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- While in England, Danny is lured by a friend into poaching pheasant from a neighbor's land.
- Danny is convinced his family is embarrassed by his nose, so he goes to a plastic surgeon to change it.
- Danny grudgingly agrees to take the family to visit old Mrs. Finch, who took care of Margaret Williams when her parents were on the until Rusty becomes lost searching for arrowheads.
- The family is about to meet Pat's father (Jack Haley). Pat Sr is delighted to meet everyone, except Danny who "stole" his song. The two make up, but continue to fight over everything from the engagement toast to the wedding guests. SONG: about Irish names in Hollywood
- The father of Rusty's friend tells Danny that he is not being enough of a pal to Rusty and that may be hurting their relationship.
- Danny reconnects with a tomboy girl named Moose that used to play on his school's baseball team. He now finds himself attracted to her.
- After losing his wife, Danny thinks that he is unable to provide and give the attention that his children need, so he sends them away to boarding school.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.5 (30)TV EpisodeDanny is outraged when Rusty and Linda are assigned minor roles in their school's upcoming production of "Alice in Wonderland" and argues with Mrs. Foster, the play's director. When she resigns in a huff, Danny takes over, only to find himself with Bob Hope, whose nephew has also been cast, offering his own unique style of 'shtick' while advising Danny on his direction.
- Charley's cousin Herman is in town and wants to come for dinner. Herman is a famous chef and tried to stop Charley's wedding years ago when he found out Bunny couldn't cook. Since then Charley has been writing letters about the wonderful cook Bunny has become. Too bad none of it is true. Kathy only has the weekend to give Bunny a crash course in cooking. SONG: Ain't We Got Fun.
- Charley's in the doghouse when he refuses to allow Bunny a chance to perform in his new stage review at the Copacabana.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.0 (15)TV EpisodeBunny takes over as leader of Linda's Girl Scout Brownie troop.
- Rusty hasn't asked a girl to the school dance because he has no confidence. Danny gives him some pointers and now the girls are falling all over themselves to go out with Rusty. The only problem is Rusty, he's gone from no confidence to treating the girls badly and Danny is not happy about it.
- Uncle Tonoose arrives in New York to announce he is getting married in April. When Danny asks who the bride is, Uncle Tonoose says "I dunno". It's an old Lebanese custom that the groom does not approach the bride, his best friend introduces them... and Uncle Tonoose has chosen Danny to do the honors.
- Danny may not come home for Christmas.
- Danny is disheartened because his family is so caught up in the material aspects of Christmas that they seem to have forgotten its real meaning. He comes up with a plan he hopes will remedy this.
- Danny wants to spend his bonus check on a boat, but Margaret wants to spend it on new coats for the kids.
- Danny is in search of a qualified piano player to accompany him to Japan on his upcoming USO tour.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.3 (132)TV EpisodeDanny is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through an unnoticed stop sign in the town of Mayberry.
- 1953–196530mTV-G7.5 (31)TV EpisodeKathy's father was away on a 3-month trip when Kathy and Danny got married. They didn't want to wait, and her father's not happy he wasn't at the wedding. As a matter of fact, he isn't happy with Danny at all. Rusty doesn't understand why Danny is putting up with all the insults and bad behavior. Danny tries to explain that Mr. Daly is Kathy's father and his elder and deserves his respect.
- Jesse offers Danny a chance to get in on an oil investment he's making on a tip from a Texas client. Danny gets buyer's remorse and is convinced he's going to lose all his money.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.0 (22)TV EpisodeDanny's new show is a bomb, so Milton Berle stops by to offer him encouragement. Milton goes on to say he's left showbusiness - hadn't Danny noticed? - and is doing great in oil investments. Danny decides to follow suit and quit showbiz too.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y76.8 (16)TV EpisodeDanny feels that his comedy performances aren't as respected as stage performers, so he enrolls in a drama school in order to become a serious actor.
- When Kathy sprains her ankle Danny and Charlie are volunteered to serve as leaders for Linda's brownie troop. At the troop's picnic, a bratty little girl's shenanigans lands Danny in court.
- One night after Danny's show, an enthusiastic and very wealthy fan comes backstage, requests that Danny do his act all over again for him and promises to take him to the most expensive dinner in New York. Danny politely refuses, but the gentleman is persistent -- the next day, the Williams' apartment is inundated with expensive gifts for everyone, much to Danny's extreme annoyance. That evening, the gentleman visits the Williams' apartment, to apologize for his behavior and it becomes increasingly evident to all that this is a kind and lonely man, who simply wants Danny's friendship, something Danny is happy to give to him, but not to sell.
- Danny's kids sabotage his date.
- Charley hires a bumbling British waiter to work at his club.
- Danny meets a woman he hopes might become the mother he's wanted for his kids, but the kids aren't so sure she's right for the job, or him.
- The club books Jack Carter, as Danny's replacement, while he's on a European tour.
- Rusty's Cub Scout Pack needs a Den Mother so he asks Danny to volunteer for the job.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.2 (26)TV EpisodeTension mounts between Danny and Dinah Shore, when they are slated to open at different nightclubs on the same night.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.0 (32)TV EpisodeGina is thrilled to learn that her idol, Frankie Laine, is performing with Danny at the Copa. She and her friend ask him if he would perform at their high school dance and Mr. Laine, who has taken a shine to Gina, consents. Gina is overjoyed, but as she's getting ready for her exciting evening, Kathy, a former nurse, notices that Gina is down with the measles. Danny promises Gina that Frankie Laine will come back to the Williamses apartment to sing to her after the dance, but Frankie says he has other plans - without the Williamses knowledge, Frankie goes back to their apartment and makes a pizza pie for Gina, the happiest patient in New York City.
- Kathy and Bunny purchase a dilapidated house in the country - behind their husbands' backs.
- A mysterious friend shows up to repay a loan made to him by Danny many, many years ago.
