Father of the Bride - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes34
Datessept. 29, 1961 - juin 1, 1962
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
Bombshell at Breakfast
Kay delivers her bombshell to the Banks family at breakfast with just three little words, ""we're getting married.""
sept. 29, 1961
Season 1Episode 230 min
Buckley
Stanley Banks meets his future son-in-law to learn how Buckley Dunstan expects to take care of a wife but only succeeds in convincing Buckley that he, Stanley, is destitute.
oct. 6, 1961
Season 1Episode 330 min
Buckley's Parents
Ellie, with great trepidation, and Stanley call on Buckleys' parents for the first time.
oct. 13, 1961
Season 1Episode 430 min
The Ring
Buckley's mother suggests a specially cut, family heirloom ring as the ideal engagement ring for Kay, to Buckley's horror. But to Buckley's amazement, Kay thinks the ring is beautiful, and all goes happily until Father picks the ring up from the jeweler, who has reset it, and promptly loses it.
oct. 20, 1961
Season 1Episode 530 min
The Engagement Party
Father decides against hiring caterers for the engagement party. He'll handle the drinks and Delilah will take care of everything else.
oct. 27, 1961
Season 1Episode 630 min
Kay's Dinner
Kay sets out to show the Dunstans that she is more than just an attractive woman by insisting, against Ellie's warning, on making an exotic curry. All goes well until Tommy's pained cries ring through the house, where upon Stanley calls on Ellie to perform a last minute rescue operation.
nov. 3, 1961
Season 1Episode 730 min
Guest List
To Father's relief, everyone is in favor of a small wedding. But when Ellie hands him her guest list, it's a much different story. Stanley nominates himself to reduce the list, thus forcing Ellie to reveal a secret she has kept throughout their marriage.
nov. 10, 1961
Season 1Episode 830 min
Maid of Honor
Swearing Kay to secrecy, Agnes Ramsey reveals that she is secretly married and cannot be maid of honor at Kay's wedding. Agnes' parents, close friends of the Banks, react violently when they hear the news, causing a crisis in both households.
nov. 17, 1961
Season 1Episode 930 min
Mr. Massoula
Ellie brings in a Mr. Massoula to cater the wedding reception. Stanley, hearing how much it's going to cost, assures her he can handle the job himself. His attempts backfire, forcing him to make a last minute change of strategy.
nov. 24, 1961
Season 1Episode 1030 min
White Elephant
A large white elephant, without a card, arrives with Kay's wedding gifts. Its presence is treated as a prank, but Father learns the piece comes from his secretary and is a priceless antique. His fears grow as he arrives home just as a trash truck starts to pull away from the house.
déc. 1, 1961
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Stanley's Suit
Stanley, despite the fact that he has gained some 20 pounds from the time he was married, is determined to lose enough weight so he can wear his old cutaway suit at Kay's wedding. He buys an exercise machine that cost him as much as a new suit would.
déc. 8, 1961
Season 1Episode 1230 min
The Shower
On the day of Kay's bridal celebration, Ellie persuades Stanley to take Herbert, Buckley and Tommy fishing. But the expedition winds up a disaster when all but Tommy are hauled before a country judge and jailed for not having fishing licenses.
déc. 15, 1961
Season 1Episode 1330 min
Furnishing the Apartment (aka The Apartment)
After Stanley puts a deposit down on an apartment for Kay and Buckley, he discovers the newlyweds have already decided to buy a house.
déc. 22, 1961
Season 1Episode 1430 min
Surprise, Surprise!
For his birthday present, Stanley has a brand new electric gold cart picked out. But with all the excitement centered around the impending wedding, Ellie seems to have completely forgotten his birthday. When Stanley's bold hints have no effect, he gives up in disgust and decides to buy the golf cart himself.
déc. 29, 1961
Season 1Episode 1530 min
The Honeymoon
Tommy begins to worry about Kay and Buckley's compatibility when the two disagree over where they will spend their honeymoon.
janv. 5, 1962
Season 1Episode 1630 min
Homework
Stanley gets himself in an awkward situation when he brags to Tommy about his scholastic prowess. When Tommy invites a classmate, a girl who he is very anxious to impress, to come over for help with a difficult geometry problem, Stanley must find a way of saving face and not disappointing his son.
janv. 19, 1962
Season 1Episode 1730 min
The Rehearsal
At a stage luncheon for Buckley before his wedding, someone sets his watch back an hour as a joke and causes him to miss the wedding rehearsal, thus getting him into big trouble with Kay.
janv. 26, 1962
Season 1Episode 1830 min
The Wedding
The day of Kay's wedding to Buckley finally arrives. It is during the reception at the Banks' home that an unexpected crisis develops. Upset by the appearance of Buckley's former girlfriend and by his forgetting his traveler's checks, Kay shuts herself in her room and announces she can't go through with the day.
