My Mother the Car
My Mother the Car
TV ShowEnded

My Mother the Car

4.3 / 10
1965
1 season
30 episodes
ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.

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Seasons

  • Come Honk Your Horn

    1.Come Honk Your Horn

    14-09-196530m

    Lawyer 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 h...

  • The De-Fenders

    2.The De-Fenders

    21-09-196530m

    Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.

  • What Makes Auntie Freeze

    3.What Makes Auntie Freeze

    28-09-196530m

    As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.

  • Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home

    4.Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home

    05-10-196530m

    When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.

  • Burned at the Steak

    5.Burned at the Steak

    12-10-196530m

    Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.

  • I'm Through Being a Nice Guy

    6.I'm Through Being a Nice Guy

    19-10-196530m

    In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.

  • Lights, Camera, Mother

    7.Lights, Camera, Mother

    26-10-196530m

    Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.

  • The Captain Manzini Grand Prix

    8.The Captain Manzini Grand Prix

    02-11-196530m

    Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.

  • TV or Not TV

    9.TV or Not TV

    09-11-196530m

    Dave'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.

  • My Son, the Ventriloquist

    10.My Son, the Ventriloquist

    16-11-196530m

    Dave'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.

  • My Son, the Judge

    11.My Son, the Judge

    23-11-196530m

    Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.

  • And Leave the Drive-In to Us

    12.And Leave the Drive-In to Us

    30-11-196530m

    Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.

  • For Whom the Horn Honks

    13.For Whom the Horn Honks

    07-12-196530m

    Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.

  • Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing

    14.Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing

    14-12-196530m

    Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.

  • Many Happy No-Returns

    15.Many Happy No-Returns

    21-12-196530m

    Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.

  • Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon

    16.Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon

    28-12-196530m

    After 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.

  • I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?

    17.I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?

    04-01-196630m

    A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.

  • Goldporter

    18.Goldporter

    11-01-196630m

    Captain 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.

  • The Incredible Shrinking Car

    19.The Incredible Shrinking Car

    18-01-196630m

    Captain 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.

  • I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother

    20.I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother

    25-01-196630m

    When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.

  • You Can't Get There From Here

    21.You Can't Get There From Here

    01-02-196630m

    While 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.

  • A Riddler on the Roof

    22.A Riddler on the Roof

    08-02-196630m

    How 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.

  • My Son, the Criminal

    23.My Son, the Criminal

    15-02-196630m

    Mr. 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 conc...

  • An Unreasonable Facsimile

    24.An Unreasonable Facsimile

    22-02-196630m

    Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.

  • Over the Hill to the Junkyard

    25.Over the Hill to the Junkyard

    01-03-196630m

    The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.

  • It Might as Well Be Spring as Not

    26.It Might as Well Be Spring as Not

    08-03-196630m

    It's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for Dave's car.

  • Absorba the Greek

    27.Absorba the Greek

    15-03-196630m

    Prudish building owner, Henry Heckendorn asks Dave to help him try to close the Greek Grotto, a notorious night club but Dave's mother suspects Heckendorn's motives.

  • The Blabbermouth

    28.The Blabbermouth

    22-03-196630m

    Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.

  • When You Wish Upon a Car

    29.When You Wish Upon a Car

    29-03-196630m

    Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.

  • Desperate Minutes

    30.Desperate Minutes

    05-04-196630m

    A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.

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