Season 4 (1996)

Based on a True Story
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September 13, 1996 • 30m

When Dave's column about Shel's childhood is picked by the head of Paragon Pictures to be a feature film, Beth urges Dave to take ...Read more

Solitaire
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September 20, 1996 • 30m

With Beth and the boys away for the weekend, Dave savors the time alone to do as he pleases -- if only he can get his friends to s...Read more

Missed Manners
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September 27, 1996 • 30m

""Is it me, or did people used to be nicer to each other?"" Dave wonders, after Beth's insulted on the road and Shel has several r...Read more

Crime and Coconuts
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October 4, 1996 • 30m

Dave grounds Tommy for a prank the child insists he didn't commit. Then Eric's father, Eric Jr., invites the gang to the Coconut S...Read more

Miami Beached
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October 11, 1996 • 30m

When Dave, Shel and Kenny are sentenced to do community service at the beach as a result of the fight at Eric's bachelor party, a ...Read more

Daveberry, RFD
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October 18, 1996 • 30m

When Dave's home town of Pewauketucket, Ohio, honors him with the key to the city, Dave and Beth begin to think that it might be a...Read more

A Very Barry Pumpkin Show
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November 1, 1996 • 30m

The Barrys and their friends get caught up in the past as they try to relive their best childhood Halloween memories. Dave, determ...Read more

Falling
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November 8, 1996 • 30m

When Dave meets an attractive female fan who invites him back to her apartment to ""talk about writing,"" Shel and Kenny are certa...Read more

Stress
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November 22, 1996 • 30m

Beth's decision to use the repair job on the kitchen and master bedroom as a reason to completely redecorate the house puts a majo...Read more

Starr Tours
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December 13, 1996 • 30m

Dave sees a way to meet his favorite '60s British rock star, Peter Noone, when Eric begins repairs on the man's Florida mansion. A...Read more

The Importance of Missing Earnest
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December 20, 1996 • 30m

When Willie leaves Earnest, the family bloodhound, at the park by accident, all the Barrys and their friends come together for ""O...Read more

Does the Whale Have to Be White?
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January 3, 1997 • 30m

Dave writes a scathing column criticizing Tommy's teacher for staging a drastically rewritten politically correct version of Moby ...Read more

Playdate With a Playmate
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January 10, 1997 • 30m

After Shel displays the new edition of Playboy in which the centerfold confesses that one of her lifelong ambitions is to meet Dav...Read more

Spontaneous Combustion
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January 17, 1997 • 30m

Kenny encourages Shel to be more spontaneous -and Shel foolishly takes his advice. Meanwhile, Dave and Beth's hanky-panky in the c...Read more

Dave Barry, Call Your Agent
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January 31, 1997 • 30m

Dave finds out that his agent, Irving Bloom, has died and that Bloom's widow, Mel, is taking over the client list, much to his sur...Read more

Touched By an Agent
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February 7, 1997 • 30m

Mel, Dave's aggressive new agent, has the Barry household spinning both physically and mentally when she sends Dave into New York ...Read more

Bad News Barry's
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February 21, 1997 • 30m

A publishing party at the Barrys' home, coordinated by Dave's new agent, Mel, links Dave to a dead mobster and thrusts him into th...Read more

Liar's Poker
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February 28, 1997 • 30m

A call from an old college classmate whom Dave despised reveals a long-hidden truth about Dave and Beth's dating history. When Dav...Read more

Testing . . . Testing . . .
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April 30, 1997 • 30m

After Dave volunteers to take care of the family by himself so Beth can study without interruptions, he has to fly solo and deal w...Read more

Tropical Depression
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May 7, 1997 • 30m

Kenny auditions for a job as a weatherman. Meanwhile, Shel's investments bring him a substantial windfall; then he learns the trut...Read more

Oh Dad, Poor Dad
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June 6, 1997 • 30m

Shel has a hard time 'fessing up to his visiting high-maintenance daughter Carly that most of his money is gone. Instead of tellin...Read more

A Woman of Independent Seams
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June 13, 1997 • 30m

After Eric accidentally sells Beth's wedding dress during their garage sale, Dave thinks Beth is upset for sentimental reasons, bu...Read more

Let Simmer, Then Grill
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June 20, 1997 • 30m

Dave and Beth investigate the reason the FBI wants to speak with them, but it turns out they're looking for information on Shel; M...Read more

The Creeping Peril
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June 27, 1997 • 30m

When a giant sinkhole threatens to destroy the Barry house, the entire family evacuates to Shel's. Forced to flee on a moment's no...Read more