CTVA
The Classic TV
Archive - US Comedy Series
Trouble With Father 1950
The Stu Erwin
Show:
Syndicated titles:
"Trouble With Father" "Life With the Erwins"
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
(General Update)
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, George Orphanidys, Robert B. Huggins
Sources:
Cascadia Entertainment DVD, Catalog # CCE-546 - “Comedy, Volume 2”
Nostalgia Ventures DVD, Catalog # NVI 602
TreeLine Films DVD (no catalog #)
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film & Television Archive
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THE STU ERWIN SHOW
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Filmed at Roach Studios / Produced by Roland Reed Productions
Distributed by Official Films, Inc.
Executive Producer
Hal Roach, Jr. / Produced by
Roland D. Reed
Associate Producer Guy V. Thayer, Jr. / Production Manager, Dick L'Estrange
Copyright notice on film: Roland Reed Television Productions, Inc. and Hal Roach
Enterprises.
for
ABC
season 1 1950-51 ABC Saturdays 7:30pm EST
season 2 1951-52 ABC Fridays 8:30pm EST
season 3 1952-53 ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
season 4 1953-54 ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
season 5 1954-55 ABC Wednesdays 8:30 pm EST
October 1950 - 52 weeks of original
episodes.
October 1951 to April 1952 - 26 weeks of original episodes.
April 1952 to October 1952 - 26 weeks of repeats.
October 1952 to July 1953 - 26 original episodes mixed with every third being a
repeat.
July 1953 to October 1954 - Repeats for 65 weeks.
October 1954 to April 1955 - 26 original episodes.
US Situation Comedy series 1950-55 130 episodes x 30 min
Starring
Stu Erwin as Stu Erwin (1950-55)
June Collyer as June Erwin (1950-55)
With
Willie Best as Willie (1950-55)
Sheila James Kuehl as Jackie, daughter (1950-55)
Martin Milner as Jimmy Clark (1950-55)
Ann Todd as Joyce Erwin (1950-1954)
Merry Anders as Joyce Erwin (1954-1955)
Harry Hayden as Next door neighbor, Harry (1954-1955)
Premise:
The family life of a high school principal.
Other Credits:
DIRECTORS INCLUDED:
HOWRAD BRETHERTON, CHARLES BARTON, FRANK STRAYER
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ASSISTANT DIRECTORS INCLUDED:
HARRY MANKE AND CLIFF REID,JR.
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SCRIPT SUPERVISOR: HAZEL W. HALL
WRITERS INCLUDED:
OLIVER CRAWFORD,AL MARTIN,LEE LOEB, WARREN WILSON, LES PINE,
EDWARD E. SEABROOK
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SUPERVISING EDITORS INCLUDED:
ROY LUBY AND FRED MCGUIRE
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CINEMATOGRAPHERS INCLUDED:
WALTER STRENGE, LOTHROP B. WORTH, LUCIEN N.ANDRIOT
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FILM COORDINATOR: JAMES CAIRNCROSS
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MUSIC EDITORS: TED CAIN AND ROBERT RAFF
THEME COMPOSER: ALEXANDER LAZLO
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
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ABC Saturdays 7:30pm EST
1.01 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: MR. LAMONT STAYS ALL NIGHT
21-Oct-1950 ABC Sat
The Erwins entertain Mr. Lamont, a stage star and a baby goat on the same night.
Stu
invites a stage star home so he can convince him to speak at a school assembly.
Jackie
hides a goat, the school mascot, in Mr. Lamont’s room and Stu thinks there is a
burglar. [JB]
1.02 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THE CONTEST
28-Oct-1950 ABC Sat
A teenage popularity contest run by the local drug store turns into a
free-for-all when
over zealous parents start buying votes. The contest causes Joyce to be at odds
with her
best friend Nancy. [JB]
1.03 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: STU'S HOLIDAY
04-Nov-1950 ABC Sat
Stu’s plans to spend the Admission Day holiday in bed are interrupted by younger
members of the family. [JB]
1.04 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: DR. I.Q. ERWIN
11-Nov-1950 ABC Sat
Stu is talked into taking an I.Q. test with his students, only to come out with
a 20 grade,
compared to a class average of 74. [JB]
1.05 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER FINDS A GENIUS (aka "Father Finds a
Junior")
18-Nov-1950 ABC Sat
A vine full of tomatoes and a plot to rearrange his daughter’s love life blow up
in Stu’s
face. Stu is getting tired of the rough he-men Joyce is bringing home, so he
tries to get
her interested in a boy with brains instead of brawn. [JB]
1.06 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER'S LITTLE GIFT
25-Nov-1950 ABC Sat
Stu incited by Joyce’s remark that gifts should be bought for a wife for no
special
occasion to keep the romance alive. Stu buys June a lovely negligee and gets the
cold
shoulder. [JB]
1.07 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: JUNE'S ROMANCE (aka "The Poison Story")
02-Dec-1950 ABC Sat
Because Daughter Jackie has too much imagination, Stu is cursed by confusion
about
poisoning June’s old boyfriend. He comes for an overnight visit and acts
suspiciously
according to Jackie. [JB]
1.08 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THANK YOU, MR. JARVIS
09-Dec-1950 ABC Sat
The Erwins find that a “gentleman’s gentleman” is just not for them after they
win a
most formal and correct English butler on a quiz contest. [JB]
1.09 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER GETS INTO THE ACT
16-Dec-1950 ABC Sat
