The Girl with Something Extra

The Girl with Something Extra
Series stars Sally Field and John Davidson, 1973
Genre	Fantasy/Sitcom
Created by	Bernard Slade
Written by	Stan Cutler Bill Davenport Lou Derman Bernard Slade
Directed by	Bob Claver Roger Duchowny Herman Hoffman Richard Kinon William Wiard
Starring	Sally Field John Davidson Teri Garr Henry Jones Zohra Lampert
Composer	Dave Grusin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	Bob Claver
Producers	Larry Rosen Mel Swope
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Thornhill Productions Screen Gems
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14) – March 15, 1974 (1974-03-15)

The Girl with Something Extra is an American fantasy sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1973 to March 15, 1974 with a total of 22 episodes over 1 season. The series was created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems.

Plot

The show revolves around newlywed couple John and Sally Burton after John discovers that Sally has ESP and can read other people's minds. Sally's ESP became less of a plot point as the season progressed.

Cast

• Sally Field as Sally Burton
• John Davidson as John Burton
• Jack Sheldon as Jerry Burton
• Zohra Lampert as Anne
• Stephanie Edwards as Angela
• Henry Jones as Owen Metcalf
• Teri Garr as Amber
• William Windom as Stuart Kline

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Sally on My Mind"	Bob Claver	Bernard Slade	September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14)
At an outdoor fair, John Burton (John Davidson) is smitten with a pretty girl. He's trying to think of a way to ask her out. Just then the girl, Sally (Sally Field), tells him she's available the next night. They have a nice time on their date. Sally goes to John's place of business. There she meets Segram (Charles Lane), a senior partner of the firm. It's not long before Sally and John get married. On the wedding night, John realizes that Sally has ESP and can read minds. She didn't tell him sooner as she was afraid of losing him. John's not sure the marriage will work and he leaves. John goes to see his brother, Jerry (Jack Sheldon). He tells Jerry about Sally's power. John decides he loves Sally and goes back to her. John wants to know things that bother Sally about him.
2	"Everything You Wanted to Hide and Couldn't"	Bob Claver	Bernard Slade	September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21)
While John is kissing Sally, she realizes he's thinking about Annette Funicello. Sally gets upset, but John says he just saw her on TV. The next morning, Sally pretends to have Mouseketeer ears on. Sally says that women fantasize, so why shouldn't men. John wants to know who Sally fantasizes about. At work, Owen Metcalf (Henry Jones) tells John that marriage is a two way street. When John gets home, Sally tells him his brother Jerry called. John and Sally get into a fight. John goes to Jerry's to play poker. Jerry also says marriage takes some adjusting. Back at home, Sally and John apologize to each other. But there are still things that need to be settled. The next night they have some couples over. Sally can tell that Jerry's girlfriend Stephanie actually likes John. The night doesn't go well for Sally. Sally and John have a heart to heart.
3	"A Gift for the Gifted"	Richard Kinon	Warren S. Murray	September 28, 1973 (1973-09-28)
It's Sally's birthday tomorrow. John knows what he wants to get her, a garnet necklace. He asks his brother Jerry how he can hide it from her, when she can read his mind. Jerry suggests that John fill his mind with a lot of trivia. Sally still knows about the necklace. John is disappointed that he can't surprise Sally. John comes up with a plan. He'll have his friend Anne (Zohra Lampert) by a gift for Sally and not tell him what it is. Anne tells Jerry she wants to throw a surprise birthday party for Sally. Jerry is not to say anything to John about it. The next morning, John tells Sally that he made plans that evening for her birthday. Jerry lets it slip to John about the party. It takes quite a bit of doing, but Jerry and Anne get Sally to the club for her party. Sally is also surprised with the gift from John. The next morning, John is a little hung over. Liam Dunn as The Watchman. Stephanie Edwards as Angela.
