Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1965)

Cast

Ann Sothern as Gladys Crabtree
Ann Sothern

as Gladys Crabtree

Cindy Eilbacher as Cindy Crabtree
Cindy Eilbacher

as Cindy Crabtree

Jerry Van Dyke as Dave Crabtree
Jerry Van Dyke

as Dave Crabtree

Maggie Pierce as Barbara Crabtree
Maggie Pierce

as Barbara Crabtree

Episodes

Come Honk Your Horn poster

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September 14, 1965

Lawyer Dave Crabtree's troubles begin with the purchase of a decrepit 1928 Porter that claims through the radio to be h…

The De-Fenders poster

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September 21, 1965

Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.

What Makes Auntie Freeze poster

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September 28, 1965

As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.

Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home poster

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October 5, 1965

When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Me…

Burned at the Steak poster

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October 12, 1965

Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.

I'm Through Being a Nice Guy poster

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October 19, 1965

In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the …

Lights, Camera, Mother poster

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October 26, 1965

Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV c…

The Captain Manzini Grand Prix poster

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November 2, 1965

Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.

TV or Not TV poster

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November 9, 1965

Dave's mother is tired of spending night after night in a dark garage so she tries to get Dave to by her a TV set.

My Son, the Ventriloquist poster

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November 16, 1965

Dave's mother and the rest of his family all want air conditioners. So to handle the expense, Dave must land the accou…

My Son, the Judge poster

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November 23, 1965

Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the do…

And Leave the Drive-In to Us poster

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November 30, 1965

Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air…

For Whom the Horn Honks poster

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December 7, 1965

Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.

Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing poster

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December 14, 1965

Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.

Many Happy No-Returns poster

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December 21, 1965

Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.

Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon poster

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December 28, 1965

After being married for 8 years, Barbara and Dave decide to go on a honeymoon. However, Barbara's mother, an astrology…

I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me? poster

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January 4, 1966

A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.

Goldporter poster

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January 11, 1966

Captain Manzini's uncle Louie, the head of a secret organization called DURC, says his hypnotic drug will make Dave agr…

The Incredible Shrinking Car poster

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January 18, 1966

Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to…

I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother poster

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January 25, 1966

When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.

You Can't Get There From Here poster

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February 1, 1966

While driving the kids to camp, Dave is stopped by a sheriff who asks him for his driver's license and discovers that i…

A Riddler on the Roof poster

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February 8, 1966

How can a car prevent a murder? That's what Mother has to figure out after she overhears three thugs plot the assassin…

My Son, the Criminal poster

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February 15, 1966

Mr. Kroot, the postman, know two thing about Dave. He saw Dave cementing the garage floor and also heard him say somet…

An Unreasonable Facsimile poster

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February 22, 1966

Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabt…

Over the Hill to the Junkyard poster

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March 1, 1966

The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.

It Might as Well Be Spring as Not poster

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March 8, 1966

It's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for…

Absorba the Greek poster

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March 15, 1966

Prudish building owner, Henry Heckendorn asks Dave to help him try to close the Greek Grotto, a notorious night club bu…

The Blabbermouth poster

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March 22, 1966

Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his moth…

When You Wish Upon a Car poster

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March 29, 1966

Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.

Desperate Minutes poster

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April 5, 1966

A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.