The BEST episodes written by Roland Wolpert
#1 - Kidding
Emergency! - Season 4 - Episode 17
Johnny is assigned to conduct a school tour of Rampart hospital; the youngsters are highly inquisitive. A veteran mentally reliving a battle is subdued by the paramedics; he turns out to have a brain tumor. A woman gets stuck in a dog door. A famous novelist attempts suicide. A cargo plane crashes in a residential area, hitting a school bus.
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#2 - The Big Gold Strike
Gilligan's Island - Season 1 - Episode 9
Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island. He then hires Gilligan to work in the mine. When gold fever strikes the castaways and Mr. Howell is unwilling to share the gold, they begin to charge outlandish prices for the supplies and food that Mr. Howell needs. When the professor repairs the life raft from the Minnow, they all climb in hoping to reach civilization. However, the combined weight of the gold that everyone smuggles on-board the raft causes it to sink. Another rescue foiled!
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Family Affair - Season 4 - Episode 5
While Jody is playing with his friends at school, a window gets broken and Jody is blamed for it. When Jody is suspended, Bill considers taking him to a private school. He reconsiders when one of Jody's friends confesses to breaking the window.
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#4 - The Dog Story (a.k.a.) A Dog Story
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 15
Arnold saves a dog's life, is bitten and then the dog is needed to save Arnold. The Drummond household members frantically search for the ungrateful canine, while Arnold faces a series of rabies shots or death.
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#5 - Shattered Image
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1 - Episode 25
Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.
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#6 - Love Is Blind
Bewitched - Season 1 - Episode 13
Samantha's friend ,Gertrude, a nice, plain-looking girl, expresses her envy of the happiness Samantha has found in marriage. Although Darrin tries to avoid getting mixed up in matchmaking, Samantha persuades him to bring Kermit, a handsome artist, home to dinner to meet Gertrude. Kermit falls for Gertrude. Although Samantha will not admit it, Darrin suspects Gertrude is a witch and tries to break up her romance with Kermit. Darrin arranges a meeting at a night spot for Kermit with Susan, a former girl friend. There, Samantha uses witchcraft to get Susan into an argument with Kermit. Susan storms out, unable to recall what has happened. When Gertrude arrives, according to Samantha's plan, Kermit proposes to her.
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Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 4
An old friend of James who is now a shady televangelist offers him a $100-per-day job that doesn't sit well with Florida's morals.
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#8 - President Gilligan
Gilligan's Island - Season 1 - Episode 6
The castaways decide that they need someone to be the leader on the island, and so they hold elections. As you might imagine, both Mr. Howell and the Skipper imagine themselves to be the natural choice to lead the Castaways in their island society. However, when the votes are counted Gilligan is elected president of the island!
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#9 - Red Light, Green Light
Bewitched - Season 1 - Episode 23
Morning Glory Circle badly needs a traffic signal on their street. While everyone tries to convince Town Hall to put up a traffic light, Endora tries her best by collecting every traffic signal possible. The Mayor decides that no traffic light is needed, but when Samantha magically ties him up in traffic, he ends up eating some serious crow.
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#11 - The Littlest Exile
Family Affair - Season 5 - Episode 18
The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
#12 - Thelma's Young Man
Good Times - Season 2 - Episode 6
Thelma's mysterious boyfriend is too old for her parents' liking.