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Newhart Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - In the Beginning...

First aired: Oct/25/1982
Writer: Barry Kemp
Director: John Rich
Guest star: Jack Dodson (Real Estate Agent), Natalie Core (Mrs. Hamilton), Merritt Olsen (Mr. Pomerantz), Beth LeGrant (Mrs. Pomerantz)

Dick and Joanna Loudon purchase the Stratford Inn in Vermont. They hire a maid, Leslie, for the Inn and later meet their quirky neighbor, Kirk, who happens to be a habitual liar. As the Inn opens for business, problems crop up all over the place.


2 :01x02 - Mrs. Newton's Body Lies A'Mould'ring in the Grave

First aired: Nov/01/1982
Writer: Katherine Green
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: William Sanderson (Larry), Tony Papenfuss (First Darryl), John Voldstad (Second Darryl), Dan Frischman (Mortuary Employee), Bill Quinn (Priest)

Dick and Joanna learn that a body is buried in the basement. As they try to get the body moved to a proper burial ground, they learn that the woman was a witch.


3 :01x03 - Hail to the Councilman

First aired: Nov/08/1982
Writer: Sheldon Bull
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Estelle Omens (Mrs. Wanamaker), Aaron Fletcher (Ollie Simpson), David Byrd (Council Treasurer), Thomas Hill (Jim), William Lanteau (Chester), Lois Foraker (Unknown)

Dick considers getting into politics when two city officials tell him to run for town council.


4 :01x04 - Shall We Gather at the River?

First aired: Nov/15/1982
Writer: Paul Robinson Hunter
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: David Muir (Delivery Man)

During the River Day Festival, Joanna falls through the ice, causing her to subsequently blame Dick for everything wrong in her life.


5 :01x05 - This Probably is Condemned

First aired: Nov/22/1982
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Jim Boeke (Unknown), Roy London (Mr. Carlson), Susan Watson (Mrs. Carlson), Dick Christie (Andy)

Dick and the town come together to help get the Minuteman back to code after it's condemned.


6 :01x06 - No Tigers at the Circus

First aired: Nov/29/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Elizabeth Hill (Unknown), Barbara Tarbuck (Unknown), Ryan MacDonald (), Robert Moberly (Unknown)

Dick is upset when he tries to get the Stratford classified as a historical landmark, but the bid is denied.


7 :01x07 - The Perfect Match

First aired: Dec/06/1982
Writer: Stuart Silverman
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Howard McGillin (Blake LeMaster)

Leslie’s high school sweetheart arrives in town to propose marriage to her, much to Kirk’s chagrin.


8 :01x08 - Some are Born Writers...Others Have Writers Thrust Upon Them

First aired: Dec/13/1982
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Earl Boen (Len Bicksel), Judith Kahan (Vicki Bicksel)

Dick gives a book rave reviews in order to not upset the author. When the writer’s husband hears Dick’s reviews, he lets his wife quit her job and pursue writing full time. Now Dick must find someone to teach the woman to publish her work and teach her how to write before their savings are gone.


9 :01x09 - No Room at the Inn

First aired: Dec/20/1982
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall, Sheldon Bull, Barry Kemp
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Vahan Moosekian (Unknown), Terence McGovern (Unknown), Kate Zentall (Unknown), Bob Perlow (Unknown), Milt Oberman (Unknown)

During a massive Christmas Eve snow storm, 24 guests are snowed in at the inn. While Joanna tries to entertain the guests, Dick must find room for a man named Joseph and his very pregnant wife. Meanwhile, Kirk is depressed when he learns that Leslie is leaving to be with her family.


10 :01x10 - The Senator's Wife Was Indiscreet

First aired: Dec/27/1982
Writer: John Steven Owen
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Robert Hogan (David Dannon), Penny Fuller (Maggie Dannon), James Hardie (John Fergus)

A wife of a U.S. Senator checks into the inn and later holds a press conference to announce her divorce, due to his lack of attention he pays towards her. Joanna and Dick do their best to help them reconcile.


11 :01x11 - Sprained Dreams

First aired: Jan/03/1983
Writer: Rich Reinhart
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Bill Wiley (Unknown), Dan Gilvezan (Unknown)

Dick ruins Leslie’s hopes to become an Olympic skier when he falls on her and injures her knee while she attempts to teach him how to ski. A guilty Dick feels it's the least he can do to take notes in all her classes at college.


12 :01x12 - The Way We Thought We Were

First aired: Jan/10/1983
Writer: John Steven Owen
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Rue McClanahan (Eleanor), Gary Allen (Unknown)

A former lover of George’s visits the inn, but they’re both disappointed to find neither person is how they remember.


13 :01x13 - The Visitors

First aired: Jan/17/1983
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Michael Zinberg
Guest star: Michael Steinfeld (Unknown), T. J. Castronova (Unknown), Nancy Lenehan (Unknown), Glorya Lord (Unknown), Ben Slack (Unknown), K. Callan (Janet Ebersol), Dana Elcar (Sam Ebersol)

Dick and Joanna eagerly await the arrival of their ‘fun’ friends, but later regret inviting them when they treat them as innkeepers, not old friends.


14 :01x14 - What is This Thing Called Lust?

First aired: Jan/31/1983
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Julia Duffy (Stephanie Vanderkellen), Kevin Brando (Boy in Diner), Peter Van Norden (Unknown), Joseph G. Medalis (Unknown), Kelly Jean Peters (Unknown)

Leslie’s beautiful cousin, Stephanie, visits Vermont before her upcoming wedding. But despite her nearing nuptials, Stephanie wants one last fling...with Kirk.


15 :01x15 - Breakfast Theater

First aired: Feb/07/1983
Writer: Chip Keyes, Doug Keyes
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Linda Darlow (Corinne Nesbit), Bobby Ramsen (Manny Silver)

A former famous comic, Manny Silver, comes to the inn, jogging Dick’s memory about a favor he owes Manny after he jump-started Dick’s writing career. Manny guilt's Dick into letting Manny perform, despite Joanna’s objections.


16 :01x16 - Ricky Nelson, Up Your Nose

First aired: Feb/14/1983
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: William Lucking (Corrections Officer), Dorothy Meyer (Nurse), Robert Pastorelli (Prisoner at Counter), Tom Everett (Unknown)

Kirk is sent to the hospital to have an object removed from his nose, leaving Larry and the Darryl's in charge of the café. Meanwhile, just as Dick and Joanna are ready to leave for New York, they’re called to help the boys when a crowd of prisoners show up at the café.


17 :01x17 - A View from the Bench

First aired: Feb/21/1983
Writer: Sheldon Bull
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Mark Ganzel (Unknown), David Eric (Unknown), Jimmy Baron (Unknown), Ollie O'Toole (Unknown), Marie Denn (Unknown), Ernie Sabella (Guard), Wolfe Perry (Basketball Player), Julius Carry (Celtic), Daniel J. Travanti (Himself)

Dick, George and Kirk head to Boston for a Celtics game when Dick comes into three bench passes. While the boys are away, Leslie and Joanna wait for a special guest after a caller claiming to be Daniel Travanti books a room.


18 :01x18 - The Boy Who Cried Goat

First aired: Mar/13/1983
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Joe Colligan (Unknown), Michael McGuire (Unknown), Brandon Maggart (Unknown)

Kirk reports that his café was robbed, but due to several past instances of dishonesty, the insurance adjuster does not believe Kirk’s story. His story can be corroborated by using a lie detector test, if only Kirk can tell the truth.


19 :01x19 - Heaven Knows Mr. Utley

First aired: Mar/20/1983
Writer: Jeff Lewis, William Taub
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Channing Chase (Unknown), Fil Formicola (Unknown), Terence Goodman (Unknown), Barbara Collentine (Unknown), Hansford Rowe (Unknown), James Avery (Construction Worker), Jeremy Reinbolt (Boy in Diner)

George becomes the butt of everyone’s jokes when he claims to have seen a UFO.


