THE
DORIS DAY SHOW (Season 2)
Doris
starts a job on a magazine in San Francisco
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Doris
Day
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Doris
Martin
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Denver
Pyle
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Buck
Webb
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Philip
Brown
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Billy
Martin
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Todd
Starke
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Toby
Martin
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Rose
Marie
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Myrna
Gibbons
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McLean
Stevenson
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Michael
Nicholson
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Paul
Smith
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Ron
Harvey
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Billy
DeWolfe
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Willard
Jarvis
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Nelson (dog) |
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Lord
Nelson |
DVD
Review by Allen Pollock
Having been voted the top female box-office movie
star at the beginning of the 60’s but committed to
the world of television sit-com by its end must have
been quite a jolt for Doris Day, especially as she
had no prior knowledge of the contract which had
been signed by husband/agent/manager Marty Melcher
whose consequent untimely demise revealed many
financial problems for Doris. However, always the
survivor, Doris soon changed gears and knuckled down
to THE DORIS DAY SHOW, bringing her usual vivacity
and charm to her character, Doris Martin, a widow
with two kids living with her father on a farm, with
the formula ensuring the show’s necessary
family-friendly cheerfulness. She soon realized the
rural setting had serious plot limitations and for
this second series the storylines were expanded with
her character seeking a career as a secretary in San
Francisco whilst commuting daily from the farm;
allowing more story development with scope for
romantic entanglements and the added element of
sophistication which had typified her latter-day
movies.
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Still on hand were her likeable and
convincing kids (Philip Brown and Tod Starke),
grizzled, gruff, kind-hearted father, Buck (Denver
Pyle) and hapless accident-prone handyman, Leroy B.
Simpson (James Hampton) for rural home-based
activities and misunderstandings, whilst Doris’ job
at the TODAY’S WORLD magazine office involved
interactive fun and complications involving her
Editor boss, Mr Nicholson (McLean Stevenson), office
colleague, Myrna (Rose Marie) and Assistant Editor
and flirt, Ron Harvey (Paul Smith). The transitional
early episodes include hilarious job seeking
situations with Doris’ realization her rusty office
skills have long been overtaken by modern
technology. Linking home with office involves a plot
about a peripatetic pet frog and the occasional dog
is always on hand to disrupt daily routine. As with
all sitcoms, plot complications are soon solved to
facilitate the inevitable happy ending for each
segment. Episodes include Doris standing in as a
model and inevitably enjoying the chance to show off
her stupendous figure in some bizarre fashions;
having a crush on a handsome French movie star
(Jacques Bergerac); a fraught office Christmas party
with Doris acting as intermediary between
intoxicated colleagues with all ending up on the
farm to sing SILENT NIGHT with Doris stepping out of
character to wish viewers compliments of the season;
a rescue operation to aid dogs locked in a car;
rubbing shoulders with a billionaire (Lew Ayres –
once in Doctor Kildare movies) and receiving a
proposal from a foreign prince (Cesare Danova).
With
her son, Terry Melcher as Executive Producer, the
series promotes the Doris Day screen image, and fans
and others will enjoy the lively situations which
occur throughout, with many well-known character
actors making guest appearances, including Billy de
Wolfe and Edward Andrews who both appeared in some
of her movies. In other words it’s a warm-hearted
show with wholesome qualities which has lost none of
its special magic during the intervening years and
simply put, its nostalgia will enthral and appeal to
everyone in the family whether young or old!
The
DVD set covers twenty-six episodes on six discs in a
slip case (unlike the US release which managed with
just four) and each DVD is available separately.
However, I recommend purchasing the box-set,
particularly as it is the cheaper option. The final
disc also contains indispensable extras; some 1969
promotional trailers, promos, outtakes and greetings
for television featuring Doris; a blooper reel
(on-screen mistakes), cast interviews with Rose
Marie and Larry Storch, plus other rare footage. The
remastering is faultless with excellent colour
definition and sound quality; the laughter track is
for real and not synchronized; and Doris’ biggest
hit song, QUE SERA, SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE)
tops and tails the standard quirky cross-cut opening
titles which set the scene for each episode.
DORIS GETS A
JOB
Original airdate: 22 September 1969
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Doris is advised to hide the fact that she has
children at home as she vies for the job of
secretary to a San Francisco magazine's managing
editor
- Guest(s):
Carol Worthington, Eldon Quick, Joel Mell, Larry
Gelman
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Coby Ruskin
A FROG CALLED
HAROLD
Original airdate: 29 September 1969
- The
loss of Toby's frog causes the magazine to lose a
needed bank loan when the amphibian's escape
disrupts a tour by bank officials
- Guest(s):
David Manzy, Parley Baer, Jack Garner, Issa Arnal,
Ralph Neff
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Coby Ruskin

