The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna

Episode 1

One, Two, Ski!

Thu, Oct 1, 1959 30 mins

Episode 2

The Card Shark

Thu, Oct 8, 1959 30 mins

William Frawley guest stars as a Steamship-company detective who boards the S.S. Ocean Queen to check up on card sharks.

Episode 3

The Million Dollar Mutt

Thu, Oct 15, 1959 30 mins

Susanna and Nugey smuggle a sheep dog aboard the Ocean Queen. Unbeknownst to them, the dog is a missing movie star, Walt Disney's the Shaggy Dog.

Episode 4

Come Back Little Beatnik

Thu, Oct 22, 1959 30 mins

Susanna is persistent in her attempts to get beatnik writer Mischa Morningside (Jerry Colonna) to do an article about her.

Episode 5

Calling Scotland Yard

Thu, Oct 29, 1959 30 mins

Nugey tells Susanna's fortune and predictions begin to come true.

Episode 6

Happy Horoscope

Thu, Nov 5, 1959 30 mins

Nugey tells Captain Huxley that she has read his horoscope and that this will be the unluckiest month he has ever experienced.

Episode 7

Nugey, Come Home

Thu, Nov 12, 1959 30 mins

Following a spat between Susanna and herself, Nugey quits her job and leaves the S.S. Ocean Queen.

Episode 8

The Swedish Steward

Thu, Nov 19, 1959 30 mins

Olaf Hansen, a new member of the ship's staft, is all nerves whenever Captain Huxley comes into view. Susanna and Nugey try their hand at psychiatry in an attempt to tranquillize their new shipmate.

Episode 9

Goodbye Doctor

Thu, Nov 26, 1959 30 mins

Dr. Reynolds, the ship's physician, refuses to go to a dance on board the S.S. Ocean Queen. Susanna learns that the doctor was embittered by a past romance and she sets out to change his attitude.

Episode 10

Family Reunion

Thu, Dec 3, 1959 30 mins

Returning home after two years, Susanna Pomeroy visits her parents. Hearing from a neighbor that her parents need her she considers quitting her job.

Episode 11

Wedding at Sea

Thu, Dec 10, 1959 30 mins

Susanna is determined to make the wedding arrangements for an Air Force sergeant and his stowaway girlfriend but a hurricane and Captain Huxley's laryngitis challenge her resourcefulness.

Episode 12

Spanish Souvenir

Thu, Dec 17, 1959 30 mins

An unusual plate owned by a passenger is put in Susanna's protective custody. Nugey finds the plate and sells it in her little store.

Episode 13

Captain Daddy

Thu, Dec 24, 1959 30 mins

Nugey and Susanna pose as Captain Huxley's wife and daughter as they attempt to keep the Captain safe from a marriage-minded woman.

Episode 14

Susanna's True Confession

Thu, Dec 31, 1959 30 mins

Nugey pens a story confessing to unethical practices, signs Susanna's name and submits it to a magazine. The editor of the magazine boards the S.S. Ocean Queen to check on Susanna.

Episode 15

African Drums

Thu, Jan 7, 1960 30 mins

During a stopover in Algiers, Susanna and Nugey are arrested for shoplifting. As the S.S. Ocean Queen prepares to depart, the girls are still protesting their innocence-in jail.

Episode 16

No Tears for the Captain

Thu, Jan 14, 1960 30 mins

The S.S. Ocean Queen hires a new first mate who is a capable officer and Capt. Simon Huxley fears he may no longer be needed.

Episode 17

Love by Yiminy

Thu, Jan 21, 1960 30 mins

Olaf, steward aboard the S.S. Ocean Queen, is charmed by Jeanette, a new employee in the flower shop. But Olaf's shyness stands in the way of romance until Susanna and Nugey come to his rescue.

Episode 18

A Trip for Auntie

Thu, Jan 28, 1960 30 mins

Susanna schemes to get her uncle to take her aunt on a trip, and she and Nugey attempt to rig a fortune cookie in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant.

Episode 19

Birthday for Gino

Thu, Feb 4, 1960 30 mins

Susanna is charmed by three urchins on a street in Rome and invites them back to the ship to meet Capt. Huxley. He, however, is not charmed when one of them steals his watch.

Episode 20

S.O.S. Dad

Thu, Feb 11, 1960 30 mins

Pop Hackett, an ex-employee of the steamship line, has been conned into buying an unsuccessful night club. Hearing of Pop's trouble, Susanna devises a scheme to sell the club back to the salesman.

Episode 21

Mother Steps Out

Thu, Feb 18, 1960 30 mins

When Susanna visits her folks she finds that her mother is so completely wrapped up in her club work that her father feels neglected.

Episode 22

Captain Courageous

Thu, Feb 25, 1960 30 mins

A steamship company official requests that his niece be given Susanna's job, and Captain Huxley offers no opposition. Susanna and Nugey decide that it's high time the Captain was reminded that his ship is his domain.

Episode 23

One Coin in the Fountain

Thu, Mar 3, 1960 30 mins

It's Susanna Pomeroy versus the police of Acapulco, Mexico, when a rare coin, the pride and joy of Captain Huxley, falls into a wishing well and Susanna tries to retrieve it.

Episode 24

Made in Hong Kong

Thu, Mar 10, 1960 30 mins

While the ship is docked in Hong Kong, a native tailor steals one of Captain Huxley's suits in a brazen attempt to secure passage.

Episode 25

It's Magic

Thu, Mar 17, 1960 30 mins

Captain Huxley's latest interest is magic. When a deck hand returns late from a specialty store with the special trick the Captain ordered, Huxley threatens to make the sailor disappear by firing him. Susanna and Nugey drive off in the company car hoping to save the seaman's job.

Episode 26

Show Biz

Thu, Mar 24, 1960 30 mins

In the final show of the series, Susanna meets an old friend, entertainer Freddy Morell, at a stopover in Fiji. Freddy is short on money and out of work, so Susanna decides to get him a job aboard the S.S. Ocean Queen. Gale sings "Make a Little Cage" and "Nobody's Sweetheart."