CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Comedy Series
Episode Guide  compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: John King, Rina Fox, Charnetha Kimbrough
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Funny Face (1971)
Paramount Television Production
for
CBS (Saturday 8:30pm)
Executive Producer Jerry Davis
Produced by Carl Kleinschmitt  
US Comedy series 1971 13 episodes x 30 min color
(18Sep71-11Dec71)
starring
Sandy Duncan as Sandy Stockton
Valorie Armstrong as Alice McRaven
Kathleen Freeman as Kate Harwell
Henry Beckman as Pat Harwell  
 
Directed by Hal Cooper 

Premise:
Sandy Stockton was a very sweet and slightly naive young woman from
downstate Illinois who was experiencing big city life for the first time
as a student at the University of California at Los Angeles. She also
worked part time as an actress in television commercials for the
"Prescott Advertising Agency", and was befriended by her neighbor Alice and
her landlords, the Harwells.

'Funy Face' was part of CBS's powerhouse 1971 Saturday Night line-up -
'All in the Family', 'Funny Face' were the lead-ins, and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' followed.  
The following season Sandy Duncan returned as a student teacher in "The Sandy Duncan Show" 1972

Original music by Patrick Williams  
 
"Funny Face" title song sung by Jack Jones
"The kind of girl she is" From the TV show, "Funny Face".
words: Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman,
music: Dave Grusin.

################# Funny Face #################
############# season Fall 1971 ##############
##############################################
CBS Saturdays 8:30 pm Eastern
(18Sep71-11Dec71)
 
  1.1 [--] Funny Face: DRIVE? WHO SAID?
18Sep71 CBS Sat (some sources have 16Oct71)
Guest Cast:
Todd Susman .......... Butler
Steve Franken ........ Fermin
Synopsis:
Sandy's great American experience: her first driving lesson. [RF]

1.2 [--] Funny Face: A LESSON IN COURAGE
25Sep71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Peter Kastner ........ Roger
Gene Andrusco ........ Billy
Joe Perry ............ Al
Synopsis:
A far-out lesson in courage for a little boy.

1.3 [--] Funny Face: NO MUSIC, MAESTRO PLEASE
02Oct71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Raymond Bailey ....... Principal
Arnie Yellin ......... David
Jeff Whipple ......... Nelson
Synopsis:
Sympathy anyone? Sandy has a marching band of tone-deaf kids rehearsing
in her home. [RF]

1.4 [--] Funny Face: THE REPAIRMAN CHEATETH
09Oct71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Bernie Kopell ........ Repairman
Ben Cooper ........... Lawyer
Synopsis:
TV repair rackets get a going over with Bernie Kopell as a repairman
who takes Sandy's set to the shop and Sandy to the cleaners. [RF]

1.5 [--] Funny Face: THE USED CAR
16Oct71 CBS Sat (some sources have  25Sep71)
Guest Cast:
Tom Bosley ........... Used-car Dealer
Synopsis:
Sandy gets taken for a ride doing pitches for a high-pressure used-car
dealer. [RF]

1.6 [--] Funny Face: A STAR IS BORN ON A STRETCHER [JK]
23Oct71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Peter Graves ........ Himself
Avery Schreiber ..... Manny
Richard Stahl ....... Neil
Synopsis:
Sandy's shaky dramatic debut as an intended murder victim on "Mission:
Impossible." [RF]

1.7 [--] Funny Face: THE MARRYING KIND
30Oct71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
John Fink ............ Date
Synopsis:
A romantic evening finds Sandy puzzling over the truth about her
handsome date. [RF]

1.8 [--] Funny Face: WHAT'S IN A MOUTH [JK]
06Nov71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
David Doyle ......... DeHaven
William Schallert ... Dr. Meffler
Tom Hallick ......... Ted
Synopsis:
A morning trip to the dentist hampers Sandy's coffee-commercial debut.

1.9 [--] Funny Face: FOUR-SIDED TRIANGLE [JK]
13Nov71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Monte Markham
Tommy Farrell ....... Director
Synopsis:
Monte Markham as a scheming playboy out to date both Sandy and Alice.