20 :01x20 - You're Homebody 'til Somebody Loves You

First aired: Mar/27/1983
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: John Gowans (Unknown), Margaret Kemp (Unknown), Donald Bishop (Unknown), Anne Gee Byrd (), Jerry Van Dyke (Roy Herzog)

Dick accidentally insults Joanna by calling her a homebody. To prove he is wrong, Joanna takes a job at a travel agency.


21 :01x21 - Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have

First aired: Apr/03/1983
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Ruth Gordon (Grandma Blanche Devane), Martin Ferrero (Unknown), Frank Coppola (Unknown)

Kirk finally lands a date with Leslie, but his grandmother comes to town the day of the date.


22 :01x22 - I Enjoy Being a Guy

First aired: Apr/10/1983
Writer: Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Richard Venture (Doc Owens), Thomas Hill (Jim), William Lanteau (Chester)

Dick is invited to join a golfing group and finds that the guys’ gambling habits and terrible golf skills make him a big winner. Dick, being against gambling tries to find a way for the guys to win their money back.


23 :02x01 - It Happened One Afternoon (1)

First aired: Oct/17/1983
Writer: Barry Kemp
Director: Rod Daniel
Guest star: John Reilly (John Carson)

Dick heads to New York to interview Erica Chase, a famous star, about possibly writing a biography. Meanwhile, Joanna hires Stephanie as a maid.


24 :02x02 - It Happened One Afternoon (2)

First aired: Oct/24/1983
Writer: Barry Kemp
Director: Rod Daniel

Erica Chase lusts after Dick and tries every possible thing to get him to sleep with her. Back in Vermont, Stephanie’s father arrives and tries to convince her to come back home.


25 :02x03 - Animal Attractions

First aired: Oct/31/1983
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Rod Daniel

George brings home a stray dog, named Lucky. Stephanie’s husband arrives in Vermont, demanding answers as to why she left.


26 :02x04 - The Stratford Wives

First aired: Nov/07/1983
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Donna Wheeler

During a potluck dinner, Joanna creates a stir when she breaks a long-standing tradition in which the men all eat together in the dinning room while the wives eat in the kitchen.


27 :02x05 - The Girl From Manhattan

First aired: Nov/14/1983
Writer: Nat Mauldin
Director: Linda Day
Guest star: Jackie Joseph (Myrna Peck)

Joanna convinces Dick to turn one of his plays into a local state production. But the two clash when Dick casts her as “Joanna’s mother,” not “Joanna.”


28 :02x06 - Don't Rain on My Parade

First aired: Nov/21/1983
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Fred Applegate (Bus Driver)

George is left in charge of this year's annual Thanksgiving Day parade. But when rain threatens the parade, Dick invites the parade workers to come to the Stratford for Thanksgiving dinner without warning Joanna first.


29 :02x07 - Lady & the Tramps

First aired: Dec/05/1983
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Donna Wheeler

While lost in a snowstorm, Stephanie stumbles across Larry, Darryl and Darryl's home.


30 :02x08 - The Man Who Came Forever

First aired: Dec/12/1983
Writer: Sheldon Bull
Director: Rod Daniel
Guest star: Ernie Sabella (Ed Halstead)

A book deadline is quickly approaching for Dick, but he’s having a hard time finishing due to constant interruptions. Meanwhile, Kirk decides he wants to build a mini-golf course; George worries about retiring; and the Stratford has a guest that won’t leave.


31 :02x09 - The Looks of Love

First aired: Dec/19/1983
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Dick Martin

Kirk starts a singles’ club to find the perfect woman.


32 :02x10 - Kirk Goes for the Juggler

First aired: Jan/02/1984
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Will Mackenzie

Kirk thinks he’s met the girl of his dreams, but when he learns that she’s a clown, he begins to think otherwise.


33 :02x11 - A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and POW

First aired: Jan/09/1984
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall, Sheldon Bull, Barry Kemp
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: John Reilly (Prof. David Cameron)

Stephanie and Joanna go to a poetry reading at Dartmouth. There, a professor takes a liking to Joanna, and Dick shows his temper when he makes a pass at her.


34 :02x12 - Cats

First aired: Jan/16/1984
Writer: Sheldon Bull, Emily Purdum Marshall, Barry Kemp
Director: Jim Drake

An ex-boyfriend of Stephanie’s stays at the Inn with his new wife, who happens to be Stephanie’s former best friend, Tish Ellison. Meanwhile, Kirk throws a dinner party.


35 :02x13 - Curious George at the Firehouse

First aired: Jan/23/1984
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Will Mackenzie

George becomes a volunteer fireman, but looses the keys to the fire truck just as a fire is called in, which happens to be the town’s first fire in five years.


36 :02x14 - Book Beat

First aired: Jan/30/1984
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Will Mackenzie

Dick is asked to host a literary television show. His first taping doesn’t go well when the guest doesn’t show up and the substitute guest is a little quirky.


37 :02x15 - Kirk Pops the Question

First aired: Feb/06/1984
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Jim Drake

Kirk ponders popping the question to Cindy.


38 :02x16 - Best Friends

First aired: Feb/13/1984
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall, Barry Kemp
Director: Will Mackenzie

Kirk is not thrilled when it is announced that a fast-food franchise will soon open.


39 :02x17 - Kirk Ties One On

First aired: Feb/27/1984
Writer: Barry Kemp, Sheldon Bull, Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Will Mackenzie

Kirk is excited for his upcoming wedding, but at the wedding, he faints dead away.


40 :02x18 - Go, Grandma, Go

First aired: Mar/05/1984
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: John Tracy

After the wedding, Kirk’s grandmother lends him her car for the honeymoon. But things go awry when Kirk is arrested for possessing a stolen vehicle.


41 :02x19 - Leave It to the Beavers

First aired: Mar/12/1984
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall, Barbara Hall, Miriam Trogdon
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Alan North (Bill Rivers)

Dick is stunned when George’s club, the Beaver's, blackball's his membership. Meanwhile, Kirk and Cindy have their first fight.


42 :02x20 - Vermont Today

First aired: Mar/19/1984
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall, Sheldon Bull, Barry Kemp
Director: John Tracy

Dick is given his own television program, Vermont Today. His first episode features him hosting the owner of the world’s smallest horse. Meanwhile, Stephanie meets the man of her dreams.


43 :02x21 - Send Her, Ella

First aired: Mar/26/1984
Writer: Barbara Hall, Miriam Trogdon
Director: John Tracy
Guest star: Billie Bird (Ella Hayes)

Stephanie is forced to watch the inn while everyone else is at the local Maple Syrup Beauty Contest. When she finds out there are prizes awarded she decides to enter the contest disguise as Miss Inez Velasco and heads to the contest, leaving the inn being watched by a little old lady.


44 :02x22 - New Faces of 1951

First aired: Apr/16/1984
Writer: Howard Friedlander, Ken Peragine
Director: John Tracy

After learning that George has never had a birthday party, Dick and Joanna decide to throw him one. But trouble arises when they have trouble finding party guests.


45 :03x01 - Tell a Lie, Get a Check

First aired: Oct/15/1984
Writer: Dan Wilcox
Director: John Tracy

Dick and Joanna return from their vacation only to find that Kirk and Cindy have moved away. Kirk asks Dick to sell the cafe, and Michael advises Dick to use some creative talking to get the less than perfect cafe sold.


46 :03x02 - Twenty Year Itch

First aired: Oct/22/1984
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Derek McGrath (Waiter)

20 years earlier Joanna and a former boyfriend set a date to meet in 20 years. Now that that day has arrived, Dick, who is overly jealous, decides to accompany the two on their date.


47 :03x03 - A Hunting We Will Go

First aired: Oct/29/1984
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Jim Drake

The boys all go out on the first day of hunting season in order to do some filming for a TV special. But when Michael forgets to tie the boat, they are all stranded, giving them ample time to discuss their regrets.


48 :03x04 - Miss Stephanie

First aired: Nov/05/1984
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Dick Martin

Larry interprets a comment Stephanie makes the wrong way, which makes him fall madly in love with her.


49 :03x05 - But Seriously, Beavers

First aired: Nov/12/1984
Writer: Gary Jacobs, Arnie Kogen
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn

Dick performs a series of jokes at the Beaver Lodge's roast for George. They're an instant hit with everyone at the lodge, except for George. Meanwhile, Stephanie contemplates getting into cosmetic sales.


