
Getting Together
1971–1972 · ABC · 30 min · 1 season
S01E14 · Broken Hearted Melody
Sun, 9 Jan, 12:00 pm
Misunderstandings and a near disaster in a tale about Bobby's romance with a beautiful photographer.
About
A pair of pop-oriented songwriters -- melodist/singer Bobby and tone-deaf lyricist Lionel -- try to eke out a living in the Los Angeles music scene. They live (along with Bobby's younger sister Jennifer) in an antique shop, and Bobby works on the side as a recording engineer until he and Lionel get their big break.
Episodes
- E01
Jenny, Jenny
Sun, 19 Sept· 30 minBobby's status as his sister's legal guardian is threatened by a no-nonsense social worker.
- E02
Cathy's Clown
Sun, 26 Sept· 30 minA man must be enamoured to write a great love song, right? Now all Bobby has to do is find someone to love lyricist Lionel.
- E03
All Shook Up
Sun, 3 Oct· 30 minWatch Bobby go through the protective-brother syndrome as little sister Jenny prepares for her first date.
- E04
Where Are You, Little Star?
Sun, 10 Oct· 30 minOh, what a tangled web Lionel is weaving... the budding lyricist is playing Mr. Hollywood at his home-town class reunion.
- E05
Singing the Blues
Sun, 17 Oct· 30 minDella Reese and 10-year-old soul singer Little Dion star in this tale of a boy who wants to be a superstar, and a mother who has other ideas about his future. Little Dion sings "Little Soul Brother."
- E06
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Sun, 24 Oct· 30 minPat Carroll hams it up as the love-lorn lady in waiting; comic Jack Burns is the clumsy Romeo who's trying to salvage their 11-year romance.
- E07
Beep, Beep
Sun, 31 Oct· 30 minA traffic accident creates a house divided: Bobby and Lionel are the conflicting witnesses.
- E08
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Sun, 14 Nov· 30 minSynopsis: A comic deam sequence reminiscent of "The Graduate's" wedding scene caps tonight's show. It's a slumber bummer for Lionel: the girl he loves is dating a rock superstar.
- E09
Memories are Made of This
Sun, 5 Dec· 30 minSaga of two guinea pigs: Bobby's existing on zinnia seeds and Lionel's trying to stay awake in two experiments run by a pair of wacky doctors.
- E10
Those Oldies But Goodies Remind Me of You
Sun, 12 Dec· 30 min"All in the Family's" Rob Reiner appears as the head of a Fifties rock group that Bobby is pushing onto the comeback trail. Cameo appearances by Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, satirists of Fifties rock 'n' roll.
- E11
Blue Christmas
Sun, 19 Dec· 30 minBobby's plans to give Jenny an old-fashioned Christmas go awry.
- E12
The Great Pretender
Sun, 26 Dec· 30 minBobby's wacky encounter with a dizzy chatterbox who stuck him with an $845 set of encyclopedias.
- E13
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Sun, 2 Jan· 30 minA funeral march for a songwriting team: Bobby and Lionel might be splitting up - out of mutual loyalty.
- E14
Broken Hearted Melody
Sun, 9 Jan· 30 minMisunderstandings and a near disaster in a tale about Bobby's romance with a beautiful photographer.
Cast

Bobby Sherman
Bobby Conway

Wes Stern
Lionel Poindexter

Susan Neher
Jennifer Conway

Jack Burns
Officer Rudy Colcheck

Pat Carroll
Rita Simon