List of That Girl episodes
That Girl is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 8, 1966, to March 19, 1971. Over five seasons, 136 half-hour episodes of the series aired. All seasons are available on DVD.
Series overview
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilot | April 29, 1996TV Land) | (onTBA | |||
1 | 30 | September 8, 1966 | April 6, 1967 | 57 | |
2 | 30 | September 7, 1967 | April 25, 1968 | TBA | |
3 | 26 | September 26, 1968 | March 27, 1969 | 44 | |
4 | 26 | September 18, 1969 | March 26, 1970 | 48 | |
5 | 24 | September 25, 1970 | March 19, 1971 | TBA |
Episodes
[edit]Pilot
[edit]Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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"What's In a Name?" | Jerry Paris | Bill Persky & Sam Denoff | April 29, 1996TV Land) | (on|
Aspiring New York City actress Ann Marie faces a dilemma when her agent/boyfriend Don Blue Sky (Ted Bessell) urges her to get a stage name, much to the chagrin of her parents (Harold Gould and Penny Santon). Note The copyright date was in 1965. The first television airing was on the premier night of TV Land on April 29, 1996. |
Season 1 (1966–67)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Don't Just Do Something, Stand There" | Bob Sweeney | Jim Parker & Arnold Margolin | September 8, 1966 | 5 |
Aspiring actress Ann Marie is working at a newsstand in an office building, where she meets Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell), a writer for Newsview magazine. Ann is cast in a television commercial filming in the lobby of the office building, but an encounter with the chivalrous Donald may end her job. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Good-bye, Hello, Good-bye" | Bob Sweeney | Bill Persky & Sam Denoff | September 15, 1966 | 6 |
Ann Marie leaves her home in Brewster, New York and moves to New York City to pursue her acting career. Her agent Harvey Peck (Ronnie Schell) helps her find an apartment, much to her father's (Lew Parker) chagrin. Ann meets her new neighbor, Judy Bessemer (Bonnie Scott), and her independence is tested when her mother, Helen (Rosemary DeCamp) moves in after an argument with Ann's father, Lew. The only decent paying acting gig Ann finds is as a mop on a kids show. Absent: Ted Bessell as Donald | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night" | Bob Sweeney | Milton Pascal | September 22, 1966 | 3 |
Ann agrees to babysit for her neighbor Judy, who assures her that she will be back long before Ann's acting workshop audition. Judy gets stuck at her sister's house and her obstetrician husband, Leon, gets called to deliver a baby, forcing Ann to take infant Stanley along on her audition. The workshop director (Billy DeWolfe) is very no-nonsense and dislikes babies. Absent: Ted Bessell as Donald | ||||||
4 | 4 | "I'll Be Suing You" | Bob Sweeney | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | September 29, 1966 | 2 |
When Ann borrows Donald's car, a sewing machine salesman (Carl Ballantine) is distracted by a pretty girl and bumps into the car, then sues her for damages. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Anatomy of a Blunder" | Bob Sweeney | Dale McRaven & Carl Kleinschmitt | October 6, 1966 | 4 |
Ann talks Don into driving to Brewster so she can pick up her old hi-fi system, which leads to an on-the-road picnic disaster. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Rich Little Rich Kid" | Sidney Miller | Joseph Bonaduce | October 13, 1966 | 7 |
While paying a parking ticket, Ann meets a rich young man (Sam Melville) who invests in the theater and tries to seduce her, much to Don's annoyance. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Help Wanted" | Bob Sweeney | Tom & Helen August | October 20, 1966 | 9 |
When Donald's secretary goes on maternity leave, Judy suggests hiring Ann as a temp. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Little Auction Annie" | Sidney Miller | Rick Mittleman | October 27, 1966 | 8 |
At an auction, Ann successfully bids on a box filled with various items. One item draws the attention of a mysterious stranger (Michael Conrad). | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Time for Arrest" | David McDearmon | Jack Winter | November 3, 1966 | 12 |
Ann lands in jail wearing a cave-girl outfit, after replacing her neighbor and fellow actress Margie (Jackie Joseph) on a side gig that turns out to be a catering job for a Mafia boss seeking to merge with a rival family. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Break a Leg" | Jerry Davis | Jim Parker & Arnold Margolin | November 10, 1966 | 1 |
Ann's actress friend, Sandy Stafford (Sally Kellerman), lands a role in a Broadway play, and asks Ann to be her understudy. While staying with her, Sandy contracts the measles, and Ann has to perform. George Carlin has a small role as Ann's agent, George. Absent: Ted Bessell as Donald | ||||||
11 | 11 | "What's in a Name?" | Harry Falk | Bill Persky & Sam Denoff | November 17, 1966 | 11 |
After Ann's agent (Ronnie Schell) suggests she adopt a more suitable stage name, Ann's attempts are met with her parents' strong disapproval. The recycled version of the original pilot episode. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Soap Gets in Your Eyes" | Seymour Robbie | Tom & Helen August | November 24, 1966 | 13 |
