This is the list of episodes from the television sitcom Car 54, Where Are You?.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (1961–62)
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| 1 | 1 | "Who's for Swordfish?" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | September 17, 1961 | |
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Officer Dennis O'Hara (Albert Henderson)'s brother-in-law has a cabin cruiser to go fishing with. Police officers Gunther Toody and Francis Muldoon prepare to go on a fishing trip on the cruiser. That is assuming they can get their off days rescheduled without chaos to do it and avoid writing tickets so they don't have to go to traffic court. They finally get everything straightened out and then Toody writes out a ticket. Now to get out of going to court, they have to do more rescheduling. On the day of the trip, Toody and Muldoon are waiting on the dock but the brother-in-law doesn't show up. It turns out that the guy they gave the ticket to was the brother-in-law and he is in court that day. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Something Nice for Sol" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | September 24, 1961 | |
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Toody drives the entire station crazy chairing the committee to get Sgt. Abrams a surprise 25 year present. Abrams' sore feet confine him to desk work, so he worries that it'll be 25 and out, if the brass find out. After much indecision, Toody and Muldoon decide to buy orthopedic shoes for Abrams. But they must first put him to sleep so Webster the Orthopedist (Gerald Hiken) can make a cast of his feet. Mildred Clinton appears as Sandra Abrams. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Home Sweet Sing Sing" | Nat Hiken | Marty Roth & Nat Hiken | October 1, 1961 | |
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Toody and Muldoon help out ex-convict Benny (Gene Baylos) who's homesick for prison. Gunther talks wife Lucille into letting Benny stay at their house for awhile. But his insistence on his prison routine surprises Toody and Lucille. Toody and Muldoon get Benny a job, but they keep a close eye on him. Benny goes to the police station and confesses to a robbery that he didn't commit because he wants to go back to prison. He finally steals the Captain's watch so he can go back. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Change Your Partner" | Nat Hiken | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | October 8, 1961 | |
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Toody and Muldoon's 9 years as partners stun Police Chief Bradley (Dan Frazer), who finds the average police car pair last only 16 months before screaming to be switched. If Bradley can discover their secret and replicate it, that'll save the blue brass many headaches. After Captain Block asks the two about their time together, they each begin to suspect that the other wants a transfer. The Captain straightens them out. But, now they start to find faults with each other. The Captain assigns each a new partner. When the other officers complain about being with Toody and Muldoon, the Captain has to find a way to get them back together. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "I Won't Go" | Nat Hiken | Gary Belkin & Nat Hiken | October 15, 1961 | |
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Mrs. Bronson (Molly Picon), a sweet old Jewish grandmother, refuses to move out of her condemned apartment. Toody and Muldoon come over to see her, but they can't seem to get through to her. Captain Block says he will be firm with her, but he gets nowhere. She finally tells Toody and Muldoon she won't leave until her dog Queenie comes home. They find the dog, but it actually belongs to someone else. As it turns out, these people also have a room to rent. Al Lewis appears as Al Spencer, a city employee in charge of evicting her. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Muldoon's Star" | Nat Hiken | Harold Flender & Nat Hiken | October 22, 1961 | |
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Toody and Muldoon are assigned to shield movie star Tessie the Torso from her fans. She just wants to go somewhere where people will just treat her as family. Toody convinces her to stay at Francis's mother's house. It turns out, Muldoon is a huge fan and has a crush on her. Hoping to not be recognized, Tessie changes her appearance slightly to go to a dance with Toody and Muldoon. But once there, she is disappointed that no one recognizes her. Francis convinces her that she is a big star and needs to go back to Hollywood. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Paint Job" | Nat Hiken | Marty Roth & Nat Hiken | October 29, 1961 | |
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A car thieving ring is using an auto body shop to paint stolen cars and resell them. The 53rd is down to only two patrol cars, so the boys are desperate to keep their beloved car 54. But their car gets damaged by a pulled-over driver. While Car 54 is in a garage for repairs, Toody and Muldoon hastily borrow a stranger's car and quickly repaint it to look like theirs, not knowing that the car they borrowed was actually stolen by the hit and run stolen car ring. After they discover that they are driving a stolen car, they return to the garage just in time to capture the crooks. Al Lewis appears as Al Spencer, auto paint & body man. Billy Sands appears as Lou, Al Spencer's partner. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Love Finds Muldoon" | Nat Hiken | Nat Hiken | November 5, 1961 | |
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Lucille takes another shot at matchmaking for the bachelor Muldoon. Lucille runs into an old school chum named Bonita Kalsheim (Alice Ghostley). Bonita tells Lucille she never married because of her obsession with actor Ramon Novarro. His intended match stalks Muldoon everywhere. She is driving Muldoon crazy and he wants nothing to do with her. But, when Bonita doesn't show up one night and plays hard to get, Muldoon starts to miss her. Bonita finally agrees to go out with Muldoon and he intends to tells her he would like her to be his girlfriend. But, when Muldoon confronts another man at the restaurant, Bonita says what he did now reminds her of Ramon Novarro and she can never see him again. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Gypsy Curse" | Nat Hiken | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | November 12, 1961 | |
