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The Stu Erwin Show Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

52 Episodes 1950 - 1951

Episode 1

Mr. Lamont Stays All Night

Sat, Oct 21, 195030 mins

Stu Erwin plays a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.

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Episode 2

The Contest

Sat, Oct 28, 195030 mins

The drug store is having a popularity contest with points awarded with each purchase. Their own daughter gets into a competition with their best friend's daughter, so each family tries to buy out everything in the store.

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Episode 3

Stu's Holiday

Sat, Nov 4, 195030 mins

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Episode 4

Dr. I.Q. Erwin

Sat, Nov 11, 195030 mins

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Episode 5

Father Finds a Genius

Sat, Nov 18, 195030 mins

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Episode 6

Father's Little Gift

Sat, Nov 25, 195030 mins

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Episode 7

June's Romance

Sat, Dec 2, 195030 mins

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Episode 8

Thank You, Mr. Jarvis

Sat, Dec 9, 195030 mins

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Episode 9

Father Gets Into the Act

Sat, Dec 16, 195026 mins

A film production company hits town and the Erwin youngsters are so intent on breaking into show business that they sign up with a bogus theatrical agent.

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Episode 10

Problem Party

Sat, Dec 23, 195030 mins

Jackie steals the school's skeleton the same day Mrs. Bracker complains to Stu about kids' pranks and crazy parties. The skeleton is to scare the guests at the Erwin gathering but a couple of mishaps change who gets frightened.

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Episode 11

Lesson in Tolerance

Sat, Dec 30, 195030 mins

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Episode 12

Father Knows Best

Sat, Jan 6, 195130 mins

Stu learns Drexel is failing his classes and has him removed from the basketball team. As a result Joyce loses her date to the junior prom. Stu at first refuses to relent but then helps his daughter prepare a special meal to win back Drexel.

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Episode 13

Competition

Sat, Jan 13, 195130 mins

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Episode 14

The Ugly Duckling

Sat, Jan 20, 195130 mins

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Episode 15

Telephonitis

Sat, Jan 27, 195130 mins

Thanks to Willie, Stuart Erwin's listing in the new phone book is wrong. Now he's getting calls for a shady gangster named Erwin Stuart from his floozy girlfriend and "business" associates. A parade of unsavory types parade through Stu's home as he's trying to impress the membership director of the country club.

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Episode 16

Bugle Sounds

Sat, Feb 3, 195130 mins

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Episode 17

What Paper Do You Read?

Sat, Feb 10, 195130 mins

Stu gets a new civics student in night school...his wife!

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Episode 18

Hot Rod

Sat, Feb 17, 195130 mins

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Episode 19

Cousin Steve Pays a Visit

Sat, Feb 24, 195130 mins

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Episode 20

High Finance

Sat, Mar 3, 195130 mins

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Episode 21

The Helping Hand

Sat, Mar 10, 195130 mins

When one of Stu's teachers is lovesick for the basketball coach, June lends a helping hand. But Joyce gets the idea that it's Stu the teacher is hot for.

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Episode 22

Wedding Bells

Sat, Mar 17, 195130 mins

Stu and June misinterpret some information which convinces them Joyce is about to elope with Drexel. The parents go all out to stop the marriage from happening.

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Episode 23

Black Saturday

Sat, Mar 24, 195130 mins

When the neighbors get an automatic dishwasher June becomes envious. Stu with Willie's help decides to build one for her. Disaster strikes when Jackie uses a how to page for gum and an entire box of laundry soap gets dumped in the machine.

