List of Love, American Style episodes

This is a list of episodes for the ABC television series Love, American Style. Most of the episodes consist of two or more unconnected segments.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
124September 29, 1969 (1969-09-29)March 27, 1970 (1970-03-27)
224September 25, 1970 (1970-09-25)March 12, 1971 (1971-03-12)
322September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)February 25, 1972 (1972-02-25)
423September 15, 1972 (1972-09-15)March 9, 1973 (1973-03-09)
515September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14)January 11, 1974 (1974-01-11)

Episodes

Season 1 (1969–1970)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Love and a Couple of Couples"Jerry ParisArnold Margolin & Jim ParkerSeptember 29, 1969 (1969-09-29)
"Love and the Hustler"Bruce BilsonRobert L. Goodwin
"Love and the Pill"Jud TaylorNorman Lessing
22"Love and the Living Doll"Bruce BilsonLarry MarkesOctober 6, 1969 (1969-10-06)
"Love and the Letter"Alan RafkinLila Garrett & Bernie Kahn
"Love and the Joker"Bruce BilsonBill Box
"Love and the Unlikely Couple"Bruce BilsonBob Rodgers
In "Love and the Joker", a practical joker's pranks threatens his relationship with his girlfriend.
33"Love and the Doorknob"Bruce BilsonFrank & Doris HursleyOctober 13, 1969 (1969-10-13)
"Love and the Phone Booth"Charles R. RondeauDale McRaven
44"Love and the Legal Agreement"Jeffrey HaydenGeorge KirgoOctober 20, 1969 (1969-10-20)
"Love and the Militant"Bruce BilsonHarry Winkler & Harry Dolan
"Love and Who?"Richard MichaelsDavid Davis & Jerry Music
LOVE AND THE LEGAL AGREEMENT Despite their trial separation, a couple continues to live together. Problems arise as they attempt to date other people.
55"Love and the Modern Wife"Alan RafkinAllan Burns
"Love and the Phonies"Bruce BilsonArnold & Lois Peyser
"Love and the Single Couple"Jud TaylorJames & Helen Damico
66"Love and the Busy Husband"Coby RuskinTerry Ryan
"Love and the Dating Computer"Gary NelsonMichael Elias & Frank Shaw
"Love and the Watchdog"Bruce BilsonBill Idelson & Harvey Miller
77"Love and the Advice Givers"Bruce BilsonBruce HowardNovember 10, 1969 (1969-11-10)
"Love and the Geisha"Bruce BilsonHarry Winkler & Harry Dolan
"Love and Take Me Along"Oscar RudolphGeorge Slavin & Stanley Adams
88"Love and the Burglar"Charles R. RondeauBill Idelson & Harvey MillerNovember 17, 1969 (1969-11-17)
"Love and the Roommate"Charles R. RondeauAllan Burns
"Love and the Wild Party"Bruce BilsonRoy Kammerman
99"Love and the Big Leap"Bruce BilsonDale McRavenNovember 24, 1969 (1969-11-24)
"Love and the Former Marriage"Coby RuskinStory by : Phillip Shuken
Teleplay by : Bill Idelson & Harvey Millers
"Love and the Good Deal"Jerry ParisGarry Marshall & Jerry Belson
LOVE AND THE FORMER MARRIAGE. A man's co-dependent ex-wife and her second husband call him to help them prevent their daughter's elopment.
1010"Love and the Athlete"UnknownUnknownDecember 1, 1969 (1969-12-01)
"Love and the Dummies"
"Love and Mother"
"Love and the Shower"
LOVE AND THE DUMMIES "Two shy ventriloquists flirt using their dummies." LOVE AND MOTHER "Three is definitely a crowd when a new bride's mother shows up to spend the night in the happy couple's room."
1111"Love and the Comedy Team"UnknownUnknownDecember 8, 1969 (1969-12-08)
"Love and the Divorce Sale"
"Love and the Mountain Cabin"
In "The Comedy Team", two comedy writers try to meet a deadline while a fiancée bugs them. "
1212"Love and the Bachelor"UnknownUnknownDecember 22, 1969 (1969-12-22)
"Love and the Other Love"
"Love and the Positive Man"
1313"Love and the Medium"UnknownUnknownDecember 29, 1969 (1969-12-29)
"Love and the Bed"
"Love and the High School Flop-Out"
1414"Love and the Pick-Up"UnknownUnknownJanuary 5, 1970 (1970-01-05)
"Love and the Proposal"
"Love and the Fighting Couple"
1515"Love and the Boss's Ex"UnknownUnknownJanuary 12, 1970 (1970-01-12)
"Love and Mr. Nice Guy"
"Love and the Gangster"
1616"Love and Those Poor Crusaders' Wives"UnknownUnknownJanuary 23, 1970 (1970-01-23)
"Love and the Big Night"
"Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant"
"Love and Those Poor Cruasaders' Wives". A man has a chastity belt stuck on him.
1717"Love and the Nervous Executive"UnknownUnknownJanuary 30, 1970 (1970-01-30)
"Love and the Hitchhiker"
"Love and the Great Catch"
1818"Love and the Banned Book"UnknownUnknownFebruary 6, 1970 (1970-02-06)
"Love and the First-Nighters"
"Love and the King"