Ann's role as a villainess in a soap opera compromises a potential relationship with Don's mother (Mabel Albertson). Ann hopes a visit from the actor playing the hero will improve her image. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "All About Ann" | John Erman | Milton Pascal | December 1, 1966 | 14 |
Donald works with an actress in Ann's acting workshop to write an article about her, leading Ann to suspect he is having an affair. Rob Reiner has a small role. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Phantom of the Horse Opera" | John Erman | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | December 8, 1966 | 15 |
Ann thinks her apartment building is being "haunted" by a silent movie theatre organist (Sterling Holloway). | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts" | Bob Sweeney | Richard Baer | December 15, 1966 | 10 |
A member of Ann's acting workshop tries to buy her friendship. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid" | John Erman | James L. Brooks | December 22, 1966 | 18 |
As her shift as a department store Christmas elf concludes, Ann tells Donald about her stint as a teacher in a boarding school trying to bring good tidings and joy to a boy who was unable to go home for Christmas. John Fiedler guest stars. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Among My Souvenirs" | Seymour Robbie | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | January 5, 1967 | 16 |
While sifting through boxes of her personal items, Ann finds a ring that a now-married high school sweetheart gave her. She attempts to return it to him. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "These Boots Weren't Made for Walking" | John Erman | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | January 12, 1967 | 17 |
Seeking a job that gives her more time for auditions, Ann tries her luck as a door-to-door shoe salesperson. Her boss (Paul Lynde) neglects to mention the shoes are poorly constructed and, in fact, are made entirely from cardboard. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Kimono My House" | John Erman | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | January 19, 1967 | 20 |
When Ann sees how messy Don's apartment is, she hires a Japanese maid to clean the place. She soon suspects the girl has other intentions. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Gone with the Breeze" | John Erman | Tom & Helen August | January 26, 1967 | 19 |
After Donald gives Ann the manuscript of his novel, she is convinced she has lost it. | ||||||
21 | 21 | "Rain, Snow and Rice" | John Erman | James L. Brooks | February 2, 1967 | 21 |
At the Baumans' wedding in Connecticut, a snowstorm prevents Ann and Don from returning to New York. The hotel only has one additional room available, so Don and Ann agree to share it so the Baumans can have their wedding night. Meanwhile, Ann's parents think she and Don have eloped, and they drive to Connecticut. Ann has to convince them that she and Don platonically shared the room. | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Paper Hats and Everything" | John Erman | Sydney Zelinka | February 9, 1967 | 22 |
While Ann suspects a dinner date with her father is really a ruse for a surprise birthday party, Judy assembles one on short notice just in case it is not. Richard Dreyfuss guest-stars. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "What Are Your Intentions?" | John Erman | Milton Pascal | February 16, 1967 | 23 |
Ann's father presses Donald as to whether he intends to marry his daughter. | ||||||
24 | 24 | "A Tenor's Loving Care" | John Erman | Joseph Bonaduce | February 23, 1967 | 24 |
A famous opera singer (Carroll O'Connor) makes a play for Ann while Don tries to get an interview with the temperamental celebrity. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "Leaving the Nest Is for the Birds" | Hal Cooper | Barbara Avedon | March 2, 1967 | 25 |
Ann's family dinner to prove to her parents that living in New York City is safe is spoiled by an alleged peeping Tom (Jerry Van Dyke). | ||||||
26 | 26 | "You Have to Know Someone to Be Unknown" | Jerrold Bernstein | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | March 9, 1967 | 26 |
Finding out that Broadway producer Harold J. Davis (Herbert Rudley) is seeking a fresh-faced unknown for his next play, Ann goes overboard to get noticed, and even has Donald put a good word in for her. | ||||||
27 | 27 | "The Honeymoon Apartment" | Hal Cooper | Austin & Irma Kalish | March 16, 1967 | 27 |
Ann's cheapskate cousin (Warren Berlinger) arrives with his new bride, then attempts to stay at her apartment for their honeymoon rather go to a hotel. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "This Little Piggy Had a Ball" | Hal Cooper | Arnold Margolin & Jim Parker | March 23, 1967 | 28 |
While bowling with Donald just before she is to accept an award for another actress, Ann reads about another bowler who bowled with his toes. She then makes the mistake of trying to do it herself. Rob Reiner & Teri Garr make appearances. Garr and series star Marlo Thomas would later guest star years later on Friends as the mothers of Phoebe and Rachel respectively. | ||||||
