Name: Family Affair
Uploaded: 2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Description: A bachelor's life changes when he takes in three orphaned children.

A bachelor's life changes when he takes in three orphaned children.

MPIMedia Family Affair

Bill Davis is ambivalent about taking on the responsibility of raising his niece Buffy after the death of his brother. After suggesting she attend boarding school in Switzerland, she runs away.

Buffy

Jody, Buffy's twin brother, and Cissy arrive while Bill is away. When he returns, he must make a decision as to what to do that would be best for the children.

Jody and Cissy

When Bill returns from Africa bearing gifts, Cissy presents him with a hand-knitted tie. Buffy and Jody also want to give Bill a gift, and purchase a horse for him from a retiring carriage driver.

The Gift Horse

Bill decides to send Cissy to a private girls' school in Connecticut, and even though she would prefer to attend high school locally, she reluctantly agrees to go.

The Matter of School

An acquaintance of Bill's hires Mr. French to appear in an ad for marmalade that her advertising company is promoting.

Marmalade

When Bill arranges for an interior decorator to redo Cissy's and Buffy's bedroom, Buffy becomes withdrawn as the changes seem to separate the room and she fears Cissy is separating from her.

Room with a Viewpoint

Buffy leaves Mrs. Beasley with Mr. French, who accidentally knocks the doll off the terrace. When Bill learns from Cissy the importance of Mrs. Beasley to Buffy, he goes on a hunt to find the doll.

Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?

The owner of a Middle East Delicacies store, upon learning Mr. French is unmarried and knowing he is wealthy, introduces him to his cousin, Nural Shpeni, who he and her brothers want Nural to marry.

Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?

The vice principal and a child psychologist are concerned that Buffy and Jody only spend time with each other instead of playing with the other children.

A Matter for Experts

Cissy thinks Bill is planning to get married to an old friend, but when her new friend tells her how her stepmothers sent her away, Cissy then suspects that the woman will send them away.

Beware the Other Woman

Restless, Bill takes a job in the Yutacan, but then starts to miss the family. It gets worse when he is led to believe, through miscommunication by phone, that Mr. French has the flu.

Take Two Aspirin

Jody doesn't think Bill loves him because he won't punish him, so Jody looks for ways to get in trouble, but his plans backfire.

Love Me, Love Me Not

For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr French. She starts following him and finds out what he does every Thursday.

The Thursday Man

Cissy develops an infatuation with her school teacher who teaches philosophy and spouts big ideals that everyone should follow. Bill finds a way to show that the teacher is just a regular man.

Think Deep

Jody talks about having a job with a man who builds buildings. Uncle Bill thinks he is making it up. Bill later meets the man and realizes it is the person he has been trying to meet for a project.

Hard Hat Jody

Cissy's school is having a mother / daughter dinner. This makes Cissy miss her mother more.

That Was the Dinner That Wasn't

Due to a miscommunication of who would watch Buffy and Jody, the twins find themselves all alone in New York City.

All Around the Town

Giles French leaves town for a month, so his brother Niles comes to help with the Davis'. Jody is tired of always being around the girls and having to do the things they want to do.

One for the Little Boy

Jody & Buffy are excited to be moved to Upper First Grade at school, but it means more homework. They do not know how to do the math problems nor read some of the new books.

Fancy Free

Buffy & Jody have problems with a building project for school. Bill is hosting a large dinner party, and French has to hire an assistant to help serve the food.

A Helping Hand

Bill has to babysit Buffy and Jody and tells friends that he is stuck with the kids. Buffy overhears this, and the twins start to decide if they should stay with Bill or move to their aunt's place.

Once in Love with Buffy

Buffy gets upset when she does not get the role of The Big Bad Wolf in her ballet recital.

Ballerina Buffy

Buffy & Jody's new friend at school has them doing things differently. When Marilyn visits, Bill and French learn she speaks only Mandarin, and the kids communicate through child-speak.

The Mother Tongue

French congratulates a friend on his wedding, and makes the comment about how wonderful it will be to have a wife and home. Buffy overhears this and tells Jody they need to find French a wife.

