full-episodes (22)

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  No Security in Security

  S1 : E1 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.02.85

  Cobb's is in the middle of 'Swiss Week' but Bannister has traveling plans of his own; he's to be interviewed for a job in Italy.

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  Labor and Other Relations

  S1 : E2 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.09.85

  Howard is thrilled with the new video security system until he learns that one of the pieces of outmoded equipment it promises to replace is Alf Scully.

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  No Cause for Alarm

  S1 : E3 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.16.85

  Edna has found out she's pregnant! As soon as Howard is in a good mood, she plans to tell him.

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  X-Ray Marks the Spot

  S1 : E4 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.23.85

  When Marlene Weimaraner discovers the memo limiting coffee breaks, she threatening to take action as she recruits others to form a union.

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  Everyone's a Winner

  S1 : E5 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.30.85

  Cobb's Bingo is going great; business has never been better.

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  Seven Days Make One Weak

  S1 : E6 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.06.85

  Howard stretches the rules a little to allow a young woman to set up her sesame fruit-bar stand in the store.

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  A Rosenbloom by Any Other Name

  S1 : E7 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.13.85

  Jennifer's raise is delayed and she has put a down payment on a car.

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  ... Or Get Off the Pot

  S1 : E8 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.20.85

  Edna is anxious to see where Howard is taking her tonight for their 6th Anniversary, but he seems to have forgotten.

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  Phantom of the Market

  S1 : E9 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.27.85

  The staff has prepared a little celebration for Bannister who won the 'Manager of the Year' Award.

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  The Car Pool

  S1 : E10 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.04.85

  There isn't enough parking at Cobb's.

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  Love on Sale

  S1 : E11 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.11.85

  Murray is saving to buy Bannister's old car, but at five dollars a payment, it's going too slow.

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  Skip to the Loo

  S1 : E12 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.18.85

  Bannister is panicking when an army buddy of his escapes prison to visit him.

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  Love is a Many Splendored Alf

  S1 : E13 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.08.86

  Alf puts makeup on an attractive lady shopping which leads to them going on a date.

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  Supermarket Superbowlers

  S1 : E14 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.15.86

  The staff pose for the camera in bowling uniforms.

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  Otherwise Engaged

  S1 : E15 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.22.86

  Edna's mother is visiting on the same day Marlene is wearing a ring from some guy she doesn't know the name of.

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  Dog Day After Dark

  S1 : E16 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.01.86

  Christian is preparing for his first vacation in years.

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  Banzai!

  S1 : E17 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.08.86

  Howard stars as a Cubby Cheese Ball in a television commercial promoting Cobb's.

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  Store Wars

  S1 : E18 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.12.86

  A no-frills market opens across the street and starts a price-war.

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  Oh My Darling Serpentine

  S1 : E19 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.19.86

  It's the 7th anniversary of Edna and Howard's first date.

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  Edna's New Friend

  S1 : E20 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.26.86

  Edna has tickets for a ballet show, but Howard doesn't want to go.

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  Jack Be Numbskull

  S1 : E21 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.05.86

  The staff start gossip about Marlene and Christian who apparently went home together after an office party.

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  Sex Appeal

  S1 : E22 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.12.86

  Bannister is in competition with another store manager for the Vice-President position at Cobb's.

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  Getting to Know You

  S2 : E1 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.03.86

  When slow construction starts bringing Cobb's business down, Bannister has to decide two employees to lay off.

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  Edna's Phantom Romance

  S2 : E2 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.10.86

  Feeling neglected by Howard, Edna hires an actor to play her 'secret lover'

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  Buddy Can You Spare a Job?

  S2 : E3 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.17.86

  Bannister decided to hire his old friend as the store's new butcher.

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  Operation Bannister

  S2 : E4 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.24.86

  Faced with a hernia operation, Bannister goes to the hospital, only to hear doom stories from his old roommate.

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  The Mis-Matchmaker

  S2 : E5 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 10.31.86

  When Bannister's heartbroken niece arrives for a visit, Howard goes into an over-protective frenzy.

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  The Bear Facts

  S2 : E6 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.07.86

  Bannister fills in for Murray's dad on a father and son wilderness survival test.

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  A Chocolate Chip Off the Old Block

  S2 : E7 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.14.86

  When Bannister loses the Grandpa Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookie account, help comes from a local bag lady who loves to bake.

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  Homewrecker Howard

  S2 : E8 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 11.21.86

  Christian is seduced by an attractive friend of Edna's. In order to impress her, Jack represents himself as the manager of Cobb's.

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  Don't Take My Job, Please

  S2 : E9 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.12.86

  It's contract negotiation time at Cobb's and after 12 years, Bannister feels he deserves a raise.

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  Edna Displays Talent

  S2 : E10 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.19.86

  Although Edna wants the job herself, Bannister assigns Christian in charge of creating a store display.

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  Short One Jockey

  S2 : E11 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 12.26.86

  Instead of spending the staff's money wisely, Bannister buys them a racehorse and enters it into a race the very next day.

