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Archive - US Comedy Series
The People's
Choice (1955-58)
Hennesey
(1959-62)
The People's Choice
Episode Guide
compiled
by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, Rina Fox
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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
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Norfolk Productions
and
McCadden Corporation
for
NBC (Thursdays 8:30 pm EST -season 1 )(1955-56)
NBC (Thursdays 9:00 pm EST -seasons 2, 3)(1956-58)
Produced by Irving Brecher, Jackie Cooper, E.J. Rosenberg, Bob Finkel
US Comedy series 1955-58 approx 104 episodes x 30 min bw
6Oct55-25Sep58 (3 seasons)
starring:
Jackie Cooper
as
Socrates "Sock" Miller (1955-58)
Pat Breslin as Amanda "Mandy" Peoples Miller (1955-58)
Margaret Irving as Aunt Gus (1955-58)
Paul Maxey as Mayor John Peoples (1955-58)
John Stephenson as Roger Crutcher (1955-57)
Leonid Kinskey as Pierre (1955-56)
Dick Wesson as Rollo (1956-58)
with:
Cleo, the basset hound
and:
Mary Jane Croft as Cleo's voice
Premise:
A politically ambitious young man loves the Mayor's daughter.
The Peoples Choice with Jackie Cooper (1 of 3)
The Peoples Choice with Jackie Cooper (2 of 3)
The Peoples Choice with Jackie Cooper (3 of 3)
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NBC Thursdays 8:30 pm Eastern
37 new episodes
1.01 [--] The People's Choice: Pilot
06Oct55 NBC
Recurring Cast:
Leonid Kinskey (as Pierre)
Sock is on the trail of a rare migratory bird while his friends
secretly plot to get him elected as city councilman on a write-in
ticket. These well-meaning political backers include Mandy Peoples,
daughter of the mayor, and Pierre, a penniless artist.
1.02 [--] The People's Choice: How Sock Met Mandy
13Oct55 NBC
Guest cast:
Elvia Allman (as Miss Larson, Sock's boss)
Peter Votrian (as Quentin)
Richard Deacon (as Dr. Baxter)
Through flashback we learn how Sock's first meeting with Mandy
almost cost him his job. The naturalist is hot on the trail of a
bird he believes is in the New City area. Mandy not only scares
the bird away with a tire blowout, but she also convinces Sock's
boss that his interests in New City are purely romantic. [JB]
1.03 [--] The People's Choice: The Unseating of Councilman Sock
20Oct55 NBC
Sock Miller's position as city councilman is challenged before he
even takes the oath of office. The young naturalist's rival digs
up a technicality which threatens to disqualify the new official.
[JB]
1.04 [--] The People's Choice: Sock Plays Cupid
27Oct55 NBC
Guest Cast:
Jacqueline Beer (as Yvette)
Jay Novello (as Andre)
Pierre, Sock and Aunt Gus go nightclubbing to see Andre and Yvette,
a French mind-reading act. But tonight Yvette's clairvoyant mind
is definitely disturbed and the act dissolves in a torrent of tears.
Pierre rises to the occasion and offers Sock's trailer to the
now-unemployed pair. [JB]
1.05 [--] The People's Choice: Sock vs. Crutcher
03Nov55
Guest Cast:
Jose Gonzales Gonzales (as Miguel)
Greentree, Mel Blanc (as Greentree)
Carlos Vera (as Sanchez)
Sock learns that his dog Cleo is in the dog pound charged with
snapping at someone. Mandy thinks the case needs legal action and
suggests Roger, Sock's political and romantic rival. [JB]
1.06 [--] The People's Choice: Sock's New Secretary
10Nov55 NBC
Sock does a favor for the mayor and hires Gigi, the daughter of a
big part contributor, as his secretary. The girl proves incapable
but Sock cannot fire her. He and Mandy find another solution. [JB]
1.07 [--] The People's Choice: Nature Study
17Nov55 NBC
Sock Miller's efforts to help a pretty young schoolteacher with
three of her troublesome pupils almost ruins his romance with
Mandy. [JB]
1.08 [--] The People's Choice: Sock Hires Mandy
24Nov55 NBC
Guest Cast:
Joi Lansing (as Vicki Sommers)
Michael Emmet (as Eric Drake)
Hal Smith (as Joe)
Sock must choose between two applicants for the job as his
secretary. One is a beautiful and efficient young lady; the other
is his girl friend Mandy Peoples. Rather than to dictate to the
girl he dates, Sock hires the other. Mandy doesn't understand his
reasoning at all. [JB]
1.09 [--] The People's Choice: The Parting of Sock and Mandy
01Dec55 NBC
Sock faces the problem of how to escape marriage and yet continue
dating a girl. Mayor Peoples issues an ultimatum about Sock's
romance with Mandy. [JB]
1.10 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Beauty Contest
08Dec55
Sock is selected by Mayor peoples to judge a beauty contest in
which one of the contestants is Sock's girl friend Mandy. [JB]
1.11 [--] The People's Choice: Sock's Teenage Trouble
15Dec55 NBC
Guest Cast:
Olive Sturgess (as Linda)
Norman Ollestad (as Kip)
Sock finds himself the unwilling object of a pretty teenager's
affections. He goes for help to an expert on young love:
the local football hero and man-about-town. The young man's
solution is not to Sock's liking at all. [JB]
1.12 [--] The People's Choice: The Christmas Story
22Dec55 NBC
Mandy Peoples breaks her traditional date for Christmas Day to
spend the holiday with none other than Sock Miller. Sock's
announcement that he intends to spend the day looking for rare
birds in the mountains comes as a rather unpleasant surprise. [JB]
1.13 [--] The People's Choice: An Adventure of Sock
29Dec55 NBC
Guest Cast:
Myrna Hansen (as Barbara Andrews)
Frank Wilcox (as Mr. Andrews)
Mario Siletti (as Waiter)
Dorothy Bernard (as TV Announcer)
In a flashback, we learn how Sock first met his basset hound, Cleo.
