Jean Yarbrough — Director

Episodes 52

The Drug Store

63%
December 5, 1952
1x1

Bud and Lou find jobs in Fields' drugstore and nearly wreck the place. This episode opens with the famous "Jonah and the Whale" routine.

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The Dentist's Office

65%
December 12, 1952
1x2

When Lou gets a toothache he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.

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Jail

80%
December 19, 1952
1x3

Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcake's waterpail and she drags him into court claiming .79 cents in damages. In jail, Lou's crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears "Niagara Falls."

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The Vacation

70%
December 26, 1952
1x4

Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.

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The Birthday Party

65%
January 2, 1953
1x5

Lou throws a birthday party for himself, but nearly poisons his guests when he puts ant paste on his hors d'oeurves instead of anti pasto. Bud throws him out and Lou consoles himself by ordering a giant decorated cake.

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Alaska

60%
January 9, 1953
1x6

When news arrives that Lou's uncle has struck gold in Alaska, Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.

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The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman

75%
January 16, 1953
1x7

Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.

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The Army Story

75%
January 23, 1953
1x8

Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.

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Pots and Pans

70%
January 30, 1953
1x9

Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.

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The Charity Bazaar

70%
February 6, 1953
1x10

Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.

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The Western Story

70%
February 13, 1953
1x11

Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.

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The Haunted House

70%
February 20, 1953
1x12

Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends one night there. Bud and Lou come along with her for protection and Lou is scared out of his mind by frightful encounters.

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Peace and Quiet

70%
February 27, 1953
1x13

Lou sleeps all day but can't sleep at night. Bud takes him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually Bud checks him into a sanitarium for a night's rest. "Crazy House" is performed.

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Hungry

70%
March 6, 1953
1x14

Bud and Lou visit a couple of restaurants. In one they become involved with twin waitresses. In the other, Lou has a battle with an oyster.

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The Music Lovers

70%
March 13, 1953
1x15

Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.

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The Politician

70%
March 20, 1953
1x16

Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.

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The Wrestling Story

70%
March 27, 1953
1x17

Lou and Stinky agree to settle their differences with a wrestling match. When Stinky becomes ill, his little brother Ivan the Terrible takes his place.

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Getting a Job

60%
April 3, 1953
1x18

Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle Street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The "Loafing" routine is performed.

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Bingo the Chimp

60%
April 10, 1953
1x19

Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a license for his pet chimp. But Lou accidentally applies for a marriage license.

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Hillary's Birthday

70%
April 17, 1953
1x20

While shopping for Hillary's birthday present, Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later, at her party, Mr. Fields becomes upset about the noise.

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The Television Show

60%
April 24, 1953
1x21

Lou is a contestant on a TV quiz show where he wins a pack of bubblegum. Their neighbor slips on a piece of gum and takes them to court.

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Las Vegas

60%
May 1, 1953
1x22

Bud and Lou pay $90 for a car and head for Las Vegas, where Lou takes part in a violent game of billiards. The "mudder/fodder" routine is performed.

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Little Old Lady

60%
May 8, 1953
1x23

Bud and Lou attempt to help an old lady who has been evicted. They raise $300 and she uses the money to bet on a racehorse.

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The Actors' Home

80%
May 15, 1953
1x24

Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.

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Police Rookies

60%
May 22, 1953
1x25

Mike the Cop helps Bud and Lou enroll in the Police Rookie School, where Lou blows up the gymnasium while playing with a hand grenade.

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Safari

70%
Season Finale
May 29, 1953
1x26

When Bingo gets sick, the whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents.

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The Paper Hangers

60%
November 7, 1953
2x1

To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.

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Uncle Bozzo's Visit

70%
November 14, 1953
2x2

Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.

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In Society

60%
November 21, 1953
2x3

A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.

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Life Insurance

70%
November 28, 1953
2x4

Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.

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Pest Exterminators

70%
December 5, 1953
2x5

Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."

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Killer's Wife

70%
December 12, 1953
2x6

When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.

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Cheap Skates

70%
December 19, 1953
2x7

Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.

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South of Dixie

70%
December 26, 1953
2x8

Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.

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From Bed to Worse

70%
January 2, 1954
2x9

Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.

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$1,000 TV Prize

90%
January 9, 1954
2x10

Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.

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Amnesia

80%
January 16, 1954
2x11

Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.

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Efficiency Experts

80%
January 23, 1954
2x12

Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.

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Car Trouble

80%
January 30, 1954
2x13

When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.

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Wife Wanted

80%
February 6, 1954
2x14

When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.

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Uncle from New Jersey

80%
February 13, 1954
2x15

When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.

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Private Eye

80%
February 20, 1954
2x16

After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdo Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.

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The Tax Return

80%
February 27, 1954
2x17

Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.

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Public Enemies

70%
March 6, 1954
2x18

Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.

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Bank Holdup

80%
March 13, 1954
2x19

Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.

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Well Oiled

90%
March 20, 1954
2x20

Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.

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The Pigeon

80%
March 27, 1954
2x21

Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

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Honeymoon House

70%
April 3, 1954
2x22

When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.

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Fencing Master

90%
April 10, 1954
2x23

A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.

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Beauty Contest Story

80%
April 17, 1954
2x24

When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.

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Fall Guy

70%
April 24, 1954
2x25

Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.

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Barber Lou

90%
Season Finale
May 1, 1954
2x26

Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.

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