The BEST episodes written by Larry Markes
#1 - E Pluribus Used Car
Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 6
Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.
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#2 - The Day They Captured Santa Claus
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 11
Mchale decides for Christmas he and the crew of PT-73 will pay a visit to Sister Monique and the children dressed up in a Santa Claus outfit and elf outfits. Mchale would parachute from a plane first and meet the kids and PT-73 would follow a little while after. Mchale jumps in his Santa outfit but when he lands he finds the island was overtaken by Japanese and was captured. Mchale as usual cons his way through the interrogation and he claims that a new secret weapon is on it's way, just then PT-73 arrives singing Christmas carols and dressed in elf outfits. The Japanese commander becomes scared fearing that this was some kind new of physiological warfare and he surrenders.
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#3 - Movies Are Your Best Diversion
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 5
When McHale and his men are assigned the duty of averting a Japanese attack on a US convoy, they use the soundtracks of movies starring John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and Errol Flynn to confuse the enemies.
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#4 - Alvin Brickrock Presents
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 4
When his neighbors' domestic fights suddenly end with the disappearance of the wife, Fred suspects Alvin Brickrock of foul play. After reading a detective magazine, he becomes convinced that Brickrock is really Albert Bonehart, wife-murderer.
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The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 28
In this special 90-minute episode that guest stars theater icon Helen Hayes (and her real-life son), the actress' character navigates romance after becoming a widow. Also, a district attorney falls for the woman he has in protective custody, and Doc swears off his own romances for a while.
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#6 - A Star is Reborn
The Flying Nun - Season 2 - Episode 15
After being rescued by Sister Betrille from drowning, a movie star feels she had a religious experience.
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#7 - This Is Your Lifesaver
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 25
Fred and Barney encounter the penniless J. Montague Gypsum, who is threatening to jump from a bridge. Fred takes the man home and learns too late how responsible he is for the life he saved.
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#8 - McHale and His Seven Cupids
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 3
McHale decides that what Ensign Parker really needs is a girl friend. He convinces Parker that he is suffering from an advanced case of battle fatigue so that he can be sent to the hospital, where McHale hopes that he will find Nurse Casey Brown to his liking.
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#9 - Flintstone of Prinstone
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 8
Determined to rise above manual labor, Fred attends night class at Prinstone University and is drafted as a quarterback on the varsity team. But during the big game against Shale U., an exhausted Fred creates problems when he confuses his football signals with his accounting course figures.
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#10 - Rosey the Robot
The Jetsons - Season 1 - Episode 1
Jane wants a maid but George says they can't afford it.
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#12 - Send Us a Hero
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 14
A U.S. Congresswoman comes to Taratupa, to find a War Hero to take on a Stateside War Bond tour, and Parker and the boys help McHale to get chosen for the job, thinking that they will be going along.
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#13 - The Missing Bus
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 3
Receiving a pay cut after thirteen years at the quarry, Fred decides to quit and become a bus driver. With Barney as co-pilot, Fred delivers fifty kids to school, a nerve-shattering experience. Not wanting to let the job get the better of him, he dutifully picks them up again but mis-delivers them home.
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#14 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 32
Fred is chosen by PeeWee League players (including Arnold and Mr. Slate's son) to umpire a playoff game. His troubles mount when he must call the game honestly despite the pressures from friends, employers, and big league baseball scouts, who are observing Fred in action.
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#15 - Divided We Sail
The Flintstones - Season 2 - Episode 29
Fred receives a ticket to a television game show that offers big prizes, but succumbs to stage fright before the show. Barney subs for him and wins a house boat, which Fred then tries to claim as his.
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 3 - Episode 26
Carter volunteers Gomer for a parachute jump.
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Love, American Style - Season 1 - Episode 4
A young man decides to make his girlfriend jealous by using an inflatable doll as his date for the evening.
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#18 - The Devil's Platform
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1 - Episode 7
A series of mysterious deaths plague the election trail of Sen. Robert Palmer, as does a mysterious black dog with a pentagram for a dog tag. Carl investigates and finds that the Senator has made a pact with Satan in return for the ability to assume the form of an indestructible black mastiff, and destroy his enemies both within his own party and opposing him. Kolchak must confront Palmer and destroy the pentagram before Palmer kills him.
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#19 - The Mothers of PT 73
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 25
Trouble ensues, when Parker inadvertently invites three of the 73 Crew's Mothers - including his own - to visit Taratupa for Mother's Day.
#20 - The Lady and the Mountain Lion
Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 21
A shady magician, with his twin daughters, comes to Virginia City and there is a lot of confusion with the daughters of the magician, twin confusion!
#21 - The Good Little Scouts
The Jetsons - Season 1 - Episode 6
The only way George can get a vacation out of Mr. Spacely is to accompany Space Cub Troop #54 on their camping trip on the moon. George proceeds to get lost, but is rescued by Mr. Spacely's son, Arthur.
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#22 - Sometimes There's No Bottom in the Bottle
Good Times - Season 2 - Episode 13
Cousin Naomi is visiting the Evans' for the Christmas season. However, her visit is not a happy one for Thelma, who discovers that Naomi is hiding a serious drinking problem.
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#23 - Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing
Bonanza - Season 11 - Episode 25
"Here comes Hoss Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail... " That's what the folks of Virginia City were probably thinking when a Quaker woman talks a reluctant Hoss into dressing as the Easter Bunny for the orphanage's children. While hippety-hopping and waiting for Easter to be its way, Hoss while dressed in the Easter Bunny costume contends with a group of inept outlaws, who commit a comedy of errors in their attempts to rob stagecoaches.
#24 - Let's Take Stock
My Three Sons - Season 3 - Episode 32
Robbie's economics teacher gives each student a fictional $10,000 dollars to invest in stocks but Steve's boss at work gets the impression that he has some really hot tips.