I Married Joan

Oct 15, 1952

A young couple's quarrel over a fur coat ends up in Brad's court and brings back memories of another fur coat that caused a crisis in the Stevens marriage. Joan remembers when she was an airline hostess and buys a fur coat.

Oct 22, 1952

Judge Stevens invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner, only to find that his wife, trying to be helpful, has invited another sponsor.

Oct 29, 1952

The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.

Nov 5, 1952

Joan finds an ingenious way to retaliate after Brad fines her for speeding, she takes up jitterbugging after trying babysitting and selling "all you can eat" to phone men.

Nov 12, 1952

Joan is scheduled to appear on a crime prevention forum. To prepare herself she spends the day visiting poolrooms.

Nov 19, 1952

Joan struggles to change herself into "The Perfect Woman" to fit a description written by her husband.

Nov 26, 1952

Joan insists that she is an experienced camper. Unconvinced, Brad decides to test her aptitude for the great outdoors.

Dec 3, 1952

Joan is in for a surprise when she opens an interesting-looking package that arrived for Brad.

Dec 10, 1952

Joan buys some dresses, puts them on her charge account, then sells them to friends for cash. The reason is she needs money to buy Brad a birthday present.

Dec 17, 1952

Joan wants to arrange a romance, by introducing her new neighbor, a handsome Latin, to her visiting aunt.

Dec 31, 1952

When Brad announces that he is bringing home important guests for dinner, Joan feels it necessary to buy a new wardrobe for the occasion. While shopping for a hat she winds up in a fight with a woman who turns out to be one of Brad's dinner guests. At dinner Joan tries to disguise herself by joining the nightclub's entertainers, acrobats.

Dec 24, 1952

After meeting three former schoolmates who are now successful career woman, Joan decides that she is happier just being a housewife

Jan 7, 1953

Joan tries to reform a juvenile delinquent and nearly winds up in jail herself.

Jan 14, 1953

Joan takes an interest in her husband's work and tries to prove that a man he is about to sentence was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

Jan 21, 1953

Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.

Jan 28, 1953

Joan tries to kill two problems with the same fifty-dollar bill and winds up deeply wounded by a dead moose at an auction.

Feb 4, 1953

Joan tries to patch up the quarrels of her newlywed-neighbors and succeeds in creating some for herself at the firehouse.

Feb 11, 1953

Joan's faulty memory wreaks gastric disaster when she forgets a dinner invitation, resulting in not one, not two, but three spaghetti dinners in the same evening.

Feb 18, 1953

Brad receives a letter from his local draft board. Joan assumes he's being called to armed service and panics.

Feb 25, 1953

In order to save her club's benefit show, Joan takes a whirl at the opera. Bing Crosby helps out.

Mar 4, 1953

Joan needs newly out-fitted for a fancy party. So does husband Brad, but both have second thoughts about Joan's shopping trip.

Mar 11, 1953

Joan mails a letter using a Mozambique stamp that Brad just purchased for $350. Her husband blows his top, but why is Joan now on trial?

Mar 18, 1953

Joan tries to spark a romance between a guest and a neighbor's son. Joan Davis.

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Joan locks Brad in a burglar-proof closet. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

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Jul 8, 1953

All is not quiet in a hospital when Joan and Brad become patients. Jim Backus.

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Jun 23, 1954

Joan wages a campaign to get Brad to run for the city council. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

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Dec 22, 1954

Problems result when Joan tutors a star kicker---and rewards him with rich pastries. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

Dec 29, 1954

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Feb 23, 1955

Joan goes undercover to conduct a study on women's prisons. Joan Davis.

Mar 2, 1955

Joan enters Wally in a charity boxing bout. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

Mar 9, 1955

Mar 16, 1955

Joan tries to resurrect the career of an old time cowboy movie star by raising financing for a TV pilot.

Mar 23, 1955