The BEST episodes directed by Jean Yarbrough
#1 - The Wrestling Story
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 17
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.
#2 - The Genghis Keane Story
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 38
When a notoriously tough former schoolteacher visits, Kate and the girls plot to get her back into teaching.
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#3 - Colleen So Green
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 29
A southern belle charms Chester and many others in Dodge, not including Kitty.
#4 - The Brute Man
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 7 - Episode 2
Movie plot: Rondo Hatton stars as a disfigured man who takes revenge on the college pals he believes caused his condition. The short is a documentary-style examination of chicken farming. Also rifft was the short "The Chicken of Tomorrow". Stinger: Crotchety old grocer: "Creeper, creeper, creeper. You give me the creeps!" Original film made in 1946.
#5 - A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 13
A brochure describing the Shady Rest of the future is prematurely mailed to a Hooterville travel columnist.
#6 - The Very Old Antique
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 21
Bedloe returns with a retired railroad tycoon who is interested in buying the Cannonball.
#7 - No Chip
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 12
The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.
#8 - Hooterville vs. Hollywood
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 18
Kate confers with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.
#9 - The Drug Store
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 1
Bud and Lou find jobs in Fields' drugstore and nearly wreck the place. This episode opens with the famous "Jonah and the Whale" routine.
#10 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League
The Addams Family - Season 1 - Episode 6
Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.
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#11 - Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 24
Uncle Joe drums up business by spreading rumors about a silver strike in the area.
#12 - Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 8
Kate counsels Bobbie Jo in the ways of attracting men.
#13 - My Daughter, the Doctor
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 17
Billie Jo receives $500 that her late father designated for her to become a doctor, but she wants to be an actress instead.
#14 - The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family
The Addams Family - Season 1 - Episode 9
Hubert and Amanda Peterson are newlyweds, and they have leased the house next door. Their bliss starts to erode immediately when they see the Family washing their pet octopus and Fester testing dynamite caps.
#15 - Log 104: The Bomb
Adam-12 - Season 2 - Episode 20
Malloy and Reed respond to a theft from a company that cannot disclose what was stolen because it is classified. Another call to the mysterious company reveals a bomb resulting in an appearance of a two man bomb squad.
#16 - Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 16
Bobbie Jo is enamored with a visiting beatnik poet.
#17 - Morticia and the Psychiatrist
The Addams Family - Season 1 - Episode 2
Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.
#18 - Home from the Sea
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 31
A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.
#19 - Pots and Pans
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 9
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.
#20 - The Charity Bazaar
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 10
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
#21 - The Western Story
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 11
Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.
#22 - Peace and Quiet
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
#23 - Hungry
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 14
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.
#24 - The Music Lovers
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 15
Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.
#25 - Getting a Job
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 18
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.
#26 - Bingo the Chimp
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 19
Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a license for his pet chimp. But Lou accidentally applies for a marriage license.
#27 - Hillary's Birthday
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 20
While shopping for Hillary's birthday present, Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later, at her party, Mr. Fields becomes upset about the noise.
#28 - The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 7
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
#29 - Little Old Lady
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 23
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.
#30 - The Actors' Home
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 24
Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.
#31 - Police Rookies
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 25
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.
#32 - The Haunted House
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 12
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.
#33 - Safari
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 26
When Bingo gets sick, the whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents.
#34 - The Dentist's Office
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Lou gets a toothache he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.
#35 - The Politician
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 16
Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.
#36 - Jail
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 3
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."
#37 - The Vacation
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 4
Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.
#38 - The Television Show
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 21
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.
#39 - The Birthday Party
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 5
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.
#40 - Alaska
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 6
When news arrives that Lou's uncle has struck gold in Alaska, Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.
#41 - Herbie Gets Drafted
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 15
Billie Jo's suitor Herbie Bates is drafted into the armed services.
#42 - Till Death Do Us
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 19
Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.
#43 - The Paper Hangers
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 1
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
#44 - The Army Story
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 8
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
#45 - Las Vegas
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 - Episode 22
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.
#46 - I'm Allergic to Daddy
Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 21
Steve Elliott is delcared out of bounds in his house when it appears his baby daughter is allergic to him.
#47 - The Time Machine is Waking Up That Old Gang of Mine
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 11
The time machine brings Tim, Martin, and Mrs. Brown face-to-face with Frank and Jesse James.
#48 - Lorelei Brown vs. Everybody
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 14
A Martian pill turns Mrs. Brown into a crusading crime-fighter.
#49 - Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 17
The unexplained presence of "Uncle" Martin jeopardizes Tim's claim to an inheritance.
#50 - Martin's Revoltin' Development
My Favorite Martian - Season 3 - Episode 18
An invisible Martin is photographed capturing an escaped criminal.