Family Affair Season 2, Episode 17: A Man's Place

Birds, Bees and Buffy

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.

30 min

First Love

Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.

Go Home, Mr. French

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.

30 min

Arthur, the Invisible Bear

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.

30 min

The Other Cheek

A girl picks on Jody, who doesn't dare hit her back.

30 min

The Candy Striper

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.

30 min

Fat, Fat, the Water Rat

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.

The Toy Box

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.

Take Me Out of the Ballgame

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.

You Like Buffy Better

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.

Freddie

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

Our Friend Stanley

Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.

Somebody Upstairs

Cissy and Buffy are starstruck when they meet a Broadway star living in the building.

Star Dust

Bill is starstruck now, with a famous actress that wants to give up the business and settle down with him.

Best of Breed

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.

Family Reunion

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.

The Great Kow-Tow

Buffy and Jody go Chinese when they are ""adopted"" by a elderly Chinese man.

The Fish Watchers

Uncle Bill gets the kids involved with tropical fish after the advice of a fellow construction worker.

The Day Nothing Happened

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!

A House in the Country

Bill wants to move to a house in the suburbs, but the kids persuade him to stay where he is.

A Matter of Tonsils

Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.

A Member of the Family

Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.

His and Hers

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.

The New Cissy

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.

The Family Outing

Camping is not such a hot idea for Mr. French, Buffy and Cissy, which spoils the boys' fun.

Mr. French's Holiday

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.

The Mrs. Beasley Story

Buffy is disheartened because Mrs. Beasley needs arm surgery

The Baby Sitters

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.

Family Portrait

A girlfriend urges Bill to stay home more.