Season Six: 1993-1994
1.
WHEN THE ROOSTER DIES
September 25, 1993
Written by Peter
Gallay. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Harry sells his pediatrics practice
to another doctor, who ends up firing Laverne. When the hospital sends Harry to
check out an inner-city clinic, he ends up teaming up with the owner, Dr. Maxine
Douglas, to keep the place open. Laverne joins them as nurse. Meanwhile, Sophia
Petrillo moves back into nearby Shady Pines retirement home and drops by the
Weston house.
Guest Starring: Michael McGuire as Dr. Marty Fitzgerald,
April Grace as Irene, Rudy Salazar as Pregnant Woman, Barbara Lux as Street
Woman
2. BYE-BYE BABY...HELLO (Part 1)
October 2, 1993
Written by Pat Dougherty. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Carol throws Patrick out when she realizes that he'll never
grow up, but later learns that she's pregnant. Laverne goes too far when trying
to organize things at the clinic.
Guest Starring: Paul Provenza as
Patrick Arcola, Loni Anderson as Casey MacAfee, Brian Reddy as Mr. Vogle, S.
Marc Jordan as Mr. McCully, Kimberly Newberry as Female Patient, Ryan MacDonald
as Mr. Jensen, Jake Price as Delivery Boy, Russ Fega as Arm Man, Julie Stein as
Ms. Hildago
3. BYE-BYE BABY...HELLO (Part 2)
October
9, 1993
Written by Pat Dougherty. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Carol
can't decide how to tell Patrick about her pregnancy. Laverne refuses to tell
Maxine a secret.
Guest Starring: Paul Provenza as Patrick Arcola,
Stephanie Dunham as Diane, Courtney Peldon as Libby
4.
MAMA TODD, THE SEQUEL
October 16, 1993
Written by Ursula
Ziegler and Steve Sullivan. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Laverne's
mother-in-law visits, unaware that Nick and Laverne are divorced. Charley tries
to persuade Carol to make him godfather of the baby.
Guest Starring: Ann
Guilbert as Mama Todd, Trevor Goddard as Joe
5. MOM'S THE
WORD
October 23, 1993
Written by Regina Stewart Larsen.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Carol is afraid to tell a date that she is
pregnant. Laverne and Maxine disagree when trying to plan a baby shower.
Guest Starring: Tony Carriero as Mike, Stan Roth as Waiter, Debbie
Gregory as Tracie
6. DIARY
OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE
October 30, 1993
Written by Bob Tischler.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Carol reads her mother's old diary and
thinks she wasn't wanted. Maxine is annoyed by a mime and a hypochondriac at the
clinic.
Guest Starring: Marty Pollio as Kenny Finnegan, Fred Stoller as
Mr. Garrison
7. MOTHER DEAREST
November
6, 1993
Written by Paul B. Price. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Maxine's mother visits and drives her crazy, but then finds
out she may have glaucoma. Charley finds out the sex of Carol's baby, something
she didn't want to know. Harry and Casey MacAfee try to make a date.
Guest Starring: Loni Anderson as Casey MacAfee, Marla Gibbs as Josephine
Douglas, Annie Corley as Anita
8. NO VOLUNTEERS,
PLEASE
November 13, 1993
Written by Rick Newberger. Directed
by Steve Zuckerman.
A shy woman volunteers at the clinic and starts
sending Laverne flowers and cooking her dinner, which prompts Maxine to think
the lady is a lesbian. Carol tries to get her unborn child enrolled in a posh
preschool.
Guest Starring: Kari Lizer as Doris, Peter Sands as Mr.
Ellis, Mary Kane as Brenda
9. DAS BOOB
November 20, 1993
Written by Dennis Snee. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Harry and Charley get stranded at sea. Maxine tries to
overcome her fear of pulblic speaking.
10. THE GIRL WHO
CRIED BABY
November 27, 1993
Written by Susan Beavers.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Maxine and Harry compete to sell opera
tickets. After a series of false alarms, Carol gives birth to son Scotty while
at the opera.
