I Married Joan

Season 1

1952 · 39 episodes · 19h 30m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Pilot

   15 Oct 1952 · 30 min

   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.

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   2. Career

   22 Oct 1952 · 30 min

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

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   3. Ballet

   29 Oct 1952 · 30 min

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

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   4. Jitterbug

   5 Nov 1952 · 30 min

   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.

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   5. Crime Panel

   12 Nov 1952 · 30 min

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

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   6. Brad's Class Reunion

   19 Nov 1952 · 30 min

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

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   7. Hunting

   26 Nov 1952 · 30 min

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

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   8. Joan's Curiosity

   3 Dec 1952 · 30 min

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

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   9. Birthday

   10 Dec 1952 · 30 min

   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.

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    10. Bazar Pie

    17 Dec 1952 · 30 min

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

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    11. Acrobats

    31 Dec 1952 · 30 min

    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.

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    12. Dreams

    24 Dec 1952 · 30 min

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

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    13. Bad Boy

    7 Jan 1953 · 30 min

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

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    14. Circumstantial Evidence

    14 Jan 1953 · 30 min

    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.

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    15. Uncle Edgar

    21 Jan 1953 · 30 min

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

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    16. Moosehead

    28 Jan 1953 · 30 min

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

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    17. Fireman

    4 Feb 1953 · 30 min

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

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    18. Memory

    11 Feb 1953 · 30 min

    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.

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    19. Draftboard

    18 Feb 1953 · 30 min

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

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    20. Opera

    25 Feb 1953 · 30 min

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

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    21. Shopping

    4 Mar 1953 · 30 min

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

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    22. The Stamp

    11 Mar 1953 · 30 min

    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?

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    23. Little Girl

    18 Mar 1953 · 30 min

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

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    24. Diet

    25 Mar 1953 · 30 min

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    25. Model

    1 Apr 1953 · 30 min

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    26. Lateness

    8 Apr 1953 · 30 min

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    27. The Eviction Show

    15 Apr 1953 · 30 min

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    28. The Recipe

    22 Apr 1953 · 30 min

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    29. Repairs

    29 Apr 1953 · 30 min

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    30. Secrets

    6 May 1953 · 30 min

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    31. The Artist Show

    13 May 1953 · 30 min

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    32. The Threat

    20 May 1953 · 30 min

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    33. Country Club

    27 May 1953 · 30 min

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    34. Theatrical Can-Can

    3 Jun 1953 · 30 min

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    35. Neighbors

    10 Jun 1953 · 30 min

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    36. Talent Scout

    17 Jun 1953 · 30 min

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    37. Honeymoon

    24 Jun 1953 · 30 min

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

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    38. Business Executive

    1 Jul 1953 · 30 min

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    39. Brad's Broken Toe

    8 Jul 1953 · 30 min

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