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    TV Series

    The Tony Randall Show

    6.4/10
    1976 - 1978
    30m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 2
    Episodes: 44

    Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.

    Created by: Jay Tarses
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    Seasons & Episodes

    1. Pilot

    Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.

    9/23/197630 min

    2. Case: A Question Of Qualifications

    Walter finds that hiring a new clerk can be a trying experience. He interviews an odd-lot assortment of law-clerk applicants and surprise everyone with his final choice.

    9/30/197630 min

    3. Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor

    Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.

    10/7/197630 min

    4. Case: The Ego Affair

    After delivering a well-received speech, Walter is inundated with public-speaking requests that send his ego sailing. He gets too big for his judicial robe when he accepts too many speaking engagements and starts believing his own publicity.

    10/14/197630 min

    5. Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner

    Walter finds out that his tone-faced, sharp-tongued secretary, Miss Reubner, has another side to her personality when he asks her to his home to celebrate her birthday with his family. Ashamed of getting tight at her birthday party, Miss Reubner resigns.

    10/21/197630 min

    6. Case: The Snow White Affair

    After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.

    10/28/197630 min

    7. Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself

    When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.

    11/11/197630 min

    8. Case: The Denecki Debacle

    Walter gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics. .

    11/18/197630 min

    9. Case: Mario Strikes Again

    Walter loses his cool in the courtroom when a new law clerk keeps interrupting him, and the issue of his emotional sickness is taken up by the judicial review board.

    12/2/197630 min

    10. Case: Franklin In Love

    Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.

    12/16/197630 min

    11. Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels

    Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.

    12/23/197630 min

    12. Case: Money Vs. Stature

    Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.

    12/30/197630 min

    13. Case: The Hooper Affair

    Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.

    1/6/197730 min

    14. Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny

    Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.

    1/13/197730 min

    15. Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?

    Walter's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter Jack backfires when an overzealous city attorney Mario Lanza busts the judge on a marijuana charge.

    1/20/197730 min

    16. Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration

    To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.

    1/27/197730 min

    17. Case: May Vs December

    After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.

    2/3/197730 min

    18. Case: The Lawndale Report

    From a beach at Acapulco to a minimum security prison is quite a contrast for Walter, who sought the former for two weeks but has to settle for the latter instead. He got the assignment as part of a judicial investigation on the institution's conditions.

    2/10/197730 min

    19. Case: Violence Vs Finesse

    Oliver cuts school and learns a lesson when he comes to his father's courtroom to see his hero Wild Doug Mclntire, the toughest hockey player in the league to testify. Then the boy tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.

    2/17/197730 min

    20. Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan

    Walter's household rises up against him, Brad is not willing to change schools, Bobby expresses her liking to live in an apartment and Mrs. McClellan would love to have a cat.

    2/24/197730 min

    21. Case: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes

    Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.

    3/3/197730 min

    22. Case: The People Speak

    Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.

    3/10/197730 min

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