It all started when Sock returned from overseas. [JB]
1.14 [--] The People's Choice: Aunt Gus Leaves Sock
05Jan56 NBC
Mandy and Aunt Gus join forces in an attempt to prove to Sock that
a bachelor's life is not for him. Though he's outnumbered, Sock
manages to put up a good fight. [JB]
1.15 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and Augie
12Jan56 NBC
Sock's efforts to raise money for a boy's club hits a snag when
one youngster resorts to stealing cars. [JB]
1.16 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the Marriage Broker
19Jan56 NBC
Attempting to rid himself of his boss, Miss Larson, Sock turns
cupid and promotes a wedding between her and a Mr. Baxter, the
man she has been seeing for eight years. [JB]
1.17 [--] The People's Choice: SOCK, THE DEDICATED
COUNCILMAN
26Jan56 NBC Thur
Guest cast: [RF]
Peggy Knudsen ............. Maggie Roberts
Monty Ash ................. Simon
Patty Ann Gerrity ......... Little Girl
Synopsis:
Sock goes out bird hunting with a pretty girl and winds up in the doghouse with
both Mayor Peoples and his daughter Mandy. It seems the girl is a photographer
and neither the Mayor nor Mandy approves of the pictures she takes. [JB]
1.18 [--] The People's Choice: Sock Proposes to Mandy
02Feb56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley (as Moderator)
Gail Bonney (as Mrs. Moore)
Councilman Sock Miller finds himself in hot waster with his girl
friend. While on a TV panel, he remarks that he is still a bachelor
because he hasn't found the girl that can fulfill his requirements.
[JB]
1.19 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the Businessman
09Feb56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Alta Corbin (as Harriet)
Elaine Riley (as Josie)
Robert Burton (as Gerstel)
Marshall Bradford (as Rep. Tuttle)
Howard Wendell (as Sen. Klauber)
Netta Packer (as Mrs. Klauber)
Selmer Jackson (as Admin. Stetson)
Claud Allister (as Butler)
Sock Miller, thinking that he will please Mandy, gives up his
sideline as government ornithologist and goes into the laundry
business. But when he learns that Mandy has tricked him into the
move he plots an ingenious revenge. [JB]
1.20 [--] The People's Choice: The Domestic Relations
16Feb56 NBC
Sock Miller, confident bachelor, counsels Ernie, a worried husband,
on how to handle women. Not the least of the explosive reactions
occurs when Ernie hires a beautiful secretary. [JB]
1.21 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the City Father
23Feb56 NBC
Sock Miller champions a politically explosive cause to spend tax
money for a city-operated day nursery. But Mayor Peoples throws
a wrench into the operations and Sock finds himself surrounded by
babies and deserted by his fellow councilmen. [JB]
1.22 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the Escort
01Mar56 NBC
Sock is chosen as official escort to a comely goodwill ambassador
from south of the border. The lovely lass and her pet chihuahua
delight both Sock and Cleo, but not Mandy. [JB]
1.23 [--] The People's Choice: Sock Strikes It Rich
08Mar56 NBC
Sock gets some profitable uranium stock and finds out what it feels
like to be rich. Everyone wants to get into the deal and even
Mayor Peoples decides that Sock would be the finest of sons-in-law.