"Love and the Banned Book." A jealous husband suspects that his wife's best-selling romance novel is based on her real life and affairs with other men. "Love and the First-Nighters." A pair of high school kids pretend to be newlyweds so that they can make out in a hotel room.

"Love and the King." A married man is tempted to have a one-night stand when an old army buddy brings two women over while his wife leaves town to visit her ailing mother.
1919"Love and the Coed Dorm"UnknownUnknownFebruary 13, 1970 (1970-02-13)
"Love and the Optimist"
"Love and the Teacher"
2020"Love and the Safely Married Man"UnknownUnknownFebruary 20, 1970 (1970-02-20)
"Love and the Uncoupled Couple"
"Love and the Many Married Couple"
"Love and the Safely Married Man - A man pretends to be married with kids in order to get a woman's attention."
2121"Love and Las Vegas"UnknownUnknownFebruary 27, 1970 (1970-02-27)
"Love and the Good Samaritan"
"Love and the Marriage Counselor"
"Love and Las Vegas." A couple's honeymoon in Las Vegas is marred when the bride become addicted to gambling.
2222"Love and the Other Guy"UnknownUnknownMarch 6, 1970 (1970-03-06)
"Love and Grandma"
2323"Love and the Fly"UnknownUnknownMarch 13, 1970 (1970-03-13)
"Love and the Millionaires"
"Love and Double Trouble"
2424"Love and the Minister"UnknownUnknownMarch 27, 1970 (1970-03-27)
"Love and the Geisha"
"Love and the Singles Apartment"
"Love and the Minister." A minister falls in love with the bride whose wedding he is conducting.

Season 2 (1970–1971)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
251"Love and the Father"September 25, 1970 (1970-09-25)
"Love and the Motel"
"Love and the Father", a dad skips prison to attend his daughter's wedding."
262"Love and the Nurse"October 2, 1970 (1970-10-02)
"Love and the Old Boyfriend"
273"Love and the Hypnotist"October 9, 1970 (1970-10-09)
"Love and the Psychiatrist"
284"Love and the Big Date"October 16, 1970 (1970-10-16)
"Love and the Longest Night"
295"Love and the Elopement"October 23, 1970 (1970-10-23)
"Love and the Visitor"
306"Love and the Eskimo"October 30, 1970 (1970-10-30)
"Love and the Nuisance"
317"Love and the Decision"November 6, 1970 (1970-11-06)
"Love and the Haunted House"
"Love and the Haunted House". A stranded engaged couple have to spend the night in what seems to be a haunted house.
328"Love and the Fur Coat"November 13, 1970 (1970-11-13)
"Love and the Trip"

"Love and the Fur Coat." A guy who's married also has a girlfriend who claims that he promised to get her a fur coat, so he scurries to get one.

