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 - The Good Neighbors
Release Date: 1970-09-17Tired of the unfriendliness from all of the tenants in the building, Buffy and Jody decide to throw a party for all of the neighbors. Then the neighbors get stuck in an elevator and they work together to fix the problem.
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Episode 2 - Desert Isle: Manhattan Style
Release Date: 1970-09-24Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leaves. The replacement does not get there because of a blizzard.
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Episode 3 - Eastward Ho!
Release Date: 1970-10-01Bill's friend, Eng Ho, is planning an arranged marriage for his daughter, Ming Lee, and wants Bill to give her a place to stay until the wedding. Cissy then makes friends with her and takes her out with her friends. Ming Lee then falls for her escort, which is a bad idea when she is about to be married. Ming Lee decides not to marry, and her father threatend to take her back to Hong Kong. Bill convinces Eng to let Ming Lee stay in America.
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Episode 4 - Meet Emily
Release Date: 1970-10-08When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of her openness and free will. Mr. French hates Emily because of her attitude and decides that the apartment isn't big enough for two domestics. Mr. French then realizes that Emily is a great asset and they decide to work together.
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Episode 5 - The Return of Maudie
Release Date: 1970-10-15French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
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Episode 6 - It Can't Be Five Years
Release Date: 1970-10-22The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
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Episode 7 - Travels with Cissy
Release Date: 1970-10-29Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets Steve Hunter, a handsome western star. She falls for him and, after hearing stories about Steve, Bill tries to stop this new romance by bringing Gregg out to win her back. Gregg tells Cissy that he wishes her lots of luck with Steve. Steve then proposes to Cissy, and she refuses.
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Episode 8 - Stamp of Approval
Release Date: 1970-11-05Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine becomes friends with him and gives him the stamp that he was after. Jody then gives the stamp back to her because he's more interested in her. The woman doesn't give Bill a job, but they become friends.
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Episode 9 - And Baby Makes Eight
Release Date: 1970-11-12Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
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Episode 10 - Say Uncle
Release Date: 1970-11-19Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's father.
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Episode 11 - Class Clown
Release Date: 1970-11-26Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.
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Episode 12 - The Unsinkable Mr. French
Release Date: 1970-12-03Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
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Episode 13 - Wish You Were Here
Release Date: 1970-12-10Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
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Episode 14 - Feat of Clay
Release Date: 1970-12-17Bill's new girlfriend gives him a genuine primitive Colombian artifact, in which Buffy and Jody take to school and to have it broken! They try to put the pieces back together again and uses clay to make an exact copy of the statue. Their handiwork is displayed at the gallery and people are trying to buy it. The kids confess their doings to Bill's girlfriend.
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Episode 15 - Heroes Are Born
Release Date: 1970-12-31Jody makes friends with a boy in teh park whose uncle is Ken Granger, a football superstar. Jody starts worshipping the ground that Granger walks on until he finds out that Granger is suspended from the team for betting on his own games. Jody is disappointed, but Uncle Bill tells him that people do not act the way we want them to act.
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Episode 16 - Nobody Here But Us Uncles
Release Date: 1971-01-07The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.
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Episode 17 - Too Late, Too Soon
Release Date: 1971-01-14Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
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Episode 18 - The Littlest Exile
Release Date: 1971-01-21The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
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Episode 19 - Put Your Dreams Away
Release Date: 1971-01-28Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.
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Episode 20 - The Joiners
Release Date: 1971-02-04Buffy wants to join a clique, but is dropped because she is younger by one year. Bill makes a deal with Shirley, the leader, that if he builds them a clubhouse, Buffy can join the club. After the clubhouse is built, Buffy is now a member, but Cissy wants her to run for secretary. The current secretary, Carol, wants to know why Buffy is in the club and Shirley tells her the truth and Buffy is out of the club.
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Episode 21 - Cinder-Emily
Release Date: 1971-02-11Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.
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Episode 22 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Release Date: 1971-02-18Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
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Episode 23 - Buffy's Fair Lady
Release Date: 1971-02-25Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. Buffy gets Jody to dance with Angela, but he bribes another boy to dance with her. Angela is disheartened when she finds out that this whole party was staged. Buffy and Jody then apologize for the way they treated her and gets her to make friends the right way.
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Episode 24 - You Can't Fight City Hall
Release Date: 1971-03-04Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.