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The Donna Reed Show•Season 8•Episode 8

Author, Author

7.2/10 · 17 votesNov 4, 196530 min

Ranked #14 of 25 in Season 8•matches the season avg

Jeff asks Donna and Alex to take an aptitude test and finds out she can write and so she starts to write about the family, soon Alex Jeff and Trisha read what Donna wrote, they find out she wrote her family but the comments Donna

Written byBarbara Avedon

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Seasons8

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Season 8 Episodes27

Pop Goes Theresa

With This Ring

Boy Meets Girl Machine

Think Mink

Four on the Floor

Charge

Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors

E8 7.2Now viewing

Author, Author

Trees

The Big League Shock

The Gladiators

Rally Around the Girls, Boys

Slipped Disc

Uncle Jeff Needs You

Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

How to Handle a Woman

My Son, the Councilman

Do It Yourself Donna

When I Was Your Age

Calling Willie Mays

All This and Voltaire Too?

The Return of Mark

Is There a Small Hotel?

No More Parties, Almost

So You Really Think You're Young at Heart

What Price Home?

By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone

Cast4

Donna Reed

Donna Reed

Donna Stone

Carl Betz

Carl Betz

Alex Stone

Paul Petersen

Paul Petersen

Jeff Stone

P

Patty Petersen

Trisha Stone

Crew1

B

Barbara Avedon

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Author, Author" is episode 8 of The Donna Reed Show season 8. It scored 7.2/10 from 17 votes, ranking #14 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Written by Barbara Avedon, it aired on November 4, 1965.

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