Filthy Rich
When Big Guy Beck dies, the heirs to his estate are given a stipulation via a pre-recorded video will: Before they inherit his wealth, they must live with Big Guy's illegitimate son, Wild Bill Westchester, and his wife Bootsie and learn to accept them as their own family. This doesn't bode well with the snooty Becks, and petty rivalries and catfights soon ensue in this sitcom spoof of 1980s primetime dramas.
- 1982-1983
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Comedy
When Big Guy Beck dies, the heirs to his estate are given a stipulation via a pre-recorded video will: Before they inherit his wealth, they must live with Big Guy's illegitimate son, Wild Bill Westchester, and his wife Bootsie and learn to accept them as their own family. This doesn't bode well with the snooty Becks, and petty rivalries and catfights soon ensue in this sitcom spoof of 1980s primetime dramas.
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 1982 - 1983
Episode 1
Some Like It Not
Wed, Oct 6, 1982 30 mins
Shenanigans ensue when Marshall, Carlotta, and Kathleen attempt to assert sexual dominance, break up the Westchesters, and drive them out of Toad Hall.
Episode 2
The Kidnapping of Stanley
Wed, Oct 13, 1982 30 mins
When Stanley is kidnapped, the Becks and the Westchesters work individually to come up with the ransom money.
Episode 3
The Real Men
Wed, Oct 20, 1982 30 mins
Marshall takes out an extravagant loan from a loan shark, then loses all the money in a poker game.
Episode 4
The Happy Medium
Wed, Oct 27, 1982 30 mins
Bootsy and Wild Bill bring a fake medium to the house to get in touch with Big Guy, but Marshall, Carlotta and Kathleen arrange for her to deliver a special message--the Westchesters must leave Toad Hall! A somber Wild Bill and Boosty pack to leave, but Stanely contacts the Great Wandini again, to have a séance do-over, now with his own message to be delivered.
Episode 5
Take This Job and Love It: Part 1
Wed, Nov 3, 1982 30 mins
The Becks and the Westchesters must get jobs, but some of the family members fare better than others.
Episode 6
Take This Job and Love It: Part 2
Wed, Nov 10, 1982 30 mins
Marshall and Carlotta's meeting is jeopardized by their hillbilly relations, the Westchesters.
Episode 7
The Country Club
Mon, Jan 17, 1983 30 mins
When Stanley takes Wild Bill and Bootsie to the country club to play golf, then decides to sponsor them for membership, Marshall and Carlotta throw a private party for the country-club committee to embarrass the Westchesters, whom they fear will dress up in their usual tacky clothes. But once again, Stanley foils their plan.
Episode 8
A Beck Goes Back
Mon, Jan 24, 1983 30 mins
When Carlotta is put in charge of a high-school equivalency-test drive, she gets some unexpected--and unwanted--help from sister-in-law Bootsie.
Episode 9
The Treasure of Toad Hall
Mon, Jan 31, 1983 30 mins
When Bootsie discovers a Civil War diary that documents gold hidden in the family mansion, Marshall and Carlotta convince her that there's a curse on it so they can claim the treasure for themselves.
Episode 10
The Blue and the Gray for the Green
Mon, Feb 14, 1983 30 mins
When the property taxes are raised on Toad Hall, Carlotta and Marshall go along with Bootsie's idea to have the home deemed a historical site, thus relieving them of the taxes. In order to qualify, however, the Becks must prove that they can run a tour and perform a historical vignette.
Episode 11
The First Heir
Wed, Jun 8, 1983 30 mins
When it's revealed that a tidy inheritance is waiting for the family member who produces the first Beck grandchild, Marshall tries to adopt while Carlotta and Kathleen scheme to keep Bootsie and Wild Bill from conceiving.
Episode 12
The Best Revenge Is Stealing Your Ex-Husband's Second Wife's Fiance
Wed, Jun 15, 1983 30 mins
Kathleen's imminent second marriage is jeopardized when her aging suitor falls for Mother B.