One Day At A Time | Ann's Decision | Season 1 Episode 1 Full Episode | The Norman Lear Effect

Sit down and enjoy the very first episode of One Day At A Time, where Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) tries to convince Ann (Bonnie Franklin) to let her go on a trip with some school friends!
From Season 1, Episode 1 'Ann's Decision' - Ann faces her first parental crisis as a newly divorced mother of two teenage daughters when she refuses to allow her older daughter Julie to go on a co-ed backpacking trip.
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About One Day At A Time: Set in Indianapolis, this beloved, long-running series takes a comedic but realistic look at divorcee Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin) and her daily struggle to find her own identity while raising her two daughters, rebellious Julie (Mackenzie Phillips), 16 when the series begins, and level-headed Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli), a year younger. Even though Ann pretends to be liberated and secure, she's always treading the line between her former, deep-rooted dependence and her newly acquired independence. Building superintendent Dwayne Schneider (Pat Harrington Jr.) helps take care of the family, while lawyer David Kane (Richard Masur) tempts Ann to reconsider her single state. Ann's priority, however, is discovering her own potentials, which includes a new career, raising her daughters, and learning more about herself and her world.
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[@thenormanleareffect]

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[@bobbyhall8862]

Mrs Franklin is a worser actress than Linda lavin! & That's really, really, really BAD!

[@kristatrenary]

@@bobbyhall8862 Worser ? You’re kidding, right?

[@bobbyhall8862]

@@kristatrenary who ever told Mrs lavin & Mrs Franklin they could sing & act? LIED to them! They must have been good on the casting couch?

[@kristatrenary]

I wasn’t commenting on BF or LL’s talents I was commenting on your grammar Worser ? That’s not even a word Oh and both always overacted

[@bobbyhall8862]

@@kristatrenary worser worser worser! Overacted that doesn't look right????? Doesn't sound rite?????

[@victoriaferrarini1781]

I’m 46 years old now. Honestly, I still mainly watch the shows from the 70s and 80s because they were just the best. No disrespect to the shows up today. But the shows just seem as though they truly had A lesson behind each one of the episodes. Great times.

[@JoeBravo75]

I agree! :) I'm also 46.

[@chosenlight7289]

Agreed I am 50

[@theenquiringone7353]

Don't worry about manners, Victoria. It's perfectly all right to show disrespect for the trash that's on TV today! :-)

[@jonas3333]

Oh, they had lessons. In the first 10 minutes, you learn she's a "liberated" woman, that sex for teenagers is ok, and men are goofy things women don't need. They had lessons. And the generation learned them all as the programming was intended.

[@lemurianchick]

@@jonas3333 🙄

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

The banter between Julie and Barbara was always hilarious.

[@chrismayer3919]

I always wanted a Sibling, but seeing those two go at it, I’m having second thoughts… 👫

[@kerriethompson2073]

@@chrismayer3919trust me having a sibling is not all it’s cracked up to be. Lol

[@kalena7126]

My mother was a single mom of teenagers in the 70's. Also her name was Annabel but everyone called her Ann. We were all huge fans of this show. Norman Lear ruled the airwaves in the 70's!

[@Ventiguess]

That mean ur mom is Bonnie franklin

[@dankelly5150]

There was some cool chemistry between David and Ann ! They were so much fun to watch !!

[@brianarbenz1329]

My Mom was a single mother very much like Ann Romano. And we lived in Indianapolis when the divorced happened. This show was so true to my life it was mystical.

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

👍💯💯

[@Ootgreet1]

Then Norman Lear developed brain damage and went full TDS along with Meathead (Rob Reiner). Norman Lear's insane hatred of centrist normalcy taints his legacy of great TV shows.

[@MrRibby88]

She did the right thing by telling Julie to just go live with her father......you can never let kids manipulate you into doing what they want.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

That's assuming parents aren't abusive and shouldn't be beaten within an inch of their lives

[@MK-fc2hn]

​@@lockandloadlikehell 😮

[@KaryShort-wi7kv]

Certainly ❤😂🎉😅😊! 17:00

[@MelDally-wc9rm]

Julie should respect her mum and listen to her. She can't throw tantrum and act like a child because her mum didn't give her what she wanted. She shouldn't take her mum for granted she lucky she got a mum who love her and care about her.

[@cathyshorts2972]

I lived for the theme song and couldn’t wait to hear it and sing along. All the sitcoms of the 70’s and 80’s have theme songs that were really good , memorable and made sense.

[@sonyabennett2730]

SO TRUE, loved those theme songs.

[@mixon270]

@@sonyabennett2730 me too

[@burns1210]

Soo WUP on your feet...🎶🎶🎶

[@joesimon2029]

2 of the better theme songs "Angie" and "Blansky's Beauties" - check them out on here .

