
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Series • 1965 • 1 season
Starring: Ann Sothern, Cindy Eilbacher, Jerry Van Dyke
Created by: Chris Hayward, Allan Burns

S1 E1 - Come Honk Your Horn
Lawyer Dave Crabtree's troubles begin with the purchase of a decrepit 1928 Porter that claims through the radio to be his mother. Wife, Barbara doesn't want the old wreck but it has an overwhelming appeal for Captain Manzini, a very persistent antique car collector.
Sep 14, 1965 • 30m

S1 E2 - The De-Fenders
Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
Sep 21, 1965 • 30m

S1 E3 - What Makes Auntie Freeze
As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
Sep 28, 1965 • 30m

S1 E4 - Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
Oct 5, 1965 • 30m

S1 E5 - Burned at the Steak
Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
Oct 12, 1965 • 30m

S1 E6 - I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
Oct 19, 1965 • 30m

S1 E7 - Lights, Camera, Mother
Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.
Oct 26, 1965 • 30m

S1 E8 - The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
Nov 2, 1965 • 30m

S1 E9 - TV or Not TV
Dave's mother is tired of spending night after night in a dark garage so she tries to get Dave to by her a TV set.
Nov 9, 1965 • 30m

S1 E10 - My Son, the Ventriloquist
Dave's mother and the rest of his family all want air conditioners. So to handle the expense, Dave must land the account of high living Franklyn Hotchkiss.
Nov 16, 1965 • 30m

S1 E11 - My Son, the Judge
Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
Nov 23, 1965 • 30m

S1 E12 - And Leave the Drive-In to Us
Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
Nov 30, 1965 • 30m

S1 E13 - For Whom the Horn Honks
Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
Dec 7, 1965 • 30m

S1 E14 - Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
Dec 14, 1965 • 30m

S1 E15 - Many Happy No-Returns
Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
Dec 21, 1965 • 30m

S1 E16 - Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
After being married for 8 years, Barbara and Dave decide to go on a honeymoon. However, Barbara's mother, an astrology nut, warns them of impending danger.
Dec 28, 1965 • 30m

S1 E17 - I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
Jan 4, 1966 • 30m

S1 E18 - Goldporter
Captain Manzini's uncle Louie, the head of a secret organization called DURC, says his hypnotic drug will make Dave agreeable to any request such as selling Mother.
Jan 11, 1966 • 30m

S1 E19 - The Incredible Shrinking Car
Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to the size of a small toy.
Jan 18, 1966 • 30m

S1 E20 - I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
Jan 25, 1966 • 30m

S1 E21 - You Can't Get There From Here
While driving the kids to camp, Dave is stopped by a sheriff who asks him for his driver's license and discovers that it has expired.
Feb 1, 1966 • 30m

S1 E22 - A Riddler on the Roof
How can a car prevent a murder? That's what Mother has to figure out after she overhears three thugs plot the assassination of a visiting dignitary.
Feb 8, 1966 • 30m

S1 E23 - My Son, the Criminal
Mr. Kroot, the postman, know two thing about Dave. He saw Dave cementing the garage floor and also heard him say something about his mother not complaining anymore. So Kroot concludes that Dave has done his old lady in.
Feb 15, 1966 • 30m

S1 E24 - An Unreasonable Facsimile
Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
Feb 22, 1966 • 30m

S1 E25 - Over the Hill to the Junkyard
The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
Mar 1, 1966 • 30m

S1 E26 - It Might as Well Be Spring as Not
It's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for Dave's car.
Mar 8, 1966 • 30m

S1 E27 - Absorba the Greek
Prudish building owner, Henry Heckendorn asks Dave to help him try to close the Greek Grotto, a notorious night club but Dave's mother suspects Heckendorn's motives.
Mar 15, 1966 • 30m

S1 E28 - The Blabbermouth
Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.
Mar 22, 1966 • 30m

S1 E29 - When You Wish Upon a Car
Dave's mother allows the children to think that she like, Aladdin's lamp, can grant any wish.
Mar 29, 1966 • 30m

S1 E30 - Desperate Minutes
A gun totting jewel thief and his moll are using the Crabtree house as a hideout.
Apr 5, 1966 • 30m
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My Mother the Car
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV Series • 1965