Julia
Sticks and Stones Can Break My Pizza
TV Flash files “Sticks and Stones Can Break My Pizza” as hour 20 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Julia (1968–1971) on NBC, season 1, episode 20, aired 1969-02-04, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E20: listed hour 20 of 86 in the Julia guide, hour 20 of 30 in season 1. It aired 1969-02-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “How to Keep Your Wig Warm” (S01E19). Next is “A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody” (S01E21).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sticks and Stones Can Break My Pizza sit in the Julia guide?
S01E20 is listed hour 20 of 86 — hour 20 of 30 in season 1, season 1 episode 20.
When did Julia S01E20 air?
Sticks and Stones Can Break My Pizza aired 1969-02-04 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Carroll's Julia Baker at work and at home with Corey is the landmark: nurse, widow, lead. The workplace-and-apartment hours are the whole assignment — competence as comedy, not a special.
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Why this series still plays
Diahann Carroll's Julia Baker — widowed nurse, devoted mother — stepped into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role, not a servant stereotype. Landmark casting, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, and a debate about integrationist mildness that still orbits the series. Historically essential; often charming.
The living room changes silhouette in 1968. Diahann Carroll's Julia Baker — widowed nurse, devoted mother, unflappable grace — steps into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role, not a servant stereotype. Hal Kanter's *Julia* (1968–1971; 86 episodes, three seasons) puts competence and middle-class life on screen in an apartment-and-nurse's-station key. Marc Copage plays son Corey. Lloyd Nolan's Dr. Chegley holds the workplace. **This was not a soft launch of representation. This was a hard…
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- Diahann Carroll as Julia Baker
Diahann Carroll’s Julia Baker stepped into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role — widowed nurse, devoted mother, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, not a servant stereotype. Landmark casting, a debate about…
- Lloyd Nolan as Dr. Morton Chegley
Lloyd Nolan held the clinic as Dr. Morton Chegley on Julia — Diahann Carroll’s landmark as a Black nurse-lead in NBC prime time, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, and a debate about integrationist mildness that still orbits the show.…
- Marc Copage as Corey Baker
Marc Copage was the kid in the landmark as Corey Baker on Julia — Diahann Carroll’s widowed nurse in NBC prime time, a Black woman lead in a professional role, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, a debate about integrationist mildness…