"Love and the Trip." A couple's son is visiting them, and they find he has what they think are drugs and they don't know what to do with it. They end up smoking it.
339"Love and the Young Executive"November 20, 1970 (1970-11-20)
3410"Love and the Champ"November 27, 1970 (1970-11-27)
"Love and the Pen Pals"
3511"Love and the Intruder"December 4, 1970 (1970-12-04)
"Love and the Lost Dog"
3612"Love and the Happy Couple"December 11, 1970 (1970-12-11)
"Love and the Understanding"
3713"Love and the Man Next Door"December 18, 1970 (1970-12-18)
3814"Love and the Kidnapper"January 1, 1971 (1971-01-01)
An inept kidnapper grabs a spoiled housewife, hoping for a big payday from the woman's wealthy husband. Things don't go quite according to plan.
3915"Love and the Only Child"January 8, 1971 (1971-01-08)
"Love and the Wig"
4016"Love and Operation Model"January 15, 1971 (1971-01-15)
"Love and the Sack"
"Love and the Triangle"
4117"Love and the Cake"January 22, 1971 (1971-01-22)
"Love and Murphy's Bed"
"Love and the Neighbor"
"Love and the Serious Wedding"

"Love and the Cake". a baker fends off the admirers of the woman who pops out of the cake. "Love and the Serious Wedding". A pair of practical jokers plan their wedding, but the bride wants it to be a serious one.

"Love and Murphy's Bed." A married couple both use their murphy bed to hide their lovers from each other.
4218"Love and the Big Game"January 29, 1971 (1971-01-29)
"Love and the Nutsy Girl"
"Love and the Vampire"
"Love and the Big Game." A married couple suspects their two best friends of cheating at bridge.
4319"Love and the Arctic Station"February 5, 1971 (1971-02-05)
"Love and the Pulitzer Prize"
"Love and the Tattoo"
"Love and the Arctic Station" Three servicemen stationed in an Arctic station for months without seeing a woman look forward to a USO girl's visit.
4420"Love and the Baker's Half Dozen"February 12, 1971 (1971-02-12)
"Love and the New Roommate"
"Love and the Rug"
"Love and the Second Time"

"Love and the Rug" A groom pretends to be bald to see if his bride-to-be would love him despite his looks.

"Love and the Baker's Half Dozen" A baker depends on the wedding cake he baked in order to pay alimony to his ex-wife and avoid her brother's wrath, but the bride suddenly cancels the order.
4521"Love and the Boss"February 19, 1971 (1971-02-19)
"Love and the Jury"
"Love and the Logical Explanation"
"Love and the Pregnancy"
4622"Love and the Heist"February 26, 1971 (1971-02-26)
"Love and the Love Potion"
"Love and the Teddy Bear"
4723"Love and the Duel"March 5, 1971 (1971-03-05)
"Love and the Note"
"Love and the Young Unmarrieds"
4824"Love and the Fuzz"March 12, 1971 (1971-03-12)
"Love and the Groupie"
"Love and the Housekeeper"
"Love and Women's Lib"

Season 3 (1971–1972)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
491"Love and Formula 26B"September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)
"Love and the Loud Mouth"
"Love and the Penal Code"

"Love and Formula 26B". A chemist slips his frigid wife a sex enhancement formula.

