This is my first post for starting a conversation so I hope I'm not repeating an existing topic.

Remember when TV Land was in it's prime? One of my favorite offerings was there Box Sets. So I was thinking what if that were to continue somewhere. I came up with a bunch of themes with episodes from shows that would now be seen on channels like METV, METV+, Antenna TV, Rewind, Laff, FETV, etc.

Do you have any themes with episodes for this idea? What other shows could be added to the list I came up with?

Here's my list at this point. With more to come.

Minnesota Backus

Gilligan’s Island- Three Million Dollars More or Less S1, E13
Brady Bunch – The Hustler S5, E21
I Dream of Jeannie- Help, Help a Shark S5, E21
Beverly Hillbillies – The Clampetts Entertain S1, E31 – Although no pool was played the show ended in the Billiards room for dinner.

Stray Dogs

Hazel – A Dog for Harold S1, E7
The Life of Riley (Bendix) – The Stray Dog S5, E36
The Donna Reed Show – The Monster S4, E5
The Jetsons – The Coming of Astro S1, E5

Found Money

Flintstones – The Big Bank Robbery S1, E17
Dennis the Menace – Dennis and the Picnic S2, E38
Brady Bunch – The Treasure of Sierra Avenue S2, E7
Andy Griffith Show – Opie’s Fortune S5, E9 and If I had a Quarter of a Million Dollars S5, E22

Good Luck Charms

Dennis the Menace – The Lucky Piece S3, E11 and The Lucky Rabbit’s Foot S4, E34
Gomer Pyle USMC – Grandpa Pyle’s Good Luck Charm S1, E15
Bewitched – No-Harm Charm S4, E31
Newhart – The Buck Stops Here S6, E17

Bad Luck Charms

Munsters – The Fregosi Emerald S2, E21
The Brady Bunch - Hawaii Bound, Pass the Tabu and The Tiki Cave S4, E1,2,&3
Our Miss Brooks – Four Leaf Clover S3, E10
Gilligan’s Island- Waiting for Watubi S1, E10

Bad Hair Day

Dennis the Menace- Trouble from Mars S3, E1
Leave it to Beaver – The Haircut S1, E4
I Love Lucy – Lucy Wants New Furniture S2, E28
The Brady Bunch- The Hair-Brained Scheme S5, E22

Going Bald

Dick Van Dyke Show – I’d Rather be Bald Than Have No Head at All S3, E31
I Love Lucy – Ricky Thinks He’s Going Bald S1, E34
Married with Children – The Bald and the Beautiful S3, E7
Petticoat Junction- The Hairbrained Scheme S2, E35

Water - The Old Fashion Way

The Real McCoys – The New Well S2, E5
Mayberry RFD – The New Well S2, E16
Lassie – Water Boy S6, E9
Gilligan’s Island- Water, Water. Everywhere S1, E14

Welcome to the community. :wave:

I didn't get TV Land until a few years after they started. I missed out on their early years. I'm sure many people on here miss how TV Land used to be. They had a lot of good ideas with their programming, promos and the retromercials.

I like your theme ideas.

Split Happens - bowling themed episodes

The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Twizzle S1 E23
The Andy Griffith Show - Howard the Bowler S8 E2
My Three Sons - The Enthusiast S12 E9
The Odd Couple - To Bowl or Not to Bowl S5 E2
Laverne & Shirley - Bowling for Razzberries S1 E3

Here's some threads from 2001 and 2002 with some of their Box Sets.

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=3521

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=29444

Unsung Hero: Burt Mustin
3pm All in the Family "Archie Is Worried About His Job" When his company announces that it's downsizing, Archie spends a night wondering if his job's been eliminated. Guard: Burt Mustin.
3:30pm Get Smart "Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend" Max uncovers a KAOS diamond-smuggling ring.
4pm The Andy Griffith Show "Goodbye Sheriff Taylor" Andy leaves Barney in charge while he goes to Raleigh to interview for another job, and things immediately get out of hand. Judd: Burt Mustin
4:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies "Another Neighbor" A jet-setter sets her sights on Jed after tasting Granny's tonic.

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=30528

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=30987

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=33255

TJ thanks for replying. Bowling definitely was a theme used alot then. Not so much now. I found some additional shows for it.

Hazel – Hazel and the Playground S1, E1. The Natural Athlete S2, E11. Hazel and the Halfback S3, E15
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet- The Bowling Alley S1, E26
Married with Children- Alley of the Dolls S2, E9. Peggy Turns 300 S4, E19

Now Burt Mustin was one of my favorite character actors. He's from my home town Pittsburgh. I didn't realize he didn't start his acting career until he was 67. I remember him in Dragnet episodes. The Bank Examiner S1, E6. The Senior Citizen S2, E7 (My favorite) and Homicide DR-22 S3, E14.

I wish one of these retro channels pick up on this format. Sunday afternoons were always fun with the TV Land Box Set.

Hi 24/7 reruns!

I hope you’ll like it here.

TVLAND Box Sets brings back a lot of memories. Since Me TV has the Summer Of Me Perhaps Summer 2023 Antenna TV will do something similar to this.

Welcome!

Income taxes:

Honeymooners: Worry Wart
Dick van Dyke: The Impractical Joke
Mary Tyler Moore Show: 1040 or Fight
Odd Couple: The Ides of April

Edit - The Jack Benny Program: The Income Tax Show
That Girl: Many Happy Returns
Green Acres: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
All in the Family: Archie's Fraud
The New Odd Couple: The Ides of April
Seinfeld: The Truth
The Odd Couple (2015): The Audit Couple

Stuck:

Dick van Dyke: 4 1/2
The Odd Couple: Trapped
All in the Family: The Elevator Story
Bob Newhart Show: Caged Fury

You could probably do a week of "stuck" - elevators, basements, handcuffs, roofs/ledges.

Thanks Merry24.
I'm sure I will. I've been reading posts here for years. Finally had some time to connect beyond reading post.

Good Stuff Alan Brady's Hair!

I've got one other list.

Aladdin’s Lamp

The Gale Storm Show (Oh Susanna) Aladdin’s Lamp S2, E11
Hazel – Genie with the light brown lamp S2, E10
Here’s Lucy – Lucy and Aladdin’s Lamp S3, E21
Andy Griffith Show- Three wishes for Opie S5, E14

Bonus Cartoons –
Popeye – Aladdin’s Lamp,
ComiColor Cartoons- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,
Mighty Mouse – Aladdin’s Lamp,
Bugs Bunny – A-Lad-In His Lamp & Ali Baba Bunny

Commercials:

I Love Lucy: Lucy Does a TV Commercial
The Honeymooners: Better Living Through TV
Odd Couple: Felix's First Commercial
Mary Tyler Moore Show: Farmer Ted and the News

Nice addition.

I came up with these.

Land of the Giants
I Deam of Jeannie – My Incredibly Shrinking Master S2, E24
Mork and Mindy – Mork in Wonderland S2, E1&2
Bewitched- Samantha’s Wedding Present S5, E1
My Favorite Martian- Bottled Martin S3, E8
Bonus Cartoons –
Flintstones- Itty Bitty Fred S5, E3
Jetsons – The Little Man S1, E17

Walk the Plank
I Dream of Jeannie - My Master, the Pirate S2, E25
Hey Landlord – When You Need a Hidden Room You Can Never Find One S1, E10
Married with Children – Peggy and the Pirates S7, E18
Sabrina the Teenage Witch – Sabrina and the Pirates S3, E15

Stop the film!
Dennis the Menace – Dennis’ Documentary Film S3, E25
I Love Lucy – Home Movies S3, E20
I Dream of Jeannie- Jeannie and the Top Secret Secret S4, E9
Flintstones- Reel Trouble S4, E23

Send in the Clowns
Mary Tyler Moore Show – Chuckles Bites the Dust S6, E7
Odd Couple – Surprise, Surprise S2, E12
Bewitched – Hoho the Clown - S3, E18
King of the Hill - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown S10, E5

Wrong Baby/Kid
Dick Van Dyke Show- That’s My Boy? S3, E1
The Life of Riley (Bendix) – Strolling Through the Park S5, E20
Flintstones – Daddies Anonymous S4, E13 (Fun Fact – The wrong kid is named Chester as is Riley’s grandson on The Life of Riley)
Daddy Dearest (Don Rickles) – The Tortious and the Scare S1, E8

I’ve been robbed
Dick Van Dyke Show- The Cat Burglar S2, E15
I Love Lucy – Too Many Crooks S3, E9
Jack Benny Show – Bedroom Burglars S5, E8
Home Improvement- Armed by Burglars S5, E25

Stake Out
Dick Van Dyke Show – The Man from My Uncle S5, E27
Golden Girls – To Catch a Neighbor S2, E24
Barney Miller – The Stakeout S1, E6
Martin – Stake-out S5, E20

Yes, this is interesting--

Allergies

Dennis the Menace - Wilson's Allergy S4Ep22
My Three Sons - Tramp or Ernie S7Ep13
Brady Bunch - Katchoo S1Ep5
Dick Van Dyke Show - The Ugliest Dog in the World S5Ep4

Santa

Diff'rent Strokes - Santa's Helper S5Ep12
Dick Van Dyke Show - The Alan Brady Show Presents S3Ep13
Mama's Family - Santa Mama S3Ep13
Bewitched - Humbug Not to be Spoken Here S4Ep16

Runaways

Leave it to Beaver - Beaver Runs Away S1Ep37
Danny Thomas Show - The Orphan Asylum S4Ep25
Father Knows Best - The Bus to Nowhere S2Ep22
My Three Sons - Dodie Goes Downtown S11Ep19

Adoption

Father Knows Best - Adopted Daughter S2Ep36
Mama's Family - Birthright S3Ep17
Leave it to Beaver - Beaver Gets Adopted S2Ep22
Adam-12 - The Adoption S4Ep18

Camping/Fishing

Leave it to Beaver - A Night in the Woods S5Ep36
Silver Spoons - Father Nature S1Ep10
Andy Griffith Show - Big Fish in a Small Town S7Ep11
Brady Bunch - A-Camping We Will Go S1Ep8

Cabin in the Woods

Father Knows Best - The Christmas Story S1Ep12
Silver Spoons - I Want to be Alone S2Ep13
Mama's Family - Mama's Boyfriend S1Ep9
Leave it to Beaver - Happy Weekend S2Ep13

Glad you're enjoying this Stevea.

I'm really testing my memory with coming up with different themes. Here are a few more. I've got another 5 that I'm working on.

Rich Cats
Bachelor Father- The Richest Cat S5, E28
Our Miss Brooks- Mr. Casey’s Will S1, E22
My Favorite Martian- Poor Little Rich Cat S1, E15
Top Cat – The Tycoon S1, E14

Crushes
Bewitched – The Girl Reporter S1, E9
Hazel – Them Neighbors is Nice S1, E25
Green Acres – Oliver’s Schoolgirl Crush S5, E10
Dick Van Dyke Show –The Third One From the Left S3, E14 and The Lady and the Babysitter S4, E3

UFO
Dick Van Dyke Show- Uhny Uftz S5, E3
Brady Bunch- Out of This World S5, E16
Alice – Alice Sees the Light S7, E9
My Favorite Martian- Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin S1, E29

In the Christmas spirit
Joey Bishop Show – Very Warm for Christmas S1, E23
December Bride – The Christmas Show S1, E12
That Girl – Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid S1, E16
Mary Tyler Moore Show- Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid part II S1, E14

You too can be a Writer
Odd Couple – The Pen is Mightier Than the Pencil S3, E4
Dick Van Dyke Show – Teacher’s Petrie S3, E2
Mary Tyler Moore Show- Two wrongs don’t make a Writer S4, E23
Newhart – Good Bye, Good Riddance Mr. Chips S5, E23

Haunted House
Andy Griffith Show – The Haunted House S4, E2
Dennis the Menace – Haunted House S3, E5
Bachelor Father – The House at Smuggler’s Cove S5, E8
Dick Van Dyke Show – The Ghost of A. Chantz S4, E2
I Dream of Jeannie -My Master, The Ghostbreaker S3, E21
Flintstones- A Haunted House is not a Home S5, E7

Blue Ribbon
Andy Griffith Show- The Pickle Story S2, E11
Patty Duke Show – Let Them Eat Cake S1, E21
Green Acres – Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel S3, E3
Lassie – The Horse Show S5, E24

Cooking Contest
Odd Couple – They use Horse Radish, Don’t They? S1, E14
Patty Duke show - Let Them Eat Cake S1, E21
Hazel – Just Me, Harold, and the Universe S4, E9
Beverly Hillbillies- The Soup Contest S5, E2

Here's the five I was working on.

