EPISODES:
88.
LENGTH:
30 mins.
FORMAT:
Mono,
Video.
PRODUCTION:
1966 - 1968 ATN-7 Sydney.
ORIGINAL SCREENING:
1966 - 1968.
RUNNING ORDER: Official.
NETWORK:
Seven.
CAST:
Dominic McGooley.......GORDON
CHATER
Wally Stiller.......JOHN MEILLON
Rita Stiller.......JUDI FARR
Peregrine Nancarrow.......STEWART GINN
Rosemary 'Possum' Urkens.......NOELINE BROWN (eps 29 - 88)
Support:
Vile.......FRANK TAYLOR
CREW:
Scripts.......RALPH
PETERSON
Producer.......RALPH PETERSON
Music.......TOMMY TYCHO
AWARDS:
1967 Logie: Best Comedy
Series.
1967 Penguin commendation: Australian series.
1968 Penguin: Stewart Ginn - Best Supporting Talent.
1. The
Vacation
Charlie Claverton.......Ronald Morse
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Unable to find a place to stay while Wally and Rita are
on vacation, McGooley eventually goes along with them, to a place of his
own choosing, resulting in Rita and Wally sleeping in a barn and being
flooded out.
Airdate:
Melbourne & Adelaide
13/10/66,
Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD 22/11/66, Albury NSW 30/11/66
2. The
New House
Reg.......Don Philps
Italian man.......Jack Allen
Aubrey.......Ivan King
Man.......Stan Polonski
Woman.......Margo Lloyd
House buyer 1.......Beryl Cheers
House buyer 2.......Rosemary Jones
House buyer 3.......James Quinn
House buyer 4.......Harold Jones
House buyer 5.......Mary Pucey
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally thinks he is getting a raise and decides to buy a
new house, offering the old one for sale. The raise turns out to be a
mistake.
Notes: Screened as the first episode by most stations.
Airdate:
Melbourne
1/9/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 6/9/66, Newcastle NSW 12/9/66
3. The
Primitive
Fred.......Des Rolfe
Maude Girton.......Diana Davidson
Quimby.......Alexander Hay
Major Clisby.......Billy Kay
Chomondley-Fawcett.......Barry Ross
Smithers.......Tommy Spencer
Art student.......Tina Cornioley
Senior Citizen club member.......Charles McCallum
.......Laurier Lange
.......Hugh Scott
.......John Hopkins
.......Gaye Howard
.......Susie Delamotte
.......Joanne Edwards
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley is discovered by an art teacher as a
'primitive' and goes to art class, but he cannot quite make the course.
Airdate:
Melbourne
15/9/66, Canberra 12/9/66
4. The
Girlfriend
Maggie McMurtrie.......Brenda Senders
Chomondley-Fawcett.......Barry Ross
Smithers.......Tommy Spencer
George Till.......Francis Wells
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: An old girlfriend, Maggie McMurtrie, calls to see
McGooley and, discovering she is extremely wealthy, Wally tries some
matchmaking - and fails terribly.
Airdate: Sydney 31/8/66,
Melbourne
8/9/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 13/9/66, Wollongong NSW
15/9/66
5. The
Army Man
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Believing he has a future in the Army, McGooley tries to
join up. When he is rejected, he seeks an alternative and joins the
Salvation Army instead.
Airdate: Sydney 21/9/66,
Melbourne
20/10/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 25/10/66, Newcastle NSW &
Maryborough QLD
24/10/66, Wollongong NSW 27/10/66,
Orange NSW 28/10/66
6. The
Youth Leader
Synopsis: McGooley's Senior Citizens Club opens its doors to a
bunch of child delinquents.
Airdate:
Melbourne
3/11/66, Sydney 26/10/66
7. A
Place Of His Own
Cathie.......Julie Youatt
Party bloke.......Tony Bonner
Mrs. Clayton.......Eve Wynne
Shirley.......Roberta Grant
Steve.......Goff Vockler
Trombonist.......Alex Mozart
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: After an argument with Wally, McGooley moves out
and takes a job as
caretaker in a block of flats.
Airdate:
Melbourne
22/9/66, Sydney 14/9/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 27/9/66,
Maryborough QLD 26/9/66
8.
Dogs
Royston.......Deryck Barnes
Cathie.......Julie Youatt
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley gets a job with the local Council and becomes a
dogcatcher. He brings the animals home as he is too soft-hearted to part
with them.
