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39 Episodes 0 - 1954
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 5, 1953
Ernest P. Duckweather, a general store clerk and part-time inventor, creates a two-way television set that can communicate with beings on the planet Jupiter.
Episode 2
Ernest is head to a scoutmaster meeting where accomplishments are to be judged. The Jovians think Ernest needs help so they send Reject the Robot to aid Duckweather to disastrous results.
Episode 3
Ernest thinks he knows the location of some buried treasure and talks with his friends on Jupiter about it. They decide to Reject would be the perfect assistant so the robot heads to Earth to support Ernest.
Episode 4
Sat, Sep 26, 1953
Duckweather tries to invent a lotion that will help bald men grow hair.
Episode 5
Ernest is invited to a masquerade party which he explains to his Jupiter pals. They decide to get further info by sending Reject along where everyone thinks the robot has a great costume.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 10, 1953
Episode 7
Sat, Oct 17, 1953
Ernest and Mr. Frisby try to become movie stars.
Episode 8
Sun, Oct 25, 1953
Ernest and Kathy love to listen to Professor Spiegelmacher's radio program, 'Feeling Good Without Loot'. Frisby believes the professor's philosophy is lunacy, but manages to get himself trapped into booking the professor as an emergency replacement for an Mrs. Clanish's lecture series - a task that he delegates to the reluctant Ernest. With the help of Johnny Jupiter, Ernest meets the Professor, who agrees to speak. When the professor arrives at the auditorium, Ernest and Kathy learn that their hero cares far more about money than he lets on.
Episode 9
Sat, Oct 31, 1953
Ernest discovers his boss, Mr. Frisby has entered him in a amateur magician's contest.
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 7, 1953
Ernest, Kathy and everyone else in Clayville dress up for a Revolutionary War reenactment.
Episode 11
Sat, Nov 14, 1953
Ernest becomes a detective by passing a correspondence course. Now he's determined to combat crime.
Episode 12
Sat, Nov 21, 1953
Ernest seeks help from Johnny when he is challenged to a sword fight after accidentally insulting a visiting nobleman.
Episode 13
Sat, Nov 28, 1953
Ernest thinks he has invented a cure for the common cold. Too late, he discovers it only works on the residents of Jupiter.
Episode 14
Fri, Dec 4, 1953
While Kathy plan a surprise birthday party for her father, Mr. Frisby tries to teach Ernest the proper way to 'hard sell' a customer, a technique that meets with disaster - so much so that Ernest gets fired from his job. With the help of his friends on Jupiter, Ernest develops a sales approach that appeals to his customers' soft spot and manages to sell merchandise that had sat on Mr. Frisby's shelves for years. Frisby hires him back with a bonus and Ernest promptly spends it on a birthday present for Mr. Frisby.
Episode 15
Sat, Dec 12, 1953
Reject the Robot helps Ernest expose a fake swami.
Episode 16
Sun, Dec 20, 1953
Ernest's friends on Earth come face-to-face with Reject the Jovian Robot - only they don't realize what they're seeing.
Episode 17
Sun, Dec 27, 1953
Mr. Frisby, Ernest's boss, hopes to win a local cleanliness contest. To enhance his chances, he connives to have Ernest babysit the judge's mischievous nephew - with disastrous results.
Episode 18
Sat, Jan 2, 1954
While conducting an unfortunate experiment, Ernest blows up the plants that his boss planned to enter in the local flower show.
Episode 19
Sat, Jan 9, 1954
Ernest gets in hot water when Reject the Robot returns an overdue library book that the inventor took out two years earlier.
Episode 20
Sat, Apr 3, 1954
Mr. Frisby asks Ernest to buy him a new hat so he can impress his wealthy aunt who is coming to visit.
Episode 21
Sat, Jan 23, 1954
Ernest asks Mr. Frisby for a raise in salary.
Episode 22
Sat, Jan 30, 1954
Episode 23
Sat, Feb 6, 1954
When Ernest takes a break from working on a difficult correspondence school exam, Reject the Robot takes pity on him and fixes all his incorrect answers. When Duckweather receives the results of the exam, his boss, Mr. Frisby thinks he has a genius working for him.
Episode 24
Sat, Feb 13, 1954
Mr. Frisby decides that Ernest is an unworthy suitor for his daughter and tries to break up their romantic relationship.
Episode 25
Sat, Feb 20, 1954
A rival tries to get Ernest's job and his girlfriend.
Episode 26
Sat, Feb 27, 1954
Episode 27
Sat, Mar 6, 1954
Ernest is maneuvered into judging Clayville's annual beautiful baby contest.
Episode 28
Sat, Mar 13, 1954
Episode 29
Sat, Mar 20, 1954
Episode 30
Sat, Mar 27, 1954
Ernest and Reject the Robot try to help a young boy whose mother insists on selling the family dog.
Episode 31
Sun, Apr 4, 1954
Ernest tries to help Johnny grow grass on Jupiter.
Episode 32
Sat, Apr 10, 1954
A geiger counter in the general store reacts violently when it detects the invisible Reject the Robot and Mr. Frisby is convinced his building is on top of a valuable uranium deposit.
Episode 33
Sat, Apr 17, 1954
At Kathy's urging, Ernest sets out on his own and after consulting with Johnny Jupiter, decides to open a TV repair shop. His first customer is the owner of the local newspaper and Ernest soon has the set repaired thanks to Robbie the Rejects assistance. Unfortunately, Johnny notices that Robbie has tuned it to receive a television program from Jupiter that evening and Ernest must fix the set before the appointed hour.
Episode 34
Sat, Apr 24, 1954
Ernest decides to show the Jovians what he does with his spare time and invites Reject the Robot to go with him to a penny arcade. When Reject falls head-over-heels in love, Ernest can't convince him that the object of his desire is a mannequin.
Episode 35
Sat, May 1, 1954
Ernest tries to organize a birthday party for Reject the Robot.
Episode 36
Sat, May 8, 1954
Episode 37
Sat, May 15, 1954
Episode 38
Sat, May 22, 1954
Ernest must deal with Reject the Robot's evil twin brother who has also traveled to Earth.
Episode 39
Sat, May 29, 1954
Ernest tries to prevent the local barbershop from being remodeled.