The Doris Day Show
After spending most of her life in big cities, widow Doris Martin decides to move back to the family ranch.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Doris Day , Philip Brown , Todd Starke , Denver Pyle , Rose Marie , McLean Stevenson , John Dehner , Jackie Joseph , Paul Smith , Lord Nelson , James Hampton , Naomi Stevens , Louise Lane , Billy De Wolfe , Norman Stevans , Fran Ryan , Kaye Ballard , Carol Worthington
S1.E1 ∙ Dinner for Mom
It's Doris' birthday and the boys want to treat her to a dinner out. What's more they insist on paying for it themselves. Doris has some backup money just in case. When they arrive at the restaurant it's not quite what Doris was expecting...it's a smoke filled Road House. When the check comes the boys are short and her backup money didn't quite pan out.
S1.E2 ∙ The Uniform
Billy's made pitcher of the baseball team and has a brand new uniform to prove it. Everyone is proud and Toby wants to show he can get a uniform too. He tries out for the school choir but isn't chosen to join. Toby can't let his mom and grandfather down by telling them he failed and he is desperate for a uniform that he constructs a web of lies to conceal the truth.
S1.E3 ∙ The Friend
Mr. Digby's been appointed faculty advisor for the school's milk fund drive and has arranged for Pritchart's dairy to donate 200 pints of milk a day for the school, but there's one condition.Pritchart wants to photograph the typical American farm family and use it in his advertising, and Doris is chosen.
S1.E4 ∙ The Matchmakers
The annual father/son picnic leaves grandpa sore and tired and the boys disappointed in coming in last in all events. They think that if they help their mom meet someone new who's younger and faster they will do better next year. They try to fix their mom up with Deputy Sheriff Ubbie Puckum. Ubbie is quite conceited though and comes on way too strong. Doris, Buck and Aggie conspire together to scare Ubbie off.
S1.E5 ∙ The Songwriter
Leroy is convince there's fast & big money to be made writing lyrics to country songs. He writes a song and submits it to a record company and it is accepted. He is sent a letter asking for 4 or 5 more similar songs. Doris and Buck are perplexed because to them the song is not very good but it all becomes clear when they find out Leroy pays them $50 to put his lyrics to music.
S1.E6 ∙ The Antique
The boys sell an old table they thought no one wanted to two unscrupulous antique dealers. The table is an antique that Buck's grandmother brought with her when she came out west. Doris is upset with the boys for not respecting other people's property but when the ladies come back for an old stove they want she must come up with a plan to outsmart them and get the table back.
S1.E7 ∙ LeRoy B. Simpson
Aggie and Doris are making fresh bread which causes them to reminisce about their first meeting with Leroy. Leroy's hiding in the barn while the boys are sneaking him food. He's alone and has no place to go. The boys think if Leroy can prove his worth around the farm Buck will ask him to stay on. But Buck isn't easy to impress especially when things begin to disappear around the house.
S1.E8 ∙ The Black Eye
Billy receives a letter and won't let anyone else know who sent it or what it says. The mystery deepens when he comes home from school with a black eye and won't tell who gave it to him. The only thing he does say is that he didn't fight back. Buck and Doris disagree on how to handle this...Buck wants Billy to fight back and Doris wants him to handle it his own way without resorting to violence.
S1.E9 ∙ The Librarian
Doris coaches LeRoy in poetry after he falls for the local librarian and tries to impress her by signing up for a poetry conference.
S1.E10 ∙ The Camping Trip
A feud between old camping buddies Joe Whitecloud and Buck threatens to ruin their trip scheduled with the boys, until Doris and LeeRoy put a plan in motion to reunite them.
S1.E11 ∙ The Job
Doris' former employer in New York City comes to visit with intentions of wooing her into returning to New York to resume her position permanently.
S1.E12 ∙ Buck's Girl
Buck's long-time friendship with Doc is put to the test when they both fall in love with the new manicurist in town.
S1.E13 ∙ The Relatives
Leroy's relatives visit him at the farm, and Doris and the family discover, to their horror, that compared to the rest of his family, Leroy is actually the smart one.
S1.E14 ∙ Love a Duck
Trespasser Tyrone Lovey and his shotgun cause headaches for Doris and the ranch.
S1.E15 ∙ Let Them Out of the Nest
The boys take over a friends egg route, but it's mom Doris who soon discovers the egg business isn't 'all it's cracked up to be'.
S1.E17 ∙ The Buddy
A retired Marine buddy of Buck's comes to visit, and whips things into tip-top shape during Doris and Juanita's absence.
S1.E18 ∙ The Flyboy
A womanizing Air Force pilot bets his buddies that he can get a date with Doris.
S1.E19 ∙ The Tournament
LeRoy lends his expertise and a helping hand as Buck's partner in a horseshoe throwing competition.
S1.E20 ∙ Love Thy Neighbor
It's irresistible force meets immovable object when Doris comes to collect a debt from her eccentric neighbors the Tugwells.
S1.E21 ∙ The Con Man
A con man arrives in Cortina with a scheme to swindle the residents out of their money by promising to build them a community center. When Doris discovers what he's up to, she sets out to expose his scheme.
S1.E22 ∙ The Musical
Doris directs the elementary school play, but her thoroughly modern dance musical meets resistance from the conservative principal.
S1.E23 ∙ The Baby Sitter
Doris finds herself in the middle of chaos while taking care of the children of a neighbor about to have a baby.
