The Trouble With Father

Stu and June play matchmaker for a spinster cousin and a stubborn old sailor.

While at the jewelry store buying fake pearls for June's anniversary gift, Stu agrees to pick up a $1500 set of real ones for George Selkirk's mother-in-law. After June opens the wrong package, Stu spends the rest of the evening trying to switch the two strings.

A feud develops between June and a neighbor over their entries in the cake contest at the fair.

Stu and June want to spend their vacation far, far away from friends and family. They tell everyone they're heading north, but go south instead.

To help his son-in-law, Stu pretends to be an expert on Antarctic wildlife.

Jackie wants to take a driver's education class, but Stu refuses to sign her application. When he finally gives in, it's too late; the class is full. This forces Stu and June to become driving instructors.

Stu tries to help when he learns from the mailman that his newly married daughter is inundated with bills.

Trickery is used to get Stu to buy a second car for the family.

Stu and June try to mediate in an argument between Joyce and her new husband.

Joyce and Jimmy have to contend with interfering relatives as they attempt to furnish their apartment.

After an efficiency expert visits Hamilton High, Stu decides to enact some new rules in the Erwin kitchen.

Helping Jimmy gain possession of a farm he's inherited results in the Erwin's spending an unpleasant night in a run-down farmhouse.

Tomboy Jackie joins the school's basketball team, raising Stu's disapproval.

Jackie raises bees for a school project, and Stu's lawnmower goes berserk.

June and Stu's second honeymoon unintentionally crosses paths with Joyce and Jimmy's first one. They're all staying at the same hotel.

As preparations for Joyce's wedding continue, Stu becomes upset over the ceremony. The simple home wedding that was planned has been turned by Mrs. Clark into a huge, expensive spectacular.

Jackie catches a wedding bouquet that was supposed to go to Joyce. The festivities inspire both of the Erwin girls to profess their love true loves.

Stu hears that Jimmy thinks he's a "soft touch", so he has the family act like they're straight out of Tobacco Road.

Stu questions his eyesight after seeing strange footprints on the carpet. His eyes aren't deceiving him; Willie has housed an old racehorse in the living room.

Stu's teen daughter Jackie thinks her father wishes she had been born a boy. On a fishing trip with her dad, Jackie sets out to impress him with her all-around athletic prowess.

After hearing secondhand that June thinks he's a stuffed shirt, Stu sets out to break his humdrum ways.

Stu accepts a job offer to become the headmaster at a prestigious prep school--but it's 2000 miles away.

Stu encounters problems with Mr. Drummond, the head of the town's maintenance department. It gets worse when Jackie wins of a date with Drummond's son Steve and declares she's in love with the boy.

Stu is irritated by Jackie's inability to manage her money. He talks her into opening her own account at the bank.

Stu imagines all sort of trouble when Jackie goes on her first date to the movie theater. He's mistaken for a peeping Tom when he goes to spy on her at Moonlight Point.