50 :03x06 - Tickets, Please

First aired: Nov/19/1984
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: John Tracy

On the day of a Celtics game, Dick is arrested for a series of unpaid parking tickets. However, the tickets are really Stephanie's and she has trouble admitting that she's done something wrong.


51 :03x07 - Poor Reception

First aired: Nov/26/1984
Writer: E. J. Purdum
Director: Dick Martin

Michael is guilted into hiring Stephanie as a receptionist for WPIV, but doesn't have the guts to fire her. Meanwhile, Harley is hired as a maid.


52 :03x08 - The Fan

First aired: Dec/03/1984
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: John Tracy

Dick is pestered by an obsessive fan.


53 :03x09 - Happy Trails to You

First aired: Dec/10/1984
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Jim Drake

Dick is forced to go to court when a farmer claims that Dick plagiarized his work.


54 :03x10 - Georgie's Girl

First aired: Dec/31/1984
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Jim Drake

George begins to get anxious and panicky when his girlfriend hints at marriage. Meanwhile, Stephanie tries to pass the drivers' test at the DMV in order to get her license.


55 :03x11 - Pillow Fight

First aired: Jan/07/1985
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Peter Baldwin

Dick and Joanna square off when they work together on a book about pillows. Meanwhile, Larry and the boys stay at the inn when their house has to be fumigated.


56 :03x12 - Local Hero

First aired: Jan/14/1985
Writer: Ellen Guylas
Director: John Pasquin

George rescues two boys from drowning.


57 :03x13 - Dick Gets Larry's Goat

First aired: Feb/04/1985
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

The Loudons go head-to-head with Larry and the boys after Dick calls Animal Control about an annoying goat.


58 :03x14 - Once I Had a Secret Love

First aired: Feb/11/1985
Writer: Ellen Guylas
Director: John Pasquin

Dick and Joanna get into a fight before Joanna is set to guest appear on the Valentine's Day episode of his show.


59 :03x15 - Lady in Wading

First aired: Feb/18/1985
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: John Tracy

A television executive catches Stephanie's eye. Now she must decide between him or Michael.


60 :03x16 - Look Homeward, Stephanie

First aired: Feb/25/1985
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Liz Sheridan (Mrs. Spencer)

Stephanie returns home for a visit, but is convinced to stay after she's given a load of gifts. Seeing Stephanie spoiled side forced Michael to think about their relationship.


61 :03x17 - My Fair Larry

First aired: Mar/04/1985
Writer: Michael Kagan
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

Joanna takes on more than she can handle when she agrees to fix up the cafe.


62 :03x18 - You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You

First aired: Mar/11/1985
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: Richard Sakai

After Michael is fired from WPIV, Dick is hired to fill the position.


63 :03x19 - Out With the New, Inn With the Old

First aired: Mar/18/1985
Writer: Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble
Director: Dick Martin

George is upset when Dick and Harley try to renovate the garage. Meanwhile, Joanna puts together a large yard sale.


64 :03x20 - R.I.P. Off

First aired: Apr/08/1985
Writer: Russ Woody
Director: Peter Baldwin

Harley is sent to jail when he's scammed into selling swamp grave plots.


65 :03x21 - The Prodigal Darryl

First aired: May/06/1985
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Dick Martin

Darryl runs off when he and the brothers win $30,000 and Dick, Larry and the brothers set out to find him.


66 :03x22 - What Makes Dick Run

First aired: May/28/1985
Writer: Arnie Kogen, Gary Jacobs
Director: Dick Martin

Dick and the crew head to the VITA awards.


67 :04x01 - Pirate Pete

First aired: Sep/30/1985
Writer: Gary Belkin
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Gail Landry (Nurse), David Wayne (Pirate Pete)

While filling in for 'Pirate Pete,' the host of a local kiddie TV show, Dick becomes outraged over the commercialism the show pushes and 'Pirate Pete' is fired. Now, to get him reinstated Dick must join him on the show and point out the mistakes he is making. Meanwhile, George plays a practical joke on Stephanie which makes her believe she is gaining weight.


68 :04x02 - The Way We Ought to Be

First aired: Oct/07/1985
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: James Staley (Patrick)

Michael tires of being pushed around by Stephanie and breaks up with her. Also, Dick is upset over the way his show is being produced by his staff.


69 :04x03 - Summa Cum Larry

First aired: Oct/21/1985
Writer: Arnie Kogen, Gary Jacobs
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Sandy Helberg (Teacher), Richard Seff (Unknown)

Dick helps Larry when he decides to go back to school to get his diploma. This includes keeping Larry's secret from his brothers. Also, Joanna is incensed when a directory for the Inn's of Vermont has lowered their rating, and becomes obsessed with getting that point back, even if it kills George and Stephanie.


70 :04x04 - Oh, That Morocco

First aired: Oct/28/1985
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Dean Santoro (Unknown), Tom Kindle (Reese), Will Jeffries (Unknown), Radha Delamarter (Unknown), John Walter Davis (Unknown), Rebeca Arthur (Unknown)

Joanna feels lonely since all her friends are back in New York, so Dick suggests she should hang out with Stephanie. They become the best of friends and decide they should all go on a vacation together...to Morocco, against Dick's better judgment.


71 :04x05 - Candidate Larry

First aired: Nov/04/1985
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Earl Boen (Mayor Dodge), Thomas Hill (Jim Dixon), William Lanteau (Chester Wanamaker), Sam Anderson (Larry Supporter), Blake Clark (Unknown)

Larry decides he will run for mayor of the town, and asks Dick to help his campaign.


72 :04x06 - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead

First aired: Nov/11/1985
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen)

The town is celebrating Ye Olde Colonial Days, in which shop owners and caretakers must dress in traditional clothing or face an arrest. Meanwhile, Stephanie's father arrives at the inn announcing that he has left his wife.


73 :04x07 - The Geezers in the Band

First aired: Nov/25/1985
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: David Mirkin
Guest star: Raleigh Bond (Hog), Sorrell Booke (Sheik), Kevin Scannell (Unkown)

Dick has a reuniting with his old college jazz band, the Jazztones, but soon realizes that the guys from his youth have really grown old. Dick insists that the do something wild and crazy like they used to in hopes of catching that old youthful magic that they once had.


74 :04x08 - The Shape of Things

First aired: Dec/02/1985
Writer: John Steven Owen
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Dinah Lenney (Unknown), Laura Waterbury (Unknown)

Trouble brews when Stephanie and Joanna decide to open their own fitness club, but Steph becomes the pushy manager and gives Joanna the job of cleaning up the shop. Meanwhile, Dick is enjoying the new doughnut shop which has opened in town.


75 :04x09 - Write to Privacy

First aired: Dec/16/1985
Writer: Susan Beavers
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Nat Bernstein (Mr. Kellman)

While alone at Michael's apartment, Stephanie takes a glimpse at his diary, leaving she and Joanna upset over his comments about them.


76 :04x10 - Still the Beavers

First aired: Dec/23/1985
Writer: Katherine Green
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Robert Pastorelli (Biker), Bill McIntyre (Unknown), James T. Callahan (Unknown), Parley Baer (Buck)

George begins his own lodge after taking Dick's advice and quitting the Beaver lodge when he is cheated out of a prize in which he rightfully won.


77 :04x11 - Much Ado About Mitch

First aired: Jan/06/1986
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Scott Curtis (Mitch Stevens), Greg Otto (Unknown)

George joins the Big Brother program and is given a boy named Mitch to be big brother to. but when Mitch is more enthused with Dick's work than he is with George, he feels like a failure. Also, Michael and Stephanie ask questions to a Quija board.


78 :04x12 - Look Ma, No Talent

First aired: Jan/13/1986
Writer: Dan Wilcox
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Stu Charno (Ernie), Barry Dennen (Winston Bedell), Ruth Manning (Lily Casiano)

Michael has made a success of himself to all around him but has never been able to impress his mother. To correct this, he tries to find a hidden talent that she can be proud of.


