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- Joey and Larry believe Stella has fallen in love with her dance teacher.
- The Barnes family takes in a huge lost dog that doesn't seem to like Joey and Joey thinks is too big to keep. Joey gives the dog away and then finds out there is a $1000 reward. Joey finds a replacement dog. Happy solution found.
- Facing financial crisis, Joey's mother gets a job in a supermarket.
- Andy Williams guests on Joey's show than he and wife Claudine visit Joey's home. Ellie and Claudine are members of the same woman's club and their benefit dinner is coming up. Andy and Joey have no doubt who they expect to entertain.
- While digging a swimming pool in the Barnes' backyard Frank strikes oil.
- When Joey signed a dog food client, he agreed to let them use his likeness. Now they're using it - as the dog - and Joey is expected to make personal appearances.
- Joey has Bobby Rydell as a guest on his show and invites him to dinner. A problem arises because Ellie has written a song and sees it as a hit if Bobby is the one who records it.
- Mrs. Barnes rents to a boarder, unaware that he's running a bookie joint out of his room. Innocently, she involves herself, the family and the Willoughbys in the gambling operation - just in time for a police raid.
- Big Sam sends a couple of his men to change the mind of the comedian Joey Bishop (who looks remarkably like Joey Barnes) whose schedule is too full to open an act for him. The men are determined to bring Bishop back with them despite his refusal. Joey tries to use carrier pigeons to alert others to his situation. A surprise on the Jack Paar Show helps him out.
- 1961–196530m7.5 (16)TV EpisodeThe Dodgers need a Master of Ceremonies for a banquet and Joey immediately thinks of their number one NY fan, Phil Foster. A problem arises since Phil has not forgiven the team for moving to Los Angeles. Dodger's coach Leo Durocher is asked to win him over but instead tempers flare.
- Joey mentions his love of dogs on his TV show and his fans drop off several dozen at his apartment. Between jokes Larry suggests gifting them to children who have their parents's permission.
- Joey's boss, Mr Willoughby, wants to surprise his wife with a mink stole so he asks Joey to hide it. Joey's mom finds it and thinks it's Joey's birthday gift for her.
- When Joey receives a promotion and prepares to move to New York City, the family reluctantly agrees to sell the house. But the house sells before Joey loses the job, and the real estate broker refuses to back out of the deal.
- Joey and Jan plan on doing a fake boxing match for the TV show but Larry gets things mixed up and both men start training for a real fight.
- Joey has old friend Jack Carter on his show which gives them a chance to reminisce about when Joey was first dating Ellie. An unusual dinner together with Jack's wife gives Ellie an idea about showbiz marriage.
- Joey and Vic Damone are on a tour to entertain troops and one morning Joey wakes up speaking Russian. After learning Vic has been to Russia, he believes the two of them are part of an elaborate spy plot.
- After Joey's show is canceled, his wife and friends attempt to cheer him up but do a terrible job. After three weeks Joey starts to get depressed but then he receives a very welcome phone call from CBS.
- Famous insult comedian Jack E. Leonard guests on Joey's show and doesn't ridicule him once. Joey is then convinced Jack doesn't like him and is determined to find out why. It could be over a teddy bear misunderstanding.
- A gorgeous woman who is a Judo expert appears on Joey's show to demonstrate how women can defend themselves from men that attempt to overpower them, and ends up kissing Joey on the air. This causes embarrassment to Ellie as well as engenders her jealousy, and when she threatens to leave him and go home to her mother in Texas, Joey decides to move in with his head-writer Larry. Corbett Monica joins the cast as Larry Corbett, which is a new character, replacing Guy Marks as Joey's best friend and second-banana in the series.
- Edgar Bergen is a guest on Joey's show and afterwards teaches him some ventriloquism tricks. Joey decides to play a practical joke on everyone at home by making them think a three month old baby can talk.
- Joey tries to get a trained chimp on Jack Parr's show.
- 1961–196530m5.9 (10)TV EpisodeJoey and his pal Buddy have a history of practical jokes. Their rivalry escalates to the point where Joey is hosting a luau in his apartment and Buddy shows up riding a donkey for some reason.
- 1961–196530m6.4 (10)TV EpisodeAfter Milton makes an appearance on Joey's television show he stops by his home. There he becomes obsessed with Joey Jr. and goes overboard buying the baby gifts. Joey must devise a way to stop Milton's generosity.
