The Patty Duke Show

S01E09: The President

Patty and Cathy both run for president of the Girls' League.

Overview

The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke. A total of 104 episodes were produced, most written by Sidney Sheldon.

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Episodes

S01E01 The French Teacher

September 18, 1963
Patty gets a crush on her new French teacher after he makes her his test subject.

S01E02 The Genius

September 25, 1963
While Patty is taking a test to determine the intelligence of today's students, the machine goes nuts and the results say Patty is a genius with a 185 I.Q.

S01E03 The Elopement

October 2, 1963
J.R. Castle leads Martin to believe that Patty and Richard are planning to elope. Acutally, they are helping Natalie plan a surprise vacation for Martin and her at the same fishing lodge where tjhey spent...

S01E04 House Guest

October 9, 1963
Martin's Aunt Pauline comes to visit.

S01E05 The Birds and the Bees Bit

October 16, 1963
Ross is invited to his first dance, so Patty and Cathy try to teach him about girls.

S01E06 The Slumber Party

October 23, 1963
Ross tape records conversations at Patty and Cathy's slumber party's, and then blackmails them with the tape.

S01E07 The Babysitters

October 30, 1963
When Mr. Lane refuses to pay for an evening gown for Patty, she decides to go into the babysitting business.

S01E08 The Conquering Hero

November 6, 1963
When the star basketball player's parents move to Michigan, the Lanes invite him to stay with them.

S01E09 The President

November 13, 1963
Patty and Cathy both run for president of the Girls' League.

S01E10 Double Date

November 20, 1963
Patty plays Patty and Cathy at a party, after Cathy got sick for having taken a flu shot meant for Patty.

S01E11 The Actress

November 27, 1963
The school is putting on a lavish version of Anthony and Cleopatra. Cathy tries out for the lead, but Patty unexpectedly gets it.

S01E12 How to Be Popular

December 4, 1963
Cathy wants to win more friends, so she writes to Aunt Jane,a Lonely Hearts colunnist, for advice.

S01E13 The Song Writers

December 11, 1963
Richard enters Patty and Cathy's song in the Jimmy Dean Songwriter Contest. Unfortunately, Patty had copied the words from a book of poetry!!

S01E14 The Princess Cathy

December 18, 1963
Cathy falls in love with a foreign exchange student.

S01E15 Christmas Present

December 25, 1963
Christmas is a day away and Cathy anxiously awaits a visit from her father, only to learn that he is a prisoner in a foreign country.

S01E16 Auld Lang Syne

January 1, 1964
Martin's brother Kenneth sets out to write his autobiography, but discovers writing a book to be more difficult than he imagined.

S01E17 Horoscope

January 8, 1964
Patty become an astrologist in order to earn money to buy Natalie a birthday present.

S01E18 The Tycoons

January 15, 1964
When all the girls like the dress that Cathy made, she and Patty decide to go into business.

S01E19 Author! Author!

January 22, 1964
Patty writes a novel presenting the viewpoint of the American teenager and immediately gets a publishing contract.

S01E20 The Continental

January 29, 1964
Martin learns that he is being transferred to Paris.

S01E21 Let 'Em Eat Cake

February 5, 1964
Natalie makes the mistake of leaving her cake in the church bazaar on the kitchen table unattened.

S01E22 Going Steady

February 12, 1964
Patty and Richard decide to go steady.

S01E23 Are Mothers People?

February 19, 1964
Natalie Lane begins to feel unwanted and devises a plan to get even with her family for the uncaring way they have been acting.

S01E24 The Con Artist

February 26, 1964
Cathy buys a vacuum cleaner for Natalie's birthday but finds the cost is too much for her to handle.

S01E25 The Perfect Teenager

March 4, 1964
After flunking an exam for teenagers, Patty decides to enroll in modeling school.

S01E26 Chip Off the Old Block

February 11, 1964
To increase the circulation of the school paper, Patty uses scandalous stories which infuriate the school principal.

S01E27 The Wedding Anniversary Caper

March 18, 1964
In order to buy a gift for his parents wedding anniversary, Ross enters Patty's photo in a teenagers beauty contest.

S01E28 Pen Pals

March 25, 1964
Patty receives some beautiful letters from a new pen pal, and therefore loses interest in Richard.

S01E29 A Slight Case of Disaster

April 1, 1964
In order to impress Sue Ellen, Patty buys an expensive dress that she can't afford.

S01E30 The Friendship Bit

April 8, 1964
Patty discovers that she is allergic to Cathy.

S01E31 Patty, the Foster Mother

April 15, 1964
Patty unknowingly signs papers to adopt a Korean orphan.

S01E32 Drop Out

April 22, 1964
Richard decide to quit school.

S01E33 Leave it to Patty

April 29, 1964
In order to get elected chairman of the class prom, Patty promise to get Pinky Gristol "The Mop" as a guest.

S01E34 The Little Dictator

May 6, 1964
Cathy, who is student principal for a week, has trouble dealing with Patty.

S01E35 The Working Girl

May 13, 1964
Patty gets a job at the local ice cream parlor.

S01E36 The Cousins

May 20, 1964
Patty and Cathy reminisce about Cathy's arrival in the Lane household.

Cast

Patty Duke
Patty Duke
Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
William Schallert
William Schallert
Martin Lane
Jean Byron
Jean Byron
Natalie Lane
Paul O'Keefe
Paul O'Keefe
Ross Lane

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