The BEST episodes written by Irma Kalish
#1 - Family Plan
Family Affair - Season 3 - Episode 13
Bill is laid up with a broken leg from a ski accident. The kids and his girlfriend both give him some horrendous care.
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Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 12
Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 14
Graduate Cissy plans to stay out all night.
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Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 9
Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
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Family Affair - Season 2 - Episode 2
Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.
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Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 6
The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 24
Mr. French tries to help out a friend by letting his daughter see that her decision to be an actress is a big mistake, but the plan fails when Bill gets her a speaking part on Broadway and goes out with her. His friend then comes to twon and tells French that he was wrong about his daughter's acting career the whole time.
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#8 - The Evans Get Involved (1)
Good Times - Season 5 - Episode 1
When young Penny Gordon follows J.J. home, she tells the Evanses tall tales about her life without mentioning her abusive mother (Chip Fields). But when Penny changes into a dress, a stunned Willona and Thelma discover the girl's badly bruised back.
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Family Affair - Season 3 - Episode 15
Cissy brings home a friend named Dana who brags to everyone that her family life is absolutely fabulous, until Bill finds out that her parents are divorced and are looking for her.
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Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 4
When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of her openness and free will. Mr. French hates Emily because of her attitude and decides that the apartment isn't big enough for two domestics. Mr. French then realizes that Emily is a great asset and they decide to work together.
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#11 - Ciao, Uncle Bill
Family Affair - Season 3 - Episode 11
Uncle Bill might have found the right woman to marry in Rome, but calls it off when she doesn't like children
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 7
Buffy gets a broken leg and the family tries to cheer her up, but to no avail.
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 1
After Bill returns from a vacation, the kids decide to let him just kick back and relax, but constant interruptions make that totally impossible.
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Family Affair - Season 3 - Episode 28
Mr. French gets a role as King Henry VIII in a film production, only to have him look really stupid.
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#15 - The Young Man from Bolivia
Family Affair - Season 3 - Episode 23
Jody is jealous of attention paid to his Bolivian pen pal.
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 26
Bill makes the decision to stay in Tahiti because the kids are happy with their new lives. Cissy is happy with her new boyfriend, but she is hurt when she finds out that he is married! Cissy wants to go back home, and Bill decides that this is the best decision.
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#17 - The Big Move (1)
Good Times - Season 4 - Episode 1
While celebrating a move to Mississippi and out of the ghetto, the family receives the shocking news that James has been killed in a car accident.
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#18 - Once in Love with Buffy
Family Affair - Season 1 - Episode 21
Aunt Fran's back and she wants the kids to come back with her. She believes that Bill will not be a suitable person for the kids. Of course, Fran thinks that this fact is confirmed when Buffy thinks that Bill doesn't want them there. When teh family gets ready to leave, Buffy sees the light and changes her mind.
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#19 - Willona's Surprise
Good Times - Season 4 - Episode 17
Willona's womanizing ex-husband appears and tries to convince her that he has changed his ways.
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#20 - Archie Goes Too Far
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 17
Edith and Gloria end the latest family brawl when they storm out of the house to spend the night on their own.
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#22 - The Blockbuster
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 8
An unscrupulous real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.
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#23 - Bum Voyage
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 1 - Episode 23
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.
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#24 - One for the Little Boy
Family Affair - Season 1 - Episode 18
Bill plans to do some serious bonding with Jody by taking him on a business trip, but Murphy's Law plagues the trip. But Jody states that just being with Bill is exciting enough.
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#25 - Boy About the House
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 19
Beverly is sick of seeing Andy shuttled from one foster home to another, so she offers to adopt him.
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#26 - The Evans Get Involved (4)
Good Times - Season 5 - Episode 4
While Willona worries about the adoption, Bookman tries to help by telling the social worker that he is Willona's husband.
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#27 - Whatever Became of Baby Custer?
I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 - Episode 11
An 8-year-old boy, Custer, idolizes Tony. One day when making an unannounced visit, Custer sees Jeannie's magic at work. The little boy blabs almost immediately. Dr. Bellows learns about this and decides to use him to prove that the recent wierd goings-on with Tony have some explanation. Of course, Jeannie uses her magic to cause even more trouble.
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#28 - Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 30
A beam from Martin's regenerator gives Mrs. Brown power to foresee the future.
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Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 17
Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
#30 - The Stowaway
Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 9
Buffy and Jody discover a runaway orphan and decides to keep him without Mr. French knowing about it.
#31 - Room with a Viewpoint
Family Affair - Season 1 - Episode 6
Buffy doesn't like the new changes in her and Cissy's bedroom and refuses to ever step foot in it.
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#32 - Edith's Christmas Story
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 15
During the Christmas holidays, Edith tries to hide the fact that she may have breast cancer.
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The Facts of Life - Season 9 - Episode 6
A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
#34 - Gloria the Victim
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 23
After an attempted sexual assault, Gloria suffers through the legal aftermath of reporting the crime.
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Family Affair - Season 2 - Episode 13
Cissy and Buffy are starstruck when they meet a Broadway star living in the building.
#38 - Days of Nuns and Roses
The Flying Nun - Season 1 - Episode 9
The sisters try to raise money by bottling sea grape juice, but they get more than they bargain for.
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#39 - Where's Poppa?
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 10
A disconsolate Blair locks herself in the bedroom after her father pleads guilty to charges of insider trading.
#40 - Love Has a Spot on His Lung (1)
Good Times - Season 4 - Episode 23
After telling the kids he plans to marry their mother, Carl suddenly dumps Florida because he has been told he has cancer.
#42 - The Beginning of the End
The Facts of Life - Season 9 - Episode 23
Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
#45 - The Beginning of the Beginning
The Facts of Life - Season 9 - Episode 24
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
#46 - Douglas-A-Go-Go
My Three Sons - Season 6 - Episode 14
The Douglas family bravely accepts the challenge when 13 year old Chip decides to give a party -- with girls. On the party evening the record player breaks down and Chip contemplates the disintegration of his first teenage party. But Steve comes up with a solution.
#47 - The Honeymoon Apartment
That Girl - Season 1 - Episode 27
Ann gets a visit from her cheap cousin and his bride. When he refuses to leave, Ann gets a room in a bridal suite to formualte a plan to get him out.
#49 - Where There's a Will
Too Close for Comfort - Season 2 - Episode 7
Hearing a story about a man who died intestate causes Henry to have a terrible nightmare, which compels him to finally make out his will. However, he soon regrets his decision to follow Monroe's advice to do it on videotape in the presence of his family.
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#50 - When a Martian Makes His Violin Cry
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 23
A gypsy curse causes Mrs. Brown to drop anything she picks up.
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