Now that you have the dvd and watched the dvd or maybe you saw a few so far. Well tell me what was your favorite episode?

My favorite episodes were when Anne and Don went on a picnic and had to go to see her parents after that. Don wasn't to happy to be going after what happen to him. Also in one of the episodes I didn't understand the mop thing in one of the episodes. She looked really wierd. I also don't like the neighbor. Only one thing. Her voice.

The one where Ann goes on "The Mating Game", a takeoff on "The Dating Game", in which Ann is unaware that Don is one of the three contestants, and ends up picking Eduardo, played by Alejandro Rey. While not as slapsticky as the "Laverne & Shirley" ep with Lenny and Squiggy turning up on "DG", this one was really memorable.

I haven't watched every episode yet, but so far I like Anatomy of a Blunder (#5 the picnic episode),
Christmas And The Hard Luck Kid (#16 Ann takes care of a young boy on Christmas), and Among My Souvenirs (#17 Ann finds souvenirs from her old boyfriend).

My two favorites in Season 1 are: Don't Just Do Something, Stand There and Anatomy of a Blunder

"Anatomy of a Blunder" and "Rain, Snow, and Rice" are my two favorites. TVLand aired a lot of the great ones this weekend from the first season, and I really liked them all. "Soap Gets in Your Eyes," "The Mating Game," and "Author, Author" were three of my favorites as well.

My favorite episode is "Phantom Of The Horse Opera." Can't say why, but I just really like this one. Ann and Don try to help out this poor man who's only joy is playing a pipe organ at night and the twist to the story at the end is completely unexpected. I like quite a few of the first season shows, including "Christmas And The Hard Luck Kid" and "Beware Of Actors Bearing Gifts."

My favorite season 1 episode is the pilot which introduced us to and showed us how Ann and Don met.

My favorite episodes from season 1 are: "Anatomy of A Blunder" and "Rain, Snow and Rice" (I think thats the title where Ann and Donald go with Jerry and Margie to get married, but Ann and Donald end up having to share a room together).
BTW: ComedyFreak, I LOVE that line from the Mary Tyler Moore Show: "I haven't seen Ted this angry since they cancelled My Mother the Car." I LOVE the show and that was a funny line!!!

Wow this would be hard but I do like Don't just do something stand there, Anatomy of a Blunder, Help Wanted and many more haha:happyface :happyface

Picking just one is really hard as I thought all were great - but if I have to - I'd go for the first ep where Ann and Don meet.

"Anatomy of a Blunder" for sure. They get the car stuck in the mud, Don loses one of his contacts & he hurts his foot. It's just one funny disaster after another.

I also liked "Soap Gets In Your Eyes". Ann plays a soap opera character that everyone dislikes & when she meets Don's parents, Mrs. Hollinger believes Ann is really like that soap character.

The one where Ann goes on "The Mating Game", a takeoff on "The Dating Game", in which Ann is unaware that Don is one of the three contestants, and ends up picking Eduardo, played by Alejandro Rey.

Unless I'm mistaken, Alejandro returned for a late-series episode (different character). Probably completed his work on The Flying Nun by then. Anyway, in that later one, he was wearing such a thick moustache that he's barely recognizable...!

I'm trying to remember if Ted Bessell (as Frankie) played one of the "Dating Game" contestants on Gomer Pyle -- I believe Jim Nabors (Gomer) and Frank Sutton (Sgt. Carter) were the other two. The winner went out with Jeannine Riley's character.

I like "All About Ann." Where Ann thinks Don is cheating on her with a blond from her acting class. A young Rob Reiner makes a guest appearance in this ep.

I'm not sure if I had the right season, but there was the episode where Don is coaching Ann to appear in a soft-drink commercial and it is full of silly moments.

First, the jingle: "Twinkie is the drinkie for young people on the move...if you dig action, you'll love Twinkie...and you'll be in the groove."

Unfortunately, Don has trouble with the second line because he doesn't like the producr, so Ann trains him to think "cocoa" to improve his delivery. So naturally, it comes out,

"...if you dig action, you'll love cocoa--"

not to mention that Don pushes Ann so hard during one take, she rolls out of camera range and crashes to the studio floor!

Top 3 from Season 1

Anatomy of a Blunder
Paper Hats & Everything
This Little Piggy Had a Ball

That's The Good Skate from Season 2. I like that episode too!

Now that you have the dvd and watched the dvd or maybe you saw a few so far. Well tell me what was your favorite episode?

My favorite episodes were when Anne and Don went on a picnic and had to go to see her parents after that. Don wasn't to happy to be going after what happen to him. Also in one of the episodes I didn't understand the mop thing in one of the episodes. She looked really wierd. I also don't like the neighbor. Only one thing. Her voice.


In the "mop" episode, Anne appears on a children's show as a character named Molly Mop. At the end of the program, the main character recites the close:

"Gee, we've had a lot of fun
But now there isn't any more
So now let's pick up Molly Mop
And let's begin to sweep the floor."

While Anne as Molly isn't seen, we hear a series of cartoonish sound effects that suggest Molly is fighting with the main character and refusing to sweep the floor.

I don't know if Marlo Thomas always sounded that way in real life, but Anne's voice always sounded like she was fighting a cold and/or laryngitis. I guess that was part of her charm....

The picnic episode was an outstanding classic. Her & Ted had good chemistry. In fact I'm not too fond of the episodes he wasn't in (3 of them I believe).

The picnic episode was an outstanding classic. Her & Ted had good chemistry. In fact I'm not too fond of the episodes he wasn't in (3 of them I believe).
This Little Piggy Had a Ball and Don't Just Do Something, Stand There

This Little Piggy Had a Ball and Don't Just Do Something, Stand There

Love those too ;)
Kind of unique that the very first ep was her meeting Donald instead of her first arrival to the big city.

I also like the what are your intentions ep. Think its from s1 where Lou wants Ann to date other men and Ann and don try to make each other jealous. BTW Kasey love your avitar. Its a living was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

This Little Piggy Had a Ball and Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
I actually watched "This Little Piggy Had a Ball" at the Museum of TV & Radio in NYC a long time ago, as an attempt to spot Teri Garr. They even had a commercial for Kool Cigarettes after the theme.

I was going to start a new thread on it, but I've got an observation on the episode "Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid;" When Ann promised to invite Tommy over to the Marie family household for Christmas, and Mr. Merriman put his foot down an told her not to, he said it was because their insurance company was going to drop coverage on the school if Tommy got hurt.

Sounds to me like they were concerned the teachers might be perverts who molest little kids, but weren't going to talk about that sort of thing on 1960's television.