The Doris Day Show

- Season 3

(1970)

Doris finds an apartment in San Francisco that's above an Italian restaurant. It's just the kind of place that she's looking for, but when she throws a party to celebrate her new place, the landlord cancels her lease.

Today's World is working on getting the serialization rights to feminist Harriet Henderson's latest book. Being a man, Ron gets nowhere with Harriet. Having no female executives on staff, Nicholson asks Doris if she will act on the magazine's behalf in dealing with Harriet, Doris to pretend to be a feminist in Harriet's mold despite Doris not believing in most of what Harriet espouses, which includes women being devoid of any femininity. Doris reluctantly agrees. Harriet may not be impressed if she knew the real Doris, one that is currently being romantically wooed by...

Doris is glad to hear that the Palluccis have managed to rent out what was the long standing empty apartment next door to theirs in the building, irrespective of Billy and Toby's auspicious first meeting with the new tenant, the boys who knocked him over and broke his lamp in the process. Doris changes her mind when going over to apologize on the boys' behalf and welcome the man into the building, she learns the new tenant is Willard Jarvis, with who every previous meeting she has had has turned into a disaster because of their different outlooks. As hard as each ...

Angie laments to Doris that business has been bad, which Doris doesn't understand since she believes the food the best in town. Doris' efforts to bring at least her friends in, either by changing where they normally eat or encouraging them to eat out if they generally eat in, don't seem to help. When Angie says that Louie has been offered a job at a high end restaurant recommended by well-known critic Dudley Grey, Doris believes that what Palluccis needs is for Dudley Grey to review their restaurant, this advice regardless of the fact that both Doris and Angie ...

While she's having her brown bag lunch in the park, Doris receives a surprise visit from her old friend, reclusive multi-millionaire William Tyler, this the way they first met. He is in San Francisco specifically to see Doris as he has a proposition for her: be his personal secretary. The exorbitant salary is tempting enough, but he ups the ante when he shows her what would be her lavish working quarters, and shows her who would be her secretary. These perks are enough for Doris eventually to say yes, despite she liking her friends and colleagues at Today's World, and...

Doris helps in closing the deal for her new boss, reclusive multi-millionaire William Tyler, on a whirlwind business trip to Tokyo, Japan, after which Tyler shows her the town in appreciation. That trip is quickly followed by another impromptu trip, this time to St. Moritz, Switzerland, followed by another, then another, each to an exotic locale. Doris loves the excitement and how Tyler shows his gratitude. But she learns that the job is taking its toll, specifically on her home life with Billy and Toby, who express how much they miss her. Her sons' feelings manifest ...

Doris is preparing for this year's fashion show, sponsored by Today's World and which again debuts the new collection by Paris fashion designer, Montagne. Doris is looking forward to watching the show from the comfort of a seat in the audience, unlike last year, when, at the last minute, she had to do all the modeling for the show herself. When Montagne arrives from Paris, Doris learns that he has other things on his mind as since the show went so well last year, he didn't bring any models this year expecting Doris to model everything once again. He even designed the ...

Ron has his first lead article for the magazine, despite the on-the-surface dry nature of the topic: how international trade affects the average person. Things are down to the wire in getting it to press on Monday as Myrna still needs to type it and Nicholson needs to read it. Despite the tight time-line, Myrna just isn't in the mood to type it. Not typed correctly by the end of the day Friday, Myrna and Doris convince Ron to let Myrna complete it at home over the weekend, and Doris will personally proof-read the typed copy before getting it to him to give to Nick on ...

Doris' friend, ex-boxer turned dance instructor Duke Farentino, is starting yet another career, as nightclub headliner. The dance school isn't generating business, so he figured performing would be a good way to get his name out into the business. After the opening night show which featured Duke and "his Duchesses" in a comedic song & dance routine, Duke even admits that it was a fiasco. He decides to throw in the towel. However, Doris convinces him that he needs to train harder and hone his act. Because of Doris' advice, Duke finagles Doris into being his manager/...

Doris has just returned from a business trip to Portland, the notes - recipes for a culinary story - from which she's put in her attaché case. However, at San Francisco Airport, Doris inadvertently picks up someone else's identical attaché case. That attaché case contains top secret government documents. Because of the importance of the case's contents, it is equipped with a tracking device and a tamper-proof lock. The government agents, led by Mssrs. Fleming and Bowers, believe the case has fallen into enemy hands as they track its whereabouts. When Fleming, Bowers ...

Doris admits that she is star-struck by the prospect of interviewing Tony Bennett. When she arrives for the interview, he places her so much at ease that she even literally forgets that she is supposed to be conducting an interview. But what Doris is feeling is nothing compared to Angie when she learns that Bennett, who is lamenting not being able to find a good simple home cooked Italian meal in San Francisco without going to busy restaurants where he has been mobbed by autograph hounds, is coming to the restaurant tonight on Doris' recommendation and with Doris as his guest. ...

