The BEST episodes directed by Jean Yarbrough
#1 - 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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#2 - 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.
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#3 - $1,000 TV Prize
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 10
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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#4 - 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.
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#5 - 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.
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#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.
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#8 - No Chip
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 12
The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.
#9 - 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.
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#10 - 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.
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#11 - Well Oiled
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 20
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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#12 - Killer's Wife
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 6
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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#13 - Beauty Contest Story
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 24
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
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#14 - Honeymoon House
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 22
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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#15 - Barber Lou
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 26
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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#16 - 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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#17 - South of Dixie
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 8
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
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#18 - 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.
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#19 - Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 8
Kate counsels Bobbie Jo in the ways of attracting men.
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#20 - 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.
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#21 - 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.
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#22 - Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 16
Bobbie Jo is enamored with a visiting beatnik poet.
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#23 - 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.
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#24 - 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.
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#25 - 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.
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#26 - Pest Exterminators
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 5
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
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#27 - From Bed to Worse
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 9
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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#28 - Bank Holdup
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 19
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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#29 - 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.
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#30 - 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.
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#32 - 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.
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#33 - 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.
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#34 - 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."
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#35 - 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.
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#36 - 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.
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#37 - 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.
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#38 - 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.
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#39 - Fall Guy
The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2 - Episode 25
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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#40 - Herbie Gets Drafted
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 15
Billie Jo's suitor Herbie Bates is drafted into the armed services.
#41 - 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.
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#42 - 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.
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#43 - 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.
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#44 - 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.
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#45 - 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.
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#46 - 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.
#47 - 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.
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#48 - 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.
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#49 - 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.
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#50 - 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.
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