Make Room For Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show Episode Guide
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Season 1, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/29/1953 Uncle Daddy Not only is entertainer Danny Williams unprepared to return to a "normal" family life after an extended nightclub engagement {his kids call him "Uncle Daddy" because he's been away for so long}, he also discovers his daughter Terry promised he'd appear in her school assembly show- just before he and wife Margaret are supposed to leave for a "second honeymoon".
Season 1, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/6/1953 Party Dress Danny is determined to stop his daughter from going to a dance but memories of how he behaved when he was her age may change his stance.
Season 1, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/13/1953 Second Honeymoon Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.
Season 1, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/20/1953 Mother-In-Law Danny's repeated requests for his mother-in-law to babysit for him backfires on him as his kids teach him a lesson in how to communicate with adults.
Season 1, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/27/1953 Anniversary Danny forgets that it's his wedding anniversary to the silent dismay of his wife. Danny attempts to make amends by giving his wife a brief kiss and quickly learns this only makes matters worse.
Season 1, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/3/1953 Margaret, Non-Pro Margaret decides to start a show business career of her own. Danny, for personal reasons, decides to go into competition with her.
Season 1, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/10/1953 The Visiting Englishman Danny invites an out-of-luck entertainer from England to stay at the the William's apartment. While there, the man seems to forget he's a guest, but develops a rapport with the children. Just as they're about to throw him out, the Williamses learn that he lost his family during the Blitz.
Season 1, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/17/1953 The Sea Captain Danny showers the children with money to give them a hint about getting a present for his birthday. But the children don't know,and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor. They buy him a shirt. In the tag, the children perform a play due to Danny's love of the arts. (Which He Expressed in a song in this episode)
Season 1, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/24/1953 Thanksgiving Story The family gathers together for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner but Danny is in Boston performing.
Season 1, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/1/1953 Last Dollar Money is missing the Williams house and Rusty, despite his claims of innocence, is the chief suspect.
Season 1, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/8/1953 Margaret's Job Danny encourages his wife to take a job working in the office of one of his friends. To allay any doubts, he promises to take on the work around the house if she takes on what he thinks is a harder job. However, Danny quickly discovers he might be wrong about the demands of house work. Season 1, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/15/1953 Wonderland No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/22/1953 Christmas Danny finds that his children don't believe in Santa Claus.
Season 1, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/29/1953 Toledo No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/5/1954 Margaret's Jealousy No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/12/1954 Terry for President No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/19/1954 True Blue Benny No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/26/1954 Rusty Runs Away No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/2/1954 The Professor After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.
Season 1, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/9/1954 Burlesque No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/16/1954 Black Eyes No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/23/1954 Margaret's Birthday No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/2/1954 The Matchmaker No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/9/1954 Night Club No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/16/1954 Terry's Career No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/23/1954 School Festival No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/30/1954 Rusty's Pal No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/6/1954 Julia's Birthday No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/13/1954 Pittsburgh No summary available.
Season 1, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/20/1954 Danny's Vacation No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/28/1954 Family Trouble No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/5/1954 Tonsillectomy No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/12/1954 Terry Takes Charge No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/19/1954 Danny Has a Baby No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/26/1954 Military School No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/2/1954 Danny Lands in Pictures No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/9/1954 Hollywood Trip No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/16/1954 Anniversary No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/23/1954 Margaret's Aunt No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/30/1954 Terry's Boyfriend Terry is walking on a cloud when she is asked out by the president of the student council. Danny doesn't know what to do when he finds out the only reason he is dating Terry is so her father will perform at their school dance. After the news is broken to her, Terry is heartbroken.
Season 2, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/7/1954 Margaret Feels Neglected No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/14/1954 Father of the Year No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/21/1954 The Anna Maria Alberghetti Show No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/28/1954 The New Year's Show No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/4/1955 Jesse's Romance No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/11/1955 Terry Gets Her Own Room No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/18/1955 Danny Goes on TV No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/25/1955 Terry's First Big Crush No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/1/1955 The Children's Governess Danny and Margaret are going on a trip to Boston and they hire a governess. Grandma shows up to take care of the care unexpectedly. Grandma and the governess have completely different ideas of how to handle the children.
Season 2, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/8/1955 Daddy's Biography No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/15/1955 Danny Tries Real Estate No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/22/1955 Rusty Gets a Haircut No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/1/1955 Terry's Teen-Age Birthday No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/8/1955 Peter Pan No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/22/1955 The Piano Teacher Danny does not want to pay for piano lessons for his untalented children.
