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Starring
Stu Erwin
&
June Collyer
Season 3 (ABC) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, George Orphanidys, Robert B. Huggins,
Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
############## season 3 1952-53 ##############
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ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
26 New Episodes
Reruns 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
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
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
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
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
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: 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 ###
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## The Stu Erwin Show: Trouble With Father ###
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ABC Fridays 7:30pm EST
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