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The Danny Thomas Show

6.2(20)
First Aired:September 29, 1953
Seasons:11 seasons
Episodes:342
Status:Ended

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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Cast

Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas

Danny Williams

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord

Kathy Williams

Rusty Hamer

Rusty Hamer

Rusty Williams

Angela Cartwright

Angela Cartwright

Linda Williams

Seasons

E1Uncle Daddy

30m8.0

Sep 29, 1953

E2Party Dress

30m

Oct 6, 1953

Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.

E3Second Honeymoon

30m

Oct 13, 1953

Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.

E4Mother-in-Law

30m

Oct 20, 1953

Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

E5Anniversary

30m

Oct 27, 1953

When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.

E6Margaret, Non-Pro

30m

Nov 3, 1953

E7The Visiting Englishman

30m

Nov 10, 1953

Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.

E8The Sea Captain

30m

Nov 17, 1953

Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.

E9Thanksgiving Story

30m

Nov 24, 1953

E10Last Dollar

30m

Dec 1, 1953

E11Margaret's Job

30m

Dec 8, 1953

When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.

E12Wonderland

30m

Dec 15, 1953

While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.

E13Christmas

30m

Dec 22, 1953

Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.

E14Toledo

30m

Dec 29, 1953

Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.

E15Margaret's Jealousy

30m

Jan 5, 1954

Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

E16Terry for President

30m

Jan 12, 1954

E17True Blue Benny

30m

Jan 19, 1954

E18Rusty Runs Away

30m

Jan 26, 1954

E19The Professor

30m

Feb 2, 1954

After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.

E20Burlesque

30m

Feb 9, 1954

E21Black Eyes

30m

Feb 16, 1954

E22Margaret's Birthday

30m

Feb 23, 1954

Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.

E23The Matchmaker

30m

Mar 2, 1954

E24Night Club

30m

Mar 9, 1954

E25Terry's Career

30m

Mar 16, 1954

E26School Festival

30m

Mar 23, 1954

E27Rusty's Pal

30m

Mar 30, 1954

E28Julia's Birthday

30m

Apr 6, 1954

E29Pittsburgh

30m

Apr 13, 1954

E30Danny's Vacation

30m

Apr 20, 1954

E1Family Trouble

30m

Sep 28, 1954

Danny loses his confidence, so Margaret enlists the kids to help restore it.

E2Tonsillectomy

30m

Oct 5, 1954

E3Terry Takes Charge

30m

Oct 12, 1954

Margaret is away from home on jury duty, Louise is out with a cold, and Danny is having back issues, so Terry wants to take over her mother’s role in the house—but Danny thinks she’s still too young.

E4Danny Has a Baby

30m

Oct 19, 1954

Margaret decides to teach Danny a lesson when he breaks another promise to the kids.

E5Military School

30m

Oct 26, 1954

E6Danny Lands in Pictures

30m

Nov 2, 1954

E7Hollywood Trip

30m

Nov 9, 1954

Danny has to make a decision about whether to get a nose job to get a Hollywood contract.

E8Anniversary

30m

Nov 16, 1954

E9Margaret's Aunt

30m

Nov 23, 1954

Margaret’s curmudgeonly aunt comes to visit when Margaret invites her over to try to reconcile her and her mother.

E10Terry's Boyfriend

30m

Nov 30, 1954

Terry is walking on a cloud when she is asked out by the president of the student council. Danny doesn't know what to do when he finds out the only reason he is dating Terry is so her father will perform at their school dance. After the news is broken to her, Terry is heartbroken.

E11Margaret Feels Neglected

30m

Dec 7, 1954

Margaret feels as if she lives perpetually in the shadow of Danny and his fame.

E12Father of the Year

30m

Dec 14, 1954

E13The Anna Maria Alberghetti Show

30m

Dec 21, 1954

E14The New Year's Show

30m

Dec 28, 1954

E15Jesse's Romance

30m

Jan 4, 1955

E16Terry Gets Her Own Room

30m

Jan 11, 1955

E17Danny Goes on TV

30m

Jan 18, 1955

E18Terry's First Big Crush

30m

Jan 25, 1955

E19The Children's Governess

30m

Feb 1, 1955

Danny and Margaret are going on a trip to Boston and Margaret hires a governess. But then Margaret’s mother shows up to take care of the kids, unexpectedly. Grandma and the governess have completely different ideas of how to handle the children.

E20Daddy's Biography

30m

Feb 8, 1955

E21Danny Tries Real Estate

30m

Feb 15, 1955

E22Rusty Gets a Haircut

30m

Feb 22, 1955

Danny wants Rusty to cut all his curls off after he gets in a fight because of them.

