That Girl - Season 1, Episode 1 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There - Full Episode

Ann has just gotten an acting job for a television commercial filming in the lobby of the office building, but an encounter with the chivalrous Donald may put her new job at risk.
An aspiring actress moves to New York City to try and make it big, having to take offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between auditions. Starring Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell. Stream every episode of the iconic sitcom, free on FilmRise Television.
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[@SPohl-zy4rz]

Watched this as a kid in the '60s and '70s. Bought the complete 5 season series and love it still. Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell are darling together.

[@fredrodnick2881]

Even as a child , I remember this show giving me a nice warm feeling.

[@davidburke2697]

Me toooo......Thursday nights before Bewitched

[@sbella6719]

❤❤❤

[@GilesInk]

The show was one of my favorites growing up. And the season 1 theme song was the best. I hear it every time I’m crossing the street on Park Avenue❤

[@matthewbaduria]

Truly classic from the 60's.

[@annadamico7066]

i’m 27 and i’m watching this. marlo thomas is just darling. ❤

[@johnwhite6005]

It's amazing how Beautiful she is and still is.

[@adrianaracine6293]

THATS WHAT MONEY AND PLASTIC SURGERY WILL DO .. IF SHE DIDNT HAVE THAT SHE D BE A UGLY WRINKLED OLD LADY JUST LIKE ALL WHO ARE HER AGE

[@michaelglass4701]

yes Marlo is I loved the opening of the second thru the fourth season it's a Masterpiece, I have a That Girl doll, Marlo is holding a flag

[@KK-eg3em]

She looks like she's had way too much plastic surgery.

[@wealthintruth6227]

Botched nose job

[@fortynights1513]

She has a complexion that lights up a room

[@disands62]

I remember watching this as little girl and wanting a haircut like Marlos. She was so classy and stylish. Thanks for posting the Episodes.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

Iconic hairstyle, I remember back then as well. I was born in the end of 1961.

[@lillianwilliams5510]

Her hairstyle became every female teenager's style. 60's Actually it is still fashionable.

[@willoughby1888]

Time has been cruel to me, but after watching this show, well, it feels "better". I don't mind time traveling to the past if it feels this nice when I arrive. I didn't think this show had much going for it when it first came out. I do now though. It has "gentle spirit".

[@elsieleung8951]

Watching in 2024, love it!

[@tamarakewila241]

I had forgotten how stunning she is!

[@tomc8295]

Ah the old days, when TV was so good....I'm 61 and I remember watching this show on the kitchen black and white TV with the rabbit ears! The shows were so goofy (think Gilligans Island) but they were so funny.

[@bluecollarlit]

Bewitched I Dream of Jeannie

[@willoughby1888]

@@bluecollarlit Partridge Family The Brady Bunch Get Smart The list of good shows back then goes on and on. Can't say that now at all.

[@sbella6719]

I'm 61 and we had a b&w TV in our kitchen also. Gilligan's Island was so goofy but I kept watching anyway hoping they would get off that island! Funny thing is when they were finally rescued, I had already given up on the show 😂

[@gretchennelson7056]

Ahhhhhh, the good old days

[@BlackPanther-yv7ib]

Came across this show on Samsung TV. Thought I’d check it out on KZbin. Talk about nostalgia. Especially being that I was born in 1970. I don’t remember this show. Feels like I’ve gone back in time.

[@monicalifornia_]

She’s just adorable. Thanks so much for these uploads. 😊

[@STho205]

They make the best wives. My wife was as big a quirky nut as That Girl, dressed like her too. Still sorta does.

[@taureanmay7480]

4:51 yes.

[@thomastaylor6699]

I used to watch this show when I was just a kid in the 60's, and the show is still good for the following reasons First, no one is using fowl language, second, the show teaches you good morals, and America really needs a morality check for sure, and the show ends with a bright note, it leaves you feeling good about yourself!

[@randilevson9547]

"Fowl language"? Nobody talked about chickens?? Thank goodness!!

[@STho205]

@@randilevson9547 yeah there was a chicken episode in a later season. She spent the whole show trying to get home in a chicken costume. Fowl language ensued.

[@buzzy33]

I wish there are sitcom shows like these. I really hope there will be.

[@robertflippin9112]

@@randilevson9547 haha got him

[@keiravallejo6972]

No foul language? In the first minute the guy says "shaggin' flies"

[@user-ie8bz7jz2r]

Marlo was stunning absolutely stunning! Great show.

