Broadside

Name: Broadside
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Kathleen Nolan, Edward Andrews, Dick Sargent, Sheila James Kuehl, Lois Roberts

19641 seasons32 episodesComedy

Lt. Anne Morgan and her fellow Waves are posted to the backwater station on Ranakai, much to the displeasure of Commander Adrian. So his South Seas idyll, including gourmet cook, isn't disrupted has Adrian scheming to transfer the women.

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Sep 20, 196430m

A quartet of WAVES takes over the motorpool on the South Pacific island of Ranakai, with animosity developing immediately.

Sep 27, 196430m

Marion Botnik playfully snaps pictures of the girls violating Navy regulations, but Commander Adrian locks the pictures in a safe so the admiral can see them.

Jan 4, 196530m

Adrian offers the WAVES delicious, high-calorie foods so that they will be unable to pass the upcoming fitness test.

Oct 11, 196430m

Dissension among the WAVES breaks out after each of them has dated a muscular sailor.

Oct 25, 196430m

Adrian's visiting nephew ends up causing more trouble for him than the WAVES.

Nov 1, 196430m

Adrian cuts off the WAVES' makeup supply in the hopes that they will leave, but Morgan quickly sets up a lipstick still.

Nov 8, 196430m

Adrian and the crew pose as the enemy to frighten the WAVES into leaving the island.

Nov 15, 196430m

Molly falls in love, so Adrian schedules a psychological test for her in the hopes that the entire motorpool will be shipped stateside.

Nov 22, 196430m

Someone is making off with gourmet food from Adrian's private supply.

Nov 29, 196430m

Adrian sabotages the motorpool to get them flagged for inefficiency. Anne fights back by planting a tape recorder in the commander's headquarters in the hope that he will make a damaging admission.

Dec 6, 196430m

The WAVES are tricked by Adrian into thinking that they are victim of a rare tropical disease known as 'galloping baldness'.

Dec 13, 196430m

Adrian gets the mistaken idea that one of the WAVES is pregnant.

Dec 20, 196430m

Rough-and-ready Selma is too forthright to snare a boyfriend, so the WAVES coach her to be more demure. When Selma goes AWOL, Anne has to cover for her.

Dec 27, 196430m

The WAVES compete against three trained Marines in running a jungle obstacle course, and end up using their ingenuity to come out ahead.

Jan 3, 196530m

After undergoing involuntary hypnosis, Adrian's attitude toward the WAVES swings wildly between love and hate.

Jan 10, 196530m

The WAVES stow away on a cargo ship and are shocked to see that Adrian is aboard.

Jan 17, 196530m

A war correspondent uses the power of the press to wangle a date with Anne.

Jan 24, 196530m

After Roberta destroys Adrian's croquet court while trying to warn him about ominous astrological signs, the other WAVES have to make Adrian believe in astrology to avoid having Roberta court-martialed.

Jan 31, 196530m

While Anne is on leave, Adrian uses sleep-teaching records to try to get the WAVES to leave. After Anne returns, she tries the same thing on him and plants the idea that he should volunteer for dangerous duty.

Feb 7, 196530m

World-famous chef Stanley Stubbs comes to Ranakai after Adrian begs to have him assigned there.

Feb 14, 196530m

After spotting coded messages being sent by carrier pigeon, Adrian becomes convinced that the WAVES are guilty of espionage.

Feb 21, 196530m

Adrian acquires a monkey's paw, unaware of the caveat.

Feb 28, 196530m

After calling a Navy hearing to charge the WAVES with inefficiency, Adrian then has them arrested by Brisbane police so they will not be present to defend themselves.

Mar 7, 196530m

Stanley and Selma allow Adrian's Rolls-Royce staff car to roll off a cliff and into a tree. They have to scramble to limit the consequences.

Mar 14, 196530m

Adrian orders the WAVES to undergo boot-camp training while continuing with their motorpool duties. The WAVES fight back, faking an order for Adrian to take basic training as well.

Mar 21, 196530m

Adrian smuggles a steer onto the island. After discovering that Morgan is allergic to animal hair, he assigns her to fatten up the steer.

Mar 28, 196530m

When the WAVES convince Adrian that he's headed for a nervous breakdown, Ens. Beasley eagerly takes command of the base.

Apr 4, 196530m

Adrian has movies of the WAVES taken during an unguarded moment so he can use them as evidence that they are neglecting their duties.

Apr 11, 196530m

Roberta develops extrasensory perception, which causes Adrian to use him to contact his wife, an 18th-century Hawaiian king, Napoleon's cook, and a Chinese emperor who reigned in 6 AD.

Apr 18, 196530m

During the flight to Brisbane for the WAVES' court-martial, the hatch inadvertently opens, which causes Adrian, the WAVES, Beasley, and Trotter to sail out over the South Pacific.

Apr 25, 196530m

Adrian stages a beauty contest to create discourse among the WAVES.

May 2, 196530m

When Molly needs money for her nephew's operation, Adrian suggests a fund-raising party. He then arranges to raid the party in the company of Admiral Bradford.

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