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13 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 10, 1988 30 mins
Flo Shumway becomes the Mom of the Millennium, but is her popularity becoming more important than her family?
Episode 2
Sat, Sep 17, 1988 30 mins
After losing to the Shumways on a noted game show, the Fustermans declare war on their former friends, and Gordon and Rick end up caught in the crossfire.
Episode 3
Sat, Sep 24, 1988 30 mins
The traditional Mayonnaise Lodge rite of passage has Bob Shumway and Frank Fusterman pitted against each other in the clam-wrestling contest—but their sons want no part of it.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 1, 1988 30 mins
The holiday of Goomer is upon Melmac, and Larson Petty is intent on getting his gift of foam—but while trying to kidnap the real Goomer, he ends up capturing Bob Shumway in a Goomer suit.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 8, 1988 30 mins
The episode's title is a reference to the 1967 film The Born Losers.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 15, 1988 30 mins
Gordon invents an all-purpose object named the "Shumwidget", but Augie and her scout troupe end up with the bragging rights.
Episode 7
Sat, Oct 29, 1988 30 mins
A movie crew has come to Melmac to film the life of Gordon Shumway — but will Gordon himself end up a huge star, or on the cutting room floor?
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 12, 1988 30 mins
Alf gets mixed up in the spy business back on Melmac.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 19, 1988 30 mins
Renegade Muklukians kidnap Curtis Shumway and return him to their planet as part of a scheme to claim the throne of Mukluk. Fescue returns to Melmac to ask Gordon for help in dethroning the renegades and finding the true king of Mukluk.
Episode 10
Sat, Dec 3, 1988 30 mins
Gordon tries to fix Rick up with a girl named Elaine — but a misunderstanding leads her to fall in love with Gordon.
Episode 11
Sat, Dec 10, 1988 30 mins
Alf's dad loses his job and moves to the country to farm slugs.
Episode 12
Sat, Dec 17, 1988 30 mins
After Gordon's insults about Madame Pokipsi get out of hand, he and his friends, Rick and Skip, are stuck housesitting for the Madame while she is out of town.
Episode 13
Sat, Jan 7, 1989 30 mins
Larson Petty discovers that his family has left behind a huge fortune, but it can only be turned over to the rightful heir—Larson Petty's son. The only problem is, he has no children. Meanwhile, Gordon and Rick find out that Skip was orphaned as a youth.