My Mother the Car

1965
My Mother the Car

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EP1 Come Honk Your Horn Sep 14, 1965

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 has an overwhelming appeal for Captain Manzini, a very persistent antique car collector.

EP2 The De-Fenders Sep 21, 1965

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

EP3 What Makes Auntie Freeze Sep 28, 1965

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

EP4 Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home Oct 05, 1965

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

EP5 Burned at the Steak Oct 12, 1965

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

EP6 I'm Through Being a Nice Guy Oct 19, 1965

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

EP7 Lights, Camera, Mother Oct 26, 1965

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.

EP8 The Captain Manzini Grand Prix Nov 02, 1965

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

EP9 TV or Not TV Nov 09, 1965

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.

EP10 My Son, the Ventriloquist Nov 16, 1965

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.

EP11 My Son, the Judge Nov 23, 1965

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

EP12 And Leave the Drive-In to Us Nov 30, 1965

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

EP13 For Whom the Horn Honks Dec 07, 1965

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

EP14 Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing Dec 14, 1965

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

EP15 Many Happy No-Returns Dec 21, 1965

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

EP16 Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon Dec 28, 1965

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.

EP17 I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me? Jan 04, 1966

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

EP18 Goldporter Jan 11, 1966

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.

EP19 The Incredible Shrinking Car Jan 18, 1966

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.

EP20 I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother Jan 25, 1966

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

EP21 You Can't Get There From Here Feb 01, 1966

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.

EP22 A Riddler on the Roof Feb 08, 1966

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.

EP23 My Son, the Criminal Feb 15, 1966

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 concludes that Dave has done his old lady in.

EP24 An Unreasonable Facsimile Feb 22, 1966

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

EP25 Over the Hill to the Junkyard Mar 01, 1966

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

EP26 It Might as Well Be Spring as Not Mar 08, 1966

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.

EP27 Absorba the Greek Mar 15, 1966

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.

EP28 The Blabbermouth Mar 22, 1966

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

EP29 When You Wish Upon a Car Mar 29, 1966

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

EP30 Desperate Minutes Apr 05, 1966

A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.
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Released: 14 September 1965 Ended
Producted By: United Artists Television
Country: United States of America
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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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tighelander I think that this show might be the first show that I noticed was gone. I saw the show when I was 3-4 years old; I doubt it was ever reran back then. I remember liking it, and wondering what happened when it wasn't on anymore. I must have really liked it to have noticed it wasn't there anymore. I haven't thought about this since then, so it blows my mind, and makes me wonder if the memories are real or imagined. My memory of the car was that it was a newer model, not an antique, so who knows if the rest of my memory is real. Since it says that it was popular with kids (according to who?) too bad it wasn't moved to Saturday mornings. It would have been ahead of later live action fantasies like "HR Puffenstuff".
jenni-norville I have always remembered the song words appearing under the picture on the TV in white and a small white ball bouncing across the words in time to the music so that you could sing along. As my mother was born in 1928 she used to say 'that's me' so I can always remember her age as I thought she meant she was a 1928 porter. I don't remember the program title at all or the fact that the car was really meant to be a mother, just that as a kid I liked the show but couldn't often watch it all for some reason, maybe a paper round or something. I must have been 12 then though I thought I was younger, oh well. I remember Mr.Ed and shows like that being on around then. Of course the car looked black to me as our 'telly' was black and white, no colour. If anyone has a copy of a show I would love to watch just one for old times sake!
karenth I remember this show, and I loved it. I thought it was funny. I have always liked Jerry Van Dyke and Dick Van Dyke. I can't believe they haven't shown it in reruns. I would like to see it in reruns. If not, where can I find the VCR tapes of it?
jim riecken (youroldpaljim) I have not seen this show since it was first aired on T.V. back in the mid sixties. I was around seven years old at the time and I don't recall it being all that bad. Then again I was only seven, but most people I have spoken to who remember it and who are older than me don't recall it being that bad either. I can still can hum the shows theme song and I remember vividly Jerry Van Dyke talking to the car and his "mother" talking back through the radio. I remember the show didn't last long and afterwards hearing all kinds of bad things about. The shows name became a buzz word for bad T.V. Jokes about this show sometimes popped up in some sixties sitcoms including "The Munsters".I think it would be interesting to see this show again after all these years. Perhaps seen through todays eyes it might not look as bad as it did to critics back in the sixties. While I don't think it would turn out to an unsung TV classic, perhaps todays viewers might find things to like about this TV show that viewers and critics back in the sixties did not appreciate. However, its unlikely this show will ever turn up on T.V. again, if only because there were not enough episodes shot to make it worthwhile for syndication. As far as I know, it is not available on video, legally or illegally. Maybe this show is not as bad as it looked to people when it was first on. On the other hand maybe "My Mother The Car" is as bad as critics said it was. Until this show turns up again somewhere, only then can an objective reevaluation be made.