E23Terry's Teen-Age Birthday

30m

Mar 1, 1955

E24Peter Pan

30m

Mar 8, 1955

E25The Piano Teacher

30m

Mar 22, 1955

E26The Newpaper Man's Show

30m

Mar 29, 1955

E27The Philosopher

30m

Apr 5, 1955

E28Father-Son Show

30m

Apr 12, 1955

E29The Benefit Show

30m

Apr 19, 1955

E30A Trip to Wisconsin

30m

Apr 26, 1955

The family takes a vacation to Baraboo, Wisc. to visit the couple that took care of Margaret when her parents were on the road. Danny has a hard time dealing with the quiet on the farm. Rusty goes to find arrowheads and gets lost.

E1Davy Crockett

30m

Sep 13, 1955

E2Little League

30m

Sep 20, 1955

Rusty plans to try out for Little League—Danny decides he wants to coach. Danny gets the job, but later has a tough decision to make.

E3Margaret Goes Home to Mother

30m

Sep 27, 1955

E4Love Thy Neighbor

30m

Oct 4, 1955

E5Rusty Gets a Job

30m

Oct 11, 1955

E6Big Shot

30m

Oct 18, 1955

E7Danny's Palladium Offer

30m

Oct 25, 1955

Danny gets the engagement of a lifetime—the London Palladium—and his agent even got them to include his family’s expenses to come with him. Unfortunately, it’s scheduled just when Rusty is about to get initiated into a club, Terry has a date to go to the junior prom with the most popular guy in school and Margaret has been elected regional president of the PTA, and has an announcement party for it to attend.

E8The London Palladium

30m

Nov 1, 1955

E9Sonnets from the Lebanese

30m

Nov 8, 1955

Danny gets carried away with Margaret's accounts of sightseeing in London. He begins to dream that he is Robert Browning.

E10High Society

30m

Nov 15, 1955

E11The Smugglers

30m

Nov 22, 1955

E12Danny's Old Girlfriend

30m

Nov 29, 1955

E13Louise's Suprise Party

30m

Dec 6, 1955

E14Mr. Williams Goes Legit

30m

Dec 13, 1955

E15Danny Strikes Oil

30m

Dec 20, 1955

E16Terry's Party

30m

Dec 27, 1955

Terry and her friends plan a party, which they wanted to plan and put together all by themselves—without the help of adults, and Danny takes over.

E17The Songwriter

30m

Jan 3, 1956

E18Star of the Family

30m

Jan 24, 1956

E19Margaret's Cousin

30m

Jan 31, 1956

Margaret's mooching cousin, Carl, visits the Williams. He quickly moves in, and makes Danny very upset. Danny finally puts his foot down, and reshapes his character. The once lovable Carl becomes a hard worker, but he is no longer any fun. Danny finally gives in to his children (and Margaret), and Carl becomes as lovable as ever.

E20Like Father, Like Son

30m

Feb 7, 1956

E21Wyatt Earp Visits the Williamses

30m

Feb 14, 1956

E22Who Can Figure Kids?

30m

Feb 21, 1956

Danny’s old Vaudeville pal comes to town and asks him to give his son a leg up in show business—but his son’s heart isn’t really in it.

E23Terry and the Sorority

30m

Feb 28, 1956

Controversy brews at the Williams house while Uncle Tonoose visits. When Terry is not tapped to join a soroity she would like to join due to her heritage, her uncle teachs her a big lesson.

E24Danny and Jesse Split

30m

Mar 6, 1956

E25Terry Has a Date

30m

Mar 13, 1956

E26Don't Yell at Your Children

30m

Mar 20, 1956

Danny and Margaret make a deal not to yell at, or threaten, the kids, and to be more considerate and gentle-toned when speaking to them. This deal oddly turns into not only speaking carefully and considerately, but also not punishing the kids.

E27Coats and Boats

30m

Mar 27, 1956

E28We're Going to Chicago

30m

Apr 3, 1956

E29Danny Goes on USO Tour

30m

Apr 10, 1956

Danny asks his friend, Songwriter Harry Ruby, if he can recommend a piano player who can be an accompanist on Danny's USO tour.

E30Danny's Birthday

30m

Apr 17, 1956

Danny showers the children with money to give them a hint about getting a present for his birthday. But the children don't know,and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor. They buy him a shirt. In the tag, the children perform a play due to Danny's love of the arts.

E1Boarding School

30m

Oct 1, 1956

Danny decides that the kids have become too unruly without their mother to help parent them. So, he decides to send them to boarding school to help give them the proper guidance they need.

E2The Nelson Eddy Show

30m

Oct 8, 1956

Danny and Jesse search for a performer to replace him in the club while he’s stuck at home with a broken leg. Danny settles on Nelson Eddy.

E3Problem Father

30m

Oct 15, 1956

Terry is dating a new, popular, wealthy, cultured boy, and this makes her hyper-sensitive, and insecure, about her father.

