The BEST episodes written by Jeff Franklin
#1 - The Road to Burbank
Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 8
There is a dispute over who should pay the bill when Lenny and Squiggy trash a hotel room on their way to California and try to blame it on Laverne and Shirley. This leads to the telling of two different versions of what happened that night: one where Lenny and Squiggy are chasing the girls all night, and the other where the girls are feeling feisty and chase the boys around the room.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 23
Squiggy sleepwalks thinking he is a rich duke.
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#3 - It's Not My Job
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 3
Teaser: Preparing for a Halloween party, the guys are dressed as the Three Stooges -- Jesse as Moe, Joey as Curly, and Danny as Larry. Main Synopsis: Jesse has made his first sale of an advertising jingle. As a result, Jesse tells his father, Nick Katsopolis, that he wants to leave the pest exterminator business that is run by Nick, and Nick is severely disappointed by this -- so disappointed, that Nick loses his temper with Jesse and says "If you're out of the family business, then you're out of the family". Jesse and his mother Irene manage to talk some sense into Nick, who realizes that Jesse has a dream about making it in the music business, and Nick and Jesse work things out. Meanwhile, Stephanie is afraid to go to the dentist to get a tooth filled, and she's even more nervous when she's actually sitting on the chair that's in the examination room. Joey, who took her to the dentist, helps her beat her fear.
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#4 - Cutting It Close
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 1
Teaser: Danny, Joey, Jesse, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle play Ring around the Rosie, but Michelle doesn't understand it. Main Synopsis: While Stephanie is playing a pretend game of "hairdresser" with Jesse, she unintentionally chops off a chunk of Jesse's hair, so Jesse has to go to Alejandro, his real hairdresser, so Alejandro can cut Jesse's hair and make it even. On his way back home from Alejandro's, Jesse fails to see a road sign that says "severe tire damage". As a result, Jesse accidentally wrecks the motorcycle, and is treated for two broken arms. Stephanie blames herself for this, and the way Jesse is acting in the wake of the accident is not helping Stephanie feel any better.
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#5 - Happy New Year, Baby
Fuller House - Season 2 - Episode 13
Steve comes to DJ for help with an important proposal. Jesse and Becky's new addition brings Danny and Joey home -- and has Jimmy spouting baby talk.
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#6 - Goodbye, Mr. Bear
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 18
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle sing a song. Main Synopsis:It's time for the annual spring-cleaning, and this has become one of Danny's favorite times of the year. During the Spring cleaning, Jesse learns what "little cause, big effect" means when he accidentally breaks a drawer handle in the kitchen, and ends up having to renovate the kitchen's entire network of cabinets and drawers because the broken handle's design has been discontinued, and a new design Jesse buys doesn't go very well with the cabinet design that is in the kitchen, so Jesse buys cabinets that go with the new handles. Meanwhile, Stephanie is frantic. It seems that Mr. Bear, the stuffed toy that the girls' mother Pam Tanner gave Stephanie on the day Pam brought newborn Michelle home from the hospital, is missing. Stephanie doesn't want to lose Mr. Bear, because it was a gift from Pam, and it reminds Stephanie of her. The family helps Stephanie look for Mr. Bear, but to no avail. Stephanie then suspects that Joey may have
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#7 - Our Very First Show
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 1
Danny's mother who had been living with the Tanner's for a few weeks leaves. She was there because Danny's wife Pam died in a car accident. Danny has arranged so his brother and law, Jesse Cochran would come and live with the Tanner's. He also made arrangments so that his friend Joey Gladstone would help out and live with the Tanner's. This causes Stephanie and DJ to have to share a room which angers DJ and causes her to move into the garage.
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#8 - Jesse's Girl
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 8
On a stormy night, Danny finds Jesse and Joey in the living room, and Jesse is holding a baseball bat that Jesse was going to use on who he thought may have been a burglar, and Danny senses that Jesse has a problem with Joey. Jesse and Joey tell Danny why: Jesse was giving guitar lessons, and he ended up falling for Corinna Spicer, one of his students. Later, Corinna watched Joey perform "The Wizard of Oz" in the living room for D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle after the TV went blank before the showing of "The Wizard of Oz" on TV, and Corinna ended up falling for Joey, much to the jealous dismay of Jesse.