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Episode 24

Father and Shakespeare

Sat, Mar 31, 195130 mins

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Episode 25

Stu's Private Eye

Sat, Apr 7, 195130 mins

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Episode 26

Class Reunion

Sat, Apr 14, 195130 mins

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Episode 27

Erwin Goes to the Dogs

Sat, Apr 21, 195130 mins

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Episode 28

Interior Decorating

Sat, Apr 28, 195130 mins

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Episode 29

Milk of Human Kindness

Sat, May 5, 195130 mins

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Episode 30

Baby Knows Best

Sat, May 12, 195130 mins

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Episode 31

Weighty Problem

Sat, May 19, 195130 mins

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Episode 32

Father Picks a Queen

Sat, May 26, 195130 mins

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Episode 33

The Great Debate

Sat, Jun 2, 195130 mins

June agrees to debate the anonymous author of a men's rights manifesto published in the local newspaper, not realizing it was submitted by Stu.

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Episode 34

The Burglar Alarm

Sat, Jun 9, 195130 mins

Concerned about a string of burglaries in the neighborhood, Stu decides to install a burglar-alarm system in the house. He gets Willie to help him, but together the two don't quite get things right.

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Episode 35

Many Happy Returns

Sat, Jun 16, 195130 mins

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Episode 36

The Present

Sat, Jun 23, 195130 mins

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Episode 37

Private Enterprise

Sat, Jun 30, 195130 mins

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Episode 38

TV Comes to the Erwins

Sat, Jul 7, 195130 mins

The Erwins get a TV and everyone is excited about it. But things don't go as planned when Stuart decides he is capable of installing the TV antenna himself.

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Episode 39

Springtime for Father

Sat, Jul 14, 1951

After years of talk, Stu and Harry are determined to finally take a camping trip. This is the last way their wives want to spend their vacations - they'd rather go to New York City. To get the guys acclimated to the outdoors, they make them rough it in a tent in the back yard. The men prove to be less competent than they recalled.

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Episode 40

Doctor's Examination

Sat, Jul 21, 195130 mins

Stu is feeling put upon with work and a very busy family so June insists on a medical physical. But the doctor confuses the results and Stu's family goes overboard in trying to take care of a man who isn't even sick.

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Episode 41

Barbecue

Sat, Jul 28, 195130 mins

When Drexel Potter, Joyce Erwin's love interest, starts to spend time with her rival because of her father's new barbecue pit, Stu decides to build his own.

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Episode 42

Quarantine

Sat, Aug 4, 195130 mins

Jackie has the mumps, so the family is quarantined.

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Episode 43

Dear Dora

Sat, Aug 11, 195130 mins

The Erwins are concerned over the marriage prospects of a friend and decide to play matchmaker. But it turns out they are not very good at it and just make matters worse.

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Episode 44

June Serves on a Jury

Sat, Aug 18, 195130 mins

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Episode 45

Nothing But the Truth

Sat, Aug 25, 195130 mins

After catching Jackie in a fib, Stu makes her swear to always tell the truth. Keeping her promise, she proceeds to cause a fight between Drexel and Joyce, insult a tacky-dressing neighbor, and tell rude Uncle George what everyone really thinks of him.

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Episode 46

Roughing It

Sat, Sep 1, 195130 mins

Stu is convinced by his friend Fred Billings to go on a hunting trip, against the better judgment of Stu's wife June. When the men get to the campsite deep in the mountains, Stu learns that Fred's idea of roughing it is quite different from most outdoorsmen's.

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Episode 47

Cafe Society

Sat, Sep 8, 195130 mins

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Episode 48

I Spy

Sat, Sep 15, 195130 mins

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Episode 49

Track Meet

Sat, Sep 22, 195130 mins

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Episode 50

That's My Mother

Sat, Sep 29, 195130 mins

Stu's wife is named Mother of the Year....but so are her friends!

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Episode 51

The Pen Is Mightier

Sat, Oct 6, 195130 mins

Stu secretly takes over the school newspaper's gossip column. He immediately causes a ruckus by printing some info that causes problems with their friends the Hodges and interferes with Joyce's dating life.

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Episode 52

It's Just Money

Sat, Oct 13, 195130 mins

When it looks like the Erwins are coming in to a large sum of money, they discover how much differently they are treated by people.

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