- Ellie thinks her butcher Herbie is a talented comedian, but Joey is tired of auditioning people she knows. Ellie tricks her husband into going to the market to see how funny Herbie is.
- Joey hopes to join the Andrews Sisters in a number when they make an appearance on his show. Problem is he is not a very good singer and the sisters try to find a way to discourage him without hurting his feelings.
- Joey has as his guests several members of the 1963 World Series Championships LA Dodgers. The teammates show off their various talents, the highlight being Don Drysdale singing "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." Joey, at 5' 8", has a great time kidding 6' 7" Frank Howard.
- Natalie Tribly and Mildred Cosgrove, the two laundresses, get Joey to let them on his show by putting starch in his undershorts. However, he draws the line at giving them a free plug for their laundry business.
- Joey over praises Dorothy Miller's performance in an amateur theatrical so her husband Art asks Joey to put her in his show. Joey obliges, casting her as a scrub woman but everything goes wrong from there.
- Everyone in the apartment building is trying to avoid Oscar Levant due to his non-stop complaining. Naturally Ellie invites him him to stay for a few days without asking Joey. Joey tries to be a good host but really wants to tell Oscar off.
- Joey is feeling stress from his job so Ellie rents a rustic cabin so he can relax. But city boy Joey isn't cut out for country life and ends up even more frustrated than before.
- After Joey has Jack Jones on his show and admiring his talent, he precedes to have a fantasy dream that night. In it Ellie is a genie and grants Joey's wish to be a pop singer pursued by fanatical young fans.
- Joey gets a letter summoning him to jury duty, however he does not want to use his vacation time to do it. So he looks for a way out. Joey nags his fellow jurors so much that they recess deliberation over the weekend. Joey learns the lesson of "devotion to duty".
- Buddy Hackett, Joey's old friend, comes to visit, and appears on Joey's TV show. Buddy also delights in playing practical jokes on Joey, starting with a prank call to Joey in the middle of the night. The jokes increase in number and intensity, ending with the arrest of Danny Thomas, another friend of Joey's.
- Joey is fired, While complaining to his brother-in-law at the local diner, he is recorded and the show will be broadcast the next evening. This is Joey's chance to tell his boss off. Later in the day Joey learns his boss is giving him his job back as the boss gave him wrong instructions to begin with.
- Joey makes a bet that Ricky Hamilton can't get Barbara to go out with him. Barbara initially turns him down because she has interest in Joey, but her mother convinces her to use the opportunity to make Joey jealous.
- Joey and his client, Connie Bowers, are caught in the rain so he takes her home. She discovers that Joey lives with his mother, and brother, and sister. Then Joey's brother-in-law offers to drive Miss Bowers home. Joey has the opportunity to use an apartment while he pet-sits for the owner. The stereo can run non-stop for 72 hours.
- Joey gets a big head about his skills as a future dad after he does well in a class for expectant fathers. Larry challenges him by saying anyone, including himself, can do as well.
- After scoring in an amateur talent show, Larry decides to quit med school in favor of a show business career.
- Joey receives an audit notice for his 1959 tax return, and discovers that Mom accidentally threw away all of his records. Imagination runs wild in a nightmare, as Joey dreams about the IRS prosecuting him for fraud.
- After Joey tells jokes about Hilda one night, another of their little feuds erupts. When Hilda calls a TV installer, Larry and Joey believe she is now a Nielsen viewer and try to make amends so she will watch their show.
- Willoughby assigns Joey the task of getting Danny Williams to L.A. for an appearance on THIS IS YOUR LIFE - without Danny knowing about it. What sounds impossible suddenly becomes probable when Danny thinks Joey is having an affair with Kathy. He'll follow Joey to the ends of the earth for the chance to kill him.
- Joey's mom buys Santa and reindeer lawn decorations at an auction and wants to leave them up year-round to remind everyone of the Christmas spirit.
- Joey is headed to the Catskills to relax and it starts him reminiscing about working there ten years earlier. Performing with Lou and Al, they endure cranky guests turned hecklers due to the non-stop rain.