Everybody Needs Somebody

Uncle Bill and French look forward to a week of quiet when the children are at camps during a school break. After a few days, Bill and French realize they have grown used to the noise and chaos.

The Way It Was

French's nephew David visits French at the Davis' home. David surprises French by announcing he is going into dentistry instead of being a gentleman's gentleman.

All Nephews Are Created Equal

Buffy & Jody enter a cereal contest, hoping to win a boat. But their prize is a lamb. When it arrives at the apartment, they do not understand why a lamb cannot live in an apartment.

The Prize

Bill takes a week of vacation and plans activities. The Rodeo is in town and Bill's friend Gabe is one of the cowboys. Bill invites Gabe to stay with them and the twins want to do everything with him.

What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?

Bill thinks the twins take advantage of him and French because they give in to their every wish. Bill says to deny the twins sometimes so they do not get spoiled.

The Award

A friend of Bill's is an actor who wants to shadow Mr. French in preparation for a movie role. Meanwhile, Cissy has trouble finding someone to ask to the Girls Tag Day Dance.

The Butler Method

When a neighboring family has a baby, the children start to ask questions about where babies come from. Uncle Bill has to explain.

Birds, Bees and Buffy

Buffy is in love with Jody's friend, but he has eyes for Cissy.

First Love

Mr. French encounters an old friend at the park. Lorna, the nanny for a Duke & Duchess, is visiting in the states. When they are ready to return to England, Mr. French considers returning with her.

Go Home, Mr. French

Jody makes up an invisible friend, but it is a large bear.

Arthur, the Invisible Bear

A young girl likes Jody, and shows her affection in the only way children know how - she picks on him and hits him.

The Other Cheek

Bill thinks he will have a relaxing day, but then Jody wants help, Buffy needs to go to a Brownie meeting, and Cissy wants him to talk to the hospital staff about her being a candy striper.

The Candy Striper

Buffy goes to dance class but finds her teacher is not there. While waiting to be picked up, she meets some kids playing a game and joins them.

Fat, Fat, the Water Rat

Bill falls over one of the twin's toys, and realizes they constantly have toys out which makes the place messy. Bill tells the twins that any toy left out will be taken away from them.

The Toy Box

Jody and Buffy try out for the stick-ball team that plays on their street. Only one of the twins has skill and is accepted on the team.

Take Me out of the Ballgame

The twins compete for Uncle Bill's undivided attention. Each seems to think he likes the other twin better.

You Like Buffy Better

Bill wants to take Freddie out to dinner, but also has to go to the twins open house at school. Bill takes Freddie to the school, and she just loves it. She starts to think she wants to have kids.

Freddie

A new family moves into the apartment building where the Davis' live. Stanley is a child with a physical disability that hinders his walking. Buffy and Jody try to be friends with him at school.

Our Friend Stanley

Someone new moves into the apartment building where the Davis' live, and it is a Broadway star. Buffy and Jody can't keep their eyes off her.

Somebody Upstairs

Bill goes to a party where there are famous people. He meets Carol Haven, a movie star. She takes an interest in Bill and they start dating. He considers proposing marriage.

Star Dust

A dog follows Jody and Buffy home from school and they take it into the apartment. They hid the dog as long as they could until Mr. French finds the dog.

Best of Breed

Aunt Fran invites them and Uncle Bill to Terre Haute for a family reunion. Once there, she wants the kids to live with her. She tells them Uncle Bill does not have time for kids.

Family Reunion

Mr. French considers opening a restaurant after his date starts questioning his life as a gentleman's gentleman.

A Man's Place

Bill entertains friends who are Japanese. The twins are interested by their culture. At the Japanese New Year celebration, the twins meet the grandfather and they tell him how fascinating he is.

The Great Kow-Tow

Uncle Bill is working extra hours and the twins miss spending time with him. A co-worker suggests buying a fish tank and using that as a way to promote togetherness.

The Fish Watchers

Bill is looking forward to a vacation, and Cissy is looking forward to her date with someone new. But the weather turns bad, and there is a blizzard. Everyone is kept at home.

The Day Nothing Happened

Bill thinks living in the city is not good for the children, and considers moving to the country.

