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Mr. Peepers
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Robert B. Huggins
references:
TV Guide
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

Source:
S'more Entertainment DVD:   in conjunction with the UCLA Film & TV Archive
It includes the first 26 episodes of the series plus the
unaired series pilot which features an uncredited Walter Matthau
in a supporting role. [RBH]
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MR. PEEPERS
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Broadcast Live from New York
for
NBC (Thursday 9:30 PM ET)(season 1)(Summer 1952)
Sponsored by: Ford Motor Company (Summer1952)
NBC (Sundays 7:30pm) (season 1-4)(1952-55)
Sponsored by: Reynolds Aluminium (1952-55)
Created by David Swift
Produced by Fred Coe / Produced & Directed by Hal Keith

US Comedy series 1952-1955 105 episodes x 30 min bw live
(03Jul52-12Jun55)
(Some sources say 102 episodes exist out of 127 produced) [RBH]
Starring:
Wally Cox as Robinson J. Peepers
Tony Randall as Harvey Weskitt
Georgann Johnson as Marge Weskitt / Marge Bellows
Pat Benoit as Nancy Remington
Marion Lorne as Mrs. Gurney, Peeper's landlady
Reta Shaw as Aunt Lil (1954)
Ernest Truex as Mister Remington, Nancy's father
Sylvia Field as Mrs Remington

Norma Crane as Rayola Dean (1952)
Ruth McDevitt as Mom Peepers (1953-1955)
Jenny Egan as Agnes Peepers

Arthur O'Connell as Mister Hansen (1953-1954)

Joseph Foley as Principal Gabriel Gurney
Gage Clark as Principal Bascomb (later episodes)

Jack Warden as Coach

Premise:
Adventures of a shy but dependable science teacher.

In 1956, Wally Cox followed this with 'The Adventures of Hiram Holiday'
from a Paul Gallico novel co-starring Joel Smith 26 episodes x 30 min bw.

############## Mister Peepers ###############
############# season 1 Summer 1952 ############
################ (pilot season) ##############
NBC Thursdays 9:30PM
Summer Replacement for "Ford Festival"

1.01 [--] Mister Peepers: (Debut episode) [UCLA]
NBC Television presents ;sponsored by The Ford Motor Company ;
03-July-1952 NBC Thur 9:30 to 10 p.m ET (broadcast live)
"Reproduced by the Kinephoto process."
Rights given to UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Created by David Swift / Produced by Fred Coe
Written by David Swift and Jim Fritzell
Directed by James Sheldon.
Music by Bernard Green;
sets by Otis Riggs;
lighting by Bruce Mapes;
technical direction by Hank Bomberger;
assistant to the producer, Robert Costello.
Starring:
Wally Cox (as Mister Peepers).
with:
Joseph Foley ........Mister Gurney
Norma Crane .........Miss Deen
David Tyrell ........Mister Burr
Leonard Elliott .....Mister Wadd
Georgia Harvey ......Miss Monitor
Penny Santon ........Mrs. Gilroy
Lee Barnett .........Norton
Griff Evans .........Mister Noble
Summary:
Mister Peepers' arrival at Jefferson Junior High precedes the completion
of the new school wing where he is to teach. Principal Gurney therefore
assigns him to the classroom of the school's present science teacher,
Mister Wadd, who allows him to do nothing but simply sit and observe the
classroom proceedings. When the insecure Mister Wadd's science experiment
goes awry, he blames Mister Peepers in order to get rid of him. Just when
it looks like Mister Peepers' career will thereby be prematurely curtailed,
Mister Wadd mysteriously disappears. [UCLA]
Contents:
Commercials: Ford Sunliner convertible. We'd like you to take a look at
two people who have found the perfect way to spend the summer --
Ford 1952 automobile body paint. Dr. Roy K. Marshall. [UCLA]

1.02 [--] - 10Jul52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.03 [--] - 17Jul52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.04 [--] - 24Jul52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.05 [--] - 31Jul52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.06 [--] - 07Aug52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.07 [--] - 14Aug52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.08 [--] - 21Aug52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.09 [--] - 28Aug52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.10 [--] - 04Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.11 [--] - 11Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.12 [--] - 18Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.13 [--] - 25Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.14 [--] - 04Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.15 [--] - 11Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details
1.16 [--] - 18Sep52 - NBC Thur - no details

############## Mister Peepers ###############
############## season 2 1952-53 ##############
##############################################
NBC Sundays 7:30pm Eastern
"Mr Peepers" replaced "Doc Corkle"
which was canceled after only 4 episodes.
It remained in this new Sunday time slot for the remainder of its
run.

