The BEST episodes of Car 54, Where Are You?
Every episode of Car 54, Where Are You? ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Car 54, Where Are You?!
Car 54, Where Are You? features the misadventures of two of New York's finest in the mythical 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Gunther Toody, a short, stocky and dim-witted henpecked husband, is partnered with Francis Muldoon, a tall, lanky and smart bachelor.
#1 - Boom, Boom, Boom
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1962
Jan Murray, playing himself, is asked to judge a barbershop quartet contest among city employees. The Whipoorwills from the 53rd Precinct practice their introduction "boom, boom, boom" everywhere they go”and everywhere they go, Jan Murray goes, until he is practically out of his mind from hearing "boom, boom, boom."
#3 - How High is Up?
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1962
When Muldoon discovers that he's grown an inch, one inch above company rules, he goes into a panic.
#6 - Toody Undercover
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1962
Undercover as ""Bull"", a notorious bank robber, Toody robs a bank along with the help of a group of robbers who've managed to evade the police. Thinking that Toody is an expert as far as robbing is concerned, they fall for a bogus job which lands them all in the clink.
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#8 - I've Been Here Before
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1963
A group of criminals get pointers for their exploits by watching ""Crime Busters"", Officer Toody's favorite TV show. Since the plots of the shows are fresh in Toody's mind, he appears to be quite the expert in solving the crime wave in town.
#9 - Pretzel Mary
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1962
Unbeknownst to the police department, seemly impoverished Pretzel Mary is actually a multi-millionaire who stores all of her money inside of her tattered furniture. So when the precinct tries to do a kind deed for this poor woman and replace her furnishings for new pieces, the men go into a panic to get back the furniture for her once they realize the truth.
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#10 - Toody and Muldoon Meet the Russians
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1963
Muldoon and Toody are assigned to help guard a visiting Russian official who is under the impression that the police force is a prime example of true American life.
#11 - A Star is Born in the Bronx
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1962
While dieting to slim down for a part in a play, Sylvia blindly binges on cookies at the grocery not realizing she's being filmed. When the owner of the cookie company sees the film, he is so impressed with her appetite for his cookies that he wants to use her for his ""Dixie Dimple"" cookie commercials.
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#12 - Quiet! We're Thinking
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/8/1962
Unknowingly, Toody's 11 year old nephew Marvin's casual remarks help Toody and Muldoon solve tough cases, but by the time they realize what's happening, they're not the only ones that want to have Marvin around.
#13 - Something Nice for Sol
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1961
The 53rd Precinct decides to buy a surprise gift for Sgt. Abrams for 25 years of service. First they decide to buy an identification bracelet, then a dressing gown (robe), and finally a specially made pair of orthopedic shoes. Problems arise because these shoes cannot be made without Mr. Webster measuring Sol's feet to produce them.
#14 - One Sleepy People
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1962
Muldoon moves in with the Toody's temporarily. Soon both Muldoon and Lucille begin to ""believe"" that they're having an affair with each other.
#16 - The Star Boarder
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1963
Gunther and Lucille Toody are trying to make some extra money. They decide to rent a room, taking in a preacher as a paying boarder. He seems as honest as the day is long but is he actually who he says he is?
#17 - Change Your Partners
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1961
Since Toody and Muldoon have been successful partners for nine years, the captain is asked to find out how this could possibly be. Both Toody and Muldoon are questioned so much that they begin to wonder themselves and arguing ensues.
#20 - The Auction
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/1/1962
Leo is in charge of deciding on a gift for the captain's 25th wedding anniversary, and insists upon getting a cheese knife. But when Toody and Muldoon have to deliver paperwork to the captain at his home, they find that their boss collects antiques. He shows them an outlandish chair, and tells them how he wishes that he had the other half of this one and only pair. Shortly thereafter, Toody finds a chair just like it at an auction house which he plans on getting for the Captain at all costs.
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#21 - Today I Am a Man
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1962
Sick of his goody-two-shoes reputation, Muldoon is determined to change what people think of him and become a man about town.
#22 - Muldoon's Star
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1961
With Theresa Tangere's popularily out of control, the Muldoon's keep her temporarily at their home, out of the public eye. Meanwhile, shy Francis is enamored with the blonde bombshell.
#23 - 142 Tickets on the Aisle
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1962
The 53rd precinct decides that the next group activity will be attending a Broadway play, but at the last minute, getting tickets for a popular show is about near impossible. When they find a play that is unpopular enough to accommodate their large group at such short notice, rumors fly that the police are trying to close the play for censorship reasons.
#24 - Here We Go Again
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963
When Conrad Nogal approaches the captain about doing a special show about how Muldoon's father cracked a world famous case single handedly, Fred stumbles upon his father's diary where the truth is revealed.
