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Season: 3
Episode: 1
One Tiger to a Hill
Air Date:21/09/1962
Buz and Tod hire out as deck hands on Anna Gustafson's salmon fishing trawler where Tod becomes involved with Anna's daughter. Filming Location: Astoria, Oregon (From a contributor) The opening scene is unforgettable. Buz and Tod are driving along a sandy beach in their classic corvette while Nelson Riddle's theme song is playing in the background. Buz and Tod land jobs as fishermen and deck hands for a widower named Anna Gustafson. While at her home they get a glimpse of her beautiful daughter, Toika, who has a ""bounce in her step"" as she walks by them. Immediately Anna takes a liking for both Buz and Tod but she notices their differences. It is evident to her that Tod is college educated and the type of guy for Toika. Meanwhile, Karno, played by David Janssen, is a veteran and also the boyfriend of Toika. He despises Tod because Tod went to college while he was drafted into the war. Furthermore, Toika, who has been rejected by Karno, is drawn to Tod. When Karno sees the
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Guest Stars
Name: David Janssen
Character: Karno Starling
Department: Acting
Name: Laura Devon
Character: Toika Gustafson
Department: Acting
Name: Signe Hasso
Character: Anna Gustafson
Department: Acting
Name: Phil Chambers
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Department: Acting
Name: Selette Cole
Character: Lois
Department: Acting
Episode: 2
Journey to Nineveh
Air Date:28/09/1962
Tod and Buz ride into Harleyville. They meet some old comedians, including Jonah Butler, the town jinx. Filming Location: Harleyville (state?)
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Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: Jenny Maxwell
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Buster Keaton
Character:
Department: Directing
Name: Joe E. Brown
Character: Sam Butler
Department: Acting
Name: John Astin
Character: Gas Attendant
Department: Acting
Name: Edgar Buchanan
Character: Magistrate Abe Chumley
Department: Acting
Name: John Davis Chandler
Character: Frank Lauderbeck
Department: Acting
Episode: 3
Man Out of Time
Air Date:05/10/1962
In Chicago, Tod and Buz encounter Harry Wender, a frightened 1930's gangster who has outlived his time. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois
Episode: 4
Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma
Air Date:12/10/1962
Tod and Buz go surfing in Southern California. Buz challenges a surfing champion to a match. Filming Location: Huntington Beach, California
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Episode: 5
Voice at the End of the Line
Air Date:19/10/1962
Tod and Buz encounter a downtrodden stock clerk who is involved in a telephone romance. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois
Episode: 6
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Air Date:26/10/1962
Tod and Buz are excited to be working at a Chicago hotel which is hosting a women's convention. Also staying at the hotel are the famous horror film actors. The actors are debating whether their traditional horror film characters can still scare modern audiences. The actors test their ideas on the conventioneers.
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Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: Martita Hunt
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Betsy Jones-Moreland
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Lorre
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Boris Karloff
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Stanley
Character:
Department: Sound
Name: Conrad Nagel
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Lon Chaney Jr.
Character: Lon Chaney
Department: Acting
Episode: 7
Across Walnuts and Wine
Air Date:02/11/1962
In Oregon City Tod and Buz get a real deal on rooms at an old house - $6.50 per week. Living in the house is Maggie a psychic reader, Van her unemployed husband, Michael, her nephew. Maggie's sister Autumn arrives after being fired from her teaching job and moves in. Michael is the house's sarcastic unpleasant owner and threatens to evict his relatives when he turns 21 in a few months. Michael is also trying to avoid some young men who want to beat him up. Filming Location: Oregon City, Oregon
Episode: 8
Welcome to the Wedding
Air Date:09/11/1962
While waiting for his date in a Cleveland railroad station Tod encounters convict Justin Lezama who is being moved to another prison. Lezama wants to call his brother and when the guard refuses Tod agrees to make the contact. Lezama takes Tod as a hostage. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: David Clarke
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Brandon Maggart
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Rod Steiger
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Penny Fuller
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Ed Asner
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Lorraine Rogers
Character: Pretty Girl
Department: Acting
Episode: 9
Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own
Air Date:16/11/1962
Tod and Buz work for John Rados' road building-business. John has a strange daughter and John offers Buz money and a business if he will date her. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Episode: 10
Poor Little Kangaroo Rat
Air Date:23/11/1962
Tod and Buz work with a Doc Duncan, a shark fisherman. Doc is catching sharks for scientific experiments. Filming Location: California
Episode: 11
Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame
Air Date:30/11/1962
Tod and Buz encounter Muddy Mullins, a piano playing ex-con and his son Arnie. Filming Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Episode: 12
Only by Cunning Glimpses
Air Date:07/12/1962
Mentalist Brycie Koseloff makes dire predictions about Tod's future including predicting that finally Tod will kill Buz. Her predictions start coming true. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Episode: 13
Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has He Gone?