[@drewski1535]

The shows of these times really reached out better to everyone then what's on today

[@mj6962]

One of the staples of my childhood! NO shows today even have a theme song, let alone a GOOD one with actual singing and harmony!!!

[@skysoldier1127]

Well there's more problems with the shows today than not having a theme song, it seems that most movies and shows that people watch to include children are full of nothing but decadence, sex, violence, and complete immoral behavior. There's constant TV shows about apocalypse is happening the end of the world zombies death destruction, death destruction, death destruction. And yes I intentionally repeated those words because that is the theme of today's garbage which is on TV and streamed on the internet is a constant flow of violence and hatred. You don't have shows like one day at a time, Brady bunch, Barney miller, all the family, walton's, etc. Or even the shows of the early to mid 80s to include The Cosby show. The shows that Austin the older generations grew up on all had a general theme in which a child or an individual would do something wrong or something dumb and the parents would teach the child or children a moral or ethical lesson. Stating again shows of yesteryear probably stopping around the 1990s used to convey a moral or ethical lesson for the viewer to learn. Now the agenda I believe is to Warp each individual's mind with the filth and disgusting shows that we call entertainment in our society today.

[@jgrysiak6566]

Love Indianapolis!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Most of the sitcoms today just open with the actors speaking and the credits appearing as they speak. No creativitiy.

[@skysoldier1127]

Agreed

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Amen. Shows were shows. Today...

[@tarantulalifemeanbean317]

I've been watching the reruns every night. I haven't seen this show since I was little, & it's like watching them all over again. All of these shows in the 70's & 80's were so good! There is NOTHING on today that worth watching!

[@veronicagallo2035]

You are right on TARGET ‼️😁😃👍🥴🌜🌝🌛

[@veronicagallo2035]

I'm on a ""What's Happening"" kick, also "Wait til your father gets home" 👍😃 ✨ and also , being a huge Honeym🌗🌗 NERS "fan", was extremely surprised ( not to mention THRILLED! "to find literally 100s of HONEYMOONERS eps that even I didn't know existed NOT the lost episodes , but these are all listed under The REAL lost episodes* even has a season or so w/ the original Alice and the episodes are just PHENOMONAL ,esp a Xmas ep when cops thought KRAMDEN working as A Santa,was a bookie😄🌲🌌🌛🌕 🌗 So great n so hilarious I don't want anyone to miss em! You are 💯 ✨🌌 correct! It is just pure heaven watching One Day at a Time again and SO very coZy 🌜🌛

[@MM22912]

You are absolutely right! This is why I do not watch these new shows. There is nothing like the 70 and 80 shows.

[@janieleishman9130]

Your so right ! I just turned 60 . I miss the old days .

[@topherlucas88]

You can say that again great memories thanks for sharing

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

Every boy in Jr. high had a crush on Valerie Bertinelli when this show came out. She is still beautiful!

[@tenbroeck1958]

I know I had a huge crush on her, until she married Eddie Van Halen: Then I felt like a traitor, as they were the greatest new band at the time. I had a poster of them on my wall from Women & Children First.

[@leahartlee29]

Many girls had crushes on her too! ; )

[@fatfreddyscat5767]

Her appearance has barely changed almost 50 years later. Natural beauty.

[@joeldavis6133]

I still do to this day

[@pwallace5359]

@@joeldavis6133 , so does my husband. 😄

[@ladydragonfly5172]

70s sitcoms were the best. Well written and dealt with subjects, we all went through in life, that are still relative today. Like a lot of kids in the 70s, my mom and dad divorced. My mom raised my brother and I mostly alone. She had to be strict and tough, just like Ann. Even though we didn't always agree, mom was always there. To encourage us, to wipe away our tears, teach us how to be good, kind, tough and responsible adults. My mom died almost two years ago. I love and miss her so much, but I will always carry the strength, love and lessons she taught me, that have made me the woman, wife and mother I am today.

[@sistagirllondon]

❤❤❤

[@gregoryreed4866]

God, Bonnie Franklin was just a superb actress

[@MK-fc2hn]

If a woman looked like her today, she'd be atleast 48 years old.

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

Would never have guessed that Franklin was Jewish. I always thought she was either Irish or Scottish... no offense!🙄

[@Juliaflo]

@@beverlyledbetter4906 The family changed it from 'Frankelhan'.

[@deborahwilson4684]

She was a hoot on Hot in Cleveland!

[@93seronica]

@@MK-fc2hnI can’t believe she was 32 when filming this episode. Just two years older than I am today.

[@Sinfulscents]

So blessed to grow up watching these in the 70a and 80s and I knew them this tv was remarkably awesome! They don’t make shows like this anymore

[@toddsalkowski448]

The writing on this comedy was very sharp! Great delivery too. Bonnie Franklin was a cutie.