- Danny, Charley, and their wives are perplexed by the snobbish behavior of their Connecticut countryside neighbors.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.7 (30)TV EpisodeDanny fully expects to perform at Rusty's Cub Scout show for the third consecutive year and is annoyed at be asked again, until he finds he's been replaced by Jack Benny.
- Danny and the kids look after the house while Margaret is on jury duty.
- Danny's looking for a couple children to use in his act. When he sees it mentioned in the newspaper he's sure every stage mother in New York will be at his door. Jose is doing a good job keeping them away . . . except he has a nephew who would be just perfect.
- Jose meets a rival competing for the girl of his dreams.
- Jose studies to pass an American history examination.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.5 (20)TV EpisodeDanny is doing a show with glamour girl Lisa Lazlow (ZsaZsa Gabor). Kathy learns they have worked together before and Danny sang Kathy's song (But Beautiful) to Lisa in the show. Lisa doesn't help matters by playing up to Danny. SONG: But Beautiful
- When Danny complains to Kathy about her overspending, she cons Phil into giving her a temporary job as his secretary.
- Charley has decided he really wants the baby to be a boy. Danny is telling Charley how nice it is to have a sweet little girl when Linda storms in with a black eye. Linda has been playing football with Scotty hoping he will ask her to the party that Saturday, but 9-year-old Eloise arrives looking for "big, strong Scotty". Danny decides to teach Linda to out-girl Eloise so she will not lose Scotty.
- Rusty wants to play little league baseball, but he fails his try-out with his neighborhood team, the Giants. Danny, who owns a vacant lot on which the Giants want to play their games, makes a deal to allow Rusty to play and Danny to be the coach. However, Rusty's team loses due to his very poor play.
- Danny and Benny interfere with Liz's love life, be that as it may.
- Danny and Kathy, with three children along, take a delayed honeymoon in Las Vegas but Danny draws the family's ire by entertaining spontaneous crowds against his pledge that this was to be a non-working vacation.
- Louise offers to help Charley out of a jam.
- Linda is playing mailman again, but she's learned her lesson. Instead of taking new letters, she's using old ones. Kathy's old love letters from Danny. Kathy is upset that her letters are all over the building, but Danny is embarrassed.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.0 (29)TV EpisodeDanny convinces Ricky Ricardo to move to his apartment during their nightclub engagement, assuring Ricky that Kathy will be a good influence on an out of control spendthrift, his infamous wife, Lucy Ricardo.
- 1953–196530mTV-G6.7 (27)TV EpisodeKathy's father visits and stays with the William's. Kathy tries to convince her father to stay for a long visit. Since he is unemployed, he decides to stay.
- Kathy is over the measles, which she had caught from Rusty. Danny tries to get her to go on their first date, but she plays hard-to-get. Danny's chauvinism comes into play, while Rusty also has trouble with his girlfriend Ruthie.
- Danny has second thoughts about buying Linda a dress she wants when he finds out how much it costs.
- Danny wants to portray his songwriter-friend Harry Ruby in a TV special.
- Danny and Pat want to pick up a side business. Charlie lets them in on a deal to tear down a building and put in a parking lot. All Charlie has to do is get rid of the nightclub that's leasing the building, and the tenants are way behind in the rent so that's no problem. Or at least it wasn't until Danny and Charlie go to check out the place and find an old friend has sunk all her money into the club. The old owner let them slide until the nightclub could build up a following, and she is worried the new owner won't give them any more time. SONGS: My Mother Was A Lady (If Jack Were Only Here), and It All Depends On You.
- Kathy's singing Irish relatives invade the Williams' household, and they expect to perform at the Copa Club. Danny thinks otherwise.
- The school is having an awards ceremony and the fathers are invited to say a few words. Rusty is receiving an award and Danny is going, but Rusty's friend (played by Johnny Crawford) is going alone to get an award for "Best English". When Danny goes to the shoe repair shop to persuade the father, he finds out the real reason the father isn't attending. Danny gives a touching speech on emigrants at the ceremony.
- After seeing the play, 7-year-old Rusty imagines that he can fly like Peter Pan, so his father invites the theater's elderly stagehand to the house to dispel the fantasy and bring Rusty back down to Earth.
- 12-year-old Pupa mistakenly believes she's engaged to be married to 16-year-old Rusty.
- Danny imports a girl from Italy to sing at the Copacabana, but soon discovers she has stopped performing pop music in favor of opera music.
- Pupa is an entertainer Danny discovered when they visited Italy. When staying with the Williams family to make celebrity status from working in the dinner club with Danny, Pupa is overwhelmed by her homesickness, and maneuvers things so that she hides her dog from Italy in her room. But the law stipulates that an animal must be quarantined for a period of time when entering the United States. So when an agent comes to collect the dog she cannot be consoled. Will Danny's rediculous sceme console her or will he alienate her for good?
- When Kathy's friend takes in a Norwegian exchange student, Danny, missing his teen aged daughter, Terry, who's away at college, decides to sign on as well. When the authorities deem the Williams' household unsuitable because of Danny's profession, Danny, Rusty, Linda and Kathy set out to change their thinking and are determined to house their very own student.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.1 (11)TV EpisodeRusty falls for an older woman - a chorus girl at the Cobacabana.
- Rusty is deeply disappointed when he doesn't receive a 16th-birthday present from his parents, who are touring Europe.
- Danny had a car accident. He's perfectly willing to forget it as there was little damage, but the other person insists on going to court to prove it was Danny's fault. Danny gets mad and says to go ahead, his children were in the car and witnessed it. When Linda says she wasn't paying attention, Danny asks Rusty if he saw it without stopping to ask what Rusty saw. Rusty is torn between helping his father and telling the truth.
- Rusty is being bullied at school. Danny takes Rusty to his gym where he has fighter Max Baer teach Rusty to box. Unfortunatley, when Rusty becomes the bully Danny and Max have to find a way to teach Rusty not to fight.
- Danny's in trouble with the local tradesmen when they learn they are the brunt of the jokes in his nightclub act.
