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Wendy and Me

  • 1964-1965
  • 1 season
  • ABC
  • Comedy

George Burns (Himself) buys an apartment building in Southern California with Mr. Bundy (J. Pat O'Malley) as the building superintendent. Jeff (Ron Harper) and Wendy Conway (Connie Stevens) are husband and wife tenants; he is an airline pilot and she is a ditz. Jeff's co-pilot is Danny Adams (James T. Callahan), a young, single, girl-chasing man who is proud of his red and black "little books". George follows Wendy around all day commenting on her activities. She was really a replacement for Gracie Allen, who had retired.

Season 1 Episode Guide

34 Episodes 1964 - 1965

Episode 1

Molehills to Mountains

Mon, Sep 14, 1964 30 mins

In the series (a slight variation of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), Burns plays a somewhat fictionalized version of himself. He is the owner of an apartment building, while Stevens plays his tenant, Wendy Conway. Each take typically revolved around Wendy pulling Burns into comedic situations mostly involving her husband, played by Ron Harper, and other people in the building. As a regular part of its format, Burns would often break the fourth wall to comment directly to the audience about the show's events.

Episode 2

Wendy's Anniversary for --?

Mon, Sep 21, 1964 30 mins

George Burns (as himself) is the landlord of a California apartment building, where he again breaks the fourth wall (as he did in the classic 'Burns and Allen' series) by directly addressing viewers. This time around, in a show produced after Gracie's death, he again narrates, and follows a tenant, Wendy, making asides along the way.

Episode 3

Swing Low, Aunt Harriet

Mon, Sep 28, 1964 30 mins

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Episode 4

Wendy's Secret Wedding

Mon, Oct 5, 1964 30 mins

As part of Stevens's contract with Warner Bros., Burns agreed to produce another series for her studio, No Time For Sergeants, which appeared before Wendy and Me on ABC's Monday night schedule.

Episode 5

George Burns While Rome Fiddles

Mon, Oct 12, 1964 30 mins

This was also the case when he watched events unfold on The Burns and Allen Show. James T. Callahan appeared in the series as Danny Adams, a playboy friend of Wendy's strait-laced husband. J. Pat O'Malley played the apartment handyman.

Episode 6

Jeff, the Senior Citizen

Mon, Oct 19, 1964 30 mins

Jeff asks Wendy to invite some of his old college buddies to a reunion dinner, a simple request. So how come it's Jeff's father's classmates who show up?

Episode 7

It Takes Two to Tangle

Mon, Oct 26, 1964 30 mins

The television was not so much a "surreptitious closed circuit television" but rather a plain old television set where George Burns watched the show "Wendy and Me" along with the television audiences

Episode 8

Wendy's Private Eye

Mon, Nov 2, 1964 30 mins

Burns as landlord would watch his attractive young tenant on what appears to the modern eye to be a surreptitious closed circuit television transmission with hidden cameras (he also accomplished this with his "TV in the den" in later episodes of The Burns and Allen Show).

Episode 9

Room at the Bottom

Mon, Nov 9, 1964 30 mins

Jeff invites the airline's president home to dinner, not knowing that Wendy has lent the apartment to Mr. Bundy, who wants to impress a visiting niece.

Episode 10

Danny, the Married Bachelor

Mon, Nov 16, 1964 30 mins

An old flame of Danny's is due in town with her burly brother, so in self-defense Danny asks Wendy to be his "bride."

Episode 11

Wendy, the Waitress

Mon, Nov 23, 1964 30 mins

A waitress at a restaurant where George and Wendy are eating is going to miss her sister's wedding-unless someone substitutes for her. Wendy sympathetically obliges.

Episode 12

Belle of the Malt Shop

Mon, Nov 30, 1964 30 mins

Wendy's latest house guest is the daughter of Jeff's boss, and she's a teen-ager afflicted with a bad case of puppy love.

Episode 13

East Is East, and West Is Wendy

Mon, Dec 7, 1964 30 mins

Wendy is determined to see that Jeff gets the assignment of piloting to Washington the very important Shah of Bakhar

Episode 14

Four of a Kind

Mon, Dec 14, 1964 30 mins

Danny thinks he'd like to date the "girl" staying in Wendy's guest room, unaware that "she" is a sheepdog that Wendy is looking after for a friend.

Episode 15

Wendy, the Woman in the Gray Flannel Suit

Mon, Dec 21, 1964 30 mins

When Wendy tries to find work for a friend Jeff and Danny are forced to make their own meals.

Episode 16

Five Minutes to Show Time

Mon, Dec 28, 1964 30 mins

Wendy attempts to get comedian George Burns to emcee the annual airline show that Jeff is producing.

Episode 17

A Bouquet for Mr. Bundy

Mon, Jan 11, 1965 30 mins

Episode 18

The Wendy Mob

Mon, Jan 18, 1965 30 mins

Wendy's checking account is overdrawn. She goes to the bank to deposit money to correct the overdraft. As she's leaving, she has an a minor car accident with two criminals, who are holding up the bank. Hilarity ensues.

Episode 19

Who's in the Guest Room Tonight?

Mon, Jan 25, 1965 30 mins

Episode 20

Wendy Sails in the Sunset

Mon, Feb 1, 1965 30 mins

Episode 21

Tea Leaves for Two

Mon, Feb 8, 1965 30 mins

Episode 22

Happiness Is a Thing Called Misery

Mon, Feb 15, 1965 30 mins

Episode 23

Jeff Takes a Turn for the Nurse

Mon, Feb 22, 1965 30 mins

Episode 24

How Not to Succeed in Stealing

Mon, Mar 1, 1965 30 mins

Episode 25

Wendy Gives Uncle the Brush

Mon, Mar 8, 1965 30 mins

Episode 26

Wendy Is Stranger Than Fiction

Mon, Mar 22, 1965 30 mins

Episode 27

Let's Go Where the Wild Geisha Goes

Mon, Mar 29, 1965 30 mins

Episode 28

You Can Fight City Hall

Mon, Apr 5, 1965 30 mins

Episode 29

Wendy Lends a Helping Voice

Mon, Apr 12, 1965 30 mins

Episode 30

Wendy's Instant Intellect

Mon, Apr 19, 1965 30 mins

Episode 31

Danny's Double Life

Mon, Apr 26, 1965 30 mins

Episode 32

Wendy's Five Thousand Dollar Chair

Mon, May 10, 1965 30 mins

Episode 33

Call Me or I'll Call You

Mon, May 17, 1965 30 mins

Episode 34

Tacos, Enchiladas and Wendy

Mon, May 24, 1965 30 mins

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