Almost the Sound of Music

S04 E01 • Thursday, Sep 19, 1963 • Sep 19

To capture the affections of a pretty blond, Robbie turns pop composer and produces a novelty song. The family agrees to do the vocal background, but when they are selected to sing the song on television, Steve gets a bad case of stagefright.

Scotch Broth

S04 E02 • Thursday, Sep 26, 1963 • Sep 26

The Douglas family inherit a castle in Scotland from their Scottish Grandfather and the whole family descends upon Sheehan Bridge to see it. Not only does 'The Castle' turn out to be an entire village pub in the highlands, but other members of the clan give them a freetly welcome.

Didya Ever Have One of Those Days?

S04 E03 • Thursday, Oct 3, 1963 • Oct 3

It's a bad day for Steve when everything seems to be going wrong for him. His run of bad luck starts when he cuts himself shaving, burns his hand on the toaster, and then can't get his car started. Worse yet, he has to clinch a deal with a very important client.

Dear Robbie

S04 E04 • Thursday, Oct 10, 1963 • Oct 10

Robbie is chosen to write an 'advice to the lovelorn' column for the school newspaper, but Steve gets caught in the middle when a baffling love letter arrives. Robbie suggests that the writer should elope with her boyfriend and Steve tries to talk her out of it.

A Car of His Own

S04 E05 • Thursday, Oct 17, 1963 • Oct 17

Mike offers to give Robbie his old car but his response baffles everyone. Robbie says he needs his own car to impress a new girl and does some fancy wheeling and dealing to get it.

How Do You Know?

S04 E06 • Thursday, Oct 24, 1963 • Oct 24

Steve gives Mike advice on love after he announces his passion for his new girlfriend Darlene, who Mike wants to devote time to, so he hardly welcomes Steve's suggestion that he help find a date for the girl in his office.

My Friend Ernie

S04 E07 • Thursday, Oct 31, 1963 • Oct 31

Chip and his new sidekick Ernie find some old treasure maps but get lost in the woods when they go treasure hunting, causing the family's plans to be changed when they have to go looking for them.

The End of The You-Know-What

S04 E08 • Thursday, Nov 7, 1963 • Nov 7 • 30m

Chip and Ernie, having heard two scientists calculate that the world will be destroyed in one week are faced with the classic problem of what to do in the time they have left.

The Toupee

S04 E09 • Thursday, Nov 14, 1963 • Nov 14

The pungent smell around the Douglas home proves to emeante from Bub's head for his baldness is anointed with yet another hair restorer as he's in a panic to cover his bald spot when the sister of an old buddy comes to visit.

The Ever-Popular Robbie Douglas

S04 E10 • Thursday, Nov 21, 1963 • Nov 21

Robbie is faced with a real political dilemma when he and a rival for a girl's affections, are campaigning for Student Council Representative.

The Proposals

S04 E11 • Thursday, Nov 28, 1963 • Nov 28

Mike gets cold feet when he decides to propose marriage to Sally. His bungling attempts further confuse the issue. He tries a combination of methods derived from the attempts made by his father and grandfather when they proposed to their respective spouses.

Steve and the Viking

S04 E12 • Thursday, Dec 5, 1963 • Dec 5

Steve is chosen to act as nursemaid for the attractive daughter of a visiting Danish dignitary who turns out to be only 17. The girl's energetic idea of fun brings Steve to his knees, as he searches desperately for a substitute escort.

Par for the Course

S04 E13 • Thursday, Dec 12, 1963 • Dec 12

Robbie is always forgetting to pass on Steve's telephone messages and to get back in his good graces, decides to take up his father's favourite sport. He figures it will get him out of the doghouse if he joins Steve in a father and son golf tournament.

Windfall

S04 E14 • Thursday, Dec 19, 1963 • Dec 19

Chip comes to the rescue of a trapped dog and receives a reward, which leads to new found popularity with his fellow members of the club that he and Ernie wish to join.

Top Secret

S04 E15 • Thursday, Dec 26, 1963 • Dec 26

Steve has to fly to Washington and is given a top secret military project. Steve tells the Pentagon brass that he would attract the least attention by just doing the work at home. While Bub is just beside himself with curiosity, Chip suddenly becomes the target for security men.

Will Success Spoil Chip Douglas?

S04 E16 • Thursday, Jan 2, 1964 • Jan 2

Ex-thespian Bub laments that there hasn't been a member of the Douglas family in show business for over thirty years, so he is delighted when Chip is selected to portray an American Indian in a school play about Christopher Columbus.

Second Chorus

S04 E17 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1964 • Jan 9

While walking the dog through the park one night, Steve meets a lovely cabaret singer and before the evening ends he is out night-clubbing with her. Mike and Robbie feel they must intercede and protect Steve from a supposed matrimonial trap.

Never Look Back

S04 E18 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1964 • Jan 16

Steve eagerly anticipates his twenty fifth anniversary class reunion at Midwest University. Ignoring Bub's warnings that the old gang won't be as Steve remembers them, his enthusiasm increases when he meets the charming Heather Marlow, only girl in the class.