- Danny receives a letter from his old and beloved friend and mentor, Otto Nielsen, telling him that his daughter, Shirley, is in New York, hoping to land a job at the Copa. Danny is dismayed when he meets Shirley, a brassy, gum chewing girl who can't sing. When a worried Otto shows up at the Copa, he doesn't recognize the beautiful and innocent daughter who left home three weeks earlier. After some attitude, wardrobe and vocal adjustments, Danny is captivated by Shirley and sees a bright future for her in show business.
- Danny tries to help English waiter Alfie Wingate overcome his fear of women.
- Danny wants Rusty to perform with him on an upcoming TV show.
- Charley recalls the time when he first met Danny.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.2 (27)TV EpisodeAfter Danny lectures the children on the meaning of helping the less fortunate, Rusty and Linda bring "Kentucky Cal," a lonely drifter, home for dinner. Kathy and the kids become attached to the colorful Cal, but Danny wants to know more about this mysterious character.
- Terry goes on a date with a 16-year-old boy.
- Terry has been running the household since her mother's death: managing meals, shopping, laundry, and looking after her father. Kathy tries to explain gently that she is taking over running the house, but Terry isn't giving up her position without a fight.
- The Williams family is in an uproar. Terry's been asked to a school dance, her very first date. Danny can't understand all the excitement.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.3 (39)TV EpisodeDanny is up for a big network show, but the network decides to give it to Jack Benny. When Jack shows up at Danny's place to say no hard feelings, Danny loses it. Why you? All you do is say "well" and everybody laughs. Jack asks Danny "what do you think, I'm in league with the devil?" When Jack leaves, Danny starts thinking.
- After Danny and Charley sign their new contract, Kathy and Bunny argue over whose husband works hardest. Danny and Charley stop the fight and then get into the same argument. When Phil returns to say the contract needs initials, they tear it up. Charley hires a new comic due to open at the Ace of Clubs (a dive), and Danny goes to the Ace of Clubs to prove he can make it a success.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y75.1 (17)TV EpisodeDanny arrives in England, and he is not favorably impressed with the British sense of humor.
- Margaret hires a governess for her children even though Danny doesn't like it. But when her mother shows up to spend time with the grandchildren, more problems arise. Soon she wonders if having a governess for her children is indeed the best idea when her children become TOO polite.
- Linda's new friend "Charlie" is not allowed to play with her. Chou Li's father has deemed her a bad influence. Danny and Mr. Chow butt heads over the true meaning of respect.
- Danny and Benny discover a wonderful new singer while passing through Rock Ridge, West Virginia.
- Danny is excited to get a visit from his boyhood friend Jim (Jim Backus) who used to look out for Danny when they were boys in Deerfield, MI. Danny is proud to show Jim his success, but Kathy figures out Jim was hoping Danny still needed him.
- Terry has to decide between asking Dinah Shore or Kathy to sing at a fund-raiser at her school. Terry does not want to hurt Kathy's feelings, but she would rather ask the popular singer Dinah Shore.
- When Danny and Kathy disagree and argue about who proposed to whom, Mr. Daly urges Danny not to apologize to his daughter.
- Danny's depressed because he thinks his kids have forgotten that it's his birthday.
- Danny and Charley are convinced that the carpenter working on their new country home has thrown a whammy on them.
- Howard Morris appears as a man who claims he's a leprechaun.
- Danny suspects a down-and-out comic of stealing his material.
- While Danny is still hobbled with a broken leg, he gets Nelson Eddy to fill in for him down at the club.
- Terry and her friend Peggy are hoping to join an exclusive sorority at their high school, but Terry is refused membership because her father is in show business, which is considered lower-class by the the snobbish social club.
- Danny and Kathy visit her relatives in Ireland.
- A cop asks Danny if he will audition a singing group from the poor side of town.
- Frank's mother needs a new washing machine, so he cons Danny into appearing with him on a quiz show in hopes of winning a brand new one.
- An exhausted Danny doesn't want to take Kathy sightseeing upon their arrival in Rome, but he catches his second wind when a handsome and charming Italian man volunteers to escort Kathy around the Eternal City.
- Danny challenges Rusty's music teacher to perform in his club.
- On Danny's birthday his kids pay more attention to a kind old sea captain who lives in the building. Danny finds away to regain their attention,as a dad and for his birthday.
- Rusty has an audition for the band at the YMCA. The band leader (Harry James) tells Danny that Rusty needs to play the same as the other boys. Of course he doesn't blame Rusty, it's his teacher's fault. His style is not to teach a bunch of flashy tricks, but to teach the boys the basics and give them a solid grounding in music. Danny tells him that he is Rusty's teacher - and it's all downhill from there.
- A musician at the Copa Club is in debt to a gambler.
- The household is in confusion when an English musician friend of Danny's overstays his visit by three weeks.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y75.8 (18)TV EpisodeKathy is offended at Danny making her the subject of his jokes during his act so she enlists Buddy Sorrell of "The Alan Brady Show" to write jokes about him.
- Tonoose is unhappy that he has to wear glasses.
- Nothing but trouble can result from adding an unexpected visit from Uncle Tonoose to an already visiting Mr. Daly. Peace doesn't last long when Danny and Kathy get them to stop arguing over who should stay, who is the better man, who is stronger - until they declare the only way to resolve the issue is hold an Olympic competition.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.4 (24)TV EpisodeUncle Tonoose travels from Toledo with Danny's cousin, Stephen, in tow, asking Danny to scratch Stephen's itch for a show business career.
- 1953–196530mTV-G7.5 (27)TV EpisodeThe decibel level in the Williams household is nearly unbearable when Danny's voluble Uncle Tonoose meets Kathy's bombastic father, Mr. Daly.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.4 (23)TV EpisodeUncle Tonoose arranges a Lebanese-style marriage for Danny.
- While in Venice, Danny and Kathy meet an eager young agent, representing her little brother and Gondola singing father.
- Danny is taught a valuable lesson when he tries to force Terry to sing and dance in the school play.