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The boys are told to shut down Anna Lupesko (Maureen Stapleton), a gypsy ripoff artist. When they do, she puts a curse on Toody where his back will break out in hives and his wife will leave him. Back at the station, Toody is already checking his back every 10 minutes. He believes he's been cursed. Toody works himself up so much, he has a fight with Lucille and she does leave him to stay with her sister Rose Henderson (Martha Greenhouse). Toody and Muldoon track down Anna and tell her the curse came true. Anna says she have to go straight, because gypsies always tell lies and if it came true, she must not be a real gypsy. Maurice Brenner appears as one of Anna's victims. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Thirty Days Notice" | Nat Hiken | Ben Joelson, Art Baer & Nat Hiken | November 19, 1961 | |
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Gunther and Lucille Toody are fed up with their crumbling apartment. However, all they had to do to get an upgrade is pay 15 percent more, but cheap Toody won't do it. In a moment of anger, Toody tells Mr. Corfu the landlord (Henry Lascoe) off and gives his 30-day notice, much to Lucille's horror. Toody is having a really hard time finding another place. A crook named Al Cooper (Michael Vale) that Toddy knows is about to go back to jail. Toody asks Al if he could sublet Al's apartment. After Toody moves in, Al's wife comes returns and backs up his alibi, proving his innocence. The people that took Toody's apartment hate it. Gunther and Lucille move back. John Alexander appears as the Judge. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Catch Me on the Paar Show" | Nat Hiken | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | November 26, 1961 | |
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After a chance traffic stop, Toody and Muldoon encounter host Hugh Downs. Gunther tells Hugh he knows a fellow officer that he thinks is funny. Hugh reluctantly agrees to let Officer Fleisher tell jokes on The Jack Paar Show. Toody thinks he will be Fleisher's agent. On the show, Fleisher gets stage fright, so Toody helps him tell the jokes. Everyone tells Toody how funny he was, so he lets fame goes to his head. Hugh wants Toody back on the show. Afraid he doesn't have enough jokes, he goes around asking people for material. This time on the show, Toody freezes and Muldoon has to help him. Shelley Berman appears as Rabbi Eisenberg. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Taming of Lucille" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | December 3, 1961 | |
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Lucille tells Toody that he can't go bowling because her sister Rose (Martha Greenhouse) and her husband Al (Carl Ballantine) are coming over. Toody is feeling henpecked by Lucille, but musters the courage to become king of his castle after seeing a stirring performance of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Meanwhile, Lucille and Rose see a TV program where a domineering wife loses her husband. Lucille vows to be nicer to Toody. Toody thinks she's acting this way now because of his tougher stance. After a while, Toody starts to miss the nagging Lucille. Muldoon come up with a plan to make Lucille her old self. Martin E. Brooks appears as Petrucio. Jane White appears as the Shrew. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Put It in the Bank" | Al De Caprio | Will Glickman, Sid Zelinka & Nat Hiken | December 10, 1961 | |
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After getting some tips from friends, the 53rd Precinct's Brotherhood Club's newly elected treasurer Gunther Toody is determined to invest their hard-earned $800 in the stock market. This comes despite the protests of some of his fiscally conservative colleagues. Toody and Muldoon visit Stockbroker Clark (John C. Becher) to get some advice. When they visit the office of the company they invested in several times, onlookers fear they're coming to arrest its president C.F. Cartwright (John Alexander), which causes the company's value to plummet. In the end, Cartwright learns it was Toody's constant visits that sent the stock down. He tells Toody to put the money in the bank. Heywood Hale Broun appears as Mr. Wayne, Cartwright's assistant. Note: First appearance of Al Lewis as Officer Leo Schnauser. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Get Well, Officer Schnauser" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | December 17, 1961 | |
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While Schnauser is laid up in the hospital, Toody is tapped by FBI Agent Cunningham (Frank Marth) to go undercover to help them nab notorious bank robber "No Face". Dressed as a beatnik, Toody cases a bank. Muldoon comes in to get money for Schnauser from the Police Get Well Fund. Through a misunderstanding, a panicked bank teller (Charlotte Rae) thinks Muldoon is an armed robber and gives him a fortune. Muldoon stops by the hospital and gives Schnauser the bag with the money in it. When Schnauser comes back to the precinct to thank everyone for all the money, they realize what has happened. Billy Sands appears as a Thief. Dick O'Neill appears as the Bank Security Guard. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Christmas at the 53rd" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | December 24, 1961 | |
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It's the annual Christmas Party at the precinct, and the kids are running wild, grabbing fingerprint ink, stealing Santa's hair, etc. But then everyone settles down to watch a talent show. The show includes two Gilbert & Sullivan parodies featuring Capt. Block & Muldoon, a heart-tugging song from Toody, and other sketches. Bonita Kalsheim (Alice Ghostley) also performs. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Sacrifice" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | January 7, 1962 | |
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Muldoon may be the precinct's quickest recall of police regulations, but he's afraid of taking the sergeant's test. Toody believes Muldoon won't take the test because he thinks Muldoon doesn't want to leave him. Not wanting to hold Muldoon back, Toody starts fights with him and tells him he's afraid to take the test. Toody hopes that Muldoon will have the "I'll Show You" attitude and take the test. The plan backfires when Muldoon starts to believe Toody and loses his confidence. Muldoon speaks to Mr. Benedict (Phil Bruns), a psychology instructor, about whether he should quit the force. Benedict tells Muldoon he should be a bug exterminator. Captain Block and Toody build up Muldoon's confidence. John C. Becher appears as a Motorist. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Boom, Boom, Boom" | Al De Caprio | Sid Zelinka, Will Glickman & Nat Hiken | January 14, 1962 | |
