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Set at the Capital General Hospital in Washington D.C., follows the adventures of the no-nonsense chief of surgery Dr. Vincent Campanelli and his all-nonsense staff.
- 1972-1974
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy
Set at the Capital General Hospital in Washington D.C., follows the adventures of the no-nonsense chief of surgery Dr. Vincent Campanelli and his all-nonsense staff.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
Operation Bingo
Tue, Sep 12, 1972 30 mins
In a hospital, one of it's best doctors plans to resign cause he needs to help his father. So Jerry Noland, another doctor and three nurses decide to hold a bingo night so that they could raise enough money to help the doctor's father so that he wouldn't have to resign. And they try to keep the whole thing from Dr. Campanelli, the hospital's by the book Chief of Staff.
Episode 2
Operation Fastball
Tue, Sep 19, 1972 30 mins
Dr. Jerry Noland performs an unauthorized operation on a young pitcher's arm. It unfortunately occurs during an investigation of the department's practises.
Episode 3
The Appointment
Tue, Sep 26, 1972 30 mins
The staff devises a wacky scheme to keep the the gruff but lovable Dr. Campanelli from quitting.
Episode 4
Ellen's Flip Side
Tue, Oct 3, 1972 30 mins
Staff and patients are caught up in a numbers game and a hypnotized nurse is making a play for every doctor she encounters.
Episode 5
The Muscle and the Medic
Tue, Oct 10, 1972 30 mins
John Astin stars as a hypochondriac hood and the nurses dodge his henchmen. Noland is selected to be Mr. Big's personal physician in Brazil.
Episode 6
The Accident Con
Tue, Oct 17, 1972 30 mins
Dr. Nolan suspects that a man claiming to be hit by a hospital ambulance is faking it.
Episode 7
Good Luck, Leftkowitz
Tue, Oct 24, 1972 30 mins
Harold Leftkowitz, an orderly who joins the hospital, has a reputation of being a jinx, because wherever he goes something happens. And it goes on when he arrives. And everybody is worried if they can survive.
Episode 8
Tenor Loving Care
Tue, Oct 31, 1972 30 mins
Dr. Campanelli is sued for malpractice when he tells off a patient. The man, a temperemental opera singer, loses his voice and blames the irascible physician for his problem.
Episode 9
RX: Love
Tue, Nov 14, 1972 30 mins
Nolan tries to get Campanelli to lighten up. And he thinks he needs a woman so Annie and Mildred try to set him with girls they know but they don't interest him. But it's Ellen's Aunt who catches his interest and he's happy. Till she tells him that she has to go to Europe.
Episode 10
Lights, Camera, Action
Tue, Nov 21, 1972 30 mins
The hospital becomes the subject for a documentary filmmaker and Dr. Campanelli develops a case of stage fright.
Episode 11
Witchcraft, Washington Style
Tue, Nov 28, 1972 30 mins
Dr. Noland has a patient who believes in the dark arts and need an operation. The physician uses trickery to get the person through his medical procedure.
Episode 12
The Spy
Tue, Dec 5, 1972 30 mins
The hospital staff pampers a very important patient after they decide he's out to get Dr. Campanelli fired.
Episode 13
The New Head Nurse
Tue, Dec 12, 1972 30 mins
The staff plans to get rid of the new head nurse, who is a holy terror that doesn't like men, by convincing her that Dr. Campanelli is a woman chaser.
Episode 14
RX: Christmas
Tue, Dec 19, 1972 30 mins
The staff prepares a Christmas holiday show with a comic (Pat Harrington) who promised to do a benefit performance.
Episode 15
Scalpel, Sponge, Typewriter
Tue, Jan 2, 1973 30 mins
A new staff newspaper comes out with orderly Lefkowitz writing a scandal feature that offends everyone.
Episode 16
Black Is Beautiful
Tue, Jan 9, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Noland becomes infatuated with a new nurse and stops his clowning when he discovers she doesn't like his snappy patter.
Episode 17
How to Cure a Doctor of Money
Tue, Jan 16, 1973 30 mins
A former professional football player has just started his internship at the hospital. But his old coach keeps offering him financial security at a time he is struggling.
Episode 18
Interrupted Malady
Tue, Jan 30, 1973 30 mins
After a patient takes $200 from an orderly in a game of gin rummy Dr. Noland pretends to be a patient with an ulcer to flush out the card shark.
Episode 19
Diagnosis: Who Knows?
Tue, Feb 6, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Nolan has to deal with fellow physician who is very unsure of himself. They together have a patient that they believe is faking his symptons but are having difficulty proving it.
Episode 20
Panic in the Sheets
Tue, Feb 13, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Noland puts a newlywed couple in the VIP suite unaware that an ailing senator is being admitted for a top secret visit.
Episode 21
RX: Nose Job
Tue, Feb 20, 1973 30 mins
Millie doesn't have money to pay for the nose surgery she desires. Dr. Nolan arranges for a special closed circuit TV arrangement to help her out.
Episode 22
My Doctor, the Patient
Tue, Feb 27, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Noland starts an off-track betting operation in the hospital when Dr. Campanelli becomes a patient.
Episode 23
Creepy-Peepy
Tue, Mar 6, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Noland wants to cheer up one of his young patients. The doctor brings in an old time horror film star to entertain the children but his efforts end up backfiring on him.
Episode 24
It Don't Mean a Ping If You Ain't Got That Pong
Tue, Mar 13, 1973 30 mins
A lovelorn Chinese ping pong player causes diplomatic problems when he decides to defect and marry nurse Ellen.
Episode 25
Super Doc
Tue, Mar 20, 1973 30 mins
Dr. Campanelli's revered teacher visits the hospital and takes over, driving his protege crazy.
Episode 26
Gorilla of My Dreams
Tue, Mar 27, 1973 30 mins
Hospital monkey business, inspired by the admission of a gorilla who's pining away for her injured zoo keeper.