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- TV EPISODE GUIDES, VOLUME I
-
- HOUSE CALLS
-
- A show-by-show episode guide by Don Hinkle, Jr.
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- (c) Copyright 1992 by VanDon Software Publishing, Co.
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-
- ON THE AIR: From 12/17/79, to 9/82. CBS entire run.
- MEDIA: Color Video Tape. 30 minutes per episode. 56
- episodes to entire series run.
-
- ORIGINAL TIME-SLOT BROADCASTED: Dec. 1979-Mar. 1980 Mon.
- 9:30-Sept. 1982 Mon. 9:93-10:00.
-
- PRODUCER: Jerry Davis.
- PRODUCTION CO. & SYNDICATED BY: Universal TV (MCA-TV).
-
- CAST: Dr. Charley Michaels (played by Wayne Rogers), Ann
- Anderson (Lynn Redgrave), Dr. Norman Solomon (Ray
- Buktenica), Dr. Amos Weatherby (David Wayne), Mrs. Phipps
- (Deedy Peters), Conrad Peckler (Mark L. Taylor), Head Nurse
- Bradley (Aneta Corsaut), Jane Jeffreys (Sharon Gless).
-
- TRIVIA: After Wayne Rogers left the incredible success of
- M*A*S*H this was his next series. Sharon Gless went on to
- Cagney and Lacy fame, and Lynn Redgrave went on to Chicken
- Soup. Also several episodes were directed by Bruce Bilson,
- he worked on Hogan's Heroes.
-
- STORY: This short-lived series featured the comic
- misadventures of the staff of Kensington General Hospital.
- The staff consists of Dr. Michaels, a competent surgeon who
- is always chasing after women, especially the assistant
- administrator Ann Anderson. The head surgeon is an
- eccentric old doctor named Amos Weatherby, who is thought by
- many to be senile. Then there is Dr. Norman Solomon, a
- young doctor who has an overprotective mother. Of course,
- there is the bubbleheaded Mrs. Phipps, the hospital
- volunteer, and Conrad Peckler, the prudish chief
- administrator. During the last season, Ann Anderson was
- replaced by Jane Jeffreys who turned out to be one of Dr.
- Michael's old girlfriends. The most unfortunate thing about
- this entire series is that is was not cancelled because of
- low ratings but for contract problems. First, Lynn Redgrave
- tried to force the producers into giving her more money, but
- instead of getting more money she was replaced by Sharon
- Gless. Then, during the middle of the last season, Wayne
- Rogers held out for more money. This time the producers had
- a different problem: After all, they couldn't replace the
- star of the series, so instead they shut down the show and
- ended production. Less than six months later the existing
- episodes were pushed into syndication.
-
- PAGING DR. MICHAELS
- Ann joins the staff as the new assistant administrator and
- discovers that the staff is made up of crazy people.
- Writers: Max Shulman, Julius Epstein.
- Director: Alex March.
- Guest Stars: Candy Azzara, Viva Janess, Margaret Nesbitt.
-
- SIDE TO SIDE
- Charley finds that he has to entertain two dates at the same
- time and at the same restaurant.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: John Van Dreelen, Roger Bowen.
-
- FINAL EXAMS
- Charley is accused of being shy when he refuses to treat his
- old high school teacher.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Nick Havings.
- Guest Star: Irene Tedrow.
-
- CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
- Both Charley and Norman find that they have lost confidence
- in themselves.
- Writers: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: Teri Wagner Otis, Sylvia Walden, Mickey Deems,
- Hank Brandt, Sid Gould.
-
- DEFEAT OF CLAY
- Charley becomes jealous when Ann finds herself attracted to
- a famous doctor who is visiting the hospital.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Bob Cleaver.
- Guest Stars: Fernando Lamas, Charles Lampkin.
-
- I'LL BE SUING YOU
- A con woman tries to extort money from the hospital by
- faking an accident.
- Writers: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: June Allyson, George Dickerson, Billy Beck,
- Frank Corsentino.
-
- BEAST OF KENSINGTON
- Charley causes unrest among the nurses when he is
- hospitalized for a bad back.