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#9 - Our Very First Night
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 2
Danny is scheduled to do the 10pm sports at the TV station, Joey is scheduled to perform his comedy routine at the Laugh Machine at 10pm, and Jesse is scheduled to hold rehearsals with his band, Jesse and the Rippers, at 10pm, but one of the guys must sacrifice what he is scheduled to do and stay home with the girls. Danny and Joey choose Jesse to make that sacrifice, but Jesse finds a way to be with the Rippers anyway -- he invites the band over to the house for rehearsals in the living room, and of course D.J. and Stephanie don't want to miss it. That's why Danny is not delighted by what he sees when he gets home. Not only are Stephanie and Michelle still up, but their hair has also been colored purple.
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#10 - Half a Love Story
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 14
At the TV station, Jesse meets Danny's co-worker Robin Winslow, who is also an old friend of Danny's, and Jesse uses Michelle's cuteness to get a date with Robin. When Jesse comes home later that day, Robin is also there -- then Jill, another woman Jesse used Michelle's cuteness to get a date with, shows up. This is when things become complicated, because Robin is now reluctant to date Jesse. Robin is willing to bet that Jesse has never had a relationship with a woman last any more than three or four months, because Robin has dated Jesse's type before and ended up hurt by the quick break-up every time, and she doesn't want that to happen again.
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#11 - Love Is in the Air
Fuller House - Season 1 - Episode 13
When Jesse and Becky return to renew their vows, a bachelorette party leads to trouble for DJ, who is forced to make a decision.
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#12 - Stephanie Gets Framed
Full House - Season 4 - Episode 16
Danny is informed that Stephanie is having problems reading at school. Stephanie is taken to an eye doctor who prescribes glasses for her to use for reading.
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#13 - Tanner's Island
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 1
Danny takes the Tanners to Hawaii in honor of their two year anniversary since becoming a family. While there, Danny becomes his usual controlling self and takes the family around together, including on a visit to a deserted island where he forgets to tie the boat and it drifts away. The family thinks they're doomed until they find out they are in fact on Pua Island where they meant they go for a show. Joey keeps seeing a hula girl he likes, and Jesse & Becky have an argument about Elvis.
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#14 - Here Comes the Sun
Fuller House - Season 3 - Episode 18
With big things hanging in the balance, the gang tries to revive the Tanner-Fuller magic with an '80s-themed bash -- complete with costumes.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 4 - Episode 19
One of the firemen who comes to put out the fire in their apartment falls for Laverne. Unfortunately, Shirley falls for him too which leads to the girls' friendship being tested to the limits.
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#16 - The Heartbreak Kid
Full House - Season 6 - Episode 16
Michelle has fallen head over heels for Steve, and she decides that she wants to marry Steve. Everyone thinks Michelle is just playing, so they throw a "wedding" for Michelle and Steve. Michelle feels hurt when she discovers that it's not a real wedding, and everyone finally realizes that the way Michelle truly feels about Steve is not something to play around with.
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#17 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do (in 22 Minutes)
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 3
Teaser: Danny and Michelle play basketball. Main Synopsis: Sometimes, Jesse thinks it's not fun to do what Becky wants to do, and Becky sometimes thinks it's not fun to do what Jesse wants to do. This leads to an argument between Jesse and Becky, and then leads to a break-up between the two. Jesse starts dating a woman named Diane, and Jesse constantly talks about Becky on his date with Diane, because he regrets the break-up. Jesse brings Diane home with him, and Diane looks at Becky and says, "If you're not Becky, you're going to hear a lot about her". Touched by this, Becky realizes that she also regrets the break-up, so she and Jesse work things out and decide to stay together. Meanwhile, Stephanie loses a tooth, and "Tooth Fairy" Danny mistakenly leaves Stephanie a 20-dollar bill under her pillow when in the darkness of night time, he thought he had pulled a 1-dollar bill out of his wallett. Danny and the guys also try to teach Michelle that she shouldn't be selfish during playti
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#18 - Just Say No Way
