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I Married Joan

(1952-1955) The adventures of the scatterbrained wife of a respected city judge, starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus. Episodes are available in Mpeg2, Mpeg4 and 1920*1080 MP4 digital formats.


Acrobats (12/31/1952) Joan has a run-in with a woman important to Brad’s career. She disguises herself when they all have dinner together and gets mixed up with acrobats.
Alienation of Affections (10/20/1954) Joan innocently comes between a stranger and his wife, who wants to sue Joan.
The Allergy (2/2/1955) Joan can't stop sneezing. Her doctor tells her she's allergic to something...or someone. She naturally assumes it's her husband.
Bad Boy (1/7/1953) The Stevens learn parenting when they take a juvenile delinquent into their house.
Ballet (10/29/1952) The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.
Barbecue (1/13/1954) Joan and Brad build a barbecue in the back yard.
Bev’s Boyfriend (12/2/1953) Joan's little sister Beverly is smitten with a guy who's more interested in his hot rod than her. Cupid Joan is happy to help.
Big Louie's Parole (12/15/1954) Joan is troubled by the belief that mobsters may try to kill Brad unless he paroles one of their men.
Brad’s Broken Toe (7/8/1953) Brad calls Joan a hypochondriac, then he breaks a toe and needs her sympathy.
Brad’s Class Reunion (11/19/1952) Joan does everything she can to keep Brad from attending his class reunion after discovering an essay he wrote about a girl in high school.

Career (10/22/1952) Tired of housework, Joan sets out to land a new career as an actress, only to find she's being typecast.
Changing Houses (3/31/1954) The Stevens family moves from their Early American house to a modern one. Their happiness is short-lived.
Clothes Budget (11/3/1954) Joan spends her entire year’s clothing budget on a new evening gown for a charity ball.
Crime Panel (11/12/1952) Joan invades gangland to obtain information for appearance on a TV show.
Double Wedding (12/30/1953) Joan and Brad decide to celebrate their tenth anniversary by repeating their nuptial vows with the couple who were married with them in a double ceremony.
Dreams (12/24/1952) Joan gets together with three old friends from school. Their success leads her to daydream about what she could have become.
Eviction Show (4/15/1953) Judge Stevens evicts Joan's Woman's Welfare League from their clubhouse.
Farm (12/1/1954) Joan and Brad disagree on just how to spend a week in the country.
Home Movies (12/8/1954) The Stevens get back from their trip to Hawaii.
Home of the Week (3/17/1954) Joan gets her home photographed, in error, for the Sunday supplement.
Honeymoon (6/24/1953) The judge plays marriage counselor to a couple having problems. He tells them about the honeymoon he and Joan somehow managed to live through.

The Jail Bird (3/23/1953) Joan seems like a kleptomaniac thanks to a sticky-fingered crow she finds in her kitchen.
Jealousy (4/7/1954) Joan takes home a suave guest lecturer from the Women’s Club to get Brad jealous.
Jitterbug (11/5/1952) 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.
Joan's Haircut (7/7/1954) A disastrous trip to the beauty parlor.
The Lady & the Prizefighter (3/2/1955) Joan enters Wally in a charity fight and he accidentally knocks out a professional boxer.
Mabel’s Dress (1/27/1954) A dress meant for Mable is sent to Joan by mistake.
The Maid (1/27/1954) Joan hires a maid, who soon wants to leave them in order to see movie stars.
Mountain Lodge (3/10/1954) When Brad and Joan seperately write $1000 checks on their joint account, something is going to bounce.
Neighbors (6/10/1953) The Stevens' are delighted to learn that their neighbors, who regularly have parties til 4 A.M., are moving. Joan finds peaceful people to buy the house.
New House (9/29/1954) The Stevens are ready to move into another house--if only another couple hadn't gotten there first.

Secrets (5/6/1953) Keeping a secret proves too much for Joan-which almost costs her husband an important appointment.
Sister Pat (11/4/1953) Joan's teenage sister moves in and takes over the house, so Bradley gets even by inviting all of his cousins over - as many as he can afford to hire, that is!
Talent Scout (6/17/1953) Joan gets suckered by two phony "Hollywood" talent agents. The judge uses her as bait to catch them.
Two St. Bernards (11/17/1954) Brad and Joan each buy a Saint Bernard dog.
Uncle Edgar (1/21/1953) Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.
Wall Safe (10/13/1954) Joan finds a treasure map in a hidden safe.

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Anniversary Memo (2/24/1954) Joan becomes suspicious after finding a note in Brad's handwriting reminding him to get a gift for "Ann," when he meant the gift for Joan's anniversary.
Artist Show (5/13/1953) Joan tries to impress a state senator and his wife in an effort to further Brad's career.
Bev's Mistaken Marriage (2/10/1954) Joan and Brad get the wrong idea when Beverly and Tom are overheard talking about a secret.
Brad's Initiation (6/9/1954) Brad has the opportunity to join an exclusive club but the initiation may be difficult to follow. He must agree with everything wife Joan says and when she gets suspicious the situation escalates to outrageous results.
Brad's Moustache (10/14/1953) Joan wants Brad to grow a mustache, thinking that it will make him look more "dignified" and give him a better shot at being appointed a Superior Court judge.
Business Executive (7/1/1953) Brad is frustrated that his business-executive friends can afford to buy their wives such luxuries as fur coats, so he quits his job as judge and goes to work as a corporate executive.
Changing Houses (3/31/1954) The Stevens and the Hendersons agree to swap houses for a week after Joan and Mabel admire each other's wildly different interior decorating efforts.
Country Club (5/27/1953) Joan goes to great lengths to gain membership to the country club.
Culinary Nightmare (11/18/1953) Joan cooks a meal for Brad and his friends.


Draft Board (2/18/1953) Brad is being considered for a vacancy on the draft board but he and Joan believe he's being called to serve another tour of duty.
Fireman (2/4/1953) Joan tries to help end an argument between the husband and wife next door that she helped start.
First Lie (10/21/1953) Joan lies to Brad about a new dress,and then regrets it.
Furniture Quick Changes(10/28/1953) Brad sees a psychologist when he thinks work has him so stressed out that he's imagining the furniture is moving. Joan thinks he's seeing another woman.
Get Rich Quick (4/14/1954) Joan and her father invest in a South American uranium mining company.
Home of the Week (3/17/1954) Joan enters her home in a