Doris' cousin, Charlie Webb, who she has not seen or heard from in four years, stops by unexpectedly, and invites himself to stay with the Martins until the wind literally blows him to wherever his next stop. Charlie is a free spirit who travels the world, generally via boat, doing odd jobs along the way. Doris is worried about him because his carefree life has not led to any stability or future prospects. Doris, who knows that Charlie has many talents which he demonstrates as he gets her out of a traffic ticket, tries to persuade him to settle in San Francisco and ...

Doris notices that Angie and Louie's marriage has hit a stale patch, which Angie confirms. Working side by side with Angie all day long, all Louie seems to care about is Angie doing her job in the restaurant, and by closing time, all Louie wants to do is go to bed. Doris believes that what Angie needs to do is inject a little sexiness and romance back into the marriage, most specifically by wearing sexier clothes, and making herself up. Angie agrees with Doris' scheme, but trying to find some free time away from the restaurant during business hours to go to the beauty...

On Buck's latest weekly Sunday visit, Doris laments not seeing him more often, or have him stay longer, permanently if he is amenable to the idea. That would mean selling the farm and retiring. Buck, on the other hand, believes he would be lost in the city, being a country boy at heart. They compromise - he will stay for one week, after which he can reevaluate his options. Buck finds that life in the city has a whole different rhythm and whole different sensibility than what he is used to, and he has troubles trying to find things to do that don't get him into trouble...

Doris throws a Christmas party at her apartment and invites Mr. Jarvis. However, not only does Jarvis turn down her invitation, but he threatens to call the cops if Doris and her guests make too much noise.

Doris is dismayed to see the state of the plants on her patio, which she learns are being slowly killed by sulfur poisoning, the nurseryman who can smell the sulfur in the air. She tracks the culprit down to a new sulfur factory, Fedderson Sulfur, which she tries to shut down. She does slightly soften her opinion when she learns of sulfur's many uses, but still comes out of the meeting with the plant manager unsatisfied that they will not make the easy and quick fix to reduce toxic emissions at a $500,000 price tag. She gets permission from Colonel Fairburn, who is ...

Doris gets an interview with womanizing football star Joe Garrison. He has other ideas about the "interview", however, and while chasing her around the apartment, he falls and breaks his leg--right before a big game.

Doris' ex-boxer turned nightclub performer friend, Duke Farentino, has the exciting news that he has met the woman of his dreams, old money socialite Alison Otis Peabody, and is planning on asking her to marry him. Doris becomes a bit skeptical when she learns that Duke and Alison met only two days ago, and that Alison is slyly pressuring him to buy her jewelry from one of the most expensive jewelers in town. That skepticism is strengthened when Doris doesn't recognize Alison's name or the Peabody's as old family money in San Francisco. Doris is certain Alison is a ...

Mr. Jarvis informs Doris and the boys that his Uncle Randolph Jarvis is coming for a visit from Fort Lauderdale for a week, and as such issues them an even stricter than usual "anti-noise" directive for the duration of the visit, the unreasonableness about which Doris is incredulous. Doris finds out that she need not worry as beyond the striking physical resemblance, Uncle Randolph is nothing like his nephew, "Randy" who is friendly and likes children and animals, even noisy ones. He admits to Doris that he dreads his two weekly annual visits with his nephew, he ...

Leroy B. Simpson pays a visit and winds up winning $20,000 at a rodeo. Doris hides his money in a broken toaster, so he'll stop spending it foolishly, but the boys, who don't know about the money, give the broken toaster away to a library fund-raising drive.

Instead of the obvious choice of Ron the associate editor, Colonel Fairburn appoints his newly graduated son, Clifford Fairburn, managing editor of the magazine during his and Nick's two week business trip. Clifford, who has no practical magazine experience, is nonetheless a chip off the old block: he went to military school, followed by finishing first in his class in business school. And he has traditional conservative values and ideals... or so he would like his father to believe. Once the Colonel and Nick are gone, the real Clifford emerges. In reality, he is a ...

A widower whose daughter is going on her first date with Billy falls for Billy's mother Doris.

When Doris Martin wins a Doris Day lookalike contest, she and Myrna head to Hollywood to have lunch with the star, but things don't turn out the way they had planned.

Doris and Myrna go on a weekend skiing trip, where Doris meets a handsome doctor--who comes in handy when Myrna sprains her ankle before she even gets to the slopes.

Grandpa Buck isn't able to take Toby on a father-son camping trip, so Doris goes along instead.

Doris' young niece pays a middle-of-the-night visit to seek her advice on how to patch up her marriage.