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SEASON 1

Created by William Dozier. 

Theme music: “Batman Theme” by Neal Hefti

Based on the DC Comic book character Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger

• 001. Hi Diddle Riddle – 1/12/1966
  • At the Gotham City World’s Fair, the Prime Minister of Moldavia (Ben Astar) hosts a Friendship Luncheon, where a cake explodes and reveals a riddle that indicates that the perpetrator is the villain The Riddler (Frank Gorshin). Commissioner Gordon (Neil Hamilton) and Chief O’Hara (Stafford Repp) use their bat phone to call for help from Batman and Robin, who unbeknownst to them are actually rich socialite Bruce Wayne (Adam West), whose parents were murdered when he was a child, and his ward Dick Grayson (Burt Ward). When Bruce’s butler Alfred (Alan Napier) notifies them of the call, Bruce and Dick escape the party they are hosting and fool Dick’s aunt Harriet Cooper (Madge Blake) into thinking they are going fishing. The exit through the batcave and take the Batmobile to the Commissioner’s office as Batman and Robin. The riddle is solved by Robin and leads them to the Peale Art Gallery. Upon arrival they receive another riddle via phone from the Riddler, and then spot him seemingly robbing the museum curator Gideon Peale (Damian O’Flynn) at gunpoint. When they intervene, however, Peale informs them that the item the Riddler was taking actually had been lent to him by the Riddler. Photographers capture photos of the erroneous bust and the Riddler promised to sue Batman for one million dollars, a news story that quickly is announced by the local news reporter (Jack Barry). The Riddler also hints that there are more clues in the lawsuit, and once Batman and Robin decipher them, it leads them to the What a Way to Go-Go discotheque, which Robin is too young to enter. The Riddler partners with his band of gangsters known as the Mole Hill Mob led by gangster Harry (Allen Jaffe) to meet them there. Their moll Molly (Jill St. John) flirts with batman, but the bartender drugs Batman’s orange juice. Outside the Riddler shoots Robin with a drug that knocks him out, but he is unable to steal or destroy the Batmobile due to its own self-preserving contraptions. As the Commissioner sends out the Batsignal form City Hall, Batman awakens but the policemen (Hans Moebus) now on the scene won’t let him drive since he appears to be drunk. Robin is taken to the Riddler and the Mole Men’s hideout and tied down as the Riddler promises to destroy both Robin and Batman. William Dozier is the narrator. Michael Fox is Inspector Basch. Richard Reeves is the doorman. NOTE: This the first of a two part episode. 12/31/19 

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SEASON 1 – ABC

Created by Garry Marshall, Dale McRaven, and Joe Glauberg

Theme music composed by Perry Botkin, Jr.

NOTE: This series is a semi-spinoff of the series “Happy Days”, as the character of Mork appeared in episode #110 entitled “My Favorite Orkan”

• 001 & 002. Pilot (aka Mork and Mindy Special) – 9/14/1978
  • On the planet Ork, a wise-cracking alien named Mork (Robin Williams) is criticized by his superior Orson (voice of Ralph James) for always joking when Orkans are supposed to be devoid of emotion. He is sent back to Earth where he has previously visited, this time to observe behavior and report back to Orson. He is sent to Earth in an egg-shaped ship and lands in Boulder, Colorado, near the location where a man named Bill (Jeff Harlan) is being too aggressive with his date Mindy McConnell (Pam Dawber). She rebuffs him and he takes off in her car. Mork is mistaken for a priest by Mindy because he is wearing his clothes backwards. She takes him back to her apartment where he tells her that he is an alien and she finally believes him after witnessing some his magical feats. She agrees to allow Mork to live there and teach him about Earth if he will teach her about Ork. Mindy introduces Mork to her father Frederick (Conrad Janis), a widower who works at McConnell’s Music with his mother-in-law Cora Hudson (Elizabeth Kerr). Mork lets it slip that he is living with Mindy, but Mindy convinces him that Mork is joking. Mork recounts a past experience on Earth when he paid a second visit to Earth and visited Milwaukee in the late 1950’s and sought advice about dating women from his friend Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzerelli (Henry Winkler), who set him up on disastrous date with Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall). Mindy coaches Mork on using a more normal voice, not sitting on his head, and not drinking with his fingers. Her father visits and catches Mork living there, and when he laments this fact to his friend Deputy Tilwick (Geoffrey Lewis), he confronts Mork to scare him but ends up trying to have him committed, thinking that he is crazy. Mindy comes to the aid of Mork, who drives everyone at the hearing nuts until there is no one left in the room. The judge frees him. Mork reports back to Orson that Earthlings have their own individuality and that he was touched that Mindy and her father came to help him avoid being institutionalized. Jeffrey Jacquet is Eugene. Dick Yarmy is Dr. Litney. Hank Jones is the defense attorney. 12/30/14