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 21
Teaser: Michelle tries to make Joey a sandwich. Main Synopsis: D.J. and Kimmy organize the "Spring Backwards Dance" at school. For this dance, the girls must ask the boys to the dance. D.J. is too nervous to ask Kevin, so Stephanie does it for her. At the dance, D.J. finds Kevin and two other boys, Sam and Paul, drinking beer. D.J. takes the beer away from them in an effort to stop them. Unfortunately, this is when Jesse enters the hallway and sees D.J. holding the beer can. As a result, Jesse goes crazy and wrongfully accuses D.J. of drinking, and Jesse, Danny, and Joey refuse to believe D.J. when she tells them the truth that she was not drinking and that she was trying to stop Kevin, Sam, and Paul from drinking. Later, Jesse and the guys feel like complete fools for doubting D.J. when Kevin tells Jesse and Danny the truth, exactly what D.J. told them. Meanwhile, Joey has bought Michelle a tape of children's songs by a singer named Raffi, and Stephanie wishes Joey hadn't bought th
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#19 - The Greatest Birthday on Earth
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 10
It's Michelle's 3rd birthday, and the guys have decided to throw a "circus" birthday party for Michelle, complete with clowns and other things seen in circuses. Before the party, Danny complains about a problem with his car, and Jesse agrees to fix it. Jesse can't fix it, so he takes Stephanie and Michelle out to a gas station with him to have it fixed. After the car is fixed, Jesse and the girls decide to visit the restroom before they leave, and during this time, Elmer, the mechanic, locks the station up without knowing that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle are still inside. Michelle's friends arrive at the house, and Danny, Joey, and D.J. try to keep them busy, in hopes that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle will be home soon. At the gas station, Jesse and Stephanie throw a makeshift "circus" party for Michelle, then Elmer returns three hours later, and he's surprised that he locked Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle in the station. Elmer unlocks the station to let them out. By this time, Mi
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 21
Laverne and Shirley try to find out who the murderer is.
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#21 - The Miracle of Thanksgiving
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 9
It's the family's first Thanksgiving without Pam Tanner. Danny's mother Claire is expected to come over for Thanksgiving, but a snow storm up north, in the state of Washington, has stranded Claire at her home, so it's up to Danny, Jesse, and Joey to see to it that the girls have a good Thanksgiving, but the feast turns out to be not exactly worth gobbling, and Jesse's feelings about Pam's death resurface.
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#22 - Triple Date
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 8
Teaser: Stephanie, Michelle, Danny, and the "Bicycle bus". Main Synopsis: Danny has a new girlfriend named Denise, and he invites Denise and her two friends Zoey and Cheryl over to the house so Zoey and Cheryl can meet Jesse and Joey while D.J. is upstairs keeping an eye on Stephanie and Michelle. It turns out that Denise is a woman that Jesse once dated, and this has Danny wondering if there could possibly be a woman in San Francisco that Jesse hasn't dated. Zoey doesn't like Joey's jokes, but Joey and Cheryl get along with each other just fine. Danny is depressed because Denise is still hung up on Jesse and she can't get her mind off of Jesse because she thinks she and Jesse have an opportunity to get back together, until a talk with Jesse finally has Denise coming to her senses. Meanwhile, Stephanie causes D.J. to accidentally drop Danny's wedding ring down the drain in the upstairs bathroom sink. With a little work, Denise and the guys help D.J. and Stephanie get the ring back.
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#23 - The Seven-Month Itch (1)
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 19
The fact that Danny and Joey and the girls are going to Disney Land in Anaheim delights Jesse, who has been waiting to spend a romantic weekend alone with his girlfriend Samantha, but when Danny and Joey and the girls return home because the airplane couldn't take off in fog, it wrecks Jesse's plans to spend time alone with Samantha. Jesse complains that he has zero privacy in this house. On the next morning, Danny and Joey discover a note on Jesse's empty bed -- Jesse, fed up with his lack of privacy, has left to be on his own for a while, and he doesn't know when he'll be back, or if he'll be back.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 1
After being fired from the brewery, the girls decide to pack up and move out to California. The only way they can afford to get out there is to have Lenny and Squiggy drive them there in an old ice cream truck.