Airdate:
Melbourne
29/9/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 4/10/66,
Maryborough QLD 3/10/66
9. It
Couldn't Have Happened To A Nicer Couple
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Rita discloses to the family that she is pregnant. Wally attempts suicide after his radiogram blows up.
Notes: Rita’s pregnancy was written in to the script due to actor
Judi Farr becoming pregnant.
Airdate:
Melbourne
6/10/66, Sydney 28/9/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 11/10/66,
Maryborough QLD 10/10/66
10.
Showdown At Corrigan Street
Merv Sneddon.......Lou Vernon
Script from a story by.......Josephine Pettis
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley's arch-enemy from his youth, Merv Sneddon,
returns after years of absence. McGooley goes into training for the big
showdown expected to take place at the mission.
Airdate:
Melbourne & Adelaide
10/11/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 15/11/66,
Maryborough QLD 14/11/66,
Wagga Wagga NSW 29/11/66, Griffith NSW 2/12/66
11.
Affair With A Bird
Script from a story by.......C. Meadows
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Norm the budgie, pride of the Stiller household, falls sick and
Rita takes him to a vet. As Rita returns
she sees Wally out with a strange woman in suspicious circumstances. She
thinks he is having an affair and packs her bags and prepares to leave.
Airdate:
Melbourne
& Adelaide 27/10/66, Brisbane & Toowoomba QLD & Lismore NSW 1/11/66,
Maryborough QLD 31/10/66,
Ballarat VIC 11/11/66, Mildura VIC 15/11/66
12.
Well, That's Show Business For You
Director.......Ron Way
Airdate: Sydney 5/10/66, Mt. Gambier SA 9/11/66
13. An
Uncle's Story
.......John Armstrong
Synopsis: Wally gets a letter from his rich old Uncle Steve, who
is planning to visit all of his relations to decide who will inherit his fortune when he
dies. Wally spends all his savings trying to impress Uncle Steve - and McGooley is turned out of his room to make way for the
honoured guest.
Airdate:
Melbourne
24/11/66, Brisbane 29/11/66, Newcastle NSW 28/11/66, Wollongong NSW 1/12/66, Mt Gambier SA
21/12/66, Port Augusta SA 7/2/72
14.
Round And Round The Wheel Goes, When It Will Stop Nobody Knows
Synopsis: Godparents being fashionable, Wally is determined that
his yet-to-be-born offspring conforms with the 'in' thing. McGooley runs
a chocolate wheel to make enough money for Nancarrow to be financially
eligible as a godfather.
Airdate:
Melbourne & Adelaide
1/12/66, Toowoomba QLD 11/4/67, Maryborough QLD 16/10/67
15.
The One Night Of The Year
.......Tony Bazell
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Rita is rushed to hospital to have her baby, but Wally
is outraged that the child's arrival should coincide with his Army
reunion.
Airdate:
Melbourne
8/12/66, Toowoomba QLD 18/4/67
16.
There's No Place Like It
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally and McGooley are having to fend for themselves
while Rita is in hospital having her baby. Inevitably, fights ensue on
every front of domestic activity and the pair storm off to stay with
respective friends.
Airdate:
Melbourne
15/12/66, Brisbane 31/1/67, Toowoomba QLD 25/4/67
17.
Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Snifter Hupple.......David Copping
Synopsis: Rita gives birth to baby Allison. Wally has mislaid an
important letter entrusted to him by the factory. It turns out that McGooley has thrown it into the garbage bin. Wally prepares to be sacked
and starts job-hunting, and Nancarrow and McGooley sift through garbage at
the local tip in search of the letter.
Airdate:
Melbourne
26/1/67, Sydney 14/12/66, Adelaide 25/1/67, Maryborough QLD 1/5/67, Toowoomba
QLD 2/5/67
18.
The Homecoming
.......Kit Taylor
.......Jennifer Hagan
.......Hilda Scurr
.......Les Foxcroft
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Upon baby Allison's arrival in the household, Wally,
heavy with the new weight of parental responsibility, decides to give up
beer and quench his thirst solely with spinach and artichoke juice. However, after putting a notice in the paper announcing the birth, the
house is besieged by so many people it threatens to drive Wally back to
the beer.
Airdate:
Melbourne
2/2/67, Adelaide 1/2/67, Brisbane 14/2/67, Maryborough QLD 8/5/67,
Toowoomba QLD 9/5/67
19.
