THE DORIS DAY SHOW
(Season 3)
Doris relocates with family
to a new apartment in San Francisco above an Italian restaurant
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Doris
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Doris
Martin
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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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Kaye
Ballard
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Angie
Pallucci
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Bernie
Kopell
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Louie
Pallucci
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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
Voted
top female box-office movie star during the early
60’s, Doris Day’s switch to the competitive world of
television sit-com was not without its problems, but
always a survivor, she soon changed gears and
knuckled down to THE DORIS DAY SHOW. Bringing
her usual vivacity and charm to the character of
Doris Martin, a widow with two kids living with her
father on a farm, Doris’ immense popularity ensured
the necessary family audience for Season One but the
rural setting limited plot development and by Season
Two the storylines had expanded as the result of her
character becoming a secretary for the magazine
“TODAY’S WORLD” in San Francisco whilst commuting
daily from the farm.
The third Season tweaks
this formula by moving Doris with her two kids into an apartment in San
Francisco; thus anchoring the show within a city milieu which widens
script possibilities and allows the occasional romantic entanglement
with the added element of sophistication so typical of her latter-day
movies. Having the apartment rented from the owners of the Italian
restaurant located beneath, enables the introduction of mercurial Louie
and Angie Pallucci (played by Bernie Kopell and Kaye Ballard) who beyond
their brash, funny and argumentative exterior really have hearts of
gold. The two likeable and convincing kids (Philip Brown and Tod Starke)
remain within the plot on occasions and Doris’ job at the “TODAY’S
WORLD” magazine office continues interactive fun and complications with
her Editor boss, Michael Nicholson (McLean Stevenson), friend and office
colleague, Myrna Gibbons (Rose Marie) and Assistant Editor and flirt,
Ron Harvey (Paul Smith) who combine their comic foil for the
machinations of the plot. Also on board to add playful conflict for some
episodes is her new neighbour, the prim Mr Jarvis played by Billy
DeWolfe, an old supporting cast member from Day movies, LULLABY OF
BROADWAY and TEA FOR TWO, who previously appeared as a guest
in Season Two. The scripts are brisk and snappy and Doris gets to wear
some funky way-out 70’s fashions.
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Episodes involving
“TODAY’S WORLD” include Doris interviewing a militant feminist writer
and also singing icon Tony Bennett (where else but in San Francisco!)
and while he sings JUST IN TIME the best moment is when he shares
his hit song in celebration of the famous city in duet with Doris! It’s
truly an unforgettable moment! A couple of episodes give Doris the
dilemma of accepting an offer to abscond to a better paid magazine job.
Further plots include a terrific Doris Day look-alike competition;
bringing screen father (Denver Pyle, who appears occasionally and also
directs a couple of episodes) to the big city for a vacation and there’s
a plot involving former farm-hand Leroy and his bid to squander a
fortune won in a rodeo. Another great moment is when Doris sings
SILVER BELLS at the end of the Christmas episode.
Other guest stars include
Meredith Baxter, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson (as Doris’ cousin), John Gavin
(co-star MIDNIGHT LACE), Dick Van Patten, John McGiver, Stubby
Kaye, Ricardo Montalban and John Astin with reappearances from the two
previous seasons of Larry Storch (as the boxer, Duke Farentino), elderly
Estelle Winwood, Lew Ayres and Edward Andrews.
THE DORIS DAY SHOW -
SEASON 3 contains all 26 remastered episodes from the 1970-71
season, plus a wealth of rare and new bonus features including recent
interviews with actors Bernie Kopell (Louie Pallucci) and Philip Brown
(Billy Martin) plus another bloopers reel (with Doris having great fun
between takes), outtakes of Doris' opening credits of her running down
the spiral staircase and the trailer for the forthcoming THE WINNING
TEAM plus lots more.
With her son, Terry
Melcher as Executive Producer, the series succeeds in promoting the
sunny Doris Day screen image, and fans and others will enjoy the lively
situations which occur throughout. It’s a warm-hearted show which
deserved the huge ratings it received during its USA transmission with
some UK regional TV companies also taking options to show it. Such
wholesome qualities ensures the special magic remains despite the
intervening years and simply put, this nostalgia will enthral and appeal
to everyone in the family whether young or old!
The DVD set covers
twenty-six episodes on six discs (almost 12 hours running time!) in a
slip case (unlike the US release which manages with just four). 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. Available
via Sanctuary Visual Entertainment SVEDF0224 in the UK.
DORIS FINDS
AN APARTMENT
Original airdate: 14 September 1970
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Doris moves to an apartment in San Francisco over an
Italian restaurant, but her lease is cancelled the
first day
- Guest(s):
Gene
Dynarski, Jon Kowal, Alfred Daniels, Carol
Worthington, Gordon Jump, Doe Hoover
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Denver Pyle