Everyone wants to get into the act when a movie company comes to town. After
Joyce
and Jackie have been snared by a fake drama coach, June goes to his office to
tell him off
and by the time she leaves, she too is a pupil. [JB]
1.10 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: PROBLEM PARTY (aka "Spooks")
23-Dec-1950 ABC Sat
Spooks
Joyce’s invitation party turns out to be a real problem when Jackie seeks
revenge for not
being invited by bringing home a skeleton that gets mixed up with Joyce’s boy
friend
who is in a skeleton costume. [JB]
1.11 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: LESSON IN TOLERANCE
30-Dec-1950 ABC Sat
Jackie remembers Stu’s recent lecture on tolerance when a tramp comes to the
door for a
handout. Jackie soon becomes Lady Bountiful to all the panhandlers in town. [JB]
1.12 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER KNOWS BEST
06-Jan-1951 ABC Sat
Stu becomes a tyrant when he throws Joyce’s boyfriend, Drexel, off the
basketball team
for failing his classes. This suspended basketball player suspends Joyce’s love
life as
well when he refuses to take her to the Junior prom. He later says he will take
whoever
cooks the best roast beef and Stu cooks for Joyce. [JB]
1.13 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: COMPETITION
13-Jan-1951 ABC Sat
Joyce decides to throw a party without the help of her parents. However, without
her
mother, she doesn’t know where to begin. Meanwhile, Stu and June wear themselves
out trying to kill time until they’re allowed to return home. [JB]
1.14 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THE UGLY DUCKLING
20-Jan-1951 ABC Sat
Ugly Duckling
One of Stu’s pupils, Mildred, is unhappy and undated. When Joyce is enlisted to
help
her, she and her friend Gertie start a club to popularize the unglamorous girl.
But when
she becomes popular she takes over Joyce’s latest boyfriend. [JB]
1.15 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: TELEPHONITIS
27-Jan-1951 ABC Sat
Telephonitis
Just when he’s trying to qualify for membership in an exclusive country club,
Stu,
through an error in the telephone book gets confused with the town’s flashiest
gangster. [JB]
1.16 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: BUGLE SOUNDS
03-Feb-1951 ABC Sat
The Erwins have a farewell dinner for Joyce’s boyfriend, who is going to enlist
in some
branch of the service, but does not know which one is best suited to his
talents. Stu and
Harry Johnson make a bet that they can persuade Drexel to join the branch of
service they
were in. [JB]
1.17 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: WHAT PAPER DO YOU READ?
10-Feb-1951 ABC Sat
June and Adele Bliss enroll in Stu’s evening government civics class to be as
politically
up to date as he. [JB]
1.18[--] The Stu Erwin Show: HOT ROD
17-Feb-1951 ABC Sat
Stu’s extra curricular activities in the motor club almost lead to disaster when
the kids
start souping up their automobiles. The school board thinks that he is
responsible for an
increase in juvenile delinquency. [JB]
1.19 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: COUSIN STEVE PAYS A VISIT
24-Feb-1951 ABC Sat
Stu expounds on necessity of close knit, cooperative, self-sacrificing family
group and
then has to make good on those words. [JB]
1.20 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: HIGH FINANCE
03-Mar-1951 ABC Sat
The Erwins get into great financial difficulty when Stu discovers there is only
$8 in their
bank account, so he sells an antique clock. He later discovers that it
originally belonged
to Abe Lincoln and is worth a small fortune. [JB]
1.21 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THE HELPING HAND
10-Mar-1951 ABC Sat
When one of the teachers at Stu’s school requests a transfer, the Erwins try to
help the
lovesick teacher. [JB]
1.22 [] The Stu Erwin Show: WEDDING BELLS
17-Mar-1951 ABC Sat
Stu thinks Joyce and Drexel are planning to elope, so he gets Willie to help him
stop
them. [JB]
1.23 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: BLACK SATURDAY
24-Mar-1951 ABC Sat
When the neighbors get a dishwasher, June becomes jealous so Stu decides to
build her a
dishwasher from of a do-it-yourself kit with help of handyman Willie. [JB]
1.24 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER & SHAKESPEARE
31-Mar-1951 ABC Sat
Stu is asked by the Mayor to entertain a psychiatrist for the weekend. Stu comes
up with
a case of mistaken identity while attempting to settle the problem of who really
wrote the
Bard’s plays. [JB]
1.25 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: STU'S PRIVATE EYE
07-Apr-1951 ABC Sat
Stu and Willie investigate what Joyce is up to when she goes out every night
without a
hint of an explanation. The fact that Joyce secretly works at night to earn
money for
Stu’s and June’s anniversary, when at the same time the anniversary slips Stu’s
mind
completely, creates an uproarious situation. [JB]
1.26 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: CLASS REUNION
14-Apr-1951 ABC Sat
A wave of practical jokes hits the Erwin home when two classmates of Stu’s from
college
drop in just after he has given a lecture on tidiness and punctuality. [JB]
1.27 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: ERWIN GOES TO THE DOGS (aka "Stu Goes to the
Dogs")
21-Apr-1951 ABC Sat
His neighbor’s new hunting dog inspires Stu with the idea that he should have
one too.
