A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.
24:45
Trouble with Father - The Great Debate (Season 1, Episode 33)
Stu and the other men of the community protest against their wives’ activities in clubs that take up too much of their time. Stu runs an anonymous “irate husband” letter in the newspaper, which results in him trying to defend his position on the radio against June.
25:22
The Lucy Show - Subsititute Secretary - (Season 5, Episode 14)
On the eve of her vacation to Lake Arrowhead, Lucy (Lucille Ball) is introduced to Audrey Fields (Ruta Lee), her temporarily replacement at the bank. Accurately sizing up the bleach-blonde Audrey as a conniving predator who hopes to permanently replace Lucy by playing up to Mooney (Gale Gordon), Lucy decides to stick around town long enough to show up Audrey for the phony that she is. This mission, of course, requires a few clever disguises--and that is why Lucy shows up at various junctures impersonating an interior decorator, a carper shampooer, and a wealthy (and elderly) depositor!
Show is packed with comedy skits, songs, and dancing. Show features guests Jackie Cooper, Denise Darcel, Vic Damone, Ruth Gilbert and Dagmar.
28:44
Trouble with Fathe - Father Does His Homework - (Season 4, Episode 3)
June goes on vacation and Stu finds that managing the household is harder than his job.
26:19
Trouble with Father - Nothing Lika a Friend - (Season 3, Episode 30)
After Stu writes a thesis on good neighbor policy with South America, Senor Renaldo, an ambassador of good will comes to town to visit. Stu invites the ambassador to dinner the night he has an argument with his neighbors.
26:08
Trouble with Father - The French Influence - (Season 5, Episode 20)
June, unable to make a soufflé for Stu, calls on the help of a French singing teacher. When Stu hears about it, he suspects that June has fallen for the Frenchman.
25:23
The Lucy Show - Lucy and the French Movie Star- (Season 6, Episode 3)
Jacques Bergerac guests in this episode as international movie idol Jacques Dupres, who shows up at the bank in hopes of financing his latest Hollywood movie. On orders from Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon), Lucy arrives at Jacques' apartment to draft a formal letter of agreement. Unfortunately, our heroine is quickly swept off her feet by DuPres' continental charm--not to mention a few too many sips of champagne!
25:09
The Lucy Show - Lucy the Baby Sitter - (Season 5, Episode 16)
After another of her many fights with boss Mooney (Gale Gordon), Lucy (Lucille Ball) quits her job and signs up with the "Unique Employment Agency" (ironically the same firm that would employ Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon on the later sitcom Here's Lucy). For her first assignment, Lucy is sent to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Winslow to babysit for the couple's three children.
25:17
Trouble with Father - Hate the Love Seat - (Season 2, Episode 1)
A mistaken delivery upsets Stu, who thinks his wife is redecorating the house. Stu sells the newly delivered love seat unaware that it belongs to the neighbors.
Show is packed with comedy skits, songs, and dancing. Show features guests Peter Lawford, Carol Channing, Maria Riva. Carol sings a medley from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
On June 22, 1941, Germany and its Axis allies took the Soviets by surprise and invaded the Soviet Union, eventually making their way to Moscow where the Soviets launched a massive counter-attack, leading to a morale-boosting victory.
26:24
Dragnet - The Big Hit - Run Killer - (Season 3, Episode 29)
A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul lend the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?
The aim of BATTLE FOR EUROPE is to cover in words and images the essential history of the greatest of human tragedies, and to re-create the everyday experiences of the people who were swept up by it.
Hoping to attend a sale at Stacy's Department Store, Lucy (Lucille Ball) ducks out of work by fabricating a story about being seriously ill. Unfortunately, the ruse blows up in her face when she shows up at Stacy's and is promptly lauded as the store's ten-millionth customer. The trick now is to prevent Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) from seeing Lucy's picture in the paper. Just when it looks as if Lucy's goose is cooked, Mooney's boss Mr. Cheever (Roy Roberts) unexpectedly comes to the rescue.
In this Rashomon-inspired episode, an angry Rob (Dick Van Dyke) storms out of the house after a big fight with Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). The camera then zeroes in on the fishbowl in the Petrie living room, where a pair of goldfish accurately recall the events leading up to the argument -- and it is painfully clear that both parties were equally at fault. Of course, the separate versions of the incident told by Rob and Laura tend to cast themselves in the best possible light, with Laura coming off as an eternally smiling saint in her flashback, and Rob oozing the charm of Fred Astaire in his!
In this episode, "The Last Viking," aired in 1960, a friend of Ben, Gunnar Borgstrom, arrives to visit the Cartwrights en route to Canada. However, Ben is upset to find his pal is traveling with a gang out outlaws -- and becomes even more upset when Little Joe and his sweetheart are kidnapped by the fiends.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Leo Durocher appears as himself in this episode. Mr. Drysdale arranges for Jed and Jethro to play golf with Durocher, but when the Clampetts show up at the course, Leo the Lip assumes that they're caddies. The story goes off on a new tangent when Jethro demonstrates a dynamite pitching arm.
Wally's Filling Station has been plagued by a series of robberies, and the prime suspect is young Jimmy Morgan (Pat Colby), who has been in and out of trouble all his life. Convinced of Jimmy's innocence, Andy tries to clear the boy-while gung-ho Barney attempts to use the latest electronic technology to solve the case.
An explosive situation develops when Cy Hudgins' pet goat Jimmy eats a box full of dynamite. The nervous Mayberryites spend the rest of the day gingerly tiptoeing around the goat, terrified that the animal will blow up "real good" at any moment. In the end, it is up to Barney to lead Jimmy out of town in a manner reminiscent of Hamelin's Pied Piper (or, in this case, Pied Harmonica Player).
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