My Brother the Angel
Rising young business executive Dick's life is turned upside-down when his younger brother Tom re-enters his life. This wouldn't be too unusual, but Tom died two years earlier in a boating accident and is now an apprentice angel always trying to help others, but frequently only making things worse, which forces the young angel to call upon his earthly brother to set things right.
- 1965-1966
- 1 season
- CBS
- Comedy, Fantasy
Rising young business executive Dick's life is turned upside-down when his younger brother Tom re-enters his life. This wouldn't be too unusual, but Tom died two years earlier in a boating accident and is now an apprentice angel always trying to help others, but frequently only making things worse, which forces the young angel to call upon his earthly brother to set things right.
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
There's Something About a Sailor
Fri, Sep 17, 1965 30 mins
Tom's first assignment is to get a sailor and his lover married before the sailor ships out. But first he must convince his brother Dick that he has returned to earth as an angel after being lost at sea 2 years earlier.
Episode 2
Take a Tramp to Lunch This Week
Fri, Sep 24, 1965 30 mins
Episode 3
A Boarding House Is Not a Home
Fri, Oct 1, 1965 30 mins
Episode 4
Is Your Wig Warm?
Fri, Oct 8, 1965 30 mins
Episode 5
Pay the Man the $27.95
Fri, Oct 15, 1965 30 mins
Tom takes a job selling magazine subscriptions to earn $27.95.
Episode 6
Tear Out the Presses, Stop the Front Page
Fri, Oct 22, 1965 30 mins
Episode 7
You're Only Old Once
Fri, Oct 29, 1965 30 mins
Tom's assignment is to bring cheer to the lives of some old men. Dick's assignment is a young redhead.
Episode 8
I Wouldn't Miss My Own Funeral for Anything
Fri, Nov 5, 1965 30 mins
Episode 9
Halo in the Ring
Fri, Nov 12, 1965 30 mins
Angel Tom Smothers' mission from above is to give Pop Hardy, the boxing fight manager, his first World Champion. However, Joey Saxon, fight promoter, also fixes fights and, after ordering other fighters to take dives to promote Smothers' chances of a championship fight, orders Tom to take a dive. However, Boxing Board of Control men are at the fight, and Joey Saxon is arrested for fight fixing.
Episode 10
It Don't Mean a Dang If It Ain't Got That Twang
Fri, Nov 19, 1965 30 mins
Tom's assignment is to help an aging songwriter write music that is more hip.
Episode 11
Boys Will Be Playboys
Fri, Nov 26, 1965 30 mins
Episode 12
Immaterial Witness
Fri, Dec 3, 1965 30 mins
Episode 13
Here Comes the Bridegroom
Fri, Dec 10, 1965 30 mins
Episode 14
'Twas the Week Before Christmas
Fri, Dec 17, 1965 30 mins
The brothers' first TV series was a routine sitcom with Tom and Dick as reluctant roommates, whose relationship was complicated by the fact that Tom was an angel trying to earn his wings.
Episode 15
Happiness Is a Guy Named Happy
Fri, Dec 24, 1965 30 mins
Episode 16
The Rise and Fall of the Wedding Cake
Fri, Dec 31, 1965 30 mins
Episode 17
Outside Inside Hollywood
Fri, Jan 7, 1966 30 mins
Mr. Costello wants to replace Dick with a computer, but he agrees to give Dick one last chance to save his job. If he can sell the movie rights to one of the company's books to a Hollywood studio, then he can stay on. Tom's angel assignment is to help save Dick's job.
Episode 18
The Hawaiian Caper
Fri, Jan 14, 1966 30 mins
Dick is suddenly summoned to Hawaii by Mr. Costello. Seems he got out of control one night and now has three young groupies he can't get rid of. He needs Dick to help rid him of the women before Mrs. Costello arrives.
Episode 19
Never Trust a Naked Rembrandt
Fri, Jan 21, 1966 30 mins
Episode 20
Harried, Italian Style
Fri, Jan 28, 1966 30 mins
Dick's assignment is to get an Italian supermodel to come to Mrs. Costello's party.
Episode 21
The Big Newsboy War
Fri, Feb 4, 1966 30 mins
Tom is assigned a street corner on which he is to sell newspapers, but that corner is already covered by a newspaper boy named Lester.
Episode 22
We'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Fri, Feb 11, 1966 30 mins
Episode 23
The Ghost Is Clear
Fri, Aug 19, 1966 30 mins
Episode 24
Heaven Help the Dropout
Fri, Feb 25, 1966 30 mins
Episode 25
His Honor, the Crook
Fri, Mar 4, 1966 30 mins
Tom's assignment is to stop a crooked mayor from running for reelection.
Episode 26
Her Number Is 36-22-35
Fri, Mar 11, 1966 30 mins
Episode 27
The Girl from R.A.L.P.H.
Fri, Mar 18, 1966 30 mins
Episode 28
The Boss Who Came to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Fri, Mar 25, 1966 30 mins
Todays theme is The Boss Who Came to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Episode 29
How to Succeed in Business and Be Really Trying
Fri, Apr 1, 1966 30 mins
Episode 30
I'm in Love with a Mortal
Fri, Apr 8, 1966 30 mins
Episode 31
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
Fri, Apr 15, 1966 30 mins
A Sheik offers a $300,000 dowry for Dick to marry his beautiful daughter.
Episode 32
Wash You Were Here
Fri, Apr 22, 1966 30 mins