Hearing this, Jackie heads for the City Pound to find a dog for Stu. [JB]
1.28 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: INTERIOR DECORATING
28-Apr-1951 ABC Sat
Stu decides to join in on the do-it-yourself craze with a little wallpaper and
paint job to
surprise the missus only to hang out some comic pandemonium. [JB]
1.29 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
05-May-1951 ABC Sat
Stu stirs up a family fracas by inviting a homeless juvenile to share the Erwins’
hitherto
happy home. [JB]
1.30 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: BABY KNOWS BEST
12-May-1951 ABC Sat
Stu decides to double for Joyce on a baby sitting job and ends up with a
black-eye. He
has to cope with an unpredictable baby and hassle with the uncooperative parents
who are
on the verge of a marital split. [JB]
1.31 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: WEIGHTY PROBLEM
19-May-1951 ABC Sat
An old school chum of Stu’s drops in for a weekend visit and in the line of his
profession
tries to sell some additional insurance to Stu by taunting him about his poor
physical
condition. Stu doesn’t want the insurance but starts training and unknowingly
outwits
his friend. [JB]
1.32 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER PICKS A QUEEN
26-May-1951 ABC Sat
Stu confuses peroxide for hair oil and becomes a blonde and Joyce confuses
herself with
a glamorous beauty queen and buys a too brief bathing suit. [JB]
1.33 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: GREAT DEBATE
02-Jun-1951 ABC Sat
Debate
Stu and the other men of the community protest against their wives’ activities
in clubs
that take up too much of their time. Stu runs an anonymous “irate husband”
letter in the
newspaper, which results in him trying to defend his position on the radio
against June. [JB]
1.34 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: BURGLAR ALARM
09-Jun-1951 ABC Sat
Stu rigs up an alarm system at home which backfires when the cat accidentally
sets it off.
After two false alarms, June disconnects it. [JB]
1.35 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: MANY HAPPY RETURNS
16-Jun-1951 ABC Sat
Many Happy Returns
June gets a temporary job at a florist in order to buy Stu a long coveted
shotgun for his
birthday. Her employer turns out to be a bookie and June finds herself in a jam.
[JB]
1.36 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THE PRESENT
23-Jun-1951 ABC Sat
June and Adele exchange birthday gifts. Neither likes the other’s gift and both
decide to
change them at the store. Meanwhile, Stu tries to build a greenhouse with the
help of
neighbor Harry. [JB]
1.37 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
30-Jun-1951 ABC Sat
It all started when Jackie ordered and aquarium, to be paid for COD. When father
points
out to his family the value of money and private enterprise, the family takes it
big. What
Stu doesn’t realize is the complicated mess Jackie can get into by selling
newspapers and
cookies to pay for her aquarium until the Internal Revenue Department catches up
with
her.
1.38 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: TV COMES TO THE ERWINS (aka "To Buy or Not to Buy
a TV")
07-Jul-1951 ABC Sat
Stu reluctantly agrees to buy a set for the family and insists on installing the
antenna
himself. Finally he succeeds in installing it, but not before almost fatal
result occurs.
1.39 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: SPRINGTIME FOR FATHER
14-Jul-1951 ABC Sat
Spring for Father
Stu and Harry decide to go on a camping trip in the North Woods after talking
about it for
years. They spend hundreds on a tent, guns and other equipment. June and Adele,
meanwhile, have their hearts set on a glamorous vacation to New York City.
1.40 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: DOCTOR'S EXAMINATION
21-Jul-1951 ABC Sat
When Stu becomes grumpy and out of sorts June sends him to the doctor for an
examination. Stu’s doctor gets his reports mixed-up, making the family think he
is dying. [JB]
1.41 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: BARBECUE
28-Jul-1951 ABC Sat
Barbecue
Joyce and Nancy’s parents interfere in order to help their daughters in their
feud over
Drexel. The Erwins give a barbecue in order to lure the boy to their house. [JB]
1.42 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: QUARANTINE
04-Aug-1951 ABC Sat
The Erwin household is in quarantine when Jackie comes down with the mumps.
Meanwhile, Stu is anxious for the school board to hire him a new full-time
assistant. [JB]
1.43 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: DEAR DORA
11-Aug-1951 ABC Sat
The Erwins find their vacation plans ruined when an old friend of June’s arrives
for a
visit. Since she is not married, Stu and June decide to find her a husband.
