The Pruitts of Southampton

5.3

1966•30m

An audit by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes reveals that the supposedly incredibly wealthy Pruitts family is in fact broke. Presumably causing the economic depression, an improbably charitable IRS allows them to continue living in their mansion and maintaining the pretensions of great wealth.

Seasons

30 Episodes • Premiered 1966

1. Phyllis Goes Broke

During a party, an IRS agent arrives to inform the Pruitts that they are $10 million in debt and that their possessions now belong to the United States government. But they are going to allow the Pruitts to maintain the illusion that they are wealthy, rather than risk a stock-market collapse with the news that they are bankrupt. Phyllis is forced to let the entire staff go and stand by as her priceless art is taken from their home. It isn't long before Phyllis comes up with a scheme to pay off the IRS â€“ by marrying a wealthy general who's been pursuing her for years. The General is overjoyed, but in the end, of course, her plan backfires.

2. Phyllis, the Milkmaid

3. Phyllis Beats the Rap

4. Phyllis Takes a Letter

5. Phyllis, the Cookie Tycoon

6. Phyllis Fires the Butler

7. Phyllis Saves the Day

8. Phyllis Goes Commercial

9. Phyllis Entertains Royalty

10. Phyllis, the Upstairs Girl

11. Phyllis, the General Stealer

12. Phyllis, the Dress Maker

13. Phyllis Goes Arty

14. Santa Was a Lady

15. The Hubcap Caper

Phyllis turns private eye to lift a curse from the house of Pruitt. Someone has stolen the family good-luck charms: the Rolls Royce hubcaps.

16. Phyllis, Queen of the Road

17. My Brother Harvey

18. Little Miss Fixit

19. Learn to Be a Millonaire

20. The Ghost of Pruitt Mansion

21. Portrait of Krump

22. How to Rob a Millionaire

An Internal Revenue agent helps Phyllis locate a secret room in the Pruitt mansion, where they're soon awash in a tide of champagne, romance, and burglars.