Air Date:14/12/1962
Tod becomes involved in a kidnapping. Ellen Barnes claims that a mental patient is kidnapping her. Filming Location: St. Charles, Missouri
Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: Martha Scott
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: John Marriott
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Overton
Character: Peter Graham
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Emhardt
Character: Jackson Harris
Department: Acting
Name: Vera Miles
Character: Ellen Barnes
Department: Acting
Name: Stephen Brooks
Character: Ralph
Department: Acting
Episode: 14
Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse
Air Date:21/12/1962
Tod meets Vicki Russell again (from ""How Much a Pound is Albatross""). She is again riding her motorcycle and this time has a boyfriend Frank pursuing her. Filming Location: Memphis, Tennessee
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Episode: 15
A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis
Air Date:04/01/1963
Tod becomes an assistant to novelist Warren Barr. Warren's daughter Beth shoots her husband. Filming Location: Hernando, Mississippi
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Episode: 16
You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti
Air Date:11/01/1963
Tod meets music composer Julian Roebuck who is recording local folk musicians in Tennessee. Filming Location: Lake Chisholm, Tennessee
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Episode: 17
A Gift for a Warrior
Air Date:18/01/1963
Tod and Buz meet Lars, a German sailor in Tijuana who is looking for his father Ralph and is carrying a gun. Filming Location: Chula Vista and San Diego, California
Episode: 18
Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain
Air Date:08/02/1963
Tod is carrying his new credit card around Los Angeles, and is being followed around Los Angeles by Diane. She asks him for a date and then steals the credit card. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California
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Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: Lois Nettleton
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Harvey Korman
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Duvall
Character: Lee Winters
Department: Acting
Name: Philip Abbott
Character: Lieutenant Cook
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Gordon
Character: Derelict (uncredited)
Department: Acting
Episode: 19
Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow
Air Date:15/02/1963
Tod meets Joby, who steals his wallet. Corelli is a social worker who helps out. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Episode: 20
Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King
Air Date:22/02/1963
Tod witnesses a double murder and joins a posse hunting for the killers. Filming Location: Apache Junction, Arizona
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Guest Stars
Name: George Maharis
Character: Buz Murdock
Department: Acting
Name: Barbara Shelley
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Steve Cochran
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: L.Q. Jones
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: John Anderson
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Kathleen Crowley
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Med Flory
Character:
Department: Acting
Episode: 21
In the Closing of a Trunk
Air Date:08/03/1963
Alma Hawkes returns to a Gulf Coast fishing town after spending time in prison for killing her father. She is looking for her son and mistakes Tod for the son. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Episode: 22
The Cage Around Maria
Air Date:15/03/1963
Tod is working for the Houston zoo. Maria, the troubled daughter of a Mexican family, throws herself into the bear pit. Filming Location: Houston, Texas
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Guest Stars
Name: Elizabeth Ashley
Character: Maria Cardenas
Department: Acting
Name: Mario Alcalde
Character: Juan De Amundo
Department: Acting
Name: Beatrice Straight
Character: Elena De Amundo
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Brocco
Character: Dr. Burton
Department: Acting
Name: Charles Brown
Character: Policeman
Department: Acting
Name: Moultrie Patten
Character: Attorney
Department: Acting
Name: John Goyen
Character: Desk Sergeant
Department: Acting
Episode: 23
Fifty Miles From Home
Air Date:22/03/1963
Tod meets a Lincoln Case who has just completed a six-year Army enlistment including two years in Vietnam as an Army ranger. Linc decides not to re-enlist but to join Tod on the cross-country odyssey. Filming Location: Houston, Texas
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Episode: 24
Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine
Air Date:29/03/1963
Linc meets a girl named Janie in a tavern and she gives him a knockout drink. Filming Location: Galveston, Texas
Guest Stars
Name: Phyllis Hill
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Pat Renella
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Anne Helm
Character: Janie Nickerson
Department: Acting
Name: Alan Hale Jr.
