Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman
A walk-on role for a play starring Ethel Merman in a revival of ""Gypsy"" leaves Ann awestruck.
Episode 90 hr 26 min
Ann and Donald decide to work on a play about her life, but creative differences get in the way.
A walk-on role for a play starring Ethel Merman in a revival of ""Gypsy"" leaves Ann awestruck.
Ann auditions for a soda commercial that requires a performance on roller skates, something she has a little difficulty with.
After yet another rejection of Donald's unpublished novel, Ann offers to submit it to her father, who knows a publisher who's a customer at his restaurant.
Donald does a news story on computer dating and takes Ann along for the ride. Much to Ann's chagrin, the girl that the computer dating service assigns to her boyfriend is a lot like her.
Donald gets Ann to house sit at his apartment, and she runs into another friend of his (Bill Bixby), who is also staying there.
Before Ann goes to Philadelphia for a play that's making a nationwide tour, Donald tries to show her a good time by giving her a night on the town...and another night...and another night...
Unable to tolerate life without Ann, Donald goes to Philadelphia to write a review of Ann's play.
Donald writes an article on a newfangled psychological exam, and he tries to use it on Ann and the Baumans.
Ann and Donald decide to work on a play about her life, but creative differences get in the way.
An Italian movie director spots Ann and wants her to star in his next movie...and perform a nude scene.
Ann struggles to cook everybody's favorite dishes for a Thanksgiving dinner.
A substitute agent sets Ann up on a publicity date with Dick Shawn, who knows nothing about it.
Originally doubting the intentions of a photographer, Ann is convinced, thanks to Donald, that she should take a job as a model for him because he's legitimate.
Donald is on the edge over Ann's time with Noel Prince, despite her assurances she has no interest in her new boss.
Ann buys theater tickets from a scalper as a Christmas present for the Baumans, but she later learns from Don that some scalpers use personal information to burglarize their customers.
After Ann is injured on a movie set, Donald goes overboard in trying to take care of her.
After Ann models an expensive chinchilla stole, the owner insists that she borrow it as she accompanies Don to a party for the wealthy jet set where she is mistaken for an heiress.
Another family visit to Ann's parents in Brewster pits Donald against Lou.
Lou Marie buys theater and train tickets for sixty-five people from Brewster to see Ann in a play. A conflict arises between the producers who do not want them leaving the theater during a scene.
A commercial director tells Anne she has a face that no housewife would feel threatened by, which makes her wonder if she has any sex appeal.
Ann suggests that her father escort Ethel Merman to a formal event, and the tabloids make him look like her new boyfriend.
Still obsessed with Ann, Noel Prince returns to New York to try to get her to marry him.
A scandal erupts when Donald's mother is invited to Ann's place and finds his pants in her closet.
Ann is worried about Pete's new boyfriend George (Albert Salmi), a jock who doesn't necessarily treat her like a lady.
A series of obscene phone calls prompts Ann to call the NYPD, who sends over a detective who seems to be getting a little too close for comfort, especially Donald's.
After being hit by a fly ball at a baseball game, Ann meets a doctor who bears a striking resemblance to Donald.
Ann hires press agent Eddie Edwards (Jessie White) to boost her career, but his method of doing so involves naming her in the divorce of one of her former soap opera co-stars (Robert Alda).
After a hunting trip, Donald decides to grow a beard, which doesn't necessarily turn Ann on.
Ann helps sober up a comedian who thinks that they had an affair.
An elderly man who ruins Ann's dress gets her a new one, but he keeps buying her gifts which she feels that she can't accept.
Directed byBruce Bilson
WritingRuth Brooks Flippen
ProductionSam Denoff, Bill Persky
CastMarlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker, Bernie Kopell, Rosemary DeCamp
WritingSam Denoff, Bill Persky
Directed byBob Sweeney, Sidney Miller, David McDearmon, Jerry Davis, Seymour Robbie, John Erman
ProductionJerry Davis