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Starring Jay North
Season 3 (CBS) (1961-62)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  James Beer
references:
TV Guide /   Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

############# Dennis The Menace ##############
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CBS Sundays 7:30-8:00pm Eastern (38 episodes)

3.1 [--] Dennis The Menace: TROUBLE FROM MARS
01-Oct-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 71

3.2 [--] Dennis The Menace: BEST NEIGHBOR
08-Oct-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 72

3.3 [--] Dennis The Menace: KEEP OF THE GRASS
15-Oct-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 73

3.4 [--] Dennis The Menace: MR. WILSON'S SAFE
22-Oct-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 74

3.5 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE HAUNTED HOUSE
29-Oct-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 75
Mr.Wilson and Henry buy an old house for a bargain price, planning to fix it up and sell it. But then they discover
why the house went so cheaply--it's haunted. [JB]

3.6 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE SCHOOL PLAY
05-Nov-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 76

3.7 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE 50,000th CUSTOMER
12-Nov-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 77
Mr.Wilson decides to win a pile of gifts by being the 50,000th customer to enter Finch's Drug Store. [JB]
(Synd Rerun Mon 23Sep 68 KMSP-9 (ABC) Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN 8 a.m. CDT)

3.8 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS AND THE PEE WEE LEAGUE
19-Nov-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 78 (Rerun 29Jul 62)
Dennis finds a picture of Mr. Wilson in baseball uniform, and concludes he must have been a whiz at the game.
It happens the Pee-Wee League needs a new president, so Dennis gets good ol' Mr. Wilson elected---behind his back. [JB]

3.9 [--] Dennis The Menace: MR. WILSON'S INHERITANCE
26-Nov-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 79
George Wilson receives a letter informing him that he is sole heir to his aunt's estate. [JB]
(Synd Rerun Wed 25Sep 68 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 8 a.m. CDT)

3.10 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS IS A GENIUS
03-Dec-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 80
When a testing machine registers Dennis as a genius, his parents are overjoyed---at first. [JB]
(Synd Rerun Thurs 26Sep 68 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 8 a.m.CDT)

3.11 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE LUCKY PIECE
17-Dec-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 81
After Mr. Wilson sells Dennis a phony good-luck piece, Dennis's luck improves so much that Mr. Wilson wants it back.
(Synd Rerun Fri 27Sep 68 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 8 a.m.CDT)

3.12 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE FIFTEEN FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE
24-Dec-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 82
Written by Keith Fowler & Phil Leslie
Directed by Charles Barton
guest cast:
Willard Waterman ..... Quigley
Pat McCaffrie ........ bus driver
Louise Lorimer ....... Dowager
Bill McLean .......... rampled man
Fiona Kale ........... spinster
Marshall Kent ........ man
Frances Rey .......... woman

3.13 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS' BANK ACCOUNT
31-Dec-61 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 83

3.14 [--] Dennis The Menace: THROUGH THICK AND THIN
07-Jan-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 84
Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a lecture on the meaning of friendship. Dennis thinks Mr. Wilson's sentiments are beautiful
---and asks him to play the lion in the Cub-Scout Circus. [JB]

3.15 [--] Dennis The Menace: CALLING ALL BIRD LOVERS
14-Jan-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 85
Guest Cast:
Joe Conley .......... Nelson
Estelle Winwood ..... Hester Hutton
Sherwood Price ...... Winthrop
Parley Baer ......... Pindyck
Nelson and Winthrop think Wilson's sign announcing a party for bird lovers is an invitation to a jam session. [JB]
(Synd Rerun Tues 21Jun 66 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 5:30 p.m. CDT)

3.16 [--] Dennis The Menace: SILENCE IS GOLDEN
21-Jan-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 86
Mr. Wilson promises him a magnifying glass if he stays silent for an entire day. [JB]
(Synd Rerun Wed 22Jun 66 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul, MN 5:30 p.m. CDT)