4	"How Green Was Las Vegas"	Richard Kinon	Bernard Slade	October 5, 1973 (1973-10-05)
John has to go to Las Vegas on a business trip and Sally is going with. John mentions that Jerry is there performing. In Vegas, Sally takes in one of Jerry's shows. He's singing and playing trumpet. Jerry tells Sally he has the chance to lead his own band, but he needs $5000. He wants her to use her ESP to win at gambling. Sally says that her ESP doesn't work with everyone. Sally winds up winning $5200. John runs into her and says he's against the way she won the money. He wants to lose the money back. They wind up legitimately winning even more money. They are taken to see the Casino Manager (Mark Lenard). John tells him how Sally used ESP initially and how they were trying to lose the money back. The Manager doesn't believe them. Sally finds a way to have the Manager help them lose the money. John will co-sign a loan for Jerry. Eddie Carroll as Second Dealer. Farrah Fawcett as Ginger. Eddie Ryder as First Dealer.
5	"All the Nude That's Fit to Print"	Richard Kinon	Bernard Slade	October 12, 1973 (1973-10-12)
John and Sally are on the beach. Sally would like to go to Hawaii, but John says they don't have the money. Sally goes to get something to eat. A Kelly Handley (Corinne Camacho) comes up to John and offers him $500 to take off his clothes. She explains that she wants him to be a nude centerfold in a women's magazine. He says he couldn't do it as he's a lawyer. She gives him her card and tells him to think about it. Sally isn't against the idea, because of the money. At the office, John was hoping to land the new client's case. Owen Metcalf thinks John's to conservative for the client, who is a bit of a swinger. John decides to take Kelly up on her offer and calls her. Sally is a little bothered that Kelly will be the photographer. Sally also is surprised at how excited Anne is about John posing nude. John fantasizes about being very popular after the magazine comes out. He's even interviewed by Merv Griffin. Sally now has second thoughts about John doing it. John comes home from Kelly's studio and says there were four guys there auditioning. He didn't get the job. Hope Summers as Stella.
6	"John & Sally & Fred & Linda"	Bob Claver	Stan Cutler	October 19, 1973 (1973-10-19)
Sally is working at Anne's antique shop. While there, a Linda Fowler (Diana Ewing) introduces herself to Sally. They apparently went to high school together, but Sally doesn't remember her at first. After Linda says her nickname was "Bubbles", Sally remembers her. They both are recently married. They agree to get together with their husbands. At the Fowler home, Sally and John meet Linda's husband, Fred (Pat Harrington Jr.). After dinner, Fred wants to show movies and then show off his cactus collection. Back at home, Sally and John can't believe how boring the evening was. The next day, Fred and Linda bring Sally and John a cactus. Fred invites them out to dinner. It's another boring evening. Jerry comes by with his friend Mimi (Carol Wayne). Knowing they'll have to invite the Fowlers over one evening, John asks Jerry to come. They invite Anne as well, but it's still a boring evening with the Fowlers. Jerry thinks he has a way of scaring the Fowlers off. He asks them to go nude swimming, but they say yes. After a few days, the Fowlers tell Sally and John that they want to spend time with other friends.
7	"One of Our Hens Is Missing"	Bob Claver	Stan Cutler	October 26, 1973 (1973-10-26)
Sally reads that a most normal couples will have a major fight within three months of their marriage. The doorbell rings and John figures it's his brother with a woman. It is Jerry and he's with Amber (Teri Garr). Jerry gives John a package that their mom sent. Every year mom sends John a chocolate hen. That night John looks in the refrigerator and his hen is missing. Sally didn't know John cared about it and gave it to the little boy next door. John tries not to make a big deal out of it, but he is upset. Anne comes by and can tell John and Sally were fighting. John leaves and stays at Jerry's house. Jerry had a fight with Amber. Amber threw out his teddy bear, Snuffles. Anne tries to get Sally to understand how John feels. Amber comes back to Jerry's place and at first thinks John is another woman. John goes home and Sally bought him a chocolate bunny, because she couldn't find a hen. John and Sally make up.