29 | 29 | "Author, Author" | Danny Arnold | Ronald Axe & Howard Harris | March 30, 1967 | 29 |
Ann, needing a comedic line for an upcoming audition, seeks help from both Donald and a washed-up comedy writer, neither of which proves adequate. | ||||||
30 | 30 | "The Mating Game" | Hal Cooper | Treva Silverman & Peter Meyerson | April 6, 1967 | 30 |
While working on an exposé on the inner workings of a TV game show called The Mating Game, Donald has Ann go undercover as the bachelorette who selects a date. Unknown to her, he is one of the three unseen bachelors she must choose from. |
Season 2 (1967–68)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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31 | 1 | "Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman" | James Frawley | James L. Brooks | September 7, 1967 | 37 |
A walk on role for a play starring Ethel Merman in a revival of Gypsy leaves Ann awestruck. | ||||||
32 | 2 | "The Good Skate" | Jeffrey Hayden | Tom & Helen August | September 14, 1967 | 33 |
Ann auditions for a soda commercial that requires a performance on roller skates, something she has a little difficulty with. | ||||||
33 | 3 | "Black, White and Read All Over" | Jeffrey Hayden | Richard Baer | September 21, 1967 | 34 |
After yet another rejection of Donald's unpublished novel, Ann offers to submit it to her father, who knows a publisher who's a customer at his restaurant. Unfortunately he takes a look at it himself, and nearly equates it with pornography. | ||||||
34 | 4 | "To Each Her Own" | James Sheldon | Stanley Ralph Ross | September 28, 1967 | 36 |
Donald does a news story on computer dating, and takes Ann along for the ride. Much to Ann's chagrin, the girl that the computer dating service assigns to her boyfriend, is a lot like her. | ||||||
35 | 5 | "The Apartment" | Danny Arnold | Ruth Brooks Flippen | October 5, 1967 | 39 |
Donald gets Ann to house sit at his apartment, and she runs into another friend of his (Bill Bixby), who is also staying there. | ||||||
36 | 6 | "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Nervous" | Danny Arnold | Arnold Margolin & Jim Parker | October 12, 1967 | 31 |
Before Ann goes to Philadelphia for a play that's making a nationwide tour, Donald tries to show her a good time by giving her a night on the town... and another night, and another night,... | ||||||
37 | 7 | "The Philadelphia Story" | Danny Arnold | Arnold Margolin & Jim Parker | October 19, 1967 | 32 |
Unable to tolerate life without Ann, Donald goes to Philadelphia to write a review of Ann's play. | ||||||
38 | 8 | "There's Nothing to Be Afreud of But Freud Himself" | Hal Cooper | Milton Pascal | October 26, 1967 | 43 |
Donald writes an article on a newfangled psychological exam, and tries to use it on Ann and the Baumans... with predictably traumatic results. | ||||||
39 | 9 | "The Collaborators" | Bruce Bilson | Ruth Brooks Flippen | November 2, 1967 | 42 |
Ann and Donald decide to work on a play about her life, but creative differences get in the way. | ||||||
40 | 10 | "When in Rome" | Hal Cooper | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | November 9, 1967 | 44 |
An Italian movie director spots Ann and wants her to star in his next movie... and perform a nude scene. | ||||||
41 | 11 | "Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Thankfully"[1][2] | James Sheldon | Peggy Elliott | November 23, 1967 | 35 |
Ann struggles to cook everybody's favorite dishes for a Thanksgiving dinner. Note: This episode is called "Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Hopefully" on the DVDs. | ||||||
42 | 12 | "The Mailman Cometh" | James Sheldon | Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen | November 30, 1967 | 46 |
A substitute agent sets Ann up on a publicity date with Dick Shawn who knows nothing about it. | ||||||
43 | 13 | "It's a Mod, Mod World" (Part 1) | James Frawley | Tom & Helen August | December 7, 1967 | 40 |
Originally doubting the intentions of a photographer, Ann is convinced (thanks to Donald) that she should take a job as a model for him because he's a legitimate photographer named Noel Prince. But when Prince flies her out to California, he realizes he intends to keep her. | ||||||
44 | 14 | "It's a Mod, Mod World" (Part 2) | James Frawley | Tom & Helen August | December 14, 1967 | 41 |
Donald is on the edge over Ann's time with Noel Prince, despite her assurances she has no interest in her new boss. | ||||||
45 | 15 | "'Twas the Night Before Christmas, You're Under Arrest" | James Sheldon | Ruth Brooks Flippen | December 21, 1967 | 47 |
After buying theater tickets from a scalper as a Christmas present for the Baumans, and learning from Don that some scalpers use personal information to burglarize their customers, Ann coaxes Donald to help her hide the Baumans' presents, only for both to be accused of burglary themselves. | ||||||
46 | 16 | "A Friend in Need" | Hal Cooper | Richard Baer | December 28, 1967 | 45 |
After Ann is injured on a movie set, Donald goes overboard in trying to take care of her. | ||||||
47 | 17 | "Fur All We Know" | Hal Cooper | Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach | January 4, 1968 | 48 |