"Love and the Penal Code". A man reports to the police that he was raped by two women, and two feminists claim to have done it in order to become famous.
502"Love and the Anniversary Crisis"September 24, 1971 (1971-09-24)
"Love and the Conjugal Visit"
"Love and the Dream Burglar"
"Love and the Hotel Caper"
"Love and the Monsters"
"Love and the Anniversary Crisis". A couple's family try to save their marriage when they decide to divorce on their 43rd wedding anniversary.
513"Love and the Artful Codger"October 1, 1971 (1971-10-01)
"Love and the Neglected Wife"
"Love and the Traveling Salesman"
524"Love and the Ledge"October 8, 1971 (1971-10-08)
"Love and the See-Through Man"
"Love and the Television Weekend"
"Love and the Waterbed"
"Love and the Ledge". A beautiful girl tries to keep a failed actor from committing suicide.
535"Love and the Detective"October 15, 1971 (1971-10-15)
"Love and the Guilty Conscience"
"Love and the Mixed Marriage"
"Love and the Wake-Up Girl"
546"Love and the Awakening"October 22, 1971 (1971-10-22)
"Love and the Bashful Groom"
"Love and the Four-Sided Triangle"
"Love and the Naked Stranger"
557"Love and the Lovesick Sailor"October 29, 1971 (1971-10-29)
"Love and the Mistress"
"Love and the Reincarnation"
"Love and the Sex Survey"
"Love and the Reincarnation." A couple's honeymoon is interrupted by a dog who the bride believes is the reincarncation of her late first husband.
568"Love and the Married Bachelor"November 5, 1971 (1971-11-05)
"Love and the Sweet Sixteen"
"Love and the Vacation"
"Love and the Well-Groomed Bride"
579"Love and the Baby"November 12, 1971 (1971-11-12)
"Love and the Big Mother"
"Love and the Free Weekend"
"Love and the Jealous Husband"
"Love and the Old Cowboy"
5810"Love and the College Professor"November 19, 1971 (1971-11-19)
"Love and the Eyewitness"
"Love and the Lady Barber"
"Love and the Plumber"
5911"Love and the Accidental Passion"December 3, 1971 (1971-12-03)
"Love and the Black Limousine"
"Love and the Eskimo's Wife"
"Love and the Tuba"
6012"Love and the Bowling Ball"December 10, 1971 (1971-12-10)
"Love and the Check"
"Love and the Hiccups"
"Love and the Liberated Lady Boss"
6113"Love and the Particular Girl"December 17, 1971 (1971-12-17)
"Love and the Fountain of Youth"
"Love and the House Bachelor"
"Love and the Waitress"
6214"Love and the Contact Lens"December 31, 1971 (1971-12-31)
"Love and the Doctor's Honeymoon"
"Love and the Motel Mixup"
6315"Love and the Lady Athlete"January 7, 1972 (1972-01-07)
"Love and the Lady Killers"
"Love and the New Size 8"
"Love and the Single Sister"
"Love and the Lady Athlete." A track official visits an East German athlete, suspecting her of really being a man.
6416"Love and the Big Surprise"January 14, 1972 (1972-01-14)
"Love and the Security Building"
"Love and the Ski Lodge"
"Love and the Happy Unhappy Couple"
"Love and the Topless Policy"
6517"Love and the Advice Column"January 21, 1972 (1972-01-21)
"Love and the Bathtub"
"Love and the Fullback"
"Love and the Guru"
"Love and the Physical"
"Love and the Bathtub". A bride gets her toe stuck in the bathtub faucet on her wedding day.
6618"Love and the Anxious Mama"January 28, 1972 (1972-01-28)
"Love and the Boomerang"
"Love and the Private Eye"
"Love and the Private Eye" was an animated pilot for Hanna-Barbera.
6719"Love and the Plane Truth"February 4, 1972 (1972-02-04)
"Love and the Scroungers"
"Love and the Small Wedding"
6820"Love and the Bachelor Party"February 11, 1972 (1972-02-11)
"Love and the Latin Lover"
"Love and the Old-Fashioned Father"
"Love and the Test of Manhood"
"Love and the Old-Fashioned Father" was the animated pilot to Hanna-Barbera's Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, which debuted in syndication in fall 1972 and ran for three seasons.
6921"Love and the Alibi"February 18, 1972 (1972-02-18)
"Love and the Instant Father"
"Love and the Lovely Evening"
"Love and Lover's Lane"
"Love and the Split-Up"
"Love and the Instant Father." A single man pretends to be a parent to impress a pretty girl at a single parent's meeting.
7022"Love and the Television Set"February 25, 1972 (1972-02-25)
"Love and the Newscasters"
"Love and the Television Set." (Titled "Love and the Happy Days" in syndication.) An American family of the 1950s gets their first television; teenage son Richie and his friend Potsie assume it can be used as a chick magnet. Written directly for television by Garry K. Marshall, this was the pilot episode for Happy Days. It also inspired the George Lucas film American Graffiti.

Season 4 (1972–1973)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
711"Love and the Know-It-All"September 15, 1972 (1972-09-15)
"Love and the Perfect Wife"
"Love and the Sensuous Twin"
"Love and the Triple Threat"
722"Love and the Amateur Night"September 22, 1972 (1972-09-22)
"Love and the Cheaters"
"Love and the Love Nest"
"Love and the Unbearable Fiancé"

"Love and the Unbearable Fiance." A woman introduces a grizzly bear to her parents as her fiancé.

