Season 1 (1961/62)
| No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Sick Boy and the Sitter" | Sheldon Leonard | Carl Reiner | October 3, 1961 (1961-10-03) | 001 |
| Television comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their sick son Richie with a babysitter while they attend a party at the home of TV star Alan Brady. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "My Blonde-Haired Brunette" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | October 10, 1961 (1961-10-10) | 009 |
| Laura resorts to dying her hair blonde when the romance in her marriage to Rob seems to be fading. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Sally and the Lab Technician" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | October 17, 1961 (1961-10-17) | 004 |
| Laura talks Rob into setting up his co-worker Sally Rogers with Laura's lab technician cousin Thomas Edson. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Washington vs. the Bunny" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | October 24, 1961 (1961-10-24) | 005 |
| While on a flight, Rob tells a fellow passenger about how he had to choose between going to Washington as a talent scout for The Alan Brady Show and seeing Richie in the school play as "the main bunny." | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Oh How We Met on the Night That We Danced" | Robert Butler | Carl Reiner | October 31, 1961 (1961-10-31) | 006 |
| Rob and Laura tell Richie about the day they met when they find Rob's old Army boots in their closet. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo." | John Rich | Carl Reiner | November 6, 1961 (1961-11-06) | 008 |
| Rob is visited by a man named Harrison B. Harding, who claims to be an old Army buddy. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Jealousy!" | Sheldon Leonard | Carl Reiner | November 7, 1961 (1961-11-07) | 003 |
| Laura lets her jealousy get the best of her when Rob has to work late with a beautiful movie star. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "To Tell or Not to Tell" | John Rich | David Adler | November 14, 1961 (1961-11-14) | 011 |
| Rob is at a loss when Mel Cooley hires Laura as a dancer on The Alan Brady Show. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Unwelcome Houseguest" | Robert Butler | Carl Reiner | November 21, 1961 (1961-11-21) | 007 |
| Buddy Sorrell talks Rob into taking care of Buddy's dog Larry for the weekend. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Meershatz Pipe" | Sheldon Leonard | Carl Reiner | November 28, 1961 (1961-11-28) | 002 |
| Rob is envious of Buddy receiving a meershatz pipe from Alan Brady. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Forty-Four Tickets" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | December 5, 1961 (1961-12-05) | 010 |
| Rob realizes he forgot to order forty-four tickets to The Alan Brady Show for the PTA. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Empress Carlotta's Necklace" | James Komack | Carl Reiner | December 12, 1961 (1961-12-12) | 013 |
| Rob purchases a necklace for Laura from Mel's cousin, but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how much she hates it. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Sally is a Girl" | John Rich | David Adler | December 19, 1961 (1961-12-19) | 012 |
| On Laura's advice, Rob stops treating Sally like one of the boys. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?" | James Komack | Walter Kempley | December 26, 1961 (1961-12-26) | 014 |
| Rob and Sally conspire to get Buddy back on The Alan Brady Show when his new job on another show falls through. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Where Did I Come From?" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | January 3, 1962 (1962-01-03) | 019 |
| Rob and Laura tell Richie about the day he was born when he asks the inevitable question. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Curious Thing About Women" | John Rich | David Adler | January 10, 1962 (1962-01-10) | 017 |
| Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Punch Thy Neighbor" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | January 17, 1962 (1962-01-17) | 018 |
| Rob gets fighting mad when Jerry Helper keeps kidding about The Alan Brady Show being rotten. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Who Owes Who What?" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | January 24, 1962 (1962-01-24) | 015 |
| Rob uses a sketch to remind Buddy of an unpaid debt. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Talented Neighborhood" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | January 31, 1962 (1962-01-31) | 022 |
| Rob has to put up with stage mothers and child prodigies when The Alan Brady Show announces its annual search for the most gifted youngster. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "A Word a Day" | John Rich | Jack Raymond | February 7, 1962 (1962-02-07) | 021 |
| Richie expands his vocabulary - to the point of saying a bad word. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Boarder Incident" | John Rich | Norm Liebmann and Ed Haas | February 14, 1962 (1962-02-14) | 020 |
| Buddy stays with the Petries while his wife Pickles is out of town. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Father of the Week" | John Rich | Arnold and Lois Peyser | February 21, 1962 (1962-02-21) | 023 |
| Rob is named "Father of the Week" at Richie's school. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Twizzle" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | February 28, 1962 (1962-02-28) | 024 |
| Sally brings the gang down to the bowling alley to experience the latest dance craze. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "One Angry Man" | John Rich | Leo Solomon and Ben Gershman | March 7, 1962 (1962-03-07) | 025 |
| Rob gets called for jury duty and finds himself doubting the defendant's guilt. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Where You Benn, Fassbinder?" | John Rich | John Whedon | March 14, 1962 (1962-03-14) | 026 |
| Sally is visited by an old high school friend on her birthday. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "I Am My Brother's Keeper (Part 1)" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | March 21, 1962 (1962-03-21) | 028 |
| Rob's shy brother Stacey comes for a visit and he has a problem - he's a sleepwalker. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Sleeping Brother (Part 2)" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | March 28, 1962 (1962-03-28) | 029 |
| Since Stacey's such a great performer while he's sleeping, Rob tries to get him an audition for The Alan Brady Show. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "The Bad Old Days" | John Rich | Norm Liebmann and Ed Haas | April 4, 1962 (1962-04-04) | 027 |
| Rob begins to feel like he does too much housework when Buddy warns him about the decline of the American male. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Sol and the Sponsor" | John Rich | Walter Kempley | April 11, 1962 (1962-04-11) | 016 |
| Rob's old Army buddy Sol shows up just as the Petries are preparing for dinner with an important sponsor. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Return of Happy Spangler" | John Rich | Carl Reiner | April 18, 1962 (1962-04-18) | 030 |
| Rob hires his old mentor Happy Spangler on the writing staff of The Alan Brady Show, but Spangler seems more interested in telling about his life. |
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