79 :04x13 - Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry

First aired: Jan/20/1986
Writer: Lissa Levin
Director: John Pasquin
Guest star: Barry Vigon (Inn Guest), Ralph Bruneau (Inn Guest), Patricia Estrin (Inn Guest)

While fixing up the diner, Larry receives an electrical shock and is brought back to life by Dick. Now Larry believes he has something to do for Dick and will not leave him alone until it's completed.


80 :04x14 - Stephanie Nightingale

First aired: Jan/27/1986
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Peter Hobbs (Doc Wylie)

A case of the measles has the staff at the inn stuck in bed, all that is except George and Stephanie. But soon George comes down with the same symptoms and Steph is left to manage the Stratford by herself.


81 :04x15 - The Stratford Horror Picture Show

First aired: Feb/03/1986
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: John Pasquin
Guest star: William Bassett (Unknown), Bruce French (Ned Tate), Annie Gagen (Unknown), Marilyn Schreffler (Unknown)

A ghost seems to be haunting the Stratford Inn, and it appears to be the spirit of Sarah Newton, the body who lies buried in the inn's basement. But Dick isn't convinced, simply because he doesn't believe in ghosts. But it is Stephanie who comes to the rescue after growing tired of all this "spooky stuff."


82 :04x16 - I Do, Okay

First aired: Feb/10/1986
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Michael Flanagan (Reverend)

Dick is less than enthusiastic that Joanna wants to renew their wedding vows for their upcoming anniversary.


83 :04x17 - The Snowmen Cometh

First aired: Feb/17/1986
Writer: Arnie Kogen, Gary Jacobs
Director: John Pasquin
Guest star: Thomas Hill (Jim Dixon), William Lanteau (Chester Wanamaker), Todd Susman (Officer Shifflett), Bill McIntyre (Panicked Townsperson)

Larry, Darryl and Darryl come to the rescue when the town is set into a panic because of a heat wave as the annual Snow Carnival approaches. The guys say they can produce snow on any given day, but demand a paycheck of $2,000 first.


84 :04x18 - Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up?

First aired: Feb/24/1986
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Philip Charles MacKenzie (Jerry Nurco), Alan Autry (Ed McKendrick), Carolyn Mignini (Mrs. Parkman)

When is being Dick Loudon a bad thing? When a video company expresses an interest in bringing one of his books, "You Can Be A Plumber" to video. But the director insists that Dick be replaced because he has shifty eyes and a stammer in his speech pattern.


85 :04x19 - He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin

First aired: Mar/03/1986
Writer: Barton Dean
Director: John Pasquin
Guest star: Derek McGrath (Cousin Eugene Wiley)

George is happy to learn he has a living relative, Cousin Eugene, and he's coming for a visit. But once meeting him, George decides he is a real boob.


86 :04x20 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter

First aired: Mar/10/1986
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Ebbe Roe Smith (Unknown), Ken Lerner (Mr. Van Cleve), Larry Hankin (Wild Mel), Keith Charles (Unknown), Adam Carl (Brian Van Cleve), Bernadette Birkett (Mrs. Van Cleve)

Dick sends in his newest book to his publisher under the pseudonym he used when he first started writing. But when he is rejected, Dick is crushed believing he has been getting approved by his reputation and not due to his writing credibility.


87 :04x21 - Torn Between Three Brothers

First aired: Mar/17/1986
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: Dolores Ferraro
Guest star: Tom Tarpey (Edward), Wortham Krimmer (Customer), Teresa Ganzel (Kathy Newman), Todd Susman (Officer Shifflet)

The brother Larry, Darryl and Darryl break up when a jilted fiance picks Larry as her new boyfriend over the Darryl's. Elsewhere, George organizes a town-wise objection to Michael's decision to remove Barnaby Jones from the TV schedule for a new hip series called The Secret Lives of Platinum Gold Dancers.


88 :04x22 - Baby, I'm Your Handyman

First aired: Apr/07/1986
Writer: Phoef Sutton
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Marlyn Mason (Loretta Dupris), Fred Applegate (J.J.)

George's new girlfriend seems mainly interested in his handyman skills. Elsewhere, J.J. is thinking of purchasing a lovely Victorian house with the intention of destroying it to erect a modern looking space needle on the property.


89 :04x23 - Replaceable You

First aired: Apr/14/1986
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: J. D. Lobue
Guest star: Helen Page Camp (Alma), Gerald Hiken (Dimitri Alexandoff)

Dick is shocked when he asks his secretary, Alma to produce his show while Michael is away and does a remarkable job in his absence.


90 :04x24 - Pre-Nups

First aired: May/12/1986
Writer: Gary Jacobs, Arnie Kogen
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen), Priscilla Morrill (Marian Vanderkellen), David Sage (Mr. Carstairs), Kathryn Fuller (Unknown)

While at the Vanderkellen's for the weekend, Michael is asked to sign a pre-nup before he and Stephanie think of getting married. After refusing, Steph fears that Michael may only be dating her for the family fortune after all. Meanwhile, Dick fears he will be charged after breaking a favorite music box of the Vanderkellen's.


91 :05x01 - Co-Hostess Twinkie

First aired: Sep/29/1986
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: Dolores Ferraro
Guest star: Robert Moberly (Unknown), Michael Lemon (Unknown), Frances Conroy (Liz Sable), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Unknown), Susan Cash (Unknown), Julie Brown (Buffy Denver)

Dick is upset when Michael chooses a dippy, airhead of a weather girl as Dick's co-host for his series On The Town. Elsewhere, Larry, Darryl and Darryl honor Stephanie by naming their hog after her.


92 :05x02 - Camp Stephanie

First aired: Oct/06/1986
Writer: Don Hart
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Florence Schauffler (Unknown), Anne Marie McEvoy (Unknown), Sarah Jo Martin (Unknown), Amy Green (Unknown), Lindsay Price (Unknown)

When the troop leader is called away, Stephanie takes over as leader of the local 'Ranger Girls' troop. But when she finds out that they are scheduled for a camp-out, Steph is not quite as enthused. Instead of teaching the girls how to survive in the wilderness, Stephanie shows them how to put on makeup. Dick and Joanna's compliment about George's carving of Mount Rushmore fills his heart with joy, but it's the Loudon's who are stuck with the piece.


93 :05x03 - Dick the Kid

First aired: Oct/13/1986
Writer: Arnie Kogen
Director: Barton Dean
Guest star: Kurtwood Smith (Chet), Kevin Scannell (Unknown), Tuck Milligan (Unknown), Blake Clark (Unknown), Terry L. Beaver (Unknown)

Dick heads to a dude ranch to become a cowboy, but finds the experience is not all as he had hoped for when the place is filled with corporate, weekend cowboys.


94 :05x04 - High Fidelity

First aired: Oct/20/1986
Writer: Tom Seeley, Norm Gunzenhauser
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Robert S. Woods (Hal Foster)

Joanna's paling around with a new friend, Hal, has the townsfolk giving Dick pity for his loss.


95 :05x05 - Desperately Desiring Susan (1)

First aired: Oct/27/1986
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Jean Bruce Scott (Susan Polger)

When a new, sexy temporary secretary comes to work for Michael, he finds himself attracted to her.


96 :05x06 - Desperately Desiring Susan (2)

First aired: Nov/03/1986
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Michelle Casey (Mrs. Whorley), Ralph Manza (Bud), Willie Garson (Mr. Whorley), Linda Carlson (Bev Dutton), Fred Applegate (J.J. Wall), Jean Bruce Scott (Susan Polger), Thomas Byrd (Robert Cameron)

Michael is seriously thinking of having an affair with his temporary secretary, Susan.


97 :05x07 - My Two and Only

First aired: Nov/17/1986
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Sam Whipple (Sam)

When the Darryl's make a new friend, Larry becomes jealous over his brother's lack of attention.


98 :05x08 - Thanksgiving for the Memories

First aired: Nov/24/1986
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: J. D. Lobue
Guest star: Greg Norberg (Electrician), Priscilla Morrill (Marian 'Mary' Vanderkellen), José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen)

A Thanksgiving celebration at the Vanderkellen's is short lived when Stephanie discovers her favorite toy from her childhood has been given away to charity.