"Love and the Cheaters." A guilt-stricken adulterer tries to make it up to his wife by getting her to have an affair herself.
733"Love and the Lucky Couple"September 29, 1972 (1972-09-29)
"Love and the Mail Room"
"Love and the New Act"
"Love and the Overnight Guests"
744"Love and the Girlish Groom"October 6, 1972 (1972-10-06)
"Love and the New You"
"Love and the Oldlyweds"
"Love and the Wishing Star"
755"Love and Dear Old Mom and Dad"October 13, 1972 (1972-10-13)
"Love and the High School Sweetheart"
"Love and the Spaced Out Chick"
"Love and the Country Girl"
"Love and the Spaced Out Chick." A man falls in love with a girl from Venus.
766"Love and the Confession"October 20, 1972 (1972-10-20)
"Love and the Disappearing Box"
"Love and the Hip Arrangement"
"Love and the Old Flames"
777"Love and the Happy Medium"October 27, 1972 (1972-10-27)
"Love and the Jinx"
"Love and the Little Black Book"
"Love and the Old Swingers"
788"Love and the Clinic"November 3, 1972 (1972-11-03)
"Love and the Perfect Wedding"
"Love and the President"
"Love and the Return of Raymond"
799"Love and the Hairy Excuse"November 10, 1972 (1972-11-10)
"Love and Lady Luck"
"Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy"
"Love and the Hairy Excuse." A man lies to his wife by claiming to be a werewolf so that he can have affairs at night.
8010"Love and the Christmas Punch"November 17, 1972 (1972-11-17)
"Love and the Mystic"
"Love and the Tycoon"
8111"Love and the Caller"November 24, 1972 (1972-11-24)
"Love and the Secret Life"
"Love and the Swinging Philosophy"
"Love and the Woman in White"
8212"Love and the First Kiss"December 1, 1972 (1972-12-01)
"Love and the Impressionist"
"Love and the Super Lover"

"Love and the First Kiss." A caveman invents the kiss.

"Love and the Super Lover." A super-hero costume has unusual effects on its renter-wearer, yet "there's a penalty" for not returning it to the costume rental shop before midnight.
8313"Love and the Ghost"December 8, 1972 (1972-12-08)
"Love and the Out-of-Town Client"
"Love and the Secret Habit"
"Love and the Ghost." The ghost of a widower's first wife returns to haunt both him and his bride-to-be.
8414"Love and the Cryptic Gift"January 5, 1973 (1973-01-05)
"Love and the Family Hour"
"Love and the Legend"
"Love and the Sexpert"
8515"Love and the Face Bow"January 12, 1973 (1973-01-12)
"Love and the Impossible Gift"
"Love and the Love Kit"
8616"Love and the Missing Mister"January 19, 1973 (1973-01-19)
"Love and the Old Lover"
"Love and the Twanger Tutor"
8717"Love and the Singing Suitor"January 26, 1973 (1973-01-26)
"Love and the Unmarriage"
"Love and the Wee He"
"Love and the Singing Suitor" A man tries to woo a girl by singing to her like in movie musicals.
8818"Love and the Hand Maiden"February 2, 1973 (1973-02-02)
"Love and the Hot Spell"
"Love and the Laughing Lover"
"Love and the Perfect Set-Up"
"Love and the Laughing Lover". A bride's habit of laughing when she is about to make love bothers her husband.
8919"Love and the Anniversary"February 9, 1973 (1973-02-09)
"Love and the Playwright"
"Love and the Trampled Passion"
9020"Love and the Baby Derby"February 16, 1973 (1973-02-16)
"Love and the Burglar Joke"
"Love and the Favorite Family"

"Love and the Favorite Family." A tv sit-com family seems like the perfect family behind the camera, but they really dysfunctional and constantly bickering in real life.

