28. The Five Dollar Bill
Doris and the entire family face a painful problem: a neighbor lady has accused young Billy of taking five dollars from her wallet.
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The Doris Day Show is a western and comedy TV series that premiered on CBS on September 24, 1968. It has 5 seasons and 128 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 24 "Byline ... Alias Doris", aired on March 12, 1973.
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.
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128 episodes · 5 seasons
1968 · 28 episodes · Last episode: 57 years ago
Doris and the entire family face a painful problem: a neighbor lady has accused young Billy of taking five dollars from her wallet.
This episode was postponed on December 31, 1968.
Delicate deception is called for as Doris and the boys try to decide on a practical gift for Leroy. What does he really need and how can they find out—without tipping their hand?
Bubbling with enthusiasm, Doris spearheads a drive for civic improvements, and falls for a flimflamming scheme to build a community center.
Doris faces sleepless nights and sluggish days, thanks to an infernal chiming antique clock given to her by Leroy. Problem: how to get rid of the noisemaker without hurting the handyman's feelings.
With Buck and the boys in bed with colds, Doris assumes the task of trapping Tyrone Lovey, a longtime troublemaker who's suspected of poaching on the ranch.
The Martin boys excitedly prepare for their first camping trip with Grandpa Buck and his old friend Joe Whitecloud - an excursion soon threatened by a brewing feud between the veteran outdoorsmen.
Leroy has high hopes of becoming a famed country composer when a publisher accepts his song ""Weeds in the Garden of My Heart."" But the hired hand has paid $50 for the big break, and Doris fears he's the victim of a racket.
Thanks to matchmaking sons, Doris is beset with an insufferable suitor - Deputy Sheriff Puckum, who fancies himself the town swinger.
Envious of Billy's Little League uniform, Toby announces that he has a uniform as well, referring to a choir robe, despite the fact that try-outs for the choir haven't yet taken place.
Toby and Billy take Doris out to dinner for her birthday with money they've earned, but aren't prepared for the size of the check.
1969 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 56 years ago
While on a flight to Florida, Doris tries to comfort the passenger in the seat next to her, who is deathly afraid of flying. Things don't work out as she planned, however, when the passenger winds up hijacking the airplane to Cuba.
A computer error leads to efficiency expert Mr. Jarvis insisting that Doris has never paid her electricity bill, which leads to unexpected problems.
Because it would take away from his weekend social time, Ron asks Doris to go on assignment - what would be her first writing assignment - to cover Duke Farentino in the deserted mining town of Silver Gulch, he who is training there for the weekend in the title defense of his world middleweight boxing crown. Despite boxing not being Doris' interest, she reluctantly agrees. Although she arrives looking like the proverbial fish out of water, Doris is determined to fit in "with the boys". Duke ends up taking a special interest in Doris professionally because of his special interest in her personally, he who provides her exclusive access on behalf of all the members of the press. Doris ends up being a distraction to Duke - who professes his love for her - which could possibly ruin his chances of defending his title as he has her on his mind instead of boxing.
Doris has a date with a French movie star, but learns her sons have volunteered her to umpire their baseball game that afternoon.
1970 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 55 years ago
Doris' young niece pays a middle-of-the-night visit to seek her advice on how to patch up her marriage, which is crumbling because her college-student husband can't stand the thought of becoming a father.
Doris is dismayed to see the state of the plants on her patio, which she learns are being slowly killed by sulfur poisoning, the nurseryman who can smell the sulfur in the air. She tracks the culprit down to a new sulfur factory, which she tries to shut down. She does slightly soften her opinion when she learns of sulfur's many uses, but still comes out of the meeting with the plant manager unsatisfied that they will not make the easy and quick fix to reduce toxic emissions at a $500,000 price tag. She gets permission from Colonel Fairburn, who is running the magazine in Nick's absence, to write an anti-pollution article, especially concerning her specific situation. When Doris finishes the story, she and Colonel Fairburn come to an unwanted epiphany: Fedderson is a subsidiary of Amalgamated Limited, the Chair of the Board being Colonel Fairburn. As such, the Colonel kills the story & Doris has to try to change the Colonel's mind. Mother Nature may give her a bit of a helping hand.
Doris throws a Christmas party at her apartment and invites Mr. Jarvis. However, not only does Jarvis turn down her invitation, but he threatens to call the cops if Doris and her guests make too much noise.
1971 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 54 years ago
With hopes of landing an interview with its reclusive prince, Doris and Cy travel to the small European nation of San Riata where Doris' beauty and charm incite impersonation, intrigue and an international incident.
Doris discovers a pistol-wielding Santa Claus standing over a dead body and sets to work cracking the case. A clever Christmas murder mystery aided and abetted by the entertaining Charles Nelson Reilly. Look for entertainer Rockwell as a young boy disheartened by Santa's arrest.
Doris is fired after writing a piece that hit the Today's World publisher in the pocketbook, but maybe bygones will be bygones after Doris gets a firsthand scoop of a major crime story and threatens to sell the story to a competitor.
Doris' ego-tripping boss complicates her efforts to line up an interview with a TV talk-show host.
1972 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 53 years ago
Dr. Lawrence finds himself on the sidelines while Doris interviews a handsome bachelor.
Created by James Fritzell
The Doris Day Show has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 12, 1973.
The most recent episode of The Doris Day Show, Season 5 Episode 24 "Byline ... Alias Doris", aired on March 12, 1973.
The Doris Day Show has 5 seasons with 128 episodes in total.
The Doris Day Show first aired on CBS on September 24, 1968.
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