

My Mother the Car
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

1.Come Honk Your Horn
14-09-196530mLawyer 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...

2.The De-Fenders
21-09-196530mDave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.

3.What Makes Auntie Freeze
28-09-196530mAs Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.

4.Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
05-10-196530mWhen Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.

5.Burned at the Steak
12-10-196530mDave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.

6.I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
19-10-196530mIn a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.

7.Lights, Camera, Mother
26-10-196530mDave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.

8.The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
02-11-196530mCaptain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.

9.TV or Not TV
09-11-196530mDave'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.

10.My Son, the Ventriloquist
16-11-196530mDave'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.

11.My Son, the Judge
23-11-196530mMother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.

12.And Leave the Drive-In to Us
30-11-196530mDave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.

13.For Whom the Horn Honks
07-12-196530mDave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.

14.Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
14-12-196530mDave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.

15.Many Happy No-Returns
21-12-196530mMother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.

16.Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
28-12-196530mAfter 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.

17.I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
04-01-196630mA collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.

18.Goldporter
11-01-196630mCaptain 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.

19.The Incredible Shrinking Car
18-01-196630mCaptain 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.

20.I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
25-01-196630mWhen the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.

21.You Can't Get There From Here
01-02-196630mWhile 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.

22.A Riddler on the Roof
08-02-196630mHow 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.

23.My Son, the Criminal
15-02-196630mMr. 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...

24.An Unreasonable Facsimile
22-02-196630mCaptain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.

25.Over the Hill to the Junkyard
01-03-196630mThe future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.

26.It Might as Well Be Spring as Not
08-03-196630mIt's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for Dave's car.

27.Absorba the Greek
15-03-196630mPrudish 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.

28.The Blabbermouth
22-03-196630mDave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.

29.When You Wish Upon a Car
29-03-196630mDave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.

30.Desperate Minutes
05-04-196630mA gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.
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