Marriage by Proxy

S04 E19 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1964 • Jan 23

Mike and Sally try to discover the truth about marriage from two of their recently wed friends, and think twice about getting married and having babies when they help another friend's expectant wife whose time has come.

The Chaperone

S04 E20 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1964 • Jan 30

Bub is appointed chaperone to Robbie and his friends when they decide to have a costume party. Robbie feels it will dampen the party as Bub doesn't see eye to eye with them on the little matter of correct behaviour.

My Fair Chinese Lady

S04 E21 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1964 • Feb 6

Robbie is chosen to help Americanize a traditional Chinese girl who is soon to meet her very hip Chinese-American fiancé. However, she is a girl so steeped in the traditions of her homeland that it seems unlikely she'll ever fit into American life.

House for Sale

S04 E22 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1964 • Feb 13

The family is excited when Steve might travel to Hawaii on business, but there is dismay on their faces when the 'For Sale' sign goes up outside 837 Mill Street. Going on a trip to Hawaii is one thing, but could the entire family pack up and move there?

Stone Frog

S04 E23 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1964 • Feb 20

Chip believes in a magical stone frog, given to him by a lady from India and as coincidences stack up, the magic is hard to deny. The boy's belief causes some very interesting circumstances.

Stage Door Bub

S04 E24 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1964 • Feb 27

Bub wants to get back to the greasepaint, so he swaps jobs with an actress friend at the Playhouse theater who longs for a normal home life. Each is so envious of the other's life that they agree to switch roles for the remainder of the company's season.

Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly

S04 E25 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1964 • Mar 5

Mike feels that Sally should learn how to fish, since she's joining a family of avid fishermen - Except that Sally really hates the pastime. How coincidental then that Mike hates bird watching as well.

Cherry Blossoms in Bryant Park

S04 E26 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1964 • Mar 12

Kimiko, a Japanese girl Mike met in Tokyo last year comes to town to test her old feelings for Mike before she can be sure she loves another. Although Mike is now engaged to Sally, could he still feel something for her?

What's the Princess Really Like?

S04 E27 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1964 • Mar 19

Steve's high school sweetheart returns to town as a real-life Princess, complete with entourage and the Douglases are invited to a posh royal reception in her honor. However, Chip puts the wrong reply in his response and must try and retrieve it before the Princess reads it.

The People's House

S04 E28 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1964 • Mar 26

In order to get himself a date with an attractive magazine editor, Steve submits his house as an entry in her magazine's distinctive homes contest. He is very perplexed when she sends her business-like secretary instead.

The Tree

S04 E29 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1964 • Apr 2

The town of Bryant Park takes sides violently when it is proposed to cut down the tree which stands outside of Robbie's girlfriend's home. The Douglas family are soon involved as Bub joins a women's group in the neighborhood to save his favorite tree from being torn down.

The Substitute Teacher

S04 E30 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1964 • Apr 9

Disciplinarian Mrs. Proctor, Robbie's awful history teacher, breaks a leg and the replacement they receive is even worse. She is a charming, but inexperienced girl who earns her first battle star when she first encounters Robbie's class.

Mike Wears the Pants

S04 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1964 • Apr 16

Anxious to get married, but unable to afford an apartment, Mike suggests that he and his fiancee Sally move in with him and his family. Bub has to continuously change plans for a shower for Sally and Mike when she and Mike keep changing their future wedding plans.

The Guys and the Dolls

S04 E32 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1964 • Apr 23

Mike and Chip take part in good deeds -- Mike goes with his fellow U.S. Air Force Reservists to deliver ten thousand dolls to children in a South American disaster area. Mike meets a mute girl and tries to collect money for an operation she desperately needs. Meanwhile Chip becomes household slave of the demanding Mrs. Sowerby.

The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer

S04 E33 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1964 • Apr 30

When Robbie's team gets slaughtered one too many times, their keenest fan Lissa Stratemeyer gets her girlfriends to ignore the boys for the victory rally until they do something about the score and break their losing streak.

Tramp Goes To Hollywood

S04 E34 • Thursday, May 7, 1964 • May 7

Adventure in New York

S04 E35 • Thursday, May 14, 1964 • May 14

Aspiring song writers Mike and Robbie decide to take a song they wrote to New York City and present it to a publisher. A friendly cab driver helps them in their quest and the publisher gives them both some good advice before they head home.

Huckleberry Douglas

S04 E36 • Thursday, May 21, 1964 • May 21

Mark Twain's stories inspire Chip, Ernie and Melinda to re-enact the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky when the youngsters run away from home to the river where they find a few adventures of their own.

Guest in the House

S04 E37 • Thursday, May 28, 1964 • May 28

Steve is roped into boarding a delinquent for just one week so the boys put on their armor and ready themselves for battle. When Steve is notified to fly out of town on business, the boys are left to deal with the delinquent themselves, not knowing they've mistaken him for somebody else.