Season 2, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/29/1955 The Newpaper Man's Show Danny gets his newspaperman friend to write a column on him. When he visits Danny he gets an unexpected "scoop".
Season 2, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/5/1955 The Philosopher No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/12/1955 Father-Son Show No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/19/1955 The Benefit Show No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/26/1955 A Trip to Wisconsin The family takes a vacation to Baraboo, Wisc. to visit the couple that took care of Margaret when her parents were on the road. Danny has a hard time dealing with the quiet on the farm. Rusty goes to find arrowheads and gets lost. Song at end.
Season 3, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/13/1955 Davy Crockett No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/20/1955 Little League No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/27/1955 Margaret Goes Home to Mother No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/4/1955 Love Thy Neighbor No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/11/1955 Rusty Gets a Job No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/18/1955 Big Shot No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 7 – Aired: 10/25/1955 Danny's Palladium Offer No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/1/1955 The London Palladium No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/8/1955 Sonnets from the Lebanese Danny gets carried away with Margaret's accounts of sightseeing in London. He begins to dream that he is Robert Browning.
Season 3, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/15/1955 High Society No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 11 – Aired: 11/22/1955 The Smugglers No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 12 – Aired: 11/29/1955 Danny's Old Girlfriend No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/6/1955 Louise's Suprise Party No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/13/1955 Mr. Williams Goes Legit No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/20/1955 Danny Strikes Oil No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 16 – Aired: 12/27/1955 Terry's Party No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/17/1956 The Songwriter No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/24/1956 Star of the Family No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/31/1956 Margaret's Cousin Margaret's mooching cousin, Carl, visits the Williams. He quickly moves in, and makes Danny very upset. Danny finally puts his foot down, and reshapes his character. The once lovable Carl becomes a hard worker, but he is no longer any fun. Danny finally gives in to his children (and Margaret), and Carl becomes as lovable as ever.
Season 3, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/7/1956 Like Father, Like Son No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/14/1956 Wyatt Earp Visits the Williamses No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/21/1956 Who Can Figure Kids? Danny is at a loss when daughter Terry balks at appearing in a school play. Even the son of a former vaudeville partner prefers a medical career to show business.
Season 3, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/28/1956 Terry and the Sorority Controversy brews at the Williams house while Uncle Tonoose visits. When Terry is not tapped to join a soroity she would like to join due to her heritage, her uncle teachs her a big lesson.
Season 3, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/6/1956 Danny and Jesse Split No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/13/1956 Terry Has a Date No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/20/1956 Don't Yell at Your Children No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/27/1956 Coats and Boats No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/3/1956 We're Going to Chicago No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/10/1956 Danny Goes on USO Tour Songwriter Harry Ruby offers his services as accompanist on Danny's USO tour.
Season 3, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/17/1956 Danny's Birthday Danny showers the children with money to give them a hint about getting a present for his birthday. But the children don't know,and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor. They buy him a shirt. In the tag, the children perform a play due to Danny's love of the arts. (Which He Expressed in a song in this episode)
Season 4, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/1/1956 Boarding School After Margaret's unexpected death, Danny believes Rusty and Terry would be better off living in a boarding school.
Season 4, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/8/1956 The Nelson Eddy Show No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/15/1956 Problem Father No summary available.
7.7 Good 1 Vote Season 4, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/22/1956 Be a Pal to Your Son No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/29/1956 Den Mother Danny makes the supreme sacrifice when son Rusty complains he's the only Cub Scout in the pack not represented at the den-mother meetings.
8.7 Great 2 Votes Season 4, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/5/1956 Terry at the Crossroads No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/12/1956 Danny Goes to Texas No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/19/1956 The Diary Danny runs into family problems after he takes a look at daughter Terry's diary. He has a hard time deciding whether or not he should let Terry known what he has done.
Season 4, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/26/1956 Talented Kid No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/3/1956 Danny's Comeback No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/10/1956 My Fair Vocal Coach No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/17/1956 Pride Takes a Holiday No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/24/1956 Christmas and Clowns No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/31/1956 Liz's Boyfriend No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/7/1957 The School Teacher Danny goes to see Rusty's fourth-grade teacher, Miss Lorraine Andrews. He doesn't approve of her method of teaching at all. She, in turn, says that singing in a night club is much easier than teaching school. Danny challenges her to prove it, and she shows up to prove her point. The next day Danny brings her an apple as a peace offering, and they reconcile, but Danny manages to re-offend her yet again by minimizing the importance of her profession. After her emotional outburst, Danny writes "I AM A DOPE" repeatedly on the blackboard.
Season 4, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/14/1957 Danny's Date Terry and Rusty are afraid of losing Danny to a woman who might end up being a stepmother, interfering with his love life. Liz lectures them about letting him enjoy female companionship.
6.5 Fair 1 Vote Season 4, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/21/1957 Girl from Iowa No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/28/1957 Danny Goes Social No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/4/1957 Lobster Story No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/14/1957 The Flashback Show For his birthday, Danny makes a special trip home from his tour of night-club engagements. He is somewhat disappointed when it appears daughter Terry and son Rusty have forgotten this momentous event!
Season 4, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/21/1957 Danny's Fiance Rusty and Terry don't want Danny's latest fiance (a widower from Chicago) to be their stepmother- and use deception to make her think he's a "rat".
Season 4, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/28/1957 My Friend Harry No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/7/1957 Uncle Tonoose Pays a Visit No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/14/1957 The Model Terry decides to quit school in favor of a modeling career, much to Danny's dismay. He connives to discourage her from leaving school without arousing her suspicion.
Season 4, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/21/1957 The Orphan Asylum No summary available.
7.8 Good 1 Vote Season 4, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/28/1957 Little League Umpire No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/4/1957 Danny Meets Kathy No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/11/1957 Men Are Men No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/18/1957 Little Miss Moppet No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/25/1957 Danny's Proposal Danny feels he's being "shoved" into proposing to Kathy...and he's right, when Rusty and Terry try to create the "proper atmosphere".
Season 5, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/7/1957 Lose Me in Las Vegas Danny's popularity disrupt Danny and Kathy's honeymoon. Jack Benny appears in this episode.
Season 5, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/14/1957 Terry vs. Kathy After the family returns home from Danny and Kathy's honeymoon, Terry, accustomed to being the woman of the house since Margaret's death, is reluctant to relinquish the role to Kathy.
Season 5, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/21/1957 Kathy Is Approved As is his custom whenever there is a new addition to his and Danny's large Lebanese clan, Uncle Tonoose pays a visit to look Kathy over. The Williamses are offended by his ways, until he ends up giving Kathy his stamp of approval, with a pinch.
Season 5, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/28/1957 The Dinah Shore Show Danny agrees to perform at Dinah Shore's daughter's Brownie Troop fish fry in exchange for Dinah singing at Terry and Peggy's school dance. Trouble is, Terry and Peggy had already promised the job to Kathy, who is anxious to show off her own singing talents.
Season 5, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/4/1957 Parents are Pigeons Seeing that Danny and Kathy are eager to please each's step-child, Rusty convinces Linda to go along with his scheme of exploiting their parents' generosity.
Season 5, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/11/1957 Two Sleepy People Danny and Kathy are each keeping busy schedules to try to prove that they're still young enough to keep up with the other.
Season 5, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/18/1957 Danny Meets His Father-In-Law Danny meets Kathy's father, Mr. Daly, for the first time when Mr. Daly comes to visit. Danny tries to impress his fussy father-in-law by learning all about fly fishing, but Mr. Daly sees right through the charade, setting the stage for a showdown.
Season 5, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/25/1957 Honesty Is the Best Policy Rusty finds a wallet containing 25 dollars, which he turns in at Danny's insistence. When the owner fails to offer a reward, Danny tries to show Rusty the importance of doing the right thing for its own sake, and almost loses his own wallet in the process.
Season 5, Episode 9 – Aired: 12/2/1957 Terry, the Breadwinner Terry gets a job as a salesgirl at a department store. Despite her objections, Danny shows up to try to steer more business her way.
Season 5, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/9/1957 The Non Orgs Terry is refused membership by the Alpha high school sorority because of Danny's profession, but, unbeknownst to her, her best friend Peggy was accepted, but declined out of loyalty to Terry. Later, Terry is accepted and Peggy is refused. Will Terry show the same loyalty to Peggy?
Season 5, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/16/1957 The Soap Box Derby Danny and Mr. Daly try to one-up each other by each building the best car for Rusty to enter into the Soap Box Derby, until they learn the rules say that the contestant must build the car himself. It turns out Rusty has already built his own car.
Season 5, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/23/1957 Man's Best Friend Bob Carter, who does an act with his dog, is retiring, and gives his dog, Willie, to Rusty to take care of. Rusty, however, sees that Bob and Willie miss each other, so he schemes to get Bob to take Willie back. Season 5, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/30/1957 Chess Game Kathy's Uncle Sean, who has been carrying on a chess game by mail with Paddy McCormack in Ireland, visits the Williamses. He is on the verge of losing the game, which would solidify his feelings of inferiority to Paddy, so Danny tries to help him out by writing to Paddy to tell him that Uncle Sean has died, thus ending the game. Trouble ensues when Paddy announces his plans to attend the funeral.