8	"No Benefit of Doubt"	E.W. Swackhamer	Story by : Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant, Teleplay by : Stan Cutler	November 2, 1973 (1973-11-02)
John tells Sally that he will be trying his first case in court. Later, they tell Jerry and Anne. John will be defending a little old lady accused of shoplifting. John comes home after the first day of the trial and says things went very well. Sally tells him that Anne and her will close the store and come watch the second day. The Prosecutor, Mr. Everett (William Schallert), is questioning the security officer of the store, Mr. Bonner (Joseph V. Perry). Bonner claims he saw Mrs. Clarke (Meg Wyllie) take the watch. John objects and tells the Judge (Peggy McCay) that no watch was found in Mrs. Clarke's possession. Sally reads Mrs. Clarke's mind and learns that she is guilty. Sally doesn't know what to do. Anne suggests she doesn't say anything. At the office, Owen Metcalf tells Sally and John that he won his first case. Owen is confident with John. Mr. Everett gives his closing summary. Something John says in his summary, gives Sally her decision. She has the bailiff give John a note saying Mrs. Clarke's guilty. John mouths to Sally that he knows. Mrs. Clarke is found guilty and but the Judge suspends her sentence. Owen is very happy with John's performance. Reva Rose as Miss K.
9	"And Baby Makes Two"	Leo Penn	Stan Cutler	November 9, 1973 (1973-11-09)
Jerry and Anne are having dinner at Sally and John's place. Despite being unmarried, Anne says she wants to have a baby. Anne doesn't want to adopt, she wants to have the baby. She just needs to find the father. Jerry is disappointed when Anne doesn't want him to be the father. Anne tells John her requirements in a man. She would like to find someone like him. Sally is jealous that John is faltered by what Anne said. Anne can sense that something is bothering Sally. At the office, John is about to meet with Foster Langworth (John Gabriel). Sally comes by and apologizes to John. Sally thinks Foster should meet Anne. At dinner, Anne, Sally and John ask Foster a lot of personal questions and he wonders why. Foster mentions that he's not the type of guy that could father a child and just walk away. Anne realizes that she would want the man to stay around as well. Ysabel MacCloskey as Lady Shopper. Pat Stevens as Marian.
10	"It's So Peaceful in the Country"	Robert Scheerer	Steve Zacharias	November 23, 1973 (1973-11-23)
John, Sally, Jerry and Anne are going on a weekend cabin trip. They go as far as they can with the car and they have to walk the rest of the way to the cabin. It starts to rain. They get to the cabin and it's not as nice as they hoped it would be. But then they see the bedroom and it's luxurious. Jerry comes back from the car with some more bags. He also brought along a woman named Taffy (Yvonne Wilder). John and Sally are in the bedroom, when a guy comes in wanting to borrow the radio. John and Sally now find a couple, Sudy (Patti Deutsch) and Bruno (Rick Hurst), have joined them. Their tent got washed away. Then there's a knock on the door. It's a Ranger named Lew Grant (Michael Bell). His jeep slid off the road into a tree. Sally tells John that one of those people robbed a local bank, but she doesn't know who. John thinks it's Sudy and Bruno and they have a large bag with them. Sudy and Bruno claim they just got married, against her father's wishes. Now John thinks it's Taffy and tells the Ranger. Grant borrows Jerry's car to get help. They figure out the robber isn't Taffy and assume it's Grant. Sally tells the others about her ESP and what she thought. A Policeman (Ken Swofford) comes by. He says he caught Grant and brought Jerry's car back.