2.01 [17] - 26Oct52 NBC Sun - no details
2.02 [18] - 02Nov52 NBC Sun - no details
2.03 [19] - 09Nov52 NBC Sun - no details
2.04 [20] - 16Nov52 NBC Sun - no details
2.05 [21] - 23Nov52 NBC Sun - no details
2.06 [22] - 30Nov52 NBC Sun - no details
2.07 [23] - 07Dec52 NBC Sun - no details
2.08 [24] - 14Dec52 NBC Sun - no details

2.xx [25] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
21Dec52 NBC Sun

2.xx [26] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
28Dec52 NBC Sun

2.xx [27] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
04Jan53 NBC Sun

2.xx [28] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
11Jan53 NBC Sun

2.xx [29] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
18Jan53 NBC Sun

2.xx [30] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
25Jan53 NBC Sun

2.xx [31] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
01Feb53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Leonard Holton, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Synopsis:
Mister Peepers' astronomer sister takes over his class when he falls ill.

2.xx [32] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
08Feb53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Leonard Holton, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest star:
Georgiann Johnson (Marge Bellows),
Harry Sheppard (License Clerk),
Ernest Truex (Mister Remington)
Synopsis:
Mister Peepers and Nancy recall the time they accompanied Wes and Marge to the
courthouse to get their marriage license, starting a rumor that Nancy and
Peepers were about to be married as well.

2.xx [33] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
15Feb53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Bobby Vail (Mister Brown)
Synopsis:
At the Jefferson Jr. High bazaar, Mrs. Gurney tells fortunes, Wes challenges
customers to test their strength, and Nancy sells kisses, while Mister Peepers
worries that Nancy will move to Iowa.

2.xx [34] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
22Feb53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Jerome Ross, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest star:
Thomas Chalmers (Senator MacDonald),
Harry Townes (Senator's Secretary),
Angela Adamides (Marillee)
Synopsis:
Jefferson Jr. High's most distinguished alumnus, Senator Malcolm H. MacDonald,
visits the school, where Mister Peepers is to present him with the students'
facsimile of a 15th-century illuminated manuscript.

2.xx [35] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
01Mar53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Heywood Hale Broun (Realty Agent)
Wes hunts for an apartment while Marge and Nancy attend Marge's bridal shower.

2.xx [36] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
08Mar53 NBC Sun
Writer: Robert Alan Aurthur
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Bill Story ("Romeo"),
Ian Keith (Roger Van Arsdale)
Synopsis:
Mrs. Gurney and Nancy join the original Broadway cast of "Romeo and Juliet"
for a performance of the play in Jefferson City.

2.xx [37] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
15Mar53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest star: Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Peepers)
Peepers' mother is the special guest at his surprise birthday party.

2.xx [38] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
22Mar53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest star:
Murray Hamilton (Freddie),
Cliff Norton (Car Salesman),
Norma Jane Marlowe (Sylvia),
Angela Adamides (Marillee)
Synopsis:
Peepers decides he needs a new car to win Nancy's heart.

2.xx [39] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
29Mar53 NBC Sun

2.xx [40] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
05Apr53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Story: Bud Shartar, Fred Carney
Guest Cast:
David Orrick (Anderson P. Henderson),
Victor Beecroft (Telegraph Man),
Martin Huston (Lester)
Synopsis:
Peepers captures a rare butterfly on an outing with Wes.

2.xx [41] Mister Peepers: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
12Apr53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Donald Harris (Tommy Sparks),
Jonathan Marlowe (Elwood Hamper),
Angela Adamides (Marillee Carpenter)
Synopsis:
School Superintendent Bascomb comes to inspect the students' newspaper
publishing operation, run by a "crusading editorial staff."

2.xx [42] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
19Apr53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Floyd Buckley (Conductor),
Frank Cosaro (Candy Butcher)
Synopsis:
A very nervous Wes takes the train to Chicago to meet Marge for the wedding,
accompanied by Peepers, Nancy, and Mrs. Gurney.

2.xx [43] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
26Apr53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Ward Costello (Minister),
Dan Morgan (Tailor),
Howard Freeman (Mister Bellows),
Katherine Copeland (Waitress)
Synopsis:
Wes and Marge finally get married.

2.xx [44] Mister Peepers: Mister GURNEY RETIRES
03May53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Parker Fennelly (Mister Sweeney),
Katherine Squire (Mrs. Murchison),
Norma Jane Marlowe (Arabella)
Synopsis:
Misunderstanding an overheard conversation between Mister Bascomb and Mister Peepers,
Mrs. Gurney feels unwanted and decides to retire.

