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Bachelor Father Season 5 Episodes

40 Episodes 1961 - 1962

Episode 1

Kelly's Graduation

30 mins

Uncle Bentley meddles in Kelly's high school graduation day and future college plans.

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Episode 2

The King's English

Tue, Oct 3, 1961

Peter signs up for night-school courses. Peter must pass an English exam to stay with his class.

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Episode 3

Rush Week

Tue, Oct 10, 196130 mins

Kelly and Ginger both pledge the same sorority.

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Episode 4

Kelly and the Freethinker

Tue, Oct 17, 196130 mins

Kelly develops a crush on a young philosopher, who is full of hot air.

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Episode 5

A Party for Peter

Tue, Oct 24, 196130 mins

Peter has a crush on supermarket clerk Helen but she's devoted to pop singer Frankie Laine. Peter thinks if he can get the crooner to appear at a party it will help him out so he asks for Bentley's aid in making it happen.

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Episode 6

Never Steal an Owl

Tue, Oct 31, 196130 mins

A college prank gone wrong lands Howard in court, and Bentley Gregg must defend him against theft and arson charges.

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Episode 7

Bentley's Catered Affair

Tue, Nov 7, 196130 mins

Kelly, Howard, and Peter go into the food catering business. Too bad it's in violation of residential zoning laws.

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Episode 8

The House at Smuggler's Cove

Tue, Nov 14, 196130 mins

Bentley Gregg investigates a claim that one of his client's houses is haunted, thereby greatly depressing its value.

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Episode 9

Peter's Punctured Wedding

Tue, Nov 21, 196130 mins

Due to an old Chinese family contract entered into by Peter's parents when he was born, he must marry a certain young woman who is now old enough to wed. This means that he must quit his job as houseboy.

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Episode 10

Star Light, Star Not So Bright

Tue, Nov 28, 196130 mins

Bentley's client tries to interest him in astrology.

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Episode 11

Bentley and the Timeclock

Tue, Dec 5, 196130 mins

Cousin Chalie's latest scheme is the BSCH - the Benevolent Society of Chinese Houseboys, which in turn forces Bentely Gregg to put Peter on a time clock.

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Episode 12

Birth of a Song

Tue, Dec 12, 196130 mins

Howard has a song, penny has a voice. Howard works a deal and they both sing along.

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Episode 13

Deck the Halls

Tue, Dec 19, 196130 mins

Uncle Bentley, tired of the Christmas rush tries to sell his family and friends on the true meaning of the holiday by donating in their names money to charity instead of giving gifts.

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Episode 14

The Law and Kelly Gregg

Tue, Dec 26, 196130 mins

After passing an aptitude test that states she would make a good journalist, Kelly spends a day shadowing Uncle Bentley at his law office to come up with an article for her school paper.

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Episode 15

How to Throw Your Voice

Tue, Jan 2, 196230 mins

Kelly teaches Howard ventriloquism.

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Episode 16

Kelly the Yes Man

Tue, Jan 9, 196230 mins

To win popularity and votes when she's placed on the ballot for class vice-president, Kelly volunteers Peter's cooking and a visit from one of Bentley's movie star clients at a school party.

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Episode 17

Gold in Them Hills

Tue, Jan 16, 196230 mins

Peter purchases five acres of land in an abandoned gold prospecting town.

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Episode 18

How Howard Won His "C"

Tue, Jan 23, 196230 mins

Howard wants to impress Kelly by earning a school sports letter for his sweater, so he tries out for the fencing team.

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Episode 19

Pinch That Penny

Tue, Jan 30, 196230 mins

Bentley Gregg subcontracts the butler services of Rochester, while Jack Benny is away on vacation. He hopes that he can teach Peter to be more economical.

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Episode 20

Blossom Comes to Visit

Tue, Feb 6, 1962

Peter's neice stays with the Gregg's while her mother is entertaining overseas, but refuses to play with other children or go to school.

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Episode 21

Bentley and the Homebody

Tue, Feb 13, 196230 mins

Bentley is looking forward to meeting a new neighbor.

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Episode 22

Summer Romance

Tue, Feb 20, 196230 mins

Bentley and Peter panic when they hear from Kelly in Yellowstone who informs them she's getting married. They immediately head to the park to put a stop to her wedding to ranger Gary.

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Episode 23

The Hong Kong Suit

Tue, Feb 27, 196230 mins

Kelly hunts for a present for Bentley's birthday.

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Episode 24

Will Success Spoil Jasper?

Tue, Mar 6, 196230 mins

Jasper's couch-jumping lands him in the doghouse, until he becomes top dog by getting a job doing it in show business.

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Episode 25

Strictly Business

Tue, Mar 13, 196230 mins

Bentley Gregg scrambles to cover his butt after he receives notice of a scheduled interview with the Internal Revenue Service.

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Episode 26

On the Old Camp Ground

Tue, Mar 20, 196230 mins

To convince Kelly, Ginger and Mrs. Mitchell that camping out would be fun, Bentley, Cal and Peter challenge them to spend a few nights in sleeping bags in the Gregg backyard. They agree to this, but scheme to get out of it.

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Episode 27

A Visit to the Bergens

Tue, Mar 27, 196230 mins

Peter quits and goes to work for ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.

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Episode 28

The Richest Cat

Tue, Apr 3, 196230 mins

Bentley and his neighbor, Cal, feud over the rights to a cat that is heir to a million-dollar fortune.

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Episode 29

The Twain Shall Meet

Tue, Apr 10, 196230 mins

Kelly arranges a clandestine meeting of a Chinese teenage girl with a Chinese teenage boy, whom her father forbids her to see.

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Episode 30

Bentley Goes to Bat

Tue, Apr 17, 196230 mins

Bentley Gregg is assigned the task of taking the tomboy out of a Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach's doting daughter.

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Episode 31

Kelly's Engagement

Tue, Apr 24, 196230 mins

Kelly receives a proposal of marriage from a young new attorney, whom her Uncle Bentley suspects is merely trying to further his legal career by joining his law office.

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Episode 32

Kelly the Home Executive

Tue, May 1, 196230 mins

Not only is Kelly going to meet her fiancé's parents, she's cooking dinner for them, and she's a bundle of nerves.

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Episode 33

Blossom Time at the Greggs

Tue, May 8, 196230 mins

Peter runs for president of his lodge.

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Episode 34

What Men Don't Know

Tue, May 15, 196230 mins

Kelly is feeling that she is intellectually inadequate for her lawyer-fiancé, so Uncle Bentley coaches her in the finer points of deceiving a man.

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Episode 35

Marry Thy Neighbor

Tue, May 22, 196230 mins

Bentley schemes to meet the new neighbor.

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Episode 36

Bentley Takes It Easy

Tue, May 29, 196230 mins

With Kelly's encouragement, Uncle Bentley decides to take a week off from his law practice and spend it relaxing at home. Unfortunately for Kelly, Peter, and Julio the gardener, he becomes an unbearable fussbudget around the house.

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Episode 37

Boys Will Be

Tue, Jun 5, 196230 mins

Bentley is talked into organizing activities for a group of boys who are in and out of trouble with the law. All seems to go well until a judge's prized golf trophy is stolen.

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Episode 38

Divided House

Tue, Jun 12, 196230 mins

Warren is preparing a lawsuit against his father's company.

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Episode 39

Peter, the Medicine Man

Tue, Jun 19, 196230 mins

Peter wants to be just like his favorite TV character: Dr. Bart Bellamy, M.D.

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Episode 40

Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight

Tue, Jun 26, 196230 mins

Kelly and Ginger move away from home and into a college boarding house, which is ruled by a strict housemother.

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