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The Bill Dana Show Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

26 Episodes 1963 - 1964

Episode 1

You Gotta Have Heart

Sun, Sep 22, 196330 mins

José's habit of doing good deeds at the hotel's expense for guests irks Mr. Phillips, so Eddie convinces José to break the habit and start saying no. Soon, however, both Mr. Phillips and José himself start to miss the old José.

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Episode 2

The Hypnotist

Sun, Sep 29, 196330 mins

Jose and Eddie take no stock in a hypnotist that is performing in the hotel lounge. She soon changes their minds when they are both put under and made to act foolishly. She brings them out of it, but later, she puts Mr. Phillips under to make him more tolerant of Jose's bumbling and leaves him unaccountably adoring him instead.

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Episode 3

Jose the Playboy

Sun, Oct 6, 196330 mins

Eddie remakes Jose's persona and wardrobe so he can get a date with a debutante.

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Episode 4

Jose the Opera Singer

Sun, Oct 13, 196330 mins

Jose meets an unemployed opera singer Enrico and this feeling sympathy, invites him to share his small apartment along with a stray cat.

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Episode 5

Jose the Stockholder

Sun, Oct 27, 196330 mins

The hotel manager, played by Jonathan Harris is being critical of Jose. However, at a stockholders meeting of the chain that owns the Park Central, the managers job is in jeopardy. Jose, owns one share of stock and saves his bosses job.

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Episode 6

The Bank Hold-Up

Sun, Nov 3, 196330 mins

A bank robber staying at the hotel tricks clueless José and Glick into unwittingly pulling a bank job and bringing him the loot.

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Episode 7

Honeymoon Suite

Sun, Nov 10, 196330 mins

José rashly promises the hotel honeymoon suite to a young newlywed couple but, unbeknownst to them and Mr. Phillips, he has to sneak them in. Things are complicated when Mr. Phillips rents it to an older couple.

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Episode 8

Jose the Agent

Sun, Nov 17, 196330 mins

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Episode 9

The Poker Game

Sun, Dec 1, 196330 mins

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Episode 10

Jose, the Astronaut

Sun, Dec 1, 196330 mins

An astronaut and his entourage are staying at the hotel, and to impress the son of a guest, Jose says that he's a personal friend of his, leading to an incredible promise to have him visit the boy's scout pack. After trying several foolish ways to get in the Space man's room, Jose has a day dream of being an astronaut himself.

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Episode 11

Mr. Phillip's Watch

Sun, Dec 8, 196330 mins

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Episode 12

Beauty and the Baby

Sun, Dec 29, 196330 mins

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Episode 13

Jose and the Brat

Sun, Jan 5, 196430 mins

An important guest at the hotel and his wife have an important engagement to go to and enlist Jose to baby-sit their ten year old daughter. Jose soon discovers that it is going to be a "pain" to sit with the youngster because her favorite activity involves kicking him in the shins. As Jose gets to know the little girl better, he discovers all she really wants is a little attention.

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Episode 14

Jose's Dream Girl

Sun, Jan 12, 196430 mins

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Episode 15

A Tip for Uncle Sam

Sun, Jan 19, 196430 mins

After completing his income tax form, he decides he's so happy with his new country, he'll add a tip to show his appreciation. However, such an unheard of gesture puts the IRS in a state of turmoil, and they beg him to take it back. In desperation, they even persuade Mr. Phillips to do an amateur psychoanalysis on him.

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Episode 16

The Masquerade Party

Sun, Jan 26, 196430 mins

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Episode 17

Jose's Four Amigos

Sun, Feb 2, 196430 mins

An insufferable celebrity is staying at the hotel, driving the staff bonkers. Meanwhile, José's cousins, a musical quartet, hope to get a gig at the hotel, thinking that José is the manager. Now where could they have gotten such an idea?

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Episode 18

Eddie Gets Fired

Sun, Feb 9, 196430 mins

Eddie gets fired taking a bum rap for Jose, but Jose is quick to the rescue with an ingenious way of trapping the real culprit.

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Episode 19

Speak for Yourself, Jose

Sun, Feb 16, 196430 mins

Jose (Bill Dana) is paying his nephews (played by Mark Goddard) way through engineering school. His nephew is about to be honored and he asks Jose to speak on his behalf at the dinner. Jose is embarrassed by his lack of eloquence asks Mr. Phillips (Jonathan Harris) to speak instead. Mr. Phillips agrees, but surprises Jose by calling upon him while speaking. Jose then comes up and does a commendable job speaking for his nephews accomplishments.

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Episode 20

Jose, the Manager

Sun, Feb 23, 196430 mins

José's little white lie to his blabbermouth aunt about being the hotel manager creates chaos when two hotel financiers from his country visit to propose a business deal with the Park Central.

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Episode 21

Party in Suite 15

Sun, Mar 1, 196430 mins

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Episode 22

Jose, the Matchmaker

Sun, Mar 15, 196430 mins

Jose makes plans to help a hotel maid impress her former boy friend.

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Episode 23

Jose's Hot Dog Caper

Sun, Mar 22, 196430 mins

While staying at the Park Central, a pair of diamond thieves are trying to smuggle out stolen diamonds. They enlist Jose (Bill Dana) to walk their dog and when Jose and Glick (Don Adams) mistake an insurance detective as the diamond thief, The real thieves think they have the perfect subterfuge and put the diamonds in the dog collar. Jonathan Harris stars as Mr. Phillips the hotel manager and Allan Melvin is the insurance detective.

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Episode 24

The Hiring of Jose

Sun, Apr 5, 196430 mins

The "origin story" of José's coming to work at the hotel shows him being confused with a famous south American comedian due in New York. He is given the royal treatment, including a luxury suite, barber and manicurist service and expensive tailoring. He even throws a big party with all the help, until Phillips finds out who he really is. In the present, as a bellhop, he's supposed to be paying for all this out of his salary.

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Episode 25

Master of Disguise

Sun, Apr 19, 196430 mins

Glick goes undercover donned in different disguises to capture a hotel safe robber. Through his usual bumbling, he manages to save the day.

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Episode 26

Jose Resigns

Sun, Apr 26, 196430 mins

Jose's series of goofs seems to place his boss and hotel manager (Johnathan Harris) in jeopardy of a heart attack so Jose' resigns to save his boss' life. But his boss misses Jose because he doesn't have anybody to blame for the mistakes.

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