After Ann models an expensive chinchilla stole, the owner insists that she borrow it as she accompanies Don to a party for the wealthy jet set, where a gigolo mistakes Ann for a wealthy heiress. | ||||||
48 | 18 | "The Rivals" | Hal Cooper | Richard Baer | January 11, 1968 | 49 |
Another family visit to Ann's parents in Brewster pits Donald against Lou when Lou runs a stop sign and crashes into Donald's car. | ||||||
49 | 19 | "Sixty-Five on the Aisle" | James Frawley | Ruth Brooks Flippen | January 18, 1968 | 38 |
Lou Marie buys theater and train tickets for sixty-five people from Brewster to see Ann in a play. A conflict arises between the producers who do not want them leaving the theater during an important scene and Ann's official debut that causes them to keep changing their schedule. | ||||||
50 | 20 | "Call of the Wild" | Hal Cooper | Milton Pascal | January 25, 1968 | 50 |
When Ann gets a soap commercial, the director tells her that it's because she has a face that no housewife would feel threatened by, which makes her wonder if she has any sex appeal. | ||||||
51 | 21 | "The Other Woman" | Andrew McCullough | Richard Baer | February 1, 1968 | 51 |
Ann suggests that her father escort Ethel Merman to a formal event, and the tabloids make him look like her new boyfriend, which doesn't exactly please her mother. | ||||||
52 | 22 | "He and She and He" | Norman Hall | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | February 8, 1968 | 52 |
Still obsessed with Ann, Noel Prince returns to New York to try to get her to marry him. | ||||||
53 | 23 | "Odpdypahimcaifss"[3][4] "Oh, Don, Poor Don, Your Pants Are Hanging in My Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad"[5][6] | Hal Cooper | Richard Baer | February 22, 1968 | 53 |
A scandal erupts when Donald's mother is invited to Ann's place and finds his pants in her closet. | ||||||
54 | 24 | "Great Guy" | John Rich | Story by : Ruth Brooks Flippen and Danny Arnold Teleplay by : Bruce Howard | March 7, 1968 | 54 |
Ann is worried about Pete's new boyfriend George (Albert Salmi), a jock who doesn't necessarily treat her like a lady. | ||||||
55 | 25 | "The Detective Story" | Hal Cooper | Carl Kleinschmitt | March 14, 1968 | 55 |
A series of obscene phone calls prompts Ann to call the NYPD, who sends over a detective who seems to be getting a little too close for comfort, especially Donald's. | ||||||
56 | 26 | "If You Were Almost the Only Man in the World" | Hal Cooper | Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen | March 21, 1968 | 56 |
After being hit by a fly ball at a baseball game, Ann meets a doctor who bears a striking resemblance to Donald (Ted Bessell playing dual roles). | ||||||
57 | 27 | "Just Spell the Name Right" | John Rich | Richard Baer | March 28, 1968 | 57 |
Ann hires press agent Eddie Edwards (Jesse White) to boost her career, but his method of doing so involves naming her in the divorce of one of her former soap opera co-stars Buddy Hobart (Robert Alda). | ||||||
58 | 28 | "The Beard" | James Frawley | Richard Baer | April 11, 1968 | 58 |
After a hunting trip, Donald decides to grow a beard, which doesn't necessarily turn Ann on. | ||||||
59 | 29 | "The Drunkard" | Hal Cooper | Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen | April 18, 1968 | 59 |
Ann helps sober up a comedian who thinks that they had an affair. Sid Caesar guest stars. | ||||||
60 | 30 | "Old Man's Darling" | John Rich | Richard Baer | April 25, 1968 | 60 |
An elderly man, who just happens to be one of the 10 richest people in America, ruins Ann's new dress but tries to make up for the mishap by buying her expensive gifts which she feels that she cannot accept. |
Season 3 (1968–69)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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61 | 1 | "Sock It to Me" | James Sheldon | Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | September 26, 1968 | 71 |
Ann's opportunity to perform in a Broadway play opposite Barry Sullivan is jeopardized by her inability to slap him. | ||||||
62 | 2 | "The Hi-Jack and The Mighty" | John Rich | Ruth Brooks Flippen | October 3, 1968 | 61 |
While working as a flight attendant in order to land a job on an airline television commercial, Ann mistakes a private investigator for a hijacker. | ||||||
63 | 3 | "Eleven Angry Men and That Girl" | Hal Cooper | Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | October 10, 1968 | 64 |
Ann is selected for jury duty. Stuart Margolin guest stars. | ||||||
64 | 4 | "7¼" (Part 1) | Hal Cooper | Arthur Julian | October 17, 1968 | 66 |
Ann flies to Los Angeles for a series of TV commercial along with Donald, who tags along to do a magazine story about violence in the entertainment industry. | ||||||
65 | 5 | "7¼" (Part 2) | Hal Cooper | Arthur Julian | October 24, 1968 | 67 |
Ann's commercial work proves to be more grueling than she could possibly have expected. Stuart Margolin guest stars. | ||||||
66 | 6 | "Secret Ballot" | John Rich | Richard Baer | October 31, 1968 | 62 |
Ann gets excited about voting in her first presidential election, learns all she can about the system, but won't tell her father who she's voting for since it's a secret ballot. | ||||||
67 | 7 | "The Face in the Shower Room Door" | Danny Arnold | Story by : Bill Idelson & Harvey Miller Teleplay by : Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | November 7, 1968 | 69 |