S1.E24 ∙ The Still
When the revenuers come calling in Cotina, Doris helps hide the hundred-proof evidence for the moonshine-distilling Lindsay sisters.
S1.E25 ∙ The Gift
LeRoy's one year anniversary as a hired hand is soon approaching, and Doris and family plan a special surprise.
S1.E26 ∙ The Tiger
A tame tiger escapes from its owner and winds up in Doris' house. Doris plans to take it back to its owner, but the tiger escapes again and Doris and LeRoy set out to find it before it's tracked down and shot by hunters.
S1.E27 ∙ The Date
Doris sets up a blind date between Buck's friend, Frank, and Juanita, which leads to greater expectations by Juanita, than what Frank has in mind.
S1.E28 ∙ The Five Dollar Bill
Billy's good deed leads to suspicion and false accusations of theft by a neighbor.
S2.E1 ∙ Doris Gets a Job
Doris lands a job in San Francisco as a Girl Friday for the Managing Editor of Today's World magazine.
S2.E2 ∙ A Frog Called Harold
Unbeknownst to Doris, Billy and Toby's frog Harold has accompanied her to work. Chaos ensues when he escapes after she arrives at her office.
S2.E3 ∙ Married for a Day
Doris' single boss convinces her to pretend to be married to him when his old flame arrives in town.
S2.E4 ∙ The Woman Hater
Doris' natural charm soothes the savage beast and threatens the loss of a client for her boss.
S2.E5 ∙ The Chocolate Bar War
It's a war between two mothers and the battleground is the lucrative exit of Genson's Grocery Store. To the victor goes first prize in the Boy Scout candy selling contest. Doris learns the world is just too small a place to make enemies.
S2.E6 ∙ The Health King
Nick is having problems even trying to speak to, let alone arrange a meeting with Bruce Sanders, whose latest non-fiction book, "How to Build a Better Body", Nick wants to serialize in the magazine. Nick asks Doris, in her first step to an executive position at the magazine, to try to get that meeting with Sanders in his place. Doris is able to get a meeting with him, but finds that their discussions have to be fit in around and during his excessive workout schedule or publicity engagements. Because of such distractions, Sanders suggests dinner at his apartment, which Doris agrees but is not looking forward to solely because she has seen what unusual health food he eats. But the business dinner is not quite what she expects in more ways than one. Although Nick appreciates the personal connection Doris has made with Sanders, he feels that he has to intervene to get back to the original goal, which may be difficult for out of shape and uncoordinated Nick, who is nonetheless concerned for Doris' welfare being around a muscle-bound potential playboy.
S2.E7 ∙ Doris the Model
Today's World is hosting an exclusive fashion show, and Doris and Myrna must babysit the two French models being wooed with food by lovestruck Jewish delicatessen Lotharios.
S2.E8 ∙ Doris Strikes Out
Doris has a date with a French movie star, but learns her sons have volunteered her to umpire their baseball game that afternoon.
S2.E9 ∙ Singles Only
Myrna moves into a swinging singles apartment complex that just ain't got that swing. When she can't break the lease, Doris has the solution: Let slip the sheepdog of war.
S2.E10 ∙ Togetherness
Doris feels guilty that her work is interfering with her spending time with her boys, so she plans a whirlwind weekend of activities that they can all do together--but all the boys want to do is play football with their friends.
S2.E11 ∙ A Two-Family Christmas
At the office Christmas party, Myrna and Ron have a bit too much to drink and Doris sees how lonely they really are, so she invites them out to the ranch for a Christmas party.
S2.E12 ∙ You're as Old as You Feel
Doris' father is beginning to feel his age, which depresses him and he starts acting like an old man, so Doris sets out to convince him that he's not as old as he feels.
S2.E13 ∙ The Prizefighter and the Lady
Because it would take away from his weekend social time, Ron asks Doris to go on assignment - what would be her first writing assignment - to cover Duke Farentino in the deserted mining town of Silver Gulch, he who is training there for the weekend in the title defense of his world middleweight boxing crown. Despite boxing not being Doris' interest, she reluctantly agrees. Although she arrives looking like the proverbial fish out of water, Doris is determined to fit in "with the boys". Duke ends up taking a special interest in Doris professionally because of his special interest in her personally, he who provides her exclusive access on behalf of all the members of the press. Doris ends up being a distraction to Duke - who professes his love for her - which could possibly ruin his chances of defending his title as he has her on his mind instead of boxing.
S2.E14 ∙ Doris vs. the Computer
A computer error leads to efficiency expert Mr. Jarvis insisting that Doris has never paid her electricity bill, which leads to unexpected problems.
S2.E15 ∙ Hot Dogs
Walking through a parking lot at Fisherman's Wharf after their lunch on a hot day, Doris and Myrna see six poodles inside a locked station wagon, a business car of Paul's Poodle Parlor, with all the windows rolled up and no food or water inside. With Myrna's help, Doris does whatever needed to get the poodles out of this unsafe situation. Managing to break in, Doris figures that the most prudent course of action is to take the poodles back to the air-conditioned office--as Nick has gone for the day--and telephone "Paul" to have him pick up the poodles there, but not before she informs the poodles' owners of the shabby way Paul has treated them them and gives Paul a piece of her mind. In the aftermath, Doris faces two legal matters: Paul charges her with breaking and entering and theft; and her actions could affect Nick's abilities to get Supreme Court Justice William Forester to agree to have the magazine publish his memoirs.
