Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole is a lower ranking officer on the destroyer Appleby. He keeps things lively instigating pranks while avoiding any work and trying to show up his nemesis, Lt. Rex St. John. The regular seaman are his willing accomplices.
- 1962-1963
- 1 season
- NBC
- Comedy
Ensign O'Toole is a lower ranking officer on the destroyer Appleby. He keeps things lively instigating pranks while avoiding any work and trying to show up his nemesis, Lt. Rex St. John. The regular seaman are his willing accomplices.
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
Operation: Kowana
Sun, Sep 23, 1962 30 mins
Thanks to a misunderstanding in language, a Kowanan native believes he's won the Appleby in a poker game.
Episode 2
Operation: Model T
Sun, Sep 30, 1962 30 mins
After St. John accidentally ruins a French Caledonian doctor's Model T while repairing it, the Appleby crew disassembles it to transport it on the ship and reassemble and sell it in San Francisco.
Episode 3
Operation: Daddy
Sun, Oct 7, 1962 30 mins
Just as he's needed to type multiple reports, expectant father Seaman White is diverted from his trip home to Omaha by a series of military mishaps into a trip around the world.
Episode 4
Operation: Benefit
Sun, Oct 14, 1962 30 mins
Trying to raise funds to sponsor all the girls in a Korean orphanage, the crew of the Appleby puts on a talent show.
Episode 5
Operation: Jinx
Sun, Oct 21, 1962 30 mins
When a sailor with a reputation of being a jinx is assigned to the Appleby, things begin to go wrong for the rest of the crew.
Episode 6
Operation: Holdout
Sun, Oct 28, 1962 30 mins
17 years after the end of WWII there are still soldiers stuck on an island that don't know the war has ended.
Episode 7
Operation: Birthday
Sun, Nov 11, 1962 30 mins
The crew wants to buy a watch for Chief Nelson as a birthday gift but they don't have enough money. O'Toole devises a plan to get the money from Nelson in a poker game.
Episode 8
Operation: Dinner Party
Sun, Nov 11, 1962 30 mins
St. John loses the money he was entrusted with for the officer's dinner party.
Episode 9
Operation: Mess
Wed, Oct 17, 1962 30 mins
Cook suddenly can't fix anything that the crew can eat, creating turmoil on the Appleby. O'Toole is determined to find the reason for the change and get things back to normal.
Episode 10
Operation: Impersonation
Sun, Nov 25, 1962 30 mins
When Stoner is imprisoned after a drunk driving incident, O'Toole has to impersonate the Captain to free him.
Episode 11
Operation: Hypnosis
Sun, Dec 2, 1962 30 mins
When O'Toole hypnotizes St. John into becoming a by-the-book officer and the Chief into hating gambling, chaos ensues.
Episode 12
Operation Potomac
Sun, Dec 9, 1962 30 mins
O'Toole begins receiving gifts from a secret admirer and in the beginning he's flattered. But the delivery of red dress makes him realize that the mystery man believes he is female.
Episode 13
Operation: Gaslight
Sun, Dec 16, 1962 30 mins
Ensign Clifford Bender, a Congressman's son, arrives fresh from Annapolis and upsets the crew. He fills a notebook with infractions and is determined to find and shut down an on-board crap game.
Episode 14
Operation: Brooklyn
Sun, Dec 23, 1962 30 mins
O'Toole must get Seaman Di Julio, who promised his parents he'd return to Brooklyn and run the family restaurant, to re-enlist in the navy. His plan: invite Papa Di Julio onboard the ship to see how indispensable his son is.
Episode 15
Operation: Swindle
Sun, Dec 30, 1962 30 mins
Chief Nelson is in love and hearing wedding bells, so much so that he fails to realize he's being conned by his Southern sweetheart.
Episode 16
Operation: Treasure
Sun, Jan 6, 1963 30 mins
When the crew comes across a message in a bottle, they're sure they've discovered a map to buried treasure.