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The boys are attempting to win the barbershop quartet competition for "the old man" Capt. Block. The rules require all 163 quartets to perform the same song, which drives Guest Celebrity Judge Jan Murray (playing himself) to insanity. The boys make it to the finals. Capt. Block tells Toody to make sure Muldoon takes care of his golden voice. Several weeks have gone by and Jan happens to hear the boys rehearsing in various places, but he can never catch the boys doing it. Jan finally goes to Dr. Strum (Leon Janney) about the singing he keeps hearing. The Butcher Bandit robs Katz the Butcher's (Gerald Hiken) store. Toody and Muldoon investigate and Muldoon gets locked in the ice box. They take Muldoon to the hospital and unbeknownst to them, Jan is in the next room. Capt. Block asks Muldoon to check his voice and when he starts singing, Jan starts screaming from the next room. The boys finally make it to the contest and wind up winning. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Toody & Muldoon Crack Down" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | January 21, 1962 | |
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Deputy Chief Inspector Corrigan drives through Toody & Muldoon's sector and he becomes so angered by the scores of violations he sees. He gives Capt. Block 24 hours to straighten out all the violations. Toody and Muldoon decide they have been too soft on their sector. At the first stop, Grocer Callucci and his wife are so nice, Muldoon can't give out a summons. This continues at each stop. Meanwhile, Corrigan is looking into the records of Toody and Muldoon and finds that there are no major crimes in the area the boys cover. Corrigan wants Toody and Muldoon to keep doing what they've been doing. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Toody's Paradise" | Al De Caprio | Will Glickman, Sid Zelinka & Nat Hiken | January 28, 1962 | |
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Toody goes on an undercover detail in Brooklyn with Officer O'Brian (Elisabeth Fraser) as his wife and a small boy (Paul O'Keefe) as his child. Lucille's friend Bertha sees Toody sitting with O'Brian and calls Lucille to tell her. Lucille just laughs it off. But, when Lucille and her sister Rose see him with his fictitious family, it leads Lucille to believe he has two families. Lucille leaves Toody a note saying she will find happiness with someone else. She then goes to talk to Capt. Block. When Toody sees the two of them together, he thinks Capt. Block is the other man. This leads to several other misunderstandings, but things get straightened out when Toody brings O'Brian around to explain things. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "How High Is Up?" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | February 4, 1962 | |
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Police Commissioner Harper (Sorrell Booke) starts a crackdown on police physical fitness. Muldoon discovers he's grown an inch to 6-foot-seven, putting him one inch over the police regulation. Muldoon does what he can to try to appear shorter, so he won't be fired. Capt. Block tells Muldoon that he's heard Commissioner Harper is coming to the Brotherhood Club dance that night to look over the men. Muldoon's mother wants him to take Melinda Walsh (Shari Lewis) to the dance. Muldoon meets Melinda's parents, who are as tall as he is, so he believes there won't be a problem. When he picks Melinda up and sees that she is quite short, Muldoon makes up an excuse for not going to the dance. Regretting what he did, Muldoon takes Melinda to the dance, even if it means he might lose his job. At the dance, Muldoon meets Commissioner Harper, who is very short, but has a very tall wife. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Toody and the Art World" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken | February 11, 1962 | |
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Toody is selling tickets for the 53rd Precinct's Brotherhood Club's raffle. Toody and Muldoon are to serve an eviction notice to artist Karpathia (Severn Darden). Toody is the only person who can apparently appreciate Karpathia's abstract masterpiece, "Lower Manhattan at Sunset (from the New Jersey Side)." Karpathia gives Toody the painting. Upon realizing he forgot to get a prize for the raffle, Toody suggests the painting. Schnauser, who claims he never wins anything, wins the raffle. While he doesn't like the painting, he keeps it anyway. Gordon Pennington (Shepperd Strudwick), the Director of an Abstract Art Museum, asks Lucille if he can borrow the painting for an exhibit. He tells her it's worth $25,000. When Schnauser asks his wife Sylvia (Charlotte Rae), who never throws anything away, where the painting is, she says she threw it away. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "What Happened to Thursday?" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | February 18, 1962 | |
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Every Thursday night, at 11 p.m. on the dot, Leo Schnauser and his wife Sylvia get into a loud argument. Toody and Muldoon have to come by and stop the shouting before the neighbors start calling the cops. Muldoon and Toody convince Leo, along with some of the other boys, that Thursday's actually Friday leading to the expected confusion. A happy Leo goes home and tells Sylvia that they made it through a Thursday without fighting. Thinking that Leo is trying to gaslight her, Sylvia starts an argument. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "How Smart Can You Get?" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Tony Webster & Nat Hiken Teleplay by : Tony Webster | February 25, 1962 | |
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Lt. Cushman (Nicholas Saunders) comes to the precinct with four rookies. The four rookies, who are from the top of the class, will get to learn while riding with four veteran cops. Toody and Muldoon are ordered to give Officer Reginald Corrigan, a genius rookie officer, an orientation that threatens to break up the Car 54 team. Toody looks forward to having someone else to talk to. But, Corrigan proves a genuinely stimulating conversationalist for Muldoon. Toody, feeling he can't compete, requests a new partner. He is then teamed up with Schnauser. But, Toody can't deal with Schnauser's constant talking and Muldoon's police work is suffering because of his conversations with Corrigan. The Car 54 team gets reunited. Note: In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #61 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[1] | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Today I Am a Man" | Al De Caprio | Nat Hiken & Terry Ryan | March 4, 1962 | |