MARRIED FOR A
DAY
Original airdate: 6 October 1969
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Doris poses as the wife of her boss in a desperate
scheme to convince a husband-hunting female that
he's out of circulation
- Guest(s):
Julie Adams
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Written by Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Director: Earl
Bellamy

THE WOMAN
HATER
Original airdate: 13 October 1969
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Doris works to change a writer's negative opinion of
women, then finds that she has succeeded too well
- Guest(s):
Anthony Eisley, Johnnie Collins III, Pete Kellett,
Judy March, Julius Johnsen, Luis de Cordova, Mike
Sterling
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Coby Ruskin

THE CHOCOLATE
BAR WAR
Original airdate: 20 October 1969
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Doris helps Billy combat the aggressiveness of a
competitor's mother in a candy-selling contest
- Guest(s):
Max
Showalter, Amzie Strickland, Jan Arvan, Marshall
Kent, Walter Mathews, Tim Weldon, Lynn Wood, Brad
Trumbull, Mary Foran, Howard Culver, Don G. Ross
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Harry Falk

THE HEALTH
KING
Original airdate: 10 November 1969
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Doris finds herself dodging punching bags and eating
kelp salad when she's given the assignment of
getting the publishing rights to a health addict's
book
- Guest(s):
Michael Forest, Ernest Harada, Lavina Dawson, Joan
Lemmo, Bunny Summers
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Coby Ruskin

DORIS, THE
MODEL
Original airdate: 17 November 1969
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Doris and Myrna are assigned to ride herd on a group
of French models prior to the debut of a noted Paris
designer's new collection in a fashion show
- Guest(s):
Johnny Haymer, Bobbi Jordan, Gail Stevens, Arlyn
Genson, Paul Marin, Larry Gelman, Sam Javis, Jerry
Fitzpatrick
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Written by Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Directed by
Hal Cooper

DORIS STRIKES
OUT
Original airdate: 24 November 1969
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Doris is in a momentary state of shock when a
handsome, debonair French movie star invites her to
the premier of his new motion picture
- Guest(s):
Jacques Bergerac, James Chandler, Gordon Jump,
Darrell Rice, Alan DeWitt
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Written by Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Directed by
Coby Ruskin
SINGLES ONLY
Original airdate: 8 December 1969
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Myrna rents an apartment in a "swinging singles"
building, but is disappointed with the apartment as
well as the building's male tenants
- Guest(s):
Sid
Melton, Ed Fury, Michael Lerner, Joseph Perry, Joe
Ross, Alice Backes, Carol Worthington
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Written by William Raynor, Myles Wilder; Directed by
William Wiard

TOGETHERNESS
Original airdate: 15 December 1969
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After having to work overtime several nights, Doris
plans a full weekend of "family fun," not realizing
that it will cause the boys to have to cancel plans
they'd already made
- Guest(s):
Karen Arthur
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Written by William Raynor, Myles Wilder; Directed by
Alan Rafkin
A TWO FAMILY
CHRISTMAS
Original airdate: 22 December 1969
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Doris invites Myrna and Ron to have a family
Christmas on the ranch, but they all have more
glamorous plans and decline
- Guest(s):
David Manzy, Carleen Frans, James B. Douglas
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Larry Dobkin
YOU'RE AS OLD
AS YOU FEEL
Original airdate: 29 December 1969
- Buck
decides he's falling apart when a toothache calls
for an extraction
- Guest(s):
Totty Ames, Herb Vigran, George Ives, Hal Smith
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Written by Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Directed by
Larry Dobkin
THE
PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY
Original airdate: 5 January 1970
- A
boxer who'd rather dance than fight develops a crush
on Doris while she's trying to interview him
- Guest(s):
Larry Storch, Buddy Lester, Sidney Clute, Jim Cross,
Gerald York, Chick Casey, Lauro Salas, Frankie Van
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Denver Pyle

DORIS VS. THE
COMPUTER
Original airdate: 12 January 1970
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Doris wages war against the electric company when
its computer indicates that she hasn't paid her bill
- Guest(s):
Frank Corsentino, Christina Dean, Gregg Jakobson,
Jerry Jones
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Written by Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson; Directed by
Denver Pyle
HOT DOGS
Original airdate: 19 January 1970
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Doris doesn't worry about the consequences when she
takes six poodles from a private, locked automobile
and ultimately finds herself in court on a robbery
charge
- Guest(s):
James Millhollin, Jerome Cowan, Charles Lane, Issa
Arnal, Owen Bush
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul, Don Genson;
Directed by Coby Ruskin