S2.E16 ∙ Today's World Catches the Measles
Nick is under a lot of pressure from Today's World publisher, Colonel Fairburn, as Nick and his executive team have lately had and are still having problems coming up with interesting and insightful feature stories. What Doris thinks Nick and Ron need is a day away from the office to let their minds relax and re-energize, she offering the farm as a retreat location on Sunday. They accept Doris' invitation. On Sunday at lunch at Doris', Toby seems a little listless, as he is not even eating. With a fever, he is eventually diagnosed with the measles. As neither Nick or Ron remembers if they have ever had the measles and can't find out on a Sunday, they are under quarantine at the farm until they find out for sure. So on Monday morning, Doris, in addition to making the initial inquiries as to Nick and Ron's past measles status with the necessary county health authorities, has set up the house as a satellite office of Today's World. Having the house be part house, part farm, part hospital and part office may be difficult for Doris, Nick and Ron to manage for their "nine to five" lives and need to get work done, especially under the pressure from Colonel Fairburn. So when Colonel Fairburn comes to San Francisco unexpectedly, will he be understanding of the situation seeing as to the state of the magazine of late?
S2.E17 ∙ The Gas Station
LeRoy seems preoccupied when Buck, Doris and Myrna stop by the gas station for some gas. The reason is that his wife Ellie is in the hospital soon to give birth to their first child. LeRoy can't leave since there isn't anyone else to manage the gas station in his place. As such, Doris volunteers herself and Myrna to be the pump jockeys, while Buck drives him to the hospital as he seems to be in no shape to pay attention to the road. Doris figures that it should be an easy job as all the station's business is local, and as such infrequent because of the small population of Mill Valley. What Doris is unaware of is that a detour has been set up on the main highway, rerouting traffic to the road along which the gas station is located. This leads to a busy afternoon of misadventures for Doris, Myrna and their multitude of customers, some who think they can take advantage of two seemingly helpless women.
S2.E18 ∙ Kidnapped
Warren Coleman has just completed an article for the magazine, an exposé on purported mobster Barney Moore. As such, Coleman is a bundle of nerves, he believing that Moore's men are after him despite that he has been placed in a safe house and the fact that only he, Doris and Nicholson are supposed to know about the article. Coleman is comforted by Doris' assurances, until Moore and his men stop by the safe house and kidnap the two of them. Moore's goal is not to stop publication of the article, but rather that it be edited to his satisfaction. While Nicholson, Ron and Myrna try to figure out what to do to save Doris, belligerent Doris and scared Coleman may have a helping hand in the form of Moore's exasperated wife, Flossie Moore, who has a love/hate relationship with her husband.
S2.E19 ∙ Buck's Portrait
Nick's hired an artist to do a painting for the magazine's cover. Soon, she's found the perfect subject; Buck. Though he initially declines Doris is able to convince him to do it. Soon, Buck's enjoying being the subject of a magazine cover. But when the finished work ends up not being quite what she nor Buck envisioned, Doris has to figure a way to break it to Buck .
S2.E20 ∙ Doris Hires a Millionaire: Part 1
Nicholson gets wind that reclusive billionaire William Tyler, who is hyper-vigilant about his privacy and who has not had his photograph taken in thirty years, is in San Francisco. It would be a huge scoop for the magazine to get a photograph of the man today, and Nick puts Ron on the case. Meanwhile, Doris, who doesn't know the topic of Ron's assignment, is having lunch in the park, when she comes to the rescue of a simply dressed elderly man taking a nap, he who is harassed by the police as a vagrant. Believing him to be a homeless transient, Doris, who can see that he is a nice man who is just down on his luck, not only shares her lunch with him but tries to find him a job. Unable to do so, she decides to hire him to work on the ranch with Buck, an offer that he accepts. As he calls himself Bill Thompson, Doris has no idea that he is really William Tyler, who was looking for an out of the way, private place from which to conduct his business. Meanwhile, Ron is having a great time racking up "expenses" as he searches for Tyler in all of Ron's favorite places.
S2.E21 ∙ Doris Hires a Millionaire: Part 2
Incognito as down and out vagrant Bill Thompson, recluse billionaire William Tyler is enjoying his work helping Buck on the farm, "Thompson" who is doing all the work while Buck "supervises". Both Doris and Buck like having Bill around purely for his good-natured company. But they also notice that he is one to keep to himself, never wanting to venture out beyond the farm to meet people. Ron and Nicholson's search for Tyler and the fact of Tyler living on Doris' farm may finally come together when Nicholson searches for a human interest story, Doris who believes that story is the varied history as she knows of the man living on her farm. But if they are heard, the voices of observant children may be able to piece together the story quicker.
S2.E22 ∙ A Woman's Intuition
While on a flight to Florida, Doris tries to comfort the passenger in the seat next to her, who is deathly afraid of flying. Things don't work out as she planned, however, when the passenger winds up hijacking the airplane to Cuba.
S2.E23 ∙ Doris Meets a Prince
Doris meets a foreign prince, who is smitten with her and pursues her. She invites him home to dinner to try to talk him out of his pursuit of her, but it has the opposite effect and he winds up proposing marriage to her.
S2.E24 ∙ The Duke Returns
Retired boxer Duke Farentino has become a dance instructor and turns to Doris for help with his problems.