Guest Starring: Jeanine Jackson as Rachelle, Jane Lynch as
Tammy, David Cromwell as Dr. Rubenstein, Tom Nibley as Rachelle's Husband, J.
David Krassner as Man
11. SUPERBABY
December 11, 1993
Written by Peter Gallay. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
When the baby starts "singing Beethoven," Carol fears the
hospital has given her the wrong child.
Guest Starring: Richard McKenzie
as Rudnick, Geraldine Leer as Mrs. Stanford, Mark L. Taylor as Mr. Stanford,
Harvey Vernon as Bundy
12. READ ALL ABOUT IT
December 18, 1993
Written by Greg Phillips. Directed by Dinah
Manoff.
When Maxine has a dental emergency, Harry steps in and gives an
interview in her place, but the journalist makes the article sound as though
Harry deserves all the credit for the clinic's success. Meanwhile, Charley falls
for Dreyfuss' vet.
Guest Starring: Megan Gallagher as Dr. Heather Cook,
Eric Christmas as Mr. Garrison, Robert Costanzo as Mr. Millard, Jeannie Elias as
Jane Walsh, Kimberly Cullum as Kid
13. LOVE A LA MODE
January 8, 1994
Written by Ursula Ziegler and Steve Sullivan.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Charley plans to marry a waitress from a
pancake house. When she finds out they have the same birthday, Laverne thinks
that explains why she and Maxine are so much alike, which Maxine thinks is
ridiculous.
Guest Starring: Richard Stahl as Fred Dietz, Marian Mercer
as Ursula Dietz, Heidi Swedberg as Patty Olsen
14. WHAT'S
A MOTHER TO DO?
January 15, 1994
Written by Ellen Sandler
and Cindy Chupak. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Carol joins a
mother-daughter support group and ends up feeling that she is the worst mother
in the world, especially after locking the baby in the car. Laverne thinks
Maxine is dying when she mysteriously asks for time off after a check-up.
Guest Starring: Lisa Darr as Laurie, Anna Gerger as Bella, Jack Kruschen
as Heshy, Michael A. Nickles as Athlete, Rachel Fox as Mommy #1
15. GESUNDEIT
January 22,
1994
Written by Dennis Snee. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
When the
baby can't stop sneezing, Carol hires Studs With Suds to clean the house from
top to bottom, and Sophia charges her friends to come and see them in action.
But when they think it may be Dreyfuss causing the allergy, Harry takes him to
stay with Charley, who doesn't want to give him back. Meanwhile, strange noises
from upstairs make Laverne think the clinic is haunted by the ghosts of men who
were murdered there years before.
Guest Starring: Bill Cobbs as Jerome,
Irena Ward as Sandy, Jean Speegle Howard as Mildred, Gary Hudson as Drake
16. UNDER THE GUN
January 29,
1994
Written by ___. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Harry gets shot when
a young boy brings a gun to the clinic. Carol has a date with a famous
anthropologist, who opts instead to go party with Charley.
Guest
Starring: Andrew Keegan as T.J., John Reilly as Adam Blakely
17. BROTHERLY SHOVE
February 5,
1994
Written by Drake Sather. Directed by Dinah Manoff.
Charley ends
up working at his brother's used car lot, but when he makes a big sale his
brother takes all the credit. Maxine and Laverne become competitive when they
start jogging to get in shape.
Guest Starring: Peter Scolari as Dieter
Dietz, Philip Baker Hall as Jerod, Maureen Arthur as Mrs. Carlton, Dennis Bailey
as Salesman
18. THE BALLAD OF SHADY PINES
February 12, 1994
Written by Rick Newberger. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Laverne fills in for a friend at Shady Pines, where Sophia's
boyfriend hits on her. Sophia catches the two together and thinks Laverne is
stealing her man.