McGooley's Little Holiday
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Since the new baby arrived home, Wally has not slept a
wink, and he is certain that the standard of his work at the factory,
screwing nuts onto bolts, will soon deteriorate. So Wally conjures up a
plot to get rid of McGooley to a relative's place in Newcastle, then turn
his room into a nursery. However, the plot misfires when McGooley misses
his train and returns home at the most awkward moment.
Airdate:
Melbourne
9/2/67, Adelaide 8/2/67, Brisbane 21/2/67
20.
Confessions Of A Sporting Man
Synopsis: When McGooley gets a job as a copy boy with the racing
staff of a newspaper, Wally sees a get-rich-quick opportunity and has dreams of retiring as a gentleman punter.
Airdate:
Melbourne
16/2/67, Adelaide 15/2/67, Brisbane 28/2/67
21.
One Long Wet Sunday Afternoon
.......Robert McDarra
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Feelings rise to fever pitch one weekend, when the
Stiller family are kept home by rain and decide to spend Sunday afternoon
playing Monopoly.
Airdate:
Melbourne
23/2/67, Adelaide 22/2/67, Brisbane 7/3/67, Maryborough QLD 29/5/67, Toowoomba
QLD 30/5/67
22.
Friends, Romans, Etc...
.......Robert McDarra
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: When Wally has to deliver an important speech to the RSL,
he is unable to put his thoughts on paper since McGooley has the only
pencil in the house, and is soon sunk in despair. Then McGooley solves
the problem by finding a book called 'Speeches For All Occasions' on the
local garbage tip.
Airdate:
Melbourne
2/3/67, Adelaide 1/3/67
23.
Food For Thought
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally insists that the household go on a health diet. McGooley is assigned the task of seeing that Wally keeps off the beer,
while Wally keeps an eye on McGooley to see that he does not get at the
corn flakes.
Airdate:
Melbourne
9/3/67, Adelaide 8/3/67, Maryborough QLD 12/6/67
24.
They Do It In India
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally insists on an economy drive for all members of the
household, as he considers expenditure has risen to a ridiculous level. Events reach crisis point when Wally buys a new oversize fridge for the
kitchen.
Airdate:
Melbourne
16/3/67, Adelaide 15/3/67, Orange NSW 2/6/67, Maryborough QLD 19/6/67
25.
What Can You Catch With 5˘ Worth Of Raw Prawns?
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally has the phone installed and McGooley takes the
opportunity to establish the Balmain Boat Chartering Service. To
everyone's surprise, and Wally's consternation, the police do not catch up
with him.
Airdate:
Melbourne
23/3/67, Adelaide 22/3/67, Newcastle NSW, Lismore NSW & Griffith NSW 30/5/67, Wollongong
NSW 1/6/67
26. An
Apple A Day
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Worried because McGooley has gone off his food, Wally
buys a do-it-yourself medical book in order to affect a cure.
Airdate:
Melbourne
30/3/67, Brisbane 11/4/67, Maryborough QLD 3/7/67
27.
The New Image
.......Kenneth Laird
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally decides to project a more mature image at the
factory, so he grows a moustache and invites the boss to dinner. However, McGooley has other plans about Wally's future.
Airdate:
Brisbane 18/4/67, Melbourne
20/4/67
28.
Striking A Happy Medium
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
'Donk' Rogers.......Robert McDarra
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally and Rita are invited to a seance and are so
impressed they decide to hold one in their own home.
Airdate:
Melbourne
13/4/67, Sydney 5/4/67, Adelaide 12/4/67, Brisbane 25/4/67, Toowoomba QLD
8/8/67
29.
Rosemary's For Remembrance
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally's sense of propriety is outraged when his sister
Rosemary (Possum), a divorcee, intends to take up permanent residence in
their Balmain home.
Notes: First appearance by Noeline Brown as Rosemary (Possum)
Urkens.
Airdate:
Melbourne
20/4/67, Adelaide 19/4/67, Brisbane 2/5/67, Shepparton VIC 31/5/67
30.
Now Is The Time For All Good Men
Synopsis: As a special birthday surprise, Rita plans to take Wally out to
dinner at a plush restaurant. However, when McGooley is around, the best
laid plans can backfire.
