The BEST episodes written by Jerry Mayer
#1 - The Christmas Show
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 12
The holidays bring joy to the girls when they all plan on going home for Christmas but when Jo's mother temporarily moves to Miami, Jo is stuck in Peekskill.
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#2 - Christmas in the Big House
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 13
For the Christmas season, Blair and some of her snobby friends plan on putting on a Christmas show at a home for boys. Her Christmas spirit quickly changes when she discovers that the home for boys is really a home for convicts.
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#3 - Let's Party!
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 16
Tootie is excited about the impending visit of her brother Marshall, however is stay becomes one of fear when he invites the girls to a college party where beer is being served. After the party, a drunk Marshall, insisting that he isn't drunk, offers to drive Blair, Natalie and Tootie home. However, their trip home is interrupted by an accident.
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#4 - The Halloween Show
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 6
A strange man tells the girls that years ago a murder occurred in the shop. Later, when the girls see Mrs. Garret with a knife they assume that she's possessed by the murderer's spirit and is out to get them.
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#5 - A Royal Pain
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 12
A new student arrives at Eastland claiming to be a royal princess. All seems to go okay, but then Tootie catches her with a boy. Since it is against the rules to have an uninvited guest, Tootie starts to become suspicious.
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#6 - Mother and Daughter
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 21
Tootie's mother comes to Eastland for a visit, and the fact that Tootie doesn't communicate with her mother becomes apparent. Her mother quickly realizes there are many things she doesn't know about her daughter and wants to have an open relationship with Tootie but will Tootie allow that?
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#7 - It's Lonely at the Top
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 24
With Mrs. Garrett out of town, Blair wants to be in charge of the shop so a reluctant Jo, Natalie and Tootie step aside and let her. Quickly Blair's handling of a competitor food shop goes awry.
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#8 - Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma
Bewitched - Season 4 - Episode 17
Samantha needs help painting her house, and Aunt Clara conjures up the most famous painter of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci is mad when he learns that his famous Mona Lisa painting will be used in Darrin's campaign to sell toothpaste. Samantha then gets him to create another best-selling idea.
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#9 - Slices of Life
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 2
Jo begins a pizza business with her mom's secret pizza recipe that has everyone's mouths watering, including a fraternity house that buys pizzas in bulk. However, the business begins running Jo and her workers, Natalie and Tootie ragged which leads Jo to make a business decision on how to make pizzas faster and cheaper.
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#10 - I Want to Be Alone
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 1 - Episode 11
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
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#11 - The Way We Were (1)
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 25
Another school year has come to an end and all the girls are preparing or their summer vacation. They each reminisce about the last six years they have spent together (via flashbacks). However, leaving one another on good terms is something that may not happen when an accident causes yet another rift between Jo and Blair.
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#12 - The Ringbanger
M*A*S*H - Season 1 - Episode 16
Hawkeye and Trapper operate on a famous Colonel - after discovering that he is particularly ruthless about sacrificing his men, they come up with a scheme to get him sent back to the states with a little unwitting help from Frank, Margaret, and a drunk Henry.
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#13 - Hi There, Sports Fans
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 4 - Episode 5
When Mary asks Lou for more responsibility in the newsroom, he assigns her the task of hiring a new sportscaster, but first she must fire the old one.
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#14 - Gloria's Pregnancy
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 6
Archie hits the roof when he learns Gloria is pregnant and unemployed college student Mike has no means to support his soon-to-be child. But just as he's changing his tune, Archie learns that Gloria became suddenly ill and suffered a miscarriage.
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#15 - One Touch of Midas
Bewitched - Season 5 - Episode 17
Endora creates a toy called the Fuzz, a toy that has the power to charm people. Darrin presents this idea to Larry and the Fuzz charms Darrin to the tune of a million dollars. Samantha is worried about Darrin when he tells her that he will finally give her and Tabitha everything they could possibly want. Endora removes the spell and Samantha tells Darrin that as long as she and Tabitha love Darrin, that is worth a lot more than money.
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#16 - From Russia with Love
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 8
Natalie's romantic escapade is cancelled when her meddling grandmother drops in unexpectedly.
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#17 - The First and Last Supper
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 13
The Jeffersons come to dinner at the Bunkers' without racist husband George, who refuses to socialize with his white neighbors.
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#18 - For the Good of the Outfit
M*A*S*H - Season 2 - Episode 4
Hawkeye and Trapper want the army to admit responsibility for the accidental bombing of a local village. They fill out a report and Major Stoner arrives to investigate, and leaves with all the evidence. When the story is released it claims that the enemy bombed the village, and the army tries to gag the doctors. But, thinking there could be a medal in it for him, Frank has also put a report together, with copies of all the evidence, including shell fragments, so the army comes clean.
