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The Danny Thomas Show Season 8 episodes
S08 E01
Kathy Delivers the Mail
25 mins · Mon, 3 Oct 1960
When the mailman in their new apartment building tells Linda his feet hurt, she decides to help him by delivering some of the mail; Kathy sees all the mail in Linda's room and tries to deliver it before Linda gets into trouble.
S08 E02
The Report Card
26 mins · Mon, 10 Oct 1960
Rusty gets his report card and no one is more surprised than he is to see all As; Danny is so proud that he goes overboard; when Rusty's teacher tells him that she made a mistake, Rusty is at a loss how to break it to his father.
S08 E03
Danny and the Actor's School
26 mins · Mon, 17 Oct 1960
Danny feels that his comedy performances aren't as respected as stage performers, so he enrols in a drama school in order to become a serious actor.
S08 E04
Kathy and the Glamour Girl
26 mins · Mon, 31 Oct 1960
Danny is doing a show with glamour girl Lisa Lazlow; Kathy learns they have worked together before and Danny sang Kathy's song to Lisa in the show.
S08 E05
Danny Proposes to His Wife
26 mins · Mon, 7 Nov 1960
Danny reminds Kathy one time too many that she proposed; Kathy insists Danny propose to her, after a courtship; until then, she doesn't consider their marriage to be final.
S08 E06
Kathy, the Matchmaker
25 mins · Mon, 14 Nov 1960
When Phil comes over to talk Kathy into letting Danny go out of town, he says how wonderful it is that Danny has such a dependable, capable wife, and what a shame he never meets anyone like Kathy.
S08 E07
Tonoose, the Liar
25 mins · Mon, 21 Nov 1960
Kathy and Danny scold Uncle Tonoose for telling too many tall tales; Kathy is worried about the effect of Uncle Tonoose's stories on Danny.
S08 E08
Linda, The Performer
25 mins · Mon, 28 Nov 1960
The whole family is at the club for Linda's birthday; she sings a song, and the next day Charlie wants to book her on Danny's upcoming TV special.
S08 E09
Danny and the Dentist
25 mins · Mon, 5 Dec 1960
Danny has a terrible toothache but is determined not to go to the dentist; Kathy is just as determined to make him go and enlists Charlie's help to get him there.
S08 E10
Fugitive Father
25 mins · Mon, 12 Dec 1960
Danny is being replaced at the club for two weeks by his old friend, and recent widower, Buddy Bruno; the only problem is Buddy and his daughter are on the lam from social services.
S08 E11
The Singing Sisters
25 mins · Mon, 19 Dec 1960
It's Christmas time and Kathy promises a neighbour that she'll talk to Danny about meeting two sisters who wrote a Christmas song; Danny explains that songs don't make money until they are published.
S08 E12
Rusty the Rat
25 mins · Mon, 26 Dec 1960
When Rusty breaks one of Danny's golf clubs, he knows he'll be grounded and he's afraid his team will lose their next game; Rusty talks Linda into taking the blame for him now in exchange for him taking the blame for her at a future date.
S08 E13
The Plant
25 mins · Mon, 2 Jan 1961
Danny's landlord sees a plant Danny has received from a fan, and recognises that the plant is quite rare and needs a lot of attention if it is to survive.
S08 E14
Democracy at Work
25 mins · Mon, 9 Jan 1961
Rusty and Linda want to go to the movies; when Kathy says no, they complain what good is learning about democracy in school when there is no democracy in their home.
S08 E15
You Can Fight City Hall
26 mins · Mon, 16 Jan 1961
Danny gets a parking ticket that he feels was wrongly issued; he assembles his defence team for a court appearance: a nuclear timer expert and Rusty, who can testify that there was time left on the meter.
S08 E16
The Whoopee Show
26 mins · Mon, 23 Jan 1961
Danny arrives home to find Kathy on the couch in a ratty robe, with curlers in her hair, and fighting a bout of sniffles; when Danny complains about her appearance, they have an argument which gives him material for his act.
S08 E17
The Rum Cake
25 mins · Mon, 30 Jan 1961
Danny is helping Rusty rehearse his drums for the school orchestra try-outs; Kathy enters and says it's nearly 11 o'clock and past Rusty's bedtime; when their landlord complains, Kathy tries to make amends by giving him coffee and a rum cake.
S08 E18
Tonoose, The Boss
25 mins · Mon, 6 Feb 1961
Uncle Tonoose arrives in New York determined to invest his life savings so he will be able to send his grand-nephew to college and then to medical school; to keep him from investing with a man he met on the bus, Danny suggests he invest in the club.
S08 E19
Rusty the Millionaire
25 mins · Mon, 13 Feb 1961
Rusty has been treating Danny like a bottomless dollar bill dispenser; Danny decides to give Rusty a large amount of money of his own to see how he handles it.
S08 E20
Good Old Burlesque
25 mins · Mon, 20 Feb 1961
Danny and Charlie come up with the idea of a burlesque performer's old routines into their act and bring the former star back to work.
S08 E21
The Four Angels
25 mins · Mon, 27 Feb 1961
Rusty decides to become a talent agent; he then signs up a children's vocal group and negotiates to book them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
S08 E22
The Dog Walkers
25 mins · Mon, 6 Mar 1961
An unfortunate situation arises when thirteen-year-old Rusty loses his dog-walking job to Jose, the building's elevator operator.
S08 E23
The Scrubwoman
26 mins · Mon, 13 Mar 1961
Danny and Kathy help the cleaning girl impress the love of her life, who she has been lying to for years, by telling her (as he lives in Ireland) that she leads a successful life in the US.
S08 E24
Everything Happens to Me
25 mins · Mon, 27 Mar 1961
Danny is tired after flying from New York to Los Angeles to work out plans for a big show; he has no place to stay as an incompetent employee of his firm forgot to make a hotel reservation for him.
S08 E25
Old Man Danny
25 mins · Mon, 3 Apr 1961
Danny hires Paul Pryor to sing at his club, but when he sees the effect Paul has on the audiences, he starts feeling very, very old.
S08 E26
Danny and the Hoodlums
25 mins · Mon, 10 Apr 1961
Mobsters go after a comic who they believe is swiping jokes from Danny; Danny and Charlie try to warn him that he's in danger, but he doesn't believe them.
S08 E27
Rusty's Punishment
25 mins · Mon, 17 Apr 1961
Rusty has a classmate do his history homework for him so Rusty can go to basketball practice; Danny finds out and tells Rusty no more basketball; the only problem is the team is in the finals, and the next game is the playoff.
S08 E28
The Scoutmaster
26 mins · Mon, 24 Apr 1961
Rusty's Scoutmaster is moving away and Rusty has volunteered Danny to replace him; Danny is complaining he doesn't have time, until retired Major Hegendorn, their landlord, shows interest.
S08 E29
The Magician
25 mins · Mon, 1 May 1961
Rusty and Linda want to earn their very own money to donate to the hospital drive, so they come up with their own magic act.
S08 E30
The Woman Behind the Man
25 mins · Mon, 8 May 1961
After a fight with Danny, Kathy attempts to prove that she's 'the woman behind the man'; problems arise and best friends Danny and Charlie sue each other.
S08 E31
Teenage Thrush
26 mins · Mon, 15 May 1961
Danny has found a talented young female singer he thinks could make it big, but the girl's mother wants her to finish her education first.
S08 E32
The Party Wrecker
25 mins · Mon, 22 May 1961
Kathy and the kids give Danny his birthday gifts before breakfast; Kathy asks Danny what he wants to do for his birthday, and he says a quiet dinner with just the two of them.