1.44 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: JUNE SERVES ON A JURY
18-Aug-1951 ABC Sat
June takes her civic responsibility seriously after she is called for jury duty
and Stu
becomes jealous of the defending attorney on a trial case. [JB]
1.45 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
25-Aug-1951 ABC Sat
Nothing But the Truth
Jackie follows Stu’s admonition too literally and ends up telling a deliberate
falsehood in
order to go to the movies. [JB]
1.46 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: ROUGHING IT
01-Sep-1951 ABC Sat
Stu and Fred decide to rough it on a camping trip, but are surprised when the
female
Erwins and Betty accidentally stumble on the outdoor camp. [JB]
1.47 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: CAFÉ SOCIETY
08-Sep-1951 ABC Sat
Joyce gets a dose of high living when her friend, a finishing school student,
returns to
town. Joyce is invited to go to Miss Frittingham’s finishing school, all
expenses paid, by
her friend’s father. [JB]
1.48 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: I SPY
15-Sep-1951 ABC Sat
Jackie makes up a secret code which leads the FBI to suspect the Erwins of
divulging
vital information. [JB]
1.49 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: TRACK MEET
22-Sep-1951 ABC Sat
Stu volunteers to coach the school track team when they are left without a
coach. [JB]
1.50 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THAT'S MY MOTHER
29-Sep-1951 ABC Sat
June becomes the victim of a phony publicity racket after she is chosen mother
of
the year by the Women’s Clubs of the community. [JB]
1.51 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
06-Oct-1951 ABC Sat
Using the name Charlie Campus, Stu writes a gossip column for the school
newspaper.
He makes up a story about Joyce’s best friend, Mary, meeting Joyce’s boyfriend,
Bill, at
an ice cream shop. Without bothering to ask Bill or Mary if this is true, Joyce
marches to
Mary’s house to tell her off and break up their friendship. News of this spreads
through
the campus and the community, causing a wave of resentment toward “Campus
Charlie.” [JB]
1.52 [--] The Stu Erwin Show: IT'S JUST MONEY
13-Oct-1951 ABC Sat
Jackie devises a peculiar system to pick the winning scores of football games
and the
family makes plans to spend the $10,000 Jackie is sure she’s won in a football
pool. [JB]
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
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ABC Fridays 8:30pm EST
26 New Episodes
2.01 [53] The Stu Erwin Show: HATE THE LOVE SEAT
19-Oct-1951 ABC Fri
Hate That Love Seat
A mistaken delivery upsets Stu, who thinks his wife is redecorating the house.
Stu sells
the newly delivered love seat unaware that it belongs to the neighbors. [JB]
2.02 [54] The Stu Erwin Show: THE BONUS
26-Oct-1951 ABC Fri
Stu gets rid of a gift he has received and then finds the givers will be
visiting him. [JB]
2.03 [55] The Stu Erwin Show: NICE LITTLE DOGGIE
02-Nov-1951 ABC Fri
In order to butter up Mr. Selkir, to get him to advocate building a new baseball
diamond
for the school, Stu agrees to care for his dog named “Mousie,” only to learn
Mousie is a
great dane. [JB]
2.04 [56] The Stu Erwin Show: FRENCH TEACHER
09-Nov-1951 ABC Fri
The women of the town are worried when their husbands show interest in the new
exchange teacher from France. [JB]
2.05 [57] The Stu Erwin Show: ERWIN FOR PRESIDENT
16-Nov-1951 ABC Fri
When Jackie runs for class president, Stu campaigns for a new basketball court
and
almost becomes president of the city council. Unfortunately, Stu’s boss is also
running
for the position. [JB]
2.06 [58] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER DOES HIS HOMEWORK
23-Nov-1951 ABC Fri
June goes on vacation and Stu finds that managing the household is harder than
his job. [JB]
2.07 [59] The Stu Erwin Show: IN THE PICKLE
30-Nov-1951 ABC Fri
In a Pickle
Stu and Harry find they have eaten their wives’ dill pickles which were to be
entered in a
pickle contest. [JB]
2.08 [60] The Stu Erwin Show: JACKIE KNOWS ALL
07-Dec-1951 ABC Fri
When Jackie invests in a mind-reading book, and fails to pick up anything except
vibrations from family and neighbors, she rigs up a hidden mike to tune into
various
private lives. Meanwhile, Mr. Parsons is trying to buy some land from Stu. A new
airport is to be built there and Stu hatches a plan to get top dollar for the
property.