S2.E25 ∙ The Office Troubleshooter
Jarvis, an efficiency expert assigned to Today's World magazine as a troubleshooter and the entire staff is at the point of revolt, as he blithely goes about his busybody business.
S2.E26 ∙ Colonel Fairburn Takes Over
The Publisher of Today's World arrives unexpectedly and assumes control of the office and its staff, taking a special interest in Doris.
S3.E1 ∙ Doris Finds an Apartment
Doris finds an apartment in San Francisco that's above an Italian restaurant. It's just the kind of place that she's looking for, but when she throws a party to celebrate her new place, the landlord cancels her lease.
S3.E2 ∙ The Feminist
Today's World is working on getting the serialization rights to feminist Harriet Henderson's latest book. Being a man, Ron gets nowhere with Harriet. Having no female executives on staff, Nicholson asks Doris if she will act on the magazine's behalf in dealing with Harriet, Doris to pretend to be a feminist in Harriet's mold despite Doris not believing in most of what Harriet espouses, which includes women being devoid of any femininity. Doris reluctantly agrees. Harriet may not be impressed if she knew the real Doris, one that is currently being romantically wooed by David Cowley, a macho race car driver. Doris may have to decide if the contract with Harriet or her first date with David is more important.
S3.E3 ∙ How Can I Ignore the Man Next Door?
Doris is glad to hear that the Palluccis have managed to rent out what was the long standing empty apartment next door to theirs in the building, irrespective of Billy and Toby's auspicious first meeting with the new tenant, the boys who knocked him over and broke his lamp in the process. Doris changes her mind when going over to apologize on the boys' behalf and welcome the man into the building, she learns the new tenant is Willard Jarvis, with who every previous meeting she has had has turned into a disaster because of their different outlooks. As hard as each tries, the Martins and Jarvis can't help but continually run into each other, each encounter as bad as the one before. Based on advice from Nick, Doris tries the good neighbor approach in dealing with Jarvis. The questions become whether this new approach will reduce the bad incidents, and regardless if Doris and Jarvis can truly become friends in the process.
S3.E4 ∙ Dinner for One
Angie laments to Doris that business has been bad, which Doris doesn't understand since she believes the food the best in town. Doris' efforts to bring at least her friends in, either by changing where they normally eat or encouraging them to eat out if they generally eat in, don't seem to help. When Angie says that Louie has been offered a job at a high end restaurant recommended by well-known critic Dudley Grey, Doris believes that what Palluccis needs is for Dudley Grey to review their restaurant, this advice regardless of the fact that both Doris and Angie personally thinking that the power Grey wields is ridiculous. They first have to bring Grey in, which is a tall order since he generally only reviews higher end establishments frequented by high society. And even if he does come in, they have to make the restaurant look like an "in" place, complete with wait staff and a room full of customers clamoring to get in. The other problem is that they can't cater directly to him, as no one, even his editorial staff, knows what he looks like. Doris has some intel as to who Grey would be, but if that intel is wrong, their efforts to impress that one person may backfire.
S3.E5 ∙ Doris Leaves Today's World: Part 1
While she's having her brown bag lunch in the park, Doris receives a surprise visit from her old friend, reclusive multi-millionaire William Tyler, this the way they first met. He is in San Francisco specifically to see Doris as he has a proposition for her: be his personal secretary. The exorbitant salary is tempting enough, but he ups the ante when he shows her what would be her lavish working quarters, and shows her who would be her secretary. These perks are enough for Doris eventually to say yes, despite she liking her friends and colleagues at Today's World, and the work itself. But she knows they can never match the salary as witnessed by Nick even having to fight to give Doris a $10/week raise, or the other perks. After her emotional goodbye at Today's World and the start of her new job, Doris has to adjust to the new working conditions, both the good, and yes the bad.
S3.E6 ∙ Doris Leaves Today's World: Part 2
Doris helps in closing the deal for her new boss, reclusive multi-millionaire William Tyler, on a whirlwind business trip to Tokyo, Japan, after which Tyler shows her the town in appreciation. That trip is quickly followed by another impromptu trip, this time to St. Moritz, Switzerland, followed by another, then another, each to an exotic locale. Doris loves the excitement and how Tyler shows his gratitude. But she learns that the job is taking its toll, specifically on her home life with Billy and Toby, who express how much they miss her. Her sons' feelings manifest themselves in the way Doris acts at work, especially when she is on a business trip, her primary goal to make it home as quickly as possible. Tyler tries to accommodate Doris' every need and want in the matter, but a crisis shows Tyler what he needs to do truly to make Doris happy.
S3.E7 ∙ The Fashion Show
Doris is preparing for this year's fashion show, sponsored by Today's World and which again debuts the new collection by Paris fashion designer, Montagne. Doris is looking forward to watching the show from the comfort of a seat in the audience, unlike last year, when, at the last minute, she had to do all the modeling for the show herself. When Montagne arrives from Paris, Doris learns that he has other things on his mind as since the show went so well last year, he didn't bring any models this year expecting Doris to model everything once again. He even designed the line specifically with her in mind. He believes this collection will catapult him to the top as Paris' premier designer above the current number one, the House of Robert, especially with the collection's pièce de resistance, the wedding gown. Montagne's plan places Doris and Nick in a bind, as although the magazine is sponsoring the show, Nick needs Doris to help him prepare for his first ever report at a stockholders' meeting in the absence of the publisher, Colonel Fairburn. But what may be more problematic is the unknown factor that Robert has sent a spy whose mission is to sabotage the show and ruin Montagne, which in the process may damage the credibility of the magazine at this crucial time of the stockholders meeting.
