Allan Burns
Director
My Mother the Car (1965)
Season 1
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
Released Sept. 14, 1965
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.parent-child-relationship, tmdb.reincarnation, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.sitcom, imdb.possessed-object, imdb.possessed-car, imdb.mommy-s-boy + 16 more, imdb.possessed-by-a-ghost, imdb.ghost-of-mother, imdb.sceptical-wife, imdb.meek-husband, imdb.dominant-wife, imdb.family-man, imdb.surreal-comedy, imdb.mother, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.classic-car, imdb.talking-car, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.domineering-mother, imdb.1920s, imdb.cancelled-after-one-season, imdb.high-concept-comedy
Production Companies: United Artists Television, Cottage Industries Inc.
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Come Honk Your Horn
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.
Sept. 14, 1965, midnight
S1E2 - The De-Fenders
Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
Sept. 21, 1965, midnight
S1E3 - What Makes Auntie Freeze
As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
Sept. 28, 1965, midnight
S1E4 - Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
Oct. 5, 1965, midnight
S1E5 - Burned at the Steak
Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
Oct. 12, 1965, midnight
S1E6 - I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
Oct. 19, 1965, midnight
S1E7 - Lights, Camera, Mother
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.
Oct. 26, 1965, midnight
S1E8 - The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
Nov. 2, 1965, midnight
S1E9 - TV or Not TV
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.
Nov. 9, 1965, midnight
S1E10 - My Son, the Ventriloquist
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.
Nov. 16, 1965, midnight
S1E11 - My Son, the Judge
Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
Nov. 23, 1965, midnight
S1E12 - And Leave the Drive-In to Us
Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
Nov. 30, 1965, midnight
S1E13 - For Whom the Horn Honks
Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
Dec. 7, 1965, midnight
S1E14 - Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
Dec. 14, 1965, midnight
S1E15 - Many Happy No-Returns
Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
Dec. 21, 1965, midnight
S1E16 - Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
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.
Dec. 28, 1965, midnight
S1E17 - I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
Jan. 4, 1966, midnight
S1E18 - Goldporter
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.
Jan. 11, 1966, midnight
S1E19 - The Incredible Shrinking Car
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.
Jan. 18, 1966, midnight
S1E20 - I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
Jan. 25, 1966, midnight
S1E21 - You Can't Get There From Here
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.
Feb. 1, 1966, midnight
S1E22 - A Riddler on the Roof
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.
Feb. 8, 1966, midnight
S1E23 - My Son, the Criminal
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.
Feb. 15, 1966, midnight
S1E24 - An Unreasonable Facsimile
Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
Feb. 22, 1966, midnight
S1E25 - Over the Hill to the Junkyard
The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
March 1, 1966, midnight
S1E26 - It Might as Well Be Spring as Not
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.
March 8, 1966, midnight
S1E27 - Absorba the Greek
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.
March 15, 1966, midnight
S1E28 - The Blabbermouth
Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.
March 22, 1966, midnight
S1E29 - When You Wish Upon a Car
Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.
March 29, 1966, midnight
S1E30 - Desperate Minutes
A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.
April 5, 1966, midnight
NBC
30 min/ep
30 min
Sept. 14, 1965
April 5, 1966, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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