Season 5, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/6/1958 The Bob Hope Show Danny is scheduled to host a televised benefit show for the Heart Fund. When Liz tells him she booked Bob Hope as a guest star, Danny's afraid Bob will steal the show and threatens to quit, forgetting the lecture he had given Rusty about teamwork.
Season 5, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/13/1958 Evil Eye Schultz A waiter at Lindy's restaraunt named Oscar Schultz has a reputation for causing bad luck to show business personalities on their opening night after he waits on them. Danny is terrified of being served by him before his own opening night, but he and Kathy help Oscar by showing him and everyone else that he is only a victim of circumstance.
Season 5, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/20/1958 The Honeymoon Flashback Oscar Schultz, a waiter at Lindy's restaurant, tells Danny he's getting married to a woman with children. When Oscar says he plans to take the children along on their honeymoon, Danny advises him against it by recounting his own family honeymoon, told in flashback. Season 5, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/27/1958 The Raffle Tickets Rusty wins a contest selling the most raffle tickets from Kathy's ladies' club, but only after a big sales pitch from Danny at the nightclub, thus making Rusty's win appear tainted.
Season 5, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/3/1958 Rusty, the Bully After a bully gives Rusty a black eye, Danny takes Rusty to see Max Baer for boxing lessons. Then Rusty turns into a bully himself, so Danny takes him once again to see Max Baer, hoping he can talk some sense into Rusty.
Season 5, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/10/1958 St. Vincent's Frolics Danny agrees to put on a show to benefit St. Vincent's Hospital, but becomes frustrated at the hospital board, and Kathy, telling him how to run the show.
Season 5, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/17/1958 Pardon My Accent A shoemaker, an Italian immigrant who speaks poor English, is too embarrassed to accept a school award his son has won for elocution. When Danny and Kathy find Rusty's room a mess, they are shocked to learn that he too has won an award- for neatness.
Season 5, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/24/1958 Terry's Crush Terry has a crush on Dean Martin, so Danny invites Dean over hoping Dean can bring her out of it.
Season 5, Episode 22 – Aired: 3/3/1958 Uncle Tonoose Meets Mr. Daly Danny's Uncle Tonoose and Kathy's father, Mr. Daly, meet for the first time at the Williams household and are immediately at odds. Danny and Kathy plot ways to make the two get along.
Season 5, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/10/1958 Danny Roars Again Kathy fears Danny doesn't love her anymore because he no longer yells at her. She wants the lovable loudmouth she married back.
Season 5, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/17/1958 The Country Girl Judy Canova guest stars as Elsie Hooper, who runs a diner in West Virginia with her husband, Judd. While passing through, Danny and Benny discover she is a talented singer, and offer her a chance to sing at the Copacabana, an offer she at first refuses. Later, thinking Judd doesn't need her, she shows up at the Williamses to embark on a singing career.
Season 5, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/24/1958 Good Old Days (aka The Rock 'n' Roll Show) Danny at first opposes Terry and Peggy putting on a rock and roll show for their school dance, but does an abrupt about-face when he hears that the school principal, Peggy's father, won't allow it. Danny then advises they rehearse a show featuring dances from Principal Conroy's youth to convince him to rethink his position.
Season 5, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/31/1958 Terry's Coach Terry needs a drama coach to help her with an upcoming performance of Shakespeare's "King Lear". Rusty comes home with a man he found in the park, a man with grandiose tales of critically-acclaimed perfomances of the Bard's plays.
Season 5, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/7/1958 Make Room for Father-In-Law When Mr. Daly's construction job is cancelled, Danny and Kathy hire him to manage their financial affairs, a decision they regret, until he makes a killing in the stock market.
Season 5, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/21/1958 Family Ties Believing that families should do all things together, Danny punishes Rusty for not letting Linda go play with him. To teach Danny a lesson, Kathy insists that she and Danny do all things together, including playing poker.
Season 5, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/28/1958 Danny the Performer When Rusty seems to idolize a friend's father who is a lawyer and unimpressed with Danny's profession, Danny invites Rusty and his friends to the club to see him perform, and thereby win back Rusty's respect.
