The Mickey Rooney Show

Episode 1

Pilot

Sat, Aug 28, 1954

Mickey is a page at IBC studios. It turns out he likes all the same television shows on the network that the "average" person likes (unlike all the stuffed shirts who hate those shows). He's promoted with the title of "average man" and his new job is to watch new programs and determine which will be a hit. He stumbles across a pilot about a lonely old woman. He hates the pilot, but the woman playing the main role is a friend of his mother. What does he do: admit he hates it and hurt his mom's friend, or lie to save her career?

Episode 2

The Moon or Bust

Sat, Sep 4, 1954 26 mins

Mickey and his pal Freddy launch a home-made space ship to the moon. They land in outer space, but there are no moon men around only cows.

Episode 3

Disc Jockey

Sat, Sep 11, 1954 30 mins

Mickey, moonlighting as a disc jockey, gets mixed up with a gang of crooks.

Episode 4

Double Trouble

Sat, Sep 18, 1954 24 mins

Mickey is mistaken for a visiting French author.

Episode 5

Private Eye

Sat, Sep 25, 1954

Mickey becomes a private eye and the target of much attention from a gang of hoodlums.

Episode 6

The Grunion Hunt Mystery

Sat, Oct 2, 1954

A fishy character interrupts Mickey's plans for a grunion hunt with Pat.

Episode 7

Ghost Story

Sat, Oct 9, 1954 30 mins

A haunting tale: Mickey's parents and boss are trying to rent the same cabin for their vacations when ghosts suddenly appear.

Episode 8

The Lion Hunt

Sat, Oct 16, 1954 26 mins

Mickey and Freddy join a city-wide hunt for an escaped lion.

Episode 9

The Bronc Buster

Sat, Oct 23, 1954 26 mins

Mickey's girl Pat falls for a tall Texan and Mickey goes West to win her back.

Episode 10

Tiger Mulligan

Sat, Oct 30, 1954 26 mins

The betting is heavy when Mickey is picked to represent the network in a boxing match but most of the wagers are placed on his opponent.

Episode 11

The Other Woman

Sat, Nov 6, 1954 26 mins

Mickey shows some home movies which include a scene of his boss embracing a beautiful woman. When his wife threatens his supervisor, Mickey and Freddy decide to pretend to be Arab princes to lure the 'other woman' away.

Episode 12

Diamond in the Rough

Sat, Nov 20, 1954 26 mins

Undaunted by his lack of golf skills, Mickey enters the company's annual tournament to take a shot at its top prize of 50 dollars. A pair of jewel thieves grabs a valuable diamond and hides the jewel in Mickey's golf ball.

Episode 13

The Executive

Sat, Nov 27, 1954

Mickey learns that his size may be impeding his growth in the business world.

Episode 14

The Seance

Sat, Dec 4, 1954 25 mins

Mrs. Mulligan falls under the influence of a spiritualist who tells her to sell the family house.

Episode 15

The Voice

Sat, Dec 11, 1954

An injection cures Mickey's laryngitis and gives him a fabulous singing voice.

Episode 16

Miss I.B.C.

Sat, Dec 18, 1954

In a beauty contest for "Miss I.B.C.", Mickey and Freddy start off competing their girlfriends, but when Pat says she doesn't care, Mickey enters homely, graceless Bobo the phone girl, and proceeds to try and make a lady of her with some quickly improvised lessons in charm.

Episode 17

Fan Mail

Sat, Dec 25, 1954 25 mins

The network brass has Mickey's boss on the carpet for a low-rated show.

Episode 18

Scoop Mulligan

Sat, Jan 1, 1955 30 mins

A newspaper job gives Mickey a chance to prove his journalistic prowess or lack of it.

Episode 19

The Fur Coat

Sat, Jan 8, 1955 30 mins

Loving son Mickey wants to surprise his mother with a fur coat so he starts raising chinchillas.

Episode 20

The Basketball Star

Sat, Jan 15, 1955

When a new member joins the I.B.C. company basketball team, Mickey gets jealous - he's tall, a gifted player and he's irresistible to girls. So Mick conspires to make the new star think he's losing his eyesight by disguising himself as an eye doctor.

Episode 21

The Wedding Present

Sat, Jan 22, 1955 30 mins

Network employees chip in for a wedding gift and choose Mickey to buy it.

Episode 22

Mickey and the Mummy

Sat, Jan 29, 1955

An Egyptian mummy is an unexpected source of help as Mickey tries to apprehend jewel smugglers.

Episode 23

Seven Days to Doom

Sat, Feb 5, 1955 26 mins

Mickey learns that he has only seven days to live.

Episode 24

Cinderella Nell

Sat, Feb 12, 1955 25 mins

Joy and bedlam reign: Mrs. Mulligan has won a giant TV jackpot.

Episode 25

Star Struck

Sat, Feb 19, 1955 25 mins

Mickey is assigned to escort movie queen Mona Sanders around the TV studio.

Episode 26

The Average Man

Sat, Feb 26, 1955

The network launches a search for the average TV viewer.

Episode 27

Friends and Foes

Sat, Mar 5, 1955 26 mins

Best friends for 21 years and the friendship ends when Mickey and Freddy argue over when they met.

Episode 28

The Producer

Sat, Mar 12, 1955

Mickey unwittingly hires a chimp to star in the company show.

Episode 29

Society Woman

Sat, Mar 26, 1955

Episode 30

The Giant Killer

Sat, Apr 2, 1955

Roped into babysitting, Mulligan tells his version of the fable, "Jack and the Beanstalk".

Episode 31

The Surplus Store

Sat, Apr 16, 1955

Confident of their business ability, Mickey and Freddy buy a war-surplus store.

Episode 32

The Guardian

Sat, Apr 23, 1955

Mickey becomes the guardian of a beautiful "baby" and her huge inheritance.

Episode 33

The Robot

Sat, May 7, 1955

Mickey orders some Government surplus computers and receives a robot instead.