Ann gets stuck in the shower and the new neighbor comes to her rescue. | ||||||
68 | 8 | "A Muggy Day in Central Park" | Hal Cooper | Arthur Julian | November 14, 1968 | 65 |
Ann is mugged in Central Park, and though she survives without a scratch, she desperately tries to conceal the incident from her father. | ||||||
69 | 9 | "Just Donald and Me and Jerry Makes Three" | James Sheldon | Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | November 21, 1968 | 70 |
Jerry and Ruth's marriage is on the rocks, and a remorseful Jerry is interrupting Ann & Donald's time with each other so Don and Ann scheme to reunite the feuding Baumans. | ||||||
70 | 10 | "The Seventh Time Around" | Richard Kinon | Carl Kleinschmitt | November 28, 1968 | 72 |
Donald interviews a wealthy heiress named Lady Margaret "Trixie" Weatherby (Benay Venuta), a woman who has been married six times, that Ann fears might turn Donald into her seventh husband. | ||||||
71 | 11 | "Ann vs. Secretary" | Hal Cooper | Ruth Brooks Flippen | December 5, 1968 | 74 |
Donald hires a new secretary, who Ann suspects is trying to make a move on him...and could actually succeed. | ||||||
72 | 12 | "Decision Before Dawn" | King Donovan | Jinx Kragen | December 12, 1968 | 68 |
The Screen Actor's Guild gives Ann a huge paycheck, and she must struggle on how to invest or spend it. | ||||||
73 | 13 | "Should All Our Old Acquaintance Be Forgot" | Hal Cooper | Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | December 26, 1968 | 63 |
Ann's plans to spend New Year's Eve alone with Donald are thwarted by her parents, most of her neighbors, their cousins, and people neither of them know. | ||||||
74 | 14 | "The Homewrecker and the Window Washer" | Hal Cooper | Story by : Ken Englund Teleplay by : Stan Cutler & Martin Donovan | January 2, 1969 | 75 |
When a window washer comes to the rescue of a man who hassles Ann in a building lobby, his wife becomes convinced he's having an affair with her. | ||||||
75 | 15 | "The Eye of the Beholder" | James Sheldon | Paul Wayne | January 9, 1969 | 76 |
Donald buys Ann a small avant-garde sculpture, and gets plenty of advice on what to do with it. | ||||||
76 | 16 | "Dark on Top of Everything Else" | Ted Bessell | Carl Kleinschmitt | January 16, 1969 | 73 |
While watching her parents house in Brewster, Ann gets locked in the basement. | ||||||
77 | 17 | "The Earrings" | Russ Mayberry | Howard Leeds | January 23, 1969 | 80 |
Donald buys Ann some expensive earrings for Valentine's Day, and insists that she wears them on a date that night, in spite of her fear that she might lose them. Sure enough her worst fears are realized, and now both Ann and Don try to hide replacements for them. | ||||||
78 | 18 | "Many Happy Returns" | Jay Sandrich | John Whedon | January 30, 1969 | 79 |
Ann is faced with a sudden audit from the IRS. | ||||||
79 | 19 | "My Sister's Keeper" | John Rich | Bill Persky & Sam Denoff | February 6, 1969 | 77 |
While working on a commercial, Ann's voice is dubbed by a singer that she finds to be fantastic. But her efforts to give this young woman a boost in her career may not go so well, when she finds the young woman has a higher calling. Guest starring Terre and Tony Thomas (Marlo's sister and brother) and featuring a humorous cameo appearance by their father Danny Thomas. McLean Stevenson guest stars. | ||||||
80 | 20 | "There Was a Time Ann Met a Pie Man" | Russ Mayberry | Milt Rosen | February 13, 1969 | 78 |
Ann gets hired to do a television skit where she gets a pie in the face and the bit becomes a big hit. | ||||||
81 | 21 | "The Subject Was Rabies" | Jay Sandrich | Skip Webster | February 20, 1969 | 83 |
A stray dog that follow Ann home decides to bite her visiting father. | ||||||
82 | 22 | "The Defiant One" | Richard Kinon | Story by : Gene Boland and Richard Baer Teleplay by : Richard Baer | February 27, 1969 | 82 |
While shopping, Ann becomes sympathetic to an eight-year-old African-American boy who tries to steal a candy bar. | ||||||
83 | 23 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Richard Kinon | John McGreevey | March 6, 1969 | 81 |
The United States Air Force hires Ann to recruit women to the WAF's for potential space travel but Ann must leave while decorating Don's apt. | ||||||
84 | 24 | "It's So Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House" | Russ Mayberry | Ruth Brooks Flippen | March 13, 1969 | 84 |
A lonely night at Ann's apartment is interrupted by a mouse, which somehow makes her father think she and Donald are fooling around. | ||||||
85 | 25 | "Bad Day at Marvin Gardens" | Danny Arnold | Carl Kleinschmitt | March 20, 1969 | 85 |
After inviting her parents over to a baseball game that gets rained out, Ann decides to let them and Donald stay at her place for a game of Monopoly, for which Lou gets much too competitive in. | ||||||
86 | 26 | "Sue Me, Sue Me, What Can You Do Me?" | Russ Mayberry | Danny Arnold, Ruth Brooks Flippen & Milt Rosen | March 27, 1969 | 86 |
Ann's father slips at Donald's office building and hurts himself. Donald has to get him to sign an insurance waiver. |
Season 4 (1969–70)
[edit]Starting with this season, episode titles are shown on-screen, beginning with "Mission Improbable".
