Webster

S01E02: Happy Un-Birthday

In oder to get some extra special attention, Webster makes believe that it is his birthday and wants a party.

Overview

Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver.

The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television.

Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.

Episodes

S01E01 Another Ballgame

September 16, 1983
After the untimely death of a young boy's parents, he is sent to live with his father's best friend.

S01E02 Happy Un-Birthday

September 23, 1983
In oder to get some extra special attention, Webster makes believe that it is his birthday and wants a party.

S01E03 Consulting Adults

September 30, 1983
Webster tries out for the football team. Katherine is then afraid that Webster will get seriously hurt especially because of his height and bulid. Also, we learn that Webster is picked to be on the...

S01E04 Katherine's Swan Song

October 7, 1983
Catherine wants to get some attention from Webster and she tries a few things. Meanwhile, Webster's friend is not getting much attention because her mom just had a baby, so she runs away and Webster...

S01E05 Saying Goodbye

October 21, 1983
George and Katherine find out that Webster doesn't know that his parents are dead. He originally thought that they had to go away and that they will come back for him, so it's up to...

S01E06 Green-Eyed Monster

October 28, 1983
Catherine fears that she is getting old because George and Webster play games with a girl named Mandy, who is real young and really pretty. In the light of all this, Catherine gets jealous.

S01E07 Second Time Around

November 4, 1983
Thinking that George and Katherine never had an official wedding ceremony, Webster plans to prepare one for them.

S01E08 Travis

November 11, 1983
It is revealed to George and Katherine why Travis, Webster's late father chose George to be Webster's godparent and legal guardian if something happened to them.

S01E09 That's Entertainment

November 18, 1983
Webster goes on a TV-benefit show to sing and dance.

S01E10 Educating Katherine

November 25, 1983 24 min
Catherine gets a taste of the worst being a volunteer art teacher. She feels that she is booring and failing, do Webster tries to help her.

S01E11 Teddy Bear Scare

December 2, 1983
George and Katherine both try and persuade Webster that he can do without his teddy bear which is lost.

S01E12 A Question of Honor

December 16, 1983
All the blame goes to Webster when his friends try to rob the Tracadero, their hangout.

S01E13 Don't Jump, George

December 23, 1983
Katherine is too obsessed with winning when she appears on a game show.

S01E14 George, the Patient in Spite of Himself

January 6, 1984
Webster has to have his tonsils out, so he tries to be tough just like George.

S01E15 Maybe Baby

January 13, 1984
Webster wants a baby brother or sister so he goes to George and Katherine and asks them for one.

S01E16 Missing

January 20, 1984
George and Katherine both forget to pick Webster up from school so he goes with a friend and his parents leaving a panicing George and Katherine not knowing of something happened to him.

S01E17 Secrets of the Night

January 27, 1984
Webster is always nervous and it has resulted him into a bed-wetting problem.

S01E18 Special Friends

February 3, 1984
Webster makes a friend when a boy needs a sponsor for the Special Olympics.

S01E19 Uncle Phillip

February 24, 1984
George and Katherine want Webster's Uncle Phil out of his life, but that fails when Webster ends up running into him anyway.

S01E20 More Than a Memory

March 2, 1984
Jerry, Katherine's secretary quits on account of helping Webster run for class president.

S01E21 Dreamland

March 9, 1984
Webster gets nightmares because the teacher he has a crush on wants to read Webster's composition aloud.

S01E22 Webster Long (1)

May 4, 1984
Webster's Uncle Phillip, Webster's last surviving relative, comes up to the apartment to take Webster to live with him. The Popadapolis' do not think that Uncle Phil can take care of Webster the way they...

Cast

Susan Clark
Susan Clark
Katherine Papadapolis
Alex Karras
Alex Karras
George Papadapolis
Emmanuel Lewis
Emmanuel Lewis
Webster Long

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