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Paul Morgan makes his living through his cartoon strip "Bachelor at Large", which largely describes his amorous adventures in and around California's Malibu Beach. His boss John, best friend Peter, and housekeeper Thelma each take different views of his romantic romps.
- 1960-1961
- 1 season
- NBC
- Comedy
Paul Morgan makes his living through his cartoon strip "Bachelor at Large", which largely describes his amorous adventures in and around California's Malibu Beach. His boss John, best friend Peter, and housekeeper Thelma each take different views of his romantic romps.
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
One Blonde Too Many
Sun, Sep 18, 1960 30 mins
Paul tries to get out of two relationships, one with a woman who loves to cook and another who loves to fix things, including cars.
Episode 2
For Money or Love
Sun, Sep 25, 1960
Paul plans to date Peter's cousin Hilary, who is extraordinarily rich, but Peter warns him that she also is a cheapskate.
Episode 3
My Brother, the Hero
Sun, Oct 2, 1960
Paul's younger brother Chris and his friend Harold Keebler decide to prove whether Paul or Harold's father were the bigger wartime hero.
Episode 4
Be My Guest
Sun, Oct 9, 1960
Paul meets Stephanie and takes a liking to her dog, and that makes her want to marry him.
Episode 5
Operation Iceberg
Sun, Oct 16, 1960
Paul meets the very cold, distant, and rich editor Lila Westbrook, and hopes to trick her into warming up to him.
Episode 6
The Matchmaker
Sun, Oct 23, 1960 30 mins
Comics, Inc. runs a contest, and first prize is a week in Hollywood with Paul as an escort. The winner is an elderly and maternal woman.
Episode 7
I Love a Marine
Sun, Oct 30, 1960
Paul receives a telegram informing him that Buddy Parker, a US Marine who saved his life during the Korean War, is coming to visit him. Buddy turns out to be a nurse.
Episode 8
Double Trouble
Sun, Nov 6, 1960
Paul meets a beautiful woman on the beach and arranges a dinner date with her, but her twin sister shows up at the restaurant instead and gives Paul the cold shoulder.
Episode 9
The Doll in the Bathtub
Sun, Nov 13, 1960 30 mins
An undiscovered Hollywood actress fakes a suicide to get publicity.
Episode 10
Hot and Cold
Sun, Nov 20, 1960
Paul claims to be exhausted by his hectic social life and goes to a health farm to rest. It turns out that everyone else there is at least 60 years old, except for a beautiful young woman.
Episode 11
My Darling Teacher
Sun, Nov 27, 1960
Chris, Paul's younger brother, comes for a visit so that he can have a quiet place to study for school but ends up having fun on the beach while Paul stays home with the math books.
Episode 12
One Night in Paris
Sun, Dec 4, 1960
Paul travels to France to spend a night in Paris but meets a female author and decides to stay longer. Meanwhile, Larsen is expecting to meet Lucienne Palette in Malibu, a new French author client.
Episode 13
Devil to Pay
Sun, Dec 11, 1960
Peter, a committed bachelor, receives a telegram from his grandmother ordering him to come home for a wedding, which he thinks is his own.
Episode 14
How to Lose a Girl
Sun, Dec 18, 1960
Larsen threatens to replace Paul's comic strip with a new one, 'Bachelor Girl', drawn by the charming Betty Boyden. The only way to remove this threat to his livelihood is to get Betty married - but Paul's alarm is increased when he finds that the man in Betty's cartoons bears a strong resemblance to himself.
Episode 15
Happily Unmarried
Sun, Dec 25, 1960
Larsen sends beautiful and sexy Dottie as a messenger to tell Paul to quit playing and get back to work.
Episode 16
Portia Go Home
Sun, Jan 1, 1961 30 mins
Paul is sued by a woman who claims that she is the inspiration for the heroine in his comic strip. His defense is handled by a beautiful young attorney who just graduated from Harvard.
Episode 17
Turnabout
Sun, Jan 8, 1961
Unable to get his work done because of constant interruptions, Paul talks Peter into exchanging houses with him for a few days.
Episode 18
Weekend on Ice
Sun, Jan 15, 1961
While Paul and Peter are vacationing at a winter resort, Peter brags that a pretty woman and fellow guest at the resort finds him attractive. Paul decides to impress her himself by demonstrating his ice-skating skills.
Episode 19
Girl Overboard
Sun, Jan 22, 1961
Aboard an ocean liner on their way to Europe, Paul, Peter, and Larsen meet a beautiful woman who threatens to jump overboard unless one of them agrees to marry her.
Episode 20
The Art Patron
Sun, Jan 29, 1961
Paul and Peter go girl-hunting in Paris.
Episode 21
The Golden Arrow
Sun, Feb 5, 1961
In England, Paul falls for a beautiful British girl on a trip to London, not realizing that she is a noble Lady, who is terribly bored with her life.
Episode 22
Galatea
Sun, Feb 12, 1961
Paul decides to run an "Ideal Girl" contest in London and his Cockney charwoman Maggie takes great interest in it.
Episode 23
Me and My Shadow
Sun, Feb 19, 1961
Concerned that some of Paul's escapades could lead to a fatal accident - thus ending the most popular strip in his syndication stable - John decides to insure Paul's life for a substantial amount of money. As a backup plan he arranges for another cartoonist to take over the strip in case of a less permanent injury, much to Paul's disgust.
Episode 24
The Movie Set
Sun, Feb 26, 1961
A movie company wants to shoot some scenes at Paul's house while he is away, and Peter gives them permission to do so, mainly because the movie's cast includes an attractive woman.
Episode 25
Sultan for a Day
Sun, Mar 5, 1961 30 mins
Paul and Peter visit Las Vegas, and an early winning streak seems to justify their premonition that they will be lucky.
Episode 26
Holiday in Spain
Sun, Mar 12, 1961 30 mins
On vacation in Spain, Paul meets a beautiful woman, the country's most famous female matador.
Episode 27
Italian Riviera
Sun, Mar 19, 1961
Paul persuades a beautiful young Swedish woman into posing as a mermaid to distract Larsen and Peter.
Episode 28
Crazy Over Horses
Sun, Mar 26, 1961
Paul wants to date a British woman, whose only interest is horses, and decides that the only way to win her affection is to show an interest in them by offering to train one.
Episode 29
Dream Boy
Sun, Apr 9, 1961
Peter, frustrated because Paul always gets the girl, falls into a deep sleep and dreams of a world in which he is a handsome prince who women find irresistible.
Episode 30
Personal Appearance
Sun, Apr 16, 1961
Television host Gordon Harris interviews Paul in his living room and Peter, feeling left out, interrupts the live transmission to complain about not being invited to join Paul on the show.
Episode 31
Those Happy College Days
Sun, Apr 23, 1961
Paul is not interested in a chance to lecture at a college until he finds out it is an all-women's institution.
Episode 32
The Invitation
Sun, Apr 30, 1961
John asks Paul and Pete for a big favor - allow him to use their apartment to impress an Indian maharani so that she will give him the contract to write her memoirs.