Season 5, Episode 30 – Aired: 5/5/1958 Terry's Girlfriend Danny doesn't like Terry's new high society girlfriend, until her parents pay a visit, and he sees they haven't paid much attention to her. He lectures them on how to be a family.
Season 5, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/12/1958 You Gotta Be Miserable to Be Happy When Danny hires a beautiful girl to dance in his act, he is disturbed by Kathy's lack of jealousy. On advice from Liz, Kathy pretends to be jealous to make Danny feel better.
Season 5, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/19/1958 Too Good For Words When a poison-pen woman newspaper columnist visits the Williams household to observe Danny's daily routine, he puts on a phony display of generosity toward his family to impress her. She is convinced he's a hypocrite, until Rusty and Linda try to exploit his fake generosity, and he calls off the act.
Season 5, Episode 33 – Aired: 5/26/1958 Rusty, the Man Rusty gets a job as a shoeshine boy to prove to Danny that he's not a baby, but a man.
Season 6, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/6/1958 The Bob Hope Show No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/13/1958 Rusty, the Ward-Heeler Danny uses his influence and skills as an entertainer to help Rusty in his campaign to get elected class president. Both then learn a lesson in democracy.
Season 6, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/20/1958 First Anniversary Danny and Kathy's first anniversary is marred by a difference of opinion over who proposed first. Danny wants to make up, against the advice of Kathy's father.
Season 6, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/27/1958 Terry Goes Steady After reading a magazine article about teenage elopement, Danny takes an obsessive interest in Terry's dating affairs.
Season 6, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/3/1958 Take a Message Kathy gets phone messages for Danny confused, which causes the Williamses to overstuff on lasagna, but also brings in more money for Danny's charity.
Season 6, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/10/1958 A Locket for Linda Rusty is resentful because Linda is getting a locket for having her tooth fall out, while Danny refuses to give him the money for a model airplane. When the locket appears later, no one seems to know where it came from.
Season 6, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/17/1958 Jack Benny Takes Danny's Job Danny is jealous because Rusty's Boy Scout troop asks Jack Benny to entertain at its annual benefit, even though Danny had done the honors the last three years.
Season 6, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/24/1958 Uncle Tonoose's Fling Uncle Tonoose has spent 28 years serving as the marriage broker for Danny's side of the family. Now, with all their relatives married off, Uncle Tonoose adopts the playboy lifestyle, and dates a young chorus girl.
Season 6, Episode 9 – Aired: 12/1/1958 Linda's Tonsils Danny tries to reassure a terrified Linda about having her tonsils removed, but becomes a little terrified himself when told he has to have his taken out too.
Season 6, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/8/1958 Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals Scheduled to open the same night in different clubs, Dinah Shore and Danny develop a fierce rivalry. They each learn a lesson in teamwork and sportsmanship from their respective children.
Season 6, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/15/1958 The Reunion Danny reconnects with three old school chums from Toledo: a diplomat, a rocket scientist, and a famous surgeon. Lacking a high school diploma, Danny feels inadequate, and daydreams of being more like his friends.
Season 6, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/22/1958 Kathy's Career Tired of the housewife routine, Kathy accepts an offer from an old lady friend, the editor of a fashion magazine, to work at the magazine. The friend shows both Kathy and Danny how important Kathy is to the Williams household.
Season 6, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/29/1958 The Saints Come Marching In After encountering a gang of juvenile delinquents at a music store, Danny visits their school guidance counselor. He then provides financial backing for the boys to put their musical talents to use.
Season 6, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/5/1959 Lucy Upsets the Williams Household When Lucy and Ricky Ricardo pay a visit to the Williams family, Danny makes the mistake of advising Ricky to halt Lucy's shopping sprees by closing all of her charge accounts.
Season 6, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/12/1959 Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help Tony Bennett appears as Danny's Cousin Stephen, who has a good future in his father's (Danny's Uncle Habib's) dry goods business, but would rather sing in show business. Uncle Tonoose wants Danny to tell Stephen he has no talent, but Danny knows otherwise.
Season 6, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/19/1959 Tennessee Ernie Stays for Dinner Tennessee Ernie Ford guest stars as Kentucky Cal, a lovable drifter whom Rusty and Linda invite over for dinner after hearing a lecture from Danny about sharing. Danny isn't crazy about sharing his home with "Kentucky", until he learns that Kentucky was a talented radio star back home before being beset by a family tragedy.
Season 6, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/26/1959 Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors The director of a school rendition of "Alice in Wonderland" relinquishes the role to Danny after he gives her a hard time for giving Rusty and Linda such small parts. When Bob Hope, whose nephew is also in the play, gives him the same treatment he gave her, he begs her to take the job back.
