The BEST episodes of Dennis the Menace season 2
Every episode of Dennis the Menace season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dennis the Menace season 2!
This situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George Wilson, a retired salesman, or, later, with George's brother John, a writer. Dennis is basically a good, well-intentioned boy who always tries to help people, but who winds up making situations worse – often at Mr. Wilson's expense.
#1 - Paint-up, Clean-up Week
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1960
Dennis wants to help out for Paint-up, Clean-up week. So Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a bucket of red paint to paint his wagon with. Dennis however also decides to paint the street curve by Mr. Wilson's house and Mr. Wilson gets blamed for it.
#2 - Dennis Learns to Whistle
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1960
Dennis is very upset because he doesn't know how to whistle, so he spends all day trying to learn.
#3 - Woodman, Spare That Tree
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1961
Mr. Wilson drops a hundred-dollar bill, and a crow picks it up and flies away with it. He later finds it in an old tree in a park which the park commissioner is going to cut down.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Fortune Cookie
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/4/1961
Mr. Wilson gets a fortune cookie that reads "beware of tomorrow" and is convinced that the fortune will come true.
#5 - Dennis' Allowance
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1961
Dennis is trying to learn about how to earn money by working. His dad eventually starts him on an allowance.
#6 - Out of Retirement
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1960
Mr. Wilson gets a visit from his former boss who offers him his job back in Pittsburgh. When Dennis thinks Mr. Wilson is moving to Pittsburgh, he runs away from home.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - The Raffle Ticket
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1960
Mr. Wilson is conducting a car raffle for his lodge, and Dennis wants to win the car for his mother. Through a mixup, Mrs. Wilson gives Dennis a winning ticket which had originally been bought by her husband.
#8 - Dennis' Tool Chest
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1961
Miss Cathcart's cat is accidentally locked in the trunk of Mr. Wilson's car.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Dennis Goes to Camp
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1961
Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and several friends to a camp open house, and they exhaust him with a day of long hikes and activity. As they prepare to return home, they are told they will be stranded there for a week because a storm has taken out a bridge.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Dennis' Birthday
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1961
Mr. Wilson puts on a magic show for Dennis' birthday and asks Spring Byington to be his assistant.
#11 - Miss Cathcart's Friend
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1961
Dennis wants to find Miss Cathcart a best friend, so he gets her a dog from the pound. However, the dog's owner is looking for him and ends up showing up at Miss Cathcart's house before Dennis brings the dog over to her. She mistakenly thinks that the guy is the friend instead of the dog.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Dennis' Penny Collection
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1961
Mr. Wilson helps Dennis start a penny collection, hoping it will preoccupy him quietly indoors. However, Dennis pesters the nearby grocer repeatedly for rolls of coins, spills them on the floor of the store, and causes Mr. Wilson to get arrested.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Christmas Horse
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1960
Dennis wants a horse for Christmas and gets a record player instead. So, on Christmas Day, he goes around the neighborhood trying to find what he thinks is his horse.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Henry and Togetherness
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1960
Mr. Wilson tricks Henry out of playing golf so that he'll spend more time with Dennis, and Dennis won't bother Mr. Wilson. Meanwhile, Dennis and Tommy try to deal with a hole Dennis accidentally put in the fish tank.
#15 - Dennis and the Ham-pher
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1960
Dennis gets what he thinks is a hamster which turns out to be a gopher that escapes from his cage and almost ruins Mr. Wilson's yard.
#16 - Dennis and the Radio Set
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1960
Mr. Wilson gives Dennis an old radio set that he mistakenly bid for at an auction. However, When Dennis finds money in his radio set, Mr. Wilson gets excited. So him and Mitchell put in add in the paper hoping the real owner isn't around to claim it.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#17 - Dennis and the Wedding
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1960
Mr. Wilson's Niece is getting married and asks Dennis to be the ring bearer.
#18 - The Rock Collection
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1960
Dennis starts a rock collection and ends up finding what he thinks is real gold on Mr. Wilson's lot.
#19 - Dennis and the Good Example
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1961
Dennis decides he wants a bird, but he knows that once his dad sees his report card, he won't get it. So his dad does agree to reward Dennis if he brings home a better report card next term.
#20 - The Stock Certificate
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1960
Mr. Wilson has a stock certificate worth $500. He hides it in his Phone book, however when Dennis brings him in his new phone book Mr. Wilson goes crazy and ends up going to the warehouse where all the old phonebooks are taken to look for his old phone book because he thinks the stock is still in it.
#21 - Mr. Wilson's Paradise
Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/28/1961
Mr. Wilson wants to go to the Island of Happiness in Mexico, but changes his mind when he hears that his niece is going to have a baby.
#22 - The Pioneers
Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/11/1961
Dennis, his father, and Mr. Wilson camp out as pioneers to prove to Mr. Krinkie that they can live of the land like the pioneers.
#23 - Dennis and the Fishing Rod
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1961
Dennis attempts to buy a fishing rod for his dad and tries to purchase it with a $50.00 Confederate bill.
#24 - The Soapbox Derby
Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/1961
Dennis enters a soapbox derby, and Mr. Wilson accidentally ends up being the one driving Dennis' car in the race.
#25 - Father's Day for Mr. Wilson
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/18/1961
Dennis decides to give Mr. Wilson his own father's day, which in the end turns out for the best when Dennis gets Mr. Wilson out of a lawsuit concerning his dog, Fremont.