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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87 | 1 | "Mission Improbable" (Part 1) | John Rich | Rick Mittleman | September 18, 1969 | 93 |
While modeling Ann is hired to spy on a competitor who is suspected of stealing designs. | ||||||
88 | 2 | "Mission Improbable" (Part 2) | John Rich | Rick Mittleman | September 25, 1969 | 94 |
Ann's cover is blown and is tricked into photographing rejected dress designs. | ||||||
89 | 3 | "My Part Belongs to Daddy" | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | October 2, 1969 | 88 |
Ann is directing a play back at home in Brewster and has to tell her father that he's not getting the starring role. | ||||||
90 | 4 | "Nobody Here But Us Chickens" | Richard Kinon | Arnold Horwitt | October 9, 1969 | 87 |
Ann gets a job as a dancing chicken and after some advances by the boss ends up stranded in her costume on a country road. | ||||||
91 | 5 | "At the Drop of a Budget" | Russ Mayberry | Ed Scharlach and Warren Murray | October 16, 1969 | 89 |
Under hypnosis at the dentist (guest star Monty Hall), Ann is mistakenly told to buy anything at the drop of a hat at the same time Donald is trying to help her work on a budget. | ||||||
92 | 6 | "Hearing Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Hal Cooper | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | October 23, 1969 | 96 |
Ann loses her hearing when a cold ruins her job on a commercial. | ||||||
93 | 7 | "The Snow Must Go On" | Russ Mayberry | Arnold Horwitt | October 30, 1969 | 90 |
While stranded at JFK Airport during a snowstorm, Ann will do anything to get to an audition on Broadway. | ||||||
94 | 8 | "Write Is Wrong" | John Rich | Ruth Brooks Flippen | November 6, 1969 | 98 |
Don writes a comedy sketch about their previous adventures being stranded at JFK Airport. Don's TV script about Ann undergoes a massive rewrite. | ||||||
95 | 9 | "Shake Hands and Come Out Acting" | John Rich | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | November 13, 1969 | 97 |
Don is doing a story on a fighter (Scoey Mitchell) who has developed an acting bug and Ann tries to help the boxer study drama. However, some of his "handlers" want to make sure he doesn't change his career so soon. | ||||||
96 | 10 | "Fix My Screen and Bug Out" | Saul Turteltaub | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | November 20, 1969 | 95 |
Ann's former boyfriend becomes her new landlord and wants to marry her, much to Don 's chagrin. | ||||||
97 | 11 | "Kiss That Girl Goodbye" | John Rich | Fai Harris & Lynn Farr | November 27, 1969 | 99 |
Donald has a chance to get a job in Paris and worries about leaving Ann. | ||||||
98 | 12 | "She Never Had the Vegas Notion" (Part 1) | Richard Kinon | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | December 11, 1969 | 91 |
Ann gets a job in Las Vegas with an actor who wants her to break up with Donald. Guest star Jack Cassidy. Cameo by Carl Reiner as himself. | ||||||
99 | 13 | "She Never Had the Vegas Notion" (Part 2) | Richard Kinon | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | December 18, 1969 | 92 |
While in Las Vegas, Donald is tricked into thinking that he married an actress. Guest star Jack Cassidy. | ||||||
100 | 14 | "I Am a Curious Lemon" | Russ Mayberry | Alex Barris | December 25, 1969 | 101 |
Ann is babysitting her cousin's 8-year-old daughter who disrupts Ann's dinner for Don's friends. | ||||||
101 | 15 | "Tenpercent of Nothing Is Nothing" | John Rich | Story by : Ron Clark and Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein, Teleplay by : Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | January 1, 1970 | 103 |
Ann Marie is helping her agent with his stand-up comedy act. (NOTE: "Tenpercent" is the way the title appears on-screen; it's unknown whether this was a typo or if it was done intentionally.) | ||||||
102 | 16 | "Opening Night" | Russ Mayberry | Arnold Horwitt | January 8, 1970 | 102 |
Ann dreads bad reviews of her opening night in Broadway, and all this anxiety gets her finger trapped in a kitchen faucet. | ||||||
103 | 17 | "That Metermaid" | Ted Bessell | Jerry Ross & William Lynn | January 22, 1970 | 100 |
Don's new boss and Ann relate a story about Ann's summer job back home when she was younger and worked as a metermaid and ticketed the mayor's car. | ||||||
104 | 18 | "Fly by Night" | Saul Turteltaub | Bernie Orenstein & Saul Turteltaub | January 29, 1970 | 104 |