99 :05x09 - Utley, Can You Spend a Dime

First aired: Dec/01/1986
Writer: David Tyron King
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Don Woodard (Unknown), Byron Webster (Unknown), Joseph Malone (Unknown), Curt Lowens (Unknown), Fred Applegate (J.J. Wall), Josh Clark (Unknown), Don Diamond (Unknown)

When Dick finds out that George has stashed away $50,000 over the years, he makes the suggestion that he should spend some of it on something he really wants. But it is not a simple task after having saved for so long. Meanwhile, the townfolks believe Dick is in need of money after he bounces a check at the bank.


100 :05x10 - Sweet and Sour Charity

First aired: Dec/08/1986
Writer: David Tyron King
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Robert Schenkkan (Unknown), Hal Landon, Jr. (Unknown), Roy Brocksmith (Unknown)

Dick becomes jealous after his idea is shot down as a means of raising funds for the library and Joanna is praised for her's.


101 :05x11 - Everybody Ought to Have a Maid

First aired: Dec/15/1986
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Millicent Martin (Sylvia), William Griffis (Doctor)

Stephanie worries about losing the job she hates when she breaks her toe and is replaced by a "super" maid.


102 :05x12 - Saturday in New York with George

First aired: Dec/22/1986
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Harold Surratt (Unknown), Clive Revill (Ben Williams), Robert Harper (Unknown), Margaret Gibson (Unknown), Bill Quinn (Unknown)

George comes to New York with Dick for a publishing party with a group of writers, and is afraid that George will not fit in with his crowd.


103 :05x13 - Love Letters in the Mud

First aired: Jan/05/1987
Director: J. D. Lobue
Guest star: Valerie Mahaffey (Jolene), Carol Vogel (Woman in Flower Hat)

Larry ask Michael to be his Cyrano de Bergerac as he tries to woo the affections of a waitress in a diner. Also, Joanna believes Dick's bad intentions in her dreams are real.


104 :05x14 - First of the Belles

First aired: Jan/12/1987
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Shelley Fabares (Diane Beckwith), Edan Gross (Little Boy)

Joanna is worried when Dick's college girlfriend comes to Vermont for a visit.


105 :05x15 - It's My Party and I'll Die if I Want To

First aired: Jan/19/1987
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Dan Ziskie (Unknown), Lyle Talbot (Cousin Ned), Priscilla Morrill (Marian 'Mary' Vanderkellen), José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen), George Pentecost (Unknown)

The Vanderkellen's invited the Loudon's for a celebration for their cousin Ned's 100th birthday. But the party becomes a wake when Ned passes away during the festivities.


106 :05x16 - Chimes They Are a Changin'

First aired: Jan/26/1987
Writer: Tom Seeley, Norm Gunzenhauser
Director: J. D. Lobue
Guest star: Thomas Hill (Jim Dixon), William Lanteau (Chester Wanamaker), Fred Applegate (J.J. Wall), Michael McManus (Cal Lentley), Todd Susman (Officer Shifflett)

George wants to fix the town's bell tower that his family built, but the town council votes to give the job to another contractor. George becomes determined to fix the tower before the wind storm comes in and makes it collapse. Meanwhile, Stephanie insists that Michael get over his fear of wind, and rents him The Wizard Of Oz to help him out.


107 :05x17 - Unfriendly Persuasion

First aired: Feb/02/1987
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: David Steinberg

Joanna suffers a fear of going to the optometrist and Dick is trying to cure her affliction. Elsewhere, George feels like he can no longer be Stephanie's friend after she blows him off for a day of shopping.


108 :05x18 - Jail, Jail, the Gang's All Here

First aired: Feb/09/1987
Writer: Arnie Kogen
Director: J. D. Lobue
Guest star: Robert Benedetti (Unknown), Ritch Brinkley (Farmer Bagley), Pa Neumüller (Unknown), Will Nye (Unknown), John J. York (Unknown)

A neighbor takes Larry, Darryl and Darryl to court for cow-napping, and ask that Dick represent them at their proceedings.


109 :05x19 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Loudon

First aired: Feb/16/1987
Writer: Merrill Markoe
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Nick Toth (Customer), Beau Starr (Unbelievable Jerry), Edwin Newman (Himself), Simon Jones (Dr. Miles Rangel), Gisela Caldwell (Unknown)

A sharp comment to a guest on Dick's show has then viewers wanting to come on his show, just to be called a name by him.


110 :05x20 - Fun with Dick and Joanna

First aired: Feb/23/1987
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore, Linda Campanelli
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Phil Rubenstein (Phil, Motel Owner), Jan Pessano (Unknown), John Hamill (Unknown), Gregory Jbara (Edward)

Joanna believes they are no longer spontaneous as they were in their youth. To prove her wrong, Dick packs their bags and head out on the road only to wind up stranded at a fleabag hotel.


111 :05x21 - Night Moves

First aired: Mar/09/1987
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: David Mirkin
Guest star: Robin Pearson Rose (Customer), Charles Stransky (Customer)

An argument finds Dick looking for a place to sleep after Joanna throws him out of their bedroom.


112 :05x22 - Harris Ankles PIV for Web Post

First aired: Mar/16/1987
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Douglas Wyman
Guest star: William Lanteau (Chester Wanamaker), Thomas Hill (Jim Dixon), Jeff Doucette (Harley Estin), Fred Applegate (J.J. Wall), Michael Fairman (Unknown)

Michael heads to New York to get a producer's job for one of the big networks. Meanwhile, George finds a huge rock which with a resemblance to a duck and wants to name it "Duck Rock.'


113 :05x23 - Good-Bye and Good Riddance, Mr. Chips

First aired: Apr/06/1987
Writer: Arnie Kogen
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Robert Beuth (Unknown), Charlotte Blunt (Unknown), Stephen Hibbert (Unknown), Jay Kogen (Unknown), William Windom (Lew Brooney)

Dick wants to improve his typing skills and takes a night course. But he is dismayed when he discovers the teacher is "Loony Bruney" which he had back in sixth grade.


114 :05x24 - Much to Do Without Muffin

First aired: Apr/13/1987
Writer: David Tyron King
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Parley Baer (Buck), Jeff Doucette (Harley Estin), Russell Johnson (Unknown), Christopher Stone (Unknown)

While Stephanie is away for the weekend, Michael finds himself so lonely that he joins George at a Beaver lodge function, which is holding a contest for the biggest spaghetti stain during dinner.


115 :06x01 - Here's to You Mrs. Loudon

First aired: Sep/14/1987
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Robert MacNaughton (Andy)

Joanna has an admirer who is hounding her all day long. The trouble is, he is only 16 years old and Joanna doesn't know how to get him to stop without breaking his heart. Meanwhile, George wants someone to give him a nickname.


116 :06x02 - Prima Darryl

First aired: Sep/21/1987
Writer: Arnie Kogen
Director: Dick Martin

A fantastic discovery is made when Larry, Darryl and Darryl find their birth certificates...Larry is not the oldest, and therefore Darryl becomes the new leader.


117 :06x03 - Inn This Corner

First aired: Sep/28/1987
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Jerry Winsett (Unknown), Allen Williams (Gary Myers), Dierk Torsek (Unknown), Susan Krebs (Unknown), Michael Cutt (Unknown), Julie Cobb (Leah Myers)

A fun couple stay at the Stratford Inn and become friends with Dick and Joanna, that is until they reveal that they want to open a new inn near the Loudon's.


118 :06x04 - Me and My Gayle

First aired: Oct/05/1987
Director: Barton Dean
Guest star: Priscilla Pointer (Unknown), Betsy Palmer (Gayle), Michael Griswold (Unknown), Channing Chase (Unknown), David Carlile (Unknown), Ken Sansom (Unknown)

George and his old girlfriend from high school are set for a reuniting. But when George tries to rekindle that old magic, he discovers that it is not an easy thing to do.