- Writers: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn, Jeffrey Davis.
- Director: Bob Cleaver.
- Guest Stars: Key Medford, Conrad Janis, Richard Stahl, Allen
- Joseph.
-
- A SLIGHT CASE OF QUARANTINE
- Charley, Ann, Norman, Amos and Mrs. Phipps become trapped in
- the cafeteria when a seven-year-old boy exposes them to a
- smallpox vial he stole from the lab.
- Writer: Lee Aronsohn.
- Director: Bob Cleaver.
- Guest Stars: David Hollender, Markie Post.
-
- MOBSTER TALE
- Charley is chosen to preform surgery on a convicted mobster.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: Stuart Langcaster, Raymond St. Jacques.
-
- OLD IS BEAUTIFUL
- Amos is fired when he is thought to be too old by the new
- hospital administrator.
- Writers: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: John O'Leary, Sandy Balsom.
-
- TAKE MY GRANDDAUGHTER, PLEASE
- Amos's clumsy granddaughter tries to prove that she is
- capable of carrying on the Weatherby tradition by becoming a
- doctor.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer, Jeffrey Davis, Mort Greene.
- Director: Nick havings.
- Guest Star: Antoinette Stella.
-
- PHANTOM OF KENSINGTON
- The staff tries to find out who has been stealing from the
- hospital and the identity of an unidentifiable doctor.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Bob Cleaver.
- Guest Stars: Richard Lewis, Sarah Rush.
-
- SEX AND THE SINGLE SURGEON
- A new female doctor causes trouble for everyone at the
- hospital.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer, Lou & Dianne Messina.
- Director: Ray Austin.
- Guest Stars: John Edwards, Rachael Thorne, Juanin Clav.
-
- TENANTS, ANYONE?
- Ann learns that Charley is her landlord when he plans to
- turn her building into a condominium.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Jeremiah Morris.
- Guest Stars: James A. Watson, Jr., Elizabeth Kerr, Jassamine
- Milner.
-
- ALL ABOUT ADAM
- Charley becomes jealous when Ann falls for the new doctor at
- the hospital.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer, Lou & Dianne Messina.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Dack Rambo, Martin Speer.
-
- IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
- Charley finds that he has to handle the emergency room on
- the same night as his date with Ann.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Beth Jacobs, Diane Markoff.
-
- THE SIX O'CLOCK NOOSE
- A television news team wants to film the everyday operations
- at the hospital.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: Marlyn Mason, Will Gill Jr, Norman Klar.
-
- NO BALLS, ONE STRIKE
- The doctors find themselves doing all the work when the
- nurses and orderlies go out on strike.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer, Tom Chehak.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
- Guest Star: David Paymer.
-
- BOMBING OUT
- A crazy man plants a bomb in the hospital.
- Writer: Ken Rothrock.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Richard Stahl, Mark Tapscott, Stuart Pankin.
-
- ADIEU, KIND FRIEND
- Ann tries to make Charley jealous after he constantly breaks
- their dates.
- Writer: Donald Ross.
- Director: John Clarke.
- Guest Stars: Robert Hogan, Ray Beaumann, Shelley Price, Teri
- Landrum.
-
- THE DEAD BEAT
- Charley's practical-joking doctor friend comes for a visit.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Jerry Van Dyke, James Gallery.
-
- JAILHOUSE DOC
- Charley goes to jail when he refuses to divulge a patient's
- medical history to a senator.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Mel Ferber.
- Guest Stars: Greg Mullavey, Freeman King, Dean Santoro, John
- Clavin.
-
- THE NUDE GIRL IN TOWN
- Ann comes to the defence of a nurse who is about to be fired
- for posing nude in a men's magazine.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
- Guest Stars: Jeannie Wilson, Shauna Sullivan, Adrienne
- Moore.
-
- MUGGERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
- The nurses become upset when a mugger runs loose in the
- hospital.
- Writer: Laurie Gelman.
- Director: Ray Austin.
- Guest Stars: Edd Byrnes, Diane Lander.
