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My Mother the Car : Season 1
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Air date: 14 Sep '65 - 30 episodesThe story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
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List of Episodes (30)
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My Mother the Car (1965)
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1. Come Honk Your Horn
14 Sep '65Lawyer Dave Crabtree's troubles begin with the purchase of a decrepit 1928 Porter that claims through the radio to be his mother. Wife, Barbara doesn't want the old wreck but it has an overwhelming appeal for Captain Manzini, a very persistent antique car collector.
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2. The De-Fenders
21 Sep '65Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
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3. What Makes Auntie Freeze
28 Sep '65As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
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4. Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
05 Oct '65When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
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5. Burned at the Steak
12 Oct '65Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
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6. I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
19 Oct '65In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
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7. Lights, Camera, Mother
26 Oct '65Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.
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8. The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
02 Nov '65Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
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9. TV or Not TV
09 Nov '65Dave's mother is tired of spending night after night in a dark garage so she tries to get Dave to by her a TV set.
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10. My Son, the Ventriloquist
16 Nov '65Dave's mother and the rest of his family all want air conditioners. So to handle the expense, Dave must land the account of high living Franklyn Hotchkiss.
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11. My Son, the Judge
23 Nov '65Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
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12. And Leave the Drive-In to Us
30 Nov '65Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
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13. For Whom the Horn Honks
07 Dec '65Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
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14. Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
14 Dec '65Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
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15. Many Happy No-Returns
21 Dec '65Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
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16. Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
28 Dec '65After being married for 8 years, Barbara and Dave decide to go on a honeymoon. However, Barbara's mother, an astrology nut, warns them of impending danger.
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17. I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
04 Jan '66A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
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18. Goldporter
11 Jan '66Captain Manzini's uncle Louie, the head of a secret organization called DURC, says his hypnotic drug will make Dave agreeable to any request such as selling Mother.
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19. The Incredible Shrinking Car
18 Jan '66Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to the size of a small toy.
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20. I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
25 Jan '66When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
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21. You Can't Get There From Here
01 Feb '66While driving the kids to camp, Dave is stopped by a sheriff who asks him for his driver's license and discovers that it has expired.
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22. A Riddler on the Roof
08 Feb '66How can a car prevent a murder? That's what Mother has to figure out after she overhears three thugs plot the assassination of a visiting dignitary.
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23. My Son, the Criminal
15 Feb '66Mr. Kroot, the postman, know two thing about Dave. He saw Dave cementing the garage floor and also heard him say something about his mother not complaining anymore. So Kroot concludes that Dave has done his old lady in.
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24. An Unreasonable Facsimile
22 Feb '66Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
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25. Over the Hill to the Junkyard
01 Mar '66The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
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