- 1961–196530m7.7 (15)TV EpisodeZsa Zsa volunteers to decorate baby Joey's nursery and his parents gratefully accept. But it's done in a masculine jungle theme which Ellie hates but feels it would be rude to say so.
- Joey reluctantly gets his brother-in-law a job with him at the public relations firm.
- Joey is assigned to look after a demanding child star and his family is less than thrilled. After blasting the late show and playing drums all night Joey's mom has some ideas on how to handle him, but Joey is worried about bad publicity.
- Frank wins a slogan contest for a biscuit company, but the firm where Joey just got him a job is an affiliate, making Frank ineligible for the prize money. No problem. Determined to get the prize anyway, Frank concocts another of his crazy schemes and draws Joey and his guilty conscience right into the middle of it.
- Joey's brother-in-law Frank is unemployed again, and with a little pressure from the family, Joey asks Mr. Willoughby to give him a job at the public relations firm. Starting at the bottom means nothing to Frank, who manages to convince the firm's top comedian client that he should give up comedy and turn to Shakespeare. Now the question is, can Joey find a way to fire Frank before he creates more chaos.
- 1961–196530mTV-PG7.9 (12)TV EpisodeEllie is homesick for Texas, and wouldn't be happy going back for a visit without Joey, who can't get away, so he decides to turn their apartment into little bit of Texas.
- On the day that Joey is to perform in a show to honor the governor, he loses the cuff links that he always wears when he performs, and he is afraid to go on stage without them.
- Joey gives a performance at a prison for its inmates. A prisoner who is an exact look-alike to Joey sees his opportunity to escape and forces Joey to trade places with him.
- 1961–196530mTV-PG7.1 (14)TV EpisodeWith Jillson being a guest on Joey's talk show, Joey tells the story of how Jillson went on a diet. Mrs. Jillson calls everyone in the apartment house and tells every tenant that Mr. Jillson is on a diet and not to give him any cinnamon buns. Desperate, Jillson goes and buys every cinnamon bun that he can find and hides them in every apartment in the apartment house.
- Joey has been spending a lot of evenings working at the office with Cindy, his new, very beautiful, secretary. Ellie suspects that Joey is straying. Joey, though innocent, realizes that he has to fire Cindy to keep Ellie from leaving him, but he has no cause. Freddie convinces Joey to feign romantic interest in Cindy to get her to quit.
- Ellie and Joey have never yet had an argument. Ellie's friend Doris tells her that a make-up kiss is the best kind of kiss, so Ellie sets out to cause an argument with Joey so they can make up.
- Joey invests in an unknown, untried boxer's career, based solely on the huge man's impressive display of physical prowess at the local gym.
- Newlywed Joey learns that wife Ellie is a compulsive buyer, and is especially susceptible to the con-artist style of door-to-door salesmen.
- Joey gets married. He promises his bride that they will spend their honeymoon at Niagara Falls, but at the last minute Danny Thomas, who gave him his start in show business, asks Joey to substitute for him in his Las Vegas show on his wedding night.
- Joey is going on vacation for a week, and he is afraid that Johnny Edwards, the unknown comic that the sponsor hired to fill in for him, is so talented that he may permanently take Joey's job.
- Mr. Jillson promises his Penguin Lodge that Joey will perform there on Saturday, but Joey has other plans. Jillson uses his power as Super to try to change Joey's mind.
- Ellie secretly takes a temporary job as a model in a fashion show to earn the money for a 4-month anniversary gift for Joey. Joey notices her changed behavior, and assumes that she is having an affair.
- Ever since Joey and Ellie got married Freddie has come over for dinner, without invitation. They want to spend the evening of their 3-month anniversary alone.
- A battle of the sexes: Joey jokes about women in politics on his show, and Ellie, who has contemplated running for Assemblyman, decides to do so, demanding time on his show to rebut him. Joey agrees, planning to embarrass her on the air.
- Mr. Jillson wins an Eskimo dog in a contest, and then agrees to take Mrs. Walters' cat for a week while she is in Miami Beach. They fight "like cats and dogs", so Mr. Jillson gets Joey and Ellie to take the dog for that week. It turns out that the dog is fresh from the Arctic and needs to be slowly acclimated to indoor temperatures, so Joey and Ellie must live without heat for a week.