Building a BBQ
Dennis the Menace – The Boy Wonder S2, E29
Bachelor Father – Bentley’s Barbeque S4, E39
I Love Lucy – Building a BBQ S6, E24
Home Improvement- Quest for Fire S7, E1

Building a Swimming Pool
Dennis the Menace- Dennis and the Signpost S1, E2
Bachelor Father - Bentley builds a pool S4, E34
Ozzie and Harriet – The Swimming Pool S2, E39
Flintstones – The Swimming Pool S1, E3
Mister Ed – Ed the Desert Rat S4, E17

12 angry jurors
Odd Couple – The Jury Story
That Girl – Eleven Angry Men and That Girl S3, E3
Happy Days – Fonzie for the Defense S5, E27
Love That Bob – Eleven Angry Women S3, E14

Back to Jail
Green Acres – The Ex-Con S5, E18
Dragnet – Burglary Baseball S4, E25
Car 54 Where Are You? – Home Sweet Sing-Sing S1, E3
(I can’t think of a 4th one)

House Divided
I love Lucy- Men are Messy S1, E8
The Munsters – A House Divided S2, E29
Flintstones – Room for Two S4, E21
Patty Duke Show – The Little Dictator S1, E34

Joke's On You

Brady Bunch - Fright Night S4Ep6
Patty Duke Show - Patty, the Practical Joker S2Ep27
Leave it to Beaver - Wally's Practical Joke S6Ep35
Mama's Family - April Fools S5Ep19

Weight Problems

Bachelor Father - Drop That Calorie S4Ep40
I Love Lucy - The Diet S1Ep3
Hazel - George's Ordeal S3Ep21
Andy Griffith Show - Barney's Physical S5Ep2

Getting in Shape

Brady Bunch - Sergeant Emma S3Ep20
Dennis the Menace - Mr. Wilson's Uncle S3Ep20
My Three Sons - My Dad, the Athlete S7Ep19
Mama's Family - Black Belt Mama S2Ep12

Learning to Drive

Mama's Family - Mama Learns to Drive S2Ep11
Leave it to Beaver - Wally's License S6Ep3
Father Knows Best - Margaret Learns to Drive S4Ep9
The Danny Thomas Show - Rusty Drives A Car S11Ep1

Game Shows

The Danny Thomas Show - The Quiz Show S11Ep17
The Odd Couple - Let's Make A Deal S3Ep20
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Gracie is Brilliant S8Ep22
Mama's Family - Family Feud S1Ep5

A Change of Scenery
My Three Sons – Moving Day S8, E1
Laverne and Shirley – Welcome to Burbank S6, E2
Our Miss Brooks – Transition Show S4, E2
Burns and Allen Show – The Burnses and Mortons Go to New York S6, E1 & Return to California S7, E1

Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Car 54 Where Are You? – See You at the Bar Mitzvah S2, E24
Dick Van Dyke Show – Buddy Sorrell: Man and Boy S5, E22
The Simpsons – Today I am a Clown S15, E6
The Wonder Years (Original Series)– Birthday Boy S2, E13
Archie Bunker’s Place – Growing Up is Hard to Do S3, E8&9

Aloha
Brady Bunch – Hawaii Bound, Pass the Tabu, and The Tiki Caves S4, E1,2&3
I Dream of Jeannie – Jeannie Goes to Honolulu and Battle of Waikiki S3, E14 & 15
Sanford and Son – The Hawaiian Connection S6, E1&2
Green Acres – Hawaiian Honeymoon - S6, E25
Donna Reed Show – Aloha, Kimi S4, E19

Pretty Bad Backdoor Pilots
Green Acres - Hawaiian Honeymoon - S6, E25 & The Ex-Secretary S6, E26
Laverne and Shirley – Here Today, Hair Tomorrow S8, E22
Mister Ed – Moko S4, E26
The Nanny – The Chatterbox S2, E25

Guest Star Leo Durocher
Munsters – Herman the Rookie S1, E29
Mister Ed – Leo Durocher meets Mister Ed S4, E1
Beverly Hillbillies – The Clampetts and the Dodgers S1, E29
The Joey Bishop Show – Double Play from Foster to Duroscher to Joey S3, E17
The Donna Reed Show – Play Ball S7, E3

Guest Star Don Drysdale
Leave it to Beaver – Long Distance Call S5, E37
Our Man Higgins – Who’s on First? S1, E32
The Flying Nun – The Big Game S3, E1
The Brady Bunch- The Dropout S2, E1

Guest Stars– MLB All-stars
Dennis the Menace (Sandy Koufax) – Dennis and the Dodger S3, E31
Donna Reed Show (Willie Mays, Don Drysdale, Leo Durocher) – Play Ball S7, E3
Lassie (Roy Campenella) – The Mascot S6, E4
Mister Belvedere (Hank Aaron, Earnie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Johnny Bench, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson and Starring Bob Uecker) – The Field S6, E1

Ventriloquist dummies:

Bob Newhart Show: A Jackie Story
Barney Miller: Hostage
Soap: Eps. 7-8 (arrival of Chuck and Bob)
Everybody Loves Raymond: Traffic School

Doctor, Doctor:

Donna Reed Show - The Two Doctors Stone S5Ep26
Father Knows Best - Father is a Dope S2 Ep10
Brady Bunch - Is There a Doctor in the House? S1Ep13
Leave it to Beaver - New Doctor S1Ep31

Oh that Cavity:

The Danny Thomas Show - Danny and the Dentist S8Ep9
Brady Bunch - Love and the Older Man S4Ep13
Leave it to Beaver - The Tooth S2Ep21
Dennis the Menace - Wilson Goes to the Dentist S3Ep29

So This is Christmas

Benson - Home for Christmas S6Ep13
Father Knows Best - The Angel's Sweater S3Ep15
Silver Spoons - The Best Christmas Ever S1Ep13
The Donna Reed Show - A Very Merry Christmas S1Ep14

Guest Star – Bubba Smith as himself
Odd Couple – Take My Furniture, Please S3, E22
Mr. Belvedere – Separation S3, E20
Who’s the Boss – Death and Love, Pt. 2 S8, E8
Coach – The Bachelor Party S5, E8

Wrong Diagnosis
Life of Riley (Bendix) – Riley’s Stomach Ache S2, E1
Honeymooners (Classic 39) – Matter of Life and Death E5
Flintstones – The X-Ray Story S2, E15
Jetsons – Test Pilot S1, E14

Soapbox Derby
Life of Riley (Bendix) – Junior wins the Soapbox Derby S1, E12
Bewitched – Soapbox Derby S3, E16
Dennis the Menace – The Soapbox Derby S2, E30
The Simpsons- Saturdays of Thunder S3, E9

Dance School
Munsters – Dance with Me, Herman S1, E22
Gomer Pyle USMC – Dance, Marine, Dance S1, E16
Ozzie and Harriet – Dance Lessons S10, E1
Flintstones – Arthur Quarry’s Dance Classes S1, E16

Music Group
Petticoat Junction – The Ladybugs S1, E27
Gilligan’s Island – Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes S2, E12
F Troop – That’s Show Biz S2, E23
I Dream of Jeannie – Jeannie the Hip Hippie S3, E6

Guest Stars – Chad and Jeremy
Patty Duke Show- Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits S2, E23
Dick Van Dyke Show – The Red Coats are Coming S4, E20
Laredo – That’s no Way, Thataway S1, E18
Batman – The Cat’s Meow S2, E29 & The Bat’s Kow Tow S2, E30

Joining a Lodge:

Andy Griffith Show: The Lodge
Newhart: Still the Beavers
Cheers: Knights of the Scimitar
Mama's Family: Fangs A Lot, Mama

Bah Humbug
Odd Couple – Scrooge Gets an Oscar S1, E12
Bewitched- Humbug Not to be Spoken Here S4, E16
Sanford and Son- Ebenezer Sanford S5, E12
WKRP in Cincinnati- Bah Humbug S3, E7

Vote For Me – Class President
Brady Bunch – Vote for Brady S1, E11
Patty Duke Show – The President S1, E9 (not quite class president, but close. It was for the Girls League)
The Partridge Family – The Selling of the Partridge S3, E23
Leave it to Beaver – Wally’s Election S3, E19

Vote For Me
Andy Griffith Show – Ellie for Council S1, E10
Dennis the Menace – Dennis the Campaign Manager S2, S15
Gilligan’s Island – President Gilligan S1, E6
Cheers – Woody Gets an Election S11, E21

Spitting Image (Actors playing two roles in the same episode)
Date With the Angels – Double Trouble S2, E19
Married with Children – Lez be Friends S11, E20
Green Acres – Oliver’s Double S6, E10
Maude – Vivian Surprise S5, E22 (OK I cheated, Conrad Bain's twin Bonar was on)
And, of course, all episodes of The Patty Duke Show

Camping/Fishing

Leave it to Beaver - A Night in the Woods S5Ep36
Silver Spoons - Father Nature S1Ep10
Andy Griffith Show - Big Fish in a Small Town S7Ep11
Brady Bunch - A-Camping We Will Go S1Ep8

Cabin in the Woods

Father Knows Best - The Christmas Story S1Ep12
Silver Spoons - I Want to be Alone S2Ep13
Mama's Family - Mama's Boyfriend S1Ep9
Leave it to Beaver - Happy Weekend S2Ep13

A lot of these. More "Great Outdoors":

The Flintstones: Cave Scout Jamboree
The Jetsons: The Good Little Scouts
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Survival of the Fattest
The Munsters: Grandpa's Call of the Wild
The Odd Couple: Bunny Is Missing Down By the Lake

Hey Alan Brady's Hair, both you and Stevea have added a lot to this idea. Glad you both like it.makes a nice welcoming to the boards. Thanks. I've got more in the works. I'll post them as I get them.

Hey Alan Brady's Hair, both you and Stevea have added a lot to this idea. Glad you both like it.makes a nice welcoming to the boards. Thanks.

You're welcome. The similarities across shows have always been an interest of mine.

Amnesia:

Dick van Dyke Show: Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
Gilligan's Island: Forget Me Not
Green Acres: Who's Lisa?
Laverne & Shirley: Playing the Roxy

You're welcome. The similarities across shows have always been an interest of mine.

It makes sense. During a given time the same writers are making the rounds.

So many shows used a Class Reunion as a theme. Here's 8 of them.

Class Reunion
Mary Tyler Moore Show -Didn’t you use to be, Wait, Don’t Tell Me S2, E7
All in the Family – Class Reunion S3, E18
Everybody Loves Raymond- High School S2, E10
Married with Children- The Prom Queen S3, E17 & 18

Class Reunion Part 2
Maude – Maude’s Reunion S5, E18
Andy Griffith Show – Class Reunion S3, E19
Dinosaurs- Driving Miss Ethyl S4, E4
Still Standing – Still in School S1, E3 (I never knew that Mark Addy is a British Actor)

Class Reunion Part 3

Mama's Family - A Blast From the Past S6Ep7
Father Knows Best - The Spirit of Youth S2Ep11
Laverne and Shirley - Whatever Happened to the Class of '56? S7Ep16
The Donna Reed Show - Donna Goes to a Reunion S3Ep13

I'm sure there are enough different class reunion episodes to set up a Dacades Binge.

Here's something else not class reunion based.

Repeating theme on same show
Petticoat Junction- Betty Jo Goes to New York S3, E10
Petticoat Junction - Is This My Daughter? S5, E1
Dennis the Menace – The Lucky Piece S3, E11
Dennis the Menace- The Lucky Rabbit’s Foot S4, E34

Copycats (episodes that seem to be reworkings of Dick van Dyke Show episodes):

Odd Couple: Partners' Investment (Young Man with a Shoe Horn)
Cheers: Suspicion (The Impractical Joke)
Frasier: Frasier Crane's Day Off (The Meershatz Pipe)
Frasier: A Word to the Wise Guy (Big Max Calvada)

Repeating Themes Same Show - Part 2

Dennis the Menace - The Haunted House S3Ep5
Dennis the Menace - Dennis and the Homing Pigeons S4Ep25
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - George and Gracie Locked Out of Their House S3Ep39
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Locked Out S8Ep34

Plus there would be tons of Bewitched episodes to do this with

New York, Anyone?

