Season 1 (1991)

When Irish Eyes are Smiling
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September 20, 1991 • 30m

It's 1956 Brooklyn, where Jules and Sophie Berger live in the same apartment as their daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren,...Read more

Death in Brooklyn
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September 27, 1991 • 30m

For Sophie, the funeral of her Uncle Ira (whom no one really liked) requires total family attendance—on the Sunday of Alan's Dod...Read more

Boys of Summer
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October 4, 1991 • 30m

Alan is asked to be on a television show that showcases young baseball players in a competition at Ebbets Field, winning him the c...Read more

Sylvia's Condition
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October 18, 1991 • 30m

During the family gathering for Succoth, a Jewish thanksgiving ceremony, free-spirited Aunt Sylvia, who follows the ""beat"" movem...Read more

What I Did for Love
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October 25, 1991 • 30m

Katie is so upset that her school science project didn't work out properly that Alan ""fixes"" the results for her, which only ser...Read more

War of the Worlds
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November 6, 1991 • 30m

Neither Katie's parents nor Alan's grandparents think they should be dating out of their faith, so the desperate kids arrange a me...Read more

Dinner at Six
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November 13, 1991 • 30m

While their elders are away at a wedding in Boston for the weekend, Alan and Nathaniel are trusted to stay on their own. Then Warr...Read more

Old Fools
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November 20, 1991 • 30m

Nathaniel is upset when Jules and Sophie's cousin Myron, once partners in the hatmaking business, have a falling out at the weekly...Read more

Saturday
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November 27, 1991 • 30m

On a ""once in a blue moon"" Saturday, George is off work, so Alan and Nathaniel look forward to having some fun with their dad--b...Read more

Get a Job
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December 8, 1991 • 30m

Sid wants to branch out into catering and hires Alan, Warren and Benny to be waiters at his first wedding, but when Benny makes hi...Read more

Where Have You Gone, Jackie Robinson?
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December 11, 1991 • 30m

The weekly ""Cousins Club"" meeting may survive the devastating news that Jackie Robinson has been traded to the arch-rival New Yo...Read more

The Gift
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January 1, 1992 • 30m

After his beloved fourth-grade teacher Miss McCullough announces at ""Open School"" that she is getting married and leaving for Ja...Read more

Boys and Girls Together (1)
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January 15, 1992 • 30m

Benny is too shy to ask a girl out on a date, so to help him out, Alan asks Karen Frankel, a classmate Benny has always liked, to ...Read more

Boys and Girls Apart (2)
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January 22, 1992 • 30m

Benny tells Alan that Katie is now his girlfriend and they can't be friends any longer; meanwhile, Karen Frankel further misunders...Read more

Boys and Girls Together Again (3)
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January 29, 1992 • 30m

Katie finally explains her feelings to Benny and eventually he and Alan resolve their differences--after he makes peace with Karen...Read more

On the Road
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February 5, 1992 • 30m

Phyllis and George allow Aunt Sylvia to take Alan into Manhattan to Nero's Coffeehouse to hear Jack Kerouac recite poetry, but whe...Read more

Great Expectations (1)
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March 4, 1992 • 30m

The results of the NY Standardized Aptitude Test rattle the boys, especially Benny, whose career profile turns out to be ""forest ...Read more

A Tale of Two Boroughs (2)
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March 11, 1992 • 30m

Alan's reluctance to go to the Bronx High School of Science worries George enough that he has a talk with Mr. Greer about the pros...Read more

Rainy Day
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April 13, 1992 • 30m

On the Sunday they were planning to go to the Statue of Liberty--Nathaniel has been studying it in school--it pours, so George pro...Read more

On the Line
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April 20, 1992 • 30m

During a crucial basketball game between Rigo Park and the Jewish Community House junior league, Alan wins two free throws after o...Read more