S3.E8 ∙ Lost and Found
Ron has his first lead article for the magazine, despite the on-the-surface dry nature of the topic: how international trade affects the average person. Things are down to the wire in getting it to press on Monday as Myrna still needs to type it and Nicholson needs to read it. Despite the tight time-line, Myrna just isn't in the mood to type it. Not typed correctly by the end of the day Friday, Myrna and Doris convince Ron to let Myrna complete it at home over the weekend, and Doris will personally proof-read the typed copy before getting it to him to give to Nick on Monday morning. By the time Doris arrives at Myrna's on Sunday afternoon, Myrna can't find where she left her completed typed copy or even the handwritten copy. Myrna, remembering that she put it in her purse to take to the office, and Doris have to retrace Myrna's less than conventional steps with the purse over the previous 24 hours, with Myrna's job on the line if they can't find it. They may have to go to extreme lengths to find even where Myrna thinks she left it, with no guarantee that it's there.
S3.E9 ∙ Duke the Performer
Doris' friend, ex-boxer turned dance instructor Duke Farentino, is starting yet another career, as nightclub headliner. The dance school isn't generating business, so he figured performing would be a good way to get his name out into the business. After the opening night show which featured Duke and "his Duchesses" in a comedic song & dance routine, Duke even admits that it was a fiasco. He decides to throw in the towel. However, Doris convinces him that he needs to train harder and hone his act. Because of Doris' advice, Duke finagles Doris into being his manager/trainer, which includes vetting his material and being his practice partner. Even if Doris is able to help Duke put together a good act, they will still have the problem of overcoming the bad press from his first show for anyone to hire him. Doris will have to decide how far she will go to get Duke back on stage.
S3.E10 ∙ Doris the Spy
Doris has just returned from a business trip to Portland, the notes - recipes for a culinary story - from which she's put in her attaché case. However, at San Francisco Airport, Doris inadvertently picks up someone else's identical attaché case. That attaché case contains top secret government documents. Because of the importance of the case's contents, it is equipped with a tracking device and a tamper-proof lock. The government agents, led by Mssrs. Fleming and Bowers, believe the case has fallen into enemy hands as they track its whereabouts. When Fleming, Bowers and their men catch up with Doris, Doris, who managed to pick the lock with a hairpin and glance at the case's contents, has to convince them that she is not a foreign spy, as they believe her front - widowed working mother with a sheepdog - is just too convincing not to be a front. If she can't convince them, she may have government agents invading her life for some time as they do a thorough background check.
S3.E11 ∙ Tony Bennett Is Eating Here
Doris admits that she is star-struck by the prospect of interviewing Tony Bennett. When she arrives for the interview, he places her so much at ease that she even literally forgets that she is supposed to be conducting an interview. But what Doris is feeling is nothing compared to Angie when she learns that Bennett, who is lamenting not being able to find a good simple home cooked Italian meal in San Francisco without going to busy restaurants where he has been mobbed by autograph hounds, is coming to the restaurant tonight on Doris' recommendation and with Doris as his guest. Doris makes Angie and Louie swear that they will not tell anyone about Bennett's visit to ensure that his dinner is as quiet and relaxed as he is hoping. But Angie's promise to Doris goes out the window, and with it perhaps Bennett's much wanted quiet dinner and the goodwill that Doris has built with him.
S3.E12 ∙ Cousin Charlie
Doris' cousin, Charlie Webb, who she has not seen or heard from in four years, stops by unexpectedly, and invites himself to stay with the Martins until the wind literally blows him to wherever his next stop. Charlie is a free spirit who travels the world, generally via boat, doing odd jobs along the way. Doris is worried about him because his carefree life has not led to any stability or future prospects. Doris, who knows that Charlie has many talents which he demonstrates as he gets her out of a traffic ticket, tries to persuade him to settle in San Francisco and lead a more steady life. Because of those skills with the police, Doris believes he would make a great salesman, and arranges for Charlie to get a job as an ad salesman for the magazine despite he not being sure he really wants such a job. But he does end up being a success in the job itself. The question becomes whether success in the job makes for a happier Charlie or Doris.
S3.E13 ∙ Love Makes the Pizza Go Round
Doris notices that Angie and Louie's marriage has hit a stale patch, which Angie confirms. Working side by side with Angie all day long, all Louie seems to care about is Angie doing her job in the restaurant, and by closing time, all Louie wants to do is go to bed. Doris believes that what Angie needs to do is inject a little sexiness and romance back into the marriage, most specifically by wearing sexier clothes, and making herself up. Angie agrees with Doris' scheme, but trying to find some free time away from the restaurant during business hours to go to the beauty parlor is another matter. Louie does notice Angie's new sexy look, but his reaction is not quite what she was hoping. Ron unwittingly gets involved in their marital issue, he who has been hanging around a lot as he and Doris have been working on a story concerning bogus fortune tellers.