[JB]
1.24 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Mayor's Romance
15Mar56 NBC
Sock tries to promote a romance between his Aunt Gus and Mayor
Peoples, but everything he does goes haywire. [JB]
1.25 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Syrene
22Mar56
Sock does his bit for our "boys" in service by inviting Sgt. Dooley
of the Marines to stay with him and Aunt Gus in their trailer. The
sergeant turns out to be a woman who wants to use Sock to make her
boy friend, a Marine Colonel, jealous. Sock finds himself in hot
water with the Colonel, Mayor Peoples and Nancy.[JB]
1.26 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Movie Offer
29Mar56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Gregory Walcott (as Stone Kenyon)
Rita Lynn (as Gina Pagannina)
George Givot (as Vittorio Cellini)
A famous film director sees Sock, his girl friend Mandy and Cleo
the basset hound when the trio makes a brief television appearance
for charity. The director is interested in one of them for a motion
picture, but there is considerable confusion as to just which one.
To add to the confusion, the director's girl friend, a beautiful
Italian actress, begins to show a romantic interest in Sock. [JB]
1.27 [--] The People's Choice: Sock vs. Stone Kenyon
05Apr56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Gregory Walcott (as Stone Kenyon)
Mandy stands Sock up and accepts an invitation to attend the
premiere of a Western movie with the star of the picture. Sock,
undaunted, tries to find a way to beat his rival to the draw. [JB]
1.28 [--] The People's Choice: Wedding Bells
12Apr56 NBC
Guest Cast:
George Dunn (as Orville)
Sock thinks Aunt Gus has finally found the man of her dreams and he
suspects that the suitor is none other than Mayor Peoples. [JB]
1.29 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and Captain Turner
19Apr56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Tim Johnson (as Cadet Turner)
Maurice Manson (as Capt. Turner)
A lonely boy is heartbroken when he discovers that his father, who
he thought was a Navy hero, is in reality the captain of a Staten
Island ferry boat. [JB]
1.30 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Proxy Marriage
26Apr56
Just for old time's sake, Sock agrees to act as a stand-in groom
in a secret proxy wedding for a Marine buddy. But he has some fast
explaining to do when the bride's grandfather shows up with a
shotgun. [JB]
1.31 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the Budget Balancer
03May56
Guest Cast:
Lola Albright (as Dancer)
Arthur Q. Bryan (as Carter)
It's Sock to the rescue when a pretty dancer gets her high heels
caught in a loose grating. She claims her twisted ankle can ruin
her plans for movie stardom. The Mayor claims she arranged the
whole thing in order to bring suit! [JB]
1.32 [--] The People's Choice: Sock, the Fund Raiser
10May56
Guest Cast:
Ida Moore (as Little Old Lady)
Sock attempts to tech his girl Mandy a lesson about a woman's place
when she takes over his duties as chairman of the mayor's annual
boxing bouts. But Sock himself becomes the victim of a sweet little
old lady who is actually an accomplished thief. [JB]
1.33 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Lonely Hearts Club
17May56 NBC
Aunt Gus decides to get even with Sock and Mandy for their
matchmaking efforts to pair her off with the mayor. Her arrival
at the mayor's home in a glamorous get-up has a disastrous effect
on a visiting bigwig from Washington. [JB]
1.34 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and Mandy's Career
24May56 NBC
Sock doesn't realize there may be romantic complications when he
urges his girl friend Mandy to pursue a career. He is disturbed to
learn she will leave for San Francisco to work with a young and
very handsome gentleman. [JB]
1.35 [--] The People's Choice: SOCK AND THE MAJOR'S ELECTION
31May56 NBC
The Peoples Choice - Sock & the Mayors Election (1 of 3)
The Peoples Choice - Sock & the Mayors Election (2 of 3)
The Peoples Choice - Sock & the Mayors Election (3 of 3)
Mandy tries to convince her friend that Sock should be the Mayor's
assistant. [JB]
1.36 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and the Peoples' Pageant
07Jun56
Guest Cast:
Ellen Corby.
Sock wants to put his city "on the map" by staging a centennial
pageant to honor an ancestor of a prominent congressman. [JB]
1.37 [--] The People's Choice: Sock and Pierre's Job
14Jun56 NBC
Sock tries to lend a helping hand to an artist friend in need of
finances. He invites the mayor and Mandy to a swimming party to
persuade them to commission a mural by his friend for one of the
city schools. [JB]
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Summer Reruns (21Jun56-27Sep56)
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21Jun56 An Adventure of Sock (original air date 29Dec55)
28Jun56 Sock Hires Mandy (original air date 24Nov55)
05Jul56 Sock's Teenage Trouble (original air
date 15Dec55)
12Jul56 Aunt Gus Leaves Sock (original air date
05Jan56)
19Jul56 Sock and the Beauty Contest (original
air date 08Dec55)
26Jul56 Sock, the Businessman (original air date
09Feb56)
02Aug56 Sock, the City Father (original air date 23Feb56)
09Aug56 Sock and the Syrene (original air date 22Mar56)
16Aug56 Sock, the Escort (original air date 01Mar56)
23Aug56 Pre-empted for the Republican Party Convention
30Aug56 Sock and the Movie Offer (original air date 29Mar56)
06Sep56 Sock vs. Stone Kenyon (original air date
05Apr56)
13Sep56 Sock Proposes to Mandy (original air
date 02Feb56)
20Sep56 Sock, the Fund Raiser (original air date
10May56)
27Sep56 Sock and the Lonely Hearts (original air
date 17 May56)
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NBC Thursdays 9:00 pm Eastern
2.01 [38] The People's Choice: SOCK LOSES A BET
04Oct56 NBC
Sock returns from his vacation fishing trip sporting a rough and
bristly beard. His girl friend Mandy has a job lined up for Sock
as manager of a new television station. She knows the millionaire
-owner will never be impressed by Sock's beard. The problem: how
to trick Sock into shaving it off. [JB]
[--] 11Oct56 Pre-empted for
Political Talk by Adlai E. Stevenson,
Democratic candidate for President.