THE FEMINIST
Original
airdate: 21 September 1970
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Doris is given the assignment to get the magazine
rights to a militant feminist's book when the author
refuses to deal with the men in the office
- Guest(s):
Jason Evers, Elvia Allman, Robert Shayne, Lavina
Dawson, Ralph Montgomery
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Written by Norman Paul, Jack Elinson; Directed by
Denver Pyle

HOW CAN I
IGNORE THE MAN NEXT DOOR?
Original airdate: 28 September 1970
- Mr.
Jarvis moves into the apartment next to Doris, and
conflict is immediately generated
- Guest(s):
Morris Erby
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Denver Pyle

DINNER FOR
ONE
Original airdate: 5 October 1970
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Doris tries to help publicize Angie's and Louie's
restaurant in order to get some much needed
customers, but her efforts almost close the place
down
- Guest(s):
Stubby Kaye
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

DORIS LEAVES
TODAY'S WORLD (Part 1 & 2)
Original airdates: 12 & 19 October 1970
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Billionaire William Tyler returns and lures Doris
away from Today's World magazine with a large salary
and her own secretary. Doris then finds herself
travelling all over the world, but worrying about
her family at home.
- Guest(s):
Lew
Ayres
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Reza Badiyi

THE FASHION
SHOW
Original airdate: 26 October 1970
- As
Doris models the new line of fashions in a show,
Myrna becomes an unwitting accomplice in a plot to
sabotage the designer's bid for fashion supremacy
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Reza Badiyi

LOST AND
FOUND
Original airdate: 2 November 1970
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Doris and Myrna begin searching for the lost
manuscript of an article written by Ron, and wind up
auditioning for go-go dancing jobs at a seedy night
club
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

DUKE THE
PERFORMER
Original airdate: 9 November 1970
- Duke
Farentino proves to be so rotten as a nightclub
entertainer that his opening night becomes his
closing night, so Doris vows to get him in shape for
another round at it
- Guest(s):
J
Larry Storch
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Written by Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs

DORIS THE SPY
Original airdate: 16 November 1970
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Doris is taken into custody by federal agents who
believe her to be a foreign spy
- Guest(s):
John
McGiver, James B. Sikking, Estelle Winwood
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Reza Badiyi

TONY BENNETT
IS EATING HERE
Original airdate: 23 November 1970
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Thrilled but jittery, Doris gets a chance to
interview singer Tony Bennett and unintentionally
winds up getting him hopelessly cornered by a mob of
adoring fans
- Guest(s):
Tony
Bennett
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Reza Badiyi

COUSIN
CHARLIE
Original airdate: 30 November 1970
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Doris innocently transforms her cousin, a
happy-go-lucky, globetrotting vagabond, into a
nervous wreck of a businessman
- Guest(s):
Van
Johnson
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Written by Budd Grossman

LOVE MAKES
THE PIZZA GO 'ROUND
Original airdate: 7 December 1970
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Doris' efforts to help inject some romance into the
marriage of Angie and Louie produce a startling and
unforeseen result
- Guest(s):
Charles Circillo, Paula Victor
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Written by Budd Grossman

