Love, American Style Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Love and a Couple of Couples/Love and the Hustler/Love and the Pill

Mon, Sep 29, 196960 mins

Agnes visits her ex Gary as he readies to propose to his current girl June. Boisterous pool hustler Big Red watches a new player enjoy beginner's luck. Bert and Ellen Palmer worry about their daughter Kim's 18th birthday in Paris.

Episode 2

Love and the Living Doll/Love and the Letter/Love and the Joker/Love and the Unlikely Couple

Mon, Oct 6, 196960 mins

In "The Living Doll", perennially dateless Harvey uses an inflatable doll to make his female neighbors jealous. In "The Letter", pizza chef Vito Salone writes a love letter to his English teacher Miss Walker. In "The Joker", shy student Bill's practical jokes threaten his budding romance with his co-worker Vera. And in "The Unlikely Couple", Wally Silversmith introduces his gal pal Bunny to his parents, who think she's a gold digger.

Episode 3

Love and the Phone Booth/Love and the Doorknob

Mon, Oct 13, 196960 mins

Love and the Phone Booth: Out-of-towner Dave (Peter Kastner) can't get a date, even with pal Ray's help. Ray (Dwayne Hickman) persuades him to call a number scratched on a phone booth wall. He reaches Patty (Pamela Austin) and they feel a connection, but the odd circumstances of their meeting complicate every step from then on. Love and the Doorknob: Newlyweds Poppy and Ernie (Stefanie Powers and Gary Lockwood, married in real life at the time) prepare for their wedding night by discussing their expectations. When Poppy admits that she finds Ernie's mouth a little small, he tries a last-minute fix, but it turns into a series of embarassing delays requiring help from numerous outsiders.

Episode 4

Love and the Legal Agreement/Love and the Militant/Love and Who?

Mon, Oct 20, 196960 mins

In "The Legal Agreement", lawyer Darien and wife Louise Patrick's solution to their marital woes is to separate but continue to live in the same house. College president Dr. M. B. Selby and his secretary Miss Smith are taken hostage in their office by "The Militant" Harley Davis. New Year's Eve reveler John Smith wakes up in a Las Vegas motel room - with a wife in "Who?"

Episode 5

Love and the Modern Wife/Love and the Phonies/Love and the Single Couple

Mon, Oct 27, 196960 mins

In "The Modern Wife", Howard is too demanding on his wife Laurie, who is convinced that he has developed a wandering eye after their seven years together. In "The Phonies", Boyd and Daphne Daniels return from a cocktail party and comment on the other guests, while turning out to be only half of what they seem. In "The Single Couple", Katherine Walker's parents Owen and Edith have trouble accepting the fact that she is living in sin with her boyfriend Tim Hurst.

Episode 6

Love and the Dating Computer/Love and the Busy Husband/Love and the Watchdog

Mon, Nov 3, 196960 mins

In "The Dating Computer", Marion Feinstein is nervous about using a computer dating service for the first time. In "The Busy Husband", Harry gets so caught up in doing things around the house that he doesn't even notice that his wife Pam is missing. In "The Watchdog", Gary and Aggie Holmes comfort their elderly neighbor Mrs. Hennessy, who has just been victimized by a burglar. Gary wants to move to a new home in a safer part of town, until Aggie has another idea.

Episode 7

Love and Take Me Along/Love and the Advice-Givers/Love and the Geisha

Mon, Nov 10, 196960 mins

In "Take Me Along", the Reverend Henry Pickard, a generous clergyman, helps a stranded stranger by pretending to be her husband. Will his cynical wife Martha find out? In "The Advice-Givers", Mel and Audrey Bailey confess their marital problems: him to his gym rat friend, and her to her hair stylist. Sports fanatic Norman Logan's relationship with Vera may be imperiled by a visiting geisha named Kei-Yoko in "The Geisha".

Episode 8

Love and the Burglar/Love and the Roommate/Love and the Wild Party

Mon, Nov 17, 196960 mins

In "The Burglar", bumbling house-breaker Don breaks into a woman's apartment, but regrets his choice of potential victims. In "The Roommate", bachelor Roger Bowen converses with a stewardess who lives with him. And Henry and Marylou Haskins look to spice up their marriage with a get-together, but they don't realize that "The Wild Party" is set to include repeated mate-swapping.

Episode 9

Love and the Big Leap/Love and the Good Deal/Love and the Former Marriage

Mon, Nov 24, 196960 mins

Lovers Ralph and Betty are planning a unique wedding ceremony by making "The Big Leap" - out of an airplane that's 12,000 feet in the air. "The Good Deal" is an excerpt from Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, in which Paul and Corie Brader live in a tiny Greenwich Village flat and need a custom-made bed, so they try to obtain one wholesale by making said good deal with salesman Jack Lewis. And in "The Former Marriage", John Fillmore gets a distress call from Paul, his ex-wife Debbie's new husband, in reference to John's young daughter Julie marrying older man / humanities student Roger Crane.

