List of Mr. Belvedere Episodes - Season 4 (1987/88)

Kevin has begun college and decides to join a fraternity, and part of his initiation includes donning women's clothing and also to bring the worst looking girl to a frat party. Coincidentally, Kevin meets a girl whom he thinks fits the bill, but wants to spare her feelings. However, he finds himself trapped, and hurting her feelings seems to be the only way out. Meanwhile, Wesley's school has a talent contest and Wesley takes up ventriloquism with a dummy that looks remarkably like Mr. Belvedere.

• Featured song: "London Bridge is Falling Down", sung by Brice Beckham.
• This was the second time Kevin dressed in drag, the first time was in "Halloween" from season 3.
• Kevin alludes to Wendy, and the time he took her out to the prom in "The Mogul" from season 3.
• The later season 3 ending theme returns in this episode.

George is excited about his new job as a sportscaster for a local television station, but his co-workers give him less than a warm welcome. Meanwhile, George does not mind being in front of a camera until upper management tells him that to pull in the correct viewer segment, he should consider getting a facelift. Meanwhile, Wesley's secret agenda has him refusing to bathe but the family could not care less as he quickly begins to stink up the house.

• Norman Bartold makes his first appearance in the recurring role of Skip Hollings.
• Alberto Ybarra appeared once more in "Commentary", also in season 4.

Wesley has been spending a lot of time in detention and little does anyone know that he has been getting into trouble on purpose because he secretly has a crush on the detention supervisor, Miss Connors. However, his little plan to spend time with Miss Connors goes awry when Kevin stops by to pick up Wesley, and he hits it off with her and they begin dating each other. Meanwhile, Heather gets fed up with her name and decides she wants to go by Bianca.

• This was the first episode to be taped after the show avoided possible cancellation from ABC.
• First taped episode that featured the opening credits from seasons 4 & 5. In syndication, it was truncated, and used in seasons 1-5. In addition, the short version was used on ABC primetime reruns as early as the summer of 1988, as well as on ABC primetime reruns of the season 5 episodes. The full version of this has been reinstated on Shout! Factory's season 4 DVD.
• George (Bob Uecker) is largely absent in this episode. He only appears during the cold open (at 40 seconds, it is the shortest ever for this show). After that, he is never seen again for the rest of the episode.
• One of the older season 3 ending themes returns in this episode.

Marsha has been waiting for her letter from the National Bar Association with the news of whether or not she has graduated law school. The entire family is overjoyed when she finally does get the news that she passed. However, she quickly finds it difficult searching for a job in a law firm and when she is hired she finds herself dealing with her boss who has anything but law on his mind when he begins making passes at her. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere begins a crash diet.

• Richard Doyle's name is misspelled in the end credits as Richard "Doyal".
• This episode marks the first time one of the Hufnagels appears on the show. However, only his voice was heard, and was portrayed by Cliff Bemis. He also appeared in "The Apartment", also from this season.

Mr. Belvedere encounters an insufferable girl while waiting in line at a fast food restaurant, and Mr. Belvedere soon realizes that her family needs him just as much as the Owens family does. Soon, the Owens family begins to see less and less of Mr. Belvedere and they discover that he has been moonlighting for the other family. It soon turns out to be an all out war between families over who gets to keep Mr. Belvedere.

• Mari Gorman (Beatrice Bilinski) appeared on Mr. Belvedere again in season 5's "Hooky" as Doris.
• Oliver Clark (Burt Bilinski) also appeared on Mr. Belvedere in season 5's "Hooky" as Lloyd.
• This episode ends with Mr. Belvedere writing in his journal in his bedroom (which is in a damaged state of condition due to Wesley and Miles' science experiment gone horribly wrong) as usual, and then looking back on his very first journal entry since moving in with the Owens family, along with clips from "Stranger in the Night" (the pilot episode).

Kevin is excited when he learns that his old high school friend, Wendy, is coming to town for a visit and she has a surprise, she is engaged. Kevin feels a little disappointed when it appears that Wendy got over her crush for him and has moved on, or has she? And to make matters worse, Kevin decides to get everything out in the open during her wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere may be in hot water when he accidentally lets Wesley's pet myna bird fly out the window.

• Walter Olkewicz (Allan) is reprised his role as Allan in season 5's "Really Full House".
• Debi Monahan (Fawn) appeared again on Mr. Belvedere in season 5's "Fat Cats" as Ginger.

