My Mother the Car

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  E1

  Come Honk Your Horn

  Lawyer 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.

  1965-09-14 · 30m
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  E2

  The De-Fenders

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

  1965-09-21 · 30m
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  E3

  What Makes Auntie Freeze

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

  1965-09-28 · 30m
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  E4

  Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home

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

  1965-10-05 · 30m
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  E5

  Burned at the Steak

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

  1965-10-12 · 30m
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  E6

  I'm Through Being a Nice Guy

  In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.

  1965-10-19 · 30m
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  E7

  Lights, Camera, Mother

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

  1965-10-26 · 30m
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  E8

  The Captain Manzini Grand Prix

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

  1965-11-02 · 30m
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  E9

  TV or Not TV

  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.

  1965-11-09 · 30m
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  E10

  My Son, the Ventriloquist

  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.

  1965-11-16 · 30m
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  E11

  My Son, the Judge

  Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.

  1965-11-23 · 30m
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  E12

  And Leave the Drive-In to Us

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

  1965-11-30 · 30m
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  E13

  For Whom the Horn Honks

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

  1965-12-07 · 30m
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  E14

  Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing

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

  1965-12-14 · 30m
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  E15

  Many Happy No-Returns

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

  1965-12-21 · 30m
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  E16

  Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon

  After 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.

  1965-12-28 · 30m
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  E17

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

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

  1966-01-04 · 30m
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  E18

  Goldporter

  Captain 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.

  1966-01-11 · 30m
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  E19

  The Incredible Shrinking Car

  Captain 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.

  1966-01-18 · 30m
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  E20

  I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother

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

  1966-01-25 · 30m
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  E21

  You Can't Get There From Here

  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.

  1966-02-01 · 30m
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  E22

  A Riddler on the Roof

  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.

  1966-02-08 · 30m
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  E23

  My Son, the Criminal

  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.

  1966-02-15 · 30m
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  E24

  An Unreasonable Facsimile

  Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.

  1966-02-22 · 30m
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  E25

  Over the Hill to the Junkyard

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

  1966-03-01 · 30m
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  E26

  It Might as Well Be Spring as Not

  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.

  1966-03-08 · 30m
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  E27

  Absorba the Greek

  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.

  1966-03-15 · 30m
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  E28

  The Blabbermouth

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

  1966-03-22 · 30m
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  E29

  When You Wish Upon a Car

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

  1966-03-29 · 30m
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  E30

  Desperate Minutes

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

  1966-04-05 · 30m
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Top cast

Ann Sothern

Gladys Crabtree

Cindy Eilbacher

Cindy Crabtree

Jerry Van Dyke

Dave Crabtree

Maggie Pierce

Barbara Crabtree