E4Be a Pal to Your Son

30m

Oct 22, 1956

Danny feels bad about spending so much time working and tries being a friend to Rusty, as well as a father.

E5Den Mother

30m

Oct 29, 1956

Danny makes the supreme sacrifice when son Rusty complains he's the only Cub Scout in the pack not represented at the den-mother meetings.

E6Terry at the Crossroads

30m

Nov 5, 1956

Terry is disappointed when a guy, Bobby, she has a crush on doesn’t ask her to the junior prom. Danny worries she’s too athletic and cavalier about her appearance, since she no longer has a mother to guide her, and is encouraged by Liz to talk to her.

E7Danny Goes to Texas

30m

Nov 12, 1956

Danny’s agent gets him a gig at a birthday party in Texas—much to Danny’s chagrin.

E8The Diary

30m

Nov 19, 1956

When Terry comes home upset one day, Danny tries, to no avail, to get her to confide in him. When this fails, Ben and Liz encourage him to check Terry’s diary for clues, so he can help her.

E9Talented Kid

30m

Nov 26, 1956

Danny plans on Rusty joining him in singing on a show, but is quickly disappointed when, during their first rehearsal, Rusty sings off-key. He then bemoans the fact that his kid lacks talent.

E10Danny's Comeback

30m

Dec 3, 1956

Danny’s doctor has said he’s ready to go back to work. Danny disagrees.

E11My Fair Vocal Coach

30m

Dec 10, 1956

Danny takes a talented vocal coach with stage fright under his wing.

E12Pride Takes a Holiday

30m

Dec 17, 1956

Danny gives Terry advice about swallowing her pride, instead of indulging in it, then has to face the same choice himself.

E13Christmas and Clowns

30m

Dec 24, 1956

Rusty invites a bunch of circus people, with nowhere to go for the holidays, over for Christmas dinner.

E14Liz's Boyfriend

30m

Dec 31, 1956

Liz is finally in love and brings her boyfriend over to have dinner with the family and Benny.

E15The School Teacher

30m

Jan 7, 1957

When Danny goes to see Rusty's fourth-grade teacher, they end up butting heads—and he ends up challenging her.

E16Danny's Date

30m

Jan 14, 1957

Danny has his first date since his wife died, and the kids are determined to ‘protect’ him.

E17Girl from Iowa

30m

Jan 21, 1957

A young girl pleads with Danny to help her get started in show business.

E18Danny Goes Social

30m

Jan 28, 1957

After being invited by Gloria Ridgely—an attractive socialite from his audience—to a champagne supper, Danny giddily accepts and decides to ditch the traditional anniversary celebration at Pizza Chatlie’s with Benny, Liz and Jesse.

E19Lobster Story

30m

Feb 4, 1957

E20The Flashback Show

30m

Feb 14, 1957

For his birthday, Danny makes a special trip home from his tour of night-club engagements. He is somewhat disappointed when it appears daughter Terry and son Rusty have forgotten this momentous event!

E21Danny's Fiance

30m

Feb 21, 1957

E22My Friend Harry

30m

Feb 28, 1957

E23Uncle Tonoose Pays a Visit

30m

Mar 7, 1957

E24The Model

30m

Mar 14, 1957

Terry decides to quit school in favor of a modeling career, much to Danny's dismay. He connives to discourage her from leaving school without arousing her suspicion.

E25The Orphan Asylum

30m

Mar 21, 1957

E26Little League Umpire

30m

Mar 28, 1957

E27Danny Meets Kathy

30m

Apr 4, 1957

E28Men Are Men

30m

Apr 11, 1957

E29Little Miss Moppet

30m

Apr 18, 1957

E30Danny's Proposal

30m

Apr 25, 1957

E1Lose Me in Las Vegas

30m

Oct 7, 1957

Danny's popularity disrupt Danny and Kathy's honeymoon.

E2Terry vs. Kathy

30m

Oct 14, 1957

Danny finds himself in the middle of a family controversy when daughter Terry begins to resent her new stepmother. Now that Kathy does all the things for Danny that Terry used to do, the teenager feels left out and unwanted by the family.

E3Kathy Is Approved

30m

Oct 21, 1957

When Danny learns that his Uncle Tonoose is about to visit, he's afraid that the family patriarch might not approve of his bride Kathy.

E4The Dinah Shore Show

30m

Oct 28, 1957

Terry, as chairman of her school's Heart Fund dance, is forced to choose between Dinah Shore and Kathy as vocalists for the event. Kathy is confident she can fill the bill because of her brief career as a high school band singer.

E5Parents are Pigeons

30m

Nov 4, 1957

Rusty re-acquaints his new little sister with the methods used to soft-soap parents.

