The BEST episodes of Dennis the Menace season 3
Every episode of Dennis the Menace season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dennis the Menace season 3!
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 - The Man Next Door
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/6/1962
Mr. Wilson thinks his next door neighbor is the stocking bandit and tries to prove it.
#2 - A Quiet Evening
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1962
Mr. Wilson plans to have a quiet evening at home, but his plans change when Henry needs a sitter for Dennis.
#3 - The Private Eye
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1962
Mr. Wilson gets his wallet taken by a pick pocket, So Dennis and Tommy try to find the crook for the police.
#4 - Mr. Wilson's Housekeeper
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1962
Mr. Wilson hires a housekeeper for Mrs. Wilson but soon regrets it when the housekeeper tries to tell Mr. Wilson what he can and can't do in his home. Mr. Wilson then tries to get rid of her.
#5 - A Dog's Life
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1962
A big shaggy dog followes Mr. Wilson home and Mr. Wilson tries to get rid of it.
#6 - Dennis' Documentary Film
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1962
Dennis does a documentary film of the town for a school project with Mr. Wilson's help.
#7 - Horseless Carriage Club
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1962
Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and his friends up to the lake and back in an old car. Mr. Wilson then gets elected president of the Horseless Carriage Club.
#8 - Junior Pathfinders Ride Again
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1962
Mr. Wilson attempts to start a fire like the pioneers did for Dennis' Junior Pathfinders club and nearly burns down the place.
#9 - The Treasure Chest
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1962
Mr. Wilson buys a treasure chest at an auction thinking that it has buried treasure in it. Mr. Wilson later discovers a treasure map drawn by Dennis. Although Mr. Wilson thinks the map is authentic so he plans to take a trip to the island and dig for the treasure.
#10 - Wilson Goes to the Dentist
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/29/1962
Dennis convinces Mr. Wilson to go to the Dentist for his tooth because Dennis thinks he can get a basketball from the Dentist until he learns that the Dentist only gives away prizes to child patients.
#11 - Mr. Wilson's Uncle
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1962
Mr. Wilson's Uncle comes to visit him and convinces him that he isn't in shape, so he starts a physical fitness program and forces Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Wilson to be in it.
#12 - Dennis and the Dodger
Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/13/1962
Mr. Quigley coaches Dennis' baseball team with help from Sandy Koufax.
#13 - Dennis' Lovesick Friend
Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/20/1962
Dennis helps Mr. Wilson's Uncle Ned plant flower bulbs in his yard in order to get out of playing house with Margaret Wade.
#14 - John Wilson's Cushion
Season 3 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/27/1962
George Wilson's brother John Wilson comes to visit, only he has trouble working without his old cushion.
#15 - John Wilson Wins a Chicken
Season 3 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/3/1962
Dennis and his friends win John Wilson a chicken, which John wants to cook for dinner and the children try to talk him out of it.
#16 - The Bully
Season 3 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/10/1962
Dennis is all set for a big day. He is scheduled to have a fight with Gifford - the school bully.
#17 - The Club Initiation
Season 3 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/17/1962
Dennis wants to join an older boys club, but in order to do so he has to take an initiation.
#18 - Community Picnic
Season 3 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/24/1962
The Neighborhood Community puts on a carnival in the park with different winning contests to participate in.
#19 - Dennis and the Witch Doctor
Season 3 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/1/1962
Mr. Wilson is doing a magazine article on voodoo, Dennis gets the wrong idea and tells the whole neighborhood that Mr. Wilson is a Witch Doctor, Soon the whole town gets the wrong idea about Mr. Wilson.
#20 - The Lucky Piece
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1961
Mr. Wilson tricks Dennis into taking a silver coin that says GOOD LUCK and a horseshoe on it instead of 50 cents that he owes him for cutting his lawn. Mrs. Wilson is very angry with him about it. So, she and Alice start a scheme of their own by making lucky things happen to Dennis all day. Mr. Wilson soon starts to believe that the coin was lucky after all and is sorry he ever let it go. He then realizes that it was all a charade to teach him a lesson.
#21 - Best Neighbor
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1961
Dennis and Mr. Wilson camp out on a moutain so that Dennis can join the Junior Pathfinders club.
#22 - Keep Off the Grass
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1961
Henry gets a ticket for walking on the grass in the park. When Mr. Wilson hears about it he thinks it isn't fair, So he convinces Henry to go to court and contest it.
#23 - Mr. Wilson's Safe
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1961
Dennis is using numbers for a football play which is the combination to Mr. Wilson's safe, So Mr. Wilson and Henry get Dennis so confused that he forgets the combination. Then Mr. Wilson forgets it. Now they are in a real mess because Mr. Wilson has something very important locked in the safe. So Mr. Wilson tries everything including trying to hypnotize Dennis so he can remember the combination. He ends up hypnotizing himself and remembers the combination at last.
#24 - Haunted House
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1961
Mr. Wilson and Henry both invest in a house that is known to be a haunted house.
#25 - The School Play
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1961
Dennis' school is putting on a play which Mr. Wilson ends up being in (not by choice) because him and Tommy (who is also in the play) get handcuffed together before the play starts.