SEASON 1 – CBS
Created by Dana Klein and Mark Feuerstein
Opening theme: “Won’t You Take Me Home Rock” by Gabriel Mann
- 001. Pilot – 10/2/2017
- After his wife takes his home in a divorce settlement and he loses his TV series Blind Cop, actor Josh Roberts (Mark Feuerstein) moves from his home in Los Angeles to an apartment in New York, his new adjacent to his parents Harry (Elliot Gould) and Judy (Linda Lavin) on one side in 9J and on the other side to his surgeon brother Andrew (David Walton), his pediatrician wife Eve (Liza Lapira), and their baby son Wyatt. Both parents are overbearing and demand much of his time. No matter how hard Josh tries to sneak into his apartment, his mother always catches him in the hall and brings him in to chat. He also becomes reacquainted with the Nick the doorman, who frequently stops him to talk about his exploits. Resident kid Ian (Albert Tsai) often hangs out in the lobby and is a film buff who looks down on Josh’s work on TV. Judy immediately tries to fix him up on dates, and Harry asks Josh to participate in a ‘viral video’ for his office to promote estate planning. While out running in the park is recognized not only a Blind Cop fan (Fernando Martinez), but also by an old college classmate named Christina Jones (Sally Pressman), on whom he had a major crush. He asks her on a date, and she accepts. When Ian tells him about director Paul Feig’s next movie Groomies, Josh tries to get an audition through his agent. When that fails, Harry thinks he can help since his classmate once represented Paul Feig’s cousin. Josh remembers that the video for his father is that night, which could interfere with his date with Christina. He thinks he can rush through the video shoot, but with his father’s lack of acting skills, they have to do nearly fifty takes until they come up with the most mediocre of scenes. Before he can get to his date, Andrew and Eve’s babysitter Molly (Hana Hayes) calls Josh with a supposed relationship crisis and demands that he come get the baby since no one else is available. He is then forced to take the baby to meet Christina at the restaurant and then wait for Andrew and Eve to show up from their escape room to pick him up. After fending them off when they try to join them for dinner, Josh and Christina have a great date and decide to go back to Josh’s apartment since Christina is staying on the couch of a friend. When they arrive, he figures out that it is Nick who is calling up to his mother to tell her that when he gets home. Josh says that he needs to check on his elderly neighbor, so he stops by to greet his mother and has Christina wait for him in the apartment. Once he gets through is brief visit with her, he returns to Christina, only to be interrupted by his mother at the door, and then his father on the terrace. Andrew also gets into the act and comes out onto his terrace, where he continues the conversation with their parents even after Josh goes back inside. As he lambasts them for interrupting his date, Christina decides to leave due to all of the interruptions. Harry then gets a phone call that Paul Feig (himself) will meet with Josh if he can get there in twenty minutes. Harry, Judy, and Andrew all come along, but the meeting is incredibly brief, and Feig tells Josh that he already gave the part he was going for to Steve Carrell. However, he does offer Josh a smaller part as a bandleader. His family all congratulates him, and he thanks them for always being there for him. Josh later bribes Nick with Knicks tickets to never again call his mother to tell him that he is home. He is able to walk into his apartment uninterrupted… only to find that his parents are inside. They are joined by Andrew and Eve, and Josh says that they need to establish some ground rules. Judy refuses. 6/14/25
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SEASON 1 – CBS
Created by James Fritzell.
Theme song: “Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)” composed by Jay Livingston, lyrics by Ray Evans, sung by Doris Day.
- 001. Dinner for Mom – 9/24/1968
- After her husband Steve passes away, Doris Martin (Doris Day) and her two sons Billy (Philip Brown) and Toby (Todd Starke) move from their home in New York to their father Buck Webb’s (Denver Pyle) ranch in Mill Valley, California, which is tended by housekeeper Aggie Thomson (Fran Ryan) and ranch hand LeRoy B. Simpson (James Hampton). Doris is celebrating her birthday and her boys have been saving up to take her out on a dinner date. Doris plans to bring along some of her own money to cover any extras, but the boys hide her wallet so that they can handle the bill. Doris dresses up for a fancy night, but when they arrive, she finds that it is a seedy cafe ran by a crotchety proprietor (Norman Alden). After ordering three fillets at $5.00 each, it becomes clear to Doris that their money, which amounts to $7. 36 is not going to cover the bill. She tries to phone home, but Aggie has the line tied up talking to a friend about Gone with the Wind. She also talks to the manager, but he has no patience for the kids and demands payment. After Billy talks to the manager and asks for a birthday cake, and tells him how he and his brother plan to pay with their own money, the manager softens and lowers the bill to the amount that the boys have… and even throws in a birthday cake. After returning home and reporting about the night, they find that Aggie is still on the phone. Leonard Stone is the waiter. Lord Nelson is Nelson the Sheepdog. 6/3/18
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SEASON 1 – CBS
Created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll
NOTE: The series was based on characters created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who performed the roles of Amos and Andy on the radio show “Amos ‘n Andy” from 1928-1943 as a nightly radio serial, from 1943-1955 as a weekly situation comedy, and from 1954-1960 as a nightly variety show called “The Amos ‘n’ Andy Music Hall”. Additionally Gosden and Correll appeared in a 1930 film as the characters in “Check and Double Check”.
