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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963–66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane--one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]--both of whom live with Patty's family in [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn Heights, New York]].

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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963–66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]], starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane--one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]--both of whom live with Patty's family in [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn Heights, New York]].
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->''"You can lose your mind when cousins are two of a kind!"''
-->--The last lines of the theme song
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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode "Do You Trust Your Daughter?"' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notably serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the former's questionable responsibility.

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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode "Do You Trust Your Daughter?"' Daughter?" stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notably serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the former's questionable responsibility.
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Currently being rerun on Creator/AntennaTV.

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Currently The show reached a new generation in the late '80s when it was rerun on Creator/NickAtNite, and also ran on the daytime Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} schedule for a short time. It's currently being rerun on Creator/AntennaTV.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of Season 1, Episode 15, "[[ChristmasEpisode The Christmas Present]]," Patty steps out of character to invite the audience to tune in next week to witness the resolution to this week's conflict, and to wish the viewers a Merry Christmas.
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* PieInTheFace: Patty falls victim to this in "The Perfect Teenager" during a modeling session, in which she's humiliated in various ways.
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* PantyShot: "Block That Statue" has Patty as a cheerleader as she does a jump and flash her cheerleader bloomers.
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* VocalEvolution: Between Seasons 1 and 2, puberty hit Paul O'Keefe like a meteor. Ross not only got taller than Patty, but his voice got deeper.
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* {{Pilot}}: Set in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco rather than New York, and featuring different actors for Patty's father and brother. It never aired, although parts were eventually re-used for the Season 1 finale episode "The Cousins".

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* {{Pilot}}: Set in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco rather than New York, and featuring different actors for Patty's father and brother. It never aired, although parts were eventually re-used for incorporated into the Season 1 1 finale episode "The Cousins".
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Patty Duke originally worked to master an authentic Scottish accent for Cathy, but the show's producers -- afraid that American audiences would be put off by a thick burr -- convinced her to use a milder "mid-Atlantic" accent for the character instead.

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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963–66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane -- one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow (1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights'').

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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963–66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane -- one Lane--one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Scottish]]--both of whom live with Patty's family in [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn Heights, New York]].

Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow (1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights'').



* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The flashbacks (actually the pilot episode) in ''Cousins'' have Patty being compared to Cathy, once while Patty masqueraded as Cathy and again vice versa; even driving Patty to tears.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The flashbacks in "The Cousins" (actually taken from the pilot episode) in ''Cousins'' unaired {{pilot}}) have Patty being compared to Cathy, once while Patty masqueraded as Cathy and again vice versa; even driving Patty to tears.


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* {{Pilot}}: Set in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco rather than New York, and featuring different actors for Patty's father and brother. It never aired, although parts were eventually re-used for the Season 1 finale episode "The Cousins".
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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963-66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane - one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow - 1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights''.

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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963-66 1963–66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane - -- one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow - 1999's (1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights''.
Heights'').
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-->''Meet Cathy, who's lived most ev'rywhere,\\
From Zanzibar to Berk'ley Square,\\

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-->''Meet Cathy, who's lived most ev'rywhere,\\
everywhere,\\
From Zanzibar to Berk'ley Berkeley Square,\\
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-->''Meet Cathy, who's lived most ev'rywhere,\\
From Zanzibar to Berk'ley Square,\\
But Patty's only seen the sights\\
A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights,\\
What a crazy pair!\\\
But they're cousins,\\
Identical cousins all the way,\\
One pair of matching bookends,\\
Different as night and day''
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* BottleEpisode: A lot of these, though in this case it's split-screen photography and not location filming that is being avoided. Despite the identical cousins being the premise of the show, there are a lot of episode which don't have Cathy in them at all (or in one scene where Patty isn't present.) Oddly enough Cathy never got any solo episodes...