[@meghanmisaliar]

Yes she was.

[@KaryShort-wi7kv]

Wasn't she ❤😂🎉😅😊? 16:04

[@mothershelper1981]

Ann walks in with a paper bag full of groceries. The first thing I realized is that this show came out before plastic bags started being used in grocery stores. Hard to imagine. Paper bags didn't even have handles on them back then. You just had to carry them in your arms.

[@xaenon]

I was groovin on the old cereal boxes, and the reference to TWA. Oh, and the GREEN metal cabinets and that antique refrigerator. And the outfit Julie was wearin'. And how young Val Bertinelli was. I miss this show. I miss this ERA.

[@barbarak2836]

The grocery store chain in our town used to have handles on the grocery bags, but cheaped out and made the bags smaller and without handles. The handles always broke, anyway.

[@JENDALL714]

The Eco Nuts today who say don't use plastic, are the same Eco Nuts who said don't use paper to save the trees, use plastic instead! That's why I use what I want, and never give in, because no matter what you do, these Eco freaks will never be happy. They also said the same about glass, don't use glass because it doesn't break down in landfills, use plastic instead!

[@brendapayne6603]

Wanting to preserve natural resources, refrain from spoiling the environment, reduce waste, etc does not make someone an Eco Nut. It makes a person frugal and concerned about the planet.

[@JENDALL714]

@@brendapayne6603 It does make you an Eco nut when you are the group who cries over plastic, but you're also the same group who said to switch to plastic in the first place. No one can take your group seriously when you instituted the problem in the first place.

[@MP-yz6sb]

This was a great show back in the day. I remember watching when I was a kid. My mom hated the show. It wasn't until I got older that I came to the conclusion she hated the show because Ann didn't need a man in her life to make her feel complete.

[@maevemallory2122]

Good for her!!

[@lockandloadlikehell]

This show always sucked

[@93seronica]

@@lockandloadlikehellthe acting is terrible, all of the yelling and the hand gestures is too much.

[@stubobish]

The 70s and 80s had such great sitcoms. I remember having a crush on Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Philips, and Valerie Bertinelli at different times and at the same time lol.

[@xavierhumphries2872]

0ppppppp

[@Bat_Boy]

When there was such a thing as “must watch TV”, and MASH season finale had everyone watching. Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[@Bat_Boy]

Pamela Sue Martin “Nancy Drew” - when she did Playboy - I lost my mind. 🤣

[@Bat_Boy]

@Albert Dibari - Dang it, now your making me hungry! 😀

[@stubobish]

@Albert Dibari lol...I knew I was not the only one! Lol

[@southsider9638]

Watching these shows as an adult is an eye opening experience.

[@SeaTravelr123]

OMG. i didn’t realize how good this show was. VB has that quality even then. RIP Bonnie gone way too soon. Xox

[@mistyberrier3630]

IKR! I rewatched it as a grown up and was reminded why I loved this show in the first place. R.I.P. Bonnie!

[@marvinbennett8384]

Seatraveler - she was on that sh#+ if I remember , right ?

[@SeaTravelr123]

@@marvinbennett8384 I think you’re referring to a substance abuse issue that MacKenizie Phillips had. I don’t think that either Valerie or Bonnie were doing anything. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gretchennelson9965]

“Then go spread it on the lawn!”😂😂😂😂

[@chrismayer3919]

I love the way Schneider doesn’t jump-startle; he just spins around reeeeally smooth with an incredulous expression! 😆

[@nzfalcon6578]

IM sitting here watching this show and remembering how young i was before i became a teenager and now im in my 50s ,there were so many great shows to watch on tv back then

[@queenofkingsbury]

Same!!

[@scottlang7271]

I love the fact that Julie thinks that because her friend has tried the line that Ann has said it would be OK will work in reverse. Surely either girl should realise that the first thing any responsible parent will do is to call the other parent and check the story?

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

Eh, they're teenagers. Their brains won't be fully developed for another 9 or 10 years, so, while they're not lacking intelligence, reasoning and forethought just aren't fully gelled yet.

[@minervamclitchie3667]

This show would come to mean a lot to me. When I was 15 in 1977, my father was in an accident and wound up in a nursing home. This left my mother the sole provider for two years until I got a job of two girls.

[@joelashadali]

This and Alice were fantastic along with good times

[@msstern3056]

David is 26 she is 34? They both look like average people in their 40’s. Great show

[@tylermorrison7051]

One of my favorites from back in the day. Loved this great ensemble cast. The theme song is one of the best ever.