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  High Tech

  S2 : E12 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.11.87

  Word of a new gold mine prompts Bannister to convince Edna to investigate their life savings.

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  Love and Marriage

  S2 : E13 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.18.87

  Birthday girl Edna receives flowers from one of her high school sweethearts who want to see her again.

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  Let's Get Metaphysical

  S2 : E14 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 01.25.87

  Marlene's new boyfriend convinces her to join a religious cult. Bannister tries to free Marlene from the cult, but gets pulled into the spell of the cult.

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  Tots 'R Us

  S2 : E15 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.01.87

  As a Mother's Day promotion, Edna's suggestion of providing free childcare in the store turns out to be a big success.

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  The Oddest Couple

  S2 : E16 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.08.87

  When Bannister discovers Viker has been kicked out of his house, and is now sleeping on the couch in his office.

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  Chain Reaction

  S2 : E17 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.15.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  My Girl Friday, Saturday, Sunday

  S2 : E18 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 02.22.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  Only God Can Make a Tree

  S2 : E19 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.01.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  The Son Also Rises

  S2 : E20 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.08.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  Here Comes the Bribe

  S2 : E21 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.15.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  Put Your Best Face Forward

  S2 : E22 | TV-G | 22 min | Aired: 03.22.87

  It's strictly fresh and guaranteed hilarious, with the harried manager - trying to run a perfect market, with less than perfect employees.

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  The Umpire Strikes Back

  S3 : E1 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 10.04.87

  Marlene reverts to a stuttering timid child when her father returns for a visit. Bannister decides to give them both advice.

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  Hey Take Me Over

  S3 : E2 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 10.10.87

  When Cobb's is taken over by a huge conglomerate that also owns a famous hotel chain, Bannister has visions of becoming the manager of a luxury resort.

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  Puppy Love

  S3 : E3 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 10.11.87

  Marlene finds herself the object of a secret admirer who leaves her flowers and love notes.

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  I'm Okay, You're a Spy

  S3 : E4 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 10.17.87

  Bannister learns that the new owners have sent out a corporate spy to infiltrate Cobb's and warns the staff to be on guard.

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  Not for Commercial Use

  S3 : E5 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 10.18.87

  When Bannister learns Cobb's is to be featured on an investigative news program, he gets excited at the thought of being seen on television coast-to-coast.

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  Edna's Choice

  S3 : E6 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 10.24.87

  There is a new Cobb's store about to open and Christian and Edna have both been selected as potential managers.

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  He's No Heavy, He's My Brother

  S3 : E7 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 10.25.87

  Bannister receives a call from his long lost brother, George and learns he's planning to visit.

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  Mutiny on Mr. Christian

  S3 : E8 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 11.07.87

  Bannister puts Christian in charge of Cobbs while he goes on vacation.

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  Bannister & Dale

  S3 : E9 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 11.14.87

  One of Cobb's favorite customers is Mr. Dale, an old vaudeville comic.

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  Shrink from Sendrax

  S3 : E10 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 11.15.87

  While showing his children's birthday party routine to Edna, TC arrives at Cobb's with a corporate psychiatrist.

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  The Naked Truth

  S3 : E11 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 11.21.87

  Marlene is approached by a writer for 'Women of the World' magazine, who wants to interview her.

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  Howard Hemingway

  S3 : E12 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 11.22.87

  Bannister gets the notion that he can make money by writing a romance novel, so he locks himself in the office to write it.

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  Edna, Howard, Cathy and Morty

  S3 : E13 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 11.28.87

  Edna learns her good friend will be in town to talk about her recent marriage.

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  Marlene for Hire

  S3 : E14 | TV-G | 21 min | Aired: 12.12.87

  Marlene's friendship with a young couple seems to be blossoming into something more.

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  Make Room for Daddy Christian

  S3 : E15 | TV-G | 18 min | Aired: 12.27.87

  Marlene introduces Christian to her friend Barbara and the two of them have an instant attraction to each other.

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  My Hero, Mr. Bannister

  S3 : E16 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.03.88

  Derek the bagboy has a special admiration for Bannister.

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  Fatal Harassment

  S3 : E17 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.10.88

  Bannister hires a new cashier at Cobb's.

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  Vote For Me

  S3 : E18 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.16.88

  Bannister is approached by the local Businessmen's Association to run in the upcoming election for city councilman.

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  Losing It

  S3 : E19 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.30.88

  When Leslie announces that he will be attending a seminar for potential investors, he asks Bannister to go with him.

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  Smotherly Love

  S3 : E20 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.31.88

  Christian asks Bannister for a favor when he learns that his mother is coming for a surprise visit.

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  Educating Leslie

  S3 : E21 | TV-G | 20 min | Aired: 01.07.88

  Leslie is excited by the news that he has won an audition to a famous acting school.

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  For the Book

  S3 : E22 | TV-G | 19 min | Aired: 01.14.88

  Memories may be a beautiful thing but the staff at Cobb's find themselves wishing to forget some of their past mistakes for the 50th anniversary of Cobb's.