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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Bad News Bears' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Bad News Bears':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

March 24, 1979: Here Comes The Coach
Season 1, episode 1
W: Bob Brunner, Arthur Silver   D: Bruce Bilson

With Richard Roat (Mr. Shanley). Series premiere. Morris Buttermaker, in trouble with the law, is given the option of a jail sentence or coaching a baseball team at a school for troubled children. Stars Jack Warden.

March 31, 1979: Amanda Joins The Bears
Season 1, episode 2
W: Hap Schlein, Betty Steck   D: William Asher

With Charles Nunez (Miguel), Vince Montanelli (Kid). Coach Buttermaker is delighted with his new pitching discovery, but not so hot on her price.

April 7, 1979: Nakedness Is Next To Godliness
Season 1, episode 3
W: Sam Greenbaum   D: Norman Abbott

With John Levin (Pitcher), Doug Sherin (Catcher), Ancel Cook (Umpire). Coach Buttermaker faces unexpected problems in enforcing the school's mandatory shower rule.

April 21, 1979: The Kelly Story
Season 1, episode 4
W: Tom Moore, Jeremy Stevens   D: Norman Abbott

With Charles Nunez (Miguel), Christopher Holloway (Joey Turner). Coach Buttermaker tries to talk a macho, motorcycle-riding whiz kid with natural batting ability into playing for the Bears.

April 28, 1979: Tanner's Bird
Season 1, episode 5
W: Tom Moore, Jeremy Stevens   D: William Asher

With Kit McDonough (Dillman). Buttermaker faces a serious emotional crisis when his broken-down racehorse sits on Tanner's pet parakeet.

May 5, 1979: Emily Loves Morris
Season 1, episode 6
W: Jeff Franklin   D: William Asher

With Charles Nunez (Miguel). The Bears see a friendly kiss given to Coach Buttermaker by Dr. Rappant as the beginning of a romance.

May 12, 1979: The Food Caper
Season 1, episode 7
W: Jim Brecher   D: Gene Nelson
Coach Buttermaker's investigation into the theft of food from the cafeteria turns up one of the Bears as the prime suspect.

May 19, 1979: Men Will Be Boys
Season 1, episode 8
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: William Asher

With Adam Gunn (Batter), Danny Nunez (Jose). To insure a hot bet that he placed on the Bears to win a big game, Coach Buttermaker teaches his team every dirty trick he can think of.

May 26, 1979: Three's A Crowd
Season 1, episode 9
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: Alan Myerson

With Joyce Bulifant (Alice), Dick Patterson (Peter), Doris Hess (Cecilia). Amanda and the rest of the Bears arrange a romantic candlelight dinner to rekindle a romance between her mother and Coach Buttermaker.

June 2, 1979: Save The Bears
Season 1, episode 10
W: Jeff Franklin   D: William Asher

With Larry Breeding (Elliot Carson), Geoffrey Binney (Cleete Wilson), Ralph Litt (Mailman). Coach Buttermaker finds himself exposed as the ringleader of a major money fraud when the Bears innocently solicit public funds for new uniforms.

June 9, 1979: Dance Fever
Season 1, episode 11
W: Roy Teicher   D: Lowell Ganz

With Tania Johnson (Lindy), Angie McCright (Samantha), Jaime McDonald-Harkins (Derek). Ahmad is challenged to defend his reputation as the best dancer in town.

June 16, 1979: Fielder's Choice
Season 1, episode 12
W: Jeff Franklin   D: William Asher
Coach Buttermaker's dream of a championship playoff for the Bears depends on his ability to change Lupus' negative self-image.





September 15, 1979: Run Down
Season 2, episode 1
W: Jeffrey Ganz, Bryan Levant   D: Jeffrey Ganz

With Johnny Bench (Himself), Larry Anderson (Groom), Howard Honig (Warren). The Bears challenge Coach Buttermaker to prove his claim that he knows famed catcher Johnny Bench by producing the baseball star in person for them.

September 22, 1979: Buttermaker Rides Again
Season 2, episode 2
W: Ron Leavitt   D: William Asher

With John Touchstone (Cop), Danny Nunez (Jose). Buttermaker, sent to the race track to find a missing student, makes a unique bet with the teenage truant.

September 29, 1979: First Base
Season 2, episode 3
W: Ron Leavitt, Bryan Levant   D: Jeffrey Ganz

With Tonya Crowe (Wendi). Buttermaker and the Bears go all out to help 8-year-old Regi cope with hs first romance.

October 6, 1979: Wedding Bells (1)
Season 2, episode 4
W: Paul Diamond   D: William Asher

With Joyce Bulifant (Alice), Pete Renaday (Entwhistle). Everyone, including Amanda, is delighted when her mother accepts Coach Buttermaker's proposal of marriage.

October 27, 1979: Wedding Bells (2)
Season 2, episode 5
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: Jeffrey Ganz
After her mother accepts a job out of the country, Amanda moves in with Buttermaker.

June 7, 1980: The Birds, The Bees And The Bears
Season 2, episode 6
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: Jeffrey Ganz

With Rick Goldman (Mr. Werber), Sherrie Wills (Marsha). After Amanda hugs her teammates, Buttermaker gives her a lecture on the facts of life.

June 14, 1980: Lights Out
Season 2, episode 7
W: Al Aidekman   D: Jeffrey Hayden

With Richard Moll (Rust), Donna Ponterotto (Rose), Robert Broyles (Clerk). After being teased, Ogilvie persuades Regi, Tanner and Engelberg to believe that they caused a power failure.

June 28, 1980: Matched Set
Season 2, episode 8
W: David Lerner, Cindy Begel   D: Jeffrey Ganz

With Christopher Holloway (Joey Turner), Sherrie Wills (Marsha). Buttermaker and Amanda team up to challenge the Turners to a tennis match.

July 12, 1980: Old Timers' Day
Season 2, episode 9
W: Allen Goldstein, Levi Taylor   D: William Asher

With Irvin Mosley Jr. (Grandpa Henry), Christopher St. John (Father). Buttermaker sets up a game between the Bears and some old-timers, hoping to reconcile Ahmad and his grandfather.

July 19, 1980: Scrambled Eggs
Season 2, episode 10
W: Lesa Kite, Richard Gurman   D: John Tracy
Dr. Rappant teaches the team a lesson after Buttermaker catches them hitchhiking to a rock concert.

July 26, 1980: Double Play
Season 2, episode 11
W: Fred Fox Jr.   D: William Asher

With Wayne Powers (Ed Tucker), Cathy Karp (Barbie Tucker). When Buttermaker's pool-cleaning business dries up, he must take a job working for Turner if he hopes to buy Amanda a bicycle. (Last show of the series.)


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