2.02 [39] The People's Choice: THE MAYOR PROPOSES
18Oct56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Frank Ferguson (as Mr. Judson)
Both the mayor and another politician decide that Aunt Gus is
"the object of their affection." Sock and Mandy attempt to lend
cupid a helping hand. [JB]
[--] 25Oct56 Pre-empted for
Political Talk by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
2.03 [40] The People's Choice: THE WEDDING PLANS
01Nov56 NBC
Sock wants his Aunt Gus and the mayor to have a wedding with all
the trimmings, so he invests in what he thinks will be a quick
money-making venture. It seems, however, that the eating place to
which he has lent his name is a cover-up for a bookmaking joint!
[JB]
2.04 [41] The People's Choice: THE BACHELOR PARTY
08Nov56 NBC
The mayor overhears Sock ordering champagne and caviar and is
convinced he is a freeloader and talks him into signing up for
an Arctic expedition. [JB]
2.05 [42] The People's Choice: SOCK GIVES GUS AWAY
15Nov56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Florenz Ames (as Judge Cagle)
Selmer Jackson (as Adm. Corey)
Ken Christy (as Sen. Klauber)
Both Sock and the about-to-be-married mayor suffer pre-nuptial
jitters. Sock is preparing to give his Aunt Gus away during the
ceremony as well as advise Mayor Peoples about bees in a
ventilating shaft at city hall. [JB]
2.06 [43] The People's Choice: SOCK, THE ACTING MAYOR
22Nov56 NBC
While Mayor Peoples is away on his honeymoon, Sock Miller, as
acting mayor, is faced with a case of blackmail. A mysterious
woman claims she encountered the mayor in a nightclub. [JB]
2.07 [44] The People's Choice: SOCK TAKES A BOARDER
29Nov56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Arthur Walsh (as Alvin Preston)
Benny Rubin (as Harry Mench)
Mandy wants to be sure her husband Sock will not attempt to
return to the life of a bachelor. She tries to convince him he
should take in a boarder. [JB]
2.08 [45] The People's Choice: SOCK AND THE LAW
06Dec56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Dorothy Patrick Davis (as Joyce Lee)
Touch Connors (as Bob Staples)
Helen Spring (as Mrs. Lee)
Sock finds it difficult to explain to girl friend Mandy how he
acquired a long blonde hair on his suit. Mandy isn't a blonde,
and neither is Cleo, Sock's faithful hound! [JB]
2.09 [46] The People's Choice: SOCK TAKES THE PLUNGE
13Dec56 NBC
Guest Cast:
James Bell (as Clay Hunnicott)
Sock finally succumbs to Mandy's charms and the two decide to
make a quick trip to a Nevada town to be married in secret. But
neither of them reckoned on spending the night in jail. [JB]
2.10 [47] The People's Choice: MANDY'S MALE ANIMAL
20Dec56 NBC
Guest Cast:
El Brendel (as Virgil)
Hollis Irving (as Gloria)
Christine Nelson (as Evelyn)
Harry Jackson (as Kenneth)
Chet Stratton (as Norman)
Mandy learns some of her former school chums are arriving in town
to show off their husbands. She takes advantage of the fact that
her father, the mayor, is out of town to present Sock as her
husband. Explanations are in order when the mayor returns earlier
than expected. [JB]
2.11 [48] The People's Choice: SOCK, THE GREEK GOD
27Dec56 NBC
Guest Cast:
Lillian Bronson (as Flora Dunn)
Bunny Waters (as Diane)
In a newspaper interview, Mandy tells a reporter that Sock wants
a new playground for a crowded section of town. Mayor Peoples
reads the story and tells Sock he must either get the playground
free or resign. [JB]
2.12 [49] The People's Choice: SOCK AND THE HEX
03Jan57 NBC
The mayor, who still doesn't know Sock and Mandy are married,
tells Sock he can't see Mandy again until he's passed his bar
exams. Sock returns home to his trailer and discovers his old
boyhood friend, Hex Hexley, has moved in with him. [JB]
2.13 [50] The People's Choice: HOW SOCK MET ROLLO
10Jan57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Jean Porter (as Blonde)