- A radio contestant wins the privilege of spending the weekend at the home of her favorite comic Danny Williams. The over-aged bobby-soxer who arrives at the house upsets the Williams' plans for a quiet weekend.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.6 (15)TV EpisodeThe Williams are visit by TV's Wyatt Earp - Hugh O'Brian.
- In Lindy's Restaurant, Danny tells waiter Oscar Schultz (nee 'Evil Eye'), who is getting married to a woman with children, why not to take the children along on the honeymoon. Danny's own difficult honeymoon with the children is shown in flashback.
- Danny is not at all pleased with Terry's new and very wealthy teen aged friend, Connie Coleman. She's very uppity, dresses like a chic and much older woman and has Terry putting on airs. When he encounters Connie's parents, he learns that they are globe trotters and care very little about their daughter. Mindful of this, Danny's views towards Connie change and he urges the Colemans to pay greater attention to their daughter, who loves the Williams household for the love, care and concern exhibited towards Terry there - and for what what's lacking in her own home.
- It is Danny's birthday, but Danny's children are more interested in the plight of the old sea captain living in their apartment building's basement, who has led an exciting and a dangerous life, than they are in giving Danny a birthday present.
- Rusty comes home with a black eye.
- Danny pulls a burlesque gag on VIPs who are not amused.
- Margaret tries to start her own career in show business.
- When Danny asks once too often that his mother-in-law babysit for him, he gets a lesson in adult psychology from his two children.
- Danny goes to a night club while trying to find a hobby.
- Rusty tells Linda that he can convince his parents to do anything he wants, and to get anything he wants. Rusty knows how to manipulate Danny and Kathy. It works, until they catch on to his game.
- Danny is in Pittsburgh shooting a movie with Marie McDonald.
- Margaret plays matchmaker.
- An old flame of Margaret's comes over for dinner.
- Rusty announces he is entering the Soap Box Derby. Danny and Mr. Daly go down to the basement to help Rusty, but argue over the design and each end up building their own cart. They are so busy arguing that neither notices Rusty has left the basement.
- Danny goes back to his native Toledo and meets his old friends.
- Danny forgets that it's his 12th wedding anniversary.
- Danny plans to have a quiet vacation, but Margaret has her college reunion.
- 1953–196530mTV-G7.5 (28)TV EpisodeRusty finds a wallet and Danny explains to Rusty that returning it to him is the right and honorable thing to do. Danny accompanies Rusty to the man's apartment and Rusty is expecting that the gentleman will give him a reward. Danny convinces Rusty that he still acted honorably, irrespective of whether or not he was compensated for his honesty. At that moment, the doorbell rings and Rusty receives a very nice surprise.
- Danny tries to help his mother-in-law, Julia, land a starring role on a television series, when Danny learns that Julia is depressed that she's too old to land any acting roles.
- Danny's Uncle Tonoose comes to town to meet his new niece-by-marriage, Kathy, which is actually an inspection to determine whether she will be officially accepted into the family. Unfortunately, Uncle Tonoose's shabby treatment of Kathy seems to indicate that he does not approve of her.
- Rusty is suspected of taking a dollar.
- When a man at the Copa is forced to give up his dog, Danny brings the pup home to Rusty. Rusty is thrilled, but when the man comes to visit the Williamses, Rusty sees how attached he is to the pup and how much the pup is attach to the lonely gentleman. Rusty realizes he can't keep the dog and figures out a way to reunite the pooch with his former owner.
- Margaret is explaining to her bridge club how she showed Danny a mink coat in order to get him to buy her the ring she really wanted for her birthday. Unfortunately, the new tape recorder was running. Danny hears the conversation and decides to teach Margaret a lesson, but Danny is the one who learns the lesson.
- Danny and his wife see a play in which the long-married husband develops a roving eye. Margaret's imagination causes jealousy. She's sure Danny, too, has a wandering look, when Rusty shows her a picture of Danny kissing a blonde.
- Danny urges his wife to work in the office of one of her career-minded college friends. If she spends a hard day at the office, Danny promises to do the "easy" job of taking care of the house.
- Danny objects to his 11-year-old daughter going to her first formal dance with a boy, until he is reminded of his own youth.
- Rusty runs away from home.
- Rusty befriends a hobo.
- Danny appears in a PTA show at Rusty's school.
- Margaret plans a second honeymoon, but doesn't tell Danny where they are going.
- Danny manages Terry's campaign for class president.
- Terry wants to start her own acting career.
- Terry is very excited about her new part time job in a dress shop. However, the bloom is off the rose when Terry complains about an aggressive co-worker, who manages to get to customers before Terry has a chance. Danny intervenes when he sends a decoy, a girl from the Copa, to the shop, in order for Terry to make a hefty sale.
- Danny gets stranded in Boston on Thanksgiving.
- Danny plans a party for Benny to celebrate their 12th anniversary as a team.
- Danny and Kathy are told they are an old established couple who are content to stay at home and relax. They decide to show that they can be just as active as other couples by cramming in one activity after another.
- Danny is upset to hear after being away for months his kids call him "Uncle Daddy."
- Kathy's uncle Sean is coming to visit Kathy and her new Irish husband. Kathy isn't the only one to stretch the truth; to get out of losing a chess game Uncle Sean has Danny send word back to his old foe Paddy McCormick in Dublin that he's died. Now Paddy's coming for the funeral. SONG: It's the Same Old Shillelagh.
- Kathy's nerves are frayed by Danny's constant hollering at her and the kids. But she's even more distressed once he's stopped his constant carping.
- On the day on which he is opening his show at the Copacabana, Danny is afraid to see or be served by 'Evil Eye' Schultz, a waiter at Lindy's Restaurant with a reputation for jinxing anyone's opening night performance if he serves them that day.
- When Rusty complains that Linda tags along with him, wherever he goes, Danny reminds Rusty that Linda is his sister and that families should do things together. Kathy overhears Danny's lecture and suggests that she accompany Danny to his poker game that night.