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* BottleEpisode: A lot of these, though in this case it's split-screen photography and not location filming that is being avoided. Despite the identical cousins being the premise of the show, there are a lot of episode which don't have Cathy in them at all (or her in one scene where Patty isn't present.) Oddly enough Cathy never got any solo episodes...present).
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* PoorCommunicationKills: ''Are Mothers People?''

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* PoorCommunicationKills: ''Are The plot of "Are Mothers People?''People?"



* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode ''Do You Trust Your Daughter'' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notably serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the former's questionable responsibility.

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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode ''Do "Do You Trust Your Daughter'' Daughter?"' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notably serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the former's questionable responsibility.
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* PlotAllergy: In ''The Friendship Bit'', Patty starts sneezing whenever she's near Cathy. Her parents think she's developed a psychosomatic allergy to her cousin because [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter she's jealous of her.]] But it turns out she's really allergic to a new pin Cathy has been wearing.

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* PlotAllergy: In ''The "The Friendship Bit'', Bit", Patty starts sneezing whenever she's near Cathy. Her parents think she's developed a psychosomatic allergy to her cousin because [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter she's jealous of her.]] But it turns out she's really allergic to a new pin Cathy has been wearing.
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* JerkassBall: ''Are Mothers People?'' Mrs. Lane is feeling under-appreciated by her family, and with good reason, while it's not unusual to see Ross and Patty as self-centered, Mr. Lane and Cathy are unusually inconsiderate of her. It doesn't last long thankfully.

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* JerkassBall: ''Are In "Are Mothers People?'' People?", Mrs. Lane is feeling under-appreciated by her family, and with good reason, reason; while it's not unusual to see Ross and Patty as self-centered, Mr. Lane and Cathy are unusually inconsiderate of her. It doesn't last long thankfully.
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* PantyShot: An episode with Patty as a cheerleader has her do a jump and flash her cheerleader bloomers.

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* PantyShot: An episode with "Block That Statue" has Patty as a cheerleader has her do as she does a jump and flash her cheerleader bloomers.
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* PantyShot: An episode with Patty as a cheerleader has her do a jump and flash her cheerleader bloomers.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode ''Do You Trust Your Daughter'' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notable serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the farmer's responsibility.

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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode ''Do You Trust Your Daughter'' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notable notably serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the farmer's former's questionable responsibility.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: The episode ''Do You Trust Your Daughter'' stands out for having no laugh track, and comical characters such as Richard are nowhere to be seen. It's a notable serious episode in which Patty and Martin fight over the farmer's responsibility.
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* CandyStriper: Season 3, Episode 12 "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT2T2mrH96Q Patty, the Candy Striper]]" sees Patty bumbling her way through her usual Candy Striper duties as she tends to her father, who is stuck in the hospital.
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* PlotAllergy: In ''The Friendship Bit'', Patty starts sneezing whenever she's near Cathy. Her parents think she's developed a psychosomatic allergy to her cousin because [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter she's jealous of her.]] But it turns out she's really allergic to a new pin Cathy has been wearing.
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Currently being rerun on AntennaTV.

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* BottleEpisode: A lot of these, though in this case it's split-screen photography and not location filming that is being avoided. Despite the identical cousins being the premise of the show, there are a lot of episode which don't have Cathy in them at all (or in one scene where Patty isn't present.) Oddly enough Cathy never got any solo episodes...
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Patty and Cathy's UncannyFamilyResemblance is [[HandWave explained away]] as the result of a pair of identical twin brothers marrying a pair of identical twin sisters, i.e. Patty's father's identical twin had married Patty's mother's identical twin.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: UnbuiltTrope, as they're identical ''cousins'', and former TropeNamer.
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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963-66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Patty Duke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane - one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow - 1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights''.

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''The Patty Duke Show'' was an 1963-66 DomCom on Creator/{{ABC}}, starring Patty Duke Creator/PattyDuke as [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical-looking cousins]] Patricia "Patty" Lane and Catherine "Cathy" Lane - one American and one [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Scottish]]. Possibly set the record for length of time between {{Cancellation}} and ReunionShow - 1999's ''The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights''.

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