Guest Starring: Bill Dana as Nathan, Elmarie Wendel as
Vivian, Ruth Engel as Sylvia, Phil Leeds as Milt, Sid Melton as Horace, Jean
Sincere as Eileen
19. HOG HEAVEN
March
5, 1994
Written by Bob Tischler. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Laverne's old biker boyfriend returns and the two rekindle
their romance, which annoys Harry, who doesn't think the guy is good enough for
her. Carol makes a memory video for baby Scotty.
Guest Starring: Eric
Allan Kramer as Sam, Don Gibb as Jake
20. CHARLEY'S MILLIONS
March 8,
1994
Written by Rick Newberger. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
After
receiving an inheritance, Charley assembles a group of people who have meant a
lot to him over the years (which includes Harry, Carol, Sophia, and Don Adams
from Get Smart) and takes them all on a trip to Mardi Gras. Laverne's
hideous looking cat dies.
Guest Starring: Don Adams as Himself, Chuch
McCann as Coach Biederbeck, Nita Talbot as Mrs. Koontz, Liz Sheridan as Mrs.
Coover, Geraldine Leer as Bonnie, Paul B. Price as Mr. Gurman
21. HALF THAT JAZZ
April 5,
1994
Written by Dennis Snee and Regina Stewart Larsen. Directed by Doug
Smart.
Harry persuades his old jazz idol Sonny Baxter to come out of
retirement and play at a benefit. Strange things start happening after Sophia
vows revenge on Charley for dumping her niece.
Guest Starring: Steve
Lawrence as Sonny Baxter, Eydie Gorme as Heckler, Mike Larsen as Stage Manager
22. THE DEVIL AND DR. WESTON
April 9,
1994
Written by Kari Lizer. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
A wealthy
philanthropist eyes Harry. Carol tries to help shy Doris (who once volunteered
at the clinic but now sales roll-on moose door-to-door) come out of her shell.
Guest Starring: Audrey Meadows as Margaret Randall, Kari Lizer as Doris,
Basil Langton as Edgar, Joy Claussen as Louise, John Petlock as George, Richard
Tanner as Bartender
23. A FOREIGN AFFAIR
April 16, 1994
Written by Peter Gallay. Directed by Steve
Zuckerman.
Maxine's boyfriend, an African cultural attache, proposes
marriage. Sophia and Charley get Carol (who meanwhile has started to play the
guitar again) hooked on the dog races.
Guest Starring: J. A. Preston as
Roland, Marlon Archey as Frederick, Aixa Clemente as Unknown
24. LORDY, LORDY, LANDLORDY
April 23,
1994
Written by Cody R. Farley. Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
When
their good-for-nothing landlord refuses to repair the problems at the clinic,
Laverne threatens a rent strike and ends up getting the gang evicted. Meanwhile,
Sophia convinces Carol to spend some time away from baby Scotty but she can't
seem to bring herself to let him out of her sight.
Guest Starring: Debra
Jo Rupp as Danielle, Fred Applegate as Mr. Hackler, Patricia Coleman as Mrs.
Griffin, Jill Pierce as Woman
25. BEST FRIENDS
May 21, 1994
Written by Paul B. Price and Bob Tischler. Directed
by Doug Smart.
Carol is upset when her childhood friend returns and
starts dating Harry. A patient at the clinic turns out to be a member of the
family which has fueded with Laverne's for years, which sparks a mini-war
between the two.
Guest Starring: Morgan Fairchild as Zoe, Unkown
as Malloy
26. ABSENCE MAKES THE NURSE GROW WEIRDER
May 21, 1994
Written by Ursula Ziegler and Steve Sullivan.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman.
Harry fills in at his old practice and
becomes smitten with the nurse. Laverne is upset because Harry forgets the
anniversary of the day they started working together.
Guest
Starring: Wendie Malick as Denise, Paul Willson as Dr. Barshilon, Molly Snea as
Shea, Brittany Smith as Shanna