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What's Funny about a Broken Leg?

Comedy

TV-G

25

Nov 5, 1969

Buffy breaks her leg while playing games with friends. When Uncle Bill tells her she will not be able to go to the circus, she is sad. Uncle Bill saves the day by bringing the circus act to the apartment building.

Season 4, 26 episodes

No Uncle Is an Island,

Mr. French, Cissy, Buffy, and Jody decide to give Bill some time alone for the weekend. Unfortunately, while they are away, a barrage of neighbors stops by, disrupting Bill's relaxation, peace, and quiet.

The Wings of an Angel,

A former friend of Bill's visits, asking for a favor. Harv has just gotten out of prison and needs to find a job. The twins are afraid of Harv, and Cissy thinks she can help him adjust to living outside of prison again.

Uncle Prince Charming,

One of Cissy's friends has a crush on Uncle Bill, and he cannot shake her from this feeling.

Cissy's Apartment,

Cissy decides it is time to move out on her own, so she moves into an apartment with a friend. It seems like she hasn't left home when her family constantly visits her. She tells them to let her enjoy her own place by herself.

The Jody Affair,

When playing at school, a ball thrown breaks a window, and Jody is blamed. Jody denies doing it.

With This Ring,

Since most of Cissy's friends are getting engaged and married, Cissy decides it is time for her and Gregg to be engaged, even if Gregg does not want it.

What's Funny about a Broken Leg?,

Buffy breaks her leg while playing games with friends. When Uncle Bill tells her she will not be able to go to the circus, she is sad. Uncle Bill saves the day by bringing the circus act to the apartment building.

The Birthday Boy,

When the twins find out that Mr. French's birthday is approaching, they ask Cissy to help them set up a birthday party for Mr. French.

The twins make friends with a boy who does not have any parents and has run away from an orphanage. They hid him in the apartment, moving him from room to room, so the others do not find him.

Number One Boy,

When Bill is in Hong Kong for business, he works with Ng Ho. Bill is impressed with Ng Ho and invites him to visit New York. When Ng Ho stays with the Davis' he starts to help around the apartment, too efficiently and upsets Mr. French.

A Tale of Two Travels,

Uncle Bill and Mr. French take the twins on vacation to Boston while Cissy spends her vacation time in New York. Everyone seems to be off-sync as they miss each other.

A former sweetheart of French's, once a common worker, is now a wealthy single woman. She asks Mr. French to visit her in England, in the hopes to pursue their relationship.

Goodbye Harold,

Buffy and Jody's pet hamsters seem to always escape their cage and then get out of the apartment building. The twins realize the hamsters want to be free.

The Girl Graduate,

Cissy graduates from high school and wants to go to an all-night party with her friends.

Cissy, Buffy, and Jody's grandfather visit, but cannot seem to get used to the grown-up children from the young children as he remembers them. Worse, the children do not remember him.

While Bill is in Vermont for business, he asks Mr. French and the twins to visit there since it is so pretty. As French drives up, a snowstorm turns into a blizzard and they are forced to take refuge in an abandoned cabin.

Mr. Osaki's Tree,

Jody is given a bonsai tree by Mr. Osaki. When the tree starts to die as Mr. Osaki gets sick, Jody is worried the tree means Mr. Osaki will die.

The Language of Love,

A friend of Buffy is deaf, and Uncle Bill asks a friend of his, a doctor who specializes in deaf children, to see if he can do anything for the little girl.

The Inheritance,

The twins inherit a small amount of money, which to them, seems like riches. They begin to argue about how to spend the money.

There Goes New York,

When the twins hear a psychic predict that a tidal wave will wash away New York, nothing and no one can change their minds that this is going to happen.

Wouldn't It Be Loverly,

When Jody & Buffy learn a classmate can do anything he wants in his home, the twins think they should be allowed the same freedom. Uncle Bill and Mr. French decide to let them have what they want so they can learn it is not always the best.

The Boys against the Girls,

Jody wants to be one of the boys on a stickball team, but the boys all make fun of little girls. Jody does not want Buffy's feelings to get hurt.

The Old Cowhand,

Jody meets Chaps Callahan, an actor who played a cowboy in the movies. Jody worships him but learns a lesson when he learns that Chaps is now an old man and not able to do everything he used to do in movies.

Angela in the Family,

Mr. French tries to help a friend by talking to the daughter about the life of being an actress. His efforts are negated when Bill finds the daughter an acting position.

Family in Paradise: Part 1,

Bill takes the family and Mr. French to Tahiti for a vacation. Everyone enjoys the place.

Family in Paradise: Part 2,

Uncle Bill considers having everyone stay in Tahiti and live there.

Details

Family Affair

Comedy

TV-G

5

25

'Family Affair' was a popular situation comedy and a regular top 20 hit show produced by Don Fedderson Productions for CBS-TV during its five-year run from 1966-71.

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