[@jerrya7912]

Always loved That Girl & Marlo Thomas. Great chemistry with Ted Bessell.❤❤ I think the most amazing thing is what New York City was like in the mid 60s. Apartments were like $150 a month. Even into the 1970s you can get an apartment that was affordable now it’s impossible to live in New York City if you’re middle class.😢

[@hairyscotman]

as a teenage boy, I was crazy for Ann Marie.....at 70, I still drop everything to watch Marlo Thomas.....that crush never lifted.....so glad PHIL took great care of her.....

[@maryriley8077]

Unfortunately her plastic surgeon did not.

[@alanbrooks2237]

Flawless first episode.

[@michellepost3098]

This episode is the best one.

[@leahcatherinevevo]

I am becoming addicted to that show and loving it. I couldn't sleep so I wanted to watch that show.

[@rosevisionmacs]

I'm amazed that I was born into a world of TV shows like this. I used to watch this as a child. Little did I know about the atrocities being perpetrated through out the world. It's fascinating that so many Americans watched shows like this. It is pleasant and stylish though.

[@bthelight8788]

the real THAT GIRL meaning...no wonder the creator (guy) behind "lululemon" used her hair silhoutte as the logo (to bring more class, respect, talent etc) ❤😂🎉

[@sallyyip2036]

This sitcom is inspiring young ladies to be independent & work hard towards their goal. ❤

[@DaleFoti]

Thank you so much for these episodes! So generous of you.

[@djr6876]

Thus began a beautiful 5 year courtship.

[@randilevson9547]

That Girl was groundbreaking in so many ways. A strong, independent woman making her way in the world, in the late 1960's. Revolutionary and inspirational!!! I was a little girl when Marlo Thomas brought this show out, and I just loved it. I didn't fully understand the real message behind That Girl at the time, but the show always stayed with me, and it became iconic in the Feminist movement as I was growing up. Role models like Marlo Thomas's Anne Marie were very important in a culture when women's futures were largely defined by becoming wives and mothers. Marlo, among other accomplished women of the era, made us believe that we could have any kind of life that we could imagine for ourselves. It wasn't always easy (still isn't sometimes), but it was possible. Marlo even got married to the wonderful Phil Donahue, but not until she was ready. What a well-matched couple, who met at exactly the right time! I think that finding your own happiness in life, whatever that might be, is the most important thing in life.

[@FigaroHey]

Yeah, no matter who gets hurt along the way.

[@isabellind1292]

I loved this show too. And even though Ann & Don got engaged during the last season of the series, Marlo didn't want them to actually marry & send the message to women that marriage was the ultimate goal in their life.😊

[@isabellind1292]

@@FigaroHey Good grief.

[@capitanfuturo594]

blah blah blah The Feminism is garbage.

[@Abletodoit675]

Piece out

[@Golden_writes550]

yeah, well name one. i got it. THAT girl. i love this show so much! its so clean we might be in 2023 BUT IDC I STILL LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@jenniecosio3654]

Omg I love watching this is on I'm watching so good to see good classic show thank you 😊

[@jacksonj3082]

Absolutely love the Season 1 theme song - was a bit young to have a crush on Marlo Thomas (or Ann Marie) at the time of the series, but would today - classy, intelligent, modest, sincere and charming.

[@adrianaracine6293]

HAHAHAHA YOUR AS DUMB AS DON HOLINGER

[@michaelglass4701]

I love the opening of the second thru the fourth season it's a Masterpiece.

[@sherryhook9066]

Grew up watching this show.

[@jenniecosio3654]

I love watching this show on LoL good times back in the days clean show

[@sherryhook9066]

So beautiful and always such fun to watch.

[@silvaadourian3185]

NYC is magical

[@jfranklins]

The old New York of the 60's yes, now not so much.

[@Jayfive276]

The One Where Rachel’s Mom Gets A New Job.

[@GeorgePenaloza-qs7kn]

It was so cute how this love affair Blossom Donald and and the rest is history. I'm a sucker for all romance to see this kind of shows they don't make anymore!

[@loisbeyer5336]

I agree. Romance. They don't make shows like this anymore. I could binge watch That Girl for hours. I loved her little purses, the tailored dresses......it was fun for girls to watch. Marlo Thomas years ago was interviewed about how Donald always kissed her goodnight and left, the show never alluded that Donald and Ann were having sex. Very sweet time. I think it was on Friday night. She was and is gorgeous in her 80s. When she started parting her hair in the middle in the final season with the longer hair, we thought she was it. Just beautiful. It was a groundbreaking show about a single beautiful girl making a career in New York with the dashing professional writer boyfriend....even though she paid for her designer clothes and beautiful walkup apartment with her unemployment checks!!!!😄 It was fantasy. We all wanted to be Ann Marie. Then came Mary Richards in the newsroom. Great time.