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - The Week in New York S8Ep35
Father Knows Best - It's a Small World S5Ep25
My Three Sons - Adventure in New York S4Ep35
Everybody Loves Raymond - Working Girl S3Ep25

Bonus Cartoon - Bugs Bunny in "Yankee Doodle Bugs"

Beatniks
Petticoat Junction – Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik S1, E16
Beverly Hillbillies – Clampett A-Go-Go S3, E18 & Big Daddy Jed S3, E27 & Cool School is Out S3, E28
Laverne and Shirley – The Beatnik Show S5, E16
Happy Days – Great Expectations S1, E13

Hippies
Beverly Hillbillies – Robin Hood of Griffith Park S6, E4 & Robin Hood and the Sheriff S6, E5
(Alan Reed Jr. played the Hippie and also the Beatnik in the season 3 episodes listed above. He’s son of the voice of Fred Flintstone – Alan Reed Sr)
Gomer Pyle USMC- Flower Power S5, E26
Batman – Louie the Lilac S3, E7
Bewitched- Hippie, Hippie, Hooray S4, E21

Talent Show/Contest
Petticoat Junction – The Talent Contest S1, E25
Brady Bunch The Show Must Go On ?? S4, E7 & Amateur Night S4, E16
Laverne and Shirley- The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show S3, E16 & The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show S4, E16 & The Forth Annual Shotz Talent Show S5, E12

Trapped Part 1 - Cave
Petticoat Junction – Cave Women S1 ,E36
Andy Griffith Show – Barney and the Cave Rescue S4, E13
Green Acres – Trapped S5, E16
Gilligan’s Island- Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho S3, E15

Trapped Part 2 – Vault
Family Guy – Brian and Stewie S8, E17
Munsters – Don’t Bank on Herman S1, E21
The Lucy Show – Lucy Gets Locked in a Vault S2, E4
Andy Griffith Show- The Bank Job S3, E13

Trapped Part 3 - Freezer
Brady Bunch – Big Little Man S3, E15
Our Miss Brooks – Home Cooked Meal S3, E30
I Love Lucy – The Freezer S1, E29
Three’s Company – Baby, It’s Cold Inside S8, E14

Trapped Part 4 – Basement
Odd Couple – Trapped S1, E24
The Nanny – The Whine Cellar S2, E10
All in the Family – Archie in the Cellar S4, E10
That Girl – Dark on Top of Everything Else S3, E16

Trapped Part 5 – Elevator
That Girl – The Elevated Woman S5, E24
Night Court – The Blizzard S2, E10 & Earthquake S4, E9
All In the Family – The Elevator Story S2, E14
Dick Van Dyke Show – 4 ½ S4, E7

Trapped Part 6 – Other Places
All in the Family – Two’s a Crowd S8, E19
All in the Family- Birth of a Baby Part 1 & 2 S6, E14 & 15
Odd Couple – Subway Story S5, E8
Please Don’t Eat The Daisies – Who’s Kicking That Around? S1, E3

Commercials
Brady Bunch – And Now a Word From Our Sponsor S3, E8
Beverly Hillbillies – Foggy Mountain Soup S4, E14
Andy Griffith Show – The Foster Lady S6, E27
I Love Lucy – Lucy Does a TV Commercial S1, E30

Oops, Alan Brady's Hair it looks like I've repeated some from your Commercials and Trapped list. I guess that could be a good thing since we've come up with so many list it's getting hard to remember them all.

Jinx
Petticoat Junction – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jinx S2, E30
Andy Griffith Show – The Jinx S2, E17
Car 54 Where Are You? -The Curse of the Snitkins S2, E30
Ensign O’Toole – Operation Jinx S1, E5

Picnic
Green Acres -The Picnic S5, E22
Andy Griffith Show- Andy and Helen have their day S5, E13
Dennis the Menace – Community Picnic S3, E37
Flintstones – The Picnic S2, E13

New Store Taking Over
Petticoat Junction- Modern Merchandising S2, E21
Happy Days – There’s No Business Like No Business S10, E9
Dobie Gillis – Magnificent Failure S3, E16
Andy Griffith Show- The Merchant of Mayberry S2, E22

Archeological Finds
Petticoat Junction- The Brontosaurus Caper S2, E34
Dennis the Menace – Mr. Wilson’s Inheritance S3, E9
Mayberry RFD – Goober’s New Gas Station S3, E3
King of the Hill – Arrow Head S2, E3

The Peace Corps
Patty Duke Show- Patty and the Peace Corps S2, E9
Family Affair – Put Your Dreams Away S5, E19
Mister Ed – Ed in the Peace Corps S4, E16
Family Guy – Jungle Love S4, E13

Europe, Here We Come!

I Love Lucy - Lucy in the Swiss Alps S5Ep21
My Three Sons - London Memories S6Ep32
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - A Paris Creation S6Ep32
Everybody Loves Raymond - Italy S5Ep2

Let's Redecorate!

The Danny Thomas Show - Charley Does It Himself S9Ep18
Silver Spoons - Mrs. Stratton Builds Her Dreamhouse S4Ep2
I Love Lucy - Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment S3Ep8
Everybody Loves Raymond - Frank Paints the House S5Ep24

Temper, Temper!

I Love Lucy - Ricky Loses His Temper S3Ep19
The Danny Thomas Show - Temper, Temper S9Ep22
Mama's Family - Where There's A Will S3Ep2
Gomer Pyle - Come Blow Your Top S5Ep9

Funerals:

Dick van Dyke Show - The Great Petrie Fortune
WKRP in Cincinnati - Jennifer and the Will
Mama's Family - Farewell, Frannie
Newsradio - Rat Funeral

There could be a whole group of false funerals, for people who really weren't dead.

Chain letters (never see another one of these):

Andy Griffith Show - The Lucky Letter
Mary Tyler Moore Show - Don't Break the Chain
All in the Family - Chain Letter
3rd Rock from the Sun - Superstitious Dick

Brats

Mama's Family - Child's Play S4Ep8
I Love Lucy - The Amateur Hour S1Ep14
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Annoying Kid S7Ep8
I Dream of Jeannie - Jeannie and the Curious Kid S5Ep19

California Here We Come Parts 1 & 2
I Love Lucy – California, Here We Come S4, E13
The Real McCoys – Californy, Here We Come S1, E1
Andy Griffith Show – Off to Hollywood S6, E7
My Three Sons – Tramp Goes to Hollywood S4, E34
Flintstones- Hollyrock Here I Come S1, E10
Donna Reed Show – The Stones Go to Hollywood E3, S19
Green Acres- A Star Named Arnold is Born Part 1 & 2 S3, E29 & 30
Happy Days – Hollywood Part 1, 2 & 3 S5, E1, 2 & 3 (Hopefully this doesn't mean that this thread has Jumped the Shark)

Business in a Residential Zone
Hazel – Hazel’s Free Enterprise S5, E25
Bachelor Father – The Fortune Cookie Caper S3, E24 & Bentley’s Catered Affair S5, E7
I Love Lucy – Lucy Raises Chickens S6, E19

Chicken Suit
That Girl – Nobody But Us Chickens S4, E4
The Partridge Family – Bedknobs and Drumsticks S3, E19
What’s Happening, Now – The Bully S1, E8
Ellen – Neighbors S5, E16

Business in a Residential Zone


Patty Duke Show, "The Tycoons," the girls start manufacturing dresses in the home.

Patty Duke Show, "The Tycoons," the girls start manufacturing dresses in the home.

Thanks for the addition!

Temperamental Artists:

Car 54, Where Are You?: Toody and the Art World
Hazel - But Is It Art? (Claude Akins as Mikwaukee Ames)
Dick van Dyke Show - October Eve (Carl Reiner as Sergei Carpetna)
Gilligan's Island - Goodbye, Old Paint (Harold J. Stone as Alexandre Dubov)
Cheers - I'll Be Seeing You, Pts. 1 & 2 (Christopher Lloyd as Phillip Semenko)

Cartoon: Beany & Cecil - Wildman from Wildsville (Scatman Crothers as Go Man van Gogh)

Business in a Residential Zone 2

Patty Duke Show, "The Tycoons," the girls start manufacturing dresses in the home.

My Three Sons - Happy Birthday, World S7Ep9
Leave It To Beaver - Water, Anyone? S1Ep7
The Danny Thomas Show - The Antique Dealers S11Ep19

Double Your Money Back
The Lucy Show – Lucy the Bean Queen S5, E3
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet – Pancake Mix S1, E28
Dennis the Menace- My Uncle Ned S4, E14
(I need a forth Show for this list)

Stuck
That Girl – This Little Piggy Had a Ball S1, E28
Dick Van Dyke Show – Never Bathe on Saturday S4, E27
Big Bang Theory – Robotic Manipulation S4, E1
Munsters – Yes Galen, There is a Herman S1, E38

Smile, You’re on Candid Camera
The Lucy Show – Lucy and the Beauty Doctor S3, E24
Dick Van Dyke Show – The Ghost of A. Chantz S4, E2
Flintstones – Peek-a-Boo Camera S4, E14
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia- Old Lady House – A Situation Comedy S12, E3

I just got this from a weekly Decades TV email newsletter.

https://www.decades.com/articles/i-love-lucy-and-i-married-joan-had-a-whole-lot-in-common

What other two episodes from other shows would fit for these for box sets?

One night, two dates:

Patty Duke Show: Double Date
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Gomer Dates a Movie Star
Gidget: Too Many Cooks
Green Acres: Eb's Double Trouble

One night, two dates, part 2:

Leave it to Beaver - Don Juan Beaver S6Ep32
Brady Bunch - Two Petes in a Pod S5Ep18
Father Knows Best - Two Loves Has Bud S5Ep27
My Three Sons - Ernie, the Bluebeard S8Ep10

You Saved My Life!

Brady Bunch - My Brother's Keeper S5Ep8
Andy Griffith Show - Andy Saves Gomer S4Ep23
Gomer Pyle - To Save a Life S5Ep18
My Three Sons - Chip's World S3Ep35

Tonsils

Diff'rent Strokes - Tonsils S7Ep11
My Three Sons - Dodie's Tonsils S10Ep16
Leave it to Beaver - Beaver's Tonsils S4Ep20
Dennis the Menace - Wilson's Little White Lie S4Ep16

Friends make bad business partners
Mary Tyler Moore Show – Lou’s Place S3, E16
I love Lucy – The Girls Go Into Business S3, E2 & The Diner S3, E27
Flintstones – The Drive-in S1, E13

Slumber Party
Patty Duke Show- The Slumber Party S1, E6
Brady Bunch – The Slumber Caper S2, E3
Hazel – Pajama Party S1, E26
That 70’s Show – Your Time is Gonna Come S5, E13

Let’s Redecorate part 2
Odd Couple – Take My Furniture Please S3, E22
Brady Bunch- Our Son, The Man S2, E18
I Love Lucy – Lucy Wants New Furniture S2, E28
The Life of Riley (Bendix) Live Modern S6, E33

Politics

Good Times - The Politicians S3Ep9
The Dick Van Dyke Show - I Do Not Choose To Run/The Making of a Councilman S5Eps16, 17
Dennis the Menace - Dennis, the Campaign Manager S2Ep15

More politics:

Addams Family: Gomez, the People's Choice
The Odd Couple: The Odd Candidate
WKRP: Carlson for President
Barney Miller: The Election
Yes, Minister: Party Games (1 hour)

Theme song: Vote for Gracie (1940) https://youtu.be/k6w8OaByPLg

I just got this from a weekly Decades TV email newsletter.

https://www.decades.com/articles/i-love-lucy-and-i-married-joan-had-a-whole-lot-in-common

What other two episodes from other shows would fit for these for box sets?

I got through 3 of the 5 from the article.

Ballet Bunglers
Brady Bunch- Try, Try Again S5, E10
Flintstones- Bowling Ballet S3, E4

Blind Bats
Brady Bunch – The Not So Rose Colored Glasses S3, E13
I Dream of Jeannie – My Wild-Eyed Master S2, E5

Draft Downer
Green Acres – I Didn’t Raise My Pig to be a Soilder S2, E3
The Lucy Show – Lucy gets Caught in the Draft S5, E9

Completing:

Ballet Bunglers
Brady Bunch- Try, Try Again S5, E10
Flintstones- Bowling Ballet S3, E4
My Three Sons - My Son, the Ballerina S6Ep10
Father Knows Best - Betty Makes a Choice S5Ep25

Completing:

Draft Downer
Green Acres – I Didn’t Raise My Pig to be a Soilder S2, E3
The Lucy Show – Lucy gets Caught in the Draft S5, E9
Father Knows Best - Man With A Plan S4Ep13
The Beverly Hillbillies - Greetings from the President S6Ep6

Send in the Snobs

(Part 1)

The Beverly Hillbillies - Start the New Year Right S3Ep13
The Beverly Hillbillies - The Clampett Look S2Ep5
Hazel - Hazel and the Lovebirds S2Ep14
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Questions and Answers S6Ep38

(Part 2)

The Andy Griffith Show - My Fair Ernest T. Bass S4Ep17
My Three Sons - The Aunt Who Came to Dinner S8Ep13
Green Acres - It's So Pleasant in the Country S2Ep17
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - Three Million Coins in the Fountain S4ep23

Completing:

Draft Downer
Green Acres – I Didn’t Raise My Pig to be a Soilder S2, E3
The Lucy Show – Lucy gets Caught in the Draft S5, E9
Father Knows Best - Man With A Plan S4Ep13
The Beverly Hillbillies - Greetings from the President S6Ep6

Thanks Stevea. I was actually counting the I Love Lucy and I Married Joan episodes listed in the article as part of the list. But this does work.