Airdate:
Melbourne
27/4/67, Adelaide 26/4/67, Brisbane 9/5/67, Toowoomba QLD 22/8/67
31.
And Zen? Or Lend Me Your Body For Seven Days
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley takes a course in bodybuilding after Wally has
accused him of having the body of a seven-stone weakling.
Airdate:
Melbourne
4/5/67, Adelaide 3/5/67, Maryborough QLD 7/8/67, Toowoomba QLD 29/8/67
32.
Love's Lost Labours
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally decides that it is high time Possum re-married,
and with the help of McGooley he sets out to find her a new husband.
Airdate:
Melbourne
11/5/67, Adelaide 10/5/67, Toowoomba QLD 5/9/67
33.
The End Of The Line
Script from an idea by.......Ron Way
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley believes that Wally is taking Rita for granted
and decides to rectify it by inviting her old boyfriend down from the
country in the hope of sparking off a little jealousy.
Airdate:
Melbourne
18/5/67, Adelaide 17/5/67, Brisbane 30/5/67, Maryborough QLD 21/8/67,
Toowoomba QLD 12/9/67
34.
The Man With The Power
Synopsis: No-one realises that the racing greyhound that McGooley
has acquired was purchased with Rita's electricity money - until the power
is cut off.
Director.......Arthur Shannos
Airdate:
Melbourne
25/5/67, Adelaide 24/5/67, Maryborough QLD 28/8/67, Toowoomba QLD 19/9/67
35.
The Answer's In The Negative
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally decides to enter the 'Hippy Happy Surfers'
contest and sends in a picture of the Stiller baby.
Airdate:
Melbourne
1/6/67, Brisbane 13/6/67, Maryborough QLD 4/9/67, Toowoomba QLD 26/9/67
36.
The Importance Of Being Ernest Plunkett
.......Ben Gabriel
Script from an idea by.......Ward Leopold
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally wants McGooley to sell his house so he can go
into business on his own and become a captain of industry.
Airdate:
Melbourne
8/6/67, Brisbane 20/6/67, Maryborough QLD 11/9/67
37.
That's The Story Of My Life
Script from an idea by.......W. Webster & R. Caswell
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally decides to take out an insurance policy on
McGooley's life, with the hope of riches soon to come.
Airdate:
Sydney 7/6/67, Melbourne
15/6/67, Adelaide 14/6/67
38. A
Little Of What You Fancy
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
.......Jennifer Hagan
.......Margaret Roberts
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally decides to join a Masonic lodge to improve his
image, but Rita lets him down when she attends a hen's party and has too
much to drink.
Airdate:
Melbourne
22/6/67, Adelaide 21/6/67, Brisbane 4/7/67, Lismore NSW 20/9/67, Maryborough
QLD 25/9/67, Toowoomba QLD 17/10/67
39.
The Plot's The Thing
Director.......Ron Way
Synopsis: There is trouble in the household when McGooley wants to
buy a plot for his grave and Wally wants the money to do a night school
course.
Airdate:
Melbourne
29/6/67, Adelaide 28/6/67, Lismore NSW 27/9/67
40.
Tot Spelled Backwards Is Tot
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: McGooley and Nancarrow open a baby-minding centre while
Wally is out at the football - with the usual disastrous results.
Airdate: Melbourne 20/7/67, Adelaide 5/7/67, Toowoomba QLD 31/10/67
41.
Of, By And For The People
Script from an idea by.......Eugene Lumbers
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally tries to get into politics and entertains the
local Member of Parliament at a dinner party.
Airdate:
Melbourne
13/7/67
42.
The Bounty That Follows The Wake
Maxwell Crannily.......Hedley Cullen
Miss Fitchett.......Queenie Ashton
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally and McGooley travel to Melbourne to collect an
inheritance left to McGooley.
Notes: Segments filmed in Melbourne. Gordon Chater, John
Meillon and Judi Farr all travelled to
Melbourne, but a late script change did not require Judi Farr for the Melbourne
scenes.
Airdate:
Melbourne
6/7/67, Adelaide 19/7/67, Lismore NSW 18/10/67, Toowoomba QLD 14/11/67, Mt
Gambier SA 29/11/67
43.
Will Success Spoil Wally Stiller?
Synopsis: Wally gets a promotion at the factory and starts playing
the high-powered executive at home, much to everybody else's annoyance.
