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Bachelor Father : Season 2
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Air date: 14 Sep '58 - 20 episodesBachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC from 1961 to 1962. A total of 157 episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life", which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957. Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major televisions networks.
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List of Episodes (20)
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1. Bentley and the Finishing School
14 Sep '58Bentley decides to send Kelly to a girls finishing school so that she will acquire some polish. But Kelly doesn't like the idea at all and enlists the aid of Peter in a plot to outwit her uncle.
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2. Parent's Night (a.k.a.) Cyrano De Bergerac
28 Sep '58Kelly urges her Uncle Bentley to try out for the leading role in a forthcoming PTA play. Bentley allows himself to be persuaded but during the rehearsal he argues with the leading lady and walks out on the play.
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3. Bentley Leads a Dog's Life
12 Oct '58Bentley's plans for a weekend vacation run into an unexpected snag. He has made arrangements to place Kelly's dog, Jasper, in a kennel during their short holiday, but Jasper runs away.
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4. Bentley and the Teenage Siren
26 Oct '58Kelly loses her self confidence when a teen-age siren at schol makes a vivid impression on the boys. Bentley tries to help Kelly feel that she's attractive too.
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5. Bentley and Peter's Teacher
09 Nov '58Peter enrolls in high school in an attempt to improve his English. Bentley, who tries to help Peter, is impressed by the pretty teacher in charge of Peter's class.
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6. Bentley and the Wedding Bells
23 Nov '58The wife of an important client decides that Bentley would be the ideal husband for her plain neice.
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7. Kelly's Mad Crush
07 Dec '58Kelly gets a crush on Ronnie Burns and talks of nothing else. Kelly's boy friend doesn't like this turn of events one bit and even considers Bentley, partly to blame.
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8. Bentley's Big Case
21 Dec '58Bentley represents a wealthy client in a minor accident case and finds himself opposing Peter, who is acting as his own counsel.
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9. Bentley's Economy Wave
04 Jan '59Bentley decides to place the household on a stringent budget, but with very unhappy results.
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10. Decisions, Decisions
18 Jan '59When two boys ask Kelly to the prom, she can't decide which invitation to accept. She takes her problem to Bentley who quickly finds that she is the just the first of a chain of people who call upon him to make their decisions.
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11. Bentley and the Kleptomaniac
01 Feb '59Kelly wants to discourage Bentley from checking up on her every move, so she decides to give him something big to worry about. She pressures her boyfriend, Howard, into taking objects from the Gregg household, creating the impression that the young man is a kleptomaniac.
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12. A Phone for Kelly
15 Feb '59Bentley starchly refuses Kelly's plea for a second telephone in the house but Kelly is determined to make him change his mind.
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13. Bentley the Starmaker
01 Mar '59Kelly's boyfriend, Howard is always hanging around and Bentley reasons that if Howard's singing career took up more of his time, Bentley would see less of him. So Bentley decides to give Howard's career a push.
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14. Bentley the Proud Father
15 Mar '59Bentley feels that Kelly should be more popular with the boys. He decides to change her personality and campaigns to have her named queen of the carnival.
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15. Bentley's Aunt Caroline
29 Mar '59Concerned over Kelly's lack of discipline, Bentley decides she needs a woman's guidance. He sends for his Aunt Caroline, but her arrival only complicates Bentley's problem.
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16. Bentley, Man of Steel
12 Apr '59Bentley succumbs to the charms of a lovely girl who operates a health club. He is so impressed that he starts exercising with barbells and eating health foods, hoping to capture the young lady's admiration.
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17. Bentley and the Motorcycle
26 Apr '59Persistant Howard asks Bentley for permission to go steady with Kelly. Bentley refuses on the grounds that Kelly is too young to be held down to one person.
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18. Bentley the Organizer
10 May '59
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19. Bentley and the Beauty Contest
24 May '59Bentley takes an avid interest in a beautiful Peruvian girl and helps her to win a talent contest. But he encounters unexpected complications in his campaign to woo her.
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20. Bentley the Hero
07 Jun '59A girl who has her heart set on breaking into pictures decides that Bentley is just the man to help her. The girl begins by pretending to drown so that Bentley can save her.
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