- Terry's friends have band practice at Danny's house, preparing for a PTA show. Danny protests because it is rock & roll and not real music. When Danny finds out the principal cancels the band, Danny starts supporting the band's music.
- Rusty is hell bent on finding a job, to prove to his father that he doesn't need an allowance. Danny protests, but relents at his son's determination to earn his own way. Rusty shines shoes, but when he encounters a needy boy who polishes shoes because his family relies on his income for groceries, Rusty gives the boy his earnings. What Rusty doesn't know is that his act of generosity is witnessed by Kathy and Danny, who tells his son he has earned his respect and acknowledges his entering manhood.
- When Terry has trouble acting her part in The Merchant of Venice and Danny is unable to help her, Rusty finds a erudite beggar in the park and presents the beggar as a drama coach but Danny is skeptical of the man's qualifications.
- Danny is alarmed to learn that Terry has been spurning classmate, Donald Cooper, in order to swoon over Dean Martin. Danny enlists Dean to figure out a way to place his wayward teenager back into the arms of the hapless, but far more suitable, Donald.
- When Danny is asked to co-host a charity special with Bob Hope he is worried that Bob will steal the show.
- Danny gets annoyed at the imperious Mrs. Greenson, head of Kathy's ladies' club, when she suggests that Rusty is incapable of selling more raffle tickets than her son. Danny picks up the gauntlet and uses his nightclub act as a venue to help Rusty exceed all expectations. Danny and Kathy have second thoughts, however, when they consider that Danny's tactics give Rusty an unfair advantage and that Mrs. Greenson's son is very diligent and works tirelessly to sell his tickets.
- Danny pulls out all the stops to put his very best foot forward when a hard nosed columnist writes a column on everyday life at the Williams household.
- 1953–196530mTV-G6.5 (22)TV EpisodeWhen Liz signs a beautiful blond dancer, Dawn DuBois, as part of his new act, he's convinced that Kathy will become insanely jealous of the young woman. When Liz protests and Kathy exhibits great enthusiasm and praise towards Dawn, Liz is vindicated in her estimation of Kathy, much to the upset of Danny. But is Liz right or is Kathy playing possum?
- Danny must decide whether or not to have a nose job to get a movie contract.
- Danny returns from an entertainment tour and just wants to stay home and relax for a while. However, Kathy has signed him up to be the director and producer of a charity show at the hospital where she worked - without asking him first.
- As the battle of the sexes heats up between Danny and Kathy, Gina gets a phone call to tell her that she's been nominated to run for Class President. It's wonderful news, except she's running against her steady boyfriend, Buck. Danny backs Buck and Kathy helps Gina in their respective campaigns, until some ugly leaflets are floated around the school urging students to "Vote American." Buck is hurt for Gina and steps aside and Gina accepts to the applause of every student assembled in the school auditorium.
- Danny awaits the arrival of Italian exchange student, Gina Minelli, with great anxiety. The Williamses do everything they can to welcome the shy and homesick girl, but Danny, particularly, makes all the wrong, albeit, well intentioned moves. Inevitably, he stumbles upon the right tack and a very happy Gina feels very much at home.
- As Gina attempts to adapt to the American high school social scene, Danny takes it upon himself to help her get the attention of the star football player.
- When suave Mario Firenze, a young man from Gina's hometown, arrives at the Williamses, he charms everyone with his continental ways. He takes an interest in a befuddled Gina, who tells Danny and Kathy that his family are aristocrats and that he would never give her the time of day back in Palermo. Everything is clarified when Gina receives a letter from her mother, warning her that Mario has traveled to New York to use Gina and enlist Danny and his show business connections to further his singing career.
- Danny has found a talented young female singer he thinks could make it big, but the girl's mother wants her to finish her education first.
- Danny tries to help a talented young singer whose career may be hurt by his surly attitude.
- Danny hires Paul Pryor (played by Paul Anka) to sing at his club, but when he sees the effect Paul has on the audiences, he starts feeling very, very old.
- Danny reads an article about teenagers running away to get married. As a result he gets worried over his own teen-aged Daughter, Terry. Then he finds out she is going steady with a boy named Walter, which only worries him more. "Walter" is played by Rusty Hamer's real life Brother, John Hamer.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.4 (14)TV EpisodeDanny's wife Margaret has a first-class case of neglect symptoms. She discovered that the spotlight that shines on Danny isn't big enough for both of them. The family must make Margaret feel wanted.
- Kathy thinks Danny is sending the wrong message to Rusty, who is running for Class President and is using his father's suggestion to throw a rally, replete with lots of ice cream and Danny's telling jokes, to 'buy' votes for Rusty.
- Chaos ensues when, because of Kathy's forgetfulness, Danny and Kathy dine with the Wolfs, where they weren't invited, much to the dismay of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, where they were invited.
- Rusty balks when Danny won't give him $15 for a model airplane, but Kathy and Danny promise Linda a locket from the tooth fairy.
- After Uncle Tonoose, family matchmaker, has married off his last relative, he comes to visit Kathy and Danny and announces that he wants to lead the life of a playboy.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.2 (24)TV EpisodeDanny is dead-tired after just having flown from New York to Los Angeles to work out plans for a big show, accidentally took two sleeping pills, and has no place to sleep because there are four conventions in town and an incompetent employee of the firm he is working with forgot to make a hotel reservation for him.
- Rusty plans to go to the school dance stag so no girl will "get her hooks into me". Barbara is eating her heart out for Rusty to ask her, but all Rusty sees is a baseball teammate. Danny gives Rusty tips on how to treat a girl hoping Rusty will ask Barbara, but Rusty gets so much confidence that he asks the most popular girl in school to the dance.
- Terry writes a biography of Danny for school.
- Danny tries a career in real estate.
- The Williams fix up Jesse with a comedienne.
