My Mother the Car
1. Come Honk Your Horn
First aired: 9/14/1965 Production Code: 7503Lawyer Dave Crabtree's troubles begin with the purchase of a decrepit 1928 Porter that claims through the radio to be his mother. Wife, Barbara doesn't want the old wreck but it has an overwhelming appeal for Captain Manzini, a very persistent antique car collector.
2. The De-Fenders
Community Score
| 1.7 Abysmal |
Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Bill Daily (Phil Durkin), Don Haggerty (Policeman)
3. What Makes Auntie Freeze
First aired: 9/28/1965 Production Code: 7505As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
Director: Sidney Miller
Guest star: Bob Jellison (The Judge), Joyce Taylor (Marcia), Harvey Gardner (Station Attendant), Alvy Moore (Deputy), Paul Bryar (Sheriff), Thomas Browne Henry (Rex Osgoode), Jay Ose (Policeman), Kai Hernandez (Waitress), Bob Jellison (Judge)
4. Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
First aired: 10/5/1965 Production Code: 7508When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Bruce Todd (Car Dealer), Richard Clair (Sketch Artist), George Cisar (Abernathy), Larry J. Blake (Police Sergeant), James B. Sikking (Doctor), Norman Grabowski (Auto Wrecker), Nacho Galindo (Pedro #2), Jose Gonzales-Gonzales (Pedro #1)
5. Burned at the Steak
First aired: 10/12/1965 Production Code: 7507Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Lee Van Cleef (Nick Fitch), Charles Grodin (Fred), Peggy Miller (Suzy), Harmon L. Stevens (Judge)
6. I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
First aired: 10/19/1965 Production Code: 7504In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Fernando Tomas Roza (Jerray), Barbara Bain (Inge), Arthur Gould-Porter (Pitt), Fernando Roca (Jennay)
7. Lights, Camera, Mother
First aired: 10/26/1965 Production Code: 7512Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.
Director: Sidney Miller
Guest star: Harry Holcombe (Doc Benson) , John Willis (Announcer), Scott Graham (Freddie), Michael Quinn (Todd Millstein), Peter Leeds (Ernie Stewart), Stanley Adams (Duane McVey)
8. The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
First aired: 11/2/1965 Production Code: 7502Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
Director: Tom Montgomery
Guest star: Harry Holcombe (Doc Gillespie) , Joseph Ryan (Pinky Trotter), Hal Taggart (Hockstader), Sam Flint (Brokaw)
9. TV or Not TV
Community Score
| 7.5 Good |
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.
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Dennis Turner (Mordecci Fish), E.J. Deemer (Deliveryman), Lee Zimmer (Emcee), Harold Peary (Willman)
10. My Son, the Ventriloquist
Community Score
| 7.8 Good |
Dave's mother and the rest of his family all want air conditioners. So to handle the expense, Dave must land the account of high living Franklyn Hotchkiss.