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Tired of being stereotyped as a mama's boy, Muldoon feigns having a hot date at "the hottest club in the Bronx". His bluff is called by doubting coworkers, who show up at the club. Muldoon sits down at a table with Mr. and Mrs. Parker (Howard Freeman and Ruth White), two old prim-and-proper folks with their Amish-like daughter Priscilla. Muldoon pretends to be part of their group but they see his gun and holster and freak out. They think he's a gangster and the cops outside are ready to nab him. Knowing that his fellow officers are still watching him, Muldoon goes to the home of the Parkers with Priscilla. Muldoon decides to face the truth and go out and confess to the officers. Priscilla grabs Muldoon and says she wants to go with him. She won't let him go. The officers have to help him get out of the house and now believe he is quite the ladies man. Bob Hastings appears as Officer Sanders. Nicholas Colasanto appears as Marty. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "No More Pickpockets" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | March 11, 1962 | |
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Toody and Muldoon feel bad for never being cited for bravery. During the world's series, Toody and Muldoon go undercover to spot pickpockets at Yankee Stadium. There Toody encounters Benny (Wally Cox), a gifted thief who always wanted to be a cop. After stealing Toody's ID, Benny starts making arrests of his own, including Toody. Chief Collins from headquarters calls Capt. Block to tell him what a great job Toody is doing rounding up pickpockets. While viewing all the men Toody arrested, Capt. Block sees the real Toody in the group. Capt. Block and Toody have to explain to Collins about Benny. Muldoon comes to the station to help Toody. While there, one of the pickpockets takes his ID. A Hot Dog Man (Billy Sands) from the game sees Muldoon and thinks he's the guy that stole his money. Because Muldoon has no ID, he is taken into custody. Capt. Block gets the two released. Benny is brought in and he thanks the officers for letting him prove what a good cop he would have been. He then proceeds to steal Capt. Block's ID. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Beast Who Walked the Bronx" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan & Nat Hiken | March 18, 1962 | |
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Captain Burkholtz (Howard Freeman), relegated to the Lost & Found for 25 years due to his extreme laxity, is the only choice to sub for Capt. Block on his forced two week vacation. Burkholtz is just too nice and can't discipline anyone. Thanks to a particularly active rumor mill of fragmented information, the boys believe his absence from active duty is because he was too tough. They now fear the second coming of Hitler as their temporary commander. Capt. Block comes by the precinct to check on things and sees everyone cleaning and straightening things up, fearful of the wrath of Burkholtz. Burkholtz is assigned to another precinct and Capt. Block comes back. Everyone goes back to their former slacking off ways. Heywood Hale Broun appears as Burkholtz's assistant. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Courtship of Sylvia Schnauser" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster | March 25, 1962 | |
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After going to a beautiful wedding and catching the bouquet right afterward, Sylvia Schnauser gets it in her head that she wants the fancy marriage she never had. Sylvia had her wedding in city hall on her lunch hour and Leo was in the Army and sent overseas the next day. Until she gets her big wedding, Sylvia acts like the maid of the house and not a wife. Toody and Lucille try to talk Sylvia out of the wedding idea, but wind up agreeing to be Father of the bride and Matron of honor. When Leo still refuses to have the big wedding, Sylvia moves in with the Toodys. Leo finally caves in and agrees to the large wedding. Everyone is at the wedding hall when Toody gets a call from Leo. Leo and Sylvia are at city hall and got married there. Toody and Lucille get re-married at the wedding hall. Billie Allen appears as Mrs. Anderson. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "The Auction" | Al De Caprio | Story by : Sid Zelinka and Will Glickman Teleplay by : Sid Zelinka, Will Glickman & Nat Hiken | April 1, 1962 | |
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The boys of the 53rd Precinct pull together to buy Captain Block a gift for his 25th wedding anniversary. They decide to get him a silver cheese knife. When Toody and Muldoon come over to Capt. Block's house to pick up some files, the Captain shows them his antique collection. He says he would love to have a matching Aleutian Ceremonial Chair to complete his set. Toody sees the other Aleutian Ceremonial Chair at an auction house. Though it takes some doing, Toody wins the chair. The Captain tells the boys he sold all his antiques to the auction house, including the chair, to buy his wife a piano. When the boys bring the chair back to the auction house, they see another chair there. It turns out Mrs. Block was able to buy the other chair from its owner. But, when she found out her husband sold his, she brought that chair to the auction house. The Captain will now get his two chairs. Paul Lipson appears as Pete the Auctioneer. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Quiet! We're Thinking" | Al De Caprio | Terry Ryan | April 8, 1962 | |
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Toody and Muldoon volunteer to do detective work for the captain. Gunther and Lucille's 11-year-old nephew Marvin (Paul O'Keefe) is in New York for a Boy Scout event. Without Toody and Muldoon even realizing it, Marvin helps them crack two cases that have flummoxed New York's Finest. The boys are assigned a really tough case. Wanting quiet to be able to concentrate, Toody has Marvin sent to his aunt's house. When they can't come up with anything, Toody and Muldoon figure out it was Marvin who came up with the ideas. Marvin and some of his scout buddies solve the case. Frank Campanella appears as Lieutenant L. Kogan. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "I Love Lucille" | Al De Caprio | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | April 22, 1962 | |
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Everytime they go out to a party, Toody always dances with every other woman there and ignores Lucille. Lucille hopes a change in hair color gets Toody to pay her more attention, so she goes to Julius the Beautician (Phil Leeds). Julius is afraid of the outcome, as Lucille insisted on a bold change. Despite her outrageously blonde hair, Toody doesn't notice. It's not until he's out bowling later, that it hits Toody about Lucille's hair. Toody dreams that famous Hollywood producer J. J. Jones (Erik Rhodes) wants to make Lucille famous. When he wakes up, Toody is afraid he will lose Lucille because she is so beautiful. The boys think Toody is chasing after some other blonde woman and Toody thinks everyone is after his wife. Muldoon convinces Lucille to dye her hair back, while Toody thinks the two are running off together. After she changes her hair, things get back to normal. | ||||||
Season 2 (1962–63)
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| 31 | 1 | "Hail to the Chief" | Nat Hiken | Tony Webster | September 16, 1962 | |