- Ellie is concerned that Joey hasn't been to the doctor for a check-up since she has known him, and he keeps breaking the appointments with the doctor that she has made for him, because it makes no sense to him to go to a doctor unless he feels there is something wrong with him. Therefore, Ellie sets out to convince Joey that there is something the matter with his health.
- Joey and Freddy have an argument over creative differences spurred by Joey's impromptu playing of a mandolin to end his show, which results in Joey firing Freddy as his manager and also ending their friendship.
- Rusty Hamer , who played Rusty Williams on The Danny Thomas Show (1953) (AKA "The Danny Thomas Show"), plays the same character who is now a college student and comes to stay with the Barnes family for a while in the first of three guest appearances. The Barnes brace themselves for the arrival of their young house guest, and are astonished when he behaves himself like a perfect young gentleman.
- 1961–196530m6.1 (12)TV EpisodeRusty Hamer, who played Rusty Williams on The Danny Thomas Show (1953) (AKA "The Danny Thomas Show"), plays the same character who is now a college student and comes to stay with the Barnes family for a while. Joey, Larry, and two surprisingly good-natured buddies help Rusty and his fellow pledges carry out a most unusual fraternity initiation stunt.
- Rusty Hamer, who played Rusty Williams on The Danny Thomas Show (1953) (AKA "The Danny Thomas Show"), plays the same character who is now a college student and comes to stay with the Barnes family for a while in the final of three guest appearances. Joey is stuck for answers to the questions of his collegiate house guest Rusty until Larry comes up with help in the form of a convicted bookie with a photographic mind who memorized everything he read as a prison librarian.
- A little girl's crush on Joey interferes with the already-established puppy love between her and a boy near her own age. The boy and Joey hatch a plan to make the girl dislike Joey, which involves the children attending a rehearsal for Joey's show during which Joey will pretend to be a tyrant and abuser of his employees.
- Ellie causes the Barnes home life to be constantly interrupted by arranging to have people she knows audition for Joey in their living room, regardless of whether they have entertaining talent or skills.
- In an episode showcasing Guy Marks' amazing ability as an impressionist and clown, Freddie falls in love with a society girl, and he goes all-out to impress her, complete with a faux British accent. This was Guy Marks' last appearance in this series. The character Freddie was never again even mentioned.
- Joey learns that Ellie's aunt Cecilia, with whom he shares a mutual dislike, is coming to town for two weeks and intends to stay in his guest room. Joey gets Larry to pretend to break his leg in the Barnes' apartment so that Joey can justify Larry staying in the guest room, which he assumes would force Ellie's aunt to stay in a hotel.
- 1961–196530mTV-PG8.0 (10)TV EpisodeEllie tells Joey that she is expecting a baby. Joey promptly tells everyone in his television audience the blessed news, causing an avalanche of baby gifts to be sent to the Barnes home, overwhelming the apartment-dwelling couple.
- Joey announces that he plans an evening out with the boys, and Ellie gets the idea that "the wolf wants to howl again." The more Ellie thinks about Joey's night out, the angrier she gets and she plots a retaliation.
- Since Joey has passed an Expectant Fathers' class with flying colors, Ellie agrees to trust him with a friend's baby for a few hours. When he needs to whip up some baby formula, Joey follows what he thinks is the recipe, but in reality it is a recipe for Turkey stuffing that Ellie is planning to make.
- Joey lands a part in a dramatic picture, but finds the transition from comedy to drama more difficult, and painful, than he had anticipated.
- Joey is supposed to go to a party dressed as Robin Hood, but he changes his mind at the last minute and decides to go in a matador's outfit because he sees himself as slim and dashing.
- Natalie Tribly and Mildred Cosgrove, the two laundresses, con Joey into letting Mildred's niece sing on his television show.
- Joey's sure he's going to have a son; he's up all night trying to convince a mostly asleep Ellie that their son will be a doctor. And when he's not going after Ellie he's bugging everyone else they know. Ellie has heard it so much that she has a dream about her son as a doctor operating on a long time friend of the family.
- Joey and Ellie have a difference over who to hire to be the nanny, with Ellie wanting to hire Hilda and Joey being very much against.
- Ellie again summons Joey Jr's pediatrician and while he's at the apartment Dr. Fisher becomes concerned about Joey Sr's throat. Suddenly it's the father in a hospital about to have surgery.