Cleo, Sock's Basset Hound, retells the story of just who saved
whose life when Sock and Hex were Marine Corps buddies. [JB]
2.14 [51] The People's Choice: SOCK'S SECRET HONEYMOON
17Jan57 NBC
Guest Cast:
William Bakewell (as Bill King)
Sock and Mandy make elaborate plans to get the mayor out of town,
and Sock's roommate out of the trailer. They want to leave town
secretly themselves for their delayed honeymoon. [JB]
2.15 [52] The People's Choice: SOCK'S BIVOUAC
24Jan57 NBC
Sock is called up for his annual two weeks' training in the Marine
reserves. He plans to have Mandy stay with a friend near the base
who knows of their secret marriage, but something goes wrong with
the plan. [JB]
2.16 [53] The People's Choice: SOCK'S MASTER PLAN
31Jan57 NBC
Secretly married, Sock and Mandy plan to spend a weekend together
at Palm Springs. They try to throw the mayor and Rollo off the
scent by staging a fight. But the intrepid matchmakers follow
Sock to Palm Springs to try to effect a reconciliation. [JB]
2.17 [54] The People's Choice: SOCK GETS THE WORKS
07Feb57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Peter Hanson (as Dick Larkin)
Sock is upset because his secret bride accepts a date with a
handsome man whose senator-uncle may hold the deciding vote in
her mayor-father's freeway plan. [JB]
2.18 [55] The People's Choice: AUNT GUS TELLS ALL
14Feb57 NBC
Aunt Gus promises to keep the secret that Sock and Mandy are
married, but she has a habit of talking in her sleep. [JB]
2.19 [56] The People's Choice: SOCK'S TIGHT SQUEEZE
21Feb57 NBC
Sock and Mandy's plans for a secret honeymoon cruise to Hawaii
are ruined when the mayor assigns Sock the important task of
working with an influential senator. [JB]
2.20 [57] The People's Choice: ALMOST A FATHER
28Feb57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Suzane Dalbert (as June Miller)
Sock's secret bride Mandy accompanies his cousin's wife to an
obstetrician, and Sock mistakenly believes he is soon to be a
father. [JB]
2.21 [58] The People's Choice: THE PATSY
07Mar57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Nan Leslie (as Mona)
Addison Richards (as Mr. Barker)
Fred Kruger (as Secretary)
Mandy's former college roommate borrows Sock in an attempt to
impress her wealthy father with the fact that not all suitors
are interested in her for her money. Sock is in something of a
quandary when the girl's father insists they marry immediately.
[JB]
2.22 [59] The People's Choice: THE DOMESTICS
14Mar57 NBC
Sock and Mandy attempt to slip away for a secret honeymoon
rendezvous at a friend's cabin at Big Bear Lake, unaware that
they have moved into the wrong home. [JB]
2.23 [60] The People's Choice: SOCK'S OUT-OF-TOWN JOB
21Mar57 NBC
Sock decides he needs a better-paying job so that he and Mandy
can announce their marriage. The best offer is from a fish
cannery in Seattle, Washington, which needs an assistant
advertising director. [JB]
2.24 [61] The People's Choice: ONE-RING CIRCUS
28Mar57 NBC
Guest Cast:
James Best (as Mr. Hunnicut)
Bill Henry (as Reporter)
Sock and Mandy officially announce their engagement even though
they have been secretly married four months. Mandy decides to
redecorate Sock's trailer with appropriate feminine ruffles.
[JB]
2.25 [62] The People's Choice: SOCK GOES FOR THE DOUGH
04Apr57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Doris Singleton (as Kit Gowdy)
Tommy Farrell (as Freddy Filcher)
Sock does his best to resist when a quiz show offers him $5000
if he can date a gorgeous girl for one week without getting
romantic. This, of course, plays havoc with his personal life.
[JB]
2.26 [63] The People's Choice: THE INK BLOTS
11Apr57 NBC
Mandy's well-meaning father asks a visiting psychologist friend
to determine whether Sock is the right man to marry his daughter.
Unfortunately the intended bridegroom is not home when the
psychologist calls, and he confuses roommate Rollo with Sock.
