Valentine's Day

Season

1964

USA

7.5

Valentine Farrow works for O.D. Dunstall in a New York publishing house. He is young, single, and constantly chased by women. While in the Army, he was saved by "Rocky" Sin, a poker-playing con artist, who now serves as Farrow's valet. Sin lives in the basement of Farrow's townhouse with the handyman, Grover Fipple. In the office, Libby is Farrow's secretary and Molly the receptionist.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Life You Save Is Yours

Valentine gets a big surprise from his old Army buddy.

S1 • E2

Triple Trouble

Valentine encounters triplet sisters who try to seduce him into signing a contract.

S1 • E3

How to Live Without Dying

Valentine, Rocky, and Libby try to save a married couple from divorcing; they even hire professional crooner Stevie Wonder to sing for them and provide marriage advice.

S1 • E4

Fraudulent Female

A date with Libby doesn't turn out the way Valentine expected when a book reviewer (Anne Francis) sits and talks with Libby the entire evening.

S1 • E5

Call Me No Cabs

Valentine and Rocky take a cab to the movies but Mr. Stevens, the driver, takes the two into his apartment, where he and his wife have an argument that causes the landlord to kick them out of the house.

S1 • E6

If Africa Speaks, Don't Answer

At the National Geographic Club, Libby, Rocky, and Molly masquerade as club members to set a date for a panic-stricken club member.

S1 • E7

The Baritone Canary

On Janet's birthday, her husband Carl gives her a pet canary who can imitate famous crooners like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and more. Janet loves the bird, but he has a few tricks up his feathery wing.

S1 • E8

The Old School Tie

Valentine gets a part-time job teaching history at an elementary school.

S1 • E9

Yen Ku Horowitz

The gang visit Chinatown for a day.

S1 • E10

The Hottest Game in Town

Milquetoast nuclear physicist Dr. Delmore Link uses his mathematical prowess to devise a method in which the odds are in favor of a person's guaranteed ability to win poker games. To prove it, he's tricked into a game with Rocky and his buddies, then vanishes following a big loss.

S1 • E11

Bride and Gloom

After Libby teases him for being an inveterate playboy, Valentine decides to prove his ability to make a mature commitment, which culminates in a spontaneous marriage proposal. Wedding plans quickly overtake him as he struggles humorously against his newfound conformity.

S1 • E12

Cherry Blossoms in New York

Rocky hires a Geisha to entertain at Valentine's business dinner party. After she commands a very enthusiastic audience, Rocky begins to see dollar signs. Together they turn Valentine's home into a Geisha school for bored socialite housewives.

S1 • E13

Teahouse of the Bankrupt Moon

The gang returns to Chinatown once again, but Valentine falls in love with Audrey Westphall, the pretty schoolteacher from across the street.

S1 • E14

The Seasick Sailor

Molly falls in love with a Navy sailor, but his father refuses to let them marry.

S1 • E15

All Through the Night

Valentine, Employee of the Month at the publishing firm, takes his boss Mr. Dunstall and his workmates Grover, Rocky, Libby, Cindy, Mollie, and Louie, to the theater to see "Move Over, Darling".

S1 • E16

Follow the Broken Pretzel

Carl's wife is out town, so he, Valentine, and the gang spend a weekend at a pretzel factory--run by his ex-girlfriend Stacy.

S1 • E17

The Double Shamaguchi

A spur-of-the moment proposal of marriage to a pretty girl creates trouble for Rocky when her Japanese wrestler brothers decide to hold him to his offer. It's up to Valentine to save his chum by assuming the part of his grandfather, an ancient Judo master.

S1 • E18

The Sweet Smell of Wampum

Valentine finds his swinging bachelor pad suddenly overtaken by unexpected house guests. Hijinks ensue when his mother Muriel decides to pay him a visit, and Wampum, a Native American chief, arrives with the intent of taking Muriel as his Indian Princess.

S1 • E19

Which Witch?

Dunstall's mom becomes addicted to superstitions.

S1 • E20

Two Weeks with Pay

Valentine refuses to change his vacation when an emergency happens at work, but his best-laid plans are altered when his reserve unit recalls him to military service.

S1 • E21

All Right, Louie, Drop That Blue Pencil

Valentine and Jack are held hostage at a stationery store.

S1 • E22

For Me and My Sal

Valentine enlists the aid of his former college friend, professional footballer Jim Brown. It seems that their aging English professor Charles Marks is lonely and hasn't slept well in 50 years. With Jim's help, Val hopes to reunite Mr. Marks with his long-lost love.

S1 • E23

Sin Has Two Faces

Valentine thinks he's been burning the candle at both ends for too long when he thinks he starts to see Rocky in two places at the same time. Unknown to him, Rocky's belligerent lookalike cousin Putty-Face Blue has been included in a book he is publishing, and is willing to go to any lengths to stop it.

S1 • E24

Mad, Mad Momma

Valentine's mother Muriel returns and is incensed to learn that her son is dating the daughter of Waldo Whitfield, a popular music critic. Clinging tightly to an old grudge against Whitfield, Muriel intends to throw cold water on Val's simmering romance.

S1 • E25

The Title Fight

Valentine and Carl compete in a boxing tournament. Who will win?

S1 • E26

Viva Valentine

Valentine and Dunstall go on an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Hawaii.

S1 • E27

The Man Who Shot the World

Valentine's lifelong dream was to compete in running track-and-field in the Olympic Games. But now, no longer reaching the requirements, he calls on his old high-school coach for help and decides to compete in his town's 5K Marathon. Will Valentine achieve his goal?

S1 • E28

Mama Loathes Papa

Valentine and Dunstall begin their part-time marriage-counseling business. A young couple asks them to help their bickering parents, who have been arguing over a photo of an old flame in the morning paper. How will this resolve?

S1 • E29

Instant Father

With assistance from world-renowned pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock, Valentine and Dunstall help two couples who want to become parents.

S1 • E30

Tell Me in English

Sven Larson, Grover's old friend from college, comes over for a visit.

S1 • E31

Farrow's Fling

Dawson Farrow, Valentine's swinging great-uncle, comes to visit. Claiming that he has been given only six more months to live, the lively old bachelor intends to enjoy a last grand fling and live the high life by liberating Val's credit accounts. He also has a final surprise in store for his nephew.

S1 • E32

A Muffin Is Not a Tart

After notorious English playgirl Daphne Kemp writes a tell-all book detailing her involvement in a juicy scandal, Valentine is tasked with obtaining the publishing rights to her book--and pulling out all the stops with Kay Latimer so he can get anywhere close to Kemp.

S1 • E33

I'll Cry at My Wedding

Mrs. Dunstall returns from Europe ready to complete an important mission: She made a promise to Valentine's mother that she would help the perpetual playboy find his way to the altar, and a prospect appears in the form of lovely research assistant Barbara Whitfield.

S1 • E34

Climb Upon My Knee, Sonny Boy

Lovely research assistant Barbara Whitfield has Valentine in a lather. When she is in close proximity to him, he loses his cool, his quick witticisms, and even his shoes. The gang realizes that he's actually falling in love with the girl who isn't afraid to tell him "no".