E6Two Sleepy People

30m

Nov 11, 1957

Danny and Kathy attempt to show that they are as young and spry as ever by indulging in an all-night dancing spree, followed by a morning of golf and tennis

E7Danny Meets His Father-In-Law

30m

Nov 18, 1957

Danny's father-in-law loves fishing, a sport Danny knows nothing about. In an attempt to impress the testy old gent, Danny burns the midnight oil studying the art of fishing - and comes up with all the wrong answers.

E8Honesty Is the Best Policy

30m

Nov 25, 1957

Danny's son Rusty is discouraged when the owner of a lost wallet rewards him with only a curt "Thank You." Danny attempts to restore his son's faith in human nature and almost loses his own wallet in the process.

E9Terry, the Breadwinner

30m

Dec 2, 1957

Terry gets a job at a local dress shop. But Danny doesn't realize that she resents his attempts to help her.

E10The Non Orgs

30m

Dec 9, 1957

Family unity is threatened when Terry asks Danny to play the role of a cultured gentleman for the benefit of her sorority sisters. The sorority committee taxes Danny's temper and almost loses Terry her most valued friend.

E11The Soap Box Derby

30m

Dec 16, 1957

Danny and his father-in-law offer to help Rusty finance his entry in the Soapbox Derby.

E12Man's Best Friend

30m

Dec 23, 1957

E13Chess Game

30m

Dec 30, 1957

E14The Bob Hope Show

30m

Jan 6, 1958

E15Evil Eye Schultz

30m

Jan 13, 1958

E16The Honeymoon

30m

Jan 20, 1958

E17The Raffle Tickets

30m

Jan 27, 1958

E18Rusty, the Bully

30m

Feb 3, 1958

E19St. Vincent's Frolics

30m

Feb 10, 1958

E20Pardon My Accent

30m

Feb 17, 1958

E21Terry's Crush

30m

Feb 24, 1958

E22Uncle Tonoose and Mr. Daly

30m

Mar 3, 1958

E23Danny Roars Again

30m

Mar 10, 1958

E24The Country Girl

30m

Mar 17, 1958

E25Good Old Days

30m

Mar 24, 1958

E26Terry's Coach

30m

Mar 31, 1958

E27Make Room for Father-In-Law

30m

Apr 7, 1958

E28Family Ties

30m

Apr 21, 1958

E29Danny the Performer

30m

Apr 28, 1958

E30Terry's Girlfriend

30m

May 5, 1958

E31You Gotta Be Miserable to Be Happy

30m

May 12, 1958

E32Too Good For Words

30m

May 19, 1958

E33Rusty, the Man

30m

May 26, 1958

E1The Bob Hope Show

30m

Oct 6, 1958

E2Rusty, the Ward-Heeler

30m

Oct 13, 1958

Kathy thinks Danny is sending the wrong message to Rusty, who is running for Class President and is using his father's suggestion to throw a rally, replete with lots of ice cream and Danny's telling jokes, to 'buy' votes for Rusty.

E3First Anniversary

30m

Oct 20, 1958

When Danny and Kathy disagree and argue about who proposed to whom, Mr. Daly urges Danny not to apologize to his daughter.

E4Terry Goes Steady

30m

Oct 27, 1958

Danny reads an article about teenagers running away to get married. As a result he gets worried over his own teen-aged Daughter, Terry. Then he finds out she is going steady with a boy named Walter, which only worries him more.

E5Take a Message

30m

Nov 3, 1958

Chaos ensues when, because of Kathy's forgetfulness, Danny and Kathy dine with the Wolfs, where they weren't invited, much to the dismay of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, where they were invited.

E6A Locket for Linda

30m

Nov 10, 1958

Rusty balks when Danny won't give him $15 for a model airplane, but Kathy and Danny promise Linda a locket from the tooth fairy.

E7Jack Benny Takes Daddy's Job

30m

Nov 17, 1958

Danny fully expects to perform at Rusty's Cub Scout show for the third consecutive year and is annoyed at be asked again, until he finds he's been replaced by Jack Benny.

E8Uncle Tonoose's Fling

30m

Nov 24, 1958

After Uncle Tonoose, family matchmaker, has married off his last relative, he comes to visit Kathy and Danny and announces that he wants to lead the life of a playboy.

E9Linda's Tonsils

30m

Dec 1, 1958

When Danny tries to calm a terrified Linda, who needs her tonsils removed, he soon needs some consolation himself.

E10Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals

30m

Dec 8, 1958

Tension mounts between Danny and Dinah Shore, when they are slated to open at different nightclubs on the same night.

E11The Reunion

30m

Dec 15, 1958

On the eve of a 20 year reunion with old Toledo chums, Danny is feeling a bit smug at his great success with one year of high school while he friends completed their education. The tide turns when the group reunites and Danny learn that Charlie is an eminent surgeon, Harry, a prominent NASA scientist and Joe, a senior member of the diplomatic corps.

