Family Affair

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
Episodes

1Birds, Bees and Buffy
30 minSep 11, 1967
Buffy and Jody wants to know where babies come from, and a whole bunch of stories confuses not only them, but parents as well. Cissy then tells them the right procedure of how babies are made.

2First Love
Sep 18, 1967
Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.

3Go Home, Mr. French
30 minSep 25, 1967
Mr. French's romance with an old flame puts his job in jeopardy when he thinks about working with his old love in another house.

4Arthur, the Invisible Bear
30 minOct 2, 1967
Jody's new imaginary friend is really getting him in trouble and it tales a trip to a psychologist to figure out what is going on.

5The Other Cheek
30 minOct 9, 1967
A girl picks on Jody, who doesn't dare hit her back.

6The Candy Striper
30 minOct 16, 1967
Cissy becomes a candy-stripper, but feels emotionally insecure when she unknowingly breaks one of the supervisor's rules when she gives a patient some water. She is doomed to quit but Bill tells her to face up to her mistake and keep her job. It might be all and well for Cissy, but it doesn't work for Buffy when she wants to be a Brownie, but finds out she is not the right age.

7Fat, Fat, the Water Rat
Oct 23, 1967
Buffy makes friends with a bunch of kids, unbeknownst to her that they hate fancy kids. Mr. French catcher her and forbids her to play with them again. Uncle Bill however supports Buffy's choice and lets her play with her new friends.

8The Toy Box
Nov 6, 1967
Uncle Bill enforces an iron-clad confiscation order of toys constantly being left on the floor by the kids and they can never get them back. It hits a little too close when Buffy's beloved Mrs. Beasley is in danger of being taken away from her.

9Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Nov 13, 1967
Jody tries his hardest to be on a local stickball team, only to be beaten out by Buffy, who happens to be a great player as well.

10You Like Buffy Better
Nov 20, 1967
Cissy thinks that Buffy is being shafted by Bill because he favors Jody. Bill then decides to spend all of his time with Buffy, but then, this starts to be a problem for Cissy and Jody.

11Freddie
Nov 27, 1967
Freddie, Bill's old friend from Terre Haute, wishes that she had children after spending time with Buffy and Jody.

12Our Friend Stanley
Dec 4, 1967
Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.

13Somebody Upstairs
Dec 11, 1967
Cissy and Buffy are starstruck when they meet a Broadway star living in the building.

14Star Dust
Dec 18, 1967
Bill is starstruck now, with a famous actress that wants to give up the business and settle down with him.

15Best of Breed
Dec 25, 1967
Buffy and Jody find a dog, but the landlord lays down the law against dogs. The landlord recants after the dog wins a dog contest.

16Family Reunion
Jan 1, 1968
Bill and Mr. French visit the kids' old home in Terre Haute where they are faced with a painful decision: Stay with their aunt who makes up stuff about how they are a burden to Bill or go back to New York.

17A Man's Place
Jan 8, 1968
A new romance that Mr. French has puts him in the position to make him think that his current life as a butler is not good enough for his date.

18The Great Kow-Tow
Jan 15, 1968
Buffy and Jody go Chinese when they are ""adopted"" by a elderly Chinese man.

19The Fish Watchers
Jan 22, 1968
Uncle Bill gets the kids involved with tropical fish after the advice of a fellow construction worker.

20The Day Nothing Happened
Jan 29, 1968
A Blizzard can be anyone's worst enemy. This lesson is true when everything goes awry for the David family in Long Island: French is stranded in the blizzard, kids Building snowmen inside, ruined potential dates, Oy Vey!

21A House in the Country
Feb 5, 1968
Bill wants to move to a house in the suburbs, but the kids persuade him to stay where he is.

22A Matter of Tonsils
Feb 12, 1968
Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.

23A Member of the Family
Feb 19, 1968
Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.

24His and Hers
Feb 26, 1968
Bill and the family meet their potential counterparts when he meets a woman named Margaret and her kids. The kids think that it's real cool to have kids that are like them at first, but they find out that they are too much alike and do not get along with them.

25The New Cissy
Mar 4, 1968
Cissy is sad because she is not getting any attention from boys, except one named Wendell who she thinks is dull by comparison. So she have a complete and total makeover and she is an instant sex symbol! The boys are so enamored by her, except for Wendell who liked her as she was before. Cissy realizes that Wendell liked her the whole time for just being herself.

26The Family Outing
Mar 11, 1968
Camping is not such a hot idea for Mr. French, Buffy and Cissy, which spoils the boys' fun.

27Mr. French's Holiday
Mar 18, 1968
Mr. French has a nice vacation planned for himself, but the kids come along and makes his vacation more enjoyable, whether he likes it or not.

28The Mrs. Beasley Story
Mar 25, 1968
Buffy is disheartened because Mrs. Beasley needs arm surgery

29The Baby Sitters
Apr 1, 1968
Uncle Bill leaves for a trip (and having trouble finding his dentist as well) and Mr. French goes out for the evening, leaving Cissy to watch the twins. Then Cissy leaves to go to a concert (big mistake) and leaves her friend Sharon in charge. Then Sharon comes down with the measles and her mama comes to watch the kids. Then her mama levaes to take care o Sharon and puts her husband and his poker pals on babysitter duty. My lord, what a turn of events, but thankfully Bill and French come home to see all the trouble that Cissy started in the first place.

30Family Portrait
Apr 8, 1968
A girlfriend urges Bill to stay home more.
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