[@shaheedturner3652]

I remember One Day At A Time it is one of the greatest shows of all time it ran on CBS from 1975 to 1984!!! Norman Lear was the best television producer in the world!!!! Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I love it!!! I love the 70s!!! Can you dig it!!!!😃😃😃😃😍😍😍😍✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@brittanybrown484]

It's on Antenna TV

[@shaheedturner3652]

I know and you can get the complete series on DVD too!!!!!

[@thegmom7812]

I can dig it !! 😂. Lots of great tv in the 70's and 80's !!

[@shaheedturner3652]

@@thegmom7812 That's right

[@DavidLopez-jl2ug]

I love 70s and 80s TV. All in the Family and One Day At a Time are my top 2 favorites, even though I have more favorites.

[@CynthiaSusanOrtiz]

I was a teenager when it premiered. Loved the show and could relate to Julie and Barbara.

[@janieleishman9130]

Me to

[@baberoot1998]

Who knew...the poor, wretched mess, Mackenzie Phillips... really was in, during this time. Her real story...is much more tragic, than 'Julie', her character could have imagined.

[@Panwere36]

Yeah.. her own father pimping her out to Mick Jagger was one of the most heartbreaking parts of her life.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

She's gotten clean. I believe she works with drug addicted youths. She's really turned her life around.

[@JENDALL714]

I repaired her computer n the late 90's, she was really nice, she had her son with her, he had colored hair, I think it was blue, if I remember correctly.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

@@JENDALL714 She's on facebook. She looks her age but she looks good and healthy.

[@Panwere36]

@Lois Miller , I recently read an article on that. I have no doubt in my mind it happened. The other sisters and the mother denying it is typical. It is well known that a sexually abusive parent is likely to single out one and does nothing to the other kids.

[@gidget4543]

what's funny is when Anne says to David I got John Boy as a lawyer. Later David (Richard) went to the Waltons and worked with John Boy and the Waltons.

[@richardhamblen5526]

ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST PILOT SHOWS EVER! IT COULD BE THE 3RD OR 4TH SEASON, JUST AS FUNNY, LOL!

[@jackiegoodall2624]

I really liked this show when I was a kid. However re-watching made me realize how creepy it was for Schneider to just walk into Ann's apartment anytime he wanted.

[@metrogoldwyn]

Yea, and the mom never seemed to complain even with two young daughters in the house.That would probably never fly today!

[@beholden2874]

Exactly a superintendent of a building using a key to get in to their apartment is unprofessional and him flirting with her would never be tolerated in todays PC culture

[@widowrumstrypze9705]

@@beholden2874 PC? What does THAT have to do with anything?

[@beholden1663]

@@widowrumstrypze9705I think in todays climate a television character like Schneider who was a flirt and sort of a male chauvinist may not be allowed so to speak. PC May have been the wrong figure of speech to use.

[@fwdthinker]

Seeing that intro always made me think "Man, that must have been a miserable ass marriage". She jumped for joy moving out on her husband. Always loved Anne Ramino. She was a touch little lady who didn't take ANYBODY's crap!

[@krissisu1111]

Me too! I loved Bonnie Franklin - she was a great role model!

[@FaithAndLoveFaithAndLove]

I Miss these time's they were so much more simpler than I realized... I am grateful to be grown because I love my children but if I had a time machine I would of done so much different in my life

[@pou618]

It's hard to watch Makenzie Philips knowing what her father was doing to her.

[@richardhamblen5526]

YES, IT REALLY WAS..SHE WAS REALLY CUTE IN THE PILOT SHOW..ALLOF THEM WERE..

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

It's sad. Very sad and very sick. It's so easy to judge her but people who do probably didn't go through what she went through. ☹️

[@fazole]

According to costar Pat Harrington, Mackenzie was "cavorting" with Mick Jagger at 16.

[@proudamerican4050]

@@fazole 😬

[@lovealwayswinslovealwayswi51]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. She had a tough life we can pray for her! Addictions are the devil himself and then a low life father like hers? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@vancekershaw6876]

Great memories I have been watching this show back in the 70's. I miss this show this is my favorite and cast is beautiful 😍people and want to say thank you to everyone on that show ❤💗💖💕♥

[@dawnmendenhall9359]

I'm 59, I love shows like this that bring back good memories, thank you.

[@txvoltaire]

Strange how we didn't think Schneider was creepy at all!

[@STho205]

Well not later as they softened up the character like they did with Major Healey in Jeannie... But in this pilot he was just shy of a potential rapist.

[@eleanorchorao4875]

Yeah that REALLY didn’t age well!😬

[@l337pwnage]

It's called "programming" for a reason

[@EphemeralProductions]

O im sure people did. It’s just that people were way less concerned about it, or VOCAL about their concern, back then. lol

[@l337pwnage]

@@EphemeralProductions Oh, people were vocal about this show, but those people usually didn't watch it, and if that did, having that character in the show certainly wouldn't surprise them.