[@adrianaracine6293]

ROMANCE YOUR ASS.. DON SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS WORD AND KEPT HER AS FAR AWAY FROM HIM AS HE COULD .. SHE SCREWS HIM OVER IN EVERY EPISODE . AND HE TAKES HER BULLSHIT BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN AS A BIG DUMMY

[@ValiRossi]

Thanks Filmrise!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@juliebrtek4506]

Truly Enjoy watching That Girl Tv show series.

[@codym8897]

"Don't Just Do Something, Stand There" is the first episode of Season 1 of the ABC sitcom "That Girl" (1966-1971), and thus the series premiere. This episode was written by Jim Parker and Arnold Margolin, and directed by Bob Sweeney. It originally aired on ABC on September 8, 1966. In the first episode, we are introduced to the show's characters: Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas), and Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell).👍

[@user-lw9ld9ze7p]

The same day as the first episode of Star Trek. They share the same birthday!

[@adrianaracine6293]

AS SOON AS HE SAW HER PRACTICING HER FACES IN THE MIRROR TO MANIPULATE HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THEN TO GET INVOLVED WITH HER ,, BUT HE IS PORTRAYED AS THE DUMBEST MAN ON A SERIES EVER CREATED . ANN IS THE SPITTIN IMAGE OF HER DAD A FRICKIN ASSHOLE

[@SJSUPhil]

Thank you FilmRise.

[@ninaxuereb]

when i first seen her on Friends as Rachels Mum,i had no idea she is the daughter of Danny Thomas

[@maestroclassico5801]

Some of her mannerisms do indeed remind

[@williefufu2985]

I Loved this show, I was in elementary school in those days.

[@capitanfuturo594]

Cuando Estados Unidos era un pais muy hermoso para vivir y tan culturalmente sano.

[@robertmccully2792]

She was so cute, the girl every guy would want.

[@garo52]

Oh ya 🎉❤...she's a sweety !!

[@mybartmanful]

She was such a cutie and fabulous in this role!

[@deborahrusses4029]

Love the way she can talk at warp speed!

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

Round 2, re-watching the whole series again, and I don't do repeats.

[@ricktham7685]

I always prefered this show to Mary - Mary spent every week with the same people in either her home or work - Ann was in new places with new people doing different things every week

[@dovygoodguy1296]

I had a crush on her as a teenager.

[@joanmorgan9419]

Technically this is not the first episode. There was an episode before this which was a series premiere. Don had a different last name.

[@bluecollarlit]

Oh! I didn't know that, I wish I could see that episode!

[@olavwilhelm6843]

ted bessel was gorgeous

[@bcy5414]

24:28 I love how Marlo Thomas appeared at the end (out of character) to welcome viewers to next week's episode #marlothomas #thatgirl

[@michaelbruns449]

Audio visual time machine portals upon lost worlds, clothing and jewelry styles, cars, architecture, the way we talked.

[@thereview9621]

thanks for the upload

[@patrices.strong9642]

Yay that girl episodes , they werent to easy to find up until now !❤

[@sandrahawes-lx7gj]

Love this show!

[@noelduncan4910]

Beautiful!

[@michellepost3098]

This episode is actually funny. During the 1970s, Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs used to sell those roll top desks. They were real wood, and were popular during that decade. How could Ann afford that desk when she can't even afford the deposit? I wonder why Ann didn't keep that job she has on this ep. Ann keeps squeaking like a mouse when doing that ad. Donald was only trying to help her. He didnt even know she was an actress.

[@user-hs4my5ec5n]

Thanks so much

[@tobyflagg8058]

One of the great Hollywood beauties of the 1960s that really should've been a bigger big screen star just by looks alone. Sublime gorgeous looks, but she could act too.

[@godngunclinger]

Episode aired Sep 8, 1966 TV-G 30m I was in the second grade, we only had a black and white tv

[@catmccabe400]

Timeless ❤️❤️❤️better than ever 🎉

[@petedelmonico9510]

She’s so beautiful

[@michaelglass4701]

yes she is, I love the opening of the second thru the fourth season, it was a Masterpiece.

[@potatosalad5355]

Obviously she, I mean Marlo was the "Role Model" for the dreamy young aspiring actress JOYCE DEWITT...

[@IMEMINE.]

When we were nice

[@AMDave1023]

Ah, the days when you could buy a magazine or newspaper from a cute girl at the news stand. And, what a coincidence, the girl bore a strange resemblance to Marlo Thomas.

[@T.C.Clarien]

My Newspaper Girl looked like Donna Reed

[@alanstrong55]

Gave ABC lots if reasons to make color presentations

[@renaegholston4787]

BRoWNStoNe ❤

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

The Nanny brought me here

[@michellepost3098]

Whenever it showed Donald in future eps, in his office, he had no roll top desk.