11	"Sugar and Spice and Quarterback Sneak"	Bob Claver	Dale McRaven	November 30, 1973 (1973-11-30)
John comes home late and finds Sally gone and Jerry in the house. Sally went to the airport to pick up Jody. Jerry wants to meet Jody until John says she's Sally's 12 year old niece. Sally and Jody come home. John is surprised that Jody is a bit of a tomboy. John doesn't think Jody should be playing football with the boys. Jerry comes by and introduces Cee Cee (Victoria Carroll) to John and Sally. Cee Cee is a stripper. John gets upset when Jody comes home with a scraped arm. The next morning, Jody says she should go home because John doesn't like that she's a tomboy. John assures her that he does like her, he just doesn't want her to get hurt. Jody says she wants to be a woman, she just doesn't know how. Sally has to work, so she has John go dress shopping with Jody. Jody finds some nice things and has a good time with John. Things don't well when John talks to Jody about love. Sally thinks Jody has a crush on John. John works things out with Jody and everyone's happy. Pat Stevens as Saleslady #2.
12	"Mind-ing Mama"	Roger Duchowny	Stan Cutler	December 7, 1973 (1973-12-07)
John's mother is determined to dislike her new daughter-in-law.
13	"A Meeting of Minds"	William Wiard	Stan Cutler	December 21, 1973 (1973-12-21)
John is tired of being dull and predictable, and having a wife who can read his mind is making matters worse.
14	"Guess Who's Feeding the Pigeons"	Roger Duchowny	Bill Davenport & Lou Derman	January 11, 1974 (1974-01-11)
Sally unwittingly invites a mob boss to dinner.
15	"The Greening of Aunt Fran"	Richard Kinon	Stan Cutler	January 18, 1974 (1974-01-18)
Sally's flamboyant Aunt Fran (Eve Arden) visits.
16	"The Cost of Giving"	William Wiard	Gordon Mitchell & Lloyd Turner	January 25, 1974 (1974-01-25)
After Sally sells her antique brooch to buy John's anniversary gift, he tries to recover it.
17	"A Zircon in the Rough"	Alan Rafkin	Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum	February 1, 1974 (1974-02-01)
Sally and John try to groom Jerry for his date with a beautiful sophisticate.
18	"The Sour Grapevine"	Richard Kinon	Stan Cutler	February 8, 1974 (1974-02-08)
John's friends jump to the conclusion that he is having an affair with his secretary.
19	"Irreconcilable Sameness"	John Erman	Bill Davenport & Lou Derman	February 15, 1974 (1974-02-15)
After 30 years of marriage, Sally's parents are separating and reentering the dating game.
20	"Three for the Road"	Bob Claver	Stan Cutler	February 22, 1974 (1974-02-22)
The Burtons' vacation becomes a comedy of errors.
21	"The Not So Good Samaritan"	Bob Claver	Stan Cutler	March 8, 1974 (1974-03-08)
The Burtons make a new friend (Don Knotts), an incurable loser who lacks self-confidence.
22	"The New Broom"	Richard Kinon	Stan Cutler	March 15, 1974 (1974-03-15)
A political reform group asks John to be its candidate for city council.

Reception

Despite airing after the popular Sanford and Son on Friday nights on NBC, the show failed to find an audience and was canceled at the end of the season because of low ratings. The show ranked 59th out of 80 shows that season with a 15.2 rating. A total of 22 half-hour episodes were produced. ^[1]

Syndication

The show aired reruns on GetTV from 2017 to 2018, ^[2] also seen on Decades (now Catchy Comedy) as part of their "Sally Field Binge" (along with The Flying Nun and Gidget ), ^[3] and also aired on MeTV+ until its removal in 2025.

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
2004	TV Land Award	Nominated	Superlatively Supernatural	Sally Field

References

1. "The TV Ratings Guide: 1973-74 TV Ratings History". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
2. "getTV January 2017 Has Sally Field 1973 Sitcom; USA Network to Air This Is Us Stunt". Sitcoms Online. December 27, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
3. "Decades Binge: The Best of Sally Field". YouTube . March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

External links

• The Girl with Something Extra at IMDb
• The Girl with Something Extra at epguides.com