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SEASON 1 – NBC

Created by Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows

Theme song: “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” performed by Gary Portnoy, written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo

• 001. Give Me a Ring Sometime – 9/30/1982
  • Sam Malone (Ted Danson) is the owner and head bartender at a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts. Sam is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and a recovering alcoholic. His assistant bartender is one of his former coaches, Ernie “Coach” Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto), and the head waitress is the bitter Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), a single mother of four. A college student named Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) enters the bar with her fiancee Sumner Sloane (Michael McGuire), on their way to the airport to leave for their wedding in Barbados. Sumner leaves Diane in the bar to retrieve a family heirloom wedding ring from his ex-wife Barbara, and when he returns he confesses that his feelings for Barbara were once again stirred. He goes back again for the ring, all the while Sam tries to convince Diane that Sumner is ‘goofy’. She ends up finding out that Sumner left on the flight with Barbara. Sam offers Diane a job at Cheers, and although she initially declines, she ends up taking the job, thinking that the bar will be a good place for her to study life. George Wendt plays bar patron Norm Peterson. John Ratzenberger plays mailman and bar patron Cliff Clavin. Ron Frazier appears as Ron, and John P. Navin appears as the bar’s first customer, an underage wanna-be drinker. Erik Holland is Diane’s first customer, who only speaks Swedish. 12/29/14

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SEASON 1 – CBS

Created by Paul and Ruth Henning

Theme song composed by Curt Massey and Paul Henning, performed by Curt Massey

• 001. Spur Line to Shady Rest – 9/24/1963
  • The president of the C. & F.W. Railroad, Norman Curtis (Roy Roberts), sends his crotchety vice-president Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane) to investigate a branch line that runs between Pixley and Hooterville, but does not appear to be connected to their mainline. When he gets there he finds a lackadaisical attitude from everyone in town including the operator of the Shady Rest Hotel between the two cities, Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet) and her three attractive daughters Billie Jo (Jeannine Riley), Bobbie Jo (Pat Woodell), and Betty Jo (Linda Kaye Henning) and Kate’s Uncle Joe Carson (Edgar Buchanan), as well as the Hooterville Cannonball engineer Charley Pratt (Smiley Burnette) and engineer Floyd Smoot (Rufe Davis), and Sam Drucker (Frank Cady), the manager of Drucker’s Store in Hooterville. As Bedloe attempts to ride the train from Hooterville to Pixley, he is shocked to see that the train does not stick to its schedule, makes unscheduled stops to pick apples, and stops at the Shady Rest for the night so all of the passengers – including four traveling salesmen who are pursuing Billie Jo – can have dinner at the hotel. Bedloe finally loses his temper and fires Charley and Floyd, but then cannot figure out how to operating the train, finally accepting that he is stuck at the Shady Rest for the night. Among the salesmen are Eddie Quillan as Dick, and John Ashley as Fred. Don Washbrook is Herby Bates, who works at Drucker’s. William Young is Shorty. 12/29/14

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SEASON 1 – ABC

Theme music: “When We’re Singin” composed by Wes Farrell, Diane Hilderbrand, Danny Janssen, performed by The Partridge Family (aka The Wrecking Crew)

• 001. What? and Get Out of Show Business? – 9/25/1970
  • The Partridge Family drives down Hollywood Boulevard and then are seen being introduced by Johnny Cash (himself) before they perform Together (Havin’ a Ball). Through flashback, we are introduced to the recently widowed Shirley Partridge (Shirley Jones), who works as a bank teller in San Pueblo, California, where she is raising her five children Keith (David Cassidy), Laurie (Susan Dey), Danny (Danny Bonaduce), Chris (Jeremy Gelbwaks), and Tracy (Suzanne Crough). The kids have musical aspirations and practice as a band in their garage. When their new lead singer Gloria Steinman doesn’t show up, they convince their mother to join them and record the song Let the Good Times In. Convinced that the song could make millions, Danny stalks record producer Reuben Kincaid (Dave Madden) at his hotel and the airport until he finally agrees to produce the record. When the song becomes a hit, the kids further convince their mother to join them on the road so that they can go on a music tour in a purchased multicolored bus along with their dog Simone. They head to Las Vegas and perform at Caesar’s Palace. After some initial stage fright they perform both songs for an enthusiastic audience. Back home Chris considers quitting drumming after a girl named Debbie (Debra Pearce) plays her heart out in their living room. Gordon Jump and Ceil Cabot appear as a man and woman on the street. Hal Taggert is the hotel clerk. Felton Perry is the airport clerk. 12/28/14

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