- Terry acts as referee when Danny and a new next door neighbor nearly come to blows.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.2 (9)TV EpisodeDanny performs at the club with Anna Maria Alberghetti.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.0 (17)TV EpisodeBill Dana joins the cast as elevator operator Jose Jimenez (a character he made famous before the phrase politically correct). In this twist on Cyrano de Bergerac, Jose tells Danny he is in love. He has never spoken to his love, because "you may not have noticed, but I have an accent". He convinces Danny to record a song for him to send his lady-love. SONGS: June in January and The More I See You
- The baby loves everyone - except Charley.
- The family plans a clever ruse to end Danny's severe case of jitters about his career as a night club entertainer. Meanwhile, Rusty wants an allowance.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.2 (16)TV EpisodeDanny and Margaret try to stop yelling at the children.
- Danny takes Rusty to get a haircut following an incident at school.
- Terry wants to be accepted into the Psi Psi Psi sorority, the most exclusive sorority in the school, even though most of the other sororities want her. She is afraid she might not get accepted because her father is an entertainer rather than coming from a background of bankers, lawyers and the like. Meanwhile Uncle Toonoose, who hasn't seen Danny in years, comes over. Terry learns something about appreciating her family heritage.
- Margaret's cousin arrives.
- Danny gets a call to perform at the Sands, but it means he has to back out on a promise to play at Rusty's school. Rusty cries "you don't love me, I might as well be an orphan", and promptly runs away - to an orphanage. SONG: It All Depends on You
- Danny's booking agent, Phil Brokaw, and his press agent, Liz O'Neill pressure Danny to go back to work, but Danny refuses to acknowledge he no longer needs crutches for his still-heeling broken leg.
- Linda is determined to prove she can handle responsibility.
- Bunny thinks taking art classes with her will help Charley get rid of some of the stress of being an overworked club owner, while Charley thinks he is being soaked by a bogus art professor.
- Danny and Charley have plans to go to Acapulco with the wives; but Louise is on vacation so they have to cancel because of the kids. Charley goes on a rant about kids and Bunny gets upset. She just learned she's going to have a baby, and now that Bunny's convinced Charley hates kids she doesn't know how to tell him. SONG: Brahm's Lullaby
- Rusty has the measles, and Kathy is introduced as his visiting nurse. She won't allow Danny to enter his room because he doesn't remember if he had the measles or not. Terry is staying with friends to avoid exposure, and does not appear.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.5 (22)TV EpisodeAutograph hunters have followed Danny and Bob Hope up to Danny's apartment, the kids want to charge their friends to come up and see them, and Kathy wants them to perform at the Hospital benefit. Danny and Bob decide now is a good time for a vacation, but where can they go where they won't be recognized? SONGS: Thanks for the Memories, From This Moment On.
- Terry and Rusty scheme to get their father to propose to Kathy.
- Danny is helping Rusty rehearse his drums for the school orchestra try-outs. Kathy enters saying it's nearly 11 o'clock and past Rusty's bedtime. As they continue, the landlord arrives and tricks them into continuing until after 11 pm when he announces they've broken their lease and will be evicted in the morning. Kathy invites him over for coffee and cake in an effort to change his mind. Unfortunately, no one in the family believes Kathy adds enough rum to her cake, so everyone adds more. SONG: Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey
- Danny's building was sold and the new landlord doesn't like noise, pets, or people in showbiz. Danny is miffed when the landlord tells him to stop playing the piano. Danny says there's nothing in the lease about piano playing, only pets. Wait until Danny finds out Kathy and the kids have smuggled in a dog.
- During Pat's bachelor party, he tells Danny that he can't possibly give Terry the life she deserves. Pat is calling the wedding off.
- Terry believes Danny's marriage is in trouble because he takes Kathy for granted. She thinks their marriage should be more like her newlywed friends Jerry and Bunny, but each of Terry's romantic suggestions results in crossed wires.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.0 (24)TV EpisodeKathy and Terry are not happy when Danny and Pat cancel their plans in order to work on fixes for the new show. When Danny backs out on their vacation, Kathy plots with Charlie Halper to change Danny's mind - by making him think he's seeing little green men.
- Danny wants to pitch in and help a reluctant Rusty with a father/son project: building a doghouse.
- Kathy has been excused from jury duty, but Danny insists it is her duty to go. When Kathy points out that Louise is on vacation, Danny says he has time off and can run the house while Kathy is gone. After all, how hard can it be? Kathy decides to let him find out.
- Cousin Habib has chosen who will give his eulogy, so Uncle Tonoose tries to one-up him again. He wants Danny to give his eulogy - and to write it now so Uncle Tonoose can hear and approve it.
- Mr. Gaylord is a famous artist who just might paint a Williams family portrait. Of course he would have to get to know the family before making up his mind, and to do that he moves in.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.2 (17)TV EpisodeDanny and Kathy can't agree on where to hang their new painting. Terry and Pat had discussed where to go for their honeymoon and reached a decision - until Danny and Kathy weigh in and each try to get their way.
- Kathy is jealous when Danny is out all night helping a former showgirl who is now a headliner. Danny laughs her jealousy off as a perfectly natural reaction - for a woman, which only makes Kathy determined to prove men can be jealous too.
- The Friar's Club is having a Family Night Talent Show so Danny has rehearsed a musical dance number for Rusty and Linda, and is planning to sing Daddy's Little Girl with Terry. Kathy is upset that she's not included as part of the "family" show. When Danny reminds her that she has no theatrical talent, Kathy leaves the next morning to make the audition rounds. SONG: My Mother Won't Let Me Cross the Street
- Rusty gets a new football uniform. When he and his friends go up to his room so he can try it on, Linda tags along. Rusty stops her, telling her "Football is for boys. You were born a girl, better luck next time." Linda wants to be included, so Linda becomes "Louie".
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.0 (14)TV EpisodeA show business reporter is talking about her wonderful son who is coming to visit from military school. When she is called away on an overnight assignment, Danny suggests they look after her son for the night hoping he will be a good influence on Rusty.