Season 6, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/2/1959 Red Tape The Williamses apply to host a foreign exchange student after talking with a friend who is hosting an exchange student from Norway. When their application is rejected because of Danny's career in show business, Rusty and Linda visit the investigator to get him to reconsider.
Season 6, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/9/1959 Gina from Italy Annette Funicello joins the Danny Williams household as Gina, an exchange student from Italy.
Season 6, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/16/1959 Shirley Jones Makes Good A friend of Danny's asks him to help his daughter get started in show business. Danny, Charley and Benny are thoroughly unimpressed by her rather risque act, but she knocks them out when she starts performing the softer, more melodic songs her father taught her.
Season 6, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/23/1959 Gina's First Date Danny plays Cupid between Gina and a high school halfback by trying to teach her how American girls act on dates.
Season 6, Episode 22 – Aired: 3/2/1959 Growing Pains Rusty keeps complaining about a girl at school who likes him. Kathy thinks Rusty really loves the girl. Danny says if it's love, he'll eat his necktie.
Season 6, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/9/1959 Frankie Laine Sings for Gina Gina asks her idol, Frankie Laine, to sing at her school dance, and he says yes. Then, just before the dance, the measles hits her and she can't go. Can Danny get Frankie to sing for her at their apartment?
Season 6, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/16/1959 Kathy Leaves Danny After some ribbing from Phil and songwriting partner Harry about being a henpecked husband, Danny puts his foot down to Kathy and insists on going fishing, even though she had made plans for a family vacation. She responds by taking the kids on vacation without him.
Season 6, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/23/1959 Latin Lover Gina breaks a date with Buck after a dashing male friend from Italy arrives, and the two start dating. Gina is smitten with the Latin lover, until she learns that he has been using her to get Danny to help him with his singing career.
Season 6, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/30/1959 Losers Weepers Danny and Phil part ways after Phil loses the sole copy of material that Danny was supposed to use for his act. When Phil finds the copy, he gives it to Kathy, who puts it in her purse, then loses her purse.
Season 6, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/6/1959 Grampa's Diet Grampa, on a strict diet of baby food, comes to visit the Williams family and fights a running battle with them in an effort to sneak real food into the house.
Season 6, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/20/1959 Double Dinner Danny decides to become a canidate for abbot of the Friars Club. He discovers that he must first win the backing of rival groups within the organization.
Season 6, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/27/1959 Danny's Big Fan A huge fan of Danny's, a rich but lonely man from Italy, showers the family with lavish gifts, much to Danny's chagrin.
Season 6, Episode 30 – Aired: 5/11/1959 Gina for President Gina has been nominated for class president, and her opponent is none other than her steady boyfriend, Buck. Old-fashioned Danny goes to bat for Buck, until an anti-immigrant leaflet surfaces at school. Annette performs "Wild Willy".
Season 6, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/18/1959 The Practical Joke As a practical joke, Charley has a basketful of cats, and a boxful of mice with which to feed them, delivered to the Williams' apartment. Plotting revenge, Danny books the Williams' temporary housekeeper to perform at Charley's club, the Copa. To everyone's amazement, she becomes a huge hit.
Season 6, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/25/1959 Linda's Idol (aka Linda's Giant) Danny and Kathy are disturbed at Linda's tales of a ten-foot tall friend with a magic red coat, especially after a visit from her teacher, who says Linda is "emotionally disturbed" and suggests she may be in need of psychiatric treatment.
