The Tom Ewell Show
Tom Potter is a real estate agent who lives in a female centric household. His wife Fran, teenager Carol plus her younger sisters Debbie and Sissie keep things lively. The presence of his skeptical mother-in-law Irene though is less than ideal.
- 1960-1961
- 1 season
- CBS
- Comedy
Tom Potter is a real estate agent who lives in a female centric household. His wife Fran, teenager Carol plus her younger sisters Debbie and Sissie keep things lively. The presence of his skeptical mother-in-law Irene though is less than ideal.
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Tom Cuts Off the Credit
Tue, Sep 27, 1960 30 mins
In an attempt to cut the spending by the women of the house, Tom closes the store charge accounts across town, but with disastrous consequences.
Episode 2
Debbie Takes Up the Tuba
Tue, Oct 4, 1960 30 mins
The family starts to regret Tom's insistence that Debbie joins the school orchestra.
Episode 3
The Safety Lesson
Tue, Oct 11, 1960 30 mins
Tom decides it's time that someone else in the family learn to drive. He errors in thinking he would be a good instructor for his wife.
Episode 4
Tom Takes Over
Tue, Oct 18, 1960 30 mins
Fran has appendicitis and Tom promises her that things will run smoothly at home while she's in the hospital. Tom attempts at doing housework and expecting his daughters to help lead to disaster.
Episode 5
Tom Puts the Girls to Work
Tue, Nov 1, 1960 30 mins
When Tom suggests that the girls start to learn the value of money by getting after school jobs, Fran and Mother Brady conspire to change his mind.
Episode 6
The Second Phone
Tue, Nov 15, 1960 30 mins
Tom never has a chance to use the phone with so many women in the house. He decides to put in a second line just for him but it doesn't work out that way because everyone thinks their call is an emergency.
Episode 7
The Handwriting on the Wall
Tue, Nov 22, 1960 30 mins
Tom takes up handwriting analysis and believes it gives him the upper hand in his business dealings.
Episode 8
The Spelling Bee
Tue, Nov 29, 1960 30 mins
Tom enters Debbie in a spelling bee contest thinking if she does well it will reflects postively on him. He imagines the difference in his life if he had all boys instead of girls.
Episode 9
Site Unseen
Tue, Dec 6, 1960 30 mins
Dick Powell guest-stars in this episode in which the actual Four Star Studios production lot is used as part of a story involving an important real-estate deal.
Episode 10
The Friendly Man
Tue, Dec 20, 1960 30 mins
Tom Potter is pretty happy in regards to the policy he sold the Steckels. But almost immediately the claims start coming in.
Episode 11
Salesmanship Lesson
Tue, Dec 27, 1960 30 mins
Tom and the girls learn a lesson in sales.
Episode 12
Advice to the Lovelorn
Tue, Jan 3, 1961 30 mins
When Tom hears the news that two of the local teenagers have eloped, he fears that Carol and her boyfriend Stanley may do the same.
Episode 13
Try It on for Size
Tue, Jan 10, 1961 30 mins
Tom has to explain how he ended up buying something he didn't want in the first place.
Episode 14
No Fun in the Sun
Tue, Jan 17, 1961 30 mins
Tom has been working too hard so Fran suggests that the two of them take a short vacation without the children.
Episode 15
Mr. Shrewd
Tue, Jan 24, 1961 30 mins
After reading a book on saving money, Tom starts an economy drive with costly results.
Episode 16
The Middle Child
Tue, Jan 31, 1961 30 mins
Tom overcompensates when he is told that Debbie may be felling neglected as a middle child.
Episode 17
The Trouble with Mother
Tue, Feb 7, 1961 30 mins
Mother Brady feels that she is getting in the way of Tom and Fran's life.
Episode 18
A Fellow Needs a Friend
Tue, Feb 14, 1961 30 mins
Tom is in the doghouse when he takes Carol's prospective boyfriend to the football game.
Episode 19
Out of Left Field
Tue, Feb 21, 1961 30 mins
Tom takes a young baseball player under his wing.
Episode 20
Storm Over Shangri-La
Tue, Feb 28, 1961 30 mins
Tom is given the job of buying the home of three old ladies out from under them.
Episode 21
I Don't See It
Tue, Mar 7, 1961 30 mins
Tom gets involved with the world of art.
Episode 22
The Old Magic
Tue, Mar 14, 1961 30 mins
After meeting an old college friend of Tom's, Fran is worried that Tom is missing the bachelor life.
Episode 23
Mrs. Dynamite
Tue, Mar 21, 1961 30 mins
Tom hires the wife of an old friend to help out at the office, however she soon starts to take over. The problem is how to get rid of her without hurting her feelings.
Episode 24
The Prying Eye
Tue, Mar 28, 1961 30 mins
A take off on the popular "Candid Camera" series. Tom Ewell is determined never to get caught on that show and he writes to the show telling them. The show receives the letter and decides to find him and photograph him.
Episode 25
The Chutney Caper
Tue, Apr 4, 1961 30 mins
Fran is less than happy when Tom's free spirited sister comes to stay.
Episode 26
Put It On, Take It Off
Tue, Apr 11, 1961 30 mins
Fran has absolutely nothing to wear for the Chamber of Commerce Ball.
Episode 27
Big Brother
Tue, Apr 18, 1961 30 mins
When Carol goes off to collage for a week to do her exams, Tom decides to give her room to a young boy from the local orphanage as part of a mentoring program.
Episode 28
Handy Man
Tue, Apr 25, 1961 30 mins
Against Fran's advice, Tom decides to lay a new kitchen floor himself rather than use their usual handy man.
Episode 29
Passenger Pending
Tue, May 2, 1961 30 mins
Tom has an important business meeting in Montreal, but events conspire to prevent him from travelling there.
Episode 30
Never Do Business with Relatives
Tue, May 9, 1961 30 mins
Tom is in the market for a new car, but what should he do with his old one? Put it in for part exchange or sell it to Mother Brady?
Episode 31
Our Vacation
Tue, May 16, 1961 30 mins
Tom causes friction and confusion in the Potter household when he announces that he alone will plan the family vacation.
Episode 32
Mr. Memory
Tue, May 23, 1961 30 mins
Tom's real estate license has expired and he needs to sit an exam to renew it. However, with so many new regulations to learn, Tom's memory isn't what it used to be.