Blind Bats
Brady Bunch – The Not So Rose Colored Glasses S3, E13
I Dream of Jeannie – My Wild-Eyed Master S2, E5


The Odd Couple: Our Fathers
Everybody Loves Raymond: Marie's Vision

I do! -- Weddings, past, present, and vow-renewal

Part 1

My Three Sons - Wedding Bells S8Ep5

My Three Sons - Came the Day S10Ep8

Diff'rent Strokes - The Wedding/Drummond's Wedding S6Ep18,19

Part 2

Father Knows Best - Second Wedding S5Ep7

Mama's Family - The Wedding Parts 1 and 2 - S1Ep3,4

The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Attempted Marriage S2Ep3

Piano Recital Parts 1 & 2
Ozzie and Harriet- Thorny’s Piano S3, E27
I Dream of Jeannie – Jeannie and the Piano S5, E1
The Life of Riley (Bendix) – Music Hath Charms S6, E17
Bewitched – Samantha on the Keyboard S5, E3
Flintstones – The Hot Piano S1, E19
Leave it to Beaver – Wally and Dudley S4, E25
The Jeffersons – The Piano Man S1, E5
Life With Elizabeth – Checkbook/Life of the Party/Piano Tuner S1, E24

The Stock Market part 1 & 2
That Girl – Stocks and the Single Girl S4, E20
Bachelor Father – Bentley and the Big Board S4, E12
Beverly Hillbillies – The Bank Raising S2, E27
Hazel – Hazel’s Nest Egg S3, E14
Leave it to Beaver – Stocks and Bonds S5, E38
I Love Lucy – The Business Manager S4, E1
Seinfeld – The Stock Tip S1, E5
Family Guy – The Woof if Wall Street S16, E15

Learning to Drive part 2
Bachelor Father – Kelly Learns to Drive S4, E2
Laverne and Shirley- Drive, She Said S2, E1
Brady Bunch – The Driver’s Seat S5, E15
Andy Griffith Show- Aunt Bee Learns to Drive S6, E21

Ping pong:

The Odd Couple: "The Pig Who Came to Dinner"
Everybody Loves Raymond: "Ping Pong"
King of Queens: "King Pong"
The Office (US): "The Deposition"
Big Bang Theory: "The Skywaler Incursion"

It's harder to include newer shows in these, because the subject only involves one of several subplots.

Ping pong:

The Odd Couple: "The Pig Who Came to Dinner"
Everybody Loves Raymond: "Ping Pong"
King of Queens: "King Pong"
The Office (US): "The Deposition"
Big Bang Theory: "The Skywaler Incursion"

It's harder to include newer shows in these, because the subject only involves one of several subplots.

I guess as long as there is a story connection to a theme a show/episode can/should be included.

Crush part 2
Bob Newhart Show- The Heartbreak Kidd S5, E18
The Paul Lynde Show – Springtime for Paul S1, E26
Webster – The Crush S6, E7
Mayberry RFD – Sam and the Teenager S1, E13

You’re not in the club
Andy Griffith Show – The Clubman S2, S10 & The Lodge S7, E2
Newhart – Leave it to the Beavers S2, E19
Leave it to Beaver – One of the Boys S5, E34

Unique!

The Dick Van Dyke Show - It May Look Like a Walnut S2Ep20
Father Knows Best - Mr. Beal Meets His Match S4Ep11
Maude - Maude Bares Her Soul S4Ep9
Father Know Best - The $500 Letter S6Ep24

Heart Attack!

Maude - Walter's Heart Attack - S3Ep3
Family Ties - Heartstrings (Pts. 1-3) - S7Eps5-7

In the Hospital

Diff'rent Strokes - Arnold's Girlfriend (Pts. 1-2) S2Ep1,2
Seinfeld - The Heart Attack S2Ep8
Silver Spoons - The Hospital S2Ep4

Who hasn't seen that one?

Newhart - The Last Newhart S8Ep24
Leave it to Beaver - In the Soup S4Ep32
Father Knows Best - Short Wave S3Ep21
MASH - Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen S11Ep16

The Man's the Prize:

Gomer Pyle, USMC: Win-a-Date
WKRP in Cincinnati: Love Returns
Cheers: Bidding on the Boys
Frasier: Can't Buy Me Love

Blood:

All in the Family: Archie Gives Blood
Newhart: This Blood's for You
Seinfeld: The Blood
The Office: Blood Drive

My Side of the Story

Mama’s Family- Rashomama S2, E5
All in the Family – Everybody Tells the Truth S3,E21
Odd Couple – A Night to Dismember S2, E21
Maude – The Case of the Broken Punch Bowl S4, E15

Save the Playground Part 1 & 2

Odd Couple – The Odd Candidate S5,E7
Family Affair – You Can’t Fight City Hall S5,E24
Hazel – Hazel and the Playground S1, E1
Brady Bunch- Double Parked S2,E22
Jimmy Stewart Show – Pro Bono Publico S1, E9
Dennis the Menace – Dennis the Campaign Manager S2, E15
Bewitched- Samantha Fights City Hall S5, E9
Donna Reed Show- A Place to Go S2, E22 (not a playground but close)

Dating the wrong kind of guy:

Dick van Dyke Show: Anthony Stone (mortician)
Laverne & Shirley: The Mortician
The Nanny: An Offer He Can't Refuse (gangster)
Frasier: Love Stinks (garbage man)

A Freeway Runs Through It

The Real McCoys- You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man S1, E6
Green Acres- The Road S5, E6
Flintstones – Feudin’ and Fussin’ S2, E20
Joey Bishop Show – Route 78 S1, E31

House Not For Sale

Partridge Family- For Sale by Owner S3, E13
Brady Bunch – To Move or not to Move S1, E23
Dennis the Menace – Dennis and the Open House S1, E17
Leave it to Beaver – Beaver Says Goodbye S2, E29

Old Flame

Donna Reed Show – The Return of Mark S8, E22
Brady Bunch – Quarterback Sneak S5, E9
Flintstones – Jealousy S6, E23
Bewitched – Aunt Clara’s Old Flame S2, E11

Auctions:

Dick van Dyke Show: The Masterpiece
Taxi: Art Work
WKRP in Cincinnati: The Painting
Only Fools and Horses: Time on Our Hands

The Name Game

Child

Dick van Dyke Show: What's in a Middle Name (Rosebud)
Cheers: Honor Thy Mother (Benito Mussolini)
Mad About You: The Penis (Deuteronomy)
Friends: The One with Rachel's New Dress (Chandler or Joey)

Adult

WKRP in Cincinnati: Who Is Gordon Sims? (Venus)
Night Court: Dan's Parents (Rheinhold)
Seinfeld: The Switch (Cosmo)
King of Queens: Raygin' Bulls (Simone)

Game Shows

The Danny Thomas Show - The Quiz Show S11Ep17
The Odd Couple - Let's Make A Deal S3Ep20
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Gracie is Brilliant S8Ep22
Mama's Family - Family Feud S1Ep5

These seem endless:

The Honeymooners: The $99,000 Answer
The Dick van Dyke Show: Coast to Coast Big Mouth
The Odd Couple: Password
Cheers: What Is...Cliff Clavin?

Mary Tyler Moore Show: Ted's Moment of Glory
Family Ties: Stage Fright
Mama's Family: Mama on Jeopardy
Friends: The One with the Embryos
(UK) IT Crowd: The Final Countdown

These seem endless:

The Honeymooners: The $99,000 Answer
The Dick van Dyke Show: Coast to Coast Big Mouth
The Odd Couple: Password
Cheers: What Is...Cliff Clavin?

Mary Tyler Moore Show: Ted's Moment of Glory
Family Ties: Stage Fright
Mama's Family: Mama on Jeopardy
Friends: The One with the Embryos
(UK) IT Crowd: The Final Countdown

Don't forget Maude - The Game Show S5, E8

Let's Redecorate - Part 3:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Square-Shaped Room
The Bob Newhart Show: The New Look
Cheers: Norm, Is That You?
Friends: The One with the Apothecary Table

They're Breaking Us Up:

McHale's Navy: Send Us a Hero
The Dick van Dyke Show: Talk to the Snail
MASH: Divided We Stand
WKRP in Cincinnati: The Consultant

Chinese Restaurant:

Gomer Pyle, USMC: You Bet Your Won Ton
The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bea's Restaurant
Sanford and Son: Sanford and Rising Son
Seinfeld: The Chinese Restaurant
The King of Queens: Apartment Complex
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Shrimp Incident

Bob Goulet, as Himself:

The Jack Benny Program: The Robert Goulet Show
George & Leo: The Gift
Mr. Belvedere: Debut
The King of Queens: Sold-Y-Locks

King of Queens is a treasure trove of repeat plotlines

Dating Your Exes' Doppelganger:

Perfect Strangers: It Had to Be You
The Nanny: Fran-Lite
Friends: The One with Russ
Frasier: Mixed Doubles

Laundry problems:

Dennis the Menace - Man of the House S2Ep6
Brady Bunch - Law and Disorder S4Ep14
Leave It To Beaver - Beaver's Laundry S5Ep25
Andy Griffith Show - Andy's Investment S8Ep11

Foreign Adoption:

McHale's Navy: Parents Anonymous
The Patty Duke Show: Patty, the Foster Mother
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Daughter of the Sarge
The Nanny: Mommy and Mai

Wow, Alan Brady's Hair - you continue to come up with new list. I have to play catch up!

The Gomer Pyle episode was just on tonight.

Fast food:

Newhart: Best Friends
Mama's Family: Have It Mama's Way
Doogie Howser, MD: Double Doogie with Cheese
Seinfeld: The Chicken Roaster

There are also a couple of funny Drive-thru scenes:

Wings: All in the Family
King of Queens: Strike One

Save the Tree

Blondie (1957) – Mr. Dithers is Hospitalized S1, E2
Dennis the Menace – Woodman, Spare that tree S2, E28
Donna Reed Show – Trees S8, E9
The Golden Girls – It’s a Miserable Life S2, E4

Performance Anxiety:

That Girl: Sock It to Me
WKRP in Cincinnati: Mike Fright
Two and a Half Men: Is There a Mrs. Waffles?
The Big Bang Theory: The Pants Alternative

My Fair Lady

Donna Reed Show – Mary’s Crusade S2, E33
Burns and Allen – Ugly Duckling S7, E19
Brady Bunch – My Fair Opponent S3, E22
Gilligan’s Island – All about Eva S3, E14

Buys a Dress Shop

I love Lucy – The Girls Go Into Business S3, E2
Beverly Hillbillies – The Dress Shop S2, E29
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet – The Dress Shop S7, E10
Burns and Allen – The Twenty-four Dressses S6,E34

Baby on the Doorstep:

Top Cat: T.C. Minds the Baby
The Odd Couple: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
WKRP in Cincinnati: I Want to Keep My Baby
Night Court: Bull's Baby

Lender and Spender:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady
Three's Company: Borrowing Trouble
Cheers: I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday
Frasier: Roz, a Loan
Everybody Loves Raymond: Robert Needs Money

These are so close, I think that they're actually reworkings of successive scripts rather than just different takes on standard plots.

Door to Door Salesman

That Girl – These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking S1, E18
Happy Days – Fonzie the Salesman S3, E17
The Abbott and Costello Show – The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman S1, E7
Laverne and Shirley – Take My Plants Please S3, E11

Playboy, etc.:

Lifestyle:

The Dick van Dyke Show: The Man from Emperor
The Beverly Hillbillies: Jethro's Pad
The Odd Couple: Oscar's New Life
Taxi: Latka the Playboy

Bunnies, et al.:

Bewitched: My Grandson, the Warlock
Gidget: Independence — Gidget Style
F Troop: Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center
That Girl: Time for Arrest
The Odd Couple: One for the Bunny

Dinner Parties:

Cheers: Dinner at Eight-ish
Frasier: Dinner Party
The IT Crowd: The Dinner Party
The Office: Dinner Party

Parrots:

Car 54, Where Are You?: I Hate Captain Block
McHale's Navy: The Stool Parrot
Gilligan's Island: New Neighbor Sam
The Odd Couple: It's All Over Now, Baby Bird
Barney Miller: The Bird

Happy New Year Alan Brady's Hair!

