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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Girl With Something Extra' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Girl With Something Extra':


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

September 14, 1973: Sally On My Mind
Season 1, episode 1
W: Bernard Slade   D: Bob Claver

Romantic comedy about a young married couple facing all the typical problems of newlyweds -- plus one. She has extrasensory perception. In the first show, the bridegroom is shaken by the newly found knowledge of his bride's uncanny knack for reading minds.

September 21, 1973: Everything You Wanted To Hide And Couldn't
Season 1, episode 2
W: Bernard Slade   D: Bob Claver

With Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), Dennis Robertson, Pat Delaney.
A battle royal erupts between newlyweds Sally and John when Sally's ESP reveals John's fantasies about the opposite sex.

September 28, 1973: A Gift For The Gifted
Season 1, episode 3
W: Warren S. Murray   D: Richard Kinon

With Tony Berrell (Kiki), Liam Dunn.
It's Sally's birthday and her ESP makes things tough on husband John, who wants to surprise her with a special birthday present.

October 5, 1973: How Green Was Las Vegas
Season 1, episode 4
W: Bernard Slade   D: Richard Kinon

With Farrah Fawcett (Carol), Mark Lenard (Casino Manager), Eddie Ryder (First Dealer), Eddie Carroll (Second Dealer), Robert Nash (Pit Boss).
There's some good news and some bad news when Sally succumbs to brother-in-law Jerry's scheme to use her ESP for a financial killing in Las Vegas.

October 12, 1973: All The Nudes That's Fit To Print
Season 1, episode 5
W: Bernard Slade   D: Richard Kinon

With Corinne Camacho, Merv Griffin, Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), Hope Summers, Bruce Kimmel.
John is invited to be a nude centerfold in a women's magazine, but everyone is sure that he's too square to do it.

October 19, 1973: John & Sally & Fred & Linda
Season 1, episode 6
W: Earl Barret   D: Charles R. Rondeau

With Pat Harrington Jr. (Fred Fowler), Diana Ewing (Linda Fowler), Carol Wayne (Mimi).
Shedding unwanted friends is the problem for Sally and John.

October 26, 1973: One Of Our Hens Is Missing
Season 1, episode 7
W: Bernard Slade   D: Bob Claver

With Teri Garr (Amber).
An annual gift from John's mother threatens his married life.

November 2, 1973: No Benefit Of Doubt
Season 1, episode 8
W: Stan Cutler   D: E.W. Swackhamer

With Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), William Windom (Stuart Kline), Reva Rose (Miss K.).
John is assigned to try his first case and things go well until Sally reads the mind of the defendant.

November 9, 1973: And Baby Makes Two
Season 1, episode 9
W: Stan Cutler   D: Leo Penn

With Patricia Stevens, John Gabriel, Ysabel MacCloskey.
Although single, Anne is decisive about having a baby.

November 23, 1973: It's So Peaceful In The Country
Season 1, episode 10
W: Steve Zacharias   D: Robert Scheerer

With Michael Bell, Patti Deutsch, Rick Hurst, Ken Swofford, Yvonne Wilder.
A trip to the country gets complicated when the Burtons find themselves marooned by a sudden downpour.

November 30, 1973: Sugar And Spice And A Quarterback Sneak
Season 1, episode 11
W: Dale McRaven   D: Bob Claver

With Patti Cohoon, Patricia Stevens, Jennie Blackton, Victoria Carroll, Allison McKay.
Sally's 12-year-old niece, who has an interest in football, proves a challenge for John.

December 7, 1973: Mind-ing Mama
Season 1, episode 12
W: Stan Cutler   D: Roger Duchowny

With Jeff Donnell (Betsy Burton), Teri Garr (Amber), Corey Fischer (Messenger), Ronnie Schell (Policeman), Lindsay Campbell (Waitress).
Sally is nervous about meeting John's mother for the first time and her ESP tells her why.

December 21, 1973: A Meeting Of Minds
Season 1, episode 13
W: Stan Cutler   D: William Wiard

With Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), Jack Riley, Rod Gist, Judy Cassmore.
Sally tries to convince John that it's not so much her ESP but rather his routine habits that tip what he's thinking.

January 11, 1974: Guess Who's Feeding The Pigeons
Season 1, episode 14
W: Lou Derman, Bill Davenport   D: Roger Duchowny

With Keenan Wynn (Victor Lucas), Gary Crosby, Gordon Jump, Edward Power (Arnie), Ray Young, Joel Lawrence (Mitch), Ron Pinkard, Carol Worthington (Millie).
Sally befriends an elderly man in the park who turns out to be a crime syndicate boss.

January 18, 1974: The Greening Of Aunt Fran
Season 1, episode 15
W: Stan Cutler   D: Richard Kinon

With Eve Arden (Aunt Fran), William Windom (Stuart Kline), Bobby Baum, Jerry Fujukawa, Lloyd Kino, Larry Watson, Ernest Harada.
Sally's aunt, world traveler and take-charge woman, comes to visit.

January 25, 1974: The Cost Of Giving
Season 1, episode 16
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell   D: William Wiard

With Jayne Meadows, Nellie Bellflower.
Sally sells an expensive family heirloom to raise cash for an anniversary gift for John. Unfortunately, while Sally is selling the brooch that has been in the family for years, John is out buying Sally something to go with it.

February 1, 1974: A Zircon In The Rough
Season 1, episode 17
W: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum   D: Alan Rafkin

With Joan Van Ark, Teri Garr (Amber).
Sally and John arrange a date for Jerry with an ultra-sophisticated lady and try to groom him for the date.

February 8, 1974: The Sour Grapevine
Season 1, episode 18
W: Stan Cutler   D: Richard Kinon

With William Windom (Stuart Kline), Mitzi McCall, Charlie Brill.
The office grapevine seems sure that John is having an affair with his lovely secretary Angela, and ESP or not, Sally seems like the typical naive wife.

February 15, 1974: Irreconcilable Sameness
Season 1, episode 19
W: Lou Derman, Bill Davenport   D: John Erman

With Donald O'Connor, Audra Lindley, Kristina Holland, James McCallion.
Sally's parents decide to separate to get more excitement into their lives, and John and Sally devise schemes to get them back together.

February 22, 1974: Three For The Road
Season 1, episode 20
W: Stan Cutler   D: Bob Claver

With Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), Woodrow Parfrey, Len Lesser, Susan Silo, Eleanor Zee.
Sally and John think John's business trip to San Diego will really be a vacation until they arrive.

March 8, 1974: The Not-So-Good Samaritan
Season 1, episode 21
W: Stan Cutler   D: Bob Claver

With Don Knotts, Teri Garr (Amber), Arlene Golonka, Toni Berrell (Jerry's Date).
An all-time loser saves Sally from falling in a manhole and starts a chain of events that begins with him losing a job.

March 15, 1974: The New Broom
Season 1, episode 22
W: Stan Cutler   D: Richard Kinon

With Dick Van Patten (Morgan), Henry Jones (Owen Metcalf), Arch Johnson (Brannigan), David Lewis (Linnet), Albert Popwell (Peters), Toni Berrell (Jerry's Date).
John becomes a candidate for city council but wife Sally's ESP tells her everything is not legit. She reads the mind of John's campaign manager and discovers that there is a very profitable reason for John's candidacy. (Last show of the series.)


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