1.10 [--] Funny Face: DON'T WORRY, I'LL MANAGE
20Nov71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Lillian Bronson ...... Mrs. Morris
Scott Kilden ......... Bobby
Patty Regan .......... Mrs. Carter
Synopsis:
Sandy's chaotic stint as temporary landlady. [RF]

1.11 [--] Funny Face: A CRUSH ON SANDY [JK]
27Nov71 CBS Sat
Guest Cast:
Michael Callan ...... Ken
Mike Lookinland ..... Richie
Patricia Hardy
Synopsis:
A whopper of a schoolboy crush, with Sandy as the target. [RF]

1.12 [--] Funny Face: CAPTAIN WONDERFUL
04Dec71 CBS Sat (some sources have  27Nov71)
Guest Cast:
Jonathan Harris ...... Host
Sandra Gould ......... Mrs. Walden
Phil Leeds ........... Coleman
Shelley Morrison ..... Mrs. Martinez
Maidie Norman ........ Mrs. Johnson
Synopsis:
An egomaniacal kid-show host is trying to avoid appearing at Sandy's
PTA benefit. [RF]

1.13 [--] Funny Face: [PILOT]
11Dec71 CBS Sat (final episode)
Guest Cast:
Nita Talbot ......... Maggie Prescott
Elliott Street ...... Howard Dalyrimple
Jack De Mave ........ Ron Roland
Frank Aletter ....... Dick
Synopsis:
A dating dilemma plaugues Sandy. (30 mins)
NOTE: This was the PILOT episode of the series finally shown as the
last telecast of the series.
The following week "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" moved into this
timeslot.

Here the correct episode guide for "Funny Face" [CK]
09/18/71 - "The Used Car"
09/25/71 - "A Lesson In Courage"
10/02/71 - "No Music, Maestro, Please"
10/09/71 - "The Repairman Cheateth"
10/16/71 - "Drive? Who Said?"
10/23/71 - "A Star Is Born On A Stretcher"
10/30/71 - "The Marrying Kind"
11/06/71 - "What's In A Mouth?"
11/13/71 - "Four-Sided Triangle"
11/20/71 - "Don't Worry, I'll Manage"
11/27/71 - "Captain Wonderful"
12/04/71 - "Pilot"
"A Crush on Sandy" ??????

The Sandy Duncan Show (1972)
Jefferson-Sultan production
in association with
Paramount Television
for
CBS (Sundays 8:30pm EST)
Produced by Arne Sultan
US comedy series Fall 1972 13 episodes x 30 min color
(17Sep72-31Dec72)
starring
Sandy Duncan as Sandy Stockton
Tom Bosley as Bert Quinn
Marian Mercer as Kay Fox
Pamela Zarit as Hilary
M. Emmet Walsh as Alex Lembeck
Eric Christmas as Ben Hamilton 

Premise:
Follow up to "Funny Face" that relates the comic adventures of Sandy
Stockton as a student teacher at U.C.L.A. and a part time secretary at
the "Quinn and Cohen Advertising Agency".

############ The Sandy Duncan Show ###########
############# season Fall 1972 ##############
##############################################
CBS Sundays 8:30 pm Eastern
(17Sep72-31Dec72)

  2.1 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: HOORAY FOR HARRIET [JK]
17Sep72 CBS Sun
Guest cast:
Martha Scott ...... Aunt Harriet
Synopsis:
Sandy plays mother hen to an aunt who's kicking up her heels. [RF]

2.2 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: RICHER THE THIRD
24Sep72 CBS Sun
Guest cast:
Keith Charles ....... Richard
Donald Woods ........ Ellsworth
Synopsis:
A mystery man is overwhelming Sandy with tokens of love. [RF]

2.3 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: BIG LITTLE MAN
01Oct72 CBS Sun  (some sources have 19Nov72)

2.4 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTINE
08Oct72 CBS Sun
Guest cast:
Vivian Bonnell ...... Louise
Edmund Cambridge .... George
Aldine King ......... Ernestine
Synopsis:
A playboy, his jealous wife and an indignant mistress are Sandy's problems. [RF]

2.5 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: LOCK ON ANY DOOR [JK]
15Oct72 CBS Sun
Guest cast:
Marty Feldman ....... Burglar
Synopsis:
About Sandy's lockless door and a visit from a bungling burglar. [RF]

2.6 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: PLAY IT AGAIN SAMUELSON [JK]
22Oct72 CBS Sun
Guest cast:
John Hillerman ...... Plessey
Abe Vigoda .......... Mr. Samuelson
Dodo Denney ......... Mrs. Samuelson
Charles Lane ........ Judge
Synopsis:
Criminal charges and process servers haunt hapless Sandy after she
mistakenly nails a purse snatcher.