119 :06x05 - Reading, Writing, and Rating Points

First aired: Oct/12/1987
Writer: David Tyron King
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Keith Amos (Nicholas Prescott), Kellie Overbey Shane (Unknown)

Michael is teaching an evening class for TV production and ends up stealing an idea for a new series from one of his students.


120 :06x06 - Vintage Stephanie

First aired: Oct/19/1987
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Douglas Wyman

Stephanie becomes severely depressed when she discovers she is no longer a young, blossoming woman. It's Larry, Darryl and Darryl who come to her rescue to break her out of her funk.


121 :06x07 - Take Me to Your Loudon

First aired: Oct/26/1987
Writer: David Tyron King
Director: Zane Buzby
Guest star: Bill McIntyre (Unknown), Kate McGregor-Stewart (Unknown), Thomas Hill (Jim Dixon), Tom McCleister (Unknown), William Lanteau (Chester Wanamaker), Michael Griswold (Lady probed by Aliens), Boyd Bodwell (Unknown), Todd Susman (Officer Shifflett), Jeff Doucette (Harley Estin)

Michael set's up his own Orson Welles War of the Worlds panic when he shows the film on Halloween. The party goers become frightened when it seems like a real martian attack is underway, complete with glowing livestock and loud engine noise near the airport.


122 :06x08 - Till Depth Do Us Part (1)

First aired: Nov/09/1987
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Melanie Chartoff (Dr. Kaiser), José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen), Priscilla Morrill (Marian 'Mary' Vanderkellen)

Stephanie and Michael realize that their relationship has grown stale. A trip to a marriage counselor under assumed names leaves them even more in doubt when the counselor suggests that they break up and never see each other ever again.


123 :06x09 - Till Depth Do Us Part (2)

First aired: Nov/16/1987
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Priscilla Morrill (Marian 'Mary' Vanderkellen), José Ferrer (Arthur Vanderkellen)

Michael and Stephanie believe they can ignore the future by planning for their wedding for years to come.


124 :06x10 - Telethon Man

First aired: Nov/23/1987
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: David Mirkin
Guest star: Jim Jansen (Unknown)

When it's announced that WPIV is in financial trouble, Dick is asked to host a telethon, unaware that it is for 48 hours.


125 :06x11 - Laugh at My Wife Please

First aired: Dec/07/1987
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Lewis Dauber (Unknown), Alan David Gelman (Unknown), Gracia Lee (Unknown), Peter Van Norden (Unknown)

Joanna is chosen over Dick to give speeches for the historical society's tours. Also, George volunteers to watch over the Darryl's while Larry is away for a few days.


126 :06x12 - Support Your Local Shifflet

First aired: Dec/14/1987
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Patricia Wilson (Unknown), Ed Morgan (Unknown), Todd Susman (Officer Shifflett), John Hostetter (Unknown), Casey Ellison (Unknown), Marilyn Allen (Unknown)

When Dick asks for a stoplight at a dangerous intersection at the town council meeting, the town no longer has enough money to afford Officer Shifflet's raise he has demanded. Officer Shifflet then begins working at the inn as a security guard and oversteps his job description.


127 :06x13 - My Three Dads

First aired: Jan/04/1988
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Jim Buck
Guest star: Kevin Wixted (Ted), Marcy MacDonald (Woman), Nancy Lenehan (Kristi Gastetter), Juliet Hudson (Liz), Robert Dodds (Man)

Larry, Darryl and Darryl become the father's of a soon-to-be 18 year old when they decide to adopt a child.


128 :06x14 - A Friendship That Will Last a Lunchtime

First aired: Jan/11/1988
Director: David Mirkin
Guest star: Julie Brown (Buffy Denver)

Buffy Denver, former co-host of Dick's TV show meets Stephanie and become friends.


129 :06x15 - Presence of Malice

First aired: Jan/18/1988
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Roderick Cook (Curtis Bilgray)

Dick's show receives criticism from Curtis Bilgray, a TV critic which causes a showdown after he puts down Vermont Today. Larry, Darryl and Darryl open a shrine at the cafe when they discover they have made a pancake which has a likeness of Paul Anka.


130 :06x16 - Would You Buy a Used Car From This Handyman?

First aired: Feb/01/1988
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Dorothy Patterson (Older Woman), Kurt Fuller (Bill Dryden)

George decides life is passing him by and has yet to do anything except be a handyman. So he leaves the Stratford to become a used car salesman, a job he has always dreamed of.


131 :06x17 - The Buck Stops Here

First aired: Feb/08/1988
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Bill Maher (Norm Murphy), Jim Doughan (Group Leader)

A rash of good luck has arrived in town after George announces he has seen the mythical Great White Buck in the woods. But leave it to Dick to ruin it when he hits the buck with his car.


132 :06x18 - Attention WPIV Shoppers

First aired: Feb/15/1988
Writer: Merrill Markoe
Director: David Steinberg

Michael cons Dick into hosting a shop at home show on WPIV, with Stephanie as his co-host. But he becomes obsessed in making the show a success after he is out sold by Stephanie.


133 :06x19 - The Big Uneasy

First aired: Feb/22/1988
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Rick Scarry (Husband), Mindy Rickles (Lady), Scott Lawrence (Bellhop), Carol Huston (Erica Sloane), Richard Fancy (Man)

Michael and Dick go to New Orleans to try and sell Vermont Today to other market places around the country. Michael finds that he can get a major buyer if he agrees to sleep with the representative.


134 :06x20 - Draw Partner

First aired: Mar/07/1988
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: John Achorn (The Almost 5,000th Guest), Eileen Brennan (Corinne Denby)

Dick gets a surprise when his idol Corrine Denby is named as the illustrator for his newest book, but then finds that the two of them cannot work in the same room together without getting on each others nerves. Meanwhile, George and Joanna are awaiting the arrival of the Stratford's 5,000th guest.


135 :06x21 - A Midseason's Night Dream

First aired: Mar/14/1988
Writer: David Mirkin
Director: David Mirkin
Guest star: Fred Travalena (Himself), Emma Samms (Herself), Tommy Newsom (Himself), Chad Doreck (Michael Harris Jr.), Dan Gilvezan (Bill)

This episode shows 4 of the characters as they dream at night. Dick dreams that all his troubles have been taken care of; Stephanie dreams that Joanna is the wicked witch and she is Cinderella; Michael is running all the major networks himself; and Larry becomes the guest host of the Tonight Show, with special guest Joan Emery.


136 :06x22 - Newsstruck

First aired: Mar/21/1988
Writer: Douglas Wyman
Director: Douglas Wyman
Guest star: Dakin Matthews (Jim)

Michael is named producer of the local news and the experience changes his personality. Meanwhile, George is frustrated that spring training is about to begin and he knows the Boston Red Sox will disappoint him once again. This year he decides to pick a new team to root for.


137 :06x23 - The Gleeless Club

First aired: May/02/1988
Writer: Miriam Trogdon
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Tom Nibley (Man), Ann Nelson (Hazel Ferneyhough), Marsha Kramer (Suzy), Tim Haldeman (Huck), Maggie Gwinn (Woman)

Joanna convinces Dick to try out for the church glee club. But when he makes the group and she is rejected, Joanna becomes upset that Dick will not quit as a show of support towards her.


138 :06x24 - Courtin' Disaster

First aired: May/09/1988
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Jason Alexander (Jim Ramming)

George is threatened by a jealous ex-boyfriend of the blind date in which Joanna has fixed him up with.


139 :07x01 - Town Without Pity

First aired: Oct/24/1988
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Ken Jenkins (Al Griswold), Rebecca Schull (Valerie)

When a prisoner escapes from jail by using one of Dick's how-to books, he becomes the joke of the town.


140 :07x02 - Apples, Apples, Apples

First aired: Oct/31/1988
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Paula Ayotte (Applette), Christina Galesi (Applette), Susan Hart (Applette), Jill Schulz (Applette)

George is replaced by Michael as director of Ye Olde Apples Day and turns it into a Broadway-style production. An irked George decides to hold his own apple festival at the Stratford Inn. Meanwhile, Larry, Darryl and Darryl go on a walk-a-thon in order to save the swamps and con Dick into contributing.