Episode 10

Love and Mother/Love and the Dummies/Love and the Athlete/Love and the Shower

Mon, Dec 1, 196960 mins

In "Mother", Paul and Sheila are celebrating their honeymoon when her father Jake Adams and mother show up unexpectedly. Ventriloquists Dale and Diane and "The Dummies" get acquainted while sitting in the waiting room of Sid Doff's busy talent agency. In "The Athlete", track and field society president Winthrop Armstrong assigns George Fontaine to fire Ingrid from the team because they think she's a man in drag. "The Shower" is a divorce shower thrown by Fred, Leo, and Walter to comfort their newly separated friend Lenny Granger.

Episode 11

Love and the Mountain Cabin/Love and the Divorce Sale/Love and the Comedy Team

Mon, Dec 8, 196960 mins

"The Mountain Cabin" is where penny-pinching newlyweds Arnold and Eileen Pfister spend their wedding night, but not without interruptions. Photographer Biff Harrison's model Tippi is over the hill, so they decide to sell everything and split the profits in "The Divorce Sale". After six years of working together, "The Comedy Team" of Morey Fields and Joan Landers is hit with writers' block, at the exact same time that Joan is planning her wedding with Frederick Miller.

Episode 12

Love and the Positive Man/Love and the Other Love/Love and the Bachelor

Mon, Dec 22, 196960 mins

"The Positive Man" is upwardly mobile Marvin Glassmire, who embraces the power of positive thinking while his nagging mother Grace tries to match him up with a nice girl. Rob is late for his father-in-law Mr. Kearn's birthday because of "The Other Love" - his new used car. "The Bachelor" is Jimmy Devlin, who brings his girlfriend Lila to meet his overly critical mother.

Episode 13

Love and the Medium/Love and the Bed/Love and the High School Flop-Out

Mon, Dec 29, 196960 mins

Madame Zimia falls in love with a client and changes his fortune to suit her. Peter gets into a dispute over a brass bed and brings back a Colonial custom. Innocent teenager Bill takes home a more experienced woman.

Episode 14

Love and the Pick-Up/Love and the Proposal/Love and the Fighting Couple

Mon, Jan 5, 197060 mins

Holly feels her young marriage needs some excitement and gets advice from her mom. An engaged couple get counseling from an unhappily married doctor. Vic impulsively proposes to his girlfriend and instantly regrets it.

Episode 15

Love and the Boss's Ex/Love and Mr. Nice Guy/Love and the Gangster

Mon, Jan 12, 197060 mins

In "Love and the Boss' Ex", a man (Ray Walston) comes up with an unique way to get out of alimony payments, have his employee (Pat Harrington Jr.) marry his ex-wife (Whitney Blake).

Episode 16

Love and Those Poor Crusaders' Wives/Love and the Big Night/Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant

Fri, Jan 23, 197060 mins

Episode 17

Love and the Nervous Executive/Love and the Hitchhiker/Love and the Great Catch

Fri, Jan 30, 197060 mins

Episode 18

Love and the Banned Book/Love and the First-Nighters/Love and the King

Fri, Feb 6, 197060 mins

In "Love and the Banned Book", a GI (Burt Reynolds) returns home from overseas and finds his wife (Elizabeth Ashley) has become a literary success.

Episode 19

Love and the Coed Dorm/Love and the Optimist/Love and the Teacher

Fri, Feb 13, 197060 mins

Stanley is delighted to get a female roommate due to a computer mix-up. A born loser helps a woman who meant to dial a suicide hot line. Artie is distressed to learn his son is flunking sex-ed since the dad paints female nudes.

Episode 20

Love and the Safely Married Man/Love and the Uncoupled Couple/Love and the Many Married Couple

Fri, Feb 20, 197060 mins

Episode 21

Love and Las Vegas/Love and the Good Samaritan/Love and the Marriage Counselor

Fri, Feb 27, 197060 mins

Harvey is left at the the altar in Vegas, gets drunk and tries to marry Bonnie and Clyde from Bakersfield. Freddy is unwillingly drawn into a neighbor's problems. Two old business partners take their disagreement to a marriage counselor

Episode 22

Love and the Other Guy/Love and Grandma

Fri, Mar 6, 197060 mins

Eddie becomes jealous when his girlfriend Gloria lets her handsome neighbor Bill share her apartment. Ruth is shocked and upset that her grandmother Theresa lives with her boyfriend rather than marry to save $50.

Episode 23

Love and the Fly/Love and the Millionaires/Love and Double Trouble

Fri, Mar 13, 197060 mins

A neglected housewife adopts a house fly as a pet. A couple pretending to be wealthy are taken seriously by their stockbroker. A man must explain to his fiance why he got harem girls as a birthday gift.

Episode 24

Love and the Minister/Love and the Geisha/Love and the Singles Apartment

Fri, Mar 27, 197060 mins

In "Love and the Minister", a minister falls in love with the bride whose wedding he is officiating in.