While flying to a cabin in Vermont, Ann, Donald and their pilot land in a snow storm after they run out of gas. A clip episode. Part 1 of 2. | ||||||
105 | 19 | "Ugh, Wilderness" | John Rich | Joseph Bonaduce | February 5, 1970 | 105 |
Ann and Donald leave the crash site and look for a cabin to stay in. Her father sends out a search party for them. Part 2 of 2. | ||||||
106 | 20 | "Stocks and the Single Girl" | Bill Persky | Bruce Howard | February 12, 1970 | 106 |
Ann gets a card from a stockbroker and invests in the list of items on the back, even though it is his shopping list. | ||||||
107 | 21 | "The Night They Raided Daddy's" | Hal Cooper | Coslough Johnson | February 19, 1970 | 107 |
Ann's father hires a musical group to increase business at his restaurant. He doesn't know that the group performs nude. | ||||||
108 | 22 | "The Reunion" | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | February 26, 1970 | 108 |
As class treasurer, Ann loses $360 that was saved for their reunion. Ann looks for the thieves. | ||||||
109 | 23 | "Gone-a-Courtin'" | Russ Mayberry | Joseph Bonaduce | March 5, 1970 | 109 |
Ann has to go to court to help a producer win a lawsuit involving a shish-kebab skewer. | ||||||
110 | 24 | "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?" | Russ Mayberry | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | March 12, 1970 | 110 |
Ann sees her neighbor Ruthie kissing another man. | ||||||
111 | 25 | "Easy Faller" | John Rich | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | March 19, 1970 | 111 |
After Donald injures his back in her apartment, Ann brings his interviewer to Don. Then her father shows up. | ||||||
112 | 26 | "All's Well That Ends" | Saul Turteltaub | Sydney Zelinka | March 26, 1970 | 112 |
Don wants to take Ann to the theater on her birthday, however, Ann promises prior to babysit a sick child who she suspects of having the mumps. |
Season 5 (1970–71)
[edit]In this, the final season of the series, lyrics are given to the opening theme music.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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113 | 1 | "Counter-Proposal" | Saul Turteltaub | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | September 25, 1970 | 113 |
Donald Hollinger finally asks Ann Marie to marry him and takes his buddies advice to buy the ring second-hand which Ann promptly returns. | ||||||
114 | 2 | "Don and Sandi and Harry and Snoopy" | Earl Bellamy | Peggy Elliott | October 2, 1970 | 115 |
Donald has Ann spy on his sister Sandy's new beau. Cloris Leachman guest stars as Sandy. | ||||||
115 | 3 | "I Ain't Got No Body" | Richard Kinon | Ed Scharlach and Warren Murray | October 9, 1970 | 120 |
Ann finds her head, but not her body, in "Playpen" magazine's centerfold pin-up. | ||||||
116 | 4 | "No Man's a Manhattan Island" | Richard Kinon | Arnold Horwitt | October 16, 1970 | 118 |
As part of a game show, Ann throws a party for her neighbors and gets her purse stolen. | ||||||
117 | 5 | "Rattle of a Single Girl" | John Rich | Bruce Howard | October 23, 1970 | 114 |
Ann and Donald go to pre-marital counselling finding problems that may or may not be there. | ||||||
118 | 6 | "There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis" (Part 1) | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | October 30, 1970 | 126 |
Ann is working in a play in St. Louis and has difficulties while visiting Don's parents. | ||||||
119 | 7 | "There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis" (Part 2) | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | November 6, 1970 | 127 |
Ann is working in a play in St. Louis and has difficulties while visiting Don's parents, including Don's great-aunt. Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial appears as himself.[7] | ||||||
120 | 8 | "That Cake" | Richard Kinon | Rick Mittleman | November 13, 1970 | 116 |
Ann thinks she accidentally bakes her engagement ring in a cake that is going to the Governor of New York's residence. Guest star Regis Philbin. | ||||||
121 | 9 | "That Girl's Daddy" | John Rich | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | November 20, 1970 | 122 |
Ann's father is feeling much younger after he is introduced to a younger lady. Ann thinks he's going to leave her mother. | ||||||
122 | 10 | "Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off" | Saul Turteltaub | Gordon Farr | November 27, 1970 | 123 |
Ann is hired by a rival news magazine when they think that Donald will help Ann with her assignments. | ||||||
