The Best Episodes Directed By Jerry Paris

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   #1 - Passages (2)

   S11:E175/8/1984

   Fonzie's adoption request is reconsidered after a stern talk by Howard to the adoptions administrator. Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi continue to prepare for their wedding.

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   #2 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

   S5:E19/15/1965

   A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!

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   #3 - Never Bathe on Saturday

   S4:E273/31/1965

   Laura and Rob plan to see a play but she gets locked in a bathroom at their hotel.

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   #4 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart

   S5:E192/9/1966

   Mel is in trouble for not telling Alan that there was a change in the script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, But Mel gets fired.

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   #5 - It May Look Like a Walnut!

   S2:E202/6/1963

   In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a creature named Kolac.

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   #6 - I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All

   S3:E314/29/1964

   Rob goes to Buddy’s barber for a dubious treatment to prevent baldness.

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   #7 - You're Under Arrest

   S5:E1312/15/1965

   After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested for hurting an old Lady. Rob has trouble telling police he didn't hurt the Lady (whom he saw in a barroom).

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   #8 - Herman the Rookie

   S1:E294/8/1965

   Leo Durocher, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, needs a power hitter for his team. When he gets conked on the head by one of Herman’s line drives from seven blocks away, he believes he has his man. He tracks Herman down and asks him to try out for the team. After Herman demonstrates his powerful force as a batter, Durocher comments: “I don’t know whether to sign him with the Dodgers or send him to Vietnam.”

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   #9 - Bats of a Feather

   S1:E202/4/1965

   Eddie needs an impressive pet to take to the school pet fair, but Spot, the fire-breathing monster, is too shy to come out of hiding. Eddie decides to take Igor the bat, but Igor is insulted by one of Herman’s wisecracks and flies away. Without Eddie’s knowing, Grandpa changes himself into a bat to impersonate Igor. This causes trouble when Eddie gives Grandpa to another student whose father wants to send him to outer space on a scientific mission.

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    #10 - Movie Star Munster

    S1:E284/1/1965

    A pair of con artists want to stage a phony accident as an insurance company scam. All they need is someone to play the part of the victim – preferably a big stupid guy with a face that looks as if it’s been in an accident. When they stumble upon Herman, they realize they’ve found the perfect guy. Posing as a couple of movie producers, they get him to sign an accident policy by pretending it’s a movie contract for a remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY. As the crooks devise various ways to kill off their leading man, Herman becomes a stuck-up actor.

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    #11 - The Third One from the Left

    S3:E141/1/1964

    Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.

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    #12 - My Husband is the Best One

    S3:E151/8/1964

    Rob is interviewed by a reporter, but the resulting story gives him a little too much credit for comfort at the office, thanks to Laura’s input.

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    #13 - Remember the Alimony

    S5:E202/16/1966

    Rob and Laura leave Anchor Texas to go to Mexico only to find that marriage is hard to do. They soon find out that getting a divorce is easier than they thought (it costs $10 in Mexico!)

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    #14 - The Curse of the Petrie People

    S5:E182/2/1966

    Laura gets a brooch that (in the shape of the United States) tells the history of the Petrie family. Laura later puts the brooch in the garbage! We learn that Rob's mom hates the brooch!

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - The Lemon

    S1:E21/22/1974

    Tired of driving around in Howard's DeSoto, Richie and Potsie buy a car of their own. The car has several problems including an engine that won't run consistently. This causes problems when they try to impress two girls.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Honeymoons Are for the Lucky

    S3:E233/4/1964

    Rob recalls a time when he left Camp Crowder to spend his honneymoon with Laura.

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    #17 - The Plots Thicken

    S3:E253/18/1964

    The Petrie's parents fight over where Laura and Rob should be buried. They have to decide which burial plot to choose without upsetting their in-laws.

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    #18 - Too Many Stars

    S3:E610/30/1963

    Rob is recruited to direct another talent show, but this time Laura faces competition as the star.

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    #19 - Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?

    S3:E711/6/1963

    While working on a joke, Rob should be going to Alan's house to talk about the joke. After hitting himself on the head with a violin (a real one) Rob goes to a party. The party is in Red Hook, New Jersey!

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    #20 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan

    S3:E171/22/1964

    Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living. Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.

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    #21 - The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer

    S3:E161/15/1964

    Laura tries to setup Arthur with a wife she invites Sally & Donna on two different days. Laura really wants Donna date Arthur, when Donna & Arthur hit it Rob does everything to stop the date by locking Donna in the bathroom! Rob feels Sally won't have a chance with Arthur, Rob and Laura wonder who Arthur picked for his date, he picks his former wife who he married twice!

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    #22 - How to Spank a Star

    S3:E243/11/1964

    Rob's favorite star Paula Marshall is due to guest on the Alan Brady show but her demands cause problems for everybody.

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    #23 - Happy Birthday and Too Many More

    S3:E192/5/1964

    Laura & Rob are deciding when to have his party day should it be 3 weeks after or before Ritchie actual date of birth? Laura says she will have the party at Dizzy Land (not Disney Land). Rob & Laura forget the Gardner has come and have the party inside (with 63 kids!) because the garden needed to be fertilized!

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    #24 - October Eve

    S3:E284/8/1964

    Laura's past comes back to haunt her in form of painting that is at an art gallery.

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    #25 - I Do Not Choose to Run

    S5:E161/19/1966

    Rob gives a speech at council meeting that will land him a nomination for city councilman of New Rochelle.

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