- Linda is mad because she lost her skates and Danny and Kathy refuse to buy her a new pair. She cries "you don't love me" and decides to run away from home. Big brother Rusty tells her to forget it, it's a bad idea. Rusty tells her about the time he ran away from home (Season 4 episode 25) in flashbacks. Danny got a call to perform at the Sands, but it meant he had to back out on a promise to play at Rusty's school. Rusty ran away - to an orphanage.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.7 (19)TV EpisodeRusty is having bully problems at school again. This time Danny has him lifting weights to build up his strength and confidence.
- Terry is coming home after 2 years of school in Europe. Danny is expecting his little girl, but Terry is full of psychology theories which she happily applies to the family. As Kathy explains to Danny, "she's wearing a new education and wants to show it off." When Terry attempts to assert her grown-up status, Danny utters those fateful words, "as long as you live under my roof." Will Terry stay or leave?
- Terry has fallen in with a bunch of beatniks. Danny not only can't understand what they're saying, he's not sure he understands the way they think.
- Rusty comes to Danny for help with a decision. A local merchant will buy the baseball team all new uniforms if they let his son pitch once in a while - but the boy's a terrible player. Danny tells Rusty not to sell out. When Phil says they turned down a network show because the sponsor wants a yes man, Danny tells him to go make the deal and turns into "a weak-kneed apple-polishing hypocrite".
- Everyone is caught up in the last minute plans for the wedding - except for the father of the bride who is feeling like a third wheel.
- Terry's only been gone one day and Danny's already down in the dumps missing his little girl. When he gets a phone call to fill in for an ailing Jimmy Durante, Danny thinks that would be a wonderful break for Pat - and a way to get them back in town.
- 1953–196530mTV-Y78.1 (18)TV EpisodeDanny enters in his new tailcoat to make an announcement. He has just secured the Cotillion Room for Terry's wedding, she's going to have her dream formal wedding with champagne and caviar. Terry is thrilled. Uncle Tonoose arrives to say everything is set for the wedding: cousin is stomping the grapes for the wine, 6 trucks of relatives are on their way (and 1 truck of sheep to roast), the violinists are booked. It's going to be a real old-fashioned Lebanese wedding, three days and nights. Who is going to tell Uncle Tonoose no?
- Danny wants Pat Harrigan to propose to Terry, but Uncle Tonoose has a different idea.
- Terry is dating a string of European playboys who all have no money. When Danny gets a $70 bill for meals, he comes up with a plan to cure Terry of foreign moochers.
- The Halpers are over for dinner, and Danny isn't happy to see the way Bunny bosses Charlie around. Danny convinces Bunny to stop and "let Charlie be a man", and then Charlie isn't happy.
- Linda is being punished and threatens to run away (again). Danny tells Kathy to ignore it, kids never mean it and Kathy reminds Danny that Rusty meant it when he ran away. Linda comes out with her suitcase. Danny wants to let her go, but Kathy won't let Linda out of her sight. Danny arranges with Charlie to get disguises to follow her and then lets Linda out of the house. SONG: Be Kind to Your Parents.
- Danny finds a dent in his car, but after the countless jokes in his act the night before about women drivers (while Kathy was at the club) he doesn't dare tell Kathy. Danny tells Charlie he'll use the housekeeping money Kathy keeps in a jar to get the car repaired and replace it as soon as he can get to the bank. Unfortunately, Kathy discovers it is missing and calls the police.
- Danny gets a parking ticket that he feels was wrongly issued. He assembles his defense team for a court appearance: a nuclear timer expert and Rusty who can testify that there was time left on the meter.
- Rusty's teacher "Mrs. Picklepuss" has given the whole class detention the next day. That's when he and Danny were supposed to attend a sportswriters luncheon and meet Johnny Unitas. Danny goes to see her, but she is immovable. When she tells Danny how difficult it is to teach a class, he says "how difficult can it be?" She says he sounds like a perfect candidate for the PTA experiment to show parents the problems they face in the classroom by having the parents teach for a day.
- When the mailman in their new apartment building tells Linda his feet hurt, she decides to help him by delivering some of the mail (without asking him). Kathy sees all the mail in Linda's room and tries to deliver it before Linda gets into trouble. Kathy hides the mail she can't carry and when Danny comes home and finds it, he comes to the only possible conclusion - Kathy is a kleptomaniac.
- Rusty gets his report card and no one is more surprised than he is to see all A's. Danny is so proud that he goes overboard. When Rusty's teacher tells him that she made a mistake, Rusty is at a loss how to break it to his father.
- Uncle Tonoose arrives just as Danny and Kathy are leaving for dinner and the theater. All the family members in Toledo have collectively purchased a piece of land for a family cemetery. Uncle Tonoose doesn't like the location of his plot, so he's left Toledo for good. He's going to live with the only family members that respect him - Danny's family. Not to worry though, he's not staying for good, just a few years.
- Charley is full of suggestions for when the baby comes and Bunny isn't interested in any of them. When Charley destroys Rusty's project by "helping", he's convinced he won't be a good father. Danny tells Charley he can teach him everything he needs to know in three minutes.
- Charley and Bunny enter fighting. Bunny's brother has offered to decorate the nursery for them so it will be ready for when the baby arrives, but Charley wants to do it himself. Bunny wants her brother to decorate because Charley knows nothing about home improvements. Danny settles the fight by proposing Charley do the work, but that he do it with expert supervision - him.
- The entertainment for the P.T.A. meeting falls through at the last minute. Kathy tells the committee that Danny is working night and day rehearsing for the Ed Sullivan Show and there is no way she can ask him to entertain for the P.T.A. meeting. After some arm-twisting, Kathy agrees to have Danny perform. Now Kathy just needs to figure out how to get him to perform that night without asking him.
- Danny is guilt-ridden after hollering at Kathy. Charley says he always buys Bunny an expensive gift when he makes her cry. Danny says he didn't make Kathy cry, and resolves not to by keeping his temper from now on. Meanwhile Bunny is showing Kathy the expensive gift she got from Charley when he lost his temper, and wasn't there a hat Kathy had her eye on? Bunny convinces Kathy to make Danny yell at her.
