Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | Directed by | Written by | Episode Summary |
1-1 | "A Fine Romance" (pilot) | September 14, 1964 | James Sheldon | Dan Beaumont | A remark by Janice leads to a night of adventure for Bing and Ellie and they attempt to recall their courtship days. |
1–2 | "Exactly Like Who?" | September 21, 1964 | James Sheldon | Tom August & Helen August (aka Alfred Lewis Levitt & Helen Levitt) | Bing's daughter brings home a fast-talking songwriter who hopes to use Bing and Ellie to promote one of his new songs. |
1–3 | "A Bit of Fresh Danish" | September 28, 1964 | James Sheldon | Bill O'Hallaren | A Danish sociologist offers some sophisticated ideas on the role of women. |
1–4 | "The Green Couch" | October 5, 1964 | James Sheldon | Jack Sher | Bing is rousted out of bed to vouch for Ellie and his friend Willie after they get arrested. |
1–5 | "Hoop Shots" | October 12, 1964 | James Sheldon | Steve Gethers | Bing and Ellie try to break up a romance between their daughter and a basketball player (Jimmy Boyd). |
1–6 | "Flashback" | October 19, 1964 | James Sheldon | Steve Gethers | A look back at how Bing and Willie made the effort to enter vaudeville after getting out of the Army. |
1–7 | "The Education of Bing Collins" | October 26, 1964 | James Sheldon | Jerome Ross | Joyce develops a crush on a teacher who Bing baits with questions about obscure events. |
1–8 | "The Dominant Male" | November 9, 1964 | James Sheldon | Irving Gaynor Neiman | Bing and Joyce's date (Gary Crosby) offer clear evidence of their independence. |
1–9 | "The Importance of Bea 'n' Willie" | November 16, 1964 | James Sheldon | Bill O'Hallaren | Willie gets a crush on a lumberman's daughter, with the entire family working together to promote the romance. |
1–10 | "The Liberated Woman" | November 23, 1964 | James Sheldon | Irving Gaynor Neiman | Bing's Aunt Lulu (Glenda Farrell) helps install theatrical ambitions in Ellie. |
1–11 | "Genius at Work" | November 30, 1964 | James Sheldon | Mayo Simon | An eccentric math wizard annoys the Collins while he's staying with them, but he gets sidetracked when Janice presents him with an intriguing math problem. |
1–12 | "The Yadwin Report" | December 7, 1964 | James Sheldon | Stan Cutler | Joyce's latest boyfriend determines that the Collins marriage is doomed. |
1–13 | "Janice and Me on a Saturday Spent With Random Inputs No. 1" | December 14, 1964 | James Sheldon | Loring Mandel | An exponent of electronic computer music finds an ally in Janice and an opponent in Bing. |
1–14 | "The Christmas Show" | December 21, 1964 | James Sheldon | Jack Sher | Bing and the cast gather around the piano and sing Christmas carols. |
1–15 | "The Soft Life" | January 11, 1965 | James Sheldon | Jack Sher | Bing and Ellie have different ideas about vacations, with each side then trying to prove their way is best. |
1–16 | "Bugged By the Love Bugs" | January 18, 1965 | James Sheldon | Bill Morrow | Bing becomes a pariah in the family after they learn that he refused free tickets to see a rock group, The Love Bugs. |
1–17 | "Are Parents People?" | January 25, 1965 | James Sheldon | Jack Sher | Bing and Ellie are reluctant to approve Joyce's trip to Mexico. |
1–18 | "That's the Way the Suki Yakies" | February 1, 1965 | James Sheldon | Dan Beaumont | Bing and Ellie are guest of a Japanese couple (James Shigeta and Nobu McCarthy) and are impressed by the wife's deference to her husband. |
1–19 | "The Gifted Child" | February 8, 1965 | James Sheldon | Russell Beggs | Janice is sent by her school to a psychiatrist to determine the extent of her precocity. |
1–20 | "The Image" | February 15, 1965 | James Sheldon | Jack Sher | After Ellie calls in a decorator (Kathryn Crosby) and hires a PR man (Pat Harrington, Jr.), Bing heads to a nearby hotel owned, where the owner George Gobel thinks he's a bum. |
1–21 | "The Keefers Come Calling" | February 22, 1965 | James Sheldon | Stanley Charles & Bill O'Hallaren | A pair of newlyweds (Frankie Avalon and Vicki Carr) have a habit of wearing the wrong costumes at parties. |
1–22 | "Operation Man Save" | March 1, 1965 | James Sheldon | Bill O'Hallaren | Bing's super-efficient secretary (Joan Fontaine) annoys Ellie with her advice on everything and then meets her downtrodden husband (Dennis Day) who dealt with this for years. |
1–23 | "One For the Birds" | March 8, 1965 | James Sheldon | Louis Kamp | A former vaudeville partner of Bing's (Phil Harris) arrives, but while staying in the garage, his deadbeat tendencies begin to annoy everyone. |
1–24 | "The Test" | March 22, 1965 | James Sheldon | Jerome Ross | With Bing and Joyce getting set to take their driving exams, Ellie and Janice are tasked with instructing them for their respective driving tests. |
1–25 | "Moonlight Becomes You" | March 29, 1965 | James Sheldon | Dan Beaumont | A college professor (Mel Torme) is moonlighting as a jazz pianist in a cellar café. |
1–26 | "What's A Buddy For?" | April 5, 1965 | James Sheldon | Dan Beaumont | Bing and his insurance broker (Lloyd Nolan) are in competition to manage the local Little League baseball team. |
1–27 | "Conform, Conform, Whoever You Are" | April 12, 1965 | James Sheldon | TBA | Bing and Ellie decided to reject the idea of celebrating the New Year and opt for a quiet celebration in a cabin—until they're discovered by the local rural population. |
1–28 | "Real Estate Venture" | April 19, 1965 | James Sheldon | Jerome Ross | A high-powered real estate broker (Ruth Roman) tries to get Ellie to join her staff. |