- 1961–196530m6.8 (12)TV EpisodeJoey is hosting a charity fundraiser and Roberta Sherwood agrees to perform several musical numbers. Ellie causes delays and laughs when she cannot find an outfit different from the other women guests.
- Joey doesn't want Ellie doing any housework while she is pregnant and encourages her to take up a hobby to occupy her time. But it's Joey and Larry who start creating art, turning it in a destructive competition.
- After receiving an offer to host his own network show, Joey begins to suffer a lack of confidence. Not helping matters is the news that his first guest will be Milton Berle, and Joey dreams that Berle will steal the spotlight and spoil his big opportunity.
- The boys compete for their sister's friend, Connie (Dawn Wells), who is already married.
- Joey discusses parenting challenges with Danny and they imagine themselves as rebellious younger versions of themselves.
- Joey lets Ellie practice putting bandages on people but a problem occurs when she can't remove the casts on his arms. Larry takes Joey to the hospital but in a misunderstanding he is admitted.
- Ellie gets a ticket for an illegal left turn and decides to fight it in court against Joey's advice. During the trial Joey is accused of fighting the charge for publicity and Ellie comes to his defense.
- Joey and Ellie misinterpret a phone call of Hilda's they overheard and conclude she is about to quit. They go overboard on making their maid's life perfect so she won't leave.
- After seeing the abuse Jillson gets for his baldness, Joey decides to buy him a hairpiece. Soon the other residents of the apartment building are trying to get Jillson fired because he spends all his time fixing his toupee and not doing his job.
- Larry's run of bad luck has shaken his confidence so Joey talks the guys into letting Larry win at poker. Larry, feeling reassured, starts taking wild chances and Joey must tell him the truth.
- Joey has a young comedian Jackie on his show and everyone raves about him, Joey gets him a regular gig at a big club. But Jackie's mother objects to his being in show business so everyone must work to get her to change her mind.
- Joey has been sticking close to home during Ellie's pregnancy but is persuaded to go out for an evening. When his poker game lasts all night, he tries to fool Ellie by changing the clocks but she turns the tables on him.
- Joey thinks his mother is working too hard so he hires a maid, but the result is not what Joey expected.
- Joey Jr is making his TV debut with everyone looking forward to being a part of it. But Joey Sr says it's just for family which becomes a problem when Ellie freezes on camera.
- Joey has a skit on his show that offends his laundry ladies. Joey must make amends or deal with dirty clothes for a long time.
- Joey forgets to wish Larry's new girlfriend Marlene happy birthday and she ends the relationship. Larry doesn't feel Joey is apologetic enough and decides to terminate their long association. Ellie tries to fix things.
- Joey gives Larry some advice about how to conduct his love life, and describes how smoothly his courtship of Ellie had been, how simple and uncomplicated it was, though it turns out Ellie feels cheated, and wanted so much more to indicate the strength of Joey's affection, making life hard for Joey.
- 1961–196530m7.8 (12)TV EpisodeJoey and Ellie receive a call from a hotel saying they left something but must identify it. Problem is neither of them seem to be missing anything and become preoccupied trying to recall the item.
- Joey grows a mustache but everybody hates it, begging him to shave it off. But Joey thinks it makes him look like a debonair film star.
- Joey buys Ellie a black wig and she becomes suspicious of his motive, causing a liitle spat. But a date at a night club reveals where he might have gotten his inspiration.
- 1961–196530m7.2 (11)TV EpisodeLarry wins a writing comedy award for Joey's show the same night Joey loses. Larry becomes insufferable with his bragging leading to a fight between the two friends.
- With Ellie away, Larry comes to stay with Joey. When Joey begins exhibiting eccentric behaviors, Larry jumps to the conclusion that Joey is reverting to childhood. Larry engages a psychiatrist to pose as a reporter to surreptitiously examine an unsuspecting Joey. When Joey learns the truth, he turns the tables on both of them by pretending to have symptoms of mental illness.
- Against the wishes of Women's Club President Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Barnes produces an amateur talent contest as a fundraiser. Getting Joey to direct and M.C. may not be enough to help when an influx of neighborhood amateurs line up for a show that promises to run 7 hours, or more.