[@jako3214]

Uh...omg Bonnie was only THIRTY ONE here lol! When she called her 'old' I was like daymn lool. Yet, 1975 she DOES look & 'comes across' like she's in her 40s.

[@MsDreamscaper]

There are/were several actresses who played sitcom moms that were not much older than the people who played their children.

[@tigertbalm]

Some of the guest stars that played friends/dates of the girls were closer to Bonnie's age. But Bonnie's character was supposed to be young,married as a teen. Not quite that young,they dressed her a bit older and her manner with the girls made her seem like a mom.

[@genscolberg6557]

The chain on the door would have taken care of the Schneider problem.... haha

[@1flybyguy]

"Ew, gross," is the response given to the mom saying she sold some cosmetics to a guy. When Hollywood wasn't captive to the acronym mafia.

[@dragonflyy000]

Hate to hear of Bonnie's passing. I grew up this, watching faithfully every wk.....even tho I wasn't old enough to understand alot of the subject matter they covered. Didn't matter to me, I adored the whole cast. They sure made great TV, and from the sounds of it, created alot of great memories. RIH BONNIE FRANKLIN. 💛

[@lisasmith7854]

Brought back so many memories

[@ilovegoodsax]

Loved this show and could totally relate to Valerie Bertinelli and her Barbara Cooper character as Valerie and I were both born in 1960. However, Valerie is nearly six months older having just turned 61 two days ago on April 23. Love watching Valerie's Food Network show. Who would've thought she's such a fantastic cook!

[@lockandloadlikehell]

That means you're 11 months younger than MP

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

Oh my God this is so nostalgic for me my mother and my grandmother used to absolutely love this show I used to watch this with them back in the late 70s and early 80s

[@renekroeger9576]

I'm 2 years younger than Valerie! loved this Show.... they don't make em like that anymore! I gotta Admit when she married Eddie I was a little jealous ,but they made a great couple! RIP Eddie and Rock On Valerie.... two of the Best!!!! Plus that time they stayed at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort on Longboat Key, Fla. I missed them by one day I had just started working there and I had moved to Bradenton from Bartlesville, Oklahoma.. did get to meet the Smothers Brothers sister and The Late great John Madden drank a beer with him on the Madden Cruiser! Those were the days 30 some years ago now the Colony is gone but not forgotten by me; anyway 😀

[@janieleishman9130]

Me to I just turned 60 on the first of June . I was jealous to when she married Eddie but thought they made a great pair .

[@austinsmith1505]

My grandparents divorced in 1971 they didn’t speak until 1993 the year that I was born and know they are really close due the grandchildren so I say Thank you to norman Lear

[@kuriaki71]

70s sitcoms are thee greatest.

[@vikingmama93]

Schneider reminded me of my uncle when I was a kid. Didn't know he was sleazy. Lol Also, the theme song was confusing when I was little. I had no clue what it meant to "wup on your feet." 🤣

[@kallen868]

😅

[@imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347]

I still don't know, like most others I'm sure.... SOOOO I am going to google it now and get enlightened silently instead of coming back here afterwards and making some remark pretending I knew all along. LOL... now I'm going to go to sleep remembering this theme over and over...

[@imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347]

Alright I HAD to come back, googling shows it's not "Wup on your feet" but simply "So, up on your feet...."

[@deejay8403]

I used to think it was “wup on your feet” when I was little, too!

[@athomeinaz5421]

I sooooo related to this show. My parents got divorced when I was 16, and I had a younger sister... We were just like this show .. lol

[@brandihilton8485]

I love the series! Anne always reminds me of one of my elementary school teachers. I swear she acts just like I remember her. Outspoken, stubborn, straight forward, & determind. I hope that I can get the series one day.

[@queenofkingsbury]

Mrs. Nicols?

[@serpico7308]

Julie hearing about the man buying makeup " gross!"

[@AnnaMaria-oy1fp]

yeah

[@jaminova_1969]

No way! I'm off today and this just popped up! Thank You Thank You Thank You Soooo Much! I grew up with this show / my how time flies!

[@Deer548]

The writing on his show was so clever!!

[@rsprockets7846]

But every body always yelled

[@darrellwoods6678]

I8lll

[@darrellwoods6678]

@@rsprockets7846 llll

[@rsprockets7846]

Was considered so rad to have a divorcee raising kids💋alone on TV. No less. Learn always pushed the envelope with MARY HARTMAN MARY HARTMAN AND OTHER SHOWS ....

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

@@rsprockets7846 That was a staple of Norman Lear's shows.

