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The Best Episodes of The Danny Thomas Show Season 6

Every episode of The Danny Thomas Show Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Danny Thomas Show Season 6!

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
Genre:Comedy
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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"The Bob Hope Show" is the best rated episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" season 6. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/6/1958. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Rusty, the Ward-Heeler".

  • The Bob Hope Show
    NaN/100 votes

    #1 - The Bob Hope Show

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1958

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rusty, the Ward-Heeler
    6.9/1020 votes

    #2 - Rusty, the Ward-Heeler

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1958

    Kathy thinks Danny is sending the wrong message to Rusty, who is running for Class President and is using his father's suggestion to throw a rally, replete with lots of ice cream and Danny's telling jokes, to 'buy' votes for Rusty.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • First Anniversary
    7.5/1024 votes

    #3 - First Anniversary

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1958

    When Danny and Kathy disagree and argue about who proposed to whom, Mr. Daly urges Danny not to apologize to his daughter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Terry Goes Steady
    7.5/1026 votes

    #4 - Terry Goes Steady

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1958

    Danny reads an article about teenagers running away to get married. As a result he gets worried over his own teen-aged Daughter, Terry. Then he finds out she is going steady with a boy named Walter, which only worries him more.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take a Message
    7.6/1023 votes

    #5 - Take a Message

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1958

    Chaos ensues when, because of Kathy's forgetfulness, Danny and Kathy dine with the Wolfs, where they weren't invited, much to the dismay of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, where they were invited.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Locket for Linda
    7.5/1024 votes

    #6 - A Locket for Linda

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1958

    Rusty balks when Danny won't give him $15 for a model airplane, but Kathy and Danny promise Linda a locket from the tooth fairy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jack Benny Takes Daddy's Job
    7.6/1032 votes

    #7 - Jack Benny Takes Daddy's Job

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1958

    Danny fully expects to perform at Rusty's Cub Scout show for the third consecutive year and is annoyed at be asked again, until he finds he's been replaced by Jack Benny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Uncle Tonoose's Fling
    7.3/1022 votes

    #8 - Uncle Tonoose's Fling

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1958

    After Uncle Tonoose, family matchmaker, has married off his last relative, he comes to visit Kathy and Danny and announces that he wants to lead the life of a playboy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Linda's Tonsils
    6.9/1021 votes

    #9 - Linda's Tonsils

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1958

    When Danny tries to calm a terrified Linda, who needs her tonsils removed, he soon needs some consolation himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals
    7.3/1027 votes

    #10 - Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1958

    Tension mounts between Danny and Dinah Shore, when they are slated to open at different nightclubs on the same night.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reunion
    7.5/1018 votes

    #11 - The Reunion

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1958

    On the eve of a 20 year reunion with old Toledo chums, Danny is feeling a bit smug at his great success with one year of high school while he friends completed their education. The tide turns when the group reunites and Danny learn that Charlie is an eminent surgeon, Harry, a prominent NASA scientist and Joe, a senior member of the diplomatic corps.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy's Career
    6.7/1022 votes

    #12 - Kathy's Career

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1958

    Bored with her housewife routine, Kathy accepts a glamorous job at a fashion magazine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Saints Come Marching In
    7.3/1019 votes

    #13 - The Saints Come Marching In

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1958

    After encountering a group of wayward young men, who possess huge musical talent, Danny intervenes with school authorities to put them on the straight and narrow, with a view towards launching their show business career.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lucy Upsets the Williams Household
    8.0/1031 votes

    #14 - Lucy Upsets the Williams Household

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1959

    When Lucy and Ricky Ricardo pay a visit to the Williams family, Danny makes the mistake of advising Ricky to halt Lucy's shopping sprees by closing all of her charge accounts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help
    7.4/1024 votes

    #15 - Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1959

    Uncle Tonoose travels from Toledo with Danny's cousin, Stephen, in tow, asking Danny to scratch Stephen's itch for a show business career.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tennessee Ernie Stays for Dinner
    7.9/1028 votes