- After many years of service, Joey decides to give Larry his own office. He also hires an additional writer to assist Larry with the weekly banter. The new hire makes Larry feel insecure, which brings to light the fact that he and Joey have never had a written contract between them in the 15 years they have been working together.
- Joey's jokes about married life at Freddy's bachelor party go too far, and a scared Freddy calls off his wedding to Sally. After Joey's attempt to save the wedding by showing Freddy a happily married couple backfires, he tries to make Freddy jealous by pretending to be interested in Sally.
- The city is putting a highway extension through the Barnes' neighborhood and everyone must move. Joey convinces the neighbors to have their homes moved to new lots, a plan the city approves - as long as they do so within 30 days. But Mom can't make up her mind where she wants to live, and 29 days later the Barnes family finds itself on the deadline with a wrecking crew standing by.
- Joey asks his mother to cancel plans for his surprise birthday party. After Peggy changes his mind, Joey hints around to Mom that he wishes he had a party. But a misunderstanding has Joey wondering if there's a party or not, and he winds up sulking with Mr. Jillson trying to cheer him up.
- A female singer owes Joey Barnes a favor and Joey owes a night club owner a favor. Can things work out here for everyone?
- The baby is on the way and Joey is so nervous he almost forgets Ellie. Later in the waiting room, he and the other prospective fathers exchange stories.
- With nurse Hilda away on vacation and Ellie planning a date night out for Joey and her, Joey is worried about leaving the baby with a stranger for the first time.
- Ellie promises Jillson that he can play Santa Claus for Joey Jr. at Christmas since Jillson plays Santa for all the children in the apartment building. Later, Joey comes home with a Santa suit and declaring he would play Santa for Joey Jr. to the dismay of Jillson.
- Everyone is excited that Joey Jr. is coming home but less so when Joey Sr. tries to enforce some extreme rules concerning baby care.
- Joey stages a contest for a date with a folk singer client. The grandfather of the young woman who wins will not permit it without getting to know the young man first. Joey and the singer stay at the farm pretending the young man comes from a farm in order to be approved for the date.
- Ellie has rehired temperamental Krupnik to redo the nursery and Ellie has promised to keep Joey away. When she fails, Krupnik storms out and Joey decides to finish the nursery with Larry's help.
- The company hires a public relations firm to spruce up Joey Barnes' image. He discovers he needs a new girlfriend "who is someone" and a new wardrobe. They put him in tails and a top hat. He switches "uniforms" with the chauffeur. Gossip columnist sees Joey having a conversation with the busboy. Joey is forced to put his foot down.
- Joey and Ellie are host to an attractive young woman Liz and Larry becones smitten after a few dates with her. The committed bachelor becomes wary that she has marriage in mind and convinces Joey to help him break up with Liz. Ellie has ideas of her own.
- Joey is asked to give a glowing testimonial to a sergeant who made his life miserable while he was in the army. After Joey refuses to attend the reunion, his friends recall the moments of conflict between the two men.
- The State Department asks Joey to perform for a visiting Sultan and after the potentate enjoys what he sees, he gifts Joey two harem girls. Ellie is dismayed but the government says they must keep them to help with foreign relations.
- Joey and Larry head out of town for a short golf outing and make an error in stopping in a small hamlet. Tom Weed recognizes Joey as a celebrity and keeps coming up with schemes to keep him in town for a ceremony on Saturday.
- Ellie is taking the baby to see her mother and asks Larry to keep Joey company while she is gone. But the guys have too much time on their hands and quickly find themselves in trouble.
- Larry is cooking Italian for Joey's dinner party. The party breaks into an argument over the baby, Ellie wants a girl this time, Between the son-of-a-guns and oh-brothers, the men are getting in deeper and deeper.
- Ellie is expecting another baby but is afraid to tell Joey because of how he reacted during her first pregnancy. Joey though misinterprets and thinks Ellie has fallen out of love with him. They avoid speaking up so the misunderstandings continue.
- The plot involved Joey, who in the sitcom had his own variety show, confusing Vaughn Meader with the real President Kennedy. During the episode, Meader sang a few folk song parodies drawn from his nightclub act.
- Frank and Betty split up over a minor disagreement. Counseling the couple, Joey mentions how he wishes he was married. After the reconciliation, each member of the family sets out to find Joey a prospective bride.