Wesley is left home alone one evening as George, Marsha and Mr. Belvedere go out to the opera, Heather goes to the movies with Angela and Kevin goes out on a date. The next morning Marsha is furious when she discovers that her "Home Sweet Home" pillow has been destroyed. This leads to Wesley to take the fall for Kevin, who was responsible for the pillow being ruined. However, evidence soon begins to mount that leads the family to speculate what really happened, a la Rashomon.

• Production Date: October 23, 1987
• Featured song: "Sixteen Tons", a few lines sung by Brice Beckham, as he is cleaning the fireplace.
• Michael Goldfinger appeared on Mr. Belvedere again in season 5's "Stakeout" and season 6's "Truckin' and part 1 of the series finale.
• A billboard promoting Robert Goulet appears in Mr. Belvedere's version of what happened, but Goulet does not appear in this episode.

The Owens family begins to prepare their home for Christmas, but strangely Mr. Belvedere seems anything but in the Christmas spirit. Wesley sneaks into his room and discovers the perfect gift for Mr. Belvedere, but even that may not be enough to cheer him up. Meanwhile, both Kevin and Heather would like to be anywhere but home for Christmas, which leads to a family feud that just may lead to George and Marsha canceling the entire Christmas celebration.

• First of two Christmas episodes that the show did, the other was "A Happy Guys' Christmas", from season 6.
• Featured songs: "I Have a Little Dreidel" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", both sung by Brice Beckham, and an instrumental rendition of "Joy to the World".

Wesley is trying to find someone he can use for his history assignment, someone who would be willing to speak in front of his class and talk about something they lived through. Wesley immediately volunteers George, whose Korean War stories awed him when he was younger, but he is now disappointed to learn that George had made them all up. Meanwhile, Marsha prepares the family for a family portrait, and Mr. Belvedere feels left out when he is not asked to appear in it.

• As of this episode, Mr. Belvedere's desktop lamp now has a neon teal-green shade.

George is nervous when he is assigned to do editorials during his sports broadcasts at the television station. At first he is not quite sure what to do and starts off with something tame (protective sports gear), but quickly jumps to the controversial when he condemns the singing of the National Anthem at sports games. However, George's intention soon gets him in hot water as his opinion proves very unpopular and he finds himself being forced by the station manager into doing humiliating jobs to force him to quit.

• Michael Burger appears later in the series as a game show host in the season 6 episode "Brain Busters".
• Mr. Franklin's name is spelled in the end credits as "Mr. Patton".
• Maggie Han replaces Patti Yasutake as Tami in this episode.
• Jim Poslof appeared again on Mr. Belvedere in "Black Widow".
• After this episode was made, Tony Sheehan stepped down from his role as Executive Producer.

Heather's 16th birthday is coming up and George is having a hard time dealing with his little "Kitten" growing up. Meanwhile, Heather is getting over a breakup with her latest boyfriend and creates a fictional man in her diary which George just happens to glance at and becomes worried especially after Wesley discovers birth control in Heather's room. Meanwhile, Wesley is searching for his lost snake, Captain Nemo, but little does anyone know that Kevin is responsible for his disappearance.

• As of this episode, Liz Sage is now credited as "Supervising Producer".

Heather and Angela have been volunteering at the nursing home again, and this time have befriended a Mr. Sparks, who has been spending time with a female resident. When she passes away, Mr. Sparks falls into a depression and the girls decide to honor his wishes and they break him out of the home and take him on a trip to Atlantic City. Meanwhile, George has a hard time coming up with a gift for Marsha for their 20th wedding anniversary and Mr. Belvedere catches gambling fever and Wesley becomes his good luck charm.

• Featured song: Mr. Belvedere singing a few lines of "We're in the Money", written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren for Gold Diggers of 1933
• Heather alludes to the time Wesley's Hamster "died" in "Inky" from season 3.
• This episode has no journal scene. Instead, it ends with Wesley thinking to himself as Heather drives him, Angela and Mr. Sparks to Atlantic City.
• First episode to have a 1988 copyright date.

Heather, Angela and Wesley head for Atlantic City with Mr. Sparks after breaking him out of the nursing home and hit up the first casino they see. Meanwhile, George and Marsha's second honeymoon is a bust, and they decide to high tail to Atlantic City as well, leaving Mr. Belvedere furious when he learns that Heather and Wesley have left the state. Kevin and Mr. Belvedere quickly hitch a ride with Robert Goulet, with their destination being Atlantic City and the stage is set for all parties to collide while Mr. Sparks has the time of his life.