James Dean is seen as a teenager. [JB]
2.09 [61] The Stu Erwin Show: THE BIG GAME
14-Dec-1951 ABC Fri
Big Game
Sure that his school will win the game, Stu flatfoots it about both campuses
trying to
maintain law and order. In spite of his efforts, Stu wakes up to find a large
statue from
the rival school has been hidden in his basement. [JB]
2.10 [62] The Stu Erwin Show: TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT
21-Dec-1951 ABC Fri
Stu’s family gets in a stew over his supposed loss of $5,000. Actually, Stu has
made
$5,000 but his family misapprehension of the facts leads to complications. The
girls have
a good cry and then set out to rebuild the family finances by taking jobs and
cutting down
on expenses all without tipping their hand to Stu. [JB]
2.11 [63] The Stu Erwin Show: EGG NOGGIN'
28-Dec-1951 ABC Fri
Egg Noggin'
Jackie is trying to feed a bird on the roof when she takes a tumble. Revived,
she displays
a weird ability to cite little known facts and predict the future. [JB]
2.12 [64] The Stu Erwin Show: STU HAS A BABY
04-Jan-1952 ABC Fri
Rumors fly that Stu is about to become a papa again when June and the girls go
shopping
for baby clothes. [JB]
2.13 [65] The Stu Erwin Show: JOYCE'S ROMANCE
11-Jan-1952 ABC Fri
Stu and June try to help Joyce by lessons from their own courtship days. Joyce
then uses
tricks from the past to achieve a rosy romantic future when she discovers her
boy friend
has many other girl friends. [JB]
2.14 [66] The Stu Erwin Show: BROWN EYES
18-Jan-1952 ABC Fri
A new cook and a new calf bring new noises to the Erwin household. Crooks, cops
and
Stu as a “calf-sitter.” [JB]
2.15 [67] The Stu Erwin Show: LOVE BUG
25-Jan-1952 ABC Fri
Young Jackie throws a mean left hook but it boomerangs when she has a siege of
puppy
love for her sparring partner. [JB]
2.16 [68] The Stu Erwin Show: THE BUSINESS
01-Feb-1952 ABC Fri
Dress Shop
Stu uses his bonus to buy a partnership in an insolvent dress shop. [JB]
2.17 [69] The Stu Erwin Show: PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT
08-Feb-1952 ABC Fri
Jackie engineers a phony engagement for her sister Joyce to bolster her
popularity. [JB]
2.18 [70] The Stu Erwin Show: JACKIE WRITES A BOOK
15-Feb-1952 ABC Fri
Stu expounds on freedom of the press. Then Jackie writes a book about her family
and
neighbors that puts Stu in a tough spot. [JB]
2.19 [71] The Stu Erwin Show: A VERY RAINY DAY
22-Feb-1952 ABC Fri
Very Rainy Day
Principal Erwin calls off school when rain floods the streets, but can’t resist
assigning
each student to write an essay, “How I Spent a Rainy Day.” A radio station
manager
offers a $100 prize for the best essay. An arrogant reporter for a local
newspaper poses
as a broke and starving stranger to see if Stu practices what he preaches about
letting a
stranger in out of the storm. Then a grocery store robber shows up. [JB]
2.20 [72] The Stu Erwin Show: QUIET PLACE aka "Quiet Please"
29-Feb-1952 ABC Fri
Stu, tired of household bedlam takes June to a hotel for a rest. Their vacation
turns into a
near disaster. [JB]
2.21 [73] The Stu Erwin Show: TROUBLE BELOW
07-Mar-1952 ABC Fri
The tax-assessor falls into the basement through a hole made by the termite man
and Stu
has difficulty getting rid of the irate man and the termites. [JB]
2.22 [74] The Stu Erwin Show: A PARTY COMES TO LIFE
14-Mar-1952 ABC Fri
Stu tries to help Joyce’s party with an old-fashioned taffy pull and assorted
parlor tricks,
but her new Harvard man isn’t impressed. [JB]
2.23 [75] The Stu Erwin Show: RUNAWAY
21-Mar1952 ABC Fri
It’s a black day for Jackie Erwin. She spills jam on her mother’s kitchen floor,
spills ink
on her sister’s homework and almost knocks her father down. The multiple
punishments
are too much for her so she packs her duds and runs away. [JB]
2.24 [76] The Stu Erwin Show: BOYS AREN'T EVERYTHING
28-Mar-1952 ABC Fri
Ten-year old Jackie, tomboy through and through, is trussed up in a ballet
costume and
via puppy love is made to act like a lady but it ends when an old schoolmate of
Stu’s
drops in to visit. [JB]
2.25 [77] The Stu Erwin Show: STU PAINTS THE ROOF
04-Apr-1952 ABC Fri
Jackie’s hair is painted green and the whole side of the house is ruined when a
spray gun
explodes along with Stu’s temper when he tries to save money and paint the roof.
[JB]
2.26 [78] The Stu Erwin Show: ON THE TRAIL
11-Apr-1952 ABC Fri
Stu and the family follow one another in circles trying to locate an elusive
character
named Lumpy. [JB]
REPEATS (April 18-October 10, 1952)
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
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ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
26 New Episodes
Repeats Every Third Week
3.01 [79] The Stu Erwin Show: JACKIE FINDS A CAUSE
17-Oct-1952 ABC Fri
Jackie draws up a petition protesting the retirement of a playground keeper, Mr.
