All Episodes of The Paul Lynde Show

Season 1

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  7.8/1047 votes

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  Howie Comes Home to Roost

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1972

  Paul's daughter returns home from college with her unemployed husband Howie, for whom Paul tries to find a position.

  Director: William Asher

  Writer: N/A

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  7.7/1041 votes

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  Whiz Kid Sizzles as Quiz Fizzles

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1972

  Paul's plan to get Barbara and Howie out of the house backfires when Howie refuses to take the $3,000 he won on a game show.

  Director: William Asher

  Writer: Ed Jurist

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  8.1/1037 votes

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  The Landlord

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1972

  When Howie gets a part in an all-nude play, Paul tries to prevent it from opening.

  Director: William Asher

  Writer: S.A. Long, Phoebe Ephron

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  8.0/1039 votes

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  No Nudes is Good Nudes

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1972

  When Paul throws them out of the house, Barbara and Howie join a commune.

  Director: Bruce Bilson, William Asher

  Writer: N/A

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  7.7/1042 votes

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  To Commune or Not to Commune

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1972

  Paul's plan to get the kids out of the house by faking unemployment backfires.

  Director: Bruce Bilson, George Tyne

  Writer: N/A

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  8.5/1026 votes

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  How to be Unhappy, Though Poor

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1972

  Paul must defend the oil company Howie and Barbara are demonstrating against.

  Director: William Asher

  Writer: N/A

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  7.6/1037 votes

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  Pollution Solution

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1972

  Howie and Barbara learn their marriage is invalid, so Paul tries to convince them to remarry.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.3/1027 votes

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  To Wed or Not to Wed

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1972

  Paul hates Sally's new boyfriend, so she runs away from home.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/1026 votes

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  Unsteady Going

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1972

  Paul hires Howie as his temporary secretary.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/1033 votes

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  Whose Lib?

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1972

  Paul's eccentric sister visits while Paul is entertaining a Japanese businessman.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: Ed Jurist

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  7.6/1035 votes

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  Meet Aunt Charlotte

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1972

  Howie and Barbara move into Paul's basement just as Howie's parents come for a visit.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: Ed Jurist, Stan Dreben

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  8.8/1023 votes

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  An Affair to Forget

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1972

  Paul and Martha take sides when their friends separate.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: N/A

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  7.9/1031 votes

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  Martha's Last Hurrah

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1972

  Paul's sister returns to cause trouble for Paul. She is siding with the candidate who is opposing the mayor's son whom Paul is helping.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: Myles Wilder

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  6.2/1038 votes

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  Paul's Desperate Hour

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1972

  Howie invites the black man who mugged Barbara to dinner.

  Director: Bruce Bilson

  Writer: N/A

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  8.1/1029 votes

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  No More Mr. Nice Guy

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1972

  After he learns he has high blood pressure, Paul must try to be nice to Howie.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: N/A

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  8.6/1023 votes

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  The Bare Facts

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1973

  Paul loses the nomination for the Bar Association presidency when Howie's nude portrait of Barbara is printed in the local newspaper.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: N/A

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  8.1/1030 votes

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  Howie's Inheritance

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1973

  Howie inherits $10,000 but refuses to accept it.

  Director: Jerry London

  Writer: Laurence Marks

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  8.5/1022 votes

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  P.S. I Loathe You

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1973

  Paul writes a nasty letter to his boss, which then gets accidentally mailed,

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.9/1033 votes

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  The Congressman's Son

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1973

  Paul loses a big job when Howie changes a congressman's son into a hippie.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: Leo Rifkin

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  8.1/1028 votes

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  Out of Bounds

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1973

  Paul's discovers that his fence extends one foot onto his neighbor's property, so he must either buy the land or move the fence.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Myles Wilder

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  8.0/1032 votes

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  Is This Trip Necessary?

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1973

  Paul's mother-in-law comes for a visit. In order to get rid of her, Paul arranges for her to win a free trip.

  Director: George Tyne

  Writer: Bob Fisher, Arthur Marx

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  8.3/1029 votes

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  Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Mother-in-Law But Were Afraid to Ask

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1973

  Paul's mother-in-law sprains her leg and moves in for a very long visit.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.5/1031 votes

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  Back Talk

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1973

  Barbara and Howie have a fight about not fighting enough, so she moves into her parents' room, causing Paul to move in with Howie.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.8/1020 votes

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  Barbara Goes Home to Mother

  Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/1973

  Paul is afraid the family unit is breaking up, so he institutes Family Day -- and everyone else desperately tries to end the fun.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.9/1029 votes

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  Togetherness

  Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/7/1973

  Martha is jealous when their 18-year-old neighbor is impressed with Paul's legal abilities.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/1031 votes

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  Springtime for Paul

  Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/14/1973

  Paul hurts his back, but is cured when he learns Howie's friend agrees to help him with acupuncture.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A