My Mother the Car (1965)

Name: My Mother the Car
Rating: 4.8

Rating: 4.8

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 1965-09-14

Last Air Date: 1966-04-05

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 30

Created By: Chris Hayward, Allan Burns

Networks: NBC

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Top Cast

Ann Sothern as Gladys Crabtree
Cindy Eilbacher as Cindy Crabtree
Jerry Van Dyke as Dave Crabtree
Maggie Pierce as Barbara Crabtree
Del Close as N/A
Dave Willock as N/A
Alvy Moore as N/A
Dick Clair as N/A
Harold Peary as N/A
Barbara Bain as N/A

Seasons

None (1965)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Come Honk Your Horn (1965-09-14)

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.
Ep. 2: The De-Fenders (1965-09-21)

Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
Ep. 3: What Makes Auntie Freeze (1965-09-28)

As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
Ep. 4: Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home (1965-10-05)

When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
Ep. 5: Burned at the Steak (1965-10-12)

Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
Ep. 6: I'm Through Being a Nice Guy (1965-10-19)

In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
Ep. 7: Lights, Camera, Mother (1965-10-26)

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.
Ep. 8: The Captain Manzini Grand Prix (1965-11-02)

Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
Ep. 9: TV or Not TV (1965-11-09)

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.
Ep. 10: My Son, the Ventriloquist (1965-11-16)

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.
Ep. 11: My Son, the Judge (1965-11-23)

Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
Ep. 12: And Leave the Drive-In to Us (1965-11-30)

Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
Ep. 13: For Whom the Horn Honks (1965-12-07)

Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
Ep. 14: Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing (1965-12-14)

Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
Ep. 15: Many Happy No-Returns (1965-12-21)

Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
Ep. 16: Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon (1965-12-28)

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.
Ep. 17: I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me? (1966-01-04)

A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
Ep. 18: Goldporter (1966-01-11)

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.
Ep. 19: The Incredible Shrinking Car (1966-01-18)

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.
Ep. 20: I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother (1966-01-25)

When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
Ep. 21: You Can't Get There From Here (1966-02-01)

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.
Ep. 22: A Riddler on the Roof (1966-02-08)

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.
Ep. 23: My Son, the Criminal (1966-02-15)

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.
Ep. 24: An Unreasonable Facsimile (1966-02-22)

Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
Ep. 25: Over the Hill to the Junkyard (1966-03-01)

The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
Ep. 26: It Might as Well Be Spring as Not (1966-03-08)

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.
Ep. 27: Absorba the Greek (1966-03-15)

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.
Ep. 28: The Blabbermouth (1966-03-22)

Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.
Ep. 29: When You Wish Upon a Car (1966-03-29)

Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.
Ep. 30: Desperate Minutes (1966-04-05)

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