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Bringing Up Jamie

Episode number: 1

Overview: A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggression, but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst.

The Lady Detective

Episode number: 2

Overview: An eccentric female detective (played by guest star Phyllis Diller) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's payroll.

Permissive Papa

Episode number: 3

Overview: Harry bars Alice from going to a concert and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a pervert.

Boyles on T.V.

Episode number: 4

Overview: The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation.

My Wife, The Secretary

Episode number: 5

Overview: Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store.

Papa , the Housewife

Episode number: 6

Overview: Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results.

Jamie's Project

Episode number: 7

Overview: Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition.

Don for the Defense

Episode number: 8

Overview: Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer.

Alice's Diet

Episode number: 9

Overview: After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful.

Mama Loves Monty

Episode number: 10

Overview: Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a game show, but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host Monty Hall.

Alice's Crush

Episode number: 11

Overview: Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers.

Papa's Big Check

Episode number: 12

Overview: Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint.

Mama's Charity

Episode number: 13

Overview: Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities.

Chet's Pad

Episode number: 14

Overview: Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him.

Papa the Coach

Episode number: 15

Overview: Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players.

Birdman Chet

Episode number: 16

Overview: Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condor.

Back to Nature

Episode number: 17

Overview: Harry takes his family on a camping trip to break them of their addiction to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harry wants out.

Alice's Freedom

Episode number: 18

Overview: Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her freedom since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom.

The Beekeeper

Episode number: 19

Overview: The Boyles call an exterminator to get rid of the bees in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees.

Maude Loves Papa

Episode number: 20

Overview: While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles.