to keep their home.
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#18 - Hitchhike to Mars
My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 21
The Inter-Galaxy Corporation is launching a rocket to either Mars or Venus. Martin needs to convince them to choose Mars, so that he can stowaway and get home. J.M. Buckley, Inter-Galaxy's President, is an indecisive man, but is highly superstitious and makes many decisions on these superstitions. He is leaning toward sending the rocket to Mars, but two things are distracting him from making the announcement of such: it's Friday the 13th, and he's missing his lucky rabbit's foot. Martin overcomes the date superstition by making Buckley think that Friday the 13th is the luckiest day on the calendar. The missing rabbit's foot on the other hand Martin and Tim need to find. They locate it, but in cat-chewed state. Martin realizes that many rabbit's feet look similar and he uses his powers to recreate it to its original visual state. That's all Buckley needs to make the announcement to send the rocket to Mars, the launch to take place in two days. To thank the corporation, Martin suggests adding a magnetic oscilloscope, an invaluable piece of equipment for the mission, to the rocket. This act of kindness on Martin's part is also his error: with the addition of the oscilloscope, there is no more room for a stowaway.
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#19 - Sheriff Barney
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 12
When Barney gets an offer to become the sheriff of nearby Greendale, Andy decides to let him be the sheriff of Mayberry for a day to give him a taste of what the top law-enforcement spot entails.
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#20 - The Hunter
Gilligan's Island - Season 3 - Episode 18
Famous big-game hunter Jonathan Kincaid and his assistant, Ramoo land on the island in search of new game to hunt. Since they have hunted just about every kind of animal on earth, they then decide that the ultimate challenge would be to hunt a human. After much debate, they choose Gilligan as their target, and state that if Gilligan can stay alive for 24 hours, they will rescue the castaways. After Gilligan manages to outwit and outrun the armed hunters for 24 hours, Kincaid does not uphold his promise of rescue for fear they will report him to the authorities.
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#21 - Andy and the Gentleman Crook
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 21
A notorious, nationally known con man dubbed "Gentleman Dan" becomes a hero of epic proportions to Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney when he is held for two days in the Mayberry jail.
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#22 - The Merchant of Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 22
Weaver's Department Store in Mayberry has some new competition -- in the form of Bert Miller, a traveling salesman who sets up shop in the town with a little help from Andy.
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#23 - The Big Dish
Hogan's Heroes - Season 4 - Episode 24
Hogan's latest mission: destroy an elaborate anti-aircraft defense system designed by a beautiful English woman who has defected to Germany.
#24 - Progress and the Addams Family
The Addams Family - Season 1 - Episode 30
Mr. Henson has now been made city Commissioner, and he condemns the Addams Family house to evict them and build a freeway in its place.
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#25 - Barney Gets His Man
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 30
Barney's reputation as a deputy soars when he inadvertently helps capture Eddie Brooke, an escaped convict. But Brooke vows to escape again and head straight back to Mayberry to exact his revenge.
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#26 - Double Trouble
My Favorite Martian - Season 2 - Episode 9
Martin's duplicating machine creates another Mrs. Brown.
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#27 - Small Claims Court
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 3
Arnold has his day in court when an unfortunate "train" of events puts him at odds with a less than understanding merchant.
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#28 - A Plaque for Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 25
The Women's Historical Society is all set to throw a celebration in honor of the last living descendant of a Revolutionary War hero named Nathan Tibbs, who has been traced to Mayberry. But their excitement turns to horror when they discover that the intended honoree is the town drunk, Otis Campbell.
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#29 - The Power of the Press
The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 19
Peter finds popularity after mentioning his classmates in the school newspaper column. But with his schoolwork suffering, he tries the same tactic on his teacher with much different results.
#30 - The Perfume Salesmen
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 12
Wally and Beaver want to win a fancy film projector. In order to get it they have to sell 24 bottles of perfume. However, the appalling aroma of the perfume quickly leads to zero sales and has Ward trying to think up a sales gimmick.
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#31 - Gesundheit, Uncle Martin
My Favorite Martian - Season 2 - Episode 17
Martin suffers from temporary amnesia attacks, brought on by Martian hay fever.
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#32 - You're Never Too Old
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 21
Both Robert Reed puts in double duty as Grandpa Brady as does Florence Henderson when she portrays Grandma Hutchins in an episode where the Brady kids play matchmakers and try to get Grandpa Brady and Grandma Hutchins together. However, their efforts may all be for naught when an argument erupts between Grandma and Grandpa during a romantic dinner.
#33 - Bailey's Bad Boy
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 15
Andy has his hands full with a rich, arrogant lawbreaker (Bill Bixby) who threatens to have his influential father make life miserable for Andy and Barney unless the charges against him are dismissed.
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#34 - Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 9
Aunt Bee falls for traveling handyman Henry Wheeler, but Andy becomes convinced that Wheeler is a less-than-ideal suitor and decides to intervene.
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Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 11
Betty Jo and Steve enjoy an evening out, unaware that their baby has gone to jail with her sitter.
#36 - The Case of the Missing Sleuth
My Favorite Martian - Season 2 - Episode 15
The Case of the Missing Sleuth: Detective Brennan (Alan Hewitt) dissolves himself with Martin's molecular separator.
#37 - The Strange Case of Joseph P. Carson
Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 9
In an attempt to get rid of lady Dr. Craig, Uncle Joe fakes an illness that becomes real.