[@barbaraacard9729]

Loved this show! It's so strange, though to see how cringy Schneider was in the first episode!! He was hilarious, but creeping on Ann was so not cool. Thank goodness they changed his character...he ended up being such a sweet (but still hilarious) character. Pat Harrington was so talented.

[@mcv2178]

That lawyer wouldn't take no for an answer either....both the men were fine just grabbing her. I am old enough to renege that is how people were supposed to behave. Seems crazy now! : )

[@gayledimitri5887]

Thank you for uploading these 😊🌸🙏

[@33VMUH]

This was not the original Pilot Episode for "One Day At A Time." In the original Pilot Episode, Ann was a Nurse or Doctor's Assistant and the doctor she worked for was very attracted to her, but she was not much interested in him. There was no David Kane. She had only one daughter, Mackenzie Phillips. There was no Barbara. Someone other than Joseph Campanella was her ex husband. Her best friend was played by Marcia Rodd, who played Carol Traynor in the Pilot Episode of "Maude." Pat Harrington did portray Schneider as the building superintendent.

[@pman5886]

This is the pilot episode... What you must be talking about is unsold pilot but networks liked concept so ordered new pilot with changes. That is nothing new, alot of famous shows have done that. But this is true first show to air.

[@33VMUH]

​@@pman5886 You're absolutely right. Its title was "Three to Get Ready." A bit of trivia: the scene of Schneider preening himself in front of the mirror from the many seasons of ODAAT's intro was taken from this airing.

[@STho205]

That is common in TV. Dick van Dyke very reworked That Girl. Same actors but completely reworked for the boyfriend situation Happy Days (1952 Bronx indoor cafe diner) Star Trek Big Bang Theory All had rejected pilots but new pilot episodes shot that sold the series.

[@michaelleary9233]

Never understood why Barbara was the basketball player, with Julie's height it should've been her.

[@pattibrooks1907]

THis show has always been a favorite of mine ever since I was 19 in 1975 !

[@brianserpente4366]

Awesome show 😀

[@francesfarmer736]

I was 20 in 75’ I loved it, but I missed the last couple years…..now I’m trying to catch up….

[@walterhaight5382]

I had forgotten how awesome this show was. Thanks for posting!

[@susiesmith7694]

Used to watch this show every day as a teen! Oh the memories

[@midnyte6195]

My folks use to watch this show wayyyyy before I was even thought of🙃

[@kendane2001]

I never saw it on prime time. I only caught it in syndicated reruns.

[@rsprockets7846]

Bonnie was truly liberated and went brakess

[@user-bw3fl7fj9w]

Was on primetime for me

[@felix121984]

This show paved the way for other shows like Facts Of Life and Gimme Me A Break.

[@martyc2637]

It looks like they toned down Schneider coming onto Ann in future episodes.

[@jdraven0890]

I was thinking the same thing. I don't remember him being like that.

[@burns1210]

I don't remember him being that creepy

[@beholden2874]

I wonder if viewers wrote to CBS or Norman Lear complaining about the predatory Schneider character? In this pilot episode?

[@mrchops4099]

LOL TV sucks these days!! We had the best back in the day.

[@gidget4543]

This was a good show. The new one sucks.

[@mrchops4099]

@@gidget4543 they need to leave everything alone. If it ain’t broke.

[@itis9555]

@@mrchops4099 or. or. or! if you don't like it, don't watch it. yes, fixed it-- that comment was broke(n).

[@mrchops4099]

@@itis9555 LOL do what?

[@itis9555]

@@mrchops4099 i didn't ask you to do anything.

[@clrclr9683]

Man I loved this show as a child.

[@jennaolbermann7663]

So did I, I wanted to have hair like Valerie Bertinelli.

[@marleneflanagan7137]

Schneider was married? I don't remember that at all!

[@ThePumpin1]

This was the pilot episode. So they tend to change some things after that.

[@richardhamblen5526]

YES, HE SAID HE WAS, IN THE PILOT EPISODE, BUT HE DAMN SURE DIDN'T ACT LIKE IT, LOL!

[@chrischar9428]

@@ThePumpin1 this isn't the pilot

[@chrischar9428]

@@mistiroberts1576 look it up

[@gr33n3ggs4]

Just realized that my parents looked a lot like Ann & Snider..... Who were ALSO just divorced in 75. I was an only child of divorced young parents, fun times.

[@toddanthony6664]

What a coincidence! This episode comes across my timeline 48 years to the day of its original airing, December 16, 1975

[@vickilanger1228]

There are no coincidences ☺️🙏☺️🙏☺️🙏☺️🙏☺️🙏

[@judewishedhimselfout]

EVERYONE SCREAMING THEIR LINES!!!!

