I Married Joan

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I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens.

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Episodes

Season 1

39 episodes

S1 E1 · Pilot

A young couple's quarrel over a fur coat ends up in Brad's court and brings back memories of another fur coat that caused a crisis in the Stevens marriage. Joan remembers when she was an airline hostess and buys a fur coat.

S1 E2 · Career

Judge Stevens invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner, only to find that his wife, trying to be helpful, has invited another sponsor.

S1 E3 · Ballet

The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.

S1 E4 · Jitterbug

Joan finds an ingenious way to retaliate after Brad fines her for speeding, she takes up jitterbugging after trying babysitting and selling "all you can eat" to phone men.

S1 E5 · Crime Panel

Joan is scheduled to appear on a crime prevention forum. To prepare herself she spends the day visiting poolrooms.

S1 E6 · Brad's Class Reunion

Joan struggles to change herself into "The Perfect Woman" to fit a description written by her husband.

S1 E7 · Hunting

Joan insists that she is an experienced camper. Unconvinced, Brad decides to test her aptitude for the great outdoors.

S1 E8 · Joan's Curiosity

Joan is in for a surprise when she opens an interesting-looking package that arrived for Brad.

S1 E9 · Birthday

Joan buys some dresses, puts them on her charge account, then sells them to friends for cash. The reason is she needs money to buy Brad a birthday present.

S1 E10 · Bazar Pie

Joan wants to arrange a romance, by introducing her new neighbor, a handsome Latin, to her visiting aunt.

S1 E11 · Acrobats

When Brad announces that he is bringing home important guests for dinner, Joan feels it necessary to buy a new wardrobe for the occasion. While shopping for a hat she winds up in a fight with a woman who turns out to be one of Brad's dinner guests. At dinner Joan tries to disguise herself by joining the nightclub's entertainers, acrobats.

S1 E12 · Dreams

After meeting three former schoolmates who are now successful career woman, Joan decides that she is happier just being a housewife

S1 E13 · Bad Boy

Joan tries to reform a juvenile delinquent and nearly winds up in jail herself.

S1 E14 · Circumstantial Evidence

Joan takes an interest in her husband's work and tries to prove that a man he is about to sentence was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

S1 E15 · Uncle Edgar

Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.

S1 E16 · Moosehead

Joan tries to kill two problems with the same fifty-dollar bill and winds up deeply wounded by a dead moose at an auction.

S1 E17 · Fireman

Joan tries to patch up the quarrels of her newlywed-neighbors and succeeds in creating some for herself at the firehouse.

S1 E18 · Memory

Joan's faulty memory wreaks gastric disaster when she forgets a dinner invitation, resulting in not one, not two, but three spaghetti dinners in the same evening.

S1 E19 · Draftboard

Brad receives a letter from his local draft board. Joan assumes he's being called to armed service and panics.

S1 E20 · Opera

In order to save her club's benefit show, Joan takes a whirl at the opera. Bing Crosby helps out.

S1 E21 · Shopping

Joan needs newly out-fitted for a fancy party. So does husband Brad, but both have second thoughts about Joan's shopping trip.

S1 E22 · The Stamp

Joan mails a letter using a Mozambique stamp that Brad just purchased for $350. Her husband blows his top, but why is Joan now on trial?

S1 E23 · Little Girl

Joan tries to spark a romance between a guest and a neighbor's son. Joan Davis.

S1 E24 · Diet

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S1 E25 · Model

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S1 E26 · Lateness

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S1 E27 · The Eviction Show

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S1 E28 · The Recipe

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S1 E29 · Repairs

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S1 E30 · Secrets

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S1 E31 · The Artist Show

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S1 E32 · The Threat

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S1 E33 · Country Club

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S1 E34 · Theatrical Can-Can

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S1 E35 · Neighbors

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S1 E36 · Talent Scout

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S1 E37 · Honeymoon

Joan locks Brad in a burglar-proof closet. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

S1 E38 · Business Executive

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S1 E39 · Brad's Broken Toe

All is not quiet in a hospital when Joan and Brad become patients. Jim Backus.

Season 2

33 episodes

S2 E1 · Brad's Mustache

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S2 E2 · First Lie

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S2 E3 · Furniture Quick Changes

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S2 E4 · Sister Pat

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S2 E5 · Tropical Fish

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S2 E6 · Missing Food

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S2 E7 · Initiation

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S2 E8 · Bev's Boyfriend

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S2 E9 · Lost Check

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S2 E10 · The Shotgun

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S2 E11 · Musical

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S2 E12 · Double Wedding

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S2 E13 · Superstition

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S2 E14 · Barbecue

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S2 E15 · Mothers-in-Law

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S2 E16 · Mabel's Dress

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S2 E17 · Monkeyshines

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S2 E18 · Bev's Mistaken Marriage

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S2 E19 · Missing Witness

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S2 E20 · Anniversary Memo

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S2 E21 · Dented Fender

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S2 E22 · Mountain Lodge

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S2 E23 · Home of the Week

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S2 E24 · Pop Retires

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S2 E25 · Changing Houses

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S2 E26 · Jealousy

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S2 E27 · Get Rich Quick

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S2 E28 · Masquerade

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S2 E29 · The Milkman Cometh

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S2 E30 · Predictions

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S2 E31 · Brad's Initiation

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S2 E32 · Confidence

Joan wages a campaign to get Brad to run for the city council. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

S2 E33 · Joan's Haircut

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Season 3

26 episodes

S3 E1 · New House

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S3 E2 · Party Line

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S3 E3 · Wall Safe

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S3 E4 · Alienation of Affections

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S3 E5 · Bombay Duck

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S3 E6 · Clothes Budget

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S3 E7 · Dancing Lessons

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S3 E8 · Two St. Bernards

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S3 E9 · Manhole Cover

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S3 E10 · The Farm

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S3 E11 · Home Movies

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S3 E12 · Gun Moll

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S3 E13 · Crazy Toes Smith

Problems result when Joan tutors a star kicker---and rewards him with rich pastries. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

S3 E14 · Joan Plays Cupid

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S3 E15 · The Wedding

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S3 E16 · The Maid

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S3 E17 · Money in the Shotgun

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S3 E18 · Eye Glasses

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S3 E19 · The Allergy

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S3 E20 · Lieutenant General

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S3 E21 · The Letter

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S3 E22 · Ladies Person

Joan goes undercover to conduct a study on women's prisons. Joan Davis.

S3 E23 · The Lady and the Prizefighter

Joan enters Wally in a charity boxing bout. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

S3 E24 · How to Win Friends

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S3 E25 · The Cowboy

Joan tries to resurrect the career of an old time cowboy movie star by raising financing for a TV pilot.

S3 E26 · The Jailbird

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