S01E01 The Terrifying Inheritance Of Maj John Foster
Maj John Foster inherits his Aunt Victoria's school for girls.
The John Forsythe Show
S01E02: Little Miss Egghead
Overview
The John Forsythe Show began as a situation comedy in the fall of 1965 on NBC, but at mid-season it switched to a spy show. In the first phase of the series, John Forsythe appeared as United States Air Force veteran John Foster, who inherited the private Foster School for Girls in San Francisco, California, from his late aunt, Victoria. Forsythe's co-stars were Elsa Lanchester as the principal, Miss Culver; Ann B. Davis, as the physical education teacher, Miss Wilson; and Guy Marks as Ed Robbins, Forsythe's aide and a former sergeant. Actors who portrayed students included Pamelyn Ferdin as Pamela, Darlene Carr as Kathy, Page and Brooke Forsythe as Marcia and Norma Jean, Peggy Lipton, as Joanna, Tracy Stratford as Susan, and Sara Ballantine as Janice.
NBC advertising in February, 1965, gave a working title of The Mr. and The Misses.
When the format changed to espionage, it was explained to viewers that Major Foster had been recalled to active duty as a secret agent. All the other regulars except Forsythe and Marks were dropped from the cast. Peter Kortner was the producer of the series, which aired twenty-nine episodes from September 13, 1965, to August 29, 1966. The series was produced by Forsythe's own company in conjunction with Universal Television Studios. Earl Bellamy was the director.
Episodes
S01E02 Little Miss Egghead
S01E03 Miss Culver, Won't You Please Come Home?
S01E04 'Tis Better To Have Loved and Lost
S01E05 Time of the Goat
S01E06 The Nightingale of Koorbahu
S01E07 That Little Old Matchmaker
S01E08 Super Girl
S01E09 Duty and the Beast
S01E10 Oh, What a Tangled Web
S01E11 A Waltzing We Will a Go-Go
S01E12 The Daring Escape
S01E13 Anyone for Marriage?
S01E14 Miss Foster's Military Academy
S01E15 The Bainbridge Curse
S01E16 The Major's Big Beat
S01E17 Anyone for a Fat Lip?
S01E18 If Food be the Music of Love
S01E19 Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Miss Culver
S01E20 The Cupid Caper
S01E21 Funny, You Don't Look Like a Spy
S01E22 School for Spies
S01E23 Mission to Italy
S01E24 On an Island with You and You and You
S01E25 It Takes a Heap of Sergeants
S01E26 If I Were a Prince
S01E27 Doctor Soo
S01E28 From Russia With Chaos
S01E29 Get Me to the Execution on Time
Cast
John Forsythe
Major John Foster
Ann B. Davis
Miss Wilson
Elsa Lanchester
Margaret Culver
Guy Marks
Ed Robbins