S3.E14 ∙ Buck Visits the Big City
On Buck's latest weekly Sunday visit, Doris laments not seeing him more often, or have him stay longer, permanently if he is amenable to the idea. That would mean selling the farm and retiring. Buck, on the other hand, believes he would be lost in the city, being a country boy at heart. They compromise - he will stay for one week, after which he can reevaluate his options. Buck finds that life in the city has a whole different rhythm and whole different sensibility than what he is used to, and he has troubles trying to find things to do that don't get him into trouble, especially with Doris and the kids off with their own set routines. Doris figures what Buck really needs is a friend with who to do things. The question is if Doris can find the appropriate person in the city, someone who may have things in common with Buck besides just age and having a lot of free time.
S3.E15 ∙ It's Christmas Time in the City
Doris throws a Christmas party at her apartment and invites Mr. Jarvis. However, not only does Jarvis turn down her invitation, but he threatens to call the cops if Doris and her guests make too much noise.
S3.E16 ∙ Doris vs. Pollution
Doris is dismayed to see the state of the plants on her patio, which she learns are being slowly killed by sulfur poisoning, the nurseryman who can smell the sulfur in the air. She tracks the culprit down to a new sulfur factory, Fedderson Sulfur, which she tries to shut down. She does slightly soften her opinion when she learns of sulfur's many uses, but still comes out of the meeting with the plant manager unsatisfied that they will not make the easy and quick fix to reduce toxic emissions at a $500,000 price tag. She gets permission from Colonel Fairburn, who is overseeing the running of the magazine in Nick's absence, to write an anti-pollution article, especially concerning her specific situation. When Doris finishes the story, she and Colonel Fairburn come to an unwanted epiphany: Fedderson is a subsidiary of Amalgamated Limited, the Chair of the Board being Colonel Fairburn. As such, the Colonel kills the story. Doris has to figure out a way to change the Colonel's mind. Mother Nature may give her a bit of a helping hand.
S3.E17 ∙ The Forward Pass
Doris gets an interview with womanizing football star Joe Garrison. He has other ideas about the "interview", however, and while chasing her around the apartment, he falls and breaks his leg--right before a big game.
S3.E18 ∙ Duke's Girlfriend
Doris' ex-boxer turned nightclub performer friend, Duke Farentino, has the exciting news that he has met the woman of his dreams, old money socialite Alison Otis Peabody, and is planning on asking her to marry him. Doris becomes a bit skeptical when she learns that Duke and Alison met only two days ago, and that Alison is slyly pressuring him to buy her jewelry from one of the most expensive jewelers in town. That skepticism is strengthened when Doris doesn't recognize Alison's name or the Peabody's as old family money in San Francisco. Doris is certain Alison is a phony when she meets her in person, which is confirmed when Myrna and Ron help her do research into the non-existing Peabodys of San Francisco. They are all certain that if Duke does propose, Alison will say yes, request a quickie wedding, get whatever she can out of Duke and then divorce him to collect the alimony. Doris also knows that Duke will neither believe her if she tries to tell him the truth, and resent the fact that they checked up on Alison. Doris figures the only way to get Duke not to marry her is to show him what a big phony she is by luring her with an even bigger phony.
S3.E19 ∙ Jarvis' Uncle
Mr. Jarvis informs Doris and the boys that his Uncle Randolph Jarvis is coming for a visit from Fort Lauderdale for a week, and as such issues them an even stricter than usual "anti-noise" directive for the duration of the visit, the unreasonableness about which Doris is incredulous. Doris finds out that she need not worry as beyond the striking physical resemblance, Uncle Randolph is nothing like his nephew, "Randy" who is friendly and likes children and animals, even noisy ones. He admits to Doris that he dreads his two weekly annual visits with his nephew, he considering them a responsibility as being his only living relative. He has to try and figure out how to reconcile his obligation to his nephew, while admitting that he'd rather be spending time with Doris, especially now that he has made the decision to find a "Mrs. Jarvis" for the first time in his life.
S3.E20 ∙ Lassoin' Leroy
Leroy B. Simpson pays a visit and winds up winning $20,000 at a rodeo. Doris hides his money in a broken toaster, so he'll stop spending it foolishly, but the boys, who don't know about the money, give the broken toaster away to a library fund-raising drive.
S3.E21 ∙ Colonel Fairburn Jr.
Instead of the obvious choice of Ron the associate editor, Colonel Fairburn appoints his newly graduated son, Clifford Fairburn, managing editor of the magazine during his and Nick's two week business trip. Clifford, who has no practical magazine experience, is nonetheless a chip off the old block: he went to military school, followed by finishing first in his class in business school. And he has traditional conservative values and ideals... or so he would like his father to believe. Once the Colonel and Nick are gone, the real Clifford emerges. In reality, he is a long haired (which was hidden underneath a short-haired wig), meditating hippie with not a conservative thought in his head. Under his two week stint, Clifford decides to take the magazine in a whole different direction, one that appeals more to his hippie sensibilities. Doris feels that it is not her responsibility to counter any of Clifford's directives, but she will probably be the one who has to reconcile Clifford's decisions to Nick and especially the Colonel upon their return.
S3.E22 ∙ Billy's First Date
A widower whose daughter is going on her first date with Billy falls for Billy's mother Doris.
S3.E23 ∙ Doris Goes to Hollywood
When Doris Martin wins a Doris Day lookalike contest, she and Myrna head to Hollywood to have lunch with the star, but things don't turn out the way they had planned.
S3.E24 ∙ Skiing Anyone?