[@theflorgeormix]

Bubbly...my 1st crush and I prefer blondes so !?!

[@johnny-becker]

Obviously this is fiction but people was so trusting back then. The commercial crew would never fly today.

[@povertyspec9651]

Phil Donahue is a lucky SOB!

[@LStuart762]

The very first!

[@jeffrey44]

What does the phrase "Shaggin' Flies" mean or what did it mean in 1966?

[@bluecollarlit]

A baseball term.

[@willoughby1888]

One guy batting at home plate by himself and others playing outfield to see if they could catch the ball.

[@ziopanayotou6927]

R.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaellove9547]

I was sent here from a 90210 someone said that she was Brenda Walsh age back then And now they are Brenda Walsh mom age today. She said she was born in the 60s and That girl was her show back then where they never ended up doing the hanky Panky. On this show That girl lol Damn wish she never told me that. I just watched my First show. Wow never heard of this show. It's interesting looking back to a time I was never born. I romanticize being born in the late 50s Like 1958 or 1959 Or 1960.

[@maestroclassico5801]

Oh wow so she even meets Donald on the first episode.

[@ksmith1728]

Of course …this isn’t satc lol

[@maestroclassico5801]

@@ksmith1728 Though I think Ann was a great G-rated precursor to SATC!!

[@ksmith1728]

@@maestroclassico5801 I agree !

[@eatfastnoodle]

she didn't get her dude so she settled for a heart doctor and moved to long island to be a SAHM

[@alanstrong55]

It was so pokey in picking up the color pace.

[@dh5040]

Three networks working hard to produce solid work for television.........................beats 50 channels, podcasts and wannabe TV networks turning out turds.

[@danielmorse4213]

A nice girl. I miss women and guys also like that.

[@sbella6719]

Not sure what year this was but $10 was quite a bit of money in the 60s

[@Abletodoit675]

Every James Washington and Denise Ryans-Long

[@paulpresto7346]

old new york very nastalgic

[@MrHarriskl18]

17:15 wow that's what it was like in them days a women' like this is everywhere now and far worse looking I'm assuming by how the men are acting she was uncommon in 1966

[@newstart49]

Class, manners, morals, no tats, what a real women!

[@nolongshots]

80s baby here saying AMEN TO THAT 😃

[@saraellsworth8599]

70s baby here. What a bunch of chauvinist crap.

[@kred_65]

Yep.

[@petegregory517]

​@𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘𝕶𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖎𝖈𝕷𝖎𝖋𝖊 don't care who has em, I hate em, always have. In the Corps guys tried to get me to splatter that ilk on me. Nope! I'm still to pretty for that crap at 71.

[@Ypsiroselee]

Probably too much woman for you.

[@12245MR]

Captain dumb dumb 😂😂😂😂🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧌🧌🧌

[@renaegholston4787]

MaGoLiNe ❤ cOWRiGhToR 👣‼️🌏 SeA noMeS

[@taureanmay7480]

5:47 That Girl 👧 👏 😍 🤪 🙌 😏.

[@taureanmay7480]

6:09 Love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 that show.

[@Aaron-jf2oc]

She was gorgeous it's such a shame she got all the plastic surgery she definitely did, not need it

[@WilliamsSabino-ff9sk]

She really was good looking

[@g5nationtonation]

Marlo dental meet peter is 80s flashback rocker says peter g5nationtonation

[@cooper7031]

Anne Marie's dress at the news stand should've been red instead. That color suits her best. Judy's voice is annoying!

[@Link77793]

148 Points

[@renaegholston4787]

AcTs❤ book⁉️👣🌏

[@elisasmith1609]

Word of caution to watchers toeing this show and wondering what to expect... This show was used as a platform for selling ideals. The first 2-3 seasons center mostly on the proclaimed synopsis of a girl trying to make it in NYC as an aspiring actress, then as the the show continues more and more episodes center on ideals that are nauseatingly divisive and popular today. That Girl becomes a selling point for what is now modern day idealism. Expect climate change ideals, marginalization ideals in various forms, etc etc to be sold to you left right and center. How frustrating. Plug in to see where Ann and Donald are at and instead get plumed in the face with propaganda. Shame on the creators, directors, producers and actors of this show!!!

[@molliwilson5639]

Art and film always has its pulse on the current culture and reflects the culture back to us. No selling ideals here merely reflecting what is.. sounds like you are a freshman level college student enrolled in film/ art school …

[@apollozero]

Ridiculous.

[@bluecollarlit]

Plumed?

[@renaegholston4787]

PaUL ❤⁉️ cOWRiGhToR 👣