[--] 29Oct72 CBS Sun - Pre-empted: The movie "Yellow Submarine"

[--] The Sandy Duncan Show: (Episode title not known)
05Nov72 CBS Sun (postponed to 12Nov72)

2.7 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: SEVEN HOUR ITCH
12Nov72 CBS Sun  ( postponed from last week)
Guest cast:
Alfie Wise .......... Leonard
Bob Hastings ........ Director
Synopsis:
It's a question of principle vs.itchy bubbles as Sandy ponders
doing a commercial for an inferior soap. [JK]
Synopsis 2:
Ethics vs. money as Sandy ponders whether or not to do a commercial for an inferior soap.

2.8 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: FOR THE MAN WHO HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING
19Nov72 CBS Sun  (some sources have 01Oct72)
Guest cast:
Alfie Wise .......... Leonard
Synopsis:
Sandy's boss visits her every night and the neighbors are getting suspicious. [RF]

2.9 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: HOLD YOUR HOARSE
26Nov72 CBS Sun
With:
Tom Bosley (as Quinn), Alfie Wise (as Leonard),
Marian Mercer (as Kay), Eric Christmas (as Ben)
Guest Cast:
Eugene Toobnick ...... Hornsby
Byron Webster ........ Dr.Kellum
John Van Dreleen ..... Le Moko
Synopsis:
Hang on to her laryngitis or lose her job: Sandy's problem when
her husky voice gets her the lead in a perfume commercial. [JK]
Synopsis 2:
A case of laryngitis complicates Sandy's role in a perfume commercial. [RF]

[--] 03Dec72 CBS Sun - Pre-empted:
Family Drama Special " The House Without A Christmas Tree"

2.10 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: DOCTOR NEW [JK]
10Dec72 CBS Sun
With:
Marian Mercer (as Kay) Pam Zarit (as Hilary),
Tom Bosley (as Quinn), Eric Christmas (as Ben)
Guest Cast:
Ron Rifkin .......... Warren
Byron Morrow ........ Dr. Reams
Synopsis:
Doctor New an inexperienced dentist who's all thumbs and
determined to make Sandy his first patient. [RF]

2.11 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: WRITE ON
17Dec72 CBS Sun
Synopsis:
The care and handling of a no-talent novelist with a delicate ego. [RF]

2.12 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: FROM RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS [JK]
24Dec72 CBS Sun (possibly postponed from 17Dec72)
Guest Cast:
Liam Dunn ........... Rockefeller
Tol Avery ........... Stockton
Synopsis:
A mysterious $10,000 has appeared in Sandy's meager checking account. [RF]

2.13 [--] The Sandy Duncan Show: DREAM A LITTLE RECURRING DREAM OF ME [JK]
(final episode)
31Dec72 CBS Sun
Guest Cast:
Ceasare Danova ...... Monet
Marge Redmond ....... Dr. Howard
Synopsis:
Sandy's recurring nightmare about a strange man is turning to reality. [RF]

Here the correct episode guide for "The Sandy Duncan Show" [CK]
09/17/72 - "Hooray For Harriet"
09/24/72 - "The Importance Of Being Ernestine"
10/01/72 - pre-empted
10/08/72 - "For The Man Who Has Almost Everything"
10/15/72 - "Knock On Any Door"
10/22/72 - "Play It Again, Samuelson"
10/29/72 - pre-empted
11/05/72 - "Richer Third"
11/12/72 - "The Seven-Hour Itch"
11/19/72 - "Big Little Man"
11/26/72 - "Hold Your Hoarse"
12/03/72 - pre-empted
12/10/72 - "Doctor New"
12/17/72 - "Write On"
12/24/72 - "From Rags To Riches To Rags"
12/31/72 - "Dream A Little Recurring Dream Of Me"

##### Funny Face/ The Sandy Duncan Show ######
################# the end ##################
##############################################

Have you any comments, corrections, episode titles, air dates, production numbers, directors, writers, story/synopsis, guest stars, cast lists, etc?
Have you any old videos, or tv guides? Dust them off and let us know if you have any information on this series or any other tv series from the
Golden Age of TV, which is missing from any episode guides on the web. Perhaps a certain episode of a particular series coincided with a key
moment in your life, or in world events - and or has left a vivid memory of when it was shown. Let us know. Would you like to see any other
tv series guides on this site? If so please e-mail The Classic TV Archive - see Feedback below.
This guide may be distributed and copied freely, in its entirety, for personal use. All original author and copyright information must
remain intact. Any sales or other uses of this document are expressly forbidden, without the specific consent of the author(s).
Copyright © The Classic TV Archive. All rights reserved.

Return to The Classic TV Archive Home Page
Feedback  -  Comedy Forum