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#25 - Aftershocks
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 11
Teaser: Joey and Jesse are singing the "teapot blues" while Michelle is the teapot. Main Synopsis: An earthquake has left its emotional marks on Stephanie, and now the only thing she wants to do is cling to Danny. Jesse and Joey suggest taking Stephanie to a child psychiatrist. Danny reluctantly follows the suggestion and takes Stephanie to Doctor Mary-Ann Steiner, who uses a picture Stephanie drew to get her to explain her behavior -- on the day of the earthquake, Danny was three hours late getting home from work, and Stephanie thought she'd never see Danny again, and she's been clinging to Danny ever since, so she'll always know where he is. Doctor Steiner helps Stephanie come up with a solution to her problem. Meanwhile, D.J. wants to hide from the world when she gets her first zit -- right on her nose.
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#26 - Joey's Place
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 10
Joey embarks on a tour, having been scheduled to perform at 16 colleges over a period of 14 days. When Joey arrives home from the tour, he sees that Danny and Jesse and the girls have a big surprise for him -- the garage has been renovated to become a bedroom for Joey, who no longer has to use the living room alcove as a bedroom, and this indicates that Joey is not going to be living anywhere else any time soon.
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#27 - Baby Love
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 16
Teaser: D.J., Michelle, and Kimmy are playing with puppies that Kimmy's mother plans to sell. Main Synopsis:Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived for a visit, and she has brought her son Howie, who is Michelle's age, with her. Michelle and Howie become best friends, but when it comes time for Connie and Howie to go back home to Valentine, Nebraska, it gives Michelle what seems like an incurable case of heartbreak. The guys try to cheer Michelle up, but to no avail. On the next day, Jesse takes Michelle to his bedroom, and he plays a song for Michelle, and manages to coax a smile out of her, but she still misses Howie, but Becky takes care of that by videotaping Howie talking into the camera at the airport, and when Michelle watches the tape, the tape makes it look Like Howie is talking to Michelle. Howie misses Michelle just as much as Michelle misses Howie. After watching the tape, Michelle feels a lot better, and Jesse comments that Becky would be a great mother. Meanwhile, Step
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#28 - Back to School Blues
Full House - Season 3 - Episode 2
Teaser: Michelle and Jesse play hide and seek. Main Synopsis: The new school year is starting, and Stephanie, who is entering 2nd grade, is the only Tanner left in her school, and she expects a bad day at school, but instead, it turns out to be a good day for Stephanie. The same can't be said for 12-year-old D.J., who is entering 7th grade, a step closer to becoming a teenager. On her first day in junior high, D.J. is humiliated by Colleen and Susan, a couple of bullies. On the next morning, D.J. decides to put on make-up, because she believes the only way to fit in among the 7th graders is to do what Kimmy and virtually all of the other 7th grade girls are doing -- look twice as old as she really is by putting on makeup. Danny thinks D.J. is overdoing it, so he lets Becky help D.J. with the makeup. Meanwhile, Joey tries to teach Jesse how to play golf so they can impress a client who likes to play golf.
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#29 - Welcome Back
Fuller House - Season 2 - Episode 1
DJ finally decides between Matt and Steve, but they throw her a curveball before her annual back-to-school barbecue. A homeless Fernando moves in.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 9
Laverne & Shirley enlist in the W.A.C.s to get even for a missed promotion.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 15
The girls jump at the chance to be the stars in a movie, unaware that the film they will be starring in is an Army hygiene film. Shirley begs Laverne to come and tryout for an acting part in a movie. Laverne agrees and they get to the studio. They subsequently get cast as the two stars of the feature. They have to go and get fitted for wardrobe and when they come out they're wearing cheap, gaudy costumes that Laverne immediately asks if they can keep. They're introduced to their leading men, upon which Shirley finds out that her leading man is gay. The director starts filming the movie and only then the girls find out they're playing hookers in an army hygiene film. When it's all over, we find Laverne and Shirley miserable at home. Then Lenny and Squiggy enter telling them they've just been to see the premiere of the film. Laverne and Shirley asks if anyone recognized them as the hookers. Lenny tells them not to worry, as no one recognized them.
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#32 - Knock Yourself Out
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 7
Danny is having a tryout as a cable TV boxing announcer. Just before a big match begins, Danny tells boxer Reggie "The Sandman" Martin that Reggie's wife has left Reggie, and as a result, Reggie is promptly knocked out in the second round. Meanwhile, at home, Michelle has caught a cold, and it's up to Jesse and Joey to give her some baby cold medicine...easier said than done, because Michelle refuses to take the medicine.