Just when I thought this thread had reached it's limit you come up with some new entries.

I've got to see if I have any more to add.

I’m Keeping the Beard

The People’s Choice – The Caveman S3, E3
That Girl- The Beard S2, E28
Married with Children – The Razor’s Edge S2, E10
The Beverly Hillbillies – Cool School is Out S3, E28

Earthquakes

Sanford and Son - Earthquake II S5, E1
Laverne & Shirley - Welcome to Burbank S6, E2
Gimme a Break! - The Earthquake S4, E19
Night Court - Earthquake S4, E9

Staring - Marineland

Partridge Family – What Ever Happened to Moby Dick? S2,E6
Beverly Hillbillies – The Clampetts go Fishing S2,E22
Beverly Hillbillies – Back to Marineland S3,E7
The Lucy Show – Lucy at Marineland S4,E1
Bonus:
The Munsters Marineland Carnival (Special presentation)

Look Like a Crook:

Jack Benny Program: "The Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show"
F Troop: "Wilton the Kid"
Green Acres: "Oliver's Double"
ALF: "Wanted: Dead or Alive"
Only Fools and Horses: "Miami Twice" (TV movie)

Rent Strike:

The Honeymooners: "Please Leave the Premises"
The Odd Couple: "The Rent Strike"
The Bob Newhart Show: "The Great Rent Strike"
Perfect Strangers: "The Rent Strike"

Rent Strike:

The Honeymooners: "Please Leave the Premises"
The Odd Couple: "The Rent Strike"
The Bob Newhart Show: "The Great Rent Strike"
Perfect Strangers: "The Rent Strike"

Wow, practically right down to the same title!

April Fools

Leave it to Beaver - Wally's Practical Joke S6, E35
The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Impractical Joke S4, E16
The Brady Bunch - The Impractical Joker S2, E13
Mama's Family - April Fools S5 E19

Handcuffs

Three’s Company- Handcuffed S4, E18
Dennis the Menace – The School Play S3, E6
I Love Lucy- The Handcuffs S2, E4
Honeymooners (Classic 39) – Unconventional Behavior E33

Bonus – Three Stooges short – Blunder Boys

Jogging

The Mother’s In-Law- I didn’t raise myself to be a Grandmother S2, E5
Brady Bunch – Sergeant Emma - S3, E20
Phyllis – Dan’s Ex - S2, E20
Beverly Hillbillies – The Jogging Clampetts S7, E25

Split Personality:

Barney Miller: Power Failure
Soap: Episode #4.15 (Julius Kassendorf)
Taxi: Mr. Personalities
Two and a Half Men: Thank You for the Intercourse

Museums

The Munsters – Mummy Munster S1, E32
My Favorite Martian – Now You See it, Now You Don’t S1, E19
I Dream of Jeannie – My Master, The Thief S1, E27
The Addams Family- Lurch and his Harpsichord S1, E25

Bonus – Partridge Family 2200AD (cartoon) The Wax Museum S1, E5

Eavesdropping

The Andy Griffith Show- The Tape Recorder S8, E8
The Brady Bunch – The Private Ear S3, E9
Family Affair- A Matter of Privacy S3, E18
The Dick Van Dyke Show- All About Eavesdropping S3, E5
The Patty Duke Show- Little Brother is Watching You S2, E22

Rabies:

That Girl: The Subject Was Rabies
MASH: Mad Dogs and Servicemen
Barney Miller: Dog Days
Night Court: Rabid

Wheelchairs:

Barney Miller: Wojo's Problem
Seinfeld: The Handicap Spot
Frasier: The Friend
Newsradio: Office Feud

Blindness:

Barney Miller: Community Relations
Archie Bunker's Place: Van Ranseleer's Operation
Taxi: Love, Un-American Style
WKRP in Cincinnati: To Err Is Human
ALF: For Your Eyes Only

Stealing school Mascot

Brady Bunch- Getting Greg’s Goat S5, E6
Our Miss Brooks – Madison Mascot S3, E28
Bachelor Father – Never Steal an Owl S5, E6
The Secrets of Isis- The Outsider S1, E10

Ballet:

Beverly Hillbillies: The Ballet
The Odd Couple: Last Tango in Newark
Cheers: Dance, Diane, Dance
Two and a Half Men: That Voodoo that I Do Do

Ballet:

Beverly Hillbillies: The Ballet
The Odd Couple: Last Tango in Newark
Cheers: Dance, Diane, Dance
Two and a Half Men: That Voodoo that I Do Do

Bonus cartoon - The Flintstones- The Bowling Ballet S3,E4

Dreams:

Dick van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut
Gilligan's Island: And Then There Were None
Green Acres: A Square Is Not Round
The Bob Newhart Show: You're Having My Hartley

Surprised there hadn't been a dream group yet? You could do a whole additional set of Gilligan's Island dream episodes.

Dreams:

Dick van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut
Gilligan's Island: And Then There Were None
Green Acres: A Square Is Not Round
The Bob Newhart Show: You're Having My Hartley

Surprised there hadn't been a dream group yet? You could do a whole additional set of Gilligan's Island dream episodes.

We missed the boat on that one. The Dick Van Dyke Show episode is my second favorite after " That's my boy?" Add as a bonus episode the last episode of "Newhart"

Accidentally Donating Valuables

Jack Benny Program – Main Street Shelter S11, E25
Our Miss Brooks – The Auction S3, E18
Golden Girls – Brother Can You Spare that Jacket S4, E4
Leave it to Beaver- The Clothing Drive S6, E38

Marriage License

I Love Lucy – The Marriage License S1, E26
Dick Van Dyke Show – Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice S3, E4
Gilligan’s Island- Mr. and Mrs. ??? S2, E31
Flintstones- Fred Flintstone Woos Again S2, E5

Gift Horse (Rescued Horses)

Family Affair – The Gift Horse S1, E3
Dennis the Menace – The Christmas Horse S2, E12
Laverne and Shirley – The Horse Show S3, E14
M*A*S*H – Dear Mildred S4, E8

Guest Star Don Drysdale

Donna Reed Show – The Man Behind the Mask S4, S37
Donna Reed Show- All Those Dreams S5, E31
Brady Bunch – The Dropout S2, E1
Leave it to Beaver – Long Distance Call S5, E37

The Kids Take Over Government

Bachelor Father – The Rescue of Rufus S3, E9
Father Knows Best – Boy’s Week S1, E14
Dennis the Menace – The Little Judge S4, E4
Mayberry RFD- Youth Take Over S1, E7

Mister Ed the Spy

Mister Ed – Ed the Counterspy S6, E1
Mister Ed- Coldfinger S6, E3
Mister Ed – Spys Strike Back S6, E4
Mister Ed – Anybody Got a Zebra? S6, E6

Spies

Patty Duke Show- The Girl from N.E.P.H.E.W S3, E7
Flintstones – Dr. Sinister S5, E8
A Man Called Flintstone - Movie

Surfing
Mister Ed – Ed the Beachcomber S2, E23
Flintstones -Surfin’ Fred S5, E26
Brady Bunch – Hawaii Bound S4, E1
Jeannie (Cartoon) -Surf’s Up! S1, E1

Wife/Girl Friend at the office

Ozzie and Harriet- A Wife in the Office S12, E18
The Dick Van Dyke Show – My Part Time Wife S3, E22
The Mother’s In-Law – Herb’s Little Helper S1, E22
That Girl – Help Wanted S1, E7

Gilligan's Island - Forget Me Not (S1Ep30)

The Dick Van Dyke Show - Who and Where was Antonio Stradivarius? (S3Ep7)

Mama's Family - Naomi's Identity Crisis (S4Ep24)

The Lucy Show - Lucy Gets Amnesia (S3Ep4)

Gilligan's Island - Forget Me Not (S1Ep30)

The Dick Van Dyke Show - Who and Where was Antonio Stradivarius? (S3Ep7)

Mama's Family - Naomi's Identity Crisis (S4Ep24)

The Lucy Show - Lucy Gets Amnesia (S3Ep4)

Stevea, great themel This is just a small sample of shows with this theme. Right off, the Munsters had an episode. There's many more, just can't think of them right now.

There's many more, just can't think of them right now.

Green Acres: Oliver can't tell if Lisa has amnesia, or is faking it.
Laverne & Shirley: Shirley turns into a stripper named Roxie

Advice Columns:

Bachelor Father: Dear Bentley
Patty Duke Show: Simon Says
Gidget: Ask Helpful Hannah
WKRP in Cincinnati: Ask Jennifer

A couple more advice columns:

Leave it to Beaver had Tell It To Ella in season 6

Dennis The Menace had John Wilson writing a Dear Jane Butterfield column in season 4

And yes 24/7 there were a lot of Amnesia episodes. I'm not familiar with The Munsters episode, but I think (surprisingly ha ha) The Addams Family did it too.

Hard to believe we haven't done sleepwalking yet, but I don't see them:

The Honeymooners: The Sleepwalker
The Dick van Dyke Show: I Am My Brother's Keeper and (pt. 2) The Sleeping Brother
The Addams Family: Gomez, the Cat Burglar
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Welsh Rarebit
The Odd Couple: Sleepwalker

Hard to believe we haven't done sleepwalking yet, but I don't see them:

The Honeymooners: The Sleepwalker
The Dick van Dyke Show: I Am My Brother's Keeper and (pt. 2 The Sleeping Brother)
The Addams Family: Gomez, the Cat Burglar
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Welsh Rarebit
The Odd Couple: Sleepwalker

To round this out to 8 episodes total (Sleepwalking part 1 & 2) add

Dennis The Menace – Wilsons sleep over S2,E19
My Little Margie – Sleepwalking S3, E27

A couple more advice columns:

Leave it to Beaver had Tell It To Ella in season 6

Dennis The Menace had John Wilson writing a Dear Jane Butterfield column in season 4

And yes 24/7 there were a lot of Amnesia episodes. I'm not familiar with The Munsters episode, but I think (surprisingly ha ha) The Addams Family did it too.

The Munsters - John Doe Munster S2, E9 Herman gets hit in the head with 300lb safe and gets Amnesia.

The Addams Family -Amnesia in the Addams Family S1, E22 Gomez has Amnesia getting hit by his own Indian clubs.

I think in "Addams" Gomez became un-eccentric.

Book Writing

I Love Lucy had Lucy writing a book, Brady Bunch had Carol writing a book, Dick Van Dyke show had multiple episodes with both Rob and Laura writing one (Rob had multiple episodes on his and had finally finished it in the last episode, as shown in flashbacks from past episodes), and Everybody Loves Raymond had Debra writing one. There are probably other shows with that subject, too.

Everybody Loves Raymond had Debra writing one


This episode - "The Children's Book" - is very likely based on Dick van Dyke Show's "See Rob Write, Write Rob Write." Edit: Frasier's "Daphne Returns" has a subplot that also seems to draw from DvD.

Hypnosis:

The Dick van Dyke Show: My Husband Is Not a Drunk
The Munsters: Herman's Sorority Caper
Gilligan's Island: Forget Me Not
Barney Miller: The Inventor

This episode - "The Children's Book" - is very likely based on Dick van Dyke Show's "See Rob Write, Write Rob Write."

Ray tries to take over writing Debra's book.

Rob tries to take over writing Laura's book.

Ray has Ally rate the stories.

Rob has Buddy and Sally rate the stories.

Nah, they're not similar LOL

The (Blank) Ate It:

The Andy Griffith Show::The Loaded Goat
McHale's Navy: Will the Alligator Take the Stand?
Green Acres: Music to Milk By
MASH: That Darn Kid

Also virtually any sitcom had a burglar/cat burglar episode, beginning with Lucy.

Sleepwalking on The Andy Griffith Show: Girl Shy (Season 6, Warren Ferguson).

