The Sick Boy and the Sitter
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1961
Head comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their slightly sick son Ritchie at home with a babysitter while they attend a work gathering
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1961
Head comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their slightly sick son Ritchie at home with a babysitter while they attend a work gathering
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1961
Rob tries to fake hes not sick, when he fears his co-writers can do a show without him
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1961
When Rob has to start working late nights with a beautiful actress Laura starts to worry.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1961
Much to Rob's horror,Laura tries her hand at matchmaking when she invites her quiet introverted cousin Thomas over for a meal with exactly the opposite Sally.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1961
Rob suffers with guilt when he has to go on a business trip the night of his son's play
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1961
While rummaging through Rob's old army equipment, Rob and Laura recall that he broke her foot the night they met
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1961
Without checking with Laura , Rob agrees to look after Larry-Buddys dog over the upcoming long weekend. Not only do Laura and Richie have other plans , Richie is terrified the large dog will eat him.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1961
When a old Army buddy comes for a visit, Rob can't remember who he is
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1961
Laura thinks she is losing her sex appeal so she decides to dye her hair blond.. then changes her mind when Rob says he loves her with brown hair on the phone.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1961
Rob forgets to get 44 tickets to the Alan Brady Show for the PTA
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1961
Rob and Richie find themselves more than a little lost when Laura briefly resumes her dancing career.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1961
Laura convinces Rob to treat Sally like a women and not one of the fellas leading Buddy to thing Rob has fallen in love with Sally
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1961
Rob buys Laura a huge gaudy necklace that she secretly hates, to get rid of it, she gives it to Robs mother, that loves it as a gift
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 26, 1961
Buddy accepts a writing job that Rob turned down but has to get out of his contract writing for the Alan Brady Show, it backfires and Buddy ends up with no job
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1962
Rob thinks Buddy owes him money but it turns out it's the other way around
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1962
When Robs old Army buddy shows up the same night as he is hosting a dinner party for his sponsor, knowing they will clash, Rob tries to get rid of the Army buddy to no avail
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1962
Rob, Buddy and Sally write a skit about a wife opening her husbands mail angering Laura because she is guilty of doing the same thing.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1962
After Jerry teases Rob about writing a rotten show, Rob accidently punches Jerry in the nose.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1962
Rob tells the story about when Richie was born.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1962
When Buddy's wife is out of town, Buddy stays with Rob and Laura
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1962
Ritchie is starting to learn some new words. He says a bad word to Laura in the car. She thinks ignoring it is the best course, but Rob wants to have a "man-to-man" talk with Ritchie. Rob also wants to confront the family that he assumes is responsible for Ritchie learning the bad words, but that could prove embarrassing
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1962
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1962
Rob is father of the week at Richie's school
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1962
Sally helps get a dance craze started.
Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1962
Rob has jury duty
Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1962
Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.
Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1962
Buddy laments the decline of the American male and yearns for the "good old days". Rob starts to feel he does too much housework. He has a nightmare about the bad circumstances of the "old days"
Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1962
Rob's sleep walking brother visits.
Episode: 1x29 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1962
Rob's sleep walking brother visits
Episode: 1x30 | Airdate: Apr 18, 1962
Laura meets a man running a tie shop that says he gave Rob his first job
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1962
Rob reluctantly brings home 2 baby ducks from the office
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1962
To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the phone, Rob disguises his voice and calls Laura.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1962
Rob discovers Laura's secret bank account. Its mystery preoccupies his thoughts till he finally has to confront her and ask what it's for.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1962
Rob tells Ritchie the story about how a crippled jeep and a sprained ankle made Rob two hours late for his own wedding.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1962
Rob doesn't know what he's in for when he invites Buddy's charming, pool hustling brother Blackie over for dinner and a friendly game of billiards.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1962
Ritchie finds his birth certificate and wants an explanation for his middle name.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1962
A hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1962
When handsome Ric Vallone is the guest star on the Alan Brady Show, Rob grows increasingly concerned that Sally is falling madly for the star, who is unaware of this complication.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1962
Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day. Afterwards, each of them remember the fight very differently.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1962
Rob suspects co-writers Buddy and Sally of carrying on a clandestine romance.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1962
Ritchie claims he keeps being attacked by a giant woodpecker.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1962
Rob begins to fear that he is allergic to his own family when proximity to Laura and Ritchie makes him start sneezing.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1962
Rob suffers pangs of guilt after a dental emergency arises while Jerry's out of town, forcing Rob to accept treatment from another dentist whom Rob finds superior.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 26, 1962
Dreading the thought of being forced to direct a fund-raising show by Mrs Billings of the PTA, Rob remembers the previous year's show when he tried to cast the role of Cleopatra.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1963
A successive string of neighborhood cat burglaries makes the Petries and the Helpers jumpy, all of whom get victimized despite their hyper-vigilance over every little sound.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1963
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1963
Rob recounts the wrath and fury he encountered when he broke his engagement with his hometown sweetheart, Dorothy, after he and Laura became engaged.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1963
Rob does an interview with a tv interviewer that makes Laura very angry
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1963
After a heated argument with Mel over a sketch, Rob walks out thinking he has lost his job
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1963
Laura is upset with Rob after he picks up a check.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1963
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1963
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1963
The Petries hire a painter for their living room who ends up doing a lot, other than what they hired him to do.