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Because their partnership has lasted so long, the Secret Service choose Toody and Muldoon to drive President Kennedy to the U.N. As the President is Muldoon's hero, he is incapacitated every time he hears the President's name. Secret Service Agent Cordner (Simon Oakland) does a Ride-along with Toody and Muldoon to check them out. Muldoon gets carsick because Cordner constantly mentions the President. The boys consult a Doctor (Jeremiah Morris) on how to prevent car sickness and he recommends some tranquilizers. During the next ride-along with Cordner, Muldoon takes so many tranquilizers, he starts to fall asleep at the wheel. This time, the Doctor recommends anti-depressants. Now Muldoon laughs at everything. The Secret Service finds someone else to drive the President. Jay Jostyn appears as Secret Service Agent Hollander. Billy Sands appears as Quackenbush - the Man Who Thinks He Can Fly. | ||||||
| 32 | 2 | "One Sleepy People" | Nat Hiken | Terry Ryan | September 23, 1962 | |
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Muldoon's house is being painted, so he's spending a couple weeks at Toody's place. A steamy movie on TV misleads Muldoon and Lucille into thinking that each has a crush on the other. Lucille tells Sylvia Schnauser that Francis is in love with her. Muldoon tells Toody that Lucille is in love with him, but Toody falls asleep and doesn't hear him. Francis convinces Schnauser to let him stay at his house, not knowing that Sylvia has asked Lucille to stay there as well. Muldoon goes back to Toody's house and Lucille comes home later, also. After continually running into each other, things finally do get straightened out. Patricia Cutts appears as Pamela, an actress on TV. Marie Wallace appears as Officer Nicholson's date. Dick Powell appears as himself on a TV show. | ||||||
| 33 | 3 | "A Man Is Not an Ox" | Nat Hiken | Billy Friedberg & Nat Hiken | September 30, 1962 | |
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It seems that Toody and Muldoon are always sick at the same time. Dr. Meisner (Ned Wertimer) sees similarities between two oxen yoked together for 10 years that mimicked each others movements and Car 54's occupants. When the Doctor rides along with the two, they seem to do everything in sync. Meanwhile, the Doctor is around so much, Captain Block thinks he is being observed. Toody and Muldoon discover what Meisner thinks and decide they need to act out-of-sync. But, no matter how much they try to act differently, they keep doing similar things. Meisner tells Block that Toody and Muldoon have to split up. The Doctor believes the best way to do this is to get Muldoon married. But the girl that Muldoon is set up with looks exactly like Lucille. | ||||||
| 34 | 4 | "Schnauser's Last Ride" | Nat Hiken | Tony Webster | October 7, 1962 | |
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The boys recount what happened when Schnauser was taken off his mounted police route and had to retire his horse Sally. It was 10 years ago that Deputy Commissioner Connors (John C. Becher) disbanded the mounted police and brought Schnauser to the 53rd Precinct. Schnauser picks Muldoon to be his partner because he has Sally's eyes. The first day doesn't go well. Connors decides to team Schnauser up with someone less intelligent. Toody gets picked. After a couple days, Toody starts acting like a horse. A book-making crime wave hits Schnauser's old beat. With Sally's help, the crooks are captured. | ||||||
| 35 | 5 | "Toody & Muldoon Sing Along with Mitch" | Nat Hiken | Buddy Arnold & Ben Joelson | October 14, 1962 | |
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Mitch Miller holds auditions for municipal workers for his tv show. At the audition, Toody asks Mitch if he's ever heard of his famous family, the Singing Toodys. When the Whippoorwills audition for Mitch, it's clear which of the four is the problem, but who will tell Toody? The group find another officer to sing the bass part, but none of them have the heart to kick Toody out. Toody catches the others practicing and realizes it was him that caused the group to fail. Toody goes to his Uncle Igor Toody (George S. Irving) to ask him why he is the only Toody with a bad voice. Igor tells him all the Toodys had a bad voice until they had their tonsils out. Toody has the operation, but his voice is still bad. | ||||||
| 36 | 6 | "Occupancy, August 1st" | Nat Hiken | Gary Belkin | October 21, 1962 | |
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Mrs. Bronson causes trouble again by moving in to her promised apartment on the day it was promised to her. The problem is, the building is nowhere near finished. Once again she's adept at deflecting all opponents. No matter who they send, everyone winds up helping Mrs. Bronson stay. Mrs. Bronson says that if they finish her apartment, she will go on vacation and let them finish the building. Mr. Harlow (Charles Nelson Reilly), the architect, comes by to work on the apartment. But, Mrs. Bronson wants to be old fashioned, not the new modern unit it was going to be. Howard Freeman appears as Dr. Michaels. Heywood Hale Broun appears as Health Commissioner Herbert Willoughby. Michael Conrad appears as the Construction Foreman. Dana Elcar appears as Gunderson the Construction Boss. | ||||||
| 37 | 7 | "Remember St. Petersburg" | Nat Hiken | Tony Webster | October 28, 1962 | |
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Madame Sonya, part of a fortune-telling scam ring, mistakes Leo as Russian royalty. She calls Sylvia and tells her that Leo's first wife Celeste is trying to reach her from the beyond. Sylvia goes to see Madame Sonya and during a seance is told that Leo is a count and that she is a countess. Alvin Brooks (Maurice Brenner), a customer of Madame Sonya's, reports her to Capt. Block. Block wants Toody to go undercover and check out the fortune teller. Leo brings psychiatrist Dr. Mitchell (Don Keefer) over to observe Sylvia, but the doctor begins to think that Leo is crazy. Another mistake has the con artists convincing Toody that he's royalty, and Leo's his brother. Larry Storch appears as Pinky, part of the scam ring. Paul Lipson appears as the scam ring Leader. | ||||||
| 38 | 8 | "That's Show Business" | Nat Hiken | Gary Belkin | November 4, 1962 | |
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Muldoon's sister Peggy hopes to land a part in the Fenwick production of "Waiting for Wednesday". Toody and Muldoon go to her audition where there are many potential investors. Toody gets caught up in the excitement and pledges $2000. The next day Railroad President Van Wyck (House Jameson) offers Toody $6000 for his pledge, because he has invested in everyone of Fenwick's productions. When Capt. Block hears this, he wants the boys of the 53rd Precinct to invest in Toody's pledge. Later they learn that it's a gritty play about police brutality. The Commissioner tells Robin Stuart (David Hurst), the author of the play, that there is no police brutality anymore. When the author visits the 53rd, they are not at their best. Larry Storch appears as Charlie the Drunk. | ||||||