Doris and Myrna go on a weekend skiing trip, where Doris meets a handsome doctor--who comes in handy when Myrna sprains her ankle before she even gets to the slopes.
S3.E25 ∙ The Father-Son Weekend
Grandpa Buck isn't able to take Toby on a father-son camping trip, so Doris goes along instead.
S3.E26 ∙ Young Love
Doris' young niece pays a middle-of-the-night visit to seek her advice on how to patch up her marriage.
S4.E1 ∙ And Here's... Doris
When Doris must interview a television talk show host, he decides she should appear as a guest.
S4.E2 ∙ Mr. and Mrs. Raffles
Jewel thieves plant stolen gems on Mr. Jarvis, and when he and Doris discover what has happened, they head to the store to return the stolen loot. However, they wind up getting arrested and thrown in jail, where they meet the real thieves. Doris and Mr. Jarvis hatch a plan to expose the thieves and clear their names.
S4.E3 ∙ When in Rome, Don't
When in Rome on a short vacation, Doris falls in love with an Italian, unaware he is a famous artist.
S4.E4 ∙ Charity Begins in the Office
Doris discovers that a consultant hired by Mrs. Fairburn's charity is stealing money from it, and sets out to expose the thief and get the money back.
S4.E5 ∙ A Weighty Problem
Doris and Angie register at a spa to spy on the wife of a convict about to be released, who had stolen $2 million that has never been found, and they think that the wife knows where the money is hidden.
S4.E6 ∙ The People's Choice
Doris and Cy Bennett convince Mr. Jarvis to throw his hat in the political ring and run against Councilman Smiling Sam Appleton.
S4.E7 ∙ A Fine Romance
Cy Bennett assigns Doris to research and write a piece on computer dating, but Doris' charm, beauty and clear lack of any reason to resort to a computer dating service to meet men arouses the attention of the Bunco Squad, who suspect she's an extortionist.
S4.E8 ∙ The Albatross
Doris meets her cousin Charlie at a seaside bar and is gifted with a Ceylonese elephant statuette with its trunk down, a notorious bad luck charm. Things go from bad to worse just when Cousin Charlie needs some good luck, what with three pistol-packing characters hot on his tail.
S4.E9 ∙ Have I Got a Fellow for You!
Angie fixes Doris up with a handsome airline pilot, but Doris thinks Angie's matchmaking abilities are lacking.
S4.E10 ∙ To England with Doris
Doris goes to England to try to get Sir Robert Kingsley to allow Today's World Magazine to publish his book in their magazine.
S4.E11 ∙ The Sheik of Araby
Doris is kidnapped by Middle Eastern revolutionaries who threaten to kill her unless their king returns to them the land they believe is rightfully theirs.
S4.E12 ∙ Doris and the Doctor
Hypochondriac Cyril Bennett summons a doctor and when Doris opens the door to admit him it's love at first sight for Doris and Dr. Lawrence. However, will the scheming Bennett quash what Cupid hath wrought by assigning Doris to write an article on outrageous doctor fees?
S4.E13 ∙ Happiness Is Not Being Fired
Doris is fired after writing a piece that hit the Today's World publisher in the pocketbook, but maybe bygones will be bygones after Doris gets a firsthand scoop of a major crime story and threatens to sell the story to a competitor.
S4.E14 ∙ Whodunnit, Doris
Doris discovers a pistol-wielding Santa Claus standing over a dead body and sets to work cracking the case. A clever Christmas murder mystery aided and abetted by the entertaining Charles Nelson Reilly. Look for entertainer Rockwell as a young boy disheartened by Santa's arrest.
S4.E15 ∙ The Wings of an Angel
Doris goes behind bars to record the life story of aging gangster Frankie Fury, but much to her and Cy Bennett's dismay he would much rather wax nostalgic about old flame Gertrude and her paper-fetching dog Spot than reveal racketeer and syndicate secrets.
S4.E16 ∙ Doris at Sea
Doris helps Dr. Lawrence perform an appendectomy on shipping magnate Nicholas Kavros, who of course is immediately smitten with her, much to Dr. Lawrence's chagrin.
S4.E17 ∙ The Sorrow of Sangapur
It's intrigue on the Orient Express as Doris and Cy are drawn into a conflict over a precious gem, the Sorrow of Sangapur.
S4.E18 ∙ The Blessed Event
Doris jumps to conclusions when she overhears Angie make a reference to a forthcoming "blessed event" in the family.
S4.E19 ∙ Who's Got the Trenchcoat?
When the office chips in and buys Cy a new trenchcoat, ditzy Jackie thoughtlessly donates his old one to a mission for homeless men. Distraught over the loss of "Ol' Blood n' Guts," Cy and Doris track down the coat's new owner.
S4.E20 ∙ Doris' House Guest
Cy requests Doris to open her home to the distraught Thelma, sister-in-law to the magazine's publisher, who was jilted at the altar. When Thelma's fiancé comes to Frisco to declare his love, he finds she has already moved on and into the arms of Mr. Jarvis. Doris better think of a solution fast if she and Cy want to keep their jobs.
S4.E21 ∙ The Crapshooter Who Would Be King
With hopes of landing an interview with its reclusive prince, Doris and Cy travel to the small European nation of San Riata where Doris' beauty and charm incite impersonation, intrigue and an international incident.