Airdate:
Sydney 19/7/67, Melbourne
27/7/67, Adelaide 26/7/67, Brisbane 8/8/67, Maryborough QLD 30/10/67,
Toowoomba QLD 21/11/67
44.
Last Night I Stole A Hedge
.......Bob Haddow
Synopsis: Wally is appointed to the factory's social club
committee and is in charge of organising a staff fancy dress ball. Wally
turns up as Romeo, Rita as Cleopatra, Possum as a cabaret girl, and McGooley and Nancarrow as Batman and Robin. Only Possum saves Wally from
total disaster.
Airdate:
Melbourne
3/8/67, Adelaide 2/8/67, Albury NSW & Shepparton VIC 13/9/67, Lismore NSW
1/11/67, Toowoomba QLD 28/11/67
45. A
Fur, Fur Better Thing
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
Synopsis: Rita and Possum start backing the horses in a big way,
but their non-stop punting puts Wally in a rage to end all rages.
Airdate:
Melbourne
10/8/67, Adelaide 9/8/67, Brisbane 22/8/67, Maryborough QLD 13/11/67
46.
Eleven Angry Men And Wally
.......Ken Goodlet
.......John Gray
.......Robert Quilter
.......John Quinlan
.......Howard Craven
.......Russell Jordan
From a story by.......Ken Shadie
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: Wally is called for jury duty - but his idea of justice
writes a new chapter in the history of British law.
Airdate:
Melbourne
17/8/67, Adelaide 16/8/67, Brisbane 29/8/67, Lismore NSW 15/11/67, Maryborough
QLD 20/11/67, Toowoomba QLD 12/12/67
47.
And Who Will Ever Forget Miss Whats-her-name?
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: When Wally's ex-girlfriend suddenly arrives for a visit,
Rita is so incensed that the Stiller marriage is threatened. McGooley and
Nancarrow plot to save the day.
Airdate:
Melbourne
24/8/67, Adelaide 23/8/67, Brisbane 5/9/67, Lismore NSW 22/11/67, Maryborough
QLD 27/11/67, Toowoomba QLD 19/12/67
48.
It's Not The Principle Of The Thing, It's The Interest
Director.......Bill Wells
Synopsis: Wally has a blazing row with McGooley and insists that
Rita leaves home with him to set up a house of their own.
Airdate:
Melbourne
31/8/67, Adelaide 30/8/67, Brisbane 12/9/67, Lismore NSW 29/11/67, Toowoomba
QLD 26/12/67
49.
Back To One
.......Don Pascoe
Director.......Ron Way
Associate Producer.......Ron Way
Synopsis: The re-marriage of Possum and the safety of
Australia are two of Wally's most pressing concerns, and everyone suffers.
Airdate:
Melbourne
7/9/67, Brisbane 19/9/67, Maryborough QLD 11/12/67
50.
Son Of Barnleigh Returns Again
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
Synopsis: Illness strikes the Stiller household, and McGooley is
faced with nursing everybody through it.
Airdate:
Melbourne
14/9/67, Brisbane 26/9/67, Maryborough QLD 18/12/67
51. As
You Sow, So Shall You Reap
Synopsis: Wally decides the family should do more to help needy
people and organises a charity drive.
Airdate:
Melbourne
21/9/67, Adelaide 20/9/67, Maryborough QLD 25/12/67
52.
McGooley And The Thing
Synopsis: Wally decides his income tax payments are too high and,
with McGooley's help, sets out to evade it.
Airdate:
Melbourne
28/9/67, Adelaide 11/10/67
53.
One Out All Out
Gregory Williams.......David Sterle
Script from an idea by.......Lance Peters
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally organises industrial action at the factory when
management decides to cut the ration of Iced Vo-Vo biscuits for morning
tea.
Airdate:
Melbourne
5/10/67, Adelaide 4/10/67, Brisbane 17/10/67
54. I
Love You Still
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: The Stillers become involved with Molly Rogers on a
stall at the church fete - with the usual dire results.
Airdate:
Melbourne
12/10/67, Sydney 4/10/67, Adelaide 11/10/67
55.
From Aardvark To Zymurgy
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
.......Robert McDarra
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally becomes involved in another word game with Dick
Rogers, and feelings run high between them.
Airdate:
Sydney 1/11/67, Melbourne
9/11/67, Brisbane 21/11/67
56. A
Boy's Best Friend
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally's mother arrives from Brisbane, and throws
the house into chaos.