Director: Sidney Miller
Guest star: Harry Holcombe (Doc Benson) , Harold Peary (Franklyn Hotchkiss)
11. My Son, the Judge
Community Score
| 1.8 Abysmal |
Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
Director: Sidney Miller
Guest star: Dave Willock (Phil Durkin), Florida Friebus (Miss McFee), Bartlett Robinson (Horace Congrieve)
12. And Leave the Drive-In to Us
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Leo DeLyon (Usher), Herbie Faye (Projectionist), Frank Faylen (Manager), Sonny Tufts (Himself)
13. For Whom the Horn Honks
First aired: 12/7/1965 Production Code: 7511Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Harry Holcombe (Doc Benson) , Jack Raine (Trembley), Del Close (Dr. Kadigan)
14. Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
First aired: 12/14/1965 Production Code: 7509Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
15. Many Happy No-Returns
First aired: 12/21/1965 Production Code: 7517Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
Director: Tom Montgomery
Guest star: Chris Noel (Helen), Dave Willock (Phil Durkin), Del Close (Cheskin), Jan Reeves (Woman), Lois Roberts (Saleslady)
16. Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
First aired: 12/28/1965 Production Code: 7514After being married for 8 years, Barbara and Dave decide to go on a honeymoon. However, Barbara's mother, an astrology nut, warns them of impending danger.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Richard Reeves (The Guard), Alvy Moore (Dogcatcher), Herb Ellis (Bates), Moon (Dog), Paula Winslowe (Mrs. Nedwick), Stuart Nisbet (Manffred Heckendom)
17. I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
First aired: 1/4/1966 Production Code: 7506A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Harry Holcombe (Doc Benson) , Norman Grabowski (Police Officer), Bruce Todd (Ambulance Driver), Buddy Garion (Other Driver)
18. Goldporter
First aired: 1/11/1966 Production Code: 7519Captain Manzini's uncle Louie, the head of a secret organization called DURC, says his hypnotic drug will make Dave agreeable to any request such as selling Mother.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Milton Frome (Salesman), Bruno Vesota (Uncle Louie), Fuji (Droog)
19. The Incredible Shrinking Car
First aired: 1/18/1966 Production Code: 7520Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to the size of a small toy.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Gertrude Astor (Old Lady), Bruno Vesota (General), Bill Glover (Scientist)
20. I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: John Willis (TV Emcee), Anita Gordon (Andrea Durkin), Marge Redmond (Emmy Pebbles), Maggie Pierce (Barbara Crabtree), Ann Sothern (Gladys Crabtree (voice only)), Cindy Eilbacher (Cindy Crabtree), Randy Whipple (Randy Crabtree), Moon (Dog)
21. You Can't Get There From Here
Community Score
| 1.9 Abysmal |
While driving the kids to camp, Dave is stopped by a sheriff who asks him for his driver's license and discovers that it has expired.
Director: Tom Montgomery
Guest star: Shirley Chambers (Woman Driver), Del Close (Camp Counselor), Walter Baldwin (Sheriff Skinner), Old Sponge (Dog)
22. A Riddler on the Roof
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
How can a car prevent a murder? That's what Mother has to figure out after she overhears three thugs plot the assassination of a visiting dignitary.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Jose Gonzales-Gonzales (Secretary), Larry J. Blake (Police Sergeant), Nacho Galindo (President Romano), Frank Delfino (Grundy), Richard Kiel (Cracks), Stanley Clements (Fish)
23. My Son, the Criminal
Community Score
| 1.7 Abysmal |
Mr. Kroot, the postman, know two thing about Dave. He saw Dave cementing the garage floor and also heard him say something about his mother not complaining anymore. So Kroot concludes that Dave has done his old lady in.
24. An Unreasonable Facsimile
Community Score
| 5.8 Mediocre |
Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Avery Schreiber (Sailor), Jerry Van Dyke (Ole Svenson)
25. Over the Hill to the Junkyard
Community Score
| 1.5 Abysmal |
The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Gil Lamb (Harris), James Wellman (Farley), Richard Jury (Harper Cassidy), Dick Wilson (Jenkins), Charlie Brill (Baxter)
26. It Might as Well Be Spring as Not
Community Score
| 4.5 Poor |
It's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for Dave's car.
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Eve McVeagh (Goldie), Lois Roberts (Susie), Frank Faylen (Conrad Byron)
27. Absorba the Greek
Community Score
| 1.3 Abysmal |
Prudish building owner, Henry Heckendorn asks Dave to help him try to close the Greek Grotto, a notorious night club but Dave's mother suspects Heckendorn's motives.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Jack Tesler (Waiter), George Barrows (Chef), Tania Lemani (Minerva), Dan Seymour (Grotto Captain), Maudie Prickett (Agnes Heckendorn), John Holland (Henry Heckendorn), Peter Mamakos (Absorba)
28. The Blabbermouth
Community Score
| 1.2 Abysmal |
Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.
29. When You Wish Upon a Car
Community Score
| 1.1 Abysmal |
Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.
30. Desperate Minutes
Community Score
| 1.0 Abysmal |
A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.
Director: David Davis
Guest star: Dave Willock (Phil Durkin), Barbara Bain (Frankie), Robert Strauss (Bullets Morgan)
