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==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=#F16C6C|overall=4 |title=25 |director=15 |writer=15 |airdate=15 |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=Man Against the World |DirectedBy=[[Melville Shavelson]] |WrittenBy=Melville Shavelson |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|9|15}} |ShortSummary=John Monroe's wildly imaginative story of Grant and Lee brings a home visit from his daughter's teacher. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=The Disenchanted |DirectedBy=[[Danny Arnold]] |WrittenBy=[[Ruth Brooks Flippen]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|9|22}} |ShortSummary=Lydia runs away after her father refuses to have her seat changed at school. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Little Girls Are Sugar & Spice - And Not Always Nice! |DirectedBy=[[Lee Philips]] |WrittenBy=[[Rick Mittleman]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|9|29}} |ShortSummary=Facing defeat in a chess match with Lydia, John envisions three ways out, each of which would make newspaper headlines. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=Christabel |DirectedBy=[[Sheldon Leonard]] |WrittenBy=Melville Shavelson |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|10|6}} |ShortSummary=John's magazine article gets him in trouble with his family, his editor and police. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=The Night the House Caught Fire |DirectedBy=Melville Shavelson |WrittenBy=Melville Shavelson |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|10|13}} |ShortSummary=John retreats into the past to recall the time his sniffles brought out the town's fire department. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=The Ghost and Mr. Monroe |DirectedBy=Danny Arnold |WrittenBy=Carl Kleinschmitt |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|10|20}} |ShortSummary=Payless after quitting his job in a huff, fantasy-prone John finds himself begging stock market tips from financial wizard ([[J.P. Morgan]]). |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=Nobody Ever Kills Dragons Anymore |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=Phil Sharp |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|10|27}} |ShortSummary=Eleven pickle forks become objects of international intrigue as John escapes into a world of fantasy. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=Seal in the Bedroom |DirectedBy=Lee Philips |WrittenBy=Paul Wayne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|11|3}} |ShortSummary=John's imagination goes wild when his mother arrives for a visit after his cartoon is rejected by his editor. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title=The Saga of Dimity Ann |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=[[Harvey Bullock (writer)|Harvey Bullock]] and [[R.S. Allen]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|11|10}} |ShortSummary=John secretly abandons the family cat after it nips him on the neck and finger. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title=A Friend of the Earth |DirectedBy=Hal Cooper |WrittenBy=Paul Wayne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|11|17}} |ShortSummary=John is miffed when his wife and daughter prefer the town character's witticism to his brand of humor. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title=Maid in Connecticut |DirectedBy=[[James Sheldon]] |WrittenBy=[[Tom Koch]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|11|24}} |ShortSummary=During his wife's vacation, John's life is complicated by a new maid, who has a deathly fear of new appliances. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title=Native Wit |DirectedBy=Hal Cooper |WrittenBy=Marion Hargrove |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|12|1}} |ShortSummary=John and his friend Phil Jensen match wits with the village wit in an attempt to send him packing. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title=The Shrike and the Chipmunks |DirectedBy=Sheldon Leonard |WrittenBy=Marion Hargrove |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|12|8}} |ShortSummary=John is forced to collaborate with one of the most famous authors of children's books. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=14 |Title=Rally Round the Flag |DirectedBy=James Sheldon |WrittenBy=Laurence Marks |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|12|15}} |ShortSummary=John gives his daughter an unusual Christmas gift and incurs the wrath of the neighborhood. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=15 |Title=The War Between Men and Women |DirectedBy=[[Alan Rafkin]] |WrittenBy=Rick Mittleman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|12|22}} |ShortSummary=A spilled martini triggers an outbreak of hostilities among friends at the Monroes' party. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=16 |Title=The Mating Dance |DirectedBy=Sheldon Leonard |WrittenBy=[[John McGreevey]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|12|29}} |ShortSummary=When a bully uses brute force to take Lydia to a party by beating up her scheduled escort, John leaps to the defense of the weaker fellow. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=17 |Title=Darn that Dream |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=[[Lila Garrett]] & [[Bernie Kahn]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|1|5}} |ShortSummary=John recalls childhood fantasies in his attempt to explain to Lydia that nightmares run in the family. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=18 |Title=The Human Being and the Dinosaur |DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin |WrittenBy=Laurence Marks |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|1|12}} |ShortSummary=John attempts to explain to Lydia why inferior viewpoints must sometimes be tolerated. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=19 |Title=Dear Is a Four-Letter Word |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=Erik Tarloff & [[Frank Tarloff]]{{efn|Credited as David Adler}} |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|1|19}} |ShortSummary=Ellen insists that a communications gap exists between her husband and their daughter and asks John to seek advice from the school principal. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=20 |Title=The Middle Years |DirectedBy=Danny Arnold |WrittenBy=Danny Arnold & Ruth Brooks Flippen |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|1|26}} |ShortSummary=Left alone at home when his wife and daughter head for the mountains, John daydreams about an attractive neighbor. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=21 |Title=Rules for a Happy Marriage |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=Rick Mittleman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|2|2}} |ShortSummary=John becomes engrossed in a conversation about the shortcomings of wives and forgets to keep his lunch date with Ellen. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=22 |Title=The Wooing of Mr. Monroe |DirectedBy=James Sheldon |WrittenBy=Laurence Marks |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|2|9}} |ShortSummary=John's collaboration on a book with a woman at her apartment is turned into a romantic situation by his wife. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=23 |Title=The Mea-Culpa Bit |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=[[Bill Manhoff]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|2|16}} |ShortSummary=Several people try to take the blame for the broken arm suffered by Lydia when her father chased her out of his study. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=24 |Title=The Fourth Estate |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=Lila Garrett & Bernie Kahn |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|2|23}} |ShortSummary=John is shaken when a sixth grade school newspaper editor rejects two of his cartoons. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=25 |Title=Monroe the Misogynist |DirectedBy=[[Allen Baron]] |WrittenBy=Stan Cutler and Martin Donovan |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|2}} |ShortSummary=Both Ellen and his editor Hamilton Greeley, accuses John of being a woman-hater. |LineColor=F16C6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=26 |Title=Child's Play |DirectedBy=John Rich |WrittenBy=Carl Kleinschmitt |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|9}} |ShortSummary=John's disgust at a friend's patronization of his son turns into guilt feelings when he forgets a picnic date with his daughter. |LineColor=F16C6C }} }} {{notelist}}
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