The Girl with Something Extra
1973–1974 · NBC · 30 min · 1 season
S01E22 · The New Broom
Sat, 16 Mar, 10:30 am
A political reform group asks John to be its candidate for city council.
About
The trials and tribulations of a young couple: John Burton, an attorney with the Los Angeles firm of Metcalf, Klein and Associates, and his wife, Sally, a bona fide psychic who can read his every thought. Stories relate John's attempts to cope with the comical situations that develop when Sally inadvertently invades the privacy of his mind.
Episodes
- E01
Sally on My Mind
Sat, 15 Sept· 30 minSally creates a turmoil on her wedding night by telling John that she can read his mind.
- E02
Everything You Wanted to Hide and Couldn't
Sat, 22 Sept· 30 minSally knows when John is thinking about other women, a fact which is putting a blight on their marital bliss.
- E03
A Gift for the Gifted
Sat, 29 Sept· 30 minJohn tries to hide Sally's birthday present from her mind-reading powers.
- E04
How Green Was Las Vegas
Sat, 6 Oct· 30 minSally is conscience-stricken after she uses her ESP to help her brother-in-law win at gambling.
- E05
All the Nude That's Fit to Print
Sat, 13 Oct· 30 minJohn is invited to be a nude centerfold in a women's magazine.
- E06
John & Sally & Fred & Linda
Sat, 20 Oct· 30 minThe Burtons are being wined and dined by the most boring couple in town.
- E07
One of Our Hens is Missing
Sat, 27 Oct· 30 minJohn is sulking because Sally gave his chocolate hen to a neighborhood boy.
- E08
No Benefit of Doubt
Sat, 3 Nov· 30 minJohn the budding lawyer is trying his first case in court---and Sally's ESP has popped up just in time to let her know that the client is guilty.
- E09
And Baby Makes Two
Sat, 10 Nov· 30 minSally's friend Anne wants a baby, but no husband---so she's setting out to find the ideal father.
- E10
It's So Peaceful in the Country
Sat, 24 Nov· 30 minAll it takes is a heavy rain to turn the Burtons' country weekend into a puddle of gloom.
- E11
Sugar and Spice and Quarterback Sneak
Sat, 1 Dec· 30 minSally's tomboy niece is having trouble relating to old-fashioned John. She likes football, but he prefers girls who wear dresses.
- E12
Mind-Ing Mama
Sat, 8 Dec· 30 minJohn's mother comes to visit, and is determined to dislike her new daughter-in-law.
- E13
A Meeting of Minds
Sat, 22 Dec· 30 minJohn is tired of being dull and predictable, and having a wife who can read his mind is making matters worse.
- E14
Guess Who's Feeding the Pigeons
Sat, 12 Jan· 30 minSally's comic involvement with the mob begins when she unwittingly invites a syndicate boss to dinner.
- E15
The Greening of Aunt Fran
Sat, 19 Jan· 30 minSally's flamboyant Aunt Fran comes for a visit.
- E16
The Cost of Giving
Sat, 26 Jan· 30 minWhen Sally sells her antique brooch to buy John's anniversary gift, he sets out to get it back for her.
- E17
A Zircon in the Rough
Sat, 2 Feb· 30 minSally and John try to groom easygoing Jerry for his date with a beautiful sophisticate.
- E18
The Sour Grapevine
Sat, 9 Feb· 30 minRumor runs wild when John's friends jump to the conclusion that he is having an affair with his secretary.
- E19
Irreconcilable Sameness
Sat, 16 Feb· 30 minAfter 30 years of marriage, Sally's parents are splitting up and reentering the dating game.
- E20
Three for the Road
Sat, 23 Feb· 30 minMisplaced luggage, mixed-up reservations and other disasters turn the Burtons' vacation into a tale of woe.
- E21
The Not So Good Samaritan
Sat, 9 Mar· 30 minDon Knotts plays the Burtons' new friend, an incurable loser with a depressing lack of self-confidence.
- E22
The New Broom
Sat, 16 Mar· 30 minA political reform group asks John to be its candidate for city council.
Cast
Sally Field
Sally Burton
John Davidson
John Burton
Jack Sheldon
Jerry Burton
Teri Garr
Amber
Zohra Lampert
Anne
Stephanie Edwards
Angela
Henry Jones
Owen Metcalf
