The BEST episodes written by Walter Kempley

Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
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7.88
71 votes

#1 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 14

Buddy wants to leave the show to become Head Writer of another show. Mel can't release Buddy from his contract, so he helps Rob and Sally write a memo to Alan to encourage him to fire Buddy.

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McHale's Paradise Motel
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7.85
13 votes

#2 - McHale's Paradise Motel

McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 9

Binghamton sends McHale and The 73 Crew on a recon mission to a supposedly deserted island, where they make a "home away from home" to enjoy themselves, away from the base. But, the U.S. Navy, as well as the Japanese, become suspicious, when they observe unusual activity on the island.

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Fearless Malph
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7.69
48 votes

#3 - Fearless Malph

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 8

Richie is writing a story about fears and phobias, and he finds out that Ralph is afraid of nearly everything. While Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are visiting a professor whose specialty is fear, lab mice become agitated. The professor concludes that it is a sign that a tornado is coming.

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My Cousin, the Cheat
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7.15
26 votes

#4 - My Cousin, the Cheat

Happy Days - Season 5 - Episode 5

After Chachi is caught by a truant officer, Fonzie and Richie arrange for Joanie to tutor him. He gets caught cheating on a test and, as a result, gets suspended from school and gets in hot water with Fonzie.

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Westward Ho (2)
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6.95
44 votes

#5 - Westward Ho (2)

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 2

The gang stages a rodeo in an attempt to raise money to pay off the note H. R. Buchanan holds on Marion's Uncle Ben's ranch.

Westward Ho (1)
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6.91
53 votes

#6 - Westward Ho (1)

Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 1

The entire gang goes to Colorado to help Marion's Uncle Ben at his dude ranch. They have to come up with enough money in five days to pay off Ben's neighbor who holds a note on the ranch. They also will have to keep the ranch up and running.

Hollywood (2)
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6.72
18 votes

#7 - Hollywood (2)

Happy Days - Season 5 - Episode 2

Fonzie takes his screen test with Richie as his reading partner. The director loves Fonzie, but the studio is more impressed with Richie and offers him a contract.

Sol and the Sponsor
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6.55
67 votes

#8 - Sol and the Sponsor

The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 29

Rob's old Army buddy Sol shows up just as the Petries are preparing for dinner with an important sponsor. Gregarious, hyper and obnoxious, Sol insults the sponsor's taste.

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Nose for News
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6.22
46 votes

#9 - Nose for News

Happy Days - Season 5 - Episode 13

After getting a "D" on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to do a story about the corrupt sanitation department that is forcing Howard to pay a weekly surcharge.

Hollywood (1)
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5.16
43 votes

#10 - Hollywood (1)

Happy Days - Season 5 - Episode 1

A Hollywood talent scout, needing a mechanic for his limousine, sees Fonzie at Arnold's and thinks he could be the next James Dean. The Cunninghams, Potsie, and Ralph go to Hollywood with Fonzie for his screen test.

Chachi Sells His Soul
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5.11
43 votes

#11 - Chachi Sells His Soul

Happy Days - Season 7 - Episode 2

Wanting to be treated more like an adult, Chachi sells his soul to the devil. In order to get him out of it, Fonzie has to go 24 hours without receiving a kiss from a girl.