3.17 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS HAS A FLING
28-Jan-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 87
Mr. Wilson refuses to appear at an All Nations Show being presented at Dennis's school. But when he hears that the
person wearing the best costume wins a car---Mr. W. decides to risk embarrassment. [JB]

3.18 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE FROG JUMPING CONTEST
04-Feb-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 88
Dennis's pet frog Sam is entered in a frog-jumping contest where his stiffest competition is Sergeant Mooney's
pet frog Marilyn. [JB]
(Synd rerun Fri 24Jun 66 KMSP-9 Mpls-St.Paul,MN 5:30 p.m. CDT)

3.19 [--] Dennis The Menace: WHERE THERE'S A WILL
11-Feb-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 89

3.20 [--] Dennis The Menace: MR. WILSON'S UNCLE
18-Feb-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 90
Guest Star:
Edward Everett Horton

3.21 [--] Dennis The Menace: A QUIET EVENING
25-Feb-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 91
Guest Cast :
John Astin
The Mitchells are going out for the evening, and they have to get someone to stay with Dennis and friend Seymour.
Alice calls the Wilsons---and good ol' George gets tapped for the job. [JB]
 
3.22 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE PRIVATE EYE
04-Mar-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 92

3.23 [--] Dennis The Menace: MR. WILSON'S HOUSEKEEPER
11-Mar-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 93
Guest Cast;
Jean Stapleton...Flora Davis
Mr. Wilson hires a housekeeper with good intentions of making life easier for his wife. [JB]

3.24 [--] Dennis The Menace: A DOG'S LIFE
18-Mar-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 94

3.25 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS' DOCUMENTARY FILM
25-Mar-62 CBS sun / Prod. no. 95

3.26 [--] Dennis The Menace: HORSELESS CARRIAGE CLUB
01-Apr-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 96
Mr. Wilson buys a jalopy, vintage 1916, with the express purpose of entering the first annual road race for ancient
autos---and he has his heart set on winning. [JB]

3.27 [--] Dennis The Menace: JUNIOR PATHFINDERS RIDE AGAIN
08-Apr-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 97

3.28 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE TREASURE CHEST
15-Apr-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 98
guest star
Edward Everett Horton

3.29 [--] Dennis The Menace: WILSON GOES TO THE DENTIST
29-Apr-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 99

3.30 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE MAN NEXT DOOR
06-May-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 100

3.31 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS AND THE DODGER
13-May-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 101
(Final appearance of Joseph Kearns)
Joseph Kearns Died February 17, 1962, Los Angeles, CA (Cerebral Hemorrhage) [JB]

3.32 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS' LOVESICK FRIEND
20-May-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 102
guest star
Edward Everett Horton

3.33 [--] Dennis The Menace: JOHN WILSON'S CUSHION
27-May-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 103
Gale Gordon becomes a regular on tonight's show as John Wilson, George Wilson's brother. The Mitchells and Mrs. Wilson
are very excited because George' brother John, a magazine writer, is coming to stay for awhile. Dennis is especially
glad---he plans to be a big help for John. [JB]

3.34 [--] Dennis The Menace: JOHN WILSON WINS A CHICKEN
03-Jun-62 CBS Sun/ Prod. no. 104

3.35 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE BULLY
10-Jun-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 105
Guest Cast:
Richard Reeves ....... Mr. Kelly
Mickey Sholdar ....... Gifford

3.36 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE CLUB INITIATION
17-Jun-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 106
Dennis and John Wilson are both going through similar crises. Dennis is trying to get into a neighborhood club
called The Scorpions---and John is just as anxious to join a fashionable country club. [JB]

3.37 [--] Dennis The Menace: THE COMMUNITY PICNIC
24-Jun-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 107

3.38 [--] Dennis The Menace: DENNIS AND THE WITCH DOCTOR
01-Jul-62 CBS Sun / Prod. no. 108 (22Sep 62 Rerun)
Dennis suspects that Mr. Wilson is using his knowledge of witchcraft to put a hex on disagreeable Mrs. Elkins when
strange things start happening to her after a quarrel with Wilson. [JB]

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