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The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley

  • 1988-1989
  • 1 season
  • MeTV Toons
  • Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • TV-Y7

"The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" was a 1988 series, with Ed Grimley being the ultimate nerd, devoted to Count Floyd and playing his triangle. This show features his adventures as well as the typically pathetic shows of Count Floyd.

Season 1 Episode Guide

13 Episodes 1988

Episode 1

Tall, Dark and Hansom

Sat, Sep 10, 1988

When Ed takes his cousin's place driving a hansom cab, he ends up in a horse race.

Episode 2

Ed's Debut

Sat, Sep 17, 1988 22 mins

Ed foolishly thinks he's been asked to play triangle for the city's philharmonic. Suddenly he's been arrested for a robbery he didn't do on his way to the concert hall.

Episode 3

E.G., Go Home

Sat, Sep 24, 1988

Ed is hanging out with Wendall, who is the annoying brother of his crush - the amateur actress Miss Malone. Ed and Wendall go to the amusement park. They are off on a rocket ride to another planet which is ruled by an alien queen.

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Episode 4

Ed's in Hot Water

Sat, Oct 1, 1988

Ed's landlady Deidre Freebus asks him to look after the apartment building, while she's on vacation with her husband. Ed puts his skills into fixing the water heater and goes down the drain into the ocean. He ends up on an island, where he finds Amelia Earhart-esque aviator.

Episode 5

Crate Expectations

Sat, Oct 8, 1988

Ed is trying to find a birthday present for Miss Malone. Unfortunately he gets stuck in a crate. Miss Malone, on the other hand is very depressed after she's been snubbed for a part in a TV movie. She grows older and meets a guardian angel, who shows her what life would be if she had never been born.

Episode 6

Grimley, P.F.C.

Sat, Oct 15, 1988 22 mins

Accidentally Ed joins the Army after he got on the wrong line to return a library book.

Episode 7

Moby Is Lost

Sat, Oct 22, 1988

When Ed's pet goldfish Moby is missing, he hires a television-obsessed sea captain to find it.

Episode 8

Good Neighbor Ed

Sat, Oct 29, 1988

Ed has to take a picture of all of his neighbors in order to fulfill the rules of a contest, he has won.

Episode 9

Driver Ed

Sat, Nov 5, 1988

Miss Malone calls on Ed to teach her how to drive. But after an accident, they turn into wandering spirits who haunt Mr. Freebus.

Episode 10

Blowin' in the Wind

Sat, Nov 12, 1988

Ed is heading to his aunt's house for a game of Monopoly, when he is caught up in the same tornado that sent Dorothy to Oz. Now he is on the farm with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. There, they meet a traveling summer stock show and the director, who wants to go to Broadway.

Episode 11

Eyewitness Ed

Sat, Nov 19, 1988

Ed runs to the store to get 'hot dog franks' for a party, when the store turns out to resemble the Bates Motel. He witnesses Der Bingle robbing the proprietor. Now Ed must testify and go into the Witness Protection Program.

Episode 12

Eddy, We Hardly Knew Ye

Sat, Nov 26, 1988

Ed checks into the hospital for a tonsillectomy, where his roommate is a werewolf.

Episode 13

The Irving Who Came to Dinner

Sat, Dec 3, 1988

Irving Cohen pops in for a visit and aids Ed to reveal a couple of hucksters.

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