Airdate:
Melbourne
16/11/67, Brisbane 28/11/67
57.
Birds Of A Feather… All Flocking Together
From a story by.......Ken Shadie
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: A new family moves in next door and causes trouble by
stealing Wally's prize chicken.
Airdate:
Melbourne
26/10/67
58. A
Policy Of Good Neighbourness
Synopsis: Wally invites a visiting American serviceman to his home for
dinner.
Airdate:
Melbourne
23/11/67
59. Be
Prepared, Or One Good Turn And You Could Fall Over
Synopsis: Arnold from next door reveals himself to be a
scoutmaster, so Wally and McGooley decide to assist in a 'Bob-a-Job'.
Airdate:
Melbourne
2/11/67
60. A
Little Knowledge
Synopsis: Wally decides it is time to plan for little Allison's
future, and enrols her in a higher education school.
Airdate:
Melbourne &
Wollongong NSW 29/2/68, Sydney 15/11/67, Adelaide 20/12/67
61.
One Gentleman From Verona
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally takes lessons in Italian linguistics so that he
will be able to converse with foreign clients of the firm in their own
language.
Airdate:
Melbourne
14/12/67, Brisbane 12/12/67, Adelaide 13/12/67, Griffith NSW 29/2/68
62. At
Cross Purposes
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: The Stiller household is thrown into an uproar over the
arrangements for Allison's christening.
Airdate:
Melbourne
8/2/68, Adelaide 6/12/67, Brisbane 19/12/67
63.
Something To Do With Turning Over A New Leaf
.......Redmond Philips
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally is concerned when Possum announces her intention
to remarry.
Airdate:
Melbourne
15/2/68
64. A
Matter Of Trust
Synopsis: When Possum's re-marriage is imminent, everybody helps
out with the wedding preparations.
65.
And How To Stop Bombing And Learn To Love
Molly Rogers.......Janne Coghlan
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally recruits the entire household to the cause of civil
defence.
Notes: Listed by some program guides as 'How To Bomb And Learn To
Love'.
Airdate:
Melbourne
30/11/67, Orange NSW 28/2/68
66.
Slightly Out Of Focus
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: The Stiller household turns into a zoo when Wally decides that
his baby daughter needs a pet and McGooley gets cracking on the problem.
Airdate:
Melbourne
19/10/67, Canberra 26/2/68, Shepparton VIC 17/1/68
67. A
Wake, My Love?
Synopsis: Wally is outraged when a newcomer to the factory is
chosen to train for a top management position.
Airdate:
Melbourne
22/2/68, Adelaide 12/3/68
68. A
Charming Day For The Ants
Synopsis: As Wally has not been given a Christmas bonus, it looks like
being a lean holiday for the Stillers.
Airdate:
Melbourne
2/5/68, Wagga Wagga NSW 27/2/68
69. A
High Yuletide
Airdate:
Melbourne
1/2/68
70.
The Price Of Liberty, Etc., Etc., Etc.
Synopsis: Worried about the march of communism in South-East Asia,
Wally decides to set up his own Home Guard. He invites his boss to be the
new Commanding Officer.
Airdate:
Melbourne
7/3/68, Adelaide 26/3/68, Ballarat VIC 22/3/68
71.
The King Of Sports
Synopsis: Nancarrow's uncle dies and leaves his disreputable
nephew some interesting items including a set of underwear, a harmonium
and some syrup of figs.
Airdate:
Melbourne
14/3/68, Shepparton VIC & Albury NSW 20/3/68
72.
Confessions Of A Public Eye
.......Robert McDarra
.......Don Philps
.......Margaret Roberts
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Nancarrow's brother Vile becomes a private detective and
follows Wally, believing he is up to something nasty. Meanwhile, an old flame
of Rita's comes to visit her and she entertains him.
Airdate:
Melbourne
21/3/68, Adelaide 9/4/68
73. A
Very Nasty Case Of...Er...
Vile.......Frank Taylor
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: McGooley falls in love and Nancarrow and his brother
Vile decide to help him woo the lady in question.
Airdate:
Melbourne
28/3/68, Adelaide 17/4/68
74.
The One About The Little Boy Who's Crying Down The Lane
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally declares that he is selling the house, believing it is
to be cut up to make way for home units.