E12Kathy's Career

30m

Dec 22, 1958

Bored with her housewife routine, Kathy accepts a glamorous job at a fashion magazine.

E13The Saints Come Marching In

30m

Dec 29, 1958

After encountering a group of wayward young men, who possess huge musical talent, Danny intervenes with school authorities to put them on the straight and narrow, with a view towards launching their show business career.

E14Lucy Upsets the Williams Household

30m

Jan 5, 1959

When Lucy and Ricky Ricardo pay a visit to the Williams family, Danny makes the mistake of advising Ricky to halt Lucy's shopping sprees by closing all of her charge accounts.

E15Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help

30m

Jan 12, 1959

Uncle Tonoose travels from Toledo with Danny's cousin, Stephen, in tow, asking Danny to scratch Stephen's itch for a show business career.

E16Tennessee Ernie Stays for Dinner

30m

Jan 19, 1959

After Danny lectures the children on the meaning of helping the less fortunate, Rusty and Linda bring "Kentucky Cal," a lonely drifter, home for dinner. Kathy and the kids become attached to the colorful Cal, but Danny wants to know more about this mysterious character.

E17Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors

30m

Jan 26, 1959

Danny is outraged when Rusty and Linda are assigned minor roles in their school's upcoming production of "Alice in Wonderland" and argues with Mrs. Foster, the play's director. When she resigns in a huff, Danny takes over, only to find himself with Bob Hope, whose nephew has also been cast, offering his own unique style of 'shtick' while advising Danny on his direction.

E18Red Tape

30m

Feb 2, 1959

When Kathy's friend takes in a Norwegian exchange student, Danny, missing his teen aged daughter, Terry, who's away at college, decides to sign on as well. When the authorities deem the Williams' household unsuitable because of Danny's profession, Danny, Rusty, Linda and Kathy set out to change their thinking and are determined to house their very own student.

E19Gina from Italy

30m

Feb 9, 1959

Danny awaits the arrival of Italian exchange student, Gina Minelli, with great anxiety. The Williamses do everything they can to welcome the shy and homesick girl, but Danny, particularly, makes all the wrong, albeit, well intentioned moves. Inevitably, he stumbles upon the right tack and a very happy Gina feels very much at home.

E20Shirley Jones Makes Good

30m

Feb 16, 1959

Danny receives a letter from his old and beloved friend and mentor, Otto Nielsen, telling him that his daughter, Shirley, is in New York, hoping to land a job at the Copa. Danny is dismayed when he meets Shirley, a brassy, gum chewing girl who can't sing. When a worried Otto shows up at the Copa, he doesn't recognize the beautiful and innocent daughter who left home three weeks earlier. After some attitude, wardrobe and vocal adjustments, Danny is captivated by Shirley and sees a bright future for her in show business.

E21Gina's First Date

30m

Feb 23, 1959

As Gina attempts to adapt to the American high school social scene, Danny takes it upon himself to help her get the attention of the star football player.

E22Growing Pains

30m

Mar 2, 1959

Rusty turns to Danny and Kathy for advice when he becomes smitten with a cute girl at school.

E23Frankie Laine Sings for Gina

30m

Mar 9, 1959

Gina is thrilled to learn that her idol, Frankie Laine, is performing with Danny at the Copa. She and her friend ask him if he would perform at their high school dance and Mr. Laine, who has taken a shine to Gina, consents. Gina is overjoyed, but as she's getting ready for her exciting evening, Kathy, a former nurse, notices that Gina is down with the measles. Danny promises Gina that Frankie Laine will come back to the Williamses apartment to sing to her after the dance, but Frankie says he has other plans.

E24Kathy Leaves Danny

30m

Mar 16, 1959

Danny takes a ribbing from Phil and Harry, both confirmed bachelors, when they ask Danny along on a fishing trip, but know that he must ask Kathy's permission to go. When Danny protests that this is not true, things get even stickier when the men go back to the Williams' apartment and Kathy tells Danny that she's made vacation plans, without consulting him.

E25Latin Lover

30m

Mar 23, 1959

When suave Mario Firenze, a young man from Gina's hometown, arrives at the Williamses, he charms everyone with his continental ways. He takes an interest in a befuddled Gina, who tells Danny and Kathy that his family are aristocrats and that he would never give her the time of day back in Palermo. Everything is clarified when Gina receives a letter from her mother, warning her that Mario has traveled to New York to use Gina and enlist Danny and his show business connections to further his singing career.

