The BEST episodes written by Ken Hecht
#2 - Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna
Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 13
Fred must scramble to keep two dates entertained, much to the delight of a scheming Lamont.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Watts Side Story
Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 18
When Lamont takes out Julio's sister, Fred spies on them and finds Julio's mother doing the same.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Silence is Not Golden
Full House - Season 6 - Episode 17
In a special episode: Stephanie and her classmate Charles are assigned to work together on a homework assignment. After school, Charles goes to the house with Stephanie, and while working on the assignment with Stephanie, Charles slips up and is forced to admit that his father beats him all the time.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - Jack's 10
Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 19
Jack's snobby new girlfriend wants to keep him on a tight leash and force him into a career in cardboard.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Shirley's Cookies
What's Happening!! - Season 3 - Episode 5
Shirley goes into business selling her homemade cookies.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Junior the Senior
Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 8
Florida and James try to get to the bottom of J.J.'s poor performance in school.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - A Special Friend
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 24
Arnold and Sam's new friendship with a street performer gets mired in fear and confusion when they discover she has epilepsy.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Boomerang/Captain's Triangle/Out of This World
The Love Boat - Season 4 - Episode 10
A model pretends to be married to keep away annoying suitors. The captain's ex-girlfriend comes aboard the ship and constantly makes passes at him because she feels neglected by her husband. A man is convinced that a fellow passenger is an alien who turns into a plant every night.
#10 - The Not Making of the President
Happy Days - Season 2 - Episode 15
Richie goes against Howard and, to get a girl, campaigns for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 Presidential race.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Carmella Meets the Gooch
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 7
The Gooch returns to taunt Arnold and take on a new target--Sam, only to face his first challenge in the Drummond's new neighbor, an Italian foreign exchange student.
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Mein Leben & Ich - Season 3 - Episode 8
#13 - Sam's New Pal
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 17
Sam is taken aback when he realizes his new "buddy" is a girl, but Mr. Drummond is even more dumbfounded when the kids want to have a sleepover.
#15 - A Haunting We Will Go
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 1
When Arnold and Sam creep through the crevices of the neighborhood's haunted house they find the ghost boasts a bounty of surprises--the biggest being a love for people and contempt for war.
#16 - Arnold's Songbird
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 12
In order to be elected the entertainment chairman for a school charity fundraiser, Arnold promises to get a celebrity but when it's time to deliver, he's forced to look to his nemesis Carmella for help, hoping she can save the day.
#17 - Arnold's Job
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 6
Arnold's dream of becoming an "overnight" success as a photo-journalist run headlong into reality when he gets his first job on a local newspaper.
#18 - Judge Deacon Frye
Amen - Season 5 - Episode 7
Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
#19 - Sam's Missing (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 1
A family whose little boy died, forces the father to kidnap Sam, who is shopping for some snacks in a grocery store. After the kidnapping, the man threatens to kill Sam's parents if he attempts in any way to escape.
#20 - The Gymnasts
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 10
Drummond's surprise meant to encourage an Olympic hopeful felled by a tragic accident backfires when the young man instead becomes embittered at meeting the 1984 Men's Olympic Gold Medal-winning Gymnastics Team until Willis and Sam take on the challenge of setting things right.
#21 - Fonzie's Spots
Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 22
With the recent death of a fellow Leopard Lodge member, Howard fears that he may be ousted as Grand Poohbah for not attracting any new members other than Potsie during his five-year reign. He gets Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger to join as pledges, and they have to follow the orders of Potsie during their initiation.
#23 - Love and the First Kiss
Love, American Style - Season 4 - Episode 45
About the cave man's invention of the kiss.
#24 - Love and the Laughing Lover
Love, American Style - Season 4 - Episode 62
A newlywed wife has a problem laughing when she kisses.