    #16 - Tennessee Ernie Stays for Dinner

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1959

    After Danny lectures the children on the meaning of helping the less fortunate, Rusty and Linda bring "Kentucky Cal," a lonely drifter, home for dinner. Kathy and the kids become attached to the colorful Cal, but Danny wants to know more about this mysterious character.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors
    7.6/1032 votes

    #17 - Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1959

    Danny is outraged when Rusty and Linda are assigned minor roles in their school's upcoming production of "Alice in Wonderland" and argues with Mrs. Foster, the play's director. When she resigns in a huff, Danny takes over, only to find himself with Bob Hope, whose nephew has also been cast, offering his own unique style of 'shtick' while advising Danny on his direction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red Tape
    7.4/1022 votes

    #18 - Red Tape

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1959

    When Kathy's friend takes in a Norwegian exchange student, Danny, missing his teen aged daughter, Terry, who's away at college, decides to sign on as well. When the authorities deem the Williams' household unsuitable because of Danny's profession, Danny, Rusty, Linda and Kathy set out to change their thinking and are determined to house their very own student.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gina from Italy
    7.3/1026 votes

    #19 - Gina from Italy

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1959

    Danny awaits the arrival of Italian exchange student, Gina Minelli, with great anxiety. The Williamses do everything they can to welcome the shy and homesick girl, but Danny, particularly, makes all the wrong, albeit, well intentioned moves. Inevitably, he stumbles upon the right tack and a very happy Gina feels very much at home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shirley Jones Makes Good
    7.5/1031 votes

    #20 - Shirley Jones Makes Good

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1959

    Danny receives a letter from his old and beloved friend and mentor, Otto Nielsen, telling him that his daughter, Shirley, is in New York, hoping to land a job at the Copa. Danny is dismayed when he meets Shirley, a brassy, gum chewing girl who can't sing. When a worried Otto shows up at the Copa, he doesn't recognize the beautiful and innocent daughter who left home three weeks earlier. After some attitude, wardrobe and vocal adjustments, Danny is captivated by Shirley and sees a bright future for her in show business.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gina's First Date
    7.7/1024 votes

    #21 - Gina's First Date

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1959

    As Gina attempts to adapt to the American high school social scene, Danny takes it upon himself to help her get the attention of the star football player.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Growing Pains
    7.4/1023 votes

    #22 - Growing Pains

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/2/1959

    Rusty turns to Danny and Kathy for advice when he becomes smitten with a cute girl at school.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Frankie Laine Sings for Gina
    7.8/1035 votes

    #23 - Frankie Laine Sings for Gina

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1959

    Gina is thrilled to learn that her idol, Frankie Laine, is performing with Danny at the Copa. She and her friend ask him if he would perform at their high school dance and Mr. Laine, who has taken a shine to Gina, consents. Gina is overjoyed, but as she's getting ready for her exciting evening, Kathy, a former nurse, notices that Gina is down with the measles. Danny promises Gina that Frankie Laine will come back to the Williamses apartment to sing to her after the dance, but Frankie says he has other plans.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Leaves Danny
    7.2/1023 votes

    #24 - Kathy Leaves Danny

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/1959

    Danny takes a ribbing from Phil and Harry, both confirmed bachelors, when they ask Danny along on a fishing trip, but know that he must ask Kathy's permission to go. When Danny protests that this is not true, things get even stickier when the men go back to the Williams' apartment and Kathy tells Danny that she's made vacation plans, without consulting him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Latin Lover
    7.1/1022 votes

    #25 - Latin Lover

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1959

    When suave Mario Firenze, a young man from Gina's hometown, arrives at the Williamses, he charms everyone with his continental ways. He takes an interest in a befuddled Gina, who tells Danny and Kathy that his family are aristocrats and that he would never give her the time of day back in Palermo. Everything is clarified when Gina receives a letter from her mother, warning her that Mario has traveled to New York to use Gina and enlist Danny and his show business connections to further his singing career.

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    Writer: N/A