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The Ugliest Girl in Town

  • 1968-1969
  • 1 season
  • ABC
  • Comedy

Short-lived (four months) show about Hollywood talent agent Timothy Blair. He falls in love with English starlet Julie Renfield, when she is making a Hollywood film. After the film is completed, she returns to England, but Timothy does not have the money to follow her. Through some convoluted story, he dresses as a woman and is sent to England on an photo shoot so he can be with Julie.

Season 1 Episode Guide

18 Episodes 1968 - 1969

Episode 1

The Ugliest Girl in Town

Thu, Sep 26, 1968 30 mins

Timothy, a talent-agency go-fer, falls madly in love with a British actress who's heading back to London. His photographer brother Gene asks him to pose as a groovy hippie for a big photo assignment. A British magazine gets the pictures, thinks the model "Timmie" is a happening chick, and invites the two over to Britain. Seeing this as his perfect chance to be with his love, Timothy gladly continues the ruse.

Episode 2

Visitors from a Strange Planet

Thu, Oct 3, 1968 30 mins

Episode 3

A Pain in Timmy's Tummy

Thu, Oct 10, 1968 30 mins

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Episode 4

The Cover Up Girl

Thu, Oct 17, 1968 30 mins

Episode 5

One of Our Models Is Missing

Thu, Oct 24, 1968 30 mins

Episode 6

Up the Thames Without a Paddle

Thu, Oct 31, 1968 30 mins

Tim has a funeral for Timmie because they won at the casino; however, the casino closes before Greg and Tim can collect, so Timmie has to come back to life.

Episode 7

The Perfect Young Lady

Thu, Nov 7, 1968 30 mins

Episode 8

The Look Alikes

Thu, Nov 14, 1968 30 mins

Episode 9

Timmy the Mother

Thu, Nov 21, 1968 30 mins

Tim, Julie, child welfare and a host of flower people converge in a cloud of misunderstanding when a hippie plops her baby in Tim's lap and gets lost - literally.

Episode 10

Popped Star

Thu, Dec 5, 1968 30 mins

Episode 11

The Paris Incident

Thu, Dec 12, 1968 30 mins

Timmie is sent with Julie to Paris to model the latest fashion creation from the leading designer. The dress is top secret until it's debut and they are warned to guard it with their lives. Their efforts land Timmy on the front page of the newspaper labeled as a "fashion spy."

Episode 12

The Jewel Robbery

Thu, Dec 19, 1968 30 mins

Episode 13

My Sister the Genius

Thu, Dec 26, 1968 30 mins

Julie's sister, Terry, a 17-year-old psychology genius, comes to London for a visit. The busybody discovers Timmy's secret and wants to expose the scam because everyone's better off being honest. To make Terry think they've come clean, Julie and Terry borrow a slum flat and pretend to be newly unemployed and starving, yet happy, after getting fired from the photo agency.

Episode 14

The Ugliest Boy in Town

Thu, Jan 2, 1969 30 mins

Tim upon learning that as Timmie he gets to work with Julie, is elated. Till he learns that also working with them is Alfie Adonis a British hunk. Eventually Tim's jealous behavior drives Julie to dump him. Eventually Tim spots Alfie as he's about to do another photo shoot and attacks him. Because of what he did Adonis walks off which makes the men who hired him upset with Tim. Tim offers to fill in and when he puts on a wig and they see how much he looks like Timmie they hire him. Tim thinks he can give up being Timmie, learns that Timmie next assignment is to jump out of an airplane. Gene tells him to strap the parachute on a dummy and when the dummy falls into the sea Tim is free of Timmie. But when Gene goes to get Tim's initial payment, he learns that the men who hired Tim only want him just as long as Timmie is around. So he rushes to stop Tim from going through with the plan.

Episode 15

The Trouble with England

Thu, Jan 16, 1969 30 mins

Episode 16

A Little Advice Goes a Long Away

Thu, Jan 23, 1969 30 mins

Timmie gets a job as a replacement "Lonely Hearts" columnist while the real Dear Beatrice is on vacation. What could possibly go wrong?

Episode 17

Matchmates

Thu, Jan 30, 1969 30 mins

When Timmy is enrolled in a computer dating service as a publicity stunt, Tim fills out the questionnaire with bizarre answers to confound the computer. Unfortunately, it finds a perfect match.

Episode 18

The Track Star

Mon, Aug 25, 1969

At a publicity shoot for an East/West track meet, Timmie brags about how "she" was a great long jumper in high school. One of the West team's members faints and Timmie is recruited to fill in. After an impressive jump, the opposition team demands a sex test. Meanwhile, Timmie has to fight off the advances of the East's champion hammer thrower.

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