"Love and the Baby Derby." Two greedy brothers compete to be the first one to marry and have a baby in order to inherit one million dollars from their rich uncle.
9121"Love and the Crisis Line"February 23, 1973 (1973-02-23)
"Love and the Happy Family"
"Love and the Vertical Romance"
9222"Love and the Mind Reader"March 2, 1973 (1973-03-02)
"Love and the Mr. and Mrs."
"Love and the Soap Opera"
9323"Love and the End of the Line"March 9, 1973 (1973-03-09)
"Love and the Growing Romance"
"Love and the Postal Meeter"

Season 5 (1973–1974)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
941"Love and the Footlight Fiancee"September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14)
"Love and the Plane Fantasy"
"Love and the Swinging Surgeon"
"Love and the Teller's Tale"
"Love and the Teller's Tale." A banker and teller fall in love with each other when they accidentally get locked inside a bank vault.
952"Love and the Comedienne"September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21)
"Love and the Lie"
"Love and the Lifter"
"Love and the Suspicious Husband"
963"Love and the Golden Memory"September 28, 1973 (1973-09-28)
"Love and the Heavy Set"
"Love and the Novel"
"Love and the See-Through Mind"
"Love and the Seven Year Wait"
974"Love and the Games People Play"October 5, 1973 (1973-10-05)
"Love and High Spirits"
"Love and the Memento"
"Love and the Single Husband"
"Love and the Stutter"

"Love and the Stutter." A man who has a habit of stuttering whenever he's in love panics when he fails to do so when he thinks of his wife.

"Love and the Memento." A late millionaire's secretary is left one item of her choosing in his will as a keepsake, but his spoiled son is determined to see that it is as cheap as possible.
985"Love and the Bonded Separation"October 12, 1973 (1973-10-12)
"Love and the Fractured Fibula"
"Love and the Pretty Secretary"
996"Love and the Cozy Comrades"October 19, 1973 (1973-10-19)
"Love and the Flunky"
"Love and the Hoodwinked Honey"
"Love and the Secret Spouse"
1007"Love and the Fortunate Cookie"November 2, 1973 (1973-11-02)
"Love and the Lady Prisoner"
"Love and the Opera Singer"
"Love and the Weighty Problem"
"Love and the Opera Singer." A man tells his date the story of how his opera singer ancestor lost his voice and career for the woman he loved.
1018"Love and the Clinical Problem"November 9, 1973 (1973-11-09)
"Love and the Eat's Cafe"
"Love and the Last Joke"
"Love and the Persistent Assistant"
"Love and the Unsteady Steady"
"Love and the Unsteady Steady." Two preteens imagine what their futures together would be like at the school dance.
1029"Love and the Big Top"November 16, 1973 (1973-11-16)
"Love and the Locksmith"
"Love and the Odd Couples"
"Love and the Unwedding"
10310"Love and the Blue Plate Special"November 23, 1973 (1973-11-23)
"Love and the Man of the Year"
"Love and the Time Machine"
"Love and the Time Machine" A scientist's assistant uses his boss' time machine to re-live his disastrous date over and over again until he gets it right.
10411"Love and the Hidden Meaning"November 30, 1973 (1973-11-30)
"Love and the Model Apartment"
"Love and the Parent's Sake"
"Love and the Three-Timer"
"Love and the Weirdo"
10512"Love and the Awkward Age"December 5, 1973 (1973-12-05)
"Love and the Generation Gasp"
"Love and the Spendthrift"
10613"Love and Carmen Lopez"December 28, 1973 (1973-12-28)
"Love and the Cover"
"Love and the Cryin' Cowboy"
"Love and the Cryin' Cowboy". Two record producers try to keep a lonely country music singer from finding true love since he can only write his best songs when he is depressed.
10714"Love and the Extra Job"January 4, 1974 (1974-01-04)
"Love and the Flying Finletters"
"Love and the Golden Worm"
"Love and the Itchy Condition"
"Love and the Patrolperson"
10815"Love and the Competitors"January 11, 1974 (1974-01-11)
"Love and the Forever Tree"
"Love and the Image Makers"
"Love and Mr. Bunny"
"Love and the Phobia"
"Love and the Forever Tree." Two lovers meet every year by a tree where they carved their initials together when they were children.

Home releases

At present, the following DVD sets have been released by Paramount Home Video.[1]

DVD set Episodes Release date
Love, American Style: Season One, Volume One 12 November 20, 2007 (2007-11-20)
Love, American Style: Season One, Volume Two 12 March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11)

References