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1963
The gang vacations at Rob's army buddy's new resort, but when Rob incapacitates its headlining comic, he gets the gang to help put on a show to make up for it.
Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1963
In answer to an invitation, the Petries attend a swank dinner party thrown by wealthy Mrs. Huntington, which later reveals itself to be a fund-raiser where Rob's compliant gesture turns into a donation far beyond his means.
Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1963
Rob plans to make himself scarce when he hears French heartthrob Jacques Savon is Alan's guest star, a man whose marriage Rob feels responsible for breaking up. Oddly enough, Laura feels responsible, too.
Episode: 2x27 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1963
Tracy Rattigan, the show's guest host while Alan Brady's on vacation, is a charming but incorrigible flirt, the extent of which Laura and Rob discover to their discomfort.
Episode: 2x28 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1963
Suspected infidelity puts Buddy's marriage to Pickles in jeopardy, and Rob, friends to both, finds himself situated between an enraged husband and an hysterical wife.
Episode: 2x29 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1963
Laura's old beau re-enters the Petries' lives as Alan Brady's newest sponsor. His appearance coincides with Rob's agitation over personal finances, triggering insecurities.
Episode: 2x30 | Airdate: Apr 24, 1963
Rob drives himself beyond distraction trying to figure out whether Laura is going to throw him a surprise party for his birthday and, if she IS going to throw a surprise party, when and where it's going to happen.
Episode: 2x31 | Airdate: May 1, 1963
Sally dates a conman that wants her to write standup material for him.
Episode: 2x32 | Airdate: May 8, 1963
Richie gives his dad an idea about a talking bowling pin, unbeknownst to Rob it was already done by another tv show.
Episode: 2x33 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1963
After over hearing a conversation by Jerry and Millie, Rob and Laura have to go to there house for a party.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1963
Rob tells the story about how after Laura gave birth, he thinks they came home from the hospital with the wrong baby.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1963
Rob, Laura, Buddy and Sally go to an auction and accidently bid on a painting.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1963
When Rob and Laura's insurance man comes to the house, Laura keeps disappearing only to reveal to Rob she was only 17 when they got married, and that's not a legal age in New York.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1963
Rob and Laura get married again so they will be legally married.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1963
When Uncle George comes for a visit, they try to fix him up with Herman's mother only to have him flip for Sally.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1963
As director of the annual area variety show, Rob finds himself trapped between casting Laura as this year's leading woman (again) or a dazzlingly talented newcomer to the neighborhood.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1963
Following a concussion at the office, Rob winds up at a swinging party in New Jersey with no idea how he got there.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1963
Big Max Calvada wants Rob Sally and Buddy to write a night club act for his nephew that has very little talent
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1963
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1963
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1963
Rob thinks he witnessed a robbery and goes to the police station to report it
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1964
Rob becomes the victim of undying gratitude and amorous attentions when he elevates a talented young chorus girl to a featured role on the show.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1963
The Alan Brady Show puts on special Christmas themed episode full of musical numbers and Christmas fun.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1964
When Rob takes a lady reporter to lunch that wants to interview him, Laura shows up and make Rob sound like a star... angering his co-writers and Alan Brady when the article comes out
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1964
Richie has 63 kids coming to his birthday party, Rob and Laura try to figure out how to entertain them.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1964
When a handsome bachelor moves in next door, Rob and Laura turn matchmakers.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1964
Laura meets her old love and discovers he has entered the priesthood.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1964
A social game of poker turns sour when it's discovered Rob has been playing with a marked deck.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1964
Rob consults a psychiatrist to determine whether a series of mysterious ailments is psychosomatic.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1964
Buddy and Rob are left writing the script without Sally when she becomes a hit as a regular guest on late night talk show.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1964
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1964
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Mar 11, 1964
A manipulative and sultry guest star has Mel replaced by Rob as producer during her appearance on the Alan Brady Show, much to Rob's discomfort.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Mar 18, 1964
The purchase of multiple burial plots triggers a battle over primary affection between Rob's and Laura's two sets of parents.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: Mar 25, 1964
Laura dreads telling Rob about the big passenger-side scratch she found on their brand new car (which Rob adores) when she went shopping in it.
Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: Apr 1, 1964
Rob rounds up three notable personalities from the old days of radio for a TV special.
Episode: 3x27 | Airdate: Apr 8, 1964
Laura once commissioned an artist for a fully clothed portrait of herself, which he, taking artist license, rendered nude and now has standing in an art gallery for all to see.
Episode: 3x28 | Airdate: Apr 15, 1964
With Laura out of town for a few days, Rob tries to figure out what to do in his spare time. Eventually, he looks in on an old Army buddy, who is at a nightclub. Unfortunately, it results in confusion that ultimately lands Rob behind bars.
Episode: 3x29 | Airdate: Apr 22, 1964
Rob and Laura suspect the worst when they spy Jerry dining out with another woman.
Episode: 3x30 | Airdate: Apr 29, 1964
Episode: 3x31 | Airdate: May 13, 1964
Laura takes a creative writing course, and the teacher extols Laura's writing abilities. Rob infers from this unwarranted attention that Mr. Caldwell is using Laura to meet him. In fact, Mr. Caldwell's interest is only in Laura.
Episode: 3x32 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1964
Mel wants a magazine reporter to watch the writers at work, but Rob thinks they'll all end up performing for the reporter instead of getting anything done. Turns out, that's not the half of it.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1964
When a drunk accosts Laura and Rob in a downtown bar, Laura surprises Rob by using a judo throw that flattens the man. Rob begins to feel inadequate as the "protector" of his household and sets out to prove a point with Laura.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1964
Mel invites everyone to a fishing lodge but does not make reservations, then some strange and haunting things start occurring.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1964
Roger, a babysitter in high school whom the Petries adore, develops a huge crush on Laura, and Rob, not realizing who is involved, encourages him to express his love to the object of his desire.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1964
A two-week-old feud between the Petries and the Helpers suffers a twist when a dinner invitation arrives one week late.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1964
An old friend of Rob's shows up to offer him a job with his hugely successful but racy gentlemen's magazine. Rob says he won't do it, but Laura is not so sure. Rob is sorely tempted by the wining, dining, and the beautiful girls.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1964
A red rose found in Sally's desk bespeaks of a secret admirer, but when she learns it's Bert the jocular deli man, she doesn't take it seriously (but should).
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1964
Rob relates the story of how he and Laura became friends with Lyle Delp, a convict in prison. Lyle had robbed the Petries years ago in an elevator, but then the three were trapped together when the elevator stuck.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1964
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1964
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1964
Another shows writers get a big pay raise, Rob sets out to get raises for Buddy and Sally but ends up getting one for himself instead
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1964
When Sally wants to take some of Buddy's prescription medicine, Rob warns her about the dangers of taking someone else's prescription by recounting the story of Laura meeting his parents for the first time and the disastrous results when she takes some medicine belonging to Millie.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1964
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Dec 30, 1964
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1965
Rob has a prank played on him and swears to get back at Buddy, but it's not Rob that does it
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1965
Rob loses the script that he and the gang worked on all week only to have a bum find it and demand $2500 for it
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1965
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1965
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1965
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1965
Rob regrets casting Ritchie and Freddie in a commercial after Laura and Millie turn into unbearable stage mothers.
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1965
Rob cries fowl when he takes a shady salesman to court for selling Laura smelly feather pillows.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1965
Buddy and Rob run a shoe store they've invested in after chasing off its only full-time salesman.
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1965
Rob and Laura are in a quandary over how Ritchie can protect himself from a girl who's been persistently beating him up at school.
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1965
When Rob discovers that he is not listed as a writer on a hit song he contributed to, he has to fight for his share of the royalties.
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Mar 17, 1965
To explain his annual $37.50 "friendship" check to Jerry, Rob tells his new accountant the story of how he and Laura found their new house.