Swenson, who has been forced into retirement by the City Council. [JB]
3.02 [80] The Stu Erwin Show: OBJECT LESSON
24-Oct-1952 ABC Fri
When Stu is unable to find an important report he brought home for careful
study, he
forthwith charges his family with pure carelessness and proceeds to confiscate
everything
from dolls to dress forms that he finds out of place in an all out effort to
teach them a
lesson. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 31-Oct-1952 Rerun
3.03 [81] The Stu Erwin Show: GOIN' STEADY
07-Nov-1952 ABC Fri
Stu decides that his teenage daughter Joyce is too young to be going steady, so
he takes
drastic action to keep her from going steady. [JB]
3.04 [82] The Stu Erwin Show: FUR COAT
14-Nov-1952 ABC Fri
An imitation mink coat, given to June for her birthday provides much merriment
for the
family. Stu is misled by Harry, the Erwin’s next door neighbor, into buying the
imitation
when Harry realizes he had been stuck with a lemon. All ends well, however, when
June
really does get a mink from the local department store. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 21-Nov-1952 Rerun
3.05 [83] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER TAKES A PET
28-Nov-1952 ABC Fri
Father's Pet
Pet lovers Jackie and Joyce are overjoyed with the community observe “adopt an
animal
day.” They try to talk Stu into getting them a pet and a normally quiet
household turns
into a merry menagerie. [JB]
3.06 [84] The Stu Erwin Show: THE GAME aka THE CONTEST
05-Dec-1952 ABC Fri
Competition between Stu and his neighbor reaches a new high when they enter the
angling contest in the local sportsmen’s shop. The stakes are a summer lawn
mowing,
plus six months of car washing. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 12-Dec-1952 Rerun
3.07 [85] The Stu Erwin Show: THE GOLDEN KEY
19-Dec-1952 ABC Fri
Joyce quits the school honor society club when a friend, Mary Helen, although
extremely
qualified is excluded from membership because of her modest background. The town
has
the idea that Stu will be selecting the students from this club to attend the
“I-Am-An-
American Day” celebration. Pressure is put on him. [JB]
3.08 [86] The Stu Erwin Show: STU'S JALOPY
26-Dec-1952 ABC Fri
Thinking June has purchased a car, Stu sells a man’s jalopy to the junkyard. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 02-Jan-1953 Rerun
3.09 [87] The Stu Erwin Show: THE BLOW UP aka THE BIG BLOW UP
09-Jan-1953 ABC Fri
Jackie’s explosive invention, an inflator gun (a tire inflator vulcanizer),
described
as “A Revolutionary Boom to Mankind,” disappears with a strange man. The Erwin’s
mistakenly think Jackie has been kidnapped. [JB]
3.10 [88] The Stu Erwin Show: LEAVE IT TO STU
16-Jan-1953 ABC Fri
The rising cost of eggs causes Stu to cut food costs, and in short order, he has
six hens
and a cow on his property. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 23-Jan-1953 Rerun
3.11 [89] The Stu Erwin Show: STU'S SECRET
30-Jan-1953 ABC Fri
Jackie and Joyce find one of Stu’s old love letters and assume he has a girl
friend. Later
they laugh and cry over Stu’s early love letters. [JB]
3.12 [90] The Stu Erwin Show: FAIR EXCHANGE
06-Feb-1953 ABC Fri
Without consulting each other, Stu and June both make out checks for the last
$50 in
their bank account and purchase unreturnable items. While June is buying Joyce a
new
formal for the prom, Stu buys a painting named “Catastrophe.” [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 13-Feb-1953 Rerun
3.13 [91] The Stu Erwin Show: STU SELLS THE HOUSE
20-Feb-1953 ABC Fri
Stu tries to persuade his family to move, but the female Erwins are against
selling the
house. [JB]
3.14 [92] The Stu Erwin Show: IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD FAMILY TREE
27-Feb-1953 ABC Fri
Family Tree
The town discovers that an ancestor of Stu’s was a soldier in the American
Revolution.