[@johnfd0210]

I noticed the same thing when I watched part of a MAUDE episode (I couldn't finish it because of the screaming). Both shows produced by Norman Lear, maybe that is how he told them to read their lines?

[@JerryOrbachFan]

That's a staple of Norman Lear's shows.

[@rsprockets7846]

This show had the highest yelling to dialogue quotients in all of norman leads sitcoms

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

"Maude" too. Maude and Walter would always yell at each other.

[@rsprockets7846]

@@ilovethetampabaylightning92 jeffersons went nuke between wheezie and george and the maid. Yelling was in vouge

[@baberoot1998]

Yes. Today, instead of yelling, we have political correctness, and cancel culture, and a plethora of other ridiculoussness, which is why this world is the mess it is in. A bunch of oblivious morons in this country. Dumbfounded by their phones, and anesthetized by society. Walking zombies.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

@@rsprockets7846 LOL. I guess so.

[@kevins6114]

And getting slapped

[@michellecollins6460]

Loved this show..& still do..my favorite nothing like these sitcoms to keep u laughing through ur childhood after a long day at school.

[@Deborahtunes]

Julie is being a brat. No good mother in their right mind would allow their teenage daughter to go on a trip like that, alone with three teenage boys...

[@kerriethompson2073]

It seemed that Julie was always a brat on the show.

[@Deborahtunes]

@@kerriethompson2073 ~ True...👍

[@Kris-annKingyens]

True and she got what she wanted in the end.

[@chrismayer3919]

Alas, I was much too young to appreciate the nuances of a good sitcom. I finally see the humour for what is was intended to be. 😝

[@Good-Enough24]

I loved this show, and it’s nice to see this KZbin. ❤️

[@RaveGamingCommunity]

Hey Norman, I just want to thank for for the quality of entertainment you have brought to the screen some of the Hit shows where a hit because of people like you who produced wrote and directed some of the greats of our time This one and The Jeffersons and so min more All In The Family and Goodtimes and more...So thank you Mr. Lear! #NormanLear

[@jesusnodal8948]

This is awesome!! A very good show!

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

I guess Schneider was the Norton of the show --- wearing a vest and walks right into the apartment without knocking...

[@portiamatthews9654]

How creepy was that, back then it didn't seem strange to me. But now I think it's creepy that he just let himself in to her apartment.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

@@portiamatthews9654 I never really got too much into this series, but if I were to guess Schneider is suppose to come off as one of those borderline sleazy, but still maintains being that likeable heart of gold type characters similar to Larry Dallas from _Three's Company_ or Dan Fielding from _Night Court..._

[@portiamatthews9654]

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Thank you so much for your response. I agree with you about how his character was portrayed at that time. I used to watch this show back in the day. It was a great show and I so glad that I was able to watch it again tonight. Thank you again and have a good night. 😊

[@jprz13]

Brings back memories,my Ma didn’t want me or my sister to look at that show

[@kendane2001]

What was it about the show that’s so threatening.

[@rsprockets7846]

@@kendane2001 hey it was the 70s. Even they found archie bunker banned

[@kallen868]

I always watched this with my Mom...but for some reason she HATED Bonnie Franklin. When Bonnie died I told my Mother and her response was..."Good." 😅 I always liked her.

[@kallen868]

@@kendane2001 Like all Norman Lear sitcoms it dealt with subjects not normally seen on television. All in the Family broke all stereotypes. Gone were shows Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver.

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Why?

[@pamjarvis2318]

You have all of my childhood top favorite sitcoms! Brings back alots of fond memories! Thank you for sharing these amazingly wonderful hilarious sitcoms with us. Especially with viewers of younger generations who had originally missed out on these fabulous hilarious sitcoms when they had first came out! ❤

[@SweetK425]

One of my favs growing up 😍

[@lloydkline1518]

Used have a crush on Bonnie franklin

[@annegreenwood3624]

loved this show always made me smile plus a lot of life lessons another great video

[@buslady3705]

I enjoyed seeing Franklin and Phillips guest starring on Hot in Cleveland.

[@tmm6884]

I watched re-runs of this show when I was in junior high school. I had such a crush on Julie. Still do!

[@jamesfeeney3016]

Don't ya just luv you tube where u can rewatch great sitcoms from years gone by!!!!

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Miss growing upon these classic shows.

[@TnseWlms]

I once had a job interview with a woman named Mackenzie Phillips. It was very hard not to bring up the elephant in the room during the interview, and finally couldn't resist asking about her name.

[@biancaf.1361]

Wow! What did she say?

[@LannieLord]

I'm sure she was annoyed by it. @@biancaf.1361

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I've always loved the theme song.

[@kendane2001]

The song was perfectly reflective of the mother’s struggle’s, and the girls teen angst, and how they had no choice, but to muddle through.