The Pledge Drive:

Cheers: Take My Shirt...Please?
Seinfeld: The Pledge Drive
Frasier: Look Before You Leap
Friends: Phoebe Hates PBS
Family Ties: Birth of a Keaton, Pts. 1 and 2

Mork & Mindy had a pledge drive of sorts: Mork briefly stages a pseudo-telethon of sorts at DaVinci's, to raise money so that Mindy can meet her pledge toward the opening of a new children's hospital (Season 3, "The Bum Rap"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFcfBbmLVuc

Mork & Mindy had a pledge drive of sorts: Mork briefly stages a pseudo-telethon of sorts at DaVinci's, to raise money so that Mindy can meet her pledge toward the opening of a new children's hospital (Season 3, "The Bum Rap"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFcfBbmLVuc

Yeah, I think there's probably a whole separate line of non-PBS telethons. Newhart had one, and I think Green Acres?

The telethon on Green Acres was run by Haney, predictably, and Lisa phoned in a generous donation: $250 in Oliver's name and $250 in hers...! They endeavored to raise money to send Arnold Ziffel to Hollywood. Very memorable!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B99atbSk-TE

The Pledge Drive:

Cheers: Take My Shirt...Please?
Seinfeld: The Pledge Drive
Frasier: Look Before You Leap
Friends: Phoebe Hates PBS
Family Ties: Birth of a Keaton, Pts. 1 and 2

Add Maude - The Telethon S3, E16

Willpower:

Partridge Family: Each Dawn I Diet
All in the Family: No Smoking
Barney Miller: Community Relations
Newsradio: Smoking

False Victims:

The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts in Court
The Partridge Family: The Sound of Money
MASH: Deal Me Out
Taxi: Louie Bumps into an Old Lady

Leaving the country and the show

Home Improvement – Adios S8, E2 (Randy leaves for Costa Rica)
My Three Sons – The Advent of Fergus S12, E1 (Robbie left for Peru)
That 70’s Show – Til the Next Goodbye S7, E25 (Eric leaves for Africa)
Hazel – Who’s in Charge Here? S5, E1 ( George and Dorothy left for Baghdad)

Confessional scenes:

Everybody Loves Raymond: Neighbors
Seinfeld: The Yada Yada
The King of Queens: Flash Photography
2 1/2 Men: That Darned Priest

12 angry jurors
Odd Couple – The Jury Story
That Girl – Eleven Angry Men and That Girl S3, E3
Happy Days – Fonzie for the Defense S5, E27
Love That Bob – Eleven Angry Women S3, E14

Dick van Dyke Show: One Angry Man
Petticoat Junction: Jury at the Shady Rest
The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bea, the Juror
All in the Family: Edith Has Jury Duty
Cheers: Never Love a Goalie, Parts 1 & 2

Pregnancy Scare:

Barney Miller: Paternity
Cheers: Swear to God
Two and a Half Men: Can You Feel My Finger?
How I Met Your Mother: Not a Father's Day

Pregnancy Scare:

Barney Miller: Paternity
Cheers: Swear to God
Two and a Half Men: Can You Feel My Finger?
How I Met Your Mother: Not a Father's Day

That's a good list. There's bound to be enough other show with that theme to create a part 2 list.

Kids in court

Leave it to Beaver - The State vs. Beaver S1Ep24
Leave it to Beaver - Beaver Takes a Drive - S5Ep7
Dennis the Menace - The Little Judge - S4Ep4
Father Knows Best - Boy's Week - S1Ep14

I've got a couple that need a forth episode. Any ideas?

Passports
I Dream of Jeannie – Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie S1, E19
I Love Lucy – The Passports S5, E11
Jack Benny- Jack Tries to get a Passports to Europe S6, E16

How many in the bowl?
The Mother’s In-Law- Void where prohibited by In-laws S2, E19
Leave it to Beaver- The Big Fish Count S4 E21
Dennis the Menace- Dennis and the Bike S1, E16

I've got a couple that need a forth episode. Any ideas?

Passports
I Dream of Jeannie – Never Try to Outsmart a Jeannie S1, E19
I Love Lucy – The Passports S5, E11
Jack Benny- Jack Tries to get a Passports to Europe S6, E16



I Love Lucy also has "Lucy's Bicycle Trip" S5 E24, where she's trying to bicycle into France and her passport is always on the wrong side of the border. Edit: also, Bachelor Father: Bentley Goes to Europe.

A couple more missing an episode.

On A Budget

I Love Lucy – The Business Manager S4, E1
The Life of Riley (Bendix) – Riley Balances the Budget S2,E16
Bachelor Father – Bentley Cracks the Whip S4,E11

History of Music and Dance – from kids’ perspective

Petticoat Junction- A Man Called Cyrus Plout S6, E19
Andy Griffith Show – The Senior Play S7,E9
Here’s Lucy – Lucy and the Generation Gap S2,E12

Plus a complete one.

Endorsed By….

Family Affair- Marmalade S1, E5
Brady Bunch – And Now a Word From Our Sponsor S3,E8
Beverly Hillbillies – Froggy Mountain Soap S5,E14
Andy Griffith Show – The Foster Lady S6,E27

Business Manager:

Bob Newhart Show - "Mind Your Own Business," S 2 E 20

Business Manager:

Bob Newhart Show - "Mind Your Own Business," S 2 E 20

I'm a little confused. Where is the rest of the list?

I'm a little confused. Where is the rest of the list?

That probably goes with "On a Budget"

That probably goes with "On a Budget"

Yes it does. Thanks

Too much detergent

Dennis the Menace- Man of the House S2,E6
Brady Bunch – Law and Disorder S4,E14
Leave it to Beaver- Beaver’s laundry S5,E25
The Doris Day Show – The Buddy S1,E17

Minnesota Backus

Gilligan’s Island- Three Million Dollars More or Less S1, E13
Brady Bunch – The Hustler S5, E21
I Dream of Jeannie- Help, Help a Shark S5, E21
Beverly Hillbillies – The Clampetts Entertain S1, E31 – Although no pool was played the show ended in the Billiards room for dinner.

Billiards without Backus:

The Dick van Dyke Show: Hustling the Hustler
The Odd Couple: The Hustler
Sanford and Son: A House Is Not a Poolroom
Frasier: You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover

Billiards without Backus:

The Dick van Dyke Show: Hustling the Hustler
The Odd Couple: The Hustler
Sanford and Son: A House Is Not a Poolroom
Frasier: You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover

The last season of both Hazel and Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet had billiard episodes. I thing an early season of Ozzie and Harriet had a pool table stuck in the ceiling of the boys bedroom as well.

The last season of both Hazel and Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet had billiard episodes. I thing an early season of Ozzie and Harriet had a pool table stuck in the ceiling of the boys bedroom as well.

The Honeymooners, of course, had one that opens with the boys getting into an altercation in a pool hall. Early Happy Days, the boys confront a gang in a poolroom. And I think there's a Hillbillies where Daddy Farquhar is going to teach Granny to shoot pool? Lots of pool out there.

The last season of both Hazel and Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet had billiard episodes. I think an early season of Ozzie and Harriet had a pool table stuck in the ceiling of the boys bedroom as well.

In an Ozzie... from season 12, "Money Watchers," Ozzie and Joe go bowling, and the girls have hidden Women's Club Bazaar money in Ozzie's bowling bag, unbeknownst to him. The bowling alley was busy, so they shot some pool and Ozzie mistakenly left the bowling bag at the pool hall. Etc. Season 12 episode 10.

In the final episode of the series, 14/26 "The Game Room," Ozzie and Joe put a pool table in Dave and Rick's old room, but Harriet has a different idea.

The Hazel episode is 5/25 "Hazel's Free Enterprise." Hazel makes a deal to sell her chili sauce so Barbara cqn get Steve a pool table for his birthday.

There's another one...I'll do another 4.

Back to the Pool Table...

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet -- "The Money Watchers" S12Ep10
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet -- "The Game Room" S14Ep26
Hazel -- "Hazel's Free Enterprise" S5Ep25
My Three Sons -- "Charley the Pigeon" S6Ep15

Bowling/More Bowling

Hazel - "The Natural Athlete" S2Ep11
Father Knows Best - "Love and Learn" S6Ep27
My Three Sons - "The Enthusiast" S12Ep9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Ozzie's Hidden Trophy" S12Ep12

Bowling/More Bowling

Hazel - "The Natural Athlete" S2Ep11
Father Knows Best - "Love and Learn" S6Ep27
My Three Sons - "The Enthusiast" S12Ep9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Ozzie's Hidden Trophy" S12Ep12

Thanks for this. This theme was one of the first listed. You've added a few new episodes for it. There's probably multiple list for bowling. Hazel, The Honeymooners, The Flintstones, and Married with Children could easily have their own episode list for bowling.

Thanks for this. This theme was one of the first listed. You've added a few new episodes for it. There's probably multiple list for bowling. Hazel, The Honeymooners, The Flintstones, and Married with Children could easily have their own episode list for bowling.

Yeah, with nearly 200 posts, it's hard to know what's been done. There are quite a few more Ozzies with bowling, but they're hard to find among 435 episodes.

I know Barney and Fred did a lot of bowling. I don't think George Jetson did any (at least, in the original), but it would would have been interesting to see what they did with it.

Granny’s Animal Problems

Beverly Hillbillies- Christmas at the Clampetts S2,E14
Beverly Hillbillies- The Giant Jackrabbit S2,E16
Beverly Hillbillies – The Big Chicken S4,E20
Beverly Hillbillies – Super Hawg S5,E26

What other shows could have their own TV LAND Box Set?

Kids Do a Newspaper

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Rick's Old Printing Press" S13Ep2
Leave It To Beaver - "Beaver's Newspaper" S2Ep30
The Andy Griffith Show - "Opie's Newspaper" S5Ep26
Dennis the Menace - "Dennis' Newspaper" S2Ep33

(clever titles!)

Charles Lane in the Spotlight

I Love Lucy - "The Business Manager" S4Ep1
Petticoat Junction - "Spur Line to Shady Rest" S1Ep1
Dennis the Menace - "The Fifty-Thousandth Customer" S3Ep7
Bewitched - "Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here" S4Ep16

Kids Do a Newspaper

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Rick's Old Printing Press" S13Ep2
Leave It To Beaver - "Beaver's Newspaper" S2Ep30
The Andy Griffith Show - "Opie's Newspaper" S5Ep26
Dennis the Menace - "Dennis' Newspaper" S2Ep33

(clever titles!)

Dad Delivers the Papers

Father Knows Best – Father Delives the Papers S1,E24
Ozzie and Harriet – The Boys’ Paper Route S2,E3
Leave it to Beaver- The Paper Route S1,E17
The Life of Riley (Bendix) - Riley the Newsboy S2,E34

4 Decades of Elvia Allman

I Love Lucy - "Job Switching" S2Ep1 (1952)
Dennis the Menace - "John Wilson's Cushion" S3Ep33 (1962)
The Doris Day Show - "Jimmy the Gent" S5Ep8 (1972)
Alice - "Sorry, Wrong Lips!" S7Ep1 (1982)

Charles Lane in the Spotlight

I Love Lucy - "The Business Manager" S4Ep1
Petticoat Junction - "Spur Line to Shady Rest" S1Ep1
Dennis the Menace - "The Fifty-Thousandth Customer" S3Ep7
Bewitched - "Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here" S4Ep16

Looks like the start of a new variant on this theme. He's got a lot of roles on different shows. I was amazed to see him with a opening credit on the show, "Karen" with Karen Valentine.

4 Decades of Elvia Allman

I Love Lucy - "Job Switching" S2Ep1 (1952)
Dennis the Menace - "John Wilson's Cushion" S3Ep33 (1962)
The Doris Day Show - "Jimmy the Gent" S5Ep8 (1972)
Alice - "Sorry, Wrong Lips!" S7Ep1 (1982)

Keep this theme going. I've got to start looking up character actor and their roles. Most were underrated even though they dominated different eras on TV. Not to many actors like that these days.

Featuring Virginia Gregg (not counting her 14 appearances on Dragnet '67 or the 10 on the original Dragnet. Apparently a favorite of Jack Webb)

Hazel - Heat Wave S1,E33
My Favorite Martian- How are Things on Glocca, Martin? S2,E16
The Danny Thomas Show- Boarding School S4.E1
The Jack Benny Program-Stars' Wives' Show S9,E4

Just a sample of her work. She also did a bunch of cartoon voice over work.

I think Virginia Gregg appeared a few other times on Hazel, and was also on My Three Sons.

Yes, there are a lot of character actors on all the sitcoms. Amzie Strickland, Frank Wilcox, Willis Bouchy, Jean Vander Pyl (plus voice acting for her--Wilma Flintstone, but a lot of other Hanna Barbera character roles), Doris Packer, Richard Deacon, William Schallert, Howard McNear, Maudie Prickett, Jess Kirkpatrick, Jos. Kearns; of course, there are a lot of others.