févr. 2, 1962
Season 1Episode 1930 min
The Pine Pillow
Stanley becomes jealous when the honeymooning Buckley sends a pine pillow to his parents, but the Banks receive nothing from Kay. To cover his disappointment, Stanley tells the Dunstans he has received a long letter from Kay, a falsehood that puts him in an awkward situation when the Dunstans, visiting for the evening, ask to see the letter.
févr. 9, 1962
Season 1Episode 2030 min
The Homecoming
After furnishing the apartment for Kay and Buckley's homecoming, both families receive a shock when the newlyweds return and find it completely bare.
févr. 16, 1962
Season 1Episode 2130 min
Too Many Cooks
Buckley's mother decides that Kay's cooking isn't proper for her son and determines to remedy the situation by giving Kay recipes, helping her shop and even taking a turn in her kitchen. When Mrs. Dunstan annoys the newlyweds with her constant ""assistance"" the situation goes from bad to worse.
févr. 23, 1962
Season 1Episode 2230 min
The Quarrel
Kay and Buckley's first quarrel ends with Kay running home to mother. Stanley thinks his daughter is too pampered and is in favor of sending her right back but Ellie won't hear of it. When the ""father of the bride"" and the ""mother of the bride"" join the argument, Stanley, too, decides to leave home.
mars 2, 1962
Season 1Episode 2330 min
Tommy's Hero
Both Stanley and Kay begin to feel neglected when Tommy begins spending all of his spare time with Buckley.
mars 9, 1962
Season 1Episode 2430 min
The Milking Stool
Ellie and Doris Dunstan decide to open an antique shop for charity. They start acquiring stock by giving all of their own ""antiques,"" which are Stanley and Herbert's favorite pieces of furniture. Stanley comes to his breaking point when the women are forced to move the shop into the Banks' residence.
mars 16, 1962
Season 1Episode 2530 min
Quibbling
A tearful Kay arrives at the Banks' house following a quarrel with Buckley. Her dramatic explanation of what took place is later contradicted in Buckley's version, whereupon Stanley deliberately puts on an act for the newlyweds' benefit.
mars 23, 1962
Season 1Episode 2630 min
The House
When the Dunstans find an elegant old home for Kay and Buckley that is an unbelievable bargain, Stanley is piqued because the house is quite close to the Dunstans and across town from him and Ellie. He embarks on an all-out campaign to find the flaw in the property, but at first only succeeds in wrecking himself.
mars 30, 1962
Season 1Episode 2730 min
The Campaign Manager
Delilah's announcement of candidacy for president of a social and charity organization throws the Banks' household into political turmoil.
avr. 6, 1962
Season 1Episode 2830 min
The Duchess
Doris receives a letter telling her that a distant relative has died leaving an island and 145-room Norman Castle off the coast of Wales, which she will inherit along with a title if she can prove her descent.
avr. 13, 1962
Season 1Episode 2930 min
Stanley's Steamer
Stanley begins devoting much of his evenings to a mysterious ""Josephine"" to the horror of Doris, Herbert and Stanley's secretary, who can't believe that he and Ellie are having marital troubles after all their happy years together. They soon discover that Josephine is a huge old classic car that he has been restoring.
avr. 20, 1962
Season 1Episode 3030 min
The Hospital
When Stanley hears that Herbert has been mysteriously hospitalized but is unable to reach him or his doctor, he goes to the hospital himself to see what it's all about. Stanley discovers that Herbert is merely ""vacationing"" for the weekend, surrounded by beautiful nurses. Herbert convinces Stanley that he should try the ruse himself.
avr. 27, 1962
Season 1Episode 3130 min
The Band
Stanley takes Buckley's suggestion for a band to play at the annual Lawyer's Ball.
mai 4, 1962
Season 1Episode 3230 min
Bradley's Shack
Stanley cons Buckley and Tommy into joining him for the weekend at Ed Bradley's mountain hideaway, unaware of the consequences when Ellie and Kay discover that Bradley's so called ""shack"" is a palatial lodge, used to entertain his poker-playing pals.
mai 11, 1962
Season 1Episode 3330 min
The Hammers
Stanley invites an old-school mate, Bones Hammerstock, to stop by for a visit. He discovers that Bones is now a big, hearty muscleman and his wife is a veritable Amazon. Ellie recognizes the couple as ""The Hammers"" of health and exercise TV fame.
mai 18, 1962
Season 1Episode 3430 min
The Visit
Stanley listens to the counsel of one of his clients, Mr. Wilkins, about how to deal with Kay. Wilkins' advice and the experts' psychology backfire, leaving Stanley in trouble with newlyweds Kay and Buckley.
juin 1, 1962
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