123 | 11 | "Super Reporter" | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | December 4, 1970 | 121 |
Donald is stuck in a superhero costume when his buddies steal his clothes and he is getting an award from the deputy mayor. | ||||||
124 | 12 | "That Señorita" | John Rich | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | December 11, 1970 | 124 |
Ann gets a lesson in minority relations when she is in a television sketch that is offensive to Mexicans. Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. guest stars as Rudy Sanchez. | ||||||
125 | 13 | "An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons" | John Rich | Bob Garland | December 18, 1970 | 125 |
Ann's flamboyant Uncle Herbert (Joe Flynn) is turning Ann and Donald's world upside down when he makes bogus get-rich-quick schemes. | ||||||
126 | 14 | "That Script" | Roger Duchowny | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | January 1, 1971 | 128 |
Ann wants to get the movie rights for a novel whose author thinks that Ann resembles his late wife. | ||||||
127 | 15 | "Those Friars" | Alan Rifkin | Marvin Walkenstein | January 8, 1971 | 132 |
Ann's late Uncle Harry wills her an old trunk used during his career in vaudeville. Stars Milton Berle and Danny Thomas show up wanting to buy the old trunk. | ||||||
128 | 16 | "A Limited Engagement" | Richard Kinon | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | January 15, 1971 | 130 |
Donald gets cold feet about marriage and breaks their engagement. | ||||||
129 | 17 | "The Russians Are Staying" | Homer Powell | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | January 29, 1971 | 129 |
Ann meets a Russian (a defecting Soviet comic) who moves in with her and won't leave. | ||||||
130 | 18 | "That Shoplifter" | Richard Kinon | Arnold Horwitt | February 5, 1971 | 134 |
Ann is tricked by a conman into shoplifting. | ||||||
131 | 19 | "Chef's Night Out" | Richard Kinon | Budd Grossman | February 12, 1971 | 117 |
Running her father's restaurant is tough for Ann and Don when the staff comes down with the flu. | ||||||
132 | 20 | "That King" | Richard Kinon | Warren Murray | February 19, 1971 | 135 |
the King of Kowali invites Ann to a state dinner where she discovers the King is an 11 yr. old child. | ||||||
133 | 21 | "Stag Party" | John Rich | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | February 26, 1971 | 133 |
The stag party thrown by Don's buddies costs him his engagement to Ann. | ||||||
134 | 22 | "Two for the Money" | Roger Duchowny | San Nichols | March 5, 1971 | 131 |
Ann gets a modeling assignment at Belmont Racetrack and when Don's friends realize there's a horse running named for her, they see it as a "sign" and send her with the money to place a bet for them. She loses the ticket at the wrong time! | ||||||
135 | 23 | "Soot Yourself" | Saul Turteltaub | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | March 12, 1971 | 119 |
As a member of an ecology-minded group, Ann is assigned to picket in front of the Newsview Magazine building where Donald works. Donald tries to make amends by inviting his boss to Ann's house for dinner. | ||||||
136 | 24 | "The Elevated Woman" | Roger Duchowny | Saul Turteltaub & Bernie Orenstein | March 19, 1971 | 136 |
Stuck in an elevator, Donald and Ann reminisce about their last five years together (clip episode, series finale). |
References
[edit]- ^ "Thanksgiving Comes But Once a Year, Thankfully". That Girl: Episode Info. MSN TV. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- ^ "Episode Detail: Thanksgiving Comes but Once a Year, Thankfully - That Girl". That Girl Episodes on ABC. TV Guide. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ ""That Girl (1966)" - 2x23 - Odpdypahimcaifss - EPisodeWorld". EPisodeWorld. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "Amazon.com: That Girl: Season 2, Episode 23 "Odpdypahimcaifss": Amazon Video". Amazon. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "That Girl - Season 2". Classicflix.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2012. (a reference to the play and 1967 film Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, as it is referenced in the episode.)
- ^ "Oh, Don, Poor Don ..." That Girl: Episode Info. MSN TV. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ "There Sure Are a Bunch of Cards in St. Louis: Part II". IMDb. 6 November 1970.
- General references
- "That Girl Episodes on ABC". TV Guide. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- "That Girl - Episode Guide". MSN TV. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2011.