| 39 | 9 | "Toody Undercover" | Nat Hiken | Terry Ryan | November 11, 1962 | |
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There are some hoods from Kansas City in town that the cops would like to arrest, but they need an undercover guy. Toody just happens to talk to one of the hoods and he thinks Toody is one of them. Toody winds up undercover as part of the mob ring. His intimate knowledge of the area (bank layouts, burglar alarms & patrolmen habits) makes him a better crook than cop. Even the Boss, Biggy Bigelow (Bruce Gordon), thinks Toody is a genius. Because the hoods believe Toody is such a master mind, they even agree to turn themselves in as part of a plan to rob Fort Knox. George Mathews appears as Patsy Peru. Barnard Hughes appears as Inspector Henderson. Barney Martin appears as Fats Borderman. | ||||||
| 40 | 10 | "I Hate Captain Block" | Stanley Prager | Ben Joelson & Buddy Arnold | November 18, 1962 | |
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Tired of always taking the parrot with on vacation, Claire Block insists they leave the parrot behind. Toody takes care of Captain Block's parrot and he decides to teach it to talk. Toody tries everything, even buying a record that repeats phrases. The Toodys have Muldoon and Schnauser over to play bridge and everyone starts repeating the phrases from the record. Toody begins to regret taking the bird in and he says he hates Captain Block in front of the bird. Now the parrot begins repeating "I hate Capt. Block". Gunther tries everything he can to get the bird to stop. When Capt. Block picks up the bird, it starts repeating the phrases from the record. Envious that Toody got the bird to talk, the Capt. says he hates Gunther Toody. Guess what the bird starts saying now? Heywood Hale Broun appears as a Pet Store Customer. James Karen appears as a Bird Owner. | ||||||
| 41 | 11 | "A Star Is Born in the Bronx" | Stanley Prager | Terry Ryan | November 25, 1962 | |
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The 53rd precinct drama club is presenting a play by Muldoon. Lucille and Sylvia compete to be the leading lady in the play. Leo tells Sylvia she is too fat to play the part. Sylvia says she will go on a diet. While at the grocery store, Sylvia is filmed taste testing Dixie Dimple cookies. Colonel Culpepper (Kenny Delmar), the owner of Dixie Dimple, sees the film and wants to use Sylvia to plug his cookies. Sylvia lets stardom go to her head. Her first commercial, directed by Muldoon, is a disaster. Lu Leonard appears as a Shopper. David Doyle appears as Advertising Agency Executive Dutton. Bill Wendell appears as the Dixie Dimple Commercial Announcer. | ||||||
| 42 | 12 | "Pretzel Mary" | Nat Hiken | Story by : Art Baer Teleplay by : Gary Belkin & Art Baer | December 2, 1962 | |
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Toody and Muldoon crack down on Pretzel Mary, a nuisance peddler selling pretzels in the park without a license. When they see her deplorable living conditions they decide to replace her furniture. Unfortunately, they didn't realize she is actually an extremely wealthy woman who stored all her cash in the old furniture. Capt. Block assembles the men and tells them they must find the gang that stole Mary's million dollars. As they track down the furniture, Mary secretly follows them each step of the way. They find the furniture, but before they can move them, Mary takes the money out. She then puts the money in the new furniture at her house. The boys swap her old furniture for the new ones. Mary eventually gets her money back and goes back to selling pretzels. Larry Storch appears as Charlie. | ||||||
| 43 | 13 | "142 Tickets on the Aisle" | Stanley Prager | Tony Webster | December 9, 1962 | |
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The Brotherhood Club and their wives discuss where to spend their annual get-together. They decide to see a clean and uplifting Broadway show. They pick several shows but can't get into any of them as they are all sold out well in advance. The boys finally hear about "Little Miss Pioneer" having tickets available. It's a clean and uplifting Broadway Western that is bombing. But when word gets around that some policeman were checking out the play, rumors spread that it isn't so wholesome. Now everyone wants to see the show. Tickets are sold out way in advance and the Brotherhood Club can't get any. Matt Crowley appears as City Editor Donovan. Betty Garde appears as Clarissa Hawthorne, one of the play's cast. Joe Silver appears as a Newstand Customer. | ||||||
| 44 | 14 | "Stop Thief" | Stanley Prager | Tony Webster | December 16, 1962 | |
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After overhearing the Captain rehearsing part of a TV show with an actor in his office, Toody and Muldoon think he's a kleptomaniac. Block goes shopping for Christmas gifts for the men in the precinct. Toody and Muldoon see him coming back with the presents and think he stole them. While he's out of his office, they take the presents to return them. The Captain now believes one of his men is a thief. Block buys more presents and Toody and Muldoon take them as well. The boys overhear Block talking about furniture he is picking up for his wife. They come and take the furniture out of his house. When Toody and Muldoon see the TV show, they realize they made a mistake. Can they make things right by the end of Christmas Eve? Roger C. Carmel appears as Mr. Cochran, Director. Dan Frazer appears as Mr. Cochran's assistant. | ||||||
| 45 | 15 | "Je t'adore Muldoon" | Stanley Prager | Ben Joelson | December 30, 1962 | |
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Girl-shy Francis has been selected to take Betty Lou Creco (Katherine Helmond), the Captain's wife's niece, to the Brotherhood Club Mardi Gras Ball. He doesn't know about this yet and has already asked his mother to go. The boys of the 53rd conspire to boost his ego so he will ask Betty Lou. They may have over done it, because suddenly he's a Casanova asking every girl out and all the girls are crazy about him. Now the boys have to deflate his ego and bring him back to the old Muldoon. Betty Lou isn't even interested in him and Francis winds up taking his mother. Lainie Kazan appears as a girl at bar. Jean Stapleton appears as Mrs. Duggan. | ||||||
| 46 | 16 | "The White Elephant" | Stanley Prager | Terry Ryan | January 6, 1963 | |