- Rusty wants to go on a weekend saddle trip with his friends. Instead of asking Danny right out, he tries to con him into getting permission. Danny isn't fooled and says no, so Rusty goes on a hunger strike.
- Danny has a terrible toothache and is determined not to go to the dentist. Kathy is just as determined to make him go and enlists Charlie's help to get him there.
- Rusty and Linda want to go to the movies. When Kathy says no, they complain what good is learning about democracy in school when there is no democracy in their home. Danny comes up with the brilliant solution of having the family vote on everything, but no one can be a sore loser. He comes home to find the kids eating cake and ice cream, and Kathy informs him that while he was gone they out-voted her two to one. Danny has to find a way to stop the voting without being a sore loser.
- Doris is dependable, capable, and single. She can fix plumbing, electrical, a carburetor, and tells Kathy she doesn't need a husband. When Phil comes over to talk Kathy into letting Danny go out of town, he says how wonderful that Danny has such a dependable, capable wife and what a shame he never meets anyone like Kathy.
- The whole family is at the club for Linda's birthday. She sings a song, and the next day Charlie wants to book her on Danny's upcoming TV special.
- When Rusty breaks one of Danny's golf clubs, he knows he'll be grounded and he's afraid his team will lose their next game. Rusty talks Linda into taking the blame for him now in exchange for him taking the blame for her at a future date. Kathy suspects Linda is not strong enough to have broken the club. Kathy, Danny, and Charlie all try to get Rusty to confess.
- Danny's landlord, Mr. Heckendon, on seeing a plant Danny has received from a fan recognizes that the plant is quite rare and needs a lot of attention if it is to survive.
- Uncle Tonoose is coming to visit. Rusty and Linda's friend says he's a liar nearly causing a fight. Kathy is worried about the effect of Uncle Tonoose's stories. Danny assures her they're harmless - until Uncle Tonoose says he knows middleweight champion Kid Moore. Kid Moore is coming to the apartment tomorrow to rehearse with Danny. Will the confrontation expose the truth?
- 1953–196530mTV-Y77.3 (15)TV EpisodeDanny reminds Kathy one time too many that she proposed. Kathy insists Danny propose to her, after a courtship. Until then, she doesn't consider their marriage "final".
- Danny is being replaced at the club for two weeks by his old friend, and recent widower, Buddy Bruno. The only problem is Buddy and his daughter are on the lam from social services.
- It's Christmas time and Kathy promised a neighbor she'd talk to Danny about meeting two sisters who wrote a Christmas song. Danny explains that songs don't make money until they are published. The sisters say they have a publisher who gave them a contract and only charged them $75 in pre-publishing costs. Danny and Charlie smell a rat and set out to get the money back.
- Charley pulls a prank on Bunny while they're playing charades with Danny and Kathy. Bunny gets even by enlisting the Williams's help to convince Charley he has ESP.
- Kathy is feeling useless: Rusty doesn't want her help with his homework, Linda doesn't want her help sewing, and even Bunny is off to help Charley with the bookkeeping. When Danny brings her up on stage to dance, she decides to join the act - for good. SONGS: That Face, Pretty Baby
- It's Danny's birthday. "Again? I just had one last year." This time Kathy and the kids give Danny his gifts before breakfast. Kathy asks Danny what he wants to do for his birthday, and he says a quiet dinner with just the two of them. Then he finds out Mr. Heckendorn is throwing a big bash and apparently they are not invited.
- Linda promised she wouldn't touch Danny's tape recorder. Danny promised Linda could go on Art Linkletter's show Kids Say the Darndest Things. When Danny discovers Linda has recorded over all the material for his new act, she gets a spanking and grounded for the weekend: a promise is a promise. Linda tells Danny she can't stay in her room the ENTIRE weekend, she's supposed to be on the show Saturday. Linda is mad and repeats back to him: a promise is a promise. Now Danny's worried what she might say.
- The baby is due in a few days and Charley is jumping every time the phone rings. He wants to know where Bunny is every second and he can't sleep. Danny gives Charley a tranquilizer to calm him down so he can get some sleep - better take two. Kathy finds the bottle laying out and gives Bunny a few so she can put one in Charley's milk each night until the baby comes, but Bunny slips him two.
- Danny arrives home from an out of town engagement to find Kathy on the couch in a ratty robe, with curlers in her hair, and fighting a bout of sniffles. When Danny complains about her appearance, they have an argument which gives him material for his act. Danny comes home and tells a now dolled-up Kathy what a hit the material was. They have another fight about him telling everyone what happened. SONG: Makin' Whoopee
- Uncle Tonoose arrives in New York determined to invest his life savings so he will be able to send his grand-nephew to college, and on to medical school. To keep him from investing with a man he met on the bus, Danny suggests he invest in the club. Charlie is not happy, and even less happy when Uncle Tonoose changes the menu, the dancers, and starts driving customers away.
- Rusty has been treating Danny like a bottomless dollar bill dispenser. Danny decides to give Rusty a large amount of money of his own to see how he handles it. Rusty can't make up his mind how to spend it - or where to keep it.
- Kathy hires a swami. Danny recognizes him as an old burlesque performer and tells Kathy that burlesque is more than people remember. Some of the great comics got their start in burlesque. Danny and Charlie come up with an idea to put some of the old routines into the act and bring the former star back to work.
- Rusty decides to become a talent agent. He then signs up a children's vocal group and negotiates to book them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
- In a takeoff on Damon Runyon's Pocketful of Miracles (Lady for a Day), the Williams's Irish scrubwoman admits she's been writing home to an old beau that she is a successful musical theatre performer. She's invented a loving family of a daughter, and two grandchildren (a boy and a girl). Her old beau is arriving in New York tomorrow, what can she do? SONG: Nothing Could Be Finer (Than to be in Carolina).