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23 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 10, 1973 30 mins
Dick's new job on a daytime serial has just one drawback: a romantically predatory leading lady (Barbara Rush). Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten. Alex: Henry Darrow.
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 17, 1973 30 mins
Scriptwriter Dennis flips over Dick's new house guest. Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten.
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 24, 1973 30 mins
Dick tries to play poker and baby-sit at the same time. Benson: Herb Edelman. Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten. Dennis: Barry Gordon.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 1, 1973 30 mins
Flashbacks recall Dick's struggle with the language barrier while vacationing in Europe. Jenny: Hope Lange. Kurt: Harold Gould. Helga: Bea Silvern. Otto: Sorrell Booke.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 8, 1973 30 mins
Ruth McDevitt plays a lonely fan who confuses Dick the actor with his role as a doctor. Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten. Dennis: Barry Gordon. Alex: Henry Darrow.
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 15, 1973 30 mins
A comedy about misery includes a fight with Jenny and a visit to the dentist (Regis Cordic). Richard: Richard Dawson. Connie: Chita Rivera. Annie: Angela Powell.
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 22, 1973 30 mins
Dick's first job in Hollywood---a role on a medical series. Jenny: Hope Lange. Director: Noam Pitlik.
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 29, 1973 30 mins
Dick gets in hot water with his leading lady (Barbara Rush). Nina: Pamela Mason. Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 12, 1973 30 mins
A director offers Dick a part that could be his big break into movies. Carlo: Joe De Santis. Tony: Peter Baldwin. Anna: Lucianna Paluzzi. Jenny: Hope Lange.
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 19, 1973 30 mins
Dick tries to talk Lucas out of quitting school to become a professional bowler. Jenny: Hope Lange. Alex: Henry Darrow. Dennis: Barry Gordon.
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 26, 1973 30 mins
Joan Blondell plays an aunt who wants Dick to honor her late husband's request for a "fun funeral." Mom: Fran Ryan. Jenny: Hope Lange. Uncle Jackie: Guy Raymond.
Episode 12
Mon, Dec 3, 1973 30 mins
Eddie Bracken plays a fill-in actor who can't quite handle the job. Jenny: Hope Lange. Max: Dick Van Patten. Dennis: Barry Gordon.
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 17, 1973 30 mins
How Dick came to star in a TV commercial as of a toilet-bowl cleaner. Tony: Richard Dreyfuss. Jenny: Hope Lange.
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 31, 1973 30 mins
The Prestons stand accused of stealing their neighbors' friends. Richard: Richard Dawson. Connie: Chita Rivera. Gordon: David Huddleston. Ginger: Maureen Arthur.
Episode 15
Mon, Jan 7, 1974 30 mins
Dick Van Dyke's son plays a rugged young actor eager to take over Dick's job on TV. Jenny: Hope Lange.
Episode 16
Mon, Jan 14, 1974 30 mins
Unwilling to admit that they lost Margot's dog, Dick and Jenny substitute a lookalike canine that "suffered amnesia" while she was on vacation. Dick Van Dyke, Hope Lange. Margot: Barbara Rush.
Episode 17
Mon, Jan 21, 1974 30 mins
Candace Clark plays an ambitious actress anxious to become a star. Jenny: Hope Lange. Dennis: Barry Gordon.
Episode 18
Mon, Jan 28, 1974 30 mins
Joan Hotchkis and George Furth star as overbearing house guests. Jenny: Hope Lange. Annie: Angela Powell.
Episode 19
Mon, Feb 11, 1974 30 mins
The Prestons suspect Jenny is pregnant when she awakens at 4 A.M. with a yen for pepperoni pizza. Jenny: Hope Lange. Annie: Angela Powell. Max: Dick Van Patten.
Episode 20
Mon, Feb 18, 1974 30 mins
Pat Harrington plays a wheeling-dealing producer out to snare Dick. Phil: Mark Gordon. Max: Dick Van Patten. Dennis: Barry Gordon.
Episode 21
Mon, Feb 25, 1974 30 mins
Jenny is getting the jitters: she has been asked to star in a TV commercial. Connie: Chita Rivera. Richard: Richard Dawson. Herbie Vincent: Sorrell Booke.
Episode 22
Mon, Mar 4, 1974 30 mins
Art dealers are showing an uncommon interest in Jenny's so-called fake Matisse. Jenny: Hope Lange. Anzelowitz: Herbie Faye. St. Susan: William Glover. Leonardo: Dick Balduzzi.
Episode 23
Mon, Mar 11, 1974 30 mins
Dick's disastrous first meeting with Jenny and Max (Hope Lange, Dick Van Patten). Dominic: Frank Campanella.