E26Losers Weepers

30m

Mar 30, 1959

Danny is furious with Phil, when he loses all of the material for Danny's opening at the Copa. The two cross swords and Danny fires Phil. Kathy intervenes when she goes to visit Phil, who has found the missing jokes and song parodies. Phil hands over the envelope and Kathy puts it in her purse, which she subsequently loses. Kathy's in a panic when she breaks the news to Danny, who characteristically explodes. In the midst of their bickering, the building doorman produces Kathy's handbag.

E27Grampa's Diet

30m

Apr 6, 1959

Kathy's grandfather comes to visit the Williamses, but Grampa must be watched. He is on a very strict diet, but insists on eating everything that's not good for him. After admonishing him and cajoling him, Danny uses some psychology. Danny gives him carte blanche to eat whatever he wishes, but Grampa refuses. He confesses to Kathy and Danny that he enjoys the thrill of the hunt and comes to realize and understand that he must comply with his doctor's orders.

E28Double Dinner

30m

Apr 20, 1959

Danny decides to become a canidate for abbot of the Friars Club. He discovers that he must first win the backing of rival groups within the organization.

E29Danny's Big Fan

30m

Apr 27, 1959

One night after Danny's show, an enthusiastic and very wealthy fan comes backstage, requests that Danny do his act all over again for him and promises to take him to the most expensive dinner in New York. Danny politely refuses, but the gentleman is persistent -- the next day, the Williams' apartment is inundated with expensive gifts for everyone, much to Danny's extreme annoyance. That evening, the gentleman visits the Williams' apartment, to apologize for his behavior and it becomes increasingly evident to all that this is a kind and lonely man.

E30Gina for President

30m

May 11, 1959

As the battle of the sexes heats up between Danny and Kathy, Gina gets a phone call to tell her that she's been nominated to run for Class President. It's wonderful news, except she's running against her steady boyfriend, Buck. Danny backs Buck and Kathy helps Gina in their respective campaigns, until some ugly leaflets are floated around the school urging students to "Vote American." Buck is hurt for Gina and steps aside and Gina accepts to the applause of every student assembled in the school auditorium.

E31The Practical Joke

30m

May 18, 1959

When a dozen kittens are delivered to the Williamses, Danny realizes that, yet again, he's the victim of one of Charley Halper's practical jokes. Danny plots his revenge when he suggests to Charley that they engage Muriel Schultz, the Williamses chubby, temporary maid, suggesting to Charley that's she's beautiful and hugely talented. Muriel is a performer and takes her Copa debut very seriously and Danny soon realizes that she will be hurt by all of this and Danny and Kathy figure a way out of all of this.

E32Linda's Giant

30m

May 25, 1959

Nobody gives Linda's imaginary friend, Mr. Jumbo, a second thought until a school psychologist visits Danny and Kathy and suggests that Linda cannot separate fantasy from reality and faults Danny for all of this. Danny does all he can to spend quality time with his daughter, but when pressed, Linda will not admit that Mr. Jumbo is a figment of her imagination. Danny threatens to spank her for lying to him, but she is literally saved by the bell, when "Mr Jumbo," a new doorman at an adjacent building is at the door.

E1Terry Comes Home

30m

Oct 5, 1959

E2Rusty's Day in Court

30m

Oct 12, 1959

E3The Chinese Doll

30m

Oct 19, 1959

E4Cupid's Little Helper

30m

Oct 26, 1959

E5Terry Meets Him

30m

Nov 2, 1959

E6Jealousy

30m

Nov 9, 1959

E7Terry Goes Bohemian

30m

Nov 16, 1959

E8Rusty, the Weightlifter

30m

Nov 23, 1959

E9Tonoose, the Matchmaker

30m

Nov 30, 1959

E10Danny and Milton Berle Quit Show Biz

30m

Dec 7, 1959

E11Danny and the Little Men

30m

Dec 14, 1959

E12A Dog's Life

30m

Dec 21, 1959

E13Kathy Crashes TV

30m

Dec 28, 1959

E14Nightclub Owners

30m

Jan 4, 1960

E15That Ol' Devil Jack Benny

30m

Jan 11, 1960

E16How to Be Head of the House

30m

Jan 18, 1960

E17Danny, the Housewife

30m

Jan 25, 1960

E18Apple Polishers

30m

Feb 1, 1960

E19Tonoose Makes Wedding Plans

30m

Feb 8, 1960

Danny Meets Andy Griffith

E20Danny Meets Andy Griffith

30m

Feb 15, 1960

Danny went past a stopsign in the small town of Mayberry, because there was no crossroad. Sheriff Andy Taylor comes and arrests Danny. He said the town council had decided to make a crossroad there, but there was only enough money for a stopsign. Danny demands to see the Justice of the Peace. At this, Andy takes out a sign and says he's the Justice of the Peace. By now Will Hoople, the town drunk, has come in and locked himself in his jailcell. Andy explains he gets drunk everyday, and he arrests himself for it. Will had been deputized to do this to himself! Danny finally agrees with his wife and decides to the ordianry fine of $5 to $10. He takes out a huge wad of cash, and he gives him more money and more money. Danny doesn't care if Andy is robbing him, after all he's a big time star. Andy sees this as a time to get more money, and tells Danny he has to pay $100 or spend 10 days in jail.

