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The Ugly Duckling

Comedy

25

Nov 22, 1961

Robbie (Don Grady) is assigned the new glamour girl (Judi Sherven) as his study partner. He finds there's more to a study partner than good looks.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 30 episodes

Birds and Bees,

Steve realizes it is time to talk to Chip about the birds and the bees when Tramp is father to puppies.

25m Sep 27, 1961

Instant Hate,

New neighbors move in across from the Douglas', but they are not neighborly. Steve tells everyone to try to get along, but he finds it difficult when he is involved in a fender bender with his neighbor as he backs out of his driveway.

25m Oct 4, 1961

The Crush,

Mike's new college girlfriend, Mary Beth (Jena Engstrom), seems more interested in Steve (Fred MacMurray) than Mike (Tim Considine). She wants Steve to help her with her trigonometry class.

25m Oct 18, 1961

Bub's Lodge,

Bub and Mike are excited for their lodge and fraternity initiations.

25m Nov 8, 1961

Lesson in Any Language,

Mike tries to learn Spanish by sleeping with a Spanish tape playing under his pillow. When he goes on a trip, Steve sleeps in Mike's bed since his own room is being painted. The auto timed recorder plays; Steve talks Spanish in the morning.

25m Nov 15, 1961

The Ugly Duckling,

Robbie (Don Grady) is assigned the new glamour girl (Judi Sherven) as his study partner. He finds there's more to a study partner than good looks.

25m Nov 22, 1961

Chip's Composition,

Chip's school assignment is to write a paper about his mother. Since his mother is dead, he decides to write about Bub, the closest thing he has to a mother.

25m Nov 29, 1961

Mike in Charge,

Mike is placed in charge of taking care of the house and his brothers when both Steve and Bub are out of town at the same time. He finds it a challenge, especially when Robbie and his friend go to the hospital after a school accident.

25m Dec 6, 1961

Bub Goes to School,

When the boys continue to ask Bub for help with their homework, he realizes he does not have all the answers. He decides to go to night school for further education. He meets another student, and they both make up stories about their lives.

25m Dec 13, 1961

Chip Leaves Home,

Chip runs away from home after feeling neglected, but when he gets downtown, he realizes home is safer.

25m Jan 3, 1962

Romance of Silver Pines,

While on a camping trip vacation without the other family members, Steve is matched to another camper by an older couple who loves to play matchmakers. Both Steve and Fran are initially reluctant.

25m Jan 10, 1962

Blind Date,

Mike and Robbie each have dates the same night. Due to a mix up in names, Mike picks up Robbie's young date (Trudi Ames), and Robbie picks up an older woman (Carole Costello), meant for Mike.

25m Jan 17, 1962

The Girls Next Door,

Four attractive flight attendants move into the Pearson's house, and while Bub and the boys befriend them right away, Steve is annoyed by all the noise from a party for their pilot friends.

25m Jan 31, 1962

Bub Gets a Job,

Bub wants to do something different than dishes and dusting. He goes on interviews for different jobs.

25m Feb 7, 1962

Le Petit Stowaway,

Chip is all set to go on a business trip with his father to Chicago. When Steve's plans change, he is headed for Paris. Chip decides to sneak on to the plane to join his father. In Paris, he gets lost.

25m Feb 14, 1962

Robbie Valentine,

Film makers are in town to do a documentary on Robbie's physics class. Bub tell Robbie he should try to get a part in the film. Robbie and another student are chosen for a close up shot, showing what they are doing in physics.

25m Feb 21, 1962

The Masterpiece,

Chip needs a drawing for open house at school and finds the family circle a pretty rough bunch of critics. He decides a sailboat picture of Bub's beats his own efforts, and he borrows it.

25m Feb 28, 1962

Holiday for Tramp,

Steve returns from a business trip by train, and the rest of the family go to the station to meet him. As they prepare to go home, they realize Tramp is no longer with them.

25m Mar 7, 1962

The Big Game,

Robbie (Don Grady) might not be able to play in his school's football game unless he can improve his grades in math. Also, Chip (Stanley Livingston) has a cold and later catches the measles.

25m Mar 14, 1962

Casanova Trouble,

Steve's friend (Barbara Eiler) asks him to help find out who is dating her daughter (Brenda Scott). She thinks it is an older man. A mix up, caused by a borrowed fraternity pin, causes Steve to think it is Mike who is dating the daughter.

25m Mar 28, 1962

The Pencil Pusher,

Chip gets the chance to visit his father's work place and to see what his father does for a living. Chip thinks the job is boring and of no consequence. However, when Steve is asked to help a pilot land a plane, Chip gets a different view.

25m Apr 4, 1962

Innocents Abroad,

Mike and Robbie plan to spend their summer vacation working in a different town to earn money.

25m Apr 11, 1962

Robbie the Caddie,

Hank tells Robbie he should be a golf caddy during the local Golf Tournament. Robbie is assigned to a fussy golfer. Things get worse when at the 18th hole, Robbie causes the golfer to be disqualified.

25m Apr 18, 1962

Coincidence,

On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. Steve starts to wish he had all girls instead of boys.

25m Apr 25, 1962

Air Derby,

Robbie competes in a model airplane contest for a school scholarship. He is in the top two position. The other entrant is a straight-A student who hopes to go to college but his parents cannot afford it.

25m May 2, 1962

Too Much in Common,

Mike and his girlfriend take a break from each other, and Mike goes out with someone else. His girlfriend's father does not take too kindly to this news.

25m May 9, 1962

Chug and Robbie,

Robbie starts high school and is assigned a locker with the star athlete. Robbie is impressed that he gets to be friends with the popular guy on campus until Mike points out that the jock is using him.

25m May 16, 1962

Good Influence,

Chip is forced to spend a week's vacation with a boy he does not like. They have nothing in common. All Chip gets out of it is a black eye.

25m May 23, 1962

The Hippopotamus Foot,

Mike (Tim Considine) and his friends pull a prank at college and get called before the dean for punishment.

25m May 30, 1962

The Kibitzers,

Steve and the boys get an earful of confusing advice from Bub and his friends.

25m Jun 6, 1962