Seasons & Episodes
The Fling
Restaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around
Alice's Dress
The Boyles are invited to a party. Alice decides to buy a dress for the event, but it turns out to be way too revealing.
The Hippie
Chet befriends a hippie musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his anti-Communist Army buddies to
The Beach Vacation
The Boyles rent a beach house, but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a string bikini and Harry must decide
Help Wanted
Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his Jewish driver and must choose between hiring some
Love Story
Alice shocks her family again by dating a homeless man named Norman, but when Harry and Irma find out that Norman has ri
The Victim
Harry gets mugged and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked
Chet's Job
Harry gives his slacker son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay rent or get out of the house. Chet decides to
Chet's Fiancee
Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings her home to meet Harry and Irma...and ends u
The Mouse
Jamie brings home a pet mouse. After being told that he can't keep it, the mouse escapes. Jamie blames Harry, and then h
Duty Calls
Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army.
Expectant Papa
Irma worries that she may be pregnant again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too over
The New Car
The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them.
The New House
The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it.
The Prowler
Ralph starts a neighborhood vigilante group in order to fight back against a burglar who has been breaking into houses i
Mama's Identity
In an attempt to be more than just a housewife and mother, Irma takes a job as a secretary at a law firm, but struggles
Papa the Patient
Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomachaches.
The Swimming Pool
Harry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it.
Sweet Sixteen
Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it.
The Commune
Alice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home life.
Music Tycoon
Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new garage band, but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle.
Accidents Will Happen
Harry splits his pants after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of
Papa in New York
Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him.
The Neighbors
Newlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in paradise when they fight over a new couch. The Boyles must get Mona and
Bringing Up Jamie
A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggression, but Jamie only ends up photo
The Lady Detective
An eccentric female detective (played by guest star Phyllis Diller) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the c
Permissive Papa
Harry bars Alice from going to a concert and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a
Boyles on T.V.
The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation
My Wife, The Secretary
Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store.
Papa , the Housewife
Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results.
Jamie's Project
Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition.
Don for the Defense
Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer.
Alice's Diet
After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful.
Mama Loves Monty
Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a game show, but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for
Alice's Crush
Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers.
Papa's Big Check
Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint.
Mama's Charity
Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities.
Chet's Pad
Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him.
Papa the Coach
Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players.
Birdman Chet
Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California con
Back to Nature
Harry takes his family on a camping trip to break them of their addiction to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harr
Alice's Freedom
Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her freedom since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do
The Beekeeper
The Boyles call an exterminator to get rid of the bees in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a p
Maude Loves Papa
While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles.
Rich Little, Supersleuth
The bank next to Harry's store gets robbed.
Model Alice
Harry objects when a painter asks Alice to pose nude.
Marriage Counselor
Harry and Irma's visit to a marriage counselor threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it.
Car 54
Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a kindergarten, which goes well, until a child goes missing.
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