Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Love, Sidney' from 1970-1982:
- Chip Zien as Jason Stoller (1981-1983)
- Kaleena Kiff as Patti Morgan (1981-1983)
- Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie Morgan (1981-1983)
- Tony Randall as Sidney Shore (1981-1983)
- Alan North as Judge Mort Harris (1981-1982)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Love, Sidney':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Oliver Hailey D: Jay Sandrich
With Graham Beckel (Jimmy), Eddie Eisele (Butcher), Merwin Goldsmith.
Laurie and her 6-year-old daughter Patti move back in with "confirmed bachelor" Sidney when Laurie's marriage fails.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Stephen Black, Henry Stern D: Tony Mordente
With Robert Hitt, Patricia Richardson, Arthur Hammer, Sheila Coonan.
The trio are in danger of eviction when the building goes condo and the new rules limit occupancy to one family per unit.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Jay Sandrich
With John Fiedler (Dr. Rice), Janice Lynde (Karen).
Laurie throws a party and encourages Sidney to invite his old friends.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Stephen Black, Henry Stern D: Mel Ferber
With Kevin McClarnon.
A cat burglar intrudes, and Sidney recognizes him as a classmate from his school days.
Season 1, episode 5
W: George Geiger D: Mel Ferber
With Hansford Rowe (Laurie's Father), Lenka Peterson (Laurie's Mother).
Laurie's estranged parents come to visit, and she learns that her father never told her mother about her many letters.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Mel Ferber
An art director alters Sidney's work and Laurie wants Sidney to confront him about it.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Tony Mordente
With Itzhak Perlman (Himself), Tom Aldredge.
Patti takes up the violin, an interest that plays on the nerves of Sidney and Laurie -- until they learn that her teacher is virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Larry Arnstein, David Hurwitz, Marty Nadler D: Tony Mordente
With Stephen D. Newman (John), Nick Demetrius, Marcella Lowry, Dennis Romer, Alice Drummond (Tina).
Sidney sits in on a seance and asks to speak to his late mother Yetta.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Bernard Dilbert D: Tony Mordente
With Benny Baker, Veronica Redd, David Rasche (J.M.).
Sidney becomes obsessed with his desire for Patti to win her school's spelling bee; Patti refuses to acknowledge to Sidney and Laurie that she has been playing hooky.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Richard Baer D: Tony Mordente
With Maurice Hines, Betty White (Charlotte).
Laurie fears her soap-opera character is being written out of the program, so Sidney invites the predatory head writer over for dinner -- and almost becomes the main course himself.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Sylvia Alan D: Tony Mordente
With Don Porter, Steve Elmore.
Sidney comes to regret his new position with an ad agency when his obnoxious new boss becomes involved in his personal life.
Season 1, episode 12
W: April Kelly D: Tony Mordente
With Bruce French, Jerry Supiran, Jane Dulo (Dee Dee), Peter Elbling (Steward), Victor Bevine.
Sidney does nothing but complain throughout his time on a vacation cruise.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Tony Mordente
With Richard Stahl.
Laurie decides to move in with her new boyfriend.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Mel Tolkin D: Mel Ferber
Laurie quits the soap opera after receiving rave reviews for her performance in an off-Broadway play.
Season 1, episode 15
W: April Kelly, Dennis Rinsler, Marc Warren D: Mel Ferber
With Nicholas Mele, Jeffrey Kramer.
Laurie tries to cure Patti and Sidney of their dog phobia after Patti is bitten.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Michael Cassutt, Lew Levy, Jim Parker, Marty Nadler D: Mel Ferber
With Justin Lord.
Laurie signs on for a TV commercial and then refuses to act in it when she discovers its content.
Season 1, episode 17
W: April Kelly D: Mel Ferber
With John Myers, Robin Dearden (Adult Patti), Jack Riley (Tom).
Sidney and Laurie discover that the fire which destroyed their living room was set by Patti.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Mel Ferber
With Tara Blank (Yolanda), Rita Gardner, John Ramsey, Raymond Serra (John).
Patti is rejected by her classmates when they discover that she is illegitimate, and Patti's subsequent questions about her father send Sidney into a tizzy.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Thelma Herman, April Kelly, David Lyn D: Mel Ferber
With Hansford Rowe (Laurie's Father), Lenka Peterson (Laurie's Mother).
Sidney regrets inviting Laurie's parents to move out of their hotel and into the apartment.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid D: Mel Ferber
With Myrna Loy (Vera Lonnigan), Zane Lasky (Leonard).
1930s movie queen Vera Lonnigan has long been Sidney's idol, and he joins her fan club.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Thelma Herman, David Lyn D: Mel Ferber
With Joanna Gleason (Gail), Larry Joshua, Helen Hanft, Bill Luhrs.
Laurie's bringing Patti to an anti-nuclear protest rally doesn't sit well with Sidney when both of them wind up being arrested.
Season 1, episode 22
W: April Kelly D: Mel Ferber
With Peter Coffield (Eddie), Rex Robbins (Judge).
Patti's biological father wants Patti to know the truth about him -- but Laurie doesn't.
October 2, 1982: Pros And Cons
Season 2, episode 1
W: Fredi Towbin D: Hal Cooper
With Helen Hayes (Mrs. Clovis), Russell Horton.
A woman arrives who claims to be Sidney's old babysitter, and she revises Sidney's memories of his childhood before being revealed as a charming con artist.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Pamela Herbert Chais D: Hal Cooper
With Mary Louise Wilson, Peter Francis (James), Christine Ebersole (Nurse Loring).
Sidney is racked with guilt when Patti lapses into a coma after falling from a swing he built for her in the apartment.
Season 2, episode 3
W: George Arthur Bloom, Sandy Veith D: Hal Cooper
With Barbara Byrne (Mrs. Gaffney).
The apartment building superintendent's wife comes on to Sidney, who develops a toothache.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Fredi Towbin D: Hal Cooper
With Truman Gaige, Wendy Schaal.
Sidney accidentally destroys Patti's favorite stuffed rabbit.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Pamela Herbert Chais D: Hal Cooper
With Rick Lohman (Charlie).
It's the ninth anniversary of the day Sidney and Laurie first met, but Sidney learns that Laurie has forgotten about his plans to celebrate the occasion together.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Korby Siamis D: Hal Cooper
With E. Brian Dean, Mike Mearian.
Sidney receives an advance on an advertising campaign, and he plans to finance a Disney World excursion for Patti. But then Sidney learns the product he's promoting is untrustworthy.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Sandy Veith, George Bloom D: Hal Cooper
With Alice Playten.
Laurie accepts a role in a Hollywood-based comedy series.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Rod Parker D: Hal Cooper
With Jenny Wright (Jan/Phoebe).
Sidney befriends a street-wise teenage prostitute and brings her home to try to reform her.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Rod Parker D: Hal Cooper
With Jenny Wright (Jan/Phoebe), John Snyder.
Sidney learns that he is breaking the law when he tries to rehabilitate Jan, a 14-year-old prostitute, but concludes that her returning home is not an option.
Season 2, episode 10
W: George Arthur Bloom, R.J. Colleary D: Hal Cooper
With Ellen Parker, Melanie Haubert, Lou Jacobi (Uncle Mort).
Sidney's visiting "Uncle" Mort provides an eye-opening revelation about Sidney's late mother.
Season 2, episode 11
W: D.B. Gilles D: Hal Cooper
With Adam Luders, Laura Copland, Brenda Currin, Cordis Heard, Suzanne Farrell.
As far as Sidney is concerned, Patti's demanding dance instructor is a sadistic taskmistress.