TODAY'S WORLD
CATCHES MEASLES
Original airdate: 26 January 1970
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Doris invites Mr. Nicholson and Ron for a relaxing
weekend on the farm, but instead they are exposed to
the measles and all quarantined together
- Guest(s):
Edward Andrews, Walter Sande, Joe Hoover, Breland
Rice, Issa Arnal, Geri Ewing
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Written by
Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Fred de Cordova

THE GAS
STATION
Original airdate: 2 February 1970
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Doris volunteers herself and Myrna to run Leroy's
gas station so he can visit his wife who's in the
hospital having a baby
- Guest(s):
Bob
Jellison, Herman Griffith, Charles Dugdale, Herb
Weil, Virgil Frye, John Carter, Martin Ashe, Jon
Kowal, Eric Scott, Eddie Quillan, Kristina Holland
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul, Don Genson;
Directed by Hal Cooper

KIDNAPPED
Original airdate: 9 February 1970
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Doris goes to pick up an article exposing a
gangster, but finds herself kidnapped along with a
very nervous writer
- Guest(s):
Kaye
Ballard, Bruce Gordon, Avery Schreiber, Hagen Smith,
Gene Dynarski, Rico Cattani, Scott Perry
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Written by Doug Tibbles; Directed by Coby Ruskin

BUCK'S
PORTRAIT
Original airdate: 16 February 1970
- Buck
is initially reluctant about posing for an artist
who is doing a cover for the magazine Doris works
for, but he soon warms up to the idea of fame
- Guest(s):
Mabel Albertson, Hal Smith, Charles Wagenheim, Bob
Jellison, Issa Arnal, Riza Royce, J.P. [Patrick] Cranshaw,
Woodrow Parfrey
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Written by Doug Tibbles; Directed by Earl Bellamy

DORIS HIRES A
MILLONAIRE (Part 1 & 2)
Original airdates: 23 February & 2 March 1970
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Doris mistakes a publicity-shy billionaire for a bum
and gives him a job on the farm
- Guest(s):
Lew Ayres, Ross Elliott, John Stuart, John Lawrence,
Issa Arnal
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Written by Budd Grossman/Jack Elinson, Norman Paul;
Directed by Fred de Cordova

A WOMAN'S
INTUITION
Original airdate: 9 March 1970
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Doris's intuition seems to be uncannily accurate
until she convinces her boss to take a plane that
ends up being hijacked to Cuba
- Guest(s):
Bernie Kopell, Sandy Kenyon, Carol Worthington, Rico
Cattani, Perla Walter, Gordon Jump
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Written by Rick Mittleman; Directed by Denver Pyle

DORIS MEETS A
PRINCE
Original airdate: 16 March 1970
- A
visiting prince asks Doris to marry him and become
his princess
- Guest(s):
Cesare Danova, Roy Roberts, Eric Mason, Luis de
Cordova
- Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Fred de
Cordova

THE DUKE
RETURNS
Original airdate: 23 March 1970
- Duke
Farentino has retired from the ring to become a
dance instructor, and turns to Doris for help with
his labor problems
- Guest(s):
Larry Storch, Michael Lerner, George Dunn, George
Mann, Margaret Wheeler
- Written by
Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Directed by
Denver Pyle
THE OFFICE
TROUBLESHOOTER
Original airdate: 30 March 1970
- Mr.
Jarvis returns to Doris' life as the magazine's
newly-hired efficiency expert, and he predictably
makes everyone's life miserable
- Guest(s):
Edward Andrews, De De Young, Geraldine Ewing
- Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Coby Ruskin

COLONEL FAIRBURN
TAKES OVER
Original airdate: 6 April 1970
- The
publisher of "Today's World" arrives unexpectedly
and assumes control of the office staff, taking a
very personal interest in Doris
- Guest(s):
Edward Andrews, Scott Perry, Issa Arnal, Titus
Moody, Fredericka Myers
- Written by Rick Mittleman; Directed by Coby Ruskin

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Executive Producer
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Doris
Day
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Producer |
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Richard Dorso |
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Producer
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Jack
Elinson
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Producer
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Edward
H. Feldman
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Executive
Producer
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Don
Genson
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Associate
Producer |
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Jerry London |
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Executive
Producer
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Terry
Melcher
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Producer
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Norman
Paul
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Producer |
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Bob Sweeney |
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Associate
Producer
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George
Turpin
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Theme
Song
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Que Sera, Sera

by Jay
Livingston & Ray Evans
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Set Decorator
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James Hassinger |
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Makeup
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Harry Maret
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Hair Stylist
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Barbara Lampson
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Miss Day's Costimer |
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Connie Edney |
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Women's Costumer |
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Joy Tierney |
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Men's Costumer |
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Leonard F. Mann |
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Propmaker
foreman |
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Lloyd
R. Apperson |
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Sound
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Jim
Bullock |
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