• Second appearance of Robert Goulet.
• This episode marked the first time the show shot some scenes on-location, as opposed to always being indoors in a studio like before.
• Featured songs: "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever" (performed by Robert Goulet), "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" (also sung by Goulet), and "I Got You Babe", written by Sonny Bono (performed by Robert Goulet, Bob Uecker, and Ilene Graff). The second song also appears in "Marsha's Secret", this time being sung by Ronnie Schell as "52,000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall".
• Instead of the episode ending with Mr. Belvedere writing in his journal in his bedroom, this episode ends with him writing in it in an Atlantic City casino, and is then surrounded by a group of pretty ladies.

Marsha and George go out dancing and Marsha decides that she would like to start taking dance lessons but when George decides he does not want to participate, Mr. Belvedere steps in and soon Marsha and Mr. Belvedere begin stepping out every night. Meanwhile, Heather and Wesley become convinced that Mr. Belvedere is falling for Marsha and try their best to get George to spend more time with her. Meanwhile, Kevin gets a job as a dishwasher at a sorority house and finds himself fending off every female in the house.

• Featured song: Mr. Belvedere singing a few lines of "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", written by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster for the 20th Century Fox film of the same name.
• When this episode aired, the show moved into the 9:00 P.M. timeslot, which was previously occupied by the short-lived sitcom The Thorns.

Heather and Angela join chorus, but neither one of them has a singing voice, though Heather has other things on her mind when she eyes an attractive senior who she asks out on a date. However, her romance gets the brakes when he reveals he is joining the seminary to become a priest, and Heather is in a state of shock when he asks to sleep with her days before he is scheduled to leave. Meanwhile, the family does their best with their free time when Wesley breaks the TV.

• Featured songs: "Purple People Eater" (originally written and performed by Sheb Wooley), "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" (written by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg), "Amazing Grace"

George and Marsha get fed up with Kevin and his not making a decision on a college major. After some soul searching, Kevin finally makes up his mind, he decides on nursing and he quits his current part time job and gets one as an orderly at a hospital. However, George and Marsha are not convinced that this is what Kevin really wants to do. Meanwhile, Wesley becomes an efficiency officer and begins to manage Mr. Belvedere's time and Heather is not looking forward to a frog dissection in biology.

• Production Date: December 18, 1987
• Featured song: Mr. Belvedere humming "Blue Danube" (by Johann Strauss II).
• The time Mr. Belvedere failed to go on a diet in "Marsha's Job" is mentioned.
• Instead of the episode ending with Mr. Belvedere writing in his journal in his bedroom, this episode ends with him writing in it in his hospital bed, and is then surrounded by a group of pretty nurses.

One evening, Kevin brings home his date thinking he has the house to himself, only to discover George and Marsha making out on the couch. Fed up with having no privacy, Kevin decides to move into an apartment of his own and advertises for a roommate. His ad is answered in the form of Mr. Belvedere who got fed up with having no privacy of his own and barges in on Kevin. Meanwhile, the rest of the family fights over what to make out of Kevin's old room.

• Matt Maranian makes his first of two appearances as Anatole, the other was in season 5's "The Curse".

Wesley has been named valedictorian of his graduating elementary class, but days before the ceremony, Wesley plays a prank at a school dance and his classmates insist that he grow up. This leads Wesley to start wearing suits to school and begins acting more like an adult, which turns out to be a little too grown-up for his classmates. Meanwhile, Heather and George prepare for a father-daughter race but George finds it hard to keep up and Kevin thinks he saw a UFO and stakes out the backyard, ready for another encounter.

• Featured song: "Pomp and Circumstance"
• Kevin plays the theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the harmonica
• Nick Toth (Bob Kincaid) appeared as a manager in season 5's "Hooky".
• Laura Mooney (Roberta) appeared in the final season of Mr. Belvedere as one of Wesley's love interests named Marjorie.

Summer vacation has Heather taking summer classes, Kevin working overtime and Wesley going to a day camp. While at the camp, Wesley finds himself a victim when one of the counselors touches him inappropriately, leaving Wesley feeling guilty and scared and unsure if he should keep it a "secret" like the counselor encourages him to. Meanwhile, George wants to golf but has no one to go with until Mr. Belvedere volunteers. However, George soon discovers that golfing with the butler may have been a mistake.

• Featured song: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner. Mr. Belvedere is seen dancing to this song on record at the start of act 1 of this episode. Also heard is the popular children's nursery rhyme "B-I-N-G-O".
• This episode has no journal scene. Instead, it ends with Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere) and Brice Beckham (Wesley) addressing the audience the topic of this episode.
• A reference to this episode can be heard in the "Saved by the Belvedere" episode of Ned and Stacey. In the scene where he was writing in his journal in the TV Studio, he says "Wesley should be returning from summer camp soon. I have to admit, I miss the little fellow, the rascal that he is."