E21Battle of the In-Laws

30m

Feb 22, 1960

E22Eulogy for Tonoose

30m

Feb 29, 1960

E23Linda Wants to Be a Boy

30m

Mar 7, 1960

E24Bachelor Party

30m

Mar 14, 1960

E25Danny, the Handyman

30m

Mar 21, 1960

E26The Wedding

30m

Mar 28, 1960

E27Three on a Honeymoon

26m

Apr 4, 1960

Danny feels depressed with Terry and Pat away on their honeymoon but finds a way to get them back into town when he gets a call to fill in for Jimmy Durante.

E28The Deerfield Story

26m

Apr 11, 1960

Danny is visited by an old friend from Deerfield.

E29The Singing Delinquent

26m

Apr 18, 1960

Danny helps out a singer with a bad attitude.

E30Rusty and the Tomboy

26m

Apr 25, 1960

A tomboy hopes that Rusty will take her to the school dance but, after receiving tips from Danny, Rusty asks the most popular girl.

E31Family Portrait

26m

May 2, 1960

A famous artist moves in with the Williamses to decide if he should paint a portrait of them.

E32Little Lord Fauntleroy

26m

May 9, 1960

The Williamses look after the son of a show business reporter who's called away on an overnight assignment.

E33Rusty's Advice to Linda

26m

May 16, 1960

Linda wants to run away from home when she loses her skates and Danny and Kathy won't buy her new ones.