A House in the Country

When Buffy has an operation to remove her tonsils, Jody complains of a sore throat, too. Uncle Bill and French think he's simply looking for attention until the doctor looks at them.

A Matter of Tonsils

Cissy is taking an art class and has been drawing caricature images of the family members, but not for Mr. French. He is hurt, however, Cissy has his picture and wants to surprise him with it.

A Member of the Family

Uncle Bill & Mr. French attend Buffy & Jody's open night at school to view their latest art and work. At school, Bill meets another single parent with two young children and one teenager.

His and Hers

Cissy thinks the boys do not like her because there is something wrong with her, so Uncle Bill pays to have different people coach her in dress, makeup, talking, walking, and more.

The New Cissy

Uncle Bill decides a weekend camping trip would be a great way for everyone to spend time together. Only two people enjoy the trip.

The Family Outing

Mr. French takes a two-week vacation to the west with the others staying home. When Bill is called away to South America for work, the children end up flying out west to be with Mr. French.

Mr. French's Holiday

Jody and Buffy accidentally pull off the arm of Mrs. Beasley and it is a traumatic event.

The Beasley Story

Cissy agrees to babysit. Cissy gets a chance to go a concert, so she has a friend take her place. She gets sick, so her mother watches the kids, who then calls her husband...

The Baby Sitters

Bill returns home from a business trip and finds that Cissy's hair style is different, Buffy has a new tooth, and he does not know who Jody's best friend is. Bill decides to become a full-time dad.

Family Portrait

Buffy wants more independence. Jody is allowed to go to some places on his own, but Buffy is not allowed the same privilege.

The Latch Key Kid

Jody wants to a club with the big boys, but they tell him he is too young. To prove he is old enough, they tell him he has to cut of some of Mr. French's whiskers and bring it to them.

By a Whisker

A teenager from a royal family wants to marry Cissy, and she wants to marry him. She thinks she is a grown up who can make her own decisions, but Uncle Bill knows she just wants something different.

A Waltz from Vienna

A friend of Bill's confides that he is worried about his son growing up in a home with mostly females. That makes Bill wonder about Jody not having enough time with boys. Bill sends him off to camp.

Your Friend, Jody

Jody and Buff's school teacher is out for a few days, and there is a substitute teacher. Jody develops a crush on her.

The Substitute Teacher

Uncle Bill allows Buffy & Jody to have a friend stay over for a few days while the parents are out of town. But then Uncle Bill finds out the friend is a dog, and pets are not allowed in the building.

Oliver

Buffy makes friends with a girl in the building, and finds out the girl may not live too much longer. Buffy asks Uncle Bill to have a Christmas holiday because Eve might not be alive in December.

Christmas Came a Little Early

Buffy's class is practicing to perform in a singing program, but Buffy's voice is terrible. Uncle Bill hires a singing coach to help her.

The Unsound of Music

Jody and Buffy make friends with a new girl at school whose father seems to always be out of town. Jody and Buffy find out the girl's father has really left the family and may never return.

Albertine

Uncle Bill feels that Buffy and Jody would benefit from listening to fairy tales than watching war-based programs on TV, but the fairy tales end up giving them nightmares.

A Matter of Choice

While on a job in Rome, Bill falls in love with a much younger woman whom he plans to marry, until learning that she has no desire to share his life with Cissy, Buffy, and Jody.

Ciao, Uncle Bill

After Mr. French is ribbed by his gentlemen peers about also being a nanny, he resigns himself to return to his role as a gentlemen's gentleman and starts to shun the children.

A Nanny for All Seasons

Bill breaks his leg skiing and Buffy, Jody, and Cissy give up their free time to take care of him. Bill's girlfriend also wants to help him, but he realizes the children care much more than she does.

Family Plan

Buffy is delighted to go with Uncle Bill to Puerto Rico because she gets to have his full attention. However, Bill meets a former girlfriend and it seems like he may divide his time between the two.

To Love with Buffy

Cissy is excited to have her friend over, who she envies for her glamorous lifestyle, until her friend reveals that her parents are separated and all she wants is a loving family like Cissy has.