[JB]
2.27 [64] The People's Choice: SOCK AND MANDY, PAPERHANGERS
18Apr57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Charles Lane (as Manager)
When Mayor Peoples and his wife, Sock's Aunt Gus, leave town for
a brief vacation, Sock manages to snarl up the situation at City
Hall. He unknowingly gives a painting contractor the go-ahead to
paint the City Hall, thinking the contractor is discussing
decoration of one room in the Mayor's home. [JB]
2.28 [65] The People's Choice: THE LATE HUSBAND
25Apr57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Virginia Welles (as Lily Devere)
Ross Elliott (as Photographer)
Sock's basset hound Cleo is smitten with a handsome French poodle
owned by an actress recently moved into the trailer court.
Unfortunately Mandy is under the impression that the romantic
attraction is between Sock and the actress. [JB]
2.29 [66] The People's Choice: THE QUEEN AND ME
02May57 NBC
Secretly married, Sock resents Mandy's request that he stop going
out with the boys as though he were still single. In a fantastic
dream, Sock sees himself as an Oriental potentate with a harem
all his own. [JB]
[--] 09May57
Pre-empted for Ray Bolger Special
2.30 [67] The People's Choice: BOOMERANG
16May57 NBC
Sock has some fast thinking to do when a salesman arrives in town
to sue the mayor for damage done him by the mayor's car. Sock
realizes the accident happened when he and Mandy eloped to Nevada,
and the mayor doesn't know Sock and Mandy are married. [JB]
2.31 [68] The People's Choice: THE HOT CERTIFICATE
23May57 NBC
Mandy is frantic when it seems the mayor has learned the hiding
place of her marriage certificate. She and Sock look for
somewhere else to hide it. The most convenient place, at the
moment, is under basset hound Cleo's sweater. [JB]
2.32 [69] The People's Choice: THE SOPHISTICATES
30May57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Joi Lansing (as Blonde)
Mayor Peoples seems to be on the verge of discovering that his
daughter Mandy and Sock are married. The young couple decides to
stage a fake break-up to squelch his suspicions. But the mayor
goes one step further, and arranges a date for Sock with a
beautiful blonde. [JB]
2.33 [70] The People's Choice: SOCK, THE MATCHMAKER
06Jun57 NBC
Guest Cast:
Elaine Edwards (as Girl)
Alex Campbell (as Judge Lucas)
Sock plays Cupid when he learns friend Rollo is in love with the
daughter of a wealthy family. Sock suggests that, since her
grandfather refuses to sanction their marriage, Rollo and the
girl elope. [JB]
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Summer Reruns 13Jun57-19Sep57
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13Jun57 Sock Loses a Bet (original air date 04Oct56)
20Jun57 Sock, the Acting Mayor (original air date 22Nov56)
27Jun57 Sock Takes a Boarder (original air date 29Nov56)
04Jul57 Sock and the Law (original air date 06Dec56)
11Jul57 Sock Takes the Plunge (original air date 13Dec56)
18Jul57 Sock and the Hex (original air date 03Jan57)
25Jul57 How Sock Met Rollo (original air date 10Jan57)
01Aug57 Aunt Gus Tells All (original air date 14Feb57)
08Aug57 Sock, the Greek God (original air date 27Dec56)
15Aug57 Almost a Father (original air date 28Feb57)
22Aug57 Sock's Bivouac (original air date 24Jan57)
29Aug57 Sock's Master Plan (original air date 31Jan57)
05Sep57 Sock and Mandy, Paperhangers (original air date 18Apr57)
12Sep57 The Ink Blots (original air dates 11Apr57)
19Sep57 Sock Gets the Works (original air date 07Feb57)
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NBC Thursdays 9:00 pm Eastern
3.01 [71] 03Oct57 The Nickel Pickle
Sock takes a job for the district attorney in an effort to trap
a thief who has been robbing the city's parking meters. [JB]
3.02 [72] The People's Choice: THE GIVEAWAY
10Oct57 NBC Thurs
Guest cast:
George Chandler ...... Hunnicut
Synopsis 1:
When Sock passes his bar exams, he and Mandy decide to reveal to her father
they have been secretly married for nearly a year, but before they tell him
the mayor unveils his plans to give them a huge formal wedding. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Sock passes his bar exams and then breaks the news to his father-in-law about
his secret marriage. [RF]
3.03 [73] 17Oct57 The Caveman
Sock gets a blow on the head and dreams he is in the Stone Age.
