Answer: Mr. French's brother
The actor who played Mr. French became ill and another actor, playing Mr. French's brother, was hired for nine episodes to fill in for him. The absence was explained away as the original Mr. French working for the Queen while she was visiting the Commonwealth countries.
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Answer: Her arm was ripped off.
Buffy and Jody were fighting over the doll when her arm accidentally was ripped off. Fortunately, a "doctor" at the doll hospital was able to reattach it.
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Answer: a turtle
Jody's pet turtle was featured in several episodes. Its name was Dinky.
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Answer: A broken leg
Jones broke her leg in a playground accident in 1969. The injury became part of the show and was explained away as Buffy having had an accident at stickball.
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Answer: Manhattan
Uncle Bill lived in an elegant apartment off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Answer: Scotty
Scotty was played by actor Karl Lucas.
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Answer: ice cream
Buffy was given lots of ice cream! Everyone thought that Jody was just looking for attention when he too started complaining of a sore throat. It turned out that Jody also needed to have his tonsils out, so he enjoyed the ice cream too!
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Answer: his beard
Mr. French was most proud of his beard as it was very full and had taken a long time to grow it. In one episode he actually inquired about buying a snood for it!
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Answer: Stickball
Buffy and Jody both got accepted to the stickball team until the other boys began to give Buffy the "cold shoulder" for being a girl.
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Answer: Mrs. Beasley
With her black glasses and polka-dotted dress, Mrs. Beasley went most places that Buffy went!
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Answer: a horse
Buffy and Jody bought the horse after Uncle Bill came back from East Africa, bringing them all presents. They felt bad when Cissy gave him a tie she knitted and they had nothing to give him.
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Answer: a lopsided footstool
Jody and Buffy hand-made Mr. French a footstool which didn't turn out the way they planned - the legs were different lengths. They felt really bad when they saw the beautiful footstool that Cissy had bought him. Mr. French graciously accepted both gifts realising that the one Buffy and Jody made for him came from the heart.
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Answer: 63rd Street Tigers
The Tigers was an all-boys team until they saw how well Buffy could play.
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Answer: Terra Haute, Indiana
Before their parents died, Buffy, Cissy and Jody lived in Terra Haute, Indiana.
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Answer: an aquarium full of fish
Uncle Bill decided to get the aquarium in the hopes it would bring the family closer together. There was trouble when the big fish started eating the little ones!
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Answer: a tidal wave
One of their friends heard "Prescott the Predictor" on TV, saying that New York City would soon be wiped out by a tidal wave. Buffy and Jody couldn't get Uncle Bill, Mr. French or Cissy to believe them. Of course, nothing happened!
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Answer: Winnie the Pooh
Mr. French can be seen reading "Winnie the Pooh" to the twins on several occasions. Sebastian Cabot, who played Mr. French, ultimately narrated several Disney movies, including "Winnie the Pooh".
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Answer: Spain
The Davis family went to Spain on holiday. One day while Buffy and Jody were sight-seeing with Mr. French, Buffy forgot Mrs. Beasley on the bus. As they were boarding another bus, Buffy remembered her doll. Mr. French told the children to get on the new bus, returned to the old one and got the doll. As he exited the old bus, the new one left with the twins on it.
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Answer: Mr. French
Mr. French is a very dignified and private person, who was born in the West End of London. He grew to love Buffy, Jody and Cissy.
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Answer: candy striper
Cissy volunteered as a candy striper and made a big mistake when she nearly gave a patient water just before an operation. She redeemed herself when she comforted a frightened new mother.
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Answer: a lamb
Buffy and Jody entered the contest hoping for the houseboat but were overjoyed to get the lamb. They were not prepared for how noisy and demanding the lamb really was!
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Answer: breaking the cafeteria window
He accused Jody of throwing a rock through the cafeteria window. Although the window was broken, Jody didn't do it, and Uncle Bill backed him up. The principal demanded that Uncle Bill pay for the window, and when he refused, Jody got suspended.
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Answer: Maudie
Mr. French knew Maudie years before when she worked as a common barmaid in London. Subsequently, she married a wealthy lord and became Lady Marchwood. Eventually she was widowed and entertained hopes of marrying Mr. French.
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Answer: Ava, Jonathan and Catherine
The kids' interesting nicknames were part of the show's appeal. Buffy's real name was Ava Elizabeth.
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Answer: punched him
The girl was older and bigger than Jody, and demanded that he bring her lunch every day. Jody felt powerless to stop her because she was a girl and he couldn't hit her.
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Answer: two curly pony tails
She nearly always had the two curly pony tails. There were only a handful of episodes in which she had a different hair style, and that was because the script demanded it.
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Answer: Davis
Uncle Bill was the brother of Buffy, Cissy, and Jody's natural father. Their last name was Davis also.
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Answer: Marmalade
Mr. French was all for the idea of promoting the marmalade until he tasted it!
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Answer: Emily Turner
In 1970, Nancy Walker joined the cast as Emily Turner, a maid at Uncle Bill's office, who he asked to work for him. Her son, a doctor dated Cissy.
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Answer: She was tone deaf.
Poor Buffy loved to sing, but even a singing coach couldn't help her! On Parents' Night, she was appointed the official page turner.
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Answer: Giles
His first name was Giles, a name that he really disliked.
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Answer: a pre-Colombian artifact
The twins brought the artifact to school and accidentally broke it. They got some clay and made a replacement, fooling everyone around them.
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Answer: An engineer for a construction company
Uncle Bill travelled to many parts of the world with his job. Sometimes he would even take Mr. French and the kids.
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Answer: She looked a lot like his late mother.
The regular teacher had to leave town due to an illness in the family, and Miss Evans filled in for her. She looked so much like Jody's late mother that he began to have trouble concentrating on his school work.
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Answer: She had a crush on a boy in her class.
Uncle Bill thought that Buffy wanted to stay in the same class as Jody, but in reality, Buffy had a crush on a boy. His name was Peter, and he didn't like Buffy. Unrequited love is so painful!
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Answer: Lexington (Lexy) High
Cissy attended Lexy High until she graduated and went on to college.
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Answer: the Mod Maidens
Buffy really wanted to belong to the Mod Maidens, so Uncle Bill built the girls a clubhouse. When Buffy found out about it, she decided to wait until she was old enough to join.
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Answer: Brian Keith
The accomplished and talented actor, Brian Keith, died in June of 1997.
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Answer: buy pigeon feed
Buffy and Jody inherited the money from a man they used to feed the pigeons with. After arguing with each other over a telescope and a dollhouse, they decided to buy pigeon feed to remember their late friend by.
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Answer: He brought a small circus to the apartment.
They had some trouble getting the elephant up to the apartment! The actress who played Buffy actually broke her leg in real life. Her injury was written into the script.
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