141 :07x03 - This Blood's For You

First aired: Nov/14/1988
Writer: Mark Solomon, Mark Egan
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Diana Bellamy (Nurse)

Stephanie inadvertently hurts Darryl's feelings when she is repulsed by the thought of having his blood inside her after she is in need of an operation.


142 :07x04 - I Married Dick

First aired: Nov/21/1988
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Melanie Chartoff (Dr. Kaiser), Lela Ivey (Tish Holliday), Jack Kehler (Tommy Lee Holliday), Jack Riley (Patient), Jesse Welles (Rhonda)

Joanna believes her marriage to Dick has staled and coax him into going to a marriage counselor. Elsewhere, Stephanie is worried that their kids will have huge ears after noticing the size of Michael's ears.


143 :07x05 - Goonstruck

First aired: Dec/12/1988
Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Jeff Yagher (Stoney), Lisa Mende (Lois), Don Amendolia (Art)

Stephanie is attracted to the young handsome stonemason in which Dick has hired to repair the fireplace.


144 :07x06 - I Came, I Saw, I Sat

First aired: Dec/19/1988
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Dirk Blocker (Little Duke Mulberry), Bob Elliott (Bill Loudon), Hugh Gillin (Duke Mulberry)

Dick is concerned when his father comes to the inn for a visit and is content with sitting and watching TV all day long.


145 :07x07 - Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women

First aired: Jan/09/1989
Writer: Bob Bendetson
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Tim Choate (Dave)

Dick is named foreman in a court case which should be easily determined, but becomes irked when they other jurors can't make up their minds and are quickly swayed.


146 :07x08 - Home for the Hollidays

First aired: Jan/16/1989
Writer: Ellen Guylas
Director: Stephen C Grossman
Guest star: Andrea Stein (Inn Guest), Dorothy Patterson (Mrs. Kimmel), Jack Kehler (Tommy Lee Holliday), Lela Ivey (Tish Holliday)

Joanna becomes a real estate agent and finds that the job is not as easy as she believed when her first sale is hit with a snag and the family is forced to stay at the Stratford.


147 :07x09 - Shoe Business Is My Life

First aired: Jan/23/1989
Writer: Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Cynthia Stevenson (Nancy), Jean Sincere (Rita), Robert Rockwell (Jack Gorsky), David Pressman (Store Manager), Bibi Osterwald (Dotty), Lou Hancock (Woman), Scott Menville (Timmy)

After being fired at WPIV, Michael goes hunting for a new job and finds he can only get work as a show salesman.


148 :07x10 - George and the Old Maid

First aired: Feb/06/1989
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Inga Swenson (Madelaine Stone)

Madelyn Stone, the former maid at the Stratford Inn returns after 25 years to give George an answer to his marriage proposal. Meanwhile, Stephanie finds herself competing to be as good as Madelyn is as a maid.


149 :07x11 - Hi, Society

First aired: Feb/13/1989
Writer: David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
Guest star: Louise Troy (Lucinda Welles), Douglas Roberts (Kip Dupont), Alex Hyde-White (Scooter Drake), Merv Griffin (Himself), William Glover (Binky Croft Tipton), Frances Fisher (Libby), Bonnie Burroughs (Anastasia Dupont), Leslie Jordan (L. Gardner)

Dick becomes a hit at a swanky society party in which he attends with Stephanie when Michael is unable to attend. after she tells everyone that Dick owns a hotel chain.


150 :07x12 - Cupcake on My Back

First aired: Feb/20/1989
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Marty Schiff (Customer), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), I. M. Hobson (Hubert), Jo de Winter (Mrs. Wallingford), William Denis (Henri), Ward Costello (Mr. Wallingford), Melanie Chartoff (Dr. Mary Kizer)

It's annual Cupcake Day, a day which is created for Stephanie and is given lavish gifts. With Michael making minimum wage, he finds that he has overspent on his credit card this year.


151 :07x13 - Another Saturday Night

First aired: Feb/27/1989
Writer: Howard Bendetson, Bob Bendetson
Director: Arlene Sanford
Guest star: Raye Birk (Dean Dackman), Claudette Sutherland (Professor Stewart)

Michael and Joanna have been cordially invited for an evening at Larry, Darryl and Darryl's house, a thought which repulses the both of them. Meanwhile, Dick feels honored when he is asked to give a speech during the commencement ceremony at a exclusive school.


152 :07x14 - The Nice Man Cometh

First aired: Mar/13/1989
Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Robert Rockwell (Jack Gorski), Don Rickles (Don Prince), Ed McMahon (Frank Tuttle)

Dick is asked by the acerbic Don Prince, to be a sidekick on his new talk show, and soon finds he is there to be the fall guy for his bad humor.


153 :07x15 - One and a Half Million Dollar Man

First aired: Mar/20/1989
Writer: Howard Bendetson, Bob Bendetson
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Alex Hyde-White (Scooter Drake)

Scooter Drake, a wealthy socialite is in town and looking to buy an inn of his own. Meanwhile, Michael is worried he will lose Stephanie to the new rich guy in town just as he begins his new career as a street mime.


154 :07x16 - The Little Match Girl

First aired: Mar/27/1989
Writer: Tom Anderson, Dan O'Shannon
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Eileen Brennan (Corinne Denby), Nick Edenetti (Frank), Robert Picardo (Terry), Ami Rothschild (Nurse)

Dick pays Michael a visit while he "vacations" at a sanitarium and runs into illustrator Corrine Denby, and accidentally invites her to work with him once again on a book, unaware that she was in for being an arsonist.


155 :07x17 - Buy, Buy Blues

First aired: Apr/10/1989
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Geoffrey Nauffts (Charley), Jessie Jones (Jane), Drew Hollywood (Drew), Nick Edenetti (Frank), Melanie Chartoff (Dr. Mary Kizer)

Stephanie uses Michael's stay at the sanitarium as a reason to go shopping. Meanwhile, Dr. Kaiser discovers she has fallen in love with her patient, Michael.


156 :07x18 - Message from Michael

First aired: Apr/24/1989
Writer: Shelley Zellman
Director: Jim Buck
Guest star: Kathleen Swan (Sylvia)

Michael becomes a zen guru after appearing on and uttering a few words on Vermont Today to make everyone feel alright no matter what their situation is "Let it go."


157 :07x19 - Homes and Jo-Jo

First aired: May/01/1989
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Philip Sterling (Mr. Gray), David Shaughnessy (Charles), Molly Regan (Mrs. Collins), Robert Curtis Brown (Justin Witter)

Joanna gets a TV show of her own in which she presents homes for sale, and the series will be the lead in to Vermont Today. But Dick may ruin her career when he becomes jealous over Joanna's handsome co-host. Meanwhile, someone has given Darryl a manservant as a present.


158 :07x20 - Georgie & Bess

First aired: May/08/1989
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Ann Morgan Guilbert (Aunt Bess), Jason Marin (Georgie)

George receives a visit from his favorite aunt, Bess . But his fondest memories may become shattered when he discovers she is no longer the sweet old woman he grew up knowing. Elsewhere, Dick plays a long game of chess with Darryl.


159 :07x21 - Murder at the Stratley

First aired: May/15/1989
Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Alvy Moore (Delivery Man)

Dick's murder-mystery novel, Murder at the Stratley, turns him into a suspect with the townspeople when they believe something has happened to Joanna since she is nowhere to be found.


160 :07x22 - Malling in Love Again

First aired: May/22/1989
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: J. J. Wall (Floyd), Linda Sorenson (Florence), John Hammil (Todd), Steven Culp (Brett), Johnny Carson (Himself), Craig Bierko (Dirk), Jane Milmore (Jennifer)

Michael and Stephanie head to the mall to observe the couples there and see whether or not they are a perfect couple.


161 :08x01 - Don't Worry Be Pregnant

First aired: Sep/18/1989
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: J. J. Wall (Floyd D. Barber), Jennifer Joan Taylor (Ellie), Deborah Pollack (Karen), Kort Falkenberg (Mrs. Henderson), Arthur Brooks (Henry), Frances Bay (Mrs. Henderson)

Michael and Stephanie return home from a six month honeymoon with a surprise, they are going to have a baby. But they soon find that they are not at all prepared for parenthood.