Stu admits to the whole town that his ancestor was a traitor and is rewarded for
his
honesty. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 06-Mar-1953 Rerun
3.15 [93] The Stu Erwin Show: ART APPRECIATION
13-Mar-1953 ABC Fri
Stu’s daughters Joyce and Jackie take up art at his suggestion. But he comes to
regret
having opened his big mouth. Jackie takes up sculpturing and makes a statue of
Babe
Ruth, but by mistake makes the Babe a right-handed batter. [RF] The Stu Erwin
Show:
3.16 [94] The Stu Erwin Show: OPERATION HAMSTER
20-Mar-1953 ABC Fri
Jackie orders a pair of hamsters via the mail, without consulting Stu and turns
the
household into a unique zoo. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 27-Mar-1953 Rerun
3.17 [95] The Stu Erwin Show: YOUTH, IT'S WONDERFUL
03-Apr-1953 ABC Fri
Youth is Wonderful
June feels she’s getting old, and goes to a beauty expert to become more
glamorous. Stu
and Harry take June and Adele to a carnival and dancing, wearing all four of
them out. [JB]
3.18 [96] The Stu Erwin Show: JACKIE'S NEWSPAPER
10-Apr-1953 ABC Fri
School Newspaper
Jackie starts a newspaper of town gossip which she overhears when her parents
are not
admitted into an exclusive country club. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 17-Apr-1953 Rerun
3.19 [97] The Stu Erwin Show: THE LANDLORD
24-Apr-1953 ABC Fri
Landlord
Stu puts his foot into it when he decides to sell a house for a friend. He
doesn’t realize
that he must evict a charming, impoverished widow and her two young sons. Stu
quails
before the task and not only loses his fat commission but gets stuck with a
year’s lease on
the home. [JB]
3.20 [98] The Stu Erwin Show: YVETTE
01-May-1953 ABC Fri
Stu goes out to buy June an anniversary present and becomes so enthralled with
an outfit
that he buys the mannequin and all. He wants to surprise June, so he tries
sneaking the
mannequin in to the house. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 08-May-1953 Rerun
3.21 [99] The Stu Erwin Show: NOTHING LIKE A FRIEND
15-May-1953 ABC Fri
After Stu writes a thesis on good neighbor policy with South America, Senor
Renaldo, an
ambassador of good will comes to town to visit. Stu invites the ambassador to
dinner the
night he has an argument with his neighbors. [JB]
3.22 [100] The Stu Erwin Show: FAREWELL TO HAMILTON HIGH
22-May-1953 ABC Fri
Stu is offered a job as principal in Chicago and although he declines the offer,
the rumor
spreads around town that he accepted so his neighbors plan a party for him. Then
Stu
can’t figure out how to tell the people that he really isn’t going away. [RF]
The Stu Erwin Show:
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 29-May-1953 Rerun
3.23 [101] The Stu Erwin Show: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
05-Jun-1953 ABC Fri
Stu is presented with a plan to finance the opening of a hotel that would have a
spring
running through the grounds, abundant with minerals. [JB]
3.24 [102] The Stu Erwin Show: THE DAY THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN
12-Jun-1953 ABC Fri
Jackie works to bring the circus to her crippled friend’s bedside. [JB]
[--] The Stu Erwin Show: 19-Jun-1953 Rerun
3.25 [103] The Stu Erwin Show: ALL FOR FATHER
26-Jun-1953 ABC Fri
Since it’s Stu’s birthday, Willie becomes his butler and Stu is given a TV set
that doesn’t
work. [JB]
3.26 [104] The Stu Erwin Show: THE THREE BUDGETEERS
03-Jul-1953 ABC Fri
Stu claims judicious buying can save them money in shopping for Joyce and
Jackie’s
back-to-school clothing. Stu goes $150 over the budget when he takes charge of
the
buying. [JB]
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
############## season 1953-54 ###############
##############################################
ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
REPEATS (July 10, 1953-October 13, 1954)
****** No NEW episodes aired in the 1953-54 season
*****
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
############## season 4 1954-55 ##############
################ (final season) ##############
ABC Wednesdays 8:30 pm EST
26 New Episodes
Merry Anders as Joyce Erwin/Clark, teenage daughter, now married (1954-1955)
Martin Milner as Jimmy Clark, Joyce's husband
4.01 [105] The Stu Erwin Show: JACKIE'S FIRST DATE
20-Oct-1954 ABC Wed
Stu imagines all sorts of dire situations when Jackie goes to the theater for
the first time.
Stu is mistaken for a “peeping Tom” when he looks for her at Moonlight Point. [JB]
4.02 [106] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER'S FINANCIER
27-Oct-1954 ABC Wed
Stu, irked by his daughter Jackie’s inability to balance her budget, insists
that she open
her own bank account. Jackie okays her father’s brainstorm but the bank may
never be
the same. [JB]
4.03 [107] The Stu Erwin Show: PUPPY LOVE
03-Nov-1954 ABC Wed
Stu has trouble with the head of the city maintenance department, Mr. Drummond.
The
incident becomes a family affair when Jackie announces that her “true love” is
Mr.
Drummond’s son Steve. [JB]
4.04 [108] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER'S BIG CHANCE
10-Nov-1954 ABC Wed
To benefit the family Stu accepts a position as headmaster at an elite prep
school but he
really prefers his low-salaried job at Hamilton High. [JB]
4.05 [109] The Stu Erwin Show: RIGHT ABOUT FACE
17-Nov-1954 ABC Wed
Stu tries to change all his habits when he hears that June thinks him stodgy. [JB]
4.06 [110] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER'S BOY
24-Nov-1954 ABC Wed
Jackie, Stu’s teenage daughter, is upset because she thinks her father wishes
she had been
a boy. She sets out to prove her all-round sports ability while on a fishing
trip with Stu
and an insufferable fisherman. [JB]
4.07 [111] The Stu Erwin Show: FLEETWING
01-Dec-1954 ABC Wed
Stu begins to worry about his eyesight when he sees hoofprints on the hall
carpet. When
he finds the horse itself lodged in the den, Stu begins to worry about more than
his eyes.