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#33 - Working Mothers
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 13
Teaser: D.J. and Stephanie try to show Michelle how to roller-skate. Main Synopsis:Jesse and Joey's latest jingle is such a success that they are offered a fixed job composing jingles for Mr. Malatesta. D.J. and Stephanie fear that if Jesse and Joey take this job, knowing that Danny works at the TV station every day, then no one will be home to take care of them, especially during the three month summer break from school. D.J. and Stephanie's fears go away when Jesse and Joey decide to take the job, but do their work from the house, with their office being in the attic.
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#34 - Danny's Very First Date
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 17
Danny wants to date Linda, the hive mother of the Honeybee troop that Stephanie is a member of, but Danny's nervous about asking Linda out and he feels that it may be too soon after Pam's death to start dating, and D.J. and Stephanie don't want Danny to start dating, because they think Danny would be looking for someone to replace their mother Pam. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey try to assemble a small plastic slide in the living room in hopes that Michelle will play with something else besides "Benny", the old dish rag that Michelle has become so attached to.
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#35 - Sea Cruise
Full House - Season 1 - Episode 5
While the girls are staying home with their visiting grandmother, the guys decide to go out for a day of all male bonding, fishing on a yacht. It turns out that the captain of the yacht is a woman named Caroline, and there is also an all woman band on board the yacht, led by Jesse's former girlfriend Roxanne. Jesse is still angry because Roxanne's band, which Jesse put together for her, has made it big while Jesse and the Rippers are still playing dives, and Danny feels uncomfortable around Caroline because he's scared that he is becoming attracted to her at a time that he thinks is too soon after Pam's death to become attracted to another woman.
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#36 - Best Summer Ever
Fuller House - Season 3 - Episode 1
Steve and CJ announce plans for a destination wedding, and DJ sends Jackson to summer school. Stephanie and Jimmy suspect Fernando is up to something.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 2
Shirley finds an old love note written to Laverne from Carmine. This practically ends the girls friendship.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 14
Carmine's new stand up comedy act is not such a big hit with his friends when he starts to make fun of them in turn.
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#39 - Moving Day
Fuller House - Season 1 - Episode 2
When the big day comes for Stephanie and Kimmy to join the Fuller house, Jackson feels outnumbered and takes drastic action
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#40 - Our Very First Show, Again
Fuller House - Season 1 - Episode 1
The entire Tanner clan comes together for a final reunion before the family home is sold, but parting turns out to be tougher than expected
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 22
Because of Squiggy's forgetfulness, Laverne and Shirley must play all the parts in Shirley's play "Murder In Mother Goose Land", which a Broadway producer attends.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 2
The girls are ready to return to Milwaukee after experiencing an earthquake on their first night in California.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 6
Lenny refuses to have anything to do with Squiggy after he pushes him into a garbage can from their second floor apartment window. Laverne and Shirley get the two friends to make up in Squiggy's uncle's wax works museum.
#44 - The Grandfather
Bosom Buddies - Season 2 - Episode 12
Henry saves a gangster's granddaughter from being hit by a car and then must put up with the man's `favors'.
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#45 - Cablevision
Bosom Buddies - Season 2 - Episode 11
Kip and Henry produce a TV show, on cable, trying to advertise their client's product.
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the series opener, unemployed Mark Cooper gets a job as a substitute teacher at his old high school. He also shares his house with two beautiful women: Robin, a music teacher who also works at the school, and Vanessa, a rich girl whom Mark is attracted to. On his first day of school, Mark has to deal with unruly students who give him a hard time. But Mark soon finds a solution to impress his class.
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Mark becomes a substitute teacher, he gets a handful. His class includes playful little Michelle Tanner. When Michelle and her friends begin to torment Mark, he does a trick to get them to be quiet- and ends up hurting his behind. Michelle feels very guilty and comes over to ""help him.""
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#48 - The Center
Gimme a Break! - Season 3 - Episode 21
Nell decides to take Grandpa to the senior citizen center to have some time to spend with people his own age. While there, the seniors find out that they have to share their space with the youth center since it had just burned down. The director has an arguement with her new love interest, and it is up to one of the teens to help her and her new crush get back together to make his own crush see that he is a man who is full of love. At the dance that the two groups put together, the director and her crush reunite after being locked and handcuffed in a closet.
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