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A gang of crooks rent the eatery next to the bank to drill through the common wall into the vault. Toody wants to help the new owners because the eatery can never make a go of it. Some of the boys of the 53rd stop by to see how they're doing and offer to help fix the place up. Before too long they have the luncheonette up and running. No matter what the potential thieves do to break into the vault, Toody and Muldoon mess it up without having a clue what is going on. The crooks decide they are better off running a legitimate business. Arlene Golonka appears as Laverne Montaine. Jake LaMotta appears as Duke Thornton. George Mathews appears as Pete. | ||||||
| 47 | 17 | "Benny the Bookie's Last Chance" | Stanley Prager | Art Baer & Gary Belkin | January 13, 1963 | |
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Benny the Bookie's (Gene Baylos) up for parole yet again. Toody and Muldoon are sure he's going straight this time. They set him up with a candy store. Benny is not even there a day when he runs afoul with local gangster Spencer Brown (B.S. Pully). Benny repeatedly tries to get himself arrested so he can go back to the safety of jail. But the boys manage to get him off each time. In one attempt to get arrested, Benny inadvertently saves Mr. Brown's family. Benny and Spencer become partners in the candy store. Margaret Hamilton appears as a woman Benny accosts in the park. | ||||||
| 48 | 18 | "The Presidential Itch" | Stanley Prager | Story by : Robert Van Scoyk Teleplay by : Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg and Robert Van Scoyk | January 20, 1963 | |
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Muldoon has always been the policeman's Brotherhood Club president and that's the way everyone likes it. Muldoon, however, says he isn't going to run next time unless there is competition. The boys don't want Muldoon to lose so they convince Gunther Toody to run. Who would be stupid enough to vote for Toody? Gunther gets a very aggressive campaign manager, Sgt. Jim McBride. Suddenly, the impossible looks like it could happen. Schnauser comes up with a plan to assure a Muldoon victory. Bernie West appears as Walter Gander, who gives a speech on cemetery plot plans. | ||||||
| 49 | 19 | "Toody & Muldoon Meet the Russians" | Stanley Prager | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | January 27, 1963 | |
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Russian Commissar Malonov (Jules Munshin) and General Raskolnikov (Mara Lynn) arrive in New York. Malonov wants Toody to show him some downtrodden capitalist workers. Muldoon is to take the General on a sightseeing tour of the town. Muldoon is surprised to find out the General is a woman. He takes her to a salon where she is transformed into a beautiful woman. Toody takes Malonov to his brother-in-law Julius' (Heywood Hale Broun) plumbing supply company. Before the day is over the boys have turned the Russians into American capitalists. Gerald Hiken appears as Domsky, Chief of Protocol. B.S. Pully appears as a Russian Spy. Greg Morris appears as a U.N. Delegate from Saudi Arabia. Sylvia Miles appears as a hair stylist. | ||||||
| 50 | 20 | "Here We Go Again" | Stanley Prager | Gary Belkin & Art Baer | February 3, 1963 | |
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Captain Block is upset because the 53rd never has any big cases to solve. Conrad Nagel, who recreates crime stories on TV, comes by. He believes he has one of the greatest pieces of police work ever and it came out of the 53rd. The case was handled by Patrick Muldoon, Francis' father. Muldoon finds his father's diary and discovers that, in solving that case, he wasn't a hero or a genius. It was just a simple mistake made by the crooks. Muldoon tracks down the leader of the old gang to ask them how they could make that simple mistake. The elderly gang now gets together to try and recreate the crime. Jake LaMotta appears as Muscles McGurk. Edward Atienza appears as Swifty Swandon. Judith Lowry appears as Trixie LaTouche as an Old Woman. | ||||||
| 51 | 21 | "The Star Boarder" | Stanley Prager | Terry Ryan | February 10, 1963 | |
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After Lucille goes on a spending spree, Gunther and her decide to make some extra money. They decide to rent a room, taking in Rev. Harold Peterson (Tom Bosley) as a paying boarder. The reverend is actually Archie The Artist, a counterfeiter. FBI Agent Potter (Dana Elcar) comes to the precinct because fake money has been showing up there. Without knowing it, the boys have been helping spread the money around. When Archie believes he's about to be caught, he jumps out of a window in Toody's home. He breaks his leg and is now stuck at the house. Not knowing that Potter and Capt. Block now have a picture of him, Archie agrees to help with Block's surprise birthday party. Block's present is capturing Archie. Paula Stewart appears as Rhoda Nelson. Brandon Maggart appears as Walter the Butcher. | ||||||
| 52 | 22 | "The Biggest Day of the Year" | Stanley Prager | Lou Solomon & Bob Howard | February 17, 1963 | |
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Gunther thinks it's his 10th anniversary of being Muldoon's partner (but, of course, it isn't). Toody casually mentions to Muldoon that today is a very important day, but won't say why. The usually sharp minded Muldoon is going nuts trying figure out what the special occasion might be. Muldoon asks someone, who asks someone, who asks someone else, all the way from patrolmen to clerks to the commissioner to the governor. In each case, the men are too prideful to admit they don't know what important day this is. They just go along with it in generalities and make last-minute preparations. John C. Becher appears as the Mayor. Herschel Bernardi appears as the Governor's Aide. Matt Crowley appears as the Police Commissioner. | ||||||
| 53 | 23 | "Here Comes Charlie" | Stanley Prager | Nat Hiken & Billy Friedberg | February 24, 1963 | |
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The boys of the 53rd Precinct are tired of trying to rehabilitate chronically drunk Charlie (Larry Storch). But they give him one more chance by finding him a job where he won't be tempted to drink. First they get him a job at Tannenbaum's (Henry Lascoe) bakery, but the rum cake does him in. Several other job attempts also fail. They finally get Charlie a job at a diamond cutting business. But the officers' regular visits to check up on Charlie have an unnerving effect on his teetotaling coworkers. Margaret Hamilton appears as Miss Powntleroy. | ||||||
| 54 | 24 | "See You at the Bar Mitzvah" | Stanley Prager | Max Wilk | March 3, 1963 | |