E1Kathy Delivers the Mail

30m

Oct 3, 1960

E2The Report Card

30m

Oct 10, 1960

E3Danny and the Actor's School

30m

Oct 17, 1960

E4Kathy and the Glamour Girl

30m

Oct 31, 1960

E5Danny Proposes to His Wife

30m

Nov 7, 1960

E6Kathy, the Matchmaker

30m

Nov 14, 1960

E7Tonoose, the Liar

30m

Nov 21, 1960

E8Linda, the Performer

30m

Nov 28, 1960

E9Danny and the Dentist

30m

Dec 5, 1960

E10Fugitive Father

30m

Dec 12, 1960

E11The Singing Sisters

30m

Dec 19, 1960

E12Rusty the Rat

30m

Dec 26, 1960

E13The Plant

30m

Jan 2, 1961

E14Democracy at Work

30m

Jan 9, 1961

E15You Can Fight City Hall

30m

Jan 16, 1961

E16The Whoopee Show

30m

Jan 23, 1961

E17The Rum Cake

30m

Jan 30, 1961

E18Tonoose, the Boss

30m

Feb 6, 1961

E19Rusty, the Millionaire

30m

Feb 13, 1961

E20Good Old Burlesque

30m

Feb 20, 1961

E21Four Angels

30m

Feb 27, 1961

E22The Scrubwoman

30m

Mar 13, 1961

E23Everything Happens to Me

30m

Mar 27, 1961

E24Old Man Danny

30m

Apr 3, 1961

E25Danny and the Hoodlums

30m

Apr 10, 1961

E26Rusty's Punishment

30m

Apr 17, 1961

E27The Scoutmaster

30m

Apr 24, 1961

E28The Magician

30m

May 1, 1961

E29The Woman Behind the Man

30m

May 8, 1961

E30Teenage Thrush

30m

May 15, 1961

E31Party Wrecker

30m

May 22, 1961

E1For Every Man There's a Woman

30m

Oct 2, 1961

E2Linda Runs Away

30m

Oct 9, 1961

E3Love Letters

30m

Oct 16, 1961

E4The Trumpet Player

30m

Oct 23, 1961

E5Daly

30m

Oct 30, 1961

E6Hen Pecked Charley

30m

Nov 13, 1961

E7Danny Weaves a Web

30m

Nov 20, 1961

E8Danny and Durante

30m

Nov 27, 1961

E9Danny and the Brownies

30m

Dec 4, 1961

E10Tonoose's Plot

30m

Dec 11, 1961

E11Keeping Up With the Joneses

30m

Dec 18, 1961

E12Teacher for a Day

30m

Dec 25, 1961

E13Useless Charley

30m

Jan 1, 1962

E14A Baby for Charley

30m

Jan 8, 1962

E15Linda, the Tomboy

30m

Jan 15, 1962

E16The Big Fight

30m

Jan 22, 1962

E17Cassanova Tonoose

30m

Jan 29, 1962

E18Charley Does It Himself

30m

Feb 5, 1962

E19The P.T.A. Bash

30m

Feb 12, 1962

E20A Nose by Any Other Name

30m

Feb 19, 1962

E21Cassanova Junior

30m

Feb 26, 1962

E22Temper, Temper

30m

Mar 5, 1962

E23Hunger Strike

30m

Mar 12, 1962

E24Bunny Cooks a Meal

30m

Mar 19, 1962

E25Jose's Protoge

30m

Mar 26, 1962

E26Danny and Bob Hope Get Away from It All

30m

Apr 2, 1962

E27Extrasensory Charley

30m

Apr 9, 1962

E28Kathy, the Pro

30m

Apr 16, 1962

E29A Promise is a Promise

30m

Apr 23, 1962

E30The Smart Aleck

30m

Apr 30, 1962

E31Baby

30m

Jun 6, 1962

E1The Baby Hates Charley

30m

Oct 1, 1962

E2Danny's Replacement

30m

Oct 8, 1962

E3What Are Friends For?

30m

Oct 15, 1962

E4British Sense of Humor

30m

Oct 22, 1962

E5Jose Rents the Cops

30m

Oct 29, 1962

E6Rusty for President

30m

Nov 5, 1962

E7A-Hunting We Will Go

30m

Nov 12, 1962

E8Ten Years Ago Today

30m

Nov 19, 1962

E9Jose, the Scholar

30m

Nov 26, 1962

E10The Ould Sod

30m

Dec 3, 1962

E11Tonoose, Life of the Party

30m

Dec 10, 1962

E12Danny's English Friend

30m

Dec 17, 1962

E13Bunny, the Brownie Leader

30m

Dec 24, 1962

E14Charley, the Artist

30m

Dec 31, 1962

E15Lost French Boy

30m

Jan 7, 1963

E16Jose the Dog Sitter

30m

Jan 14, 1963

E17Tonoose Needs Glasses

30m

Jan 21, 1963

E18Million Dollar Dress

30m

Jan 28, 1963

E19Rusty's Birthday

30m

Feb 4, 1963

E20Charley the Tiger

30m

Feb 11, 1963

E21The Roman Patriot

30m

Feb 18, 1963

E22Jose's Guided Tour

30m

Feb 25, 1963

E23Bunny's Cousin

30m

Mar 4, 1963

E24When in Rome

30m

Mar 11, 1963

E25That Old Feeling

30m

Mar 18, 1963

E26Louise to the Rescue

30m

Mar 25, 1963

E27Venetian Melody

30m

Apr 1, 1963

E28Charley My Boy

30m

Apr 8, 1963

E29Linda, the Grownup

30m

Apr 15, 1963

E30Homecoming

30m

Apr 22, 1963

E31Tonoose's Brother

30m

Apr 29, 1963

E32Jose's Rival

30m

May 6, 1963

E1The Country Squires

30m

Sep 30, 1963

E2The Perfect Crime

30m

Oct 7, 1963

E3Here's The $50 Back

30m

Oct 14, 1963

E4The Woman Behind the Jokes

30m

Oct 21, 1963

E5Rusty Drives A Car

30m

Oct 28, 1963

E6Linda And The New Dress

30m

Nov 4, 1963

E7My Fair Uncle

30m

Nov 11, 1963

E8Shy Alfie

30m

Nov 18, 1963

E9Oh, The Clancys

30m

Dec 2, 1963

E10The Hex

30m

Dec 9, 1963

E11The Two Musketeers

30m

Dec 16, 1963

E12Christmas Story

30m

Dec 23, 1963

E13Peaceful Co-Existence

30m

Dec 30, 1963

E14The Bowling Partners

30m

Jan 6, 1964

E15Linda's Crush

30m

Jan 13, 1964

E16Kathy, the Secretary

30m

Jan 20, 1964

E17The Quiz Show

30m

Jan 27, 1964

E18Howdy, Neighbors

30m

Feb 3, 1964

E19The Antique Dealers

30m

Feb 10, 1964

E20Bunny Gets Into the Act

30m

Feb 17, 1964

E21Sense of Humor

30m

Feb 24, 1964

E22Tonoose Gets a Job

30m

Mar 2, 1964

E23The Leprechaun

30m

Mar 9, 1964

E24Pupa from Italy

30m

Mar 16, 1964

E25Pupa's Pooch

30m

Mar 23, 1964

E26Pupa Loves Rusty

30m

Mar 30, 1964

E27Beautiful Lady

30m

Apr 6, 1964

E28Call Off the Hounds

30m

Apr 13, 1964

E29Rusty and the Chorus Girl

30m

Apr 20, 1964

E30The Persistent Cop

30m

Apr 27, 1964

Storyline

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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