Theme music: “Angel’s Serenade” by Gaetano Braga, performed by the Jeff Alexander Chorus
- 001. Kingfish Gets Drafted – 6/28/1951
- George “Kingfish” Stevens (Tim Moore), the leader of the Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge in New York City, is mistaken for a 19-year old man with the same name and is sent an army draft notification, where he shares this news with his friend Andrew Hogg Brown (Spencer Williams, Jr.). Andy suggests that Kingfish see his lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun (Johnny Lee), who suggests that the best recourse would be to have Kingfish’s wife Sapphire Smith Stevens (Ernestine Wade) make a plea to the draft board on his behalf. This doesn’t work as planned, because Sapphire thinks Kingfish has volunteered and is thrilled with his patriotism. Kingfish then decides to go into the army but is then informed by Mr. Thompson (Vince Townsend) from the draft board that his draft notice was mistake. He tries to enlist in all branches of the service, but is rejected on all fronts. The lodge throws a big party for Kingfish attended by Andy, their friends taxi driver Amos Jones (Alvin Childress), and Henry Van Porter (Jester Hairston) who presents Kingfish with an expensive watch. Kingfish later tells Henry that he will be assigned to the 135th outfit, based on a street sign that he sees. When the real 135th outfit is shipped out to Fort Bragg, Kingfish begins hiding in the lodge basement. Sapphire and her Mama Ramona Smith (Amanda Randolph) start to head off to see Kingfish, but when he finds out, he has Andy pose as Western Union and tell Sapphire that he is on furlough and will be coming home. Kingfish designs a makeshift military outfit to wear home, but the plans are foiled when a report phones Sapphire for statement about her husband shipping out overseas. This prompts Sapphire and Mom to beat Kingfish so severely that he winds up in the hospital. Nick Stewart aka Nick O’Demus plays Lighnin’ the janitor at the lodge hall. Corny Anderson is Walters. Zelda Cleaver is Mrs. Jackson. 6/2/18
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SEASON 1 – CBS
Theme song composed by Roy Ingraham, Charles Koff, and Edward Paul
NOTE: This series was based on the 1937 film of the same title, as well as its two sequels “Topper Takes a Trip” (1938) and “Topper Returns” (1941). The original film was based on the 1926 novel “Topper” and its 1932 sequel “Topper Takes a Trip,” both written by Thorne Smith. The 1945 radio series “The Adventures of Topper” also pre-dates the television series.
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SEASON 1 – NBC
Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
Theme song written by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones
- 001. Pilot – 4/9/2009
- Presented as a mockumentary, the show follows Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), who works at the Parks and Recreation department in the town of Pawnee, Indiana. She is overzealous and has grandiose dreams for her future. Her co-workers include anti-government boss Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Mark Brendanawicz (Paul Schneider), a level-headed guy with whom she once slept, the unenthusiastic Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari), and even less interested intern April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza). Leslie hosts a community outreach forum that is typically only attended by nuts, but at this particular one, concerned citizen and nurse Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones) brings up a giant gaping hole that has been left on a property across from her house into which her lazy boyfriend Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) fell when he was drunk, breaking both of his legs. Leslie pledges to get the hole filled and to build a park on the property. Swanson has no intention of letting her do this, but with pressure from Mark, who owes him a favor, he lets her start her own exploratory sub-committee. During a visit to the hole, she also falls in, which is captured on camera…but despite everyone making fun of her, Leslie remains optimistic about getting the park built. Loudon Wainwright III plays Barry, Retta is Donna Meagle, Jim O’Heir is Jerry Gergich. Ian Roberts appears as Ian Winston. 5/30/14
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