Unknown to Stu, Willie has hidden an old race horse house. [JB]
4.08 [112] The Stu Erwin Show: SOFT TOUCH
08-Dec-1954 ABC Wed
Wrongly believing his prospective son-in-law thinks he is a soft touch, Stu
prepares for
a weekend visit by making the Erwins appear to be Tobacco Road figures. [JB]
4.09 [113] The Stu Erwin Show: THE WEDDING BOUQUET
15-Dec-1954 ABC Wed
The Wedding
The wedding bouquet meant for Joyce but caught by Jackie, inspires confessions
of love
from both of the Erwin sisters. Jackie thinks that the high school coach has a
crush one,
but he is romancing the pretty algebra teacher. [JB]
4.10 [114] The Stu Erwin Show: LOHENGRIN BLUES
22-Dec-1954 ABC Wed
The Erwins get ready for Joyce’s wedding. Stu is upset because the mother of the
groom,
Mrs. Clark, has made an elaborate and costly affair of the simple home wedding
which
was planned for Joyce, and bankruptcy looms ahead for Stu. [JB]
4.11 [115] The Stu Erwin Show: THE HONEYMOONERS
29-Dec-1954 ABC Wed
June and Stu find that their plans for a second honeymoon conflict with their
daughter
and her bridegroom’s first one. They are inadvertently staying at the same
hotel. [JB]
4.12 [116] The Stu Erwin Show: UNINVITED GUEST
05-Jan-1955 ABC Wed
Jackie’s bee-raising project becomes involved with a cake auction when Stu’s
power
lawnmower goes berserk. [JB]
4.13 [117] The Stu Erwin Show: ONE OF THE BOYS
12-Jan-1955 ABC Wed
Much to Stu’s displeasure, Jackie wants to join the school basketball team when
it
appears she is the answer to Hamilton High’s basketball hopes. [JB]
4.14 [118] The Stu Erwin Show: DOWN ON THE FARM
19-Jan-1955 ABC Wed
The Erwins spend a night at a broken-down farmhouse to help son-in-law, Jimmy
Clark,
to get possession of a farm he has inherited. [JB]
4.15 [119] The Stu Erwin Show: FATHER BECOMES EFFICIENT
26-Jan-1955 ABC Wed
Influenced by the visit of an efficiency expert of Hamilton High, Stu tries to
enforce
some efficiency ideas in the Erwin kitchen. [JB]
4.16 [120] The Stu Erwin Show: INTERFERING IN-LAWS
02-Feb-1955 ABC Wed
Joyce and Jimmy are trapped between conflicting opinions from the in-laws as to
how
their new apartment should be decorated. [JB]
4.17 [121] The Stu Erwin Show: THE FIRST FIGHT
09-Feb-1955 ABC Wed
The Erwins try to act as mediators in an argument between their daughter Joyce
and her
new husband. [JB]
4.18 [122] The Stu Erwin Show: TWO CAR FAMILY
16-Feb-1955 ABC Wed
Stu is tricked into buying a second car for the family. [JB]
4.19 [123] The Stu Erwin Show: THE HELPING HEART
23-Feb-1955 ABC Wed
Stu learns from the mailman that his newly married daughter is swamped with
bills and
Stu sets out to find remedy. [JB]
4.20 [124] The Stu Erwin Show: THE FRENCH INFLUENCE
02-Mar-1955 ABC Wed
French Influence
June, unable to make a soufflé for Stu, calls on the help of a French singing
teacher.
When Stu hears about it, he suspects that June has fallen for the Frenchman. [JB]
4.21 [125] The Stu Erwin Show: WOMEN DRIVERS
09-Mar-1955 ABC Wed
Stu refuses to sign Jackie’s application for driving education class and when he
finally
relents, the class is filled up. Jackie then takes driving lessons from both
parents and tries
to answer that oft-debated question: who are better drivers, men or women? [JB]
4.22 [126] The Stu Erwin Show: A JOB FOR JIMMY
16-Mar-1955 ABC Wed
Stu poses an Antarctic wildlife authority in an effort to help his son-in-law. [JB]
4.23 [127] The Stu Erwin Show: SEPARATE VACATIONS
23-Mar-1955 ABC Wed
Stu and June try to spend a restful vacation away from friends and relatives, so
they say
they are going north but go south instead.
4.24 [128] The Stu Erwin Show: PECANS VS. PISTACHIO
30-Mar-1955 ABC Wed
A food contest at the fair sets off a feud between June and her neighbor, but a
last minute
entry cops the blue ribbon in the annual cake contest. [JB]
4.25 [129] The Stu Erwin Show: THE PEARL NECKLACE
06-Apr-1955 ABC Wed
Pearl Necklace
June and Mrs. Selkirk mistakenly open each other’s anniversary gift. Stu bought
June a
string of imitation pearls as a present, but tipped off by a neighbor, June
thinks they are
the real thing. [JB]
4.26 [130] The Stu Erwin Show: THE MATCHMAKERS (final episode)
13-Apr-1955 ABC Wed
Stu and June learn the folly of playing cupid when they promote a romantic match
between an old-maid cousin (Ellen Corby) and an obstinate old seafarer (Jimmy
Gleason). [JB]
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
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