2.xx [45] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
10May53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Keith.Lawrence Lee III (Charley),
Douglas Rodgers (Captain Finn),
Peter Chan (Lee Wong),
Martin Balsam (Sergeant Ehrlich),
David Winters (Walter Murdock)
Synopsis:
An old buddy of Mister Peepers brings his precocious young Chinese son to be
enrolled in Mister Peepers' class.

2.xx [46] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
17May53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Harry Clark (Head Mover),
Michael Enserro (Assistant Mover),
Ernest Truex (Mister Remington)(recurring)
Synopsis:
Marge and Wes are about to come home from their Sun Valley honeymoon, and their
apartment proves to be in less-than-perfect shape as Mister Peepers and Nancy
prepare it for the Weskits' return.

2.xx [47] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
24May53 NBC Sun
Synopsis:
Despite Marge's inexperience in cooking, she and Wes invite Mister Peepers
and Nancy over for dinner. After dinner, Wes and Marge fight, and at
midnight, Wes appears at Mister Peepers' apartment to spend the night.

2.xx [48] Mister Peepers: GRADUATION SPEECH
31May53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Jonathan Marlowe (Elwood Hamper)
Synopsis:
Peepers takes public speaking lessons from Wes when he finds he must make
the graduation speech.

2.xx [49] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
07Jun53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Sylvia Field (Mrs. Remington),
Dan Morgan (Charlie)
Synopsis:
Mister Peepers borrows Mister Remington's car to take Nancy on their last date
before he leaves Jefferson City for ten weeks. They get lost and end up
at Mister Remington's lodge hall—where Nancy dances with everyone but Mister Peepers.

2.xx [50] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
14Jun53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Ben Lackland (Bus Passenger),
Olive Templeton (Little Old Lady),
Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Bus Driver),
Heywood Hale Broun (Fabian),
Fred Kareman (Counterman),
Joseph Sweeney (Stationmaster)
Synopsis:
Mister Weskit takes a bus trip to visit Mom and Sis Peepers.

2.xx [51] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
21Jun53
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
James Broderick (Merv),
Robert Emmett (Luther),
Earl George (Uncle Lyman),
Paula Trueman (Aunt Borghild),
Reta Shaw (Aunt Lillian),
Doro Merande (Aunt Ralphia)
Synopsis:
Show-off Cousin Luther and other relatives come to visit Ma and Sis
Peepers, where Mister Peepers is staying.

2.xx [52] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
28Jun53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Synopsis:
Wes, Marge, Nancy, and Mrs. Gurney meet Peepers at his mother's house in
order to give him a ride to the college, where he is to take a refresher
course for secondary science teachers. They plan to arrive in the evening
and drive through the night, but Mom Peepers is concerned that they all
get a good night's sleep first. Finally it is agreed that they will
spend the night at Mom's house, but they wind up talking all night and
get no sleep at all.

2.xx [53] Mister Peepers (episode title not known)
07Jul53 NBC Sun
Writer: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Director: Hal Keith
Guest Cast:
Michael Gorrin (Dr. Hoffmann),
Harry Holsten (Roy),
Lin McCarthy (Eddie),
William Smithers (Jerry),
Walter Appler (Bartender),
Lonny Chapman (Bill)
Synopsis:
At Upstate Teachers' College for a summer refresher course, Mister Peepers
visits his former professor, Dr. Ludvig Hoffman. He winds up rooming
with a young drum-playing football player who flunked out the previous
year, and who calls the slightly older Mister Peepers "Pop." Finally, the
lonely Mister Peepers meets up with some old friends, and they get together
for a reunion drink.

############## Mister Peepers ###############
############## season 3 1953-54 ##############
##############################################
NBC Sundays 7:30pm Eastern

********* no details ************

############## Mister Peepers ###############
############## season 4 1954-55 ##############
################# (final season) #############
NBC Sundays 7:30pm Eastern

4.xx [--] Mister Peepers: (untitled episode)
24Oct54 NBC Sunday 7:30 pm Eastern
Starring:
Wally Cox (as Mister Peepers).
With:
Tony Randall, Pat Benoit, Georgann Johnson, Marion Lorne, Ernest Truex
Synopsis:
Marge and Nancy are mighty proud the day that Wes and Robinson receive bids
from the Grand Lodge of the Lancers of the Southern Star. The Ancient and
venerable Mister Remington is among the ancient and venerable lodge.

############## Mister Peepers ###############
################## the end #################
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