[@bluecollarlit]

Me too.

[@maryjoward3147]

Loved this show

[@MarkJohnson-xm6hy]

I liked Annie's honesty with her kids because I am interested in a single mom. I want to see things from her view point because things work out for the two of us; then, I can have a relationship with her son and a greater understanding of her needs.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

That's a show you'll never forget! It was the first episode with Valerie appearing in it--and things were never the same! TY for OD--lol! (It's OD because 1D means one direction!)

[@chuckers40]

Happy 45th Anniversary "One Day at a Time"

[@blockcl]

This is a fascinating time capsule. Most of Norman Lear's shows were, at heart, character studies. One Day At A Time was purely plot driven, and somewhat less than subtle in hammering the hot-button social issues of the 1970s.

[@angelamorris9941]

I just loved that show!! It had real meaning.

[@RBS_]

....oh, Bonnie...I'm SO sorry... : ..for DECADES, I've underestimated to power of Bonnie Franklin's acting skills, and NOW, as an Adult, I see ALL the hard work she put into 'Ann Romano', a contemporary single Mother, finding HERSELF, and guiding her 2 daughters thru the 1970's....(cont.) ...Bonnie's arm-flailing, punctuation of words, moments of empathy....She EMBODIED Ann Romano, and it is a SHAME she never got acknowledged for her work....She may have been MORE of an Important figure in The Women's lib movement of the 70's, than Mary Tyler Moore.... ....and for THAT, I say....you may not be with us anymore, Bonnie, but....Ann's presence on TV helped Women EVOLVE, & I'M SO SORRY, I took your work for granted. Thanks, for givin' us "Annie...22:49...

[@BrianRIngram]

I thought I remember hearing that at some point during the show's run she was the highest paid female TV actress.

[@tapoemt3995]

Yeah that lib movement went great. Now Men are beating the Women in sports.

[@STho205]

The Mary Tyler Moore show was originally pitched to be basically this show. A recently divorced woman getting her first job after moving to the big city. Around 1970 to 72 a lot of early 60s stars were reprising their TV personas in slightly different settings. The producers were afraid the audience would not be able to avoid imagining Laura had divorced Dick van Dyke. How can you divorce Rob Petrie the sweetest guy on the planet. So they went different and it was better, just because Moore was the actress. This worked better because Bonnie Franklin had no TV past. The husband was just abstract. It waa a pretty good show for about 5 years but like Happy Days and Andy Griffith/Mayberry RFD... It was on too long with too many cast changes.

[@RBS_]

@@STho205 ...Oh I'm aware of the "MTMShow" change...I meant that Mary (Richards) didn't 'push' the narrative of FEMINIST...She was just living a (comfortable) lifestyle, single... ..Ann was DIVORCED, with pre-teen Girls SMACK DAB in the Womens' Lib movement (1974), and ACKNOWLEDGED it through combative convos with Men....which is what I meant by her being THE central figure on TV as a FEMINIST... ...AND, you're SO right, that the Show overstayed it's welcome...should've ended in 1980...

[@STho205]

@@RBS_ I didn't watch TV much in upper HS and through junior in college, but was pretty addicted at 14-16. it's one of the shows i ran across as i was finishing college in 84 and said... Woah this is still on.... What the hell happened here. Imagine my shock at Happy Days.... that was still on when Marty was about to go Back to the Future in 85

[@mj6962]

That old man is supposed to be 26?!?!? LMAO

[@ThePumpin1]

In real life, he was 28. A lot of that had to do with the hairstyle and the clothing back then.

[@mj6962]

@@ThePumpin1 I think in general people looked older for their ages in the past. And today, it seems like people keep looking younger and younger.

[@barbarak2836]

@@mj6962 One reason is that there is only one main style of dressing for all ages, so everyone tries to look about 20 as long as possible. It doesn't work beyond a certain age, of course, but people keep trying.

[@MaryMartinez-ob2mk]

Great funny show,🙇rest in peace Bonnie Franklin.🙇 Thank God MacKenzie Phillips is still alive and well. (😎😷✌)

[@eddiemunster4094]

She died about 15-20 years ago

[@Jackiedyk]

​@eddiemunster4094 who did?

[@mynameischucky.charlesleer4363]

One day at a time when they talk, they are so explicit in a funny way being nasty, talking about those subjects😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PrometheanRising]

I love how the outro continues the conclusion of the story. I wonder if any shows do that today?

[@JustDebz]

Omg I miss this show. Watched it in 80s and 90s. ❤

[@farhanarahman9009]

I loved this show in the 70s and 80s I am big fan of Valerie Bertanalli

[@msmusicmaestro61]

Used to watch this show when I was in high school. Good show and good actors.