Airdate:
Melbourne
4/4/68, Adelaide 24/4/68
75. Go
For Broke, Or… Instant Zot
Synopsis: Wally decides to show how clever he is by going on a
national television quiz program - with disastrous results.
Airdate:
Melbourne
11/4/68, Adelaide 1/5/68, Dubbo NSW 5/6/68
76.
The Balmain Family Stiller
Synopsis: Wally decides to enter the family in a newspaper contest
to find Mr. and Mrs. Average Australian - the prize being a world trip as
ambassadors for Australia.
Airdate:
Melbourne
18/4/68, Adelaide 8/5/68, Canberra 3/6/68
77.
Would You Believe A Gypsy, Well, Would You?
Synopsis: Rita invites a tealeaf reader around to the house to
predict the future of the Stiller family.
Airdate:
Melbourne
25/4/68, Adelaide 15/5/68
78.
You'll Come A Waltzing Matilda With Me, Mate
Synopsis: Wally imagines he is dying from a dreaded unknown disease, and McGooley finds a bush herbalist to effect a wonder cure.
Airdate: Adelaide 22/5/68, Orange NSW & Lismore NSW 26/6/68
79. A
Restoration Piece
Synopsis: McGooley thinks Wally may be going bald and produces a
secret hair elixir that settles the matter unquestionably.
Airdate:
Melbourne
9/5/68, Adelaide 29/5/68, Newcastle NSW 4/6/68
80.
For Queen And Company
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally selects a candidate from his work to become 'Queen
of the Company', and Rita becomes very jealous.
Airdate:
Melbourne
16/5/68, Adelaide 5/6/68, Coffs Harbour NSW 24/6/68
81. A
Hitch In Line Saves Time
Synopsis: Wally thinks the 15% pay increase for office staff is
unfair, so he works to regulations. McGooley is worried that Wally may
get sacked.
Airdate:
Melbourne
23/5/68, Adelaide 12/6/68, Dubbo NSW 17/7/68
82.
Almost Down The Primrose Path
Doctor.......Kenric Hudson
Synopsis: Possum receives another marriage proposal from a
fashionable Melbourne doctor, many years older than herself, and decides
to accept it. Rita and Wally, although opposed to the marriage, accompany
her to Melbourne, where the wedding is to be held at a registry office.
Notes: Segments filmed in Melbourne.
Airdate:
Melbourne
30/5/68, Sydney 5/6/68, Adelaide 19/6/68, Canberra 15/7/68, Newcastle NSW
25/6/68
83.
The Big Game
Airdate:
Melbourne
7/12/67
84.
The Mystery Of Karang Road
Synopsis: Wally and McGooley have a terrible argument and McGooley
walks out. Wally, Rita and Possum organise a search of all Balmain for
him.
Airdate:
Melbourne
6/6/68, Sydney 12/6/68, Adelaide 26/6/68, Canberra 22/7/68
85.
Rumours Are Flying, Or The Bomb In The Boarding House
Synopsis: McGooley is still in Surfers Paradise with Maggie McMurtrie, so
Wally decides to rent out his room.
Airdate:
Melbourne
13/6/68, Sydney 19/6/68, Adelaide 3/7/68, Dubbo NSW 24/7/68
86.
This Old Man, He Had Fun, He Played Knick Knack
Synopsis: The Stiller household receives word that McGooley has eloped
with Maggie McMurtrie, and Wally gets a promotion to the sales staff.
Notes: Gordon Chater does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
20/6/68
87.
Not Since The Last Decade
Clem Chadwick.......Tom Farley
Rigg.......Gerry Duggan
Vile.......Frank Taylor
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally has a jumping tooth and visits the dentist, and
Rita is told by McGooley that he will be living in America with Maggie
McMurtrie, and they can sell the Balmain house and keep the money.
Notes: Gordon Chater does not appear in this episode.
Airdate:
Melbourne
27/6/68, Sydney 3/7/68
88.
Change Of Gear
Stallybrass.......Edward Howell
Foreman.......Goff Vockler
Vile.......Frank Taylor
Director.......Alan MacKnight
Synopsis: Wally has sold the house, but has left it to the last minute to
buy another one on the North Shore. While Wally is entertaining a
business client, workers start demolishing the house.
Notes: Gordon Chater does not appear in this episode.
Airdate: Melbourne
4/7/68, Sydney 10/7/68
RITA AND WALLY
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