A Family Group

The kids overhear Bill talking about one of his bridge's collapsing. He goes to the construction site to help. The kids think they are going to lose all their money to help pay for the bridge.

A Lesson for Grown-Ups

Bill gets a job in England which seems like it might last a year. Everyone plans to move, but then it seems like Bill won't be able to go.

Oh, to Be in England

The twins start using a tape recorder to record conversations other people have in private.

A Matter of Privacy

Uncle Bill takes everyone on vacation to Spain. As they start the great vacation, Mr French and the twins get separated. Bill and Cissy join Mr. French in the search for Buffy and Jody.

Lost in Spain: Part 1

Bill, Cissy and Mr. French continue to search for Buffy and Jody in Spain. Meanwhile, the twins are being cared for at a school house run by nuns.

Lost in Spain: Part 2

The twins are finally found and reunited with their family.

Lost in Spain: Part 3

Buffy likes a boy at school. She starts purposely failing her classes so she does not seem smarter than him. The school thinks Buffy is able to skip a grade but she does not want to skip.

A Diller, a Dollar

Jody has been exchanging letters with a pen-pal from Bolivia. Finally, the boy gets a chance to visit Jody in New York. When he arrives, everyone is more interested in him than Jody.

The Young Man from Bolivia

Mr. French has a new admirer. She is an attractive young secretary, and she is determined to spend time with Mr. French. He starts falling for her, but soon realizes her ultimate goal is Bill.

Speak for Yourself, Mr. French

Cissy falls for a popular musician who writes songs about her. Love-struck Cissy decides to surprise him by going to the concert. She is the one surprised when he starts singing to another woman.

The Flip Side

Mr. French is accused of sending questionable letters to a young woman. He and Bill take a stint as a detective to find the source.

The Matter of Dignity

Cissy meets some flower children in the park and wants to be one of them. Uncle Bill is none too pleased.

Flower Power

Movie producer Fred Wallace spots Mr. French in the park and thinks he would be perfect for his new production. French flatly declines. After some convincing by his family, he agrees to do it.

My Man, the Star

Mr. French, Cissy, Buffy and Jody decide to give Bill some time alone for the weekend. Unfortunately, while they are away, a barrage of neighbors stop by, disrupting Bill's relaxation, peace and quiet.

No Uncle Is an Island

A former friend of Bill's visits, asking for a favor. Harv has just gotten out of prison and needs a job. The twins are afraid of him , and Cissy thinks she can help him adjust.

The Wings of an Angel

One of Cissy's friends has a crush on Uncle Bill, and he cannot shake her from this feeling.

Uncle Prince Charming

Cissy decides it is time to move out on her own, so she moves into an apartment with a friend. It seems like she hasn't left home when when her family constantly visits her.

Cissy's Apartment

When playing at school, a ball thrown breaks a window and Jody is blamed. Jody denies doing it.

The Jody Affair

Since most of Cissy's friends are getting engaged and married, Cissy decides it it is time for her and Gregg to be engaged, even if Gregg does not want it.

With This Ring

Buffy breaks her leg while playing with friends. When Uncle Bill tells her she will not be able to go to the circus, she is sad. Uncle Bill saves the day by bringing the circus act to the building.

What's Funny about a Broken Leg?

When the twins find out that Mr French's birthday is approaching, they ask Cissy to help them set up a birthday party for Mr French.

The Birthday Boy

The twins make friends with a boy who does not have any parents and has run away from an orphanage. They hid him in the apartment, moving him from room to room, so the others do not find him.

The Stowaway

When Bill is in Hong Kong for business, he works with Ng Ho. Bill invites him to visit. When Ng Ho stays with the Davis' he starts to help around the apartment, too efficiently, and upsets Mr French.

Number One Boy

Uncle Bill and Mr. French take the twins on vacation to Boston while Cissy spends her vacation time in New York. Everyone seems to be off sync as they miss each other.

A Tale of Two Travels

A former sweetheart of French's, once a common worker, is now a wealthy single woman. She asks Mr French to visit her in England, with the hopes to pursue their relationship.

Family Affair

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