-
- OFFICER NEEDS ASSISTANCE
- Charley fakes an operation in order to keep Mr. Peckler from
- interfering with operation room procedures.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Wayne Rogers.
- Guest Stars: Howard Witt, George Petrie, Joe Terry.
-
- KENSINGTON FOLLIES
- The staff of the hospital puts on a show in order to
- entertain the patients on Christmas eve.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Ray Austin.
- Guest Stars: Shavor Ross, Jonathan Ian.
-
- MY SON THE ANARCHIST
- Ann and Charley help a wanted man sneak past the police in
- order for him to be able to visit his dying father.
- Writer: Laurie Gelman.
- Director: Ray Austin.
- Guest Stars: Jerry Douglas, Martin Garner, Stanley Kamel.
-
- BYE, BYE, AMERICAN SPY
- A government spy sneaks into the hospital in order to talk
- to a seriously ill patient.
- Writer: Wayne Rogers.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: William Bogert, Ken Kimmons.
-
- HAVE PECKLER, WILL TRAVEL
- Charley, Norman, Ann and Amos find themselves trapped in a
- mountain cabin in the middle of a forest fire.
- Writers: Richard Lewis, Richard Dimitri.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: Judi Durland, Karen Salkin, Frank Farmer.
-
- THE MAGNIFICENT WEATHERBYS
- David Wayne not only portrays his character Amos Weatherby
- in this episode, but also his three visiting relatives,
- Travis, Lyndon and Lucretia, who play a visit to the
- hospital when they learn that Amos is dying, in order to
- collect his estate.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
-
- THE HOSTAGE SITUATION
- A crazy man holds ann and Peckler hostage with a gun.
- Writer: Donald Ross.
- Director: Dick Martin.
- Guest Stars: Roger Bowen, Jeff Maxwell, Tony Acvarenga.
-
- LUST WEEKEND
- Charley proposes to Ann and she accepts, but then begins to
- have second thoughts.
- Writer: Erik Tarloff.
- Director: Alan Bergman.
- Guest Stars: Roger Bowen, Wendy Fulton, Glen Vernon.
-
- KLEPTOS AND OTHER MANIACS
- Charley tries to capture the kleptomaniac who has been
- running loose in the hospital.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Alan Bergman.
- Guest Stars: Jed Mills, Robin Haynes, Tony Planta.
-
- THE YES MAN
- Amos tricks Ann into letting him stay at her apartment while
- his house is being painted.
- Writer: Bob Baublitz.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
- Guest Stars: Bill Cort, Frank Biro, John Steadman.
-
- THE KENSINGTON CONNECTION
- Trouble begins when Amos's marijuana plant winds up on Mrs.
- Phipp's hospital cart.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Wayne Rogers.
- Guest Stars: Phillip Sterling, John Elerick, Dana Gladstone.
-
- THE SEX POLICE
- Charley disobeys the law when he refuses to reveal the name
- of a pregnant teenager.
- Writers: Walter Dishell, M.D. & Bob Baublitz.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: Dean Santoro, Donna Wilkes.
-
- UNCLE DIGBY
- Ann's womanizing uncle comes for a visit and proceeds to
- turn the hospital upside down.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: Patrick MacKnee, Mary Ann Gibson.
-
- ALIEN FOOD
- Norman gets in trouble when he puts the hospital chef on a
- strict diet which causes him to have a heart attack.
- Writer: Wayne Rogers.
- Director: Robert Douglas.
- Guest Stars: Bill Shilling, Bert Rosario, Ralph Strait.
-
- THE RISING COST OF POVERTY
- Charley tries to help a family get the needed money to help
- pay for their son's operation.
- Writers: Debra Frank, Scott Rubenstein.
- Director: Robert Douglas.
- Guest Stars: Justin Dana, hank Brandt, Jay MacIntosh, Connie
- Hill.
-
- SON OF EMERGENCY
- Peckler puts the entire staff on emergency night duty when
- he learns that a hospital inspector is coming for a visit.
- Writers: Richard Lewis, Richard Dimitri.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
- Guest Stars: Lewis Arquette, Graham Jarvis, Allan Rich.