162 :08x02 - Get Dick

First aired: Sep/25/1989
Director: Nell Scovell
Guest star: I. M. Hobson (Hubert)

A night at the Maison Hubert ends when the building is accidentally burned down by Dick's cigar. Hubert is given a place to recuperate at the Stratford Inn, unaware that Hubert is planning a revenge.


163 :08x03 - Poetry and Pastries

First aired: Oct/02/1989
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Edwina Moore (Pastry Club Member), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak)

Miss Goddard uses her feminine wiles on Dick when he is named judge for the annual Poetry and Pastry contest as a means of getting an edge. Elsewhere, Michael throws himself an all-male baby shower.


164 :08x04 - Utley Exposed

First aired: Oct/16/1989
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Robert Ridgely (Bruce Gordon), Ellen Albertini Dow (Dorothy Benson)

George become a surprise guest on Vermont Today's 'Hidden Shame' segment where he discloses a childish prank he played.


165 :08x05 - Ramblin' Michael Harris

First aired: Oct/23/1989
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Craig Bierko (Dirk), Phyllis Flax (Grandma Menkey), Jill Jacobson (Chantal), Ernie Lively (Terry Sadler), Debra Jo Rupp (Irene Sadler)

Michael becomes a lounge singer after quitting his job as a bag boy at Menkey's grocery.


166 :08x06 - Meet Michael Vanderkellen

First aired: Nov/13/1989
Director: Stephen C Grossman
Guest star: Priscilla Morrill (Marian 'Mary' Vanderkellen)

The Vanderkellen's make an offer in which Michael can't refuse, a mansion of their own, and all he must do is...change his name to Michael Vanderkellen.


167 :08x07 - Good Lord Loudon

First aired: Nov/20/1989
Director: Brad Isaacs
Guest star: David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), Tony Jay (Reginald Wooster), Ellen Albertini Dow (Dorothy Benson)

A visiting dignitary offers to make Dick a Lord after being unable to pay his bill. When the town hears of his title, the citizens see him in a new light.


168 :08x08 - Cupcake in a Cage

First aired: Dec/04/1989
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Marianne McAndrew (Eileen), Rose Portillo (Norma), Cristine Rose (Debbie), J. J. Wall (Floyd D. Barber), Chip Zien (Mr. Jenkins)

A case of prenatal rage finds Stephanie slapping the face of a store security guard, and landing in a jail cell.


169 :08x09 - Attack of the Killer Aunt

First aired: Dec/11/1989
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Nancy Walker (Aunt Louise), John McCook (Brad Pettibone)

Joanna's aunt comes for a visit to the Stratford and discloses her dislike for Dick, believing that she is too good for him.


170 :08x10 - I Like You, Butt...

First aired: Dec/18/1989
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Jan Cobler (Jan Cobler), Keene Curtis (Merritt White)

George has met the girl off her dreams, except that she has a gigantic butt. Also, Michael and Stephanie attend a session with a guru who names babies.


171 :08x11 - Jumpin' George

First aired: Jan/01/1990
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: John Walter Davis (Man), Peggy Fleming (Herself), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak)

A reoccurring nightmare has George wanting to never sleep again. Michael and Stephanie use modern technology called "womb phones" to help educate their child before he is born.


172 :08x12 - Lights! Camera! Contractions!

First aired: Jan/08/1990
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Freyda Thomas (Mrs. Pesko), Ken Kerman (Cameraman), Tina Johnson (Nurse), Jill Jacobson (Chantal), Lou Cutell (Dr. Grossman)

Michael wants their child's birth to be archived on film, but Stephanie will have part in that. We'll see since she has just gone into labor.


173 :08x13 - Beauty and the Pest

First aired: Jan/15/1990
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Tim Choate (Dave)

Joanna discovers she has a secret admire when she brings a strange neighbor house hunting, none which he approves of. But then when she makes a stop to his home, Joanna finds a shrine dedicated to her on the wall.


174 :08x14 - Good Neighbor Sam

First aired: Jan/29/1990
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), Bill Daily (Sam Leary)

Dick creates an uproar all over town when his good nature is mistaken as friendship for an overbearing new neighbor. Each of the people in town Dick meets was under the impression that they were his best friend.


175 :08x15 - Child in Charge

First aired: Feb/05/1990
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: George McGovern (Himself), Frank Hamilton (Roland Myers), David Byrd (Henry Tashman)

A dream finds Grandma Vanderkellen buying up WPIV as a gift for baby Stephanie. When Dick refuses to do as the child wishes, Vermont Today is canceled, and right in the middle of an interview with George McGovern.


176 :08x16 - Seein' Double

First aired: Feb/19/1990
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Don Knotts (Iron' (Uncredited)), Magda Harout (Smitty), Rick Murphy (Producer)

Michael designs a new TV series for WPIV which is called Seein' Double. The show has Stephanie starring as a pair of identical twins, with Dick playing her grouchy father.


177 :08x17 - Born to Be Mild

First aired: Feb/26/1990
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Henry Sutton (Wrench), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), James Greene (Beauty), John C. Cooke (Gobbler)

George asks Dick to join his old gang "'The Houligans", as they plan a reunion. But things get out of hand when Dick inadvertently gets the gang in a rumble with their rival gang, "The Ruffians."


178 :08x18 - Daddy's Little Girl

First aired: Mar/05/1990
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: John C. Cooke (Gobbler), James Greene (Beauty), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), Henry Sutton (Wrench)

Michael receives a lesson in parenting after he once again has returned from the mall following a shopping spree for baby Stephanie. But it's a dream one night that makes Michael see the error of his ways when he pictures his child as a teen.


179 :08x19 - Georgie and Grace

First aired: Mar/19/1990
Director: Peter Scolari
Guest star: George Petrie (Father Jasper), James Hampton (Father Ken), Tom Virtue (Father John)

Miss Goddard uses her feminine wiles on George, after he decides to return with the visiting priests to become one himself.


180 :08x20 - Handymania

First aired: Apr/09/1990
Director: Jim Buck
Guest star: Marcus Smythe (Charles Stupak), Abi Cohen (Lydia Stupak), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), Kenneth Tigar (Mom)

George invents a new board game, called Handymania.


181 :08x21 - Dick and Tim

First aired: Apr/30/1990
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Drew Pillsbury (Ted), Audrie J. Neenan (Waitress), John Hammil (Fan), Tim Conway (Himself)

Dick meets Tim Conway and is asked to join his group for a weekly poker game, unaware just how cheap Tim really is.


182 :08x22 - Father Goose

First aired: May/07/1990
Director: Stephen C Grossman
Guest star: Henry Gibson (Tad Burrows / Ted Harris), George Innes (Regis Drayman), Mark Sawyer (Steve Tyner)

Michael casts his favorite dinner theater actor as Giddy, in a new lead in series for Vermont Today, the Giddy Goose Show, unaware that Giddy is really his father.


183 :08x23 - My Husband, My Peasant

First aired: May/14/1990
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Bunny Summers (Mrs. Butterworth), Alex Hyde-White (Scooter Drake), Randall Edwards (Libby Harcourt)

When Scooter Drake returns to town, along with his new wife Libby and a newborn child, Stephanie decides she must divorce Michael for being of peasant stock and causing their child to be subservient to the Drake's kid.


184 :08x24 - The Last Newhart

First aired: May/21/1990
Director: Dick Martin
Guest star: Sab Shimono (Sunatra), David Pressman (Mr. Rusnak), Christie Mellor (Rhonda), Lisa Kudrow (Sada), Rodney Kageyama (Mr. Tomagachi), Candace Hutson (Baby Stephanie), Nada Despotovich (Zora), Shuko Akune (Sedaka), Gedde Watanabe (Mr. Takadachi)

A visitor from Japan has announced his intentions of buying the whole town and create a gigantic golf course in its place. But Dick seems to be the one and only hold out to their plans, angering the townspeople.