I think Virginia Gregg appeared a few other times on Hazel, and was also on My Three Sons.

Yes, there are a lot of character actors on all the sitcoms. Amzie Strickland, Frank Wilcox, Willis Bouchy, Jean Vander Pyl (plus voice acting for her--Wilma Flintstone, but a lot of other Hanna Barbera character roles), Doris Packer, Richard Deacon, William Schallert, Howard McNear, Maudie Prickett, Jess Kirkpatrick, Jos. Kearns; of course, there are a lot of others.

It was always nice to see when a character actor get a regular part an in the opening credits. Examples-
William Schallert on The Patty Duke Show.
Joseph Kearns on Dennis the Menace
Bernie Kopell on The Love Boat
Bea Benaderet on Petticoat Junction
Even Burt Mustin had an opening credited role on a very short lived show The Funny Side. https://youtu.be/5EnWl35OtRU?si=neHg3JoVzX2VKHyB

What wasn't she in? Mabel Albertson

The Jack Benny Program - "Jack as a Child" S4Ep2
My Three Sons - "The Substitute Teacher" S4Ep30
That Girl - "Soap Gets in Your Eyes" - S1Ep12
Bewitched - "Samantha's Psychic Slip" S7Ep28

Plus many, many others--particularly on Bewitched

No quite a "Box Set" but today (12/21/23) Catchy Comedy ran The Lucy Show - Lucy Takes Up Golf S2,E17 with guest star Jimmy Demaret at 11am EST. At 12pm EST they ran I love Lucy - The Golf Game S3,E30 with guest star Jimmy Demaret. Additionally, Lucy played with her husbands Gary Morton on The Lucy Show and Desi Arnaz on I Love Lucy

What wasn't she in? Mabel Albertson

The Jack Benny Program - "Jack as a Child" S4Ep2
My Three Sons - "The Substitute Teacher" S4Ep30
That Girl - "Soap Gets in Your Eyes" - S1Ep12
Bewitched - "Samantha's Psychic Slip" S7Ep28

Plus many, many others--particularly on Bewitched

She was the G.O.A.T. for TV mom/mother-in-law. Starting with "Those Whitting Girls" and ending with "The Paul Lynde Show "

Stuck in a Cave

Petticoat Junction – Cave Woman S1,E36
Andy Griffith Show- Barney and the Cave Rescue S4, E13
Gilligan’s Island- Operation Steam Heat S2,E25
Brady Bunch- The Tiki Caves S4,E3

The AV Club offers 23 episodes based on "Christmas Carrol"

https://www.avclub.com/you-will-be-visited-by-69-spirits-23-tv-episodes-bas-1798223475

Happy Holidays!

Addressing Anti-Semitism

Mary Tyler Moore Show- Some of my Best Friends are Rhoda S2,E23
Seinfeld- The Limo S3,E36
Archie Bunker’s Place- The Trashing of the Temple S2,E17
Quincy M.E. – Stolen Tears S7,E18

I normally wouldn't include a drama but oddly enough over night (early am. 12/23) both the Quincy M.E. and the Archie Bunker’s Place ran. Both starred Martin Balsam.

Interesting how art does imitate life. And all of these shows are far from current offerings. Kind of a sad commentary on the continuing struggles of many not accepting others for being different.

Another one you would think we must have done already, The Flashback to the First Time They Met:

The Dick van Dyke Show: Oh, How We Met the Night that We Danced
The Addams Family: Morticia's Romance, Parts 1 and 2
The Odd Couple: Speak for Yourself
Mad About You: Met Someone
Everybody Loves Raymond: How They Met

You could probably come up with four from Green Acres thal could qualify here.

[QUOTE=Alan Brady's Hair;6228348]Another one you would think we must have done already, The Flashback to the First Time They Met:

The Dick van Dyke Show: Oh, How We Met the Night that We Danced
The Addams Family: Morticia's Romance, Parts 1 and 2
The Odd Couple: Speak for Yourself
Mad About You: Met Someone
Everybody Loves Raymond: How They Met

You could probably come up with four from Green Acres thal could qualify here.

This link to a MeTV article answers your though on Green Acres
https://www.metv.com/lists/9-green-acres-episodes-where-the-main-cast-played-someone-other-than-their-usual-characters

The Odd Couple had a couple of diffrent first meeting. The Jury Story S1,E4. Our Father's S5,E10 was another. Yet yours was about Felix meeting Gloria and not Felix meeting Oscar.

I've often would do a work search on this thread to see if we've covered a theme before or not. We have so many.

I'm watching Laverne and Shirley "Tag Team Wrestling " episode and was going to put together "Box Set" and discovered how many shows had Wrestling as a theme. So instead here's a "Box Set" of links to many Wrestling themes TV show episode.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls045012390/

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/tv-shows-wrestling-themed-episodes/#avatar-the-last-airbender---earth-rumble-iv

https://www.thesportster.com/wrestling/tv-shows-classic-wrestling-theme-episodes/#night-court---battling-bailiff

https://whatculture.com/wwe/television-39-s-10-best-34-wrestling-episodes-34

I know Mama's Family had one, Beverly Hillbillies ditto, and the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Bunny Hugged" from the early 1950s.

Edit: Summaries at Comments 199, 201, and 202 on this page, and on Page 22

These are the subjects (about 127) covered in the first five pages of this thread. Over the next few days, I'll add the rest of the thread:

(Page 1)
Minnesota Backus
Stray Dogs
Found Money
Good Luck Charms
Bad Luck Charms
Bad Hair Day
Going Bald
Water - The Old Fashion Way
Split Happens - bowling themed episodes
Unsung Hero: Burt Mustin

Income taxes
Stuck
Aladdin’s Lamp
Commercials
Land of the Giants
Walk the Plank
Stop the film!
Send in the Clowns
Wrong Baby/Kid
I’ve been robbed

Stake Out
Allergies
Santa
Runaways
Adoption
Camping/Fishing
Cabin in the Woods
Rich Cats
Crushes
UFO

In the Christmas spirit
You too can be a Writer
Haunted House
Blue Ribbon
Cooking Contest
Building a BBQ
Building a Swimming Pool
12 angry jurors
Back to Jail
House Divided

Joke's On You
Weight Problems
Getting in Shape
(Page 2)
Learning to Drive
Game Shows
A Change of Scenery
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Aloha
Pretty Bad Backdoor Pilots
Guest Star Leo Durocher

Guest Star Don Drysdale
Guest Stars– MLB All-stars
Ventriloquist dummies
Doctor, Doctor
Oh that Cavity
So This is Christmas
Guest Star – Bubba Smith as himself
Wrong Diagnosis
Soapbox Derby
Dance School

Music Group
Guest Stars – Chad and Jeremy
Joining a Lodge
Bah Humbug
Vote For Me – Class President
Vote For Me
Spitting Image (Actors playing two roles in the same episode)
More "Great Outdoors"
Amnesia
Class Reunion

Class Reunion Part 2
(Page 3)
Class Reunion Part 3
Repeating theme on same show
Copycats (reworkings of Dick van Dyke Show episodes)
Repeating Themes Same Show - Part 2
New York, Anyone?
Beatniks
Hippies
Talent Show/Contest
Trapped Part 1 - Cave

Trapped Part 2 – Vault
Trapped Part 3 - Freezer
Trapped Part 4 – Basement
Trapped Part 5 – Elevator
Trapped Part 6 – Other Places
Commercials
Jinx
Picnic
New Store Taking Over
Archeological Finds

The Peace Corps
Europe, Here We Come!
Let's Redecorate!
Temper, Temper!
Funerals
Chain letters
Brats
California Here We Come Parts 1 & 2
(Page 4)
Business in a Residential Zone
Chicken Suit

Temperamental Artists
Double Your Money Back
Stuck
Smile, You’re on Candid Camera
One night, two dates
One night, two dates, part 2
You Saved My Life!
Tonsils
Friends make bad business partners
Slumber Party

Let’s Redecorate part 2
Politics
(Page 5)
More politics
Ballet Bunglers
Blind Bats
Draft Downer
Send in the Snobs
I do! -- Weddings, past, present, and vow-renewal
Piano Recital Parts 1 & 2
The Stock Market part 1 & 2

Learning to Drive part 2
Ping pong
Crush part 2
You’re not in the club
Unique!
Heart Attack!
In the Hospital

Thanks for this list. Should keep us from repeating things.

Edit: Summaries at Comments 199, 201, and 202 on this page, and on Page 22

Another 65, Pages 6-10:

(Page 6)
Who hasn't seen that one?
The Man's the Prize
Blood
My Side of the Story
Save the Playground Part 1 & 2
Dating the wrong kind of guy
A Freeway Runs Through It
House Not For Sale
Old Flame
Auctions

The Name Game - Child
The Name Game - Adult
Endless Game Shows
Let's Redecorate - Part 3
They're Breaking Us Up
(Page 7)
Chinese Restaurant
Bob Goulet, as Himself
Dating Your Exes' Doppelganger
Laundry problems
Foreign Adoption

Fast food
Save the Tree
Performance Anxiety
My Fair Lady
Buys a Dress Shop
Baby on the Doorstep
Lender and Spender
Door to Door Salesman
Playboy, etc. Lifestyle
Playboy, etc. Bunnies, et al.

(Page 8)
Dinner Parties
Parrots
I’m Keeping the Beard
Earthquakes
Starring - Marineland
Look Like a Crook
Rent Strike
April Fools
Handcuffs
Jogging

Split Personality
Museums
Eavesdropping
(Page 9)
Rabies
Wheelchairs
Blindness
Stealing school Mascot
Ballet
Dreams
Accidentally Donating Valuables

Gift Horse (Rescued Horses)
Guest Star Don Drysdale
The Kids Take Over Government
Mister Ed the Spy
Spies
Surfing
Wife/Girl Friend at the office
(Page 10)
Amnesia
Advice Columns
A couple more advice columns

Sleepwalking
Book Writing
Hypnosis
The (Blank) Ate It
The Pledge Drive

Edit: Summaries at Comments 199, 201, and 202 on this page, and on Page 22

And 28 more, bringing it up to date:

(Page 11)
Willpower
False Victims
Leaving the country and the show
Confessional scenes
More 12 angry jurors
Pregnancy Scare
Kids in court
Passports
How many in the bowl?
On A Budget

History of Music and Dance – from kids’ perspective
Endorsed By….
(Page 12)
Too much detergent
Billiards without Backus
Back to the Pool Table...
Bowling/More Bowling
Granny’s Animal Problems
Kids Do a Newspaper
(Page 13)
Charles Lane in the Spotlight
Dad Delivers the Papers

4 Decades of Elvia Allman
Featuring Virginia Gregg
What wasn't she in? Mabel Albertson
Stuck in a Cave
The AV Club offers 23 episodes based on "Christmas Carol"
Addressing Anti-Semitism
The Flashback to the First Time They Met
(Page 14)
Wrestling

Looks like about 220 total topics

Wow, that's a lot! I wonder what's left to add.

Mister Ed the Spy

Mister Ed – Ed the Counterspy S6, E1
Mister Ed- Coldfinger S6, E3
Mister Ed – Spys Strike Back S6, E4
Mister Ed – Anybody Got a Zebra? S6, E6

Spies

Patty Duke Show- The Girl from N.E.P.H.E.W S3, E7
Flintstones – Dr. Sinister S5, E8
A Man Called Flintstone - Movie

Add to Spies -
Munsters - Herman, the Master Spy S2,E2

Wow, that's a lot! I wonder what's left to add.

It seems like we're a bit short of courtroom stuff. There's "kids in court", and a couple "false victims" have courtroom scenes, and no end of jurors, but it seems we're a little short on just plain trials.

Character v. Character

I Love Lucy: The Courtroom
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Move Over, Perry Mason
The Dick van Dyke Show: The Case of the Pillows
Green Acres: The Rains Came
Happy Days: Two Angry Men
Newhart: Happy Trials to You
Coach: Van Dam vs. Fox

The State v. Character

The Jack Benny Program: Jack on Trial for Murder
The Odd Couple: My Strife in Court
Sanford and Son: Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle
The Big Bang Theory: The Excelsior Acquisition
Seinfeld: The Finale, Pts. 1 & 2

Courts Martial

The Phil Silvers Show: The Court Martial
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Battle of Maynard's Beard
F Troop: The Day They Shot Agarn
MASH: The Trial of Henry Blake
Blackadder: Corporal Punishment

Probably McHale's Navy has at least one of these.