Even here he has father-in-law trouble when Mayor Peoples emphasizes
a point by hitting Sock on the head with a stone hatchet. [JB]
3.04 [74] 24Oct57 The Retiring Mayor
Guest Cast:
Sandra Giles (as Valerie Lane)
A female reporter gets an erroneous story from Rollo to the
effect that Mayor Peoples is retiring and Sock is running in his
place. Sock believes the story and gives a statement to the
press. [JB]
3.05 [75] 31Oct57 The Reluctant House Guest
Sock and Mandy decide to move out of Mayor Peoples' house and
live by themselves. But Rollo, afraid he may also have to move,
comes down with a rare disease in order to continue living rent
-free. [JB]
[--] 07Nov57 this slot Pre-empted for Bob Hope Special
3.06 [76] The Legal Eagle
(possibly originally scheduled for 07Nov57)
( this slot pre-empted, so this episode may never have been
shown on the network run)
Newly admitted to the bar, Sock finds himself in a precarious
position before he has brought his first case to court. [JB]
3.07 [77] 14Nov57 Barkerville
Guest Cast:
Addison Richards (as B. J. Barker)
The Millers and Cleo move into Barkerville, where Sock takes over
as head of the new housing development. His boss, J. B. Barker,
has told Sock to sell the remaining houses. But Sock learns that
there are actually a few hundred houses yet to be sold.
3.08 [78] 21Nov57 The Model House
Mandy persuades Sock to let her buy furniture for their new house.
At the same time the owner of the housing development decides to
equip the model house with furniture. The orders get mixed up. [JB]
3.09 [79] 28Nov57 Movies are Badder Than Ever
Sock Miller arranges for a movie company to use the housing
development he is managing as a location for a film about a
typical American community. Mandy is critical of the idea, and
trouble starts when a glamorous movie star arrives. [JB]
3.10 [80] 05Dec57 The Runaway Dog
Sock is trying to please Mr. Quimby, an influential home buyer
who is thinking of moving to the Barkerville development. When
Sock finds that Quimby hates dogs, he decides to hide Cleo. [JB]
3.11 [81] 12Dec57 The Good Provider
Sock is having difficulty selling houses in the new development
he manages. [JB]
3.12 [82] 19Dec57 The Helpmate
Mandy's meringue cake converts a reluctant prospect for a house
into an enthusiastic buyer. But Sock resents Mandy's interference
in his business and tells her to be more retiring. [JB]
3.13 [83] 26Dec57 Sock's Old Flame
Guest Cast:
Marcia Henderson.
Sock receives a phone call from an old girlfriend of his and
prepares to meet her without telling Mandy. [JB]
3.14 [84] 02Jan58 The Cookie Jar
Mandy has put her hard-earned savings into a cookie jar and now
has $100. She resists the temptation to take the money and put
a down payment on a mink stole, and Sock, who needs a new library
of law books, manfully leaves the nest-egg alone. Then Mandy's
uncle visits and complications develop.
3.15 [85] 09Jan58 The Wrong Indians
Guest Cast:
Howard McNear (as Quentin Quigley)
Rodd Redwing (as Prof. Woodrow Swift)
King Donovan (as Homer Jordan)
June Dayton (as Sally West)
Sock's boss warns him that he is not selling houses fast enough.
After much thought on the subject Sock comes up with an idea that
he hopes will enable him to sell a whole block of houses. [JB]
3.16 [86] 16Jan58 The Sheriff
Guest Cast:
Andy Clyde (as the Old Man)
An elderly prospector makes a grand entrance into Barkerville
with Calamity, his trusted burro. He announces that he's glad
to be back as sheriff after an absence of many years. Sock tries
to explain to the old man that he is in the wrong town. [JB]
3.17 [87] 23Jan58 The Salted Cellar
Mayor Peoples convinces Sock that his friend Rollo will never
be able to support himself unless Sock insists he get out on his
own. Sock decides to give Rollo one last chance and hires him as
a real-estate salesman. [JB]
3.18 [88] 30Jan58 Sleeping Beauty
Sock Miller starts suffering from insomnia caused by his inability
to sell houses. Then he learns that his boss is going to pay him
a visit, and Sock becomes panic-stricken. [JB]
[--] 06Feb58
Pre-empted for Bob Hope Special
3.19 [89] 13Feb58 Distaff Stuff
Mandy decides to apply for a job as a county tax collector in
order to add to the family income. But Sock thinks a man should
be able to support his wife and tries to stop Mandy from getting
the appointment. [JB]
3.20 [90] 20Feb58 The Male Ego
Sock loses the sale of a house because the prospective buyer's
wife dislikes a minor detail. Convinced that women are beginning
to take over the world, Sock goes to sleep and has nightmare on
the subject. [JB]
3.21 [91] 27Feb58 The Family Way
Before leaving for vacation the family doctor tells Sock that he
is about to become a father. Though he is overjoyed, Sock decides
to wait until Mandy tells him before celebrating. [JB]
3.22 [92] 06Mar58 The Veteran
Guest Cast:
Walter Reed (as Dr. Howard)
Grandon Rhodes (as Dr. Baggot)
Nora Marlowe (as Mrs. Baggot)
When Mayor Peoples learns that he is to become a grandfather he
pays a visit to Sock and Mandy to see whether he can help the
young couple. After his arrival he decides that Mandy's doctor
is too young and his office is too far away from their home. [JB]
3.23 [93] 13Mar58 Cleo, Secret Dog
Mayor Peoples, elated over the prospect of becoming a grandfather,
decides that Cleo's barking will annoy the baby when it arrives
home. [JB]
3.24 [94] 20Mar58 The Practical Joker
Sock has plans for linking his housing development with the main
highway. All he has to do is buy a piece of land belonging to
James Parnell, a notorious practical joker. [JB]
3.25 [95] 27Mar58 Little White Lies
Guest Cast:
Phil Phillips (as Danny Hadley)
Sock Miller feels sorry for a young man who is trying to enlist
members for a club of junior chemists in order to win a prize.