-
- DOCTOR SOLOMON, MR. HIDE
- Norman leaves the hospital when he believes it is
- interfering with his love life.
- Writer: Laurie Gelman.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Victoria Carroll, Denny Miller.
-
- BRADLEY'S BRAT
- Ann tries to help nurse Bradley who is worried about her
- son's problems at school.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Dick Martin.
- Guest Star: Stephen Sachs.
-
- LOSERS WEEPERS
- Ann returns to England leaving Charley heartbroken.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: Scott McGinnis, Tracy Morgan.
-
- FUN WITH DOC AND JANE
- Charley is shocked when he learns that Ann's replacement is
- one of his former girlfriends. [Sharon Gless joins the cast
- with this episode].
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Allen Baron.
- Guest Stars: Heather Hewitt, Connie Hill.
-
- CONVENTIONAL WELFARE
- Ann, Charley, Jane and Norman attend the doctors' convention
- in Las Vegas.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Wayne Rogers.
- Guest Stars: Ray Stewart, Jere Lea Rae, Faith Minton.
-
- CON-CON
- Norman tries to help Mrs. Phipps who has been taken by a con
- man staying at the hospital.
- Writer: Laurie Gelman.
- Director: Alan Cook.
- Guest Stars: Carl Stranto, Barbara Horan.
-
- A MAN FOR ALL SURGEONS
- Charley loses his confidence when a patient refuses to
- believe him and hires a staff of specialists.
- Writers: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: Jon Cypher, George Petrie, Clause Earl Jones,
- K. Callahan.
-
- IT AIN'T NECESSARY TO SEW
- Charley tries to prove that a doctor is performing
- unnecessary operations.
- Writers: Jewel Jaffe, Martin Ross.
- Director: Alan Bergman.
- Guest Stars: Stephen Brooks, Jim Weston.
-
- CAMPAIGN IN THE NECK
- Charley tries to convince a senator to have a needed
- operation, despite his insistence that it will interfere
- with his campaigning.
- Writer: Erik Tarloff.
- Director: Philip Minor.
- Guest Stars: Michael Durrell, George Petrarca.
-
- THE GAYS OF OUR LIVES
- Peckler plans to fire a new doctor when he learns that he is
- gay.
- Writers: Kathy & Bill Greer, Sam Greenbaum.
- Director: Allan Bergman.
- Guest Stars: Dennis Howard, Lew Brown.
-
- BONE OF MY BONE, FLESH OF MY FLESH
- Norman tries to prove to his mother that he is an adult, and
- a neurotic patient adopts Charley as his substitute father.
- Writer: Howard Ostroff.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Star: Roy London.
-
- DEAFENWOLF
- The hospital is plagued by a patient who thinks he is a
- warewolf.
- Writers: Joel Tappis, jackie Mckane, Kathy & Bill Greer.
- Director: Bruce Bilson.
- Guest Stars: Ray Baumann, Billie Bird, Sandy Helberg.
-
- HOOK, LINE & STINKER
- Charley believes that Amos's young girlfriend is a
- golddigger out for his money.
- Writers: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner.
- Director: Allen Barron.
- Guest Star: Ruth Cox.
-
- IN NORMAN WE TRUST
- While Charley suffers from insomnia, Norman believes he is a
- superhuman doctor.
- Writers: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner.
- Director: Alan Cook.
- Guest Stars: Melanie Vincz, Bob Delegall.
-
- THE DUCKS OF HAZARD
- Charley and jane try to prevent ducks from being poisoned by
- exposure to pesticides.
- Writers: Bob Baublitz, Bruce Ferber, David Lerner.
- Director: Fernando Lamas.
- Guest Stars: James Hong, Pat Corley, Kate Williamson.
-
- THE WEATHERBYS RIDE AGAIN
- David Wayne once again portrays his nutty relatives as they
- pay him a visit to his suprize anniversary party.
- Writer: Unknown.
- Director: Unknown.
- Guest Star: Herbert Raudley.
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- --END OF SERIES--
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