You're Under Arrest:

I Love Lucy: Paris at Last
The Dick van Dyke Show: Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail
Doctor at Large: It's the Rich Wot Gets the Pleasure
All in the Family: Archie in the Lock-Up
The Bob Newhart Show: The Slammer
Laverne & Shirley: Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent

You've Won A Trophy!

Hazel - "Hazel's Luck" S2Ep29
Leave it to Beaver - "Beaver Gets Adopted" S2Ep22
My Three Sons - "A Hunk of Hardware" S6Ep29
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Ozzie's Hidden Trophy" S12Ep12

Jay Novello

I Love Lucy - "Visitor From Italy" S6Ep6
The Andy Griffith Show - "Otis Sues the County" S5Ep15
McHale's Navy - "War, Italian Style" S4Ep1
The Brady Bunch - "How To Succeed in Business?" S4Ep19

False Victims:

The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts in Court
The Partridge Family: The Sound of Money
MASH: Deal Me Out
Taxi: Louie Bumps into an Old Lady


More False Victims

Hazel – A Matter of Principle S1,E4
Mayberry RFD- Sam gets a Ticket S1,E10
Dennis the Menace- Keep off the Grass S3,E3
Donna Reed Show – Tony Martin Visits S3,E24

It's Magic!

Dennis the Menace - "Dennis' Birthday" S2Ep20
Leave it to Beaver - "Beaver the Magician" S3 Ep12
I Dream of Jeannie - "My Master, the Magician" S1Ep29
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - "The Magic Act" S6Ep31

Inflatable Raft/Boat

Dick Van Dyke Show – The Curious thing about Women S1,E16
The Lucy Show – Lucy the Good Skate S3,E1
I Married Joan – Joan’s Curiosity S1,E8
Family Matters - Higher Anxiety S4,E4

Reposting to change the last post indicator --

It's Magic!

Dennis the Menace - "Dennis' Birthday" S2Ep20
Leave it to Beaver - "Beaver the Magician" S3 Ep12
I Dream of Jeannie - "My Master, the Magician" S1Ep29
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - "The Magic Act" S6Ep31

(oh, it brought in the new page post.)

Food Fight!

I Love Lucy - "Lucy's Italian Movie" S5Ep23
My Three Sons - "Happy Birthday, World" S7Ep23
The Brady Bunch - "Welcome Aboard" S5Ep23
Cheers - "Thanksgiving Orphans" S5Ep9

Lost Ring

Bridget Loves Bernie- With This Ring S1,E18
That Girl – That Cake S5,E8
I Love Lucy- Building a Bar-B-Q S6,E24
M*A*S*H – Patent 4077 S6,E16

^This is a common theme. I immediately thought of The Dick Van Dyke Show, but then realized it was a map of the United States pin, with jewels denoting where all the Petries were born.

More Lost Rings

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Rick's Wedding Ring" S12Ep4
Dennis the Menace - "Dennis Sells Bottles" S1Ep9
The Donna Reed Show - "With This Ring" S8Ep2
Everybody Loves Raymond - "Ray's Ring" S6Ep4

More lost ring-

Gomer Pyle, USMC: Third Finger, Left Loaf

Gomer does a night in the camp bakery, loses his buddy's wedding ring in one of the hundreds of loaves of bread they baked.

Friends: The One with the Worst Best Man Ever

A wedding ring seems to be missing after Ross's bachelor party.

Stuck Body Parts

That Girl – This Little Piggy had a Ball S1,E28
The Dick Van Dyke Show – Never Bathe on Saturday S4,E27
The Munsters – Yes Galen, There is a Herman S1,E38
The Big Bang Theory – The Robotic Manipulation S4,E1

^This is a common theme. I immediately thought of The Dick Van Dyke Show, but then realized it was a map of the United States pin, with jewels denoting where all the Petries were born.

That could be one for a garbage disposal theme list

That could be one for a garbage disposal theme list

Yes, there's a Hazel that I could find, and an Ozzie and Harriet that would be a problem to find.

Probably Ann Marie had a battle with one at some point.

ATM Malfunction

Three’s Company – The Money Machine S8,E3
Alice – Mel and the Green Machine S5,E1
Cosby – Natural Born Debtors S1,E7
Sam and Cat - #Magic ATM S1,E21 (I know a kids show, but a sitcom non the less)

More Hypnosis

Dennis the Menace - "Mr. Wilson's Safe" S3Ep4
Leave it to Beaver - "The Hypnotist" S3Ep24
The Lucy Show - "Lucy and Pat Collins" S5Ep11
Laverne & Shirley - "Window on Main Street" S8Ep2

Happy Birthday!

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - "Barry's Birthday" S10Ep24
The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Happy Birthday and Too Many More" S3Ep19
Mama's Family - "Mama's Birthday" S2Ep19
Everybody Loves Raymond - "The Surprise Party" S8Ep8

Happy Birthday 2

Father Knows Best - "The Ideal Father" S5Ep18
Leave It To Beaver - "Beaver's Birthday" S5Ep4
Two and a Half Men - "I Remember The Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You" S1Ep19
Diff'rent Strokes - "Where There's Hope" S3Ep14

Happy Birthday 2

Father Knows Best - "The Ideal Father" S5Ep18
Leave It To Beaver - "Beaver's Birthday" S5Ep4
Two and a Half Men - "I Remember The Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You" S1Ep19
Diff'rent Strokes - "Where There's Hope" S3Ep14

Here's another boat load of birthdays. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls562231285/

There's probably enough floating around to fill a year.

Maybe narrowing the theme to things like, unwanted birthdays, forgotten birthdays, surprise birthday parties, etc

Class Reunion Part 3

The Donna Reed Show - "Donna Goes to a Reunion" S3Ep13
Father Knows Best - "The Spirit of Youth" S2Ep11
Mama's Family - "A Blast from the Past" S6Ep7
The Lucy Show - "Lucy's College Reunion" S2Ep11

^Lucy went to college? She needed Mooney to do her bank statement, and couldn't even do his secretarial work.

Donna went to college? All she could do was housework, correct Jeff, dote on Mary and Alex, and have coffee with Midge.

I wonder what they majored in lol!

More Door to Door Salesman

Father Knows Best - "Art of Salesmanship" S2Ep1
The Andy Griffith Show - "A Deal Is a Deal" S4Ep26
The Brady Bunch - "The Hair-Brained Scheme" S5Ep22
Mayberry R.F.D. - "An Efficient Service Station" S1Ep22

^Lucy went to college? She needed Mooney to do her bank statement, and couldn't even do his secretarial work.

Donna went to college? All she could do was housework, correct Jeff, dote on Mary and Alex, and have coffee with Midge.

I wonder what they majored in lol!

I don't know about Lucy but Donna studied to be a Home Economist. I remember when women's lib got going and housewives wanted a more dignified title and became Home Economist.

At least they both got farther in education than June Cleaver who only got as far as Finishing School. I wonder if those still exist.

More Door to Door Salesman

Father Knows Best - "Art of Salesmanship" S2Ep1
The Andy Griffith Show - "A Deal Is a Deal" S4Ep26
The Brady Bunch - "The Hair-Brained Scheme" S5Ep22
Mayberry R.F.D. - "An Efficient Service Station" S1Ep22

Even more Door to Door Salesman
Andy Griffith Show – Barney’s Replacement S2,E2
The Joey Bishop Show – Door to Door Salesman S2,E4
Addams Family- Fester’s Punctured Romance S1,E3
Bachelor Father – Pinch that Penny S5, E19

BTW, nice to see a resurgence of list here.

BTW, nice to see a resurgence of list here.

Thanks for the update on Donna--I didn't remember about her Home Economist major. I haven't seen the series for a while.

I need to re-watch the DVDs. Except for the lost seasons, 6 and 7, which are unavailable.

Traveling Salesperson
Andy Griffith Show – Those Gossipin’ Men S1,E15
Andy Griffith Show- The Luck of Newton Monroe S5,E29
The Beverly Hillbillies- The Big Bank Battle S3,E29
Green Acres – The Old Trunk S4,E24

Thanks for the update on Donna--I didn't remember about her Home Economist major. I haven't seen the series for a while.

I need to re-watch the DVDs. Except for the lost seasons, 6 and 7, which are unavailable.

I was joking about Donna's major in college. My honest guess with that era that Liberal Arts was probably the go to major for women then.

Oh, I thought I remembered an episode about that.

Insult Comics:

Gomer Pyle, USMC: Duke Slater, Night Club Comic
The Andy Griffith Show: Howard, the Comedian
The Odd Couple: The Odd Couple Meet Their Host
Laverne & Shirley: But Seriously, Folks

Natural Child Birth Coach

Odd Couple – Natural Childbirth S2, E1
Mama’s Family- Look Who’s Breathing S6, E18
Family Ties – Oh, Donna S3, E14
Night Court – My Three Dads E7, E21

Weird at Birth

All in the Family- Birth of the Baby Pt.2 S6, E15
I Love Lucy – Lucy Goes to the Hospital S2, E16
The Dick Van Dyke Show- That’s My Boy?? S3, E1
Petticoat Junction- Race Against the Stork S2, E2

Celebrity in the House:

The Dick van Dyke Show: The Redcoats Are Coming
The Odd Couple: The Dog Story
Happy Days: Fish and the Fins
The Nanny: I've Got a Secret

Guest Starring Chad and Jeremy

The Dick van Dyke Show - The Redcoats Are Coming S4, E20
Patty Duke Show - Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits S2, E23
Batman – The Cats Meow S2, E29
Batman – The Bat’s Kow Tow S2, E30

I’m in the Band

Gilligan’s Island – Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes S2, E12
Petticoat Junction – The Lady Bugs S1, E27
F-Troop – That’s Show Biz S2, E23
I Dream of Jeannie – Jeannie the Hippie S3, E6

Wanted used/old vehicles

Dennis the Menace – The Raffle Ticket S2, E11
Hazel – A Car Named Chrysanthemum S5,E14
My Three Sons – Chip on Wheels S9, E18
Everybody Loves Raymond – The Car S1, E15

My First Car

Father Knows Best – Bud Buys a Car S3, E26
The Brady Bunch – The Wheeler Dealer S3, E4
Mayberry RFD – Mike’s Car S3, E23
Bachelor Father – Bentley's Big Case S2, E8

Problems at School 1

The Donna Reed Show - The Electrical Storm S4Ep9
Father Knows Best - Betty's Brother S2Ep18
Mama's Family - Educating Mama S4Ep1
Two and a Half Men - Twenty-Five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snootful S1Ep8

Problems at School 2

The Donna Reed Show - Flowers for the Teacher S2Ep9
Father Knows Best - Bud Has a Problem S5Ep35
My Three Sons - Ernie's Folly S7Ep27
My Three Sons - Teacher's Pet S9Ep28

Problems at School 3

My Three Sons - Back to Earth S9Ep9
Bewitched - Tabitha's First Day in School S8Ep20
The Brady Bunch - Today, I Am a Freshman S4Ep4
Silver Spoons - Me and Mr. T S1Ep4

I'm amazed--I could find nothing on weddings. There's a lot of those, right?

I'm amazed--I could find nothing on weddings. There's a lot of those, right?

There's a few on page 5: "I do! -- Weddings, past, present, and vow-renewal"

But, yeah, I don't think we've scratched the surface.

The Old West:

The Dick van Dyke Show: The Gunslinger
The Flintstones: Sheriff for a Day
My Favorite Martian: Go West, Young Martian, Parts 1 & 2
Gilligan's Island: The Sweepstakes
The Partridge Family: Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa

There's a few on page 5: "I do! -- Weddings, past, present, and vow-renewal"

But, yeah, I don't think we've scratched the surface.

I missed that, and it was my post! My excuse is that it was a year and a half ago.

Fractured History:

Father Knows Best: The Historical Andersons
The Andy Griffith Show: The Battle of Mayberry
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir: Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
Mama's Family: What a Dump
Newhart: In the Beginning

There are probably others that make better sets, where research reveals local history to be somewhat embarrassing. Another one is, The Andy Griffith Show, "A Plaque for Mayberry."

There are probably others that make better sets, where research reveals local history to be somewhat embarrassing. Another one is, The Andy Griffith Show, "A Plaque for Mayberry."

Seth Taylor for Mayberry, Seth Bryant for Bryant Park (My Three Sons). We just need to find episodes with founders named Seth! lol

I missed that, and it was my post! My excuse is that it was a year and a half ago.

Stevea and Alan Brady's Hair, you two in particular have done a great job with these list! Thanks for making my first topic post last so long.