Hearing that only one more member is needed, Sock decides to help
out. [JB]
3.26 [96] 03Apr58 The Tycoon
Guest Cast:
Addison Richards (as B. J. Barker)
John Stephenson (as Roger Crutcher)
An old boy friend of Mandy's drops in for a visit. He tells them
how rich and successful he's become, and Sock, not to be outdone,
invents a tale of his own importance. Then J. B. Barker, Sock's
boss, arrives.
3.27 [97] 10Apr58 Sock's Lifesaver
Guest Cast:
Carla Merey (as Max)
William Newell (as Charlie Pike)
Lee Erickson (as Bernard)
Sock agrees to baby-sit for his former Marine Corp commander,
Col. Bascomb, by taking care of his daughter, Max, for a week.
But Max turns out to be a teenager with a yen for judo! [JB]
3.28 [98] 17Apr58 Uncle Willie (aka Sock's Uncle)
Mayor Peoples insists on paying all the expenses toward the birth
of his grandchild; Sock and Mandy refuse to accept his help.
Later they receive a letter, postmarked years before and
apparently lost in transit, containing a large sum in currency.
A typewritten note explains that the money is from Sock's black
-sheep Uncle Willie. [JB]
3.29 [99] 24Apr58 Ladies Aide
Sock Miller enlists the aid of three teenage girls to help him
raise funds for a local boys club. [JB]
3.30 [100] 01May58 Rollo Makes Good (a.k.a. "Ore Rush")
Guest Cast:
Angie Dickinson (as Geraldine)
Rollo suddenly gets a bad case of spring fever. In fact, he wants
to get married. After meeting the girl Rollo is so smitten with,
Sock is convinced that she is a fortune hunter. [JB]
3.31 [101] 08May58 The First Anniversary
Guest Cast:
John Douchette (as Louis)
Sock Miller is invited to go on a fishing trip with an old Marine
Corps buddy. He accepts the invitation even though it means he
will be away for his first wedding anniversary. [JB]
3.32 [102] 15May58 Rollo's Wedding
Guest Cast:
Angie Dickinson (as Geraldine)
Frank Wilcox (as Mr. Gibson)
Addison Richards (as B. J. Barker)
Rollo announces that he and Geraldine are going to elope. Sock
tries to prevent his friend from acting hastily. He thinks Rollo
should ask Geraldine's father for permission to marry his
daughter. [JB]
3.33 [103] 22May58 Missing Moolah
A middle-aged couple ask Sock Miller, who is justice of the peace,
to marry them. When Sock learns they have no license, he tells
them there will be a three-day waiting period. The couple decides
to move in with Sock and Mandy until they have a license. [JB]
3.34 [104] 29May58 Daisies Won't Tell
Guest Cast:
Elvia Allman (as Aunt Hattie)
Addison Richards (as J. B. Barker)
Jack Albertson (as Luther Jenkins)
Sock's boss, J. B. Barker, comes to visit and seems to be very
interested in Aunt Hattie. Sock and Mandy assume that romance
is in the air and they even make plans for the wedding. [JB]
(last episode of series)
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Summer Reruns 05Jun58-25Sep58
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05Jun58 The Giveaway (original air date 10Oct57)
12Jun58 Barkerville (original air date 14Nov57)
19Jun58 The Model House (original air date 21Nov57)
26Jun58 The Good Provider (original air date 12 Dec 57)
03Jul58 The Runaway Dog (original air date
05Dec57)
10Jul58 The Wrong Indians (original air date
09Jan58)
17Jul58 The Cookie Jar (original air date
02Jan58)
24Jul58 The Salted Cellar (original air date
23Jan58)
31Jul58 The Sheriff (original air date 16Jan58)
07Aug58 The Practical Joker (original air date 20Mar58)
14Aug58 Cleo, Secret Dog (original air date 13Mar58)
21Aug58 The Tycoon (original air date 03Apr58)
28Aug58 Little White Lies (original air date 27Mar58)
04Sep58 Rollo Makes Good (original air date
01May58)
11Sep58 Sock's Lifesaver (original air date
10Apr58)
18Sep58 Rollo's Wedding (original air date
15May58)
25Sep58 The First Anniversary (original air date
08May58)
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