The tale of four brothers and their widower father, who heads a large Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Goro Kishitani, the oldest brother, does not want to take over the temple. He prefers only to pass through now and then to exercise his eldest brother prerogative and hit No. 2 brother Masahiro Nakai over the head. Nakai, who really wants to be a sportswriter, appears to be in line for the temple takeover and zips around in a motorcycle helmet and Buddhist robes to chant sutras for the dead. Papa-san frequents Ginza clubs and had a cigarette or a toothpick dangling from his mouth for most of the first episode. He hires an "Otonashi Karen look-alike" (Kimura Yoshino) with a crush on Nakai as housekeeper and she bops around the temple grounds as if it was Shibuya on a Sunday. The opening sequence where they all grab guitars, line up in black robes in front of the temple incense burner.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Wedding | 1984-07-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | 1984-08-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Lizards Ain't Snakes | 1984-08-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | He Ain't Witty, He's My Brother | 1984-09-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Mindless Passion | 1984-08-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Fear of Flying | 1984-09-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Monte Carlo Night | 1984-09-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | And Baby Makes Two | 1984-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Fools Russian | 1984-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Standards and Practices | 1984-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Liza | 1984-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | It Only Hurts When I'm Gay | 1984-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | I Remember Papa | 1984-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Happy Birthday, Mel (Part 1) | 1984-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Happy Birthday, Mel (Part 2) | 1984-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | An Affair to Remember | 1985-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Your Brother's Keeper | 1985-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Fourth Ball (aka Lucky Charm) | 1985-05-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Life's Too Short to Be Delicate | 1985-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Let the Eagle Fly | 1985-06-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Girl Most Likely | 1985-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Donald's Dad | 1985-06-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Donald's Old Flame | 1985-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Proof Is in the PJ's | 1985-07-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | A House Divided | 1985-07-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Sting | 1985-08-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Happy Birthday, Baby Brother | 1985-08-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | To Play or Not to Play | 1985-08-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Greatest Story Never Told | 1985-09-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Amongst My Souvenirs | 1985-09-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Rhino Rhapsody | 1985-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Donald's Air Force Blues | 1985-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Stranger | 1985-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | It Ain't Over til It's Over | 1985-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Father, Father | 1985-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | A Greasepaint Smile | 1985-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Godzilla Meets Bambi (aka Donald's Apartment) | 1985-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Gobba, Gobba | 1985-11-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | A Carnation by Any Other Name | 1985-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Shoop Shoop Shop (aka Isle of Lesbos) | 1985-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Hairball Blues | 1986-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Take Me Out of the Ballgame (aka Dreams of Summer) | 1986-04-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Seduction of Lou | 1986-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | A Penny a Dance | 1986-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Donald's Half Sister | 1986-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Wake Me Up Before You Go Go | 1986-06-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Blind Love | 1986-06-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Song Remains the Same | 1986-06-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Brothers Three | 1986-06-25 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Plays the Thing | 1986-07-09 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Harry and the Ogre of Ock | 1986-07-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Mother's Day | 1986-07-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Two-Timin' Man | 1986-08-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | If I Only Had a Watchamacallit | 1986-08-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Goodbye, Cliffie | 1986-09-03 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Joe Leaves This Old World Behind | 1986-09-10 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | Whose Golden Years Is It, Anyway? (Part 1) | 1986-09-17 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Whose Golden Years Is It, Anyway? (Part 2) | 1986-09-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Boxer | 1986-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | Lay the Points | 1986-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | The Gang Who Could Shoot Straight | 1986-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | A Penny for Your Dreams | 1986-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Iceman | 1986-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Still Married After All These Years | 1986-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Mi Casa es Sewer Casa | 1986-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Wedding Bell Blues | 1987-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | What? | 1987-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Chez Cliff | 1987-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Love and Learn | 1987-06-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Leave It to Cleavage | 1987-06-12 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Fear of Heights | 1987-06-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Cliff's Magic Recipe | 1987-06-26 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Old Man Waters | 1987-07-17 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Home Is Where the Heart Is | 1987-07-24 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | On the Rebound | 1987-07-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Man's Choice | 1987-07-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Starry, Starry Nightmare | 1987-08-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Penny and the Hard Hat | 1987-08-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | The Point After No More? | 1987-08-01 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | Las Vegas Serenade (Part 1) | 1987-09-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Las Vegas Serenade (Part 2) | 1987-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | One on One | 1987-09-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | The Farmer Always Rings Twice | 1987-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | Bachelor Father | 1987-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Masquerade | 1987-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | Stolen Pleasures | 1987-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | Is the Caller There? | 1987-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | The Windsor War | 1987-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | There's a Lid for Every Pot | 1987-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 25 | Thanksgiving | 1987-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Sittin' in a Tree | 1988-06-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Barney, We Hardly Knew Ye | 1988-07-08 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | I'll Know When My Love Comes Along | 1988-07-15 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | L. A. Maltby | 1988-09-30 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Hustle Up | 1988-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | But I Know What I Like | 1988-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Moving Out | 1988-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | A Job Well Done | 1988-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Two for the Seesaw | 1988-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Nothin' Says Lovin' | 1988-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | The Detour | 1988-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Guardian Angels | 1988-12-30 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | A Study in Maltby | 1989-01-06 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Nanny from Heaven | 1989-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | The Point After Bowling Team | 1989-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Isn't It Romantic? | 1989-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Three Infants and a Baby | 1989-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Guarding the Nest | 1989-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | Sam's Dad | 1989-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | Inherit the Bar | 1989-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | Fantasy in Ebony | 1989-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Big | 1989-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 23 | Something Old, Something New | 1989-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 24 | Wouldn't It Be Nice | 1989-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 25 | The Road Yet Taken | 1989-04-01 | 30 min |
| Sound | Smap | Theme Song Performance |
| Directing | Kensaku Sawada | Director |
| Writing | Atsuko Hashibe | Writer |
