The BEST episodes written by Stan Dreben
#2 - The Brontosaurus Caper
Petticoat Junction - Season 2 - Episode 34
Betty Jo has given up baseball to dedicate her life to science--or at least to her handsome new science teacher
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#4 - The Return of Father Lundigan
The Flying Nun - Season 2 - Episode 4
Under hypnosis, Sister Bertrille and Mother Superior switch personalities.
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#6 - The Mayor of Hooterville
Petticoat Junction - Season 2 - Episode 29
Uncle Joe thinks it's time Hooterville elected a mayor and he has an excellent candidate in mind: himself.
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#8 - Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
Get Smart - Season 1 - Episode 24
A horde of KAOS agents are taking flights to Washington. Each one carries a piece of a bomb which is meant to explode near an American base. Max and the Chief capture one of KAOS's agents and fool-force confidential information out of him. They end up in Blue Mist Mountain and it's up to 86 to dismantle the bomb before it goes off. All the help he has is Parker on the shoe-phone, a coin, and a very expensive tie.
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#11 - French Leave for McHale
McHale's Navy - Season 2 - Episode 11
McHale and the boys transport Binghamton to a staff meeting in New Caledonia, and to keep them out of trouble, Binghamton confines them to the boat. But McHale grants the boys 3 hours unauthorized liberty, during which they all get in trouble, including McHale, and are thrown in jail. But their troubles double when during their incarceration, the 73 gets “borrowed.”
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#13 - The Great Eclipse
McHale's Navy - Season 3 - Episode 11
The Navy needs an airstrip on an island inhabited by fierce head-hunters, and McHale and the 73 crew get some help from Mother Nature when they go to negotiate a treaty with them.
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#15 - The August Teahouse of Quint McHale
McHale's Navy - Season 2 - Episode 10
Binghamton is stressed out, and long past due for a leave, and McHale and the boys have a special reason to make sure he gets one.
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#16 - Emily Dickinson
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 6
Blair is so caught up with her latest boyfriend that she forgets to write a poem for English class. So at the last minute she plagiarizes a poem by Emily Dickinson and turns it in as her own. Things get worse when she's the only one who gets an A and Mr. Bradley enters her poem in a contest.
#18 - Goober's Replacement
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 6 - Episode 28
Goober goes on vacation and can't find anyone to replace him at Wally's Gas Station. His new sweetheart, Flora, who used to work at the diner is now available to fill in for him. Business booms while he is gone and she ends up with Goober's job after he quits. Flora becomes obssessed with increasing business at the station and doesn't notice that Goober hasn't been able to find anything else. It takes Andy's country logic to make her realize that she needs to have her priorities straight and make sure her sweetheart is happy!
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#19 - Opie Finds a Baby
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 10
Opie and Arnold find an abandoned infant on the courthouse steps.
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#20 - A Singer in Town
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 6 - Episode 30
When a famous singer visits Mayberry, Aunt Bee and Clara see their ticket to stardom!
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#21 - Christy Goes Traveling
McHale's Navy - Season 3 - Episode 13
Complications arise when Christy, desperate to see his daughter on her 2nd birthday, stows away on a bomber bound for San Diego.
#23 - Love and the House Bachelor
Love, American Style - Season 3 - Episode 49
A bachelor crashes with a married couple.
#24 - Love and the Contact Lens
Love, American Style - Season 3 - Episode 54
A woman loses her contact lens moments before her boyfriend visits.
#25 - Love and the Bachelor Party
Love, American Style - Season 3 - Episode 78
A married couple holds a bachelor party for her sister's fiancee.