Episode 17
Operation: Intrigue
Sun, Jan 13, 1963 30 mins
While in Hong Kong, O'Toole gets mixed up with unscrupulous tailors, Scotland Yard, and a jewel-smuggling caper.
Episode 18
Operation: Psychology
Sun, Jan 20, 1963 30 mins
Stoner's brother-in-law, an unemployed psychology professor, visits the ship and claims the crew's happy demeanor is hiding a warped personality and the men are insecure and unhappy in their work,
Episode 19
Operation Royalty
Sun, Jan 27, 1963 30 mins
When the Appleby hosts the admiral of the Taburuan navy, they're surprised to discover that he's the nation's 12-year-old prince.
Episode 20
Operation: Whodunit
Sun, Feb 3, 1963 30 mins
When the last reel of a murder mystery goes missing, the crew pools its efforts to try to figure out just who killed Lord Mumbley.
Episode 21
Operation: Casanova
Sun, Feb 10, 1963 30 mins
O'Toole tries to boost St. John's image with some Navy Waves.
Episode 22
Operation: Souvenir
Sun, Feb 17, 1963 30 mins
While anchored in Japan, Stoner places a ban in bringing souvenirs on board. St. John must find a way to hide the cannon he smuggled.
Episode 23
Operation: Arrivederci
Tue, Mar 5, 1963 30 mins
O'Toole falls for a beautiful American artist living in Rome and schemes to introduce her to the Italian art community by hosting an exhibition on board the Appleby.
Episode 24
Operation: Re-enlist
Sun, Mar 10, 1963 30 mins
Admiral Hornsby orders Commander Stoner to encourage men on the USS Applebee to re-enlist. Ensign O'Toole, the ship's executive officer, convinces Commander Stoner that a warm, friendly smile is the best way to convince the men to stay on the USS Applebee even though it is contrary to the commander's nature. Naturally, the enlisted men are bewildered and suspicious of the commander's sudden, new attitude, which forces him to double his efforts.
Episode 25
Operation: Boxer
Sun, Mar 17, 1963 30 mins
Because of DeJulio's lack of experience with the signal lamp, O'Toole challenges the crew of another ship to a "boxling," rather than bowling, match.
Episode 26
Operation: Stowaway
Sun, Mar 24, 1963 30 mins
While at anchor off the coast of the Soviet Union, the Appleby is boarded by a beautiful defector.
Episode 27
Operation: Arctic
Sun, Mar 31, 1963 30 mins
The Appleby is sent on a mission to the Arctic to test some new hull paint for durability in the cold. The crew gets bored having to stay inside the ship for so long which leads to fighting. Ensign O'Toole gets the crew to work on handicrafts to relieve the boredom. One crewman's craft puts the whole ship on red alert.
Episode 28
Operation: Physical
Sun, Apr 7, 1963 30 mins
Mr. Stoner turns 45 and thinks he is over the hill. O'Toole invites some of his classmates to his party to show he is in good shape for his age. It only makes him more convinced he won't be able to pass his naval physical. O'Toole has 5 days to get the commander prepared for it.
Episode 29
Operation: Tubby
Sun, Apr 14, 1963 30 mins
Mr. Stoner wants to discharge seaman Tubby Mason because of his weight. Ensign O'Toole convinces Stoner to give him 30 days to get Tubby to lose. O'Toole and the crew try everything to help him to reduce. Finally O'Toole finds the best way for Tubby to lose.
Episode 30
Operation: Sabotage
Sun, Apr 21, 1963 30 mins
In a training exercise, the crew of the Appleby must expose the one who is assigned to be a secret saboteur. O'Toole, of course, comes up with a clever method.
Episode 31
Operation Contest
Sun, Apr 28, 1963 30 mins
A mishap with a tanning lamp leads the crew to be quarantined for measles and miss their liberty in Hollywood. They pass the time entering contests, one of which Di Julio wins - with the provision that he bake cookies on live television.
Episode 32
Operation: Geisha
Sun, May 5, 1963 30 mins
Lt. St. John's friend comes up with a new money making idea. O'Toole convinces the local businessmen it's a good one.