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1965
Sally falls head over heels over handsome, suave Anthony Stone, whom she met while on vacation in Jamaica. All is not what it seems as Rob and Buddy uncover a shocking secret about Sally's new boyfriend that will only cause heartache.
Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: Mar 31, 1965
The Petries take a much-needed holiday, but their plans for a romantic escape go awry when Laura gets her toe stuck in a bathtub spout.
Episode: 4x27 | Airdate: May 5, 1965
Rob recalls his interview for The Alan Brady Show, which took place after a radio broadcast that kept him on the air for 100 hours straight.
Episode: 4x28 | Airdate: Apr 14, 1965
Rob and Laura have no choice but to wear gloves to an important community banquet due to an unusual accident while dying a costume for Ritchie's school play.
Episode: 4x29 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1965
Episode: 4x30 | Airdate: May 12, 1965
Rob buys a small motorcycle, Laura is not happy about it.
Episode: 4x31 | Airdate: May 26, 1965
When Buddy gets Rob and Laura a fur coat at a wholesale price, everything goes wrong.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1965
Laura accidentally reveals a secret about Alan Brady on a national TV program.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1965
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1965
Rob starts hearing a strange noise but no one will believe him, then he see's what appears to be a flying saucer.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1965
The producers use a dog from a pound in a comedy sketch, and once the dog's work is done, Rob tries to find the ugly canine a new home.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1965
A news article prompts Rob and Laura to recall the extremely handsome Cpl. Clark Rice, who won Laura in an Army raffle and almost derailed Rob and Laura's relationship.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1965
Laura regrets hauling Rob into taking art lessons with her after the lady teacher appears to show an above-average interest in him.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1965
Rob inherits an old roll-top desk from his late great-uncle Hezekiah that contains "wealth" of some sort hinted at in a song.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1965
When Freddie Helper connects the freckles on Rob's back with his marker, an interesting picture appears, one that others feel Rob should make publicly known.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1965
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1965
When school officials hear about Ritchie's version of the birds and the bees, Rob and Laura are forced to meet with the school's psychologist.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1965
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1965
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1965
Police question Rob regarding a fracas in a barroom where a woman was injured. Rob finds himself in a jam when his accounting of his whereabouts during the fight doesn't hold water.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1965
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1966
Laura gives Rob an expensive watch at a birthday party attended by several family friends, but when the watch goes missing shortly after the party, Rob reluctantly concludes that one of his close friends may be a thief.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1966
While in an out-of-town wedding party with Laura, troubles plague Rob in trying to watch a TV show for Alan Brady, making his ability at even attending the wedding reception dubious.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1966
New Rochelle politicians approach Rob to be their next city councilman. Flattered, Rob considers it but soon finds his life under their complete management.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1966
As election day approaches, Rob finds his political rival extremely knowledgeable, well-prepared and well-suited for the job of councilman. Rob's strengths: a winning smile and physical height.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1966
Laura accidentally drops a recently bestowed Petrie family heirloom (as ugly as it is priceless) down the garbage disposal and tries to cover up the mishap before anyone notices.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1966
After Alan Brady blows up and fires Mel, the gang works to get his job back, even Buddy.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1966
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1966
For a laugh, Sally advertises for a husband on national television. Among the numerous humorous responses, one serious reply stands out.
Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1966
When Buddy keeps making excuses to leave the office early, Rob and Sally think he may be cheating on his wife.. but they are wrong.
Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: May 11, 1966
When Rob, Jerry, Millie take the kids camping leaving Laura at home by her self, she gets scared being alone.
don't be nervous, don't be nervous!
Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1966
Rob finds a memo to Alan Brady in the trash about cutting the writing staff by one.. they start looking for another show to write for.
Episode: 5x26 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1966
Alan Brady invades Jerry and Millie's anniversary party when doing a day in his life
Episode: 5x27 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1966
The gang has to get back a script with nasty remarks in it about Allen Brady before he reads it
Episode: 5x28 | Airdate: Apr 20, 1966
The FBI needs the Petrie house to keep surveillance on the house across the street to catch a crook
Episode: 5x29 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1966
Rob finds out he is not an actor
Episode: 5x30 | Airdate: May 4, 1966
New Neighbors move in and Jerry and Millie get jealous
Episode: 5x31 | Airdate: May 25, 1966
While visiting Jerry for some dental work, while under the gas he has a dream of being a western lawman
Episode: 5x32 | Airdate: Jun 1, 1966
Rob's autobiography conjures up scenes from the past and leads Alan Brady to buy the book for a television series.