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#19 - The Gray Flannel Shrink
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 6
Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.
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#20 - Samantha's Secret Saucer
Bewitched - Season 4 - Episode 30
Aunt Clara turns a toy spaceship into a real one, with real aliens! Gladys sees this and reports it to the air force. Aunt Clara then zaps the spaceship back to where it belongs before Gladys comes back with the UFO officials.
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#21 - The Way We Were (2)
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 26
Flashbacks and memories of the past continue as the girls finish getting ready for their summer vacations. However, saying goodbye to one another appears to be easy for all them especially since fights are brewing between Blair and Jo and Natalie and Tootie.
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#22 - Help from Home
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 21
Jo has been accepted at Langley College along with Blair but doesn't tell anyone that she has since she doesn't plan on going due to her and her parents financial situation. However, when she takes a trip home for the weekend, she learns that her entire family found out the truth and are now counting on her to do well.
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#23 - Dope
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 13
Blair and Sue Ann befriend two new girls, who pressure them to try marijuana.
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#24 - Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 24
Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.
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#25 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 2
It's Parents' Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated but flirtatious mother arrives. When her mother then gets involved with a married man, Blair confronts her mother and expresses her outrage.
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#27 - Flash Flood
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 9
A flood prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals. However, the dam breaks and Blair and Tootie are in danger of being washed away. Mr. Bradley comes to the rescue, causing Blair to develop a crush on him.
#28 - My Wife Belongs to Daddy
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 2 - Episode 13
Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man... in short, everything that Bob isn't.
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#29 - Dream Marriage
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 20
A marriage proposal from Blair's boyfriend prompts her to begin dreaming about the future for herself and her friends.
#30 - Emily in for Carol
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 2 - Episode 5
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea except Bob.
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#31 - Teenage Marriage (Part 1)
The Facts of Life - Season 2 - Episode 7
Jo's boyfriend, Eddie, surprises her by making a sudden visit to Peekskill, but she gets even more of a surprise when he proposes marriage.
#32 - Just a Kid Again
Bewitched - Season 6 - Episode 23
A store clerk named Bates wishes that he was a child again. Tabitha makes his wish come true when it actually happens. When Samantha finds out, she makes Tabitha take the spell off of him, but he likes being a kid. Then, Bates finds out that his girlfriend is about to go out with her boss, and proves his love for her by kicking her boss. He decides that he doesn't want to be a kid anymore, and the spell is broken.
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#33 - Teenage Marriage (Part 2)
The Facts of Life - Season 2 - Episode 8
Jo is unsure about Eddie's marriage proposal but finally decides to accept, despite the feelings of Mrs. Garrett, Blair, Natalie and Tootie.
#35 - Emily Hits the Ceiling
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 23
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
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#36 - Come Live with Me
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 1 - Episode 6
Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling her she will have to make her own decision.
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#37 - Serve for Daylight
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 14
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.
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#38 - Life is a Hamburger
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 10
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler an unpublished poet with bad feet brings negative reactions from her friends.
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#39 - Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 1 - Episode 24
Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry Robinson accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.
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#40 - The Secret
The Facts of Life - Season 2 - Episode 12
Jo learns that her jailbird father is getting paroled and that he would like to attend her awards ceremony. But Jo tries to keep her father from attending and wants to hide the fact that her dad is an ex-convict.
#41 - A Pound of Flesh
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 3 - Episode 19
Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.
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#42 - Overachieving
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 5
Tootie's father visits but doesn't like Tootie's activities, blaming Mrs. Garrett as a bad influence. Mr. Ramsey moves to have Tootie pulled out of Eastland but then has a change of heart.
#43 - The Academy
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 22
Jo fixes a friend up with Blair, but Blair thinks the military-school student dates wealthy women, such as Gloria Vanderbilt's daughter.
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#44 - The Facts of Love
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 8
Mrs. Garrett teaches a sex-education class, but her approach clashes with Mr. Bradley's more conservative ideas. Blair takes the ideas from class and experiments with her latest boyfriend, Steve.
#45 - The New Girl (Part 1)
The Facts of Life - Season 2 - Episode 1
The new school year brings a new student, Jo, a tough girl who hotwires the school van and takes off to a bar with Blair, Natalie and Tootie to meet guys. However, one of the guys they meet happens to be an undercover police officer who hauls them off to jail.
#46 - Kids Can Be Cruel
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 20
Natalie becomes furious with Blair when Blair discloses Natalie's interest in a boy.
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#47 - The Big Fight
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 9
Yet another episode that revolves around the boys at a military academy. One of the young cadets, Alfred, invites Natalie to see him box in a tournament. However the only reason he gets into this situation is do the fact that his father suggested it. Later, Alfred learns that his father isn't even going to attend and is now faced with the possiblity of backing out on a fight against an opponent who intimidates him.