S4.E22 ∙ Cover Girl
To boost sagging sales, Doris taps her old flame Carlo Benadetti to come to San Francisco and paint an exclusive cover for Today's World Magazine. But after two weeks and a skyrocketing expense account, Carlo's canvas is empty as he can think only of Doris.
S4.E23 ∙ Gowns by Louie
Doris persuades her dry cleaner Louie to showcase his original designs in a fashion show put on by the snobbish Jacques Moreau. The multi-talented Doris not only covers the fashion show for Today's World but also serves as its sole model, displaying a number of early 1970's styles.
S4.E24 ∙ There's a Horse Thief in Every Family Tree
After Doris writes a story uncovering rotten fruit in the Townsend family tree, the offended family's firm pulls its advertising from Today's World. To save her job, Doris goes undercover as a maid to meet the Townsends and convince them to reconsider.
S5.E1 ∙ No More Advice... Please
Doris and Peter claim to be comfortable with their open relationship ... until Doris is charmed and wooed by a handsome, bestselling author.
S5.E2 ∙ The Great Talent Raid
Doris accepts a lucrative offer from Prestige Magazine, sparking a war between it and Today's World Magazine.
S5.E3 ∙ Just a Miss Understanding
To finance her lavish lifestyle, Doris secretly moonlights as Miss Understanding, hosting an overnight advice radio program and arousing Peter's suspicions.
S5.E4 ∙ The Press Secretary
Cupid casts a ballot when Doris signs on as press secretary to dashing congressional candidate Jonathan Rusk.
S5.E5 ∙ Peeping Tom
Doris fears a peeping tom is watching her from a neighboring rooftop.
S5.E6 ∙ Forgive and Forget
Doris pens a piece critical of the divorce epidemic, calling on couples to forgive and forget hurts and betrayals. But Doris finds it difficult to heed her own counsel when she suspects Peter of a fling with a beautiful young actress.
S5.E7 ∙ Debt of Honor
Doris discovers how wealthy she really is when she needs $1,100 in a hurry.
S5.E8 ∙ Jimmy the Gent
Doris goes undercover and in disguise to land an interview with a hospitalized criminal, contending with a disapproving Peter, eccentric patients and a nosy nurse.
S5.E9 ∙ The Music Man
Doris becomes romantically entangled with the young pop star she's profiling for Today's World, putting her at odds with Cy when it begins affecting her journalistic standards.
S5.E10 ∙ Defective Story
Doris warms up the Cold War when her beauty catches the eye of an amorous Soviet general rumored to be planning a defection to the West.
S5.E11 ∙ The Co-Op
To keep their apartment complex from being bought by a conglomerate, Doris, Mr. Jarvis and the other tenants meet to discuss buying the building themselves and creating a co-op.
S5.E12 ∙ Anniversary Gift
Peter's anniversary gift to Doris of an antique automobile literally backfires when its constant breakdowns result in Doris being chronically late for dates and work.
S5.E13 ∙ The New Boss
Doris sits in for Cy and serves as editor-in-chief for one issue of Today's World Magazine.
S5.E14 ∙ Follow That Dog
A retired mobster makes Doris an offer she can't refuse: he'll donate $10,000 to her animal charity if she will babysit his dog Tiger for two weeks. It won't be easy money because the reigning syndicate leader as well as the police are determined to get their hands on the pooch.
S5.E15 ∙ The Hoax
After the photogenic Doris is approached by a charming talent scout (Andy Griffith), Cy assigns her to go undercover as an aspiring actress and write an expose of the phony talent agency racket.
S5.E16 ∙ The Last Huzzah
Today's World Magazine's 40-year veteran linotypist Sam Johnson is turning 65 and eagerly anticipating retirement, until Doris coerces him into challenging the company's compulsory retirement policy.
S5.E17 ∙ Hospital Benefit
Doris puts together and appears as the only model in a fashion show to help fund an expansion of Peter's hospital.
S5.E18 ∙ It's a Dog's Life
Doris rescues two stray dogs from the dog catcher and then must try and persuade landlord Mr. Jarvis to relax his no pets policy. The episode is an earnest promotion of pet adoption and reflects Doris Day's real life passion.
S5.E19 ∙ Family Magazine
Doris' old flame Sir Robert Kingsley is coming to the States on a lecture tour, but Cy is reluctant to allow Doris to interview him, fearing their hanky-panky will tarnish Today's World's image as a family magazine.
S5.E20 ∙ A Small Cure for Big Alimony
Cy is ecstatic at the prospect of his ex-wife remarrying and releasing him from paying her alimony, but Doris has reasons for keeping the cork in the champagne bottle a little longer.
S5.E21 ∙ The Magnificent Fraud
Doris' art-forging uncle visits and to keep from being returned to jail enlists Doris and Cy's help in switching out a forged painting from the collection of a wealthy art collector.
S5.E22 ∙ Meant for Each Other
With Doris no longer with Peter, and Jonathan Rusk divorced from his wife, former candidate Jonathan returns to declare his love for Doris. But will her jealousy of his new globe-trotting reporting career come between them?
S5.E23 ∙ Welcome to Big Sur, Sir
Jackie and her freeloading boyfriend Sid invite themselves along on Doris and Jonathan's romantic getaway weekend to Big Sur.
S5.E24 ∙ Byline, Alias Doris
A struggling Today's World writer on the verge of being fired asks Doris to ghostwrite an important story for him. Final episode of the series.
