Season 1

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  6.0/1031 votes

  Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/1984

  Skip Tarkenton finds his dream of being an animator coming true a lot sooner than he expected when he hops a bus to L.A.

  Director: Gene Reynolds

  Writer: Allan Burns

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  6.8/1022 votes

  Filling Buddy's Shoes

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/1984

  Someone must fill Buddy's shoes as the Dippy Duck showrunner. But who?

  Director: Rod Daniel

  Writer: John Steven Owen

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  7.2/1024 votes

  The Annies

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/1984

  A series of mishaps arise when the staff attend the Annies, where Buddy is to receive a posthumous award.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: Barbara Hall

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  6.7/1021 votes

  No Good Deed

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/1984

  Skip learns that no good deed goes unpunished when he gives Ginger a job she doesn't deserve and Marty's script a kinder review than it deserves.

  Director: Harry Winer

  Writer: Steve Kline

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  6.7/1020 votes

  The Way We Weren't

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/1984

  Aggie plans to attend a reunion with her old Navy pals, but when she can't scrounge a date, she asks Skip to accompany her.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: Katherine Green

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  7.3/1019 votes

  Can We Talk?

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/1984

  Marty's plagiarism becomes Skip's problem.

  Director: Peter Baldwin

  Writer: John Steven Owen

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  7.2/1019 votes

  The Education of Mrs. Winkler (a.k.a. The Education of S*h*e*r*e*e W*i*n*k*l*e*r)

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/1984

  In hopes of being smarter, Sheree decides to finally get her high school diploma, and Brooks gives her a helping hand -- and a little something extra.

  Director: Rod Daniel

  Writer: Jordan Moffet

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  7.0/1019 votes

  Ordinary People, Too

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/6/1984

  Skip helps come up with the cash to fund Andrea's film project, yet doesn't get the thanks one might think.

  Director: Kim Friedman

  Writer: Bob Stevens

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  7.9/1022 votes

  It Didn't Happen One Night

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/1984

  The gang begin to suspect that Skip and Andrea are romantically involved. Meanwhile, Marty isn't happy about his friend's new girlfriend -- Sheree.

  Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

  Writer: Jordan Moffet

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  7.3/1020 votes

  The Duck Stops Here

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/20/1984

  Wally decides to throw his hat into the Shakespeare ring after his Dippy Duck voice escapes him.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: John Steven Owen

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  7.7/1021 votes

  The Children's Half Hour

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/27/1984

  It's Children's Night at the Apollo when Brooks' son and Wally's daughter both want to further their artistic careers -- to the joy of Brooks and the dismay of Wally.

  Director: Rod Daniel

  Writer: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox

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  7.1/1020 votes

  You Always Love the One You Hurt

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/4/1984

  Roland is pressured to quit the animation biz and follow in his father's footsteps -- as a dentist. Meanwhile, the staff consider changing the show when a parents group vote it one of the most violent kids' programs on TV.

  Director: Jim Drake

  Writer: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox

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  7.4/1020 votes

  Call Me Responsible

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/1984

  The ball is in Skip's hands when the show needs someone to fight for it at the network, or it will be cancelled.

  Director: Gene Reynolds

  Writer: Stuart Silverman