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Toody and Muldoon find out that Joel Pokrass (Claude Gersene), one of the boys on their PAL basketball team, isn't playing well because he's worried about his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. It turns out that the boy's father, Samuel Pokrass (B.S. Pully), is a notorious slumlord. Although everyone likes Joel, not one person who lives in the 53rd Precinct will come to his Bar Mitzvah because most of them have lived, at one time or another, in one of Pokrass' crumbling slum buildings and hates him. With the help of some prisoners that are supposed to be going to night court and some other people that have a change of heart, Toody and Muldoon make sure Joel has a great showing at his Bar Mitzvah. When Samuel sees how happy this made Joel, he decides to change his ways. Joe Downing appears as a Prisoner. Joey Faye appears as a Prisoner. Barney Martin appears as Father Charlie Donovan. Paul O'Keefe appears as Joel's friend. Shelley Berman appears as Rabbi Solomon. Gerald Hiken appears as Katz the butcher. | ||||||
| 55 | 25 | "I've Been Here Before" | Stanley Prager | Terry Ryan | March 10, 1963 | |
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A criminal gang bases its heists on the plots of the television program "Crimebusters'. The program is also one of Officer Toody's favorite shows. When the gang pull their first heist, Toody explains how it was done to the Inspector (Lawrence Fletcher). The Inspector asks for Toody's help when a bank is robbed next. The gang then rob a museum, but because Toddy didn't watch the last "Crimebusters", he can't help this time. Meanwhile, TV Executive Holland (David Doyle) accuses his "Crimebusters" writer (Phil Leeds) of stealing plots from the newspaper. The writer realizes that the crimes were all done the day after the show. Even though the TV station runs a different show that night, Toody is able to help the Inspector catch the crooks. Arlene Golonka appears as Edie the Gun Moll. Jake LaMotta appears as Bugsy. John McGovern as the Police Commissioner | ||||||
| 56 | 26 | "Joan Crawford Didn't Say No" | Stanley Prager | Story by : Nak Hiken Teleplay by : Gary Belkin | March 17, 1963 | |
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Meyer Eisenberg (Jacob Kalish, real life husband of Molly Picon), an old delicatessen owner, reports he will be marrying Joan Crawford. His daughter Thelma (Rae Allen) complains to Capt. Block about the phony matrimonial service her father went to. Toody and Muldoon are sent out to bust the "Wedding Bells Matrimonial Agency" that promises to pair its clients with Hollywood movie stars. When they get there, the boys find out old friend Mrs. Rachel Bronson (Molly Picon) is running the business. As they try to get her to stop the matchmaking, Mrs. Bronson is trying to set up Muldoon with Anita Ekberg. Everyone that tries to shut her down, starts to believe they can be set up with a star. Charges are eventually dropped against Mrs. Bronson when it is learned that all her clients wind up marrying one of the other clients. Matt Crowley appears as Chief Inspector Brown. Ruth Kobart appears as Callahan. Hal Linden appears as Assistant DA Clark. Judith Lowry appears as Mrs. Harrigan the Cleaning Woman. Joseph Sweeney appears as The Judge. Patricia Bright as Mrs. Block. | ||||||
| 57 | 27 | "Lucille Is 40" | Stanley Prager | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | March 24, 1963 | |
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Lucille is upset over turning 40, so Gunther decides to surprise her by buying her a wig for a birthday gift. Sylvia Schnauser wants to get out of the house. She suggests visiting Toody because Lucille is away for the day. Muldoon is at Toodys house modeling wigs so Toody can decide which one he will give to Lucille. Sylvia and Leo see Muldoon from behind and believe Toody is with another woman. The next day, Sylvia sees Toody at a diner with the wig saleswoman. She misunderstands their conversation and believes Toody is going to kill Lucille. Sylvia tells Lucille and the misunderstandings continue until Toody finally gives his wife the wig. Sandu Scott appears as Miss Allison. | ||||||
| 58 | 28 | "The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser" | Stanley Prager | Tony Webster & Nat Hiken | March 31, 1963 | |
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Inspector Crown (Matt Crowley) informs Capt. Block that a group of con-artists who are posing as book publishers have moved into his precinct. The crooks bilk people out of their life savings, promising them they will publish their books. Sylvia Schnauser is chosen by the police department to help set a clever trap for the con-artists. But, Daniels (David Doyle) and Billson (Joe De Santis) of the publishing office actually get Sylvia to believe that she can write. Leo thinks Sylvia is writing about of her many loves, but she is really writing about her many loves of food. Rumors spread in the police station and everyone thinks they could be included in the book. Toody and Muldoon go to every publisher they can and tell them not to publish Sylvia's book. Now everyone wants the rights to her book. In the end, the crooks are made to leave town and give the stolen money back and Sylvia decides to write a book about all the rumors in the police station. Charles Nelson Reilly appears as Abernathy. Ruth Kobart appears as Mrs. Abernathy. Joseph Sweeney appears as A. E. Van Cleve. Kenneth Mars appears as a Book Publisher. | ||||||
| 59 | 29 | "Puncher & Judy" | Stanley Prager | Nat Hiken | April 7, 1963 | |
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Judy (Shari Lewis) from the local beauty parlor needs Toody and Muldoon's help. She would like them to discourage Antoinne (Rocky Graziano), the male hair dresser at the same parlor, from continuing his amateur boxing career. They talk Waxey (Paul Lipson), owner of the local gym, into setting up a fight with Antoinne and a real fighter. But Antoinne wins. The boys then get Sugar Ray Robinson to dress up like a 70 year old man and fight Antoinne. They hope that if Antoinne loses to an old man, he will give up fighting. Sugar Ray knocks him out and Antoinne decides to quit fighting. But now Antoinne takes his aggression out on his customers. The boys have to talk Antoinne into resuming his amateur boxing. Lu Leonard appears as Mrs. Dobernack. Bruce Kirby appears as Roy Kissel. Paul Lipson appears as Waxy Kilroy. Humphrey Davis appears as the Attorney. Frank Gioseffi appears as Spider McGovern. | ||||||
| 60 | 30 | "The Curse of the Snitkins" | Stanley Prager & Nat Hiken | Story by : Nat Hiken, Art Baer & Ben Joelson Teleplay by : Art Baer & Ben Joelson | April 14, 1963 | |
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Officer Snitkin (Jack Gilford) is a guy who brings nothing but bad luck wherever he goes. He's been assigned to numerous precincts and each one has suffered a ton of injuries to their officers. Not knowing this, Toody and Muldoon convince him to transfer to the 53rd, which is desperate for men. Word gets out who the new guy is, however, and that's not good. One disaster follows another and Toody and Muldoon have to figure a way to get the "jinx" off this guy. Godfrey Cambridge appears as Officer Webster. Jack Dodson appears as a Workman. | ||||||