The Tony Randall Show
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The Tony Randall Show

6.2 / 10
1976
2 seasons
44 episodes
Comedy

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

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    23-09-197630m

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.Case: A Question Of Qualifications

    30-09-197630m

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor

    07-10-197630m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Case: The Ego Affair

    14-10-197630m

    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...

  • Ep 5

    5.Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner

    21-10-197630m

    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 fam...

  • Ep 6

    6.Case: The Snow White Affair

    28-10-197630m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself

    11-11-197630m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.Case: The Denecki Debacle

    18-11-197630m

    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. .

  • Ep 9

    9.Case: Mario Strikes Again

    02-12-197630m

    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.

  • Ep 10

    10.Case: Franklin In Love

    16-12-197630m

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

  • Ep 11

    11.Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels

    23-12-197630m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.Case: Money Vs. Stature

    30-12-197630m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Case: The Hooper Affair

    06-01-197730m

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

  • Ep 14

    14.Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny

    13-01-197730m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?

    20-01-197730m

    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.

  • Ep 16

    16.Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration

    27-01-197730m

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

  • Ep 17

    17.Case: May Vs December

    03-02-197730m

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

  • Ep 18

    18.Case: The Lawndale Report

    10-02-197730m

    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 assig...

  • Ep 19

    19.Case: Violence Vs Finesse

    17-02-197730m

    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...

  • Ep 20

    20.Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan

    24-02-197730m

    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.

  • Ep 21

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

    03-03-197730m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Case: The People Speak

    10-03-197730m

    Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.

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