Family Affair (1966)
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
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Episode 1 - Birds, Bees and Buffy
Release Date: 1967-09-11Buffy and Jody wants to know where babies come from, and a whole bunch of stories confuses not only them, but parents as well. Cissy then tells them the right procedure of how babies are made.
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Episode 2 - First Love
Release Date: 1967-09-18Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.
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Episode 3 - Go Home, Mr. French
Release Date: 1967-09-25Mr. French's romance with an old flame puts his job in jeopardy when he thinks about working with his old love in another house.
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Episode 4 - Arthur, the Invisible Bear
Release Date: 1967-10-02Jody's new imaginary friend is really getting him in trouble and it tales a trip to a psychologist to figure out what is going on.
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Episode 5 - The Other Cheek
Release Date: 1967-10-09A girl picks on Jody, who doesn't dare hit her back.
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Episode 6 - The Candy Striper
Release Date: 1967-10-16Cissy becomes a candy-stripper, but feels emotionally insecure when she unknowingly breaks one of the supervisor's rules when she gives a patient some water. She is doomed to quit but Bill tells her to face up to her mistake and keep her job. It might be all and well for Cissy, but it doesn't work for Buffy when she wants to be a Brownie, but finds out she is not the right age.
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Episode 7 - Fat, Fat, the Water Rat
Release Date: 1967-10-23Buffy makes friends with a bunch of kids, unbeknownst to her that they hate fancy kids. Mr. French catcher her and forbids her to play with them again. Uncle Bill however supports Buffy's choice and lets her play with her new friends.
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Episode 8 - The Toy Box
Release Date: 1967-11-06Uncle Bill enforces an iron-clad confiscation order of toys constantly being left on the floor by the kids and they can never get them back. It hits a little too close when Buffy's beloved Mrs. Beasley is in danger of being taken away from her.
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Episode 9 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Release Date: 1967-11-13Jody tries his hardest to be on a local stickball team, only to be beaten out by Buffy, who happens to be a great player as well.
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Episode 10 - You Like Buffy Better
Release Date: 1967-11-20Cissy thinks that Buffy is being shafted by Bill because he favors Jody. Bill then decides to spend all of his time with Buffy, but then, this starts to be a problem for Cissy and Jody.
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Episode 11 - Freddie
Release Date: 1967-11-27Freddie, Bill's old friend from Terre Haute, wishes that she had children after spending time with Buffy and Jody.
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Episode 12 - Our Friend Stanley
Release Date: 1967-12-04Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.
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Episode 13 - Somebody Upstairs
Release Date: 1967-12-11Cissy and Buffy are starstruck when they meet a Broadway star living in the building.
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Episode 14 - Star Dust
Release Date: 1967-12-18Bill is starstruck now, with a famous actress that wants to give up the business and settle down with him.
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Episode 15 - Best of Breed
Release Date: 1967-12-25Buffy and Jody find a dog, but the landlord lays down the law against dogs. The landlord recants after the dog wins a dog contest.
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Episode 16 - Family Reunion
Release Date: 1968-01-01Bill and Mr. French visit the kids' old home in Terre Haute where they are faced with a painful decision: Stay with their aunt who makes up stuff about how they are a burden to Bill or go back to New York.
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Episode 17 - A Man's Place
Release Date: 1968-01-08A new romance that Mr. French has puts him in the position to make him think that his current life as a butler is not good enough for his date.
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Episode 18 - The Great Kow-Tow
Release Date: 1968-01-15Buffy and Jody go Chinese when they are ""adopted"" by a elderly Chinese man.
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Episode 19 - The Fish Watchers
Release Date: 1968-01-22Uncle Bill gets the kids involved with tropical fish after the advice of a fellow construction worker.
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Episode 20 - The Day Nothing Happened
Release Date: 1968-01-29A Blizzard can be anyone's worst enemy. This lesson is true when everything goes awry for the David family in Long Island: French is stranded in the blizzard, kids Building snowmen inside, ruined potential dates, Oy Vey!
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Episode 21 - A House in the Country
Release Date: 1968-02-05Bill wants to move to a house in the suburbs, but the kids persuade him to stay where he is.
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Episode 22 - A Matter of Tonsils
Release Date: 1968-02-12Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.
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Episode 23 - A Member of the Family
Release Date: 1968-02-19Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.
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Episode 24 - His and Hers
Release Date: 1968-02-26Bill and the family meet their potential counterparts when he meets a woman named Margaret and her kids. The kids think that it's real cool to have kids that are like them at first, but they find out that they are too much alike and do not get along with them.
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Episode 25 - The New Cissy
Release Date: 1968-03-04Cissy is sad because she is not getting any attention from boys, except one named Wendell who she thinks is dull by comparison. So she have a complete and total makeover and she is an instant sex symbol! The boys are so enamored by her, except for Wendell who liked her as she was before. Cissy realizes that Wendell liked her the whole time for just being herself.
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Episode 26 - The Family Outing
Release Date: 1968-03-11Camping is not such a hot idea for Mr. French, Buffy and Cissy, which spoils the boys' fun.
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Episode 27 - Mr. French's Holiday
Release Date: 1968-03-18Mr. French has a nice vacation planned for himself, but the kids come along and makes his vacation more enjoyable, whether he likes it or not.
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Episode 28 - The Mrs. Beasley Story
Release Date: 1968-03-25Buffy is disheartened because Mrs. Beasley needs arm surgery
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Episode 29 - The Baby Sitters
Release Date: 1968-04-01Uncle Bill leaves for a trip (and having trouble finding his dentist as well) and Mr. French goes out for the evening, leaving Cissy to watch the twins. Then Cissy leaves to go to a concert (big mistake) and leaves her friend Sharon in charge. Then Sharon comes down with the measles and her mama comes to watch the kids. Then her mama levaes to take care o Sharon and puts her husband and his poker pals on babysitter duty. My lord, what a turn of events, but thankfully Bill and French come home to see all the trouble that Cissy started in the first place.
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Episode 30 - Family Portrait
Release Date: 1968-04-08A girlfriend urges Bill to stay home more.