BUCK VISITS
THE BIG CITY
Original airdate: 14 December 1970
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Doris persuades Buck to visit her and the boys in
San Francisco for a week, then she has to figure out
some way to keep him from being bored to death
- Guest(s):
Denver Pyle, John
Gallaudet, Iris Adrian
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Written by Budd Grossman

IT'S
CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE CITY
Original airdate: 21 December 1970
- Mr.
Jarvis drops a wet blanket over Doris' Christmas
party when he begins to carry out an earlier threat
to "take appropriate steps" if the party becomes too
loud
- Guest(s):
Denver Pyle
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

DORIS VERSUS
POLLUTION
Original airdate: 28 December 1970
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Doris puts Colonel Fairburn on the hot seat when she
launches her own personal campaign against air
pollution
- Guest(s):
Edward Andrews
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

THE FORWARD
PASS
Original airdate: 11 January 1971
- Ron
uses Doris for bait in an attempt to hook a swinging
quarterback for an interview
- Guest(s):
Dick
Gautier, Tony Giorgio
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Written by Budd Grossman

DUKE'S GIRLFRIEND
Original airdate: 18 January 1971
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Doris sets out to rescue love-smitten Duke from the
clutches of a blonde socialite whom Doris suspects
is really a gold-digging phony
- Guest(s):
Larry Storch
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

JARVIS' UNCLE
Original airdate: 25 January 1971
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Jarvis gets a visit from his uncle who, to Doris'
delight, proves to be not in the slightest like his
nephew
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Reza Badiyi

LASSOIN'
LEROY
Original airdate: 1 February 1971
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Doris tries to save Leroy from frittering away the
small fortune he has won as a rodeo prize
- Guest(s):
James Hampton
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

COLONEL
FAIRBURN, JR.
Original airdate: 8 February 1971
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Doris is caught in the middle when the
straight-laced Colonel's son turns out to be
secretly a hippie
- Guest(s):
Edward Andrews, Larry Gelman
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Written by Budd Grossman, Don Genson

BILLY'S FIRST
DATE
Original airdate: 15 February 1971
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Billy announces that the prettiest girl in his class
has agreed to be his date for a school dance, but
Doris gets into a tiff by telephone with the girl's
widower father about which of them will act as
chaperone
- Guest(s):
Ricardo Montalban, Alene Towne
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Reza Badiyi

DORIS GOES TO
HOLLYWOOD
Original airdate: 22 February 1971
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Although she's amazed when she learns that she's won
the Doris Day Look-Alike Contest, which the boys
entered her in without her knowledge, Doris is
uninterested in visiting Hollywood to collect her
prize: a lunch with Miss Day
- Guest(s):
Henry Fonda, Oscar Beregi, Joey Forman, William
Tregoe, Bill Martel, Ralph Montgomery, Eddie Baker
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul, Don Genson
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addition to her regular role, Doris Day makes an
appearance as herself in this episode

SKIING
ANYONE?
Original
airdate: 1 March 1971
- A
charming physician takes a powerful fancy to Doris
after they meet at a swanky ski resort
- Guest(s):
John
Gavin
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Written by Jack Elinson, Norman Paul; Directed by
Reza Badiyi

THE
FATHER-SON WEEKEND
Original airdate: 8 March 1971
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Doris refuses to let her gender discourage her from
escorting Toby on a YMCA father-son weekend campout
- Guest(s):
John
Astin, John Lupton, Richard Steele, Ted Foulkes, H.M.
Wynant
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Written by Budd Grossman; Directed by Reza Badiyi

YOUNG LOVE
Original airdate: 15 March 1971
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Doris' young niece pays a middle-of-the-night visit
to seek her advice on how to patch up her marriage,
which is crumbling because her college-student
husband can't stand the thought of becoming a father
- Guest(s):
Meredith Baxter, Michael Bums, Brenda Sykes, Bobby
Griffin, Abbi Henderson
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Written by Bob Sand, Bruce Bilson
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Unsold pilot for spinoff series starring Meredith
Baxter

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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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