Season 7, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/5/1959 Terry Comes Home No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/12/1959 Rusty's Day in Court No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/19/1959 The Chinese Doll No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/26/1959 Cupid's Little Helper No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/2/1959 Terry Meets Him No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/9/1959 Jealousy No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/16/1959 Terry Goes Bohemian No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/23/1959 Rusty, the Weightlifter No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/30/1959 Tonoose, the Matchmaker No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/7/1959 Danny and Milton Berle Quit Show Biz No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/14/1959 Danny and the Little Men No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/21/1959 A Dog's Life No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/28/1959 Kathy Crashes TV No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/4/1960 Nightclub Owners No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/11/1960 That Ol' Devil Jack Benny No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/18/1960 How to Be Head of the House No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/25/1960 Danny, the Housewife No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/1/1960 Apple Polishers No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/8/1960 Tonoose Makes Wedding Plans No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/15/1960 Danny Meets Andy Griffith Danny went past a stop sign in the small town of Mayberry, because there was no crossroad. Sheriff Andy Taylor comes and arrests Danny. He said the town council had decided to make a crossroad there, but there was only enough money for a stopsign. Danny demands to see the Justice of the Peace. At this, Andy takes out a sign and says he's the Justice of the Peace. By now Will Hoople, the town drunk, has come in and locked himself in his jailcell. Andy explains he gets drunk everyday, and he arrests himself for it. Will had been deputized to do this to himself! Danny finally agrees with his wife and decides to the ordianry fine of $5 to $10. He takes out a huge wad of cash, and he gives him more money and more money. Danny doesn't care if Andy is robbing him, after all he's a big time star. Andy sees this as a time to get more money, and tells Danny he has to pay $100 or spend 10 days in jail. Danny is furious! He goes in his jailcell, and demands his one call. While he'd dialing the number, the phone in an another room rings, and Andy answers it:"Mayberry Gazette Editor speaking". Andy is later talking to the host of "Face to Face" and tells him he has to cancel his appearence. Chet says they can interview him in his cell, and Danny lights up! What a way to expose him! Opie, Andy's son, enters, and is very upset over his turtle dying. Andy talks to Opie, and Opie understands that dying is a part of life. Andy also helps Henrietta Perkins, the town widow. The day of the TV shoot arrives. Danny talks about tyranny in this world, and how he languishes in a cold, damp, dirty cell. Andy is offended by this and says "Now hold on a durn second!" Andy says his Aunt Lucy cleans the cell and does a fine job! The host then crossexamines Andy, and Andy says he had to raise the price to make an impression on these city folk, who can get $5 or $10 very easily. Danny realizes he was wrong and appoligizes to Andy in the end after hearing his explanation.
Season 7, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/22/1960 Battle of the In-Laws No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/29/1960 Eulogy for Tonoose No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/7/1960 Linda Wants to Be a Boy No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/14/1960 Bachelor Party No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/21/1960 Danny, the Handyman No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/28/1960 The Wedding No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/4/1960 Three on a Honeymoon No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/11/1960 The Deerfield Story No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/18/1960 The Singing Delinquent No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/25/1960 Rusty and the Tomboy There's a big dance in the offing but Barbara, a tomboyish young lady who plays on Rusty's baseball team, hasn't been asked to go. Danny and Kathy convince Rusty to ask her and she blossoms into a pretty young lady.
Season 7, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/9/1960 Family Portrait No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/16/1960 Little Lord Fauntleroy No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 33 – Aired: 5/23/1960 Rusty's Advice to Linda No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/3/1960 Kathy Delivers the Mail No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/10/1960 The Report Card No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/17/1960 Danny and the Actor's School No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/31/1960 Kathy and the Glamour Girl No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/7/1960 Danny Proposes to His Wife No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/14/1960 Kathy, the Matchmaker No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/21/1960 Tonoose, the Liar No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/28/1960 Linda, the Performer Danny prepares for Linda for her television debute.
Season 8, Episode 9 – Aired: 12/5/1960 Danny and the Dentist No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/12/1960 Fugitive Father No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/19/1960 The Singing Sisters No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/26/1960 Rusty the Rat No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 13 – Aired: 1/2/1961 The Planet No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/9/1961 Democracy at Work No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/16/1961 You Can Fight City Hall No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/23/1961 The Whoopee Show No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/30/1961 The Rum Cake No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/6/1961 Tonoose, the Boss No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/13/1961 Rusty, the Millionaire No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/20/1961 Good Old Burlesque No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/27/1961 Four Angels No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 22 – Aired: 3/13/1961 The Scrubwoman No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/27/1961 Everything Happens to Me Joey Bishop guest stars in this pilot episode of The Joey Bishop Show. He plays an inept booking agent who forgets to book a very tired Danny into a hotel and invites him to spend the night at his home which he shares with his somewhat strange parents and sister.
