These Are the Days
This Hanna-Barbera animated series is set in fictional Elmsville of the early 1900s. The Day family consists of Grandpa Jeff, his widowed daughter Martha, and her three children: Ben, Kathy, and Danny. Stories consist of everyday events plus the changes in society.
- 1974-1974
- 1 season
- ABC
- Animation, Family
- TV-G
This Hanna-Barbera animated series is set in fictional Elmsville of the early 1900s. The Day family consists of Grandpa Jeff, his widowed daughter Martha, and her three children: Ben, Kathy, and Danny. Stories consist of everyday events plus the changes in society.
Season 1 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 1974
Episode 1
Sensible Ben
Sat, Sep 7, 1974 30 mins
Ben has a knack for saving money. But when his mother entrusted him to take two dollars to pay a piano teacher, he gets sidetracked at the fair to play a win your luck midway game and loses it.
Episode 2
The Fire Brigade
Sat, Sep 14, 1974
Grandpa Day loses his job as a fireman when he is told he is too old to do the job.
Episode 3
Danny's Musical Dilemma
Sat, Sep 21, 1974
Danny is torn between doing what he wants to do and what he should do. The Day family has their annual family reunion on the same day as the tryouts for a band that he wants to join. He only has a few hours left to make his decision.
Episode 4
Danny Runs Away
Sat, Sep 28, 1974
Jeff tries to play peacemaker between Ben and Danny only to have it backfire on him. Danny gets so upset by the situation that he decides to run away from home.
Episode 5
Ben for President
Sat, Oct 5, 1974
Ben decides to make a run for class President and hopes for the support of his family and friends. He finds himself disappointed when one of his supporters becomes a challenger for the job.
Episode 6
The Good Luck Charm
Sat, Oct 12, 1974
After Danny gets two black eyes from the local bully, Judd Taylor, Ben gives him a piece of a lamp to use as a good luck charm.
Episode 7
Kathy's Job
Sat, Oct 19, 1974
When Kathy gets a job at the ice cream parlor, jealous Nancy schemes to humiliate her.
Episode 8
The Runaway Horse
Sat, Oct 26, 1974
Ben wants to keep a runaway horse he found, and names it Pegasus.
Episode 9
How Ben Was Cowed
Sat, Nov 2, 1974
When Jeff's prize cow, Delilah, wanders off due to carelessness on Ben's part, he and his siblings set out to find her and bring her home before Martha and Jeff return from running errands in another town.
Episode 10
Grandpa and the Great Cyclic Harmonium Swindle
Sat, Nov 9, 1974
Two con men convince Jeff to pay them $750 to promote his inventions. Ben, Kathy, and Danny concoct a plan to get the money back.
Episode 11
The Visitor
Sat, Nov 16, 1974
Murdock the magician comes to town, and agrees to take part in a benefit show to raise money for a new bell at the town hall.
Episode 12
The Most Precious Gift of All
Sat, Nov 23, 1974
Danny forgets to buy Jeff a birthday present. So when he finds a watch bob in the street, he decides to give it as a gift, only to discover it was lost by his coach.
Episode 13
The Spa
Sat, Nov 30, 1974
The Days discover a hot spring on their property, and Jeff decides to use it as a spa. But Jeff's greed will cost's his friendship with his oldest friend Homer Gladfet.
Episode 14
Hello Mrs. McGivern Goodbye
Sat, Dec 7, 1974
The woman Mrs. Day hires to look after the household turns out to be a terror to everyone but her dog, Poopsie.
Episode 15
The Balloon
Sat, Dec 14, 1974
Jeff decides to use a hydrogen air balloon to facilitate hauling logs. Homer steals it after he and Jeff argue about a property line.
Episode 16
The Feud
Sat, Dec 21, 1974
Jeff and his friend Rupert Bottomley begin feuding over a catfish, with Danny Day and Rupert's grandson, Butch, caught in the crosshairs.