Character: Mr. Nickerson
Department: Acting
Name: Nick Dimitri
Character: Nick
Department: Acting
Name: Fred Stromsoe
Character: Fighter on Balcony (uncredited)
Department: Acting
Name: Warren J. Kemmerling
Character: Kemmerling Police Chief W.J. Burns
Department: Acting
Episode: 25
The Cruelest Sea of All
Air Date:05/04/1963
The boys get jobs at the Weeki Wachee theme park in Florida. The park show features girls dressed as mermaids performing underwater. A shy girl Elissa emerges from the water and after demonstrating amazing underwater swimming talent is hired for the show. She talks about ""coming from the sea"" and implies that she is a real mermaid. Skeptical Tod falls for her but assumes that she just wants publicity to launch a movie career. Linc has a more open mind and believes her. Tod discovers too late that she was telling the truth. Filming Location: Weeki-Wachee and Crystal River, Florida. Hotel credited: Port Paradise Hotel in Crystal River.
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Episode: 26
Peace, Pity, Pardon
Air Date:12/04/1963
Tod and Linc meet Jai-Alai players who involve the boys in Cuban politics. Quiepo wants to smuggle his niece out of Cuba. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida
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Episode: 27
What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant
Air Date:26/04/1963
Linc meets Lt. School, a former officer he served under in Vietnam. The officer now has the mentality of an eight-year old child and is living with his mother. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida
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Episode: 28
But What Do You Do in March
Air Date:03/05/1963
Tod and Linc meet two rich playgirls after one of them runs down his boat with her speedboat. Filming Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Guest Stars
Name: Guy Lombardo
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Susan Kohner
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Janice Rule
Character: Sidney Brookes
Department: Acting
Name: Kay Medford
Character: Woman
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Reed
Character: Husband
Department: Acting
Name: Alex Cord
Character: Raymond
Department: Acting
Episode: 29
Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride
Air Date:10/05/1963
Tod and Linc's car breaks down. Linc hitches a ride with Alva and Charlie, two robbers who force him to drive their getaway car. Filming Location: Cape Coral, Florida
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Episode: 30
Shadows of an Afternoon
Air Date:17/05/1963
Tod and Linc are working in a Florida town. Linc is accused of stabbing an unfriendly dog and is arrested. Filming Location: Cape Coral, Florida
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Guest Stars
Name: Kathryn Hays
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Mulligan
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Philip Bruns
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Conrad
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Meeker
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Nydia Westman
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Miriam Hopkins
Character:
Department: Acting
Episode: 31
Soda Pop and Paper Flags
Air Date:24/05/1963
Tod and Linc are working with Emmett McNeill, a tramp. A strange disease breaks out which turns out to be spread by ticks. Filming Location: Unknown (Florida?)
Guest Stars
Name: Tommy Norden
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Overton
Character: Andy Ferguson
Department: Acting
Name: Chester Morris
Character: Emmett McNeill
Department: Acting
Name: Marco St. John
Character: Johnnie Simmons
Department: Acting
Name: Bruce Glover
Character: Truck Driver
Department: Acting
Name: Joseph Campanella
Character: Whit Spencer
Department: Acting
Name: Alan Alda
Character: Dr. Glazer
Department: Acting
Name: Clifton James
Character: George Simmons
Department: Acting
Name: Tom Bosley
Character: Jim Horst
Department: Acting