Season 8, Episode 24 – Aired: 4/3/1961 Old Man Danny No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 25 – Aired: 4/10/1961 Danny and the Hoodlums No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 26 – Aired: 4/17/1961 Rusty's Punishment No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/24/1961 The Scoutmaster No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 28 – Aired: 5/1/1961 The Magician No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 29 – Aired: 5/8/1961 The Woman Behind the Man No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 30 – Aired: 5/15/1961 Teenage Thrush No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/22/1961 Party Wrecker No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/2/1961 For Every Man There's a Woman No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/9/1961 Linda Runs Away No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/16/1961 Love Letters No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/23/1961 The Trumpet Player No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/30/1961 Tonoose vs. Daly No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/13/1961 Hen Pecked Charley No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/20/1961 Danny Weaves a Web No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 8 – Aired: 12/11/1961 Tonoose's Plot No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 9 – Aired: 12/18/1961 Keeping Up With the Joneses No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/25/1961 Teacher for a Day No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 11 – Aired: 1/22/1962 The Big Fight No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 12 – Aired: 1/29/1962 Cassanova Tonoose No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 13 – Aired: 2/12/1962 The P.T.A. Bash No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 14 – Aired: 2/19/1962 A Nose By Any Other Name No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 15 – Aired: 2/26/1962 Cassanova Junior No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 16 – Aired: 3/5/1962 Temper, Temper No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 17 – Aired: 3/12/1962 Hunger Strike No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 18 – Aired: 3/19/1962 Bunny Cooks a Meal No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 19 – Aired: 3/26/1962 Jose's Protoge No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 20 – Aired: 4/2/1962 Danny and Bob Hope Get Away from it All No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 21 – Aired: 4/9/1962 Extrasensory Charley No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 22 – Aired: 4/23/1962 A Promise is a Promise No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 23 – Aired: 4/30/1962 The Smart Aleck No summary available.
Season 9, Episode 24 – Aired: 5/7/1962 Baby No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 1 – Aired: 10/1/1962 The Baby Hates Charley No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/8/1962 Danny's Replacement No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/15/1962 What Are Friends For? No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/22/1962 British Sense of Humor No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/29/1962 Jose Rents the Cops No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/5/1962 Rusty for President No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/12/1962 A-Hunting We Will Go No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/19/1962 Ten Years Ago Today No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/26/1962 Jose the Scholar No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/10/1962 Tonoose, Life of the Party No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/17/1962 Danny's English Friend No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/24/1962 Bunny the Brownie Leader No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/31/1962 Charley the Artist No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/7/1963 Lost French Boy No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/14/1963 Jose the Dog Sitter No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/21/1963 Tonoose Needs Glasses No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/28/1963 Million Dollar Dress No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/11/1963 Charley the Tiger No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/18/1963 The Roman Patriot No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/25/1963 Jose's Guided Tour No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 21 – Aired: 3/4/1963 Bunny's Cousin No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 22 – Aired: 3/11/1963 When In Rome No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/25/1963 Louise to the Rescue No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 24 – Aired: 4/1/1963 Venetian Melody No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 25 – Aired: 4/8/1963 Charley My Boy No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 26 – Aired: 4/15/1963 Linda, the Grownup No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/22/1963 Homecoming No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/29/1963 Tonoose's Brother No summary available.
Season 10, Episode 29 – Aired: 5/6/1963 Jose's Rival Elevator operator Jose is smitten with a tap dancer named Suzy, so Danny tries to fix him up with her. Matters are complicated, however, when her old boyfriend, a piano whiz, shows up with marriage on his mind.
Season 11, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/30/1963 The Country Squires No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/7/1963 The Perfect Crime No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/14/1963 Heres The 50 Dollars Back No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/21/1963 The Woman Behind The Jokes No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/11/1963 My Fair Uncle No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/18/1963 Shy Alfie No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 7 – Aired: 12/2/1963 Oh, the Clancys
Season 11, Episode 8 – Aired: 12/9/1963 The Hex No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 9 – Aired: 12/16/1963 The Two Musketeers No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/23/1963 Christmas Story No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/30/1963 Peaceful Co-Existence No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 12 – Aired: 1/6/1964 The Bowling Partners No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 13 – Aired: 1/13/1964 Linda's Crush No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/20/1964 Kathy ,The Secretary No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/27/1964 The Quiz Show No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 16 – Aired: 2/3/1964 Howdy, Neighbors No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 17 – Aired: 2/10/1964 The Antique Dealers No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 18 – Aired: 2/17/1964 Bunny Gets Into The Act No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/24/1964 Sense Of Humor No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 20 – Aired: 3/2/1964 Tonoose Gets A Job No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 21 – Aired: 3/9/1964 The Leprechaun No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 22 – Aired: 3/16/1964 Pupa From Italy No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/23/1964 Pupa's Pooch No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/30/1964 Pupa Loves Rusty No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 25 – Aired: 4/6/1964 Beautiful Lady No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 26 – Aired: 4/13/1964 Call off the Hounds No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/20/1964 Rusty And The Chorus Girl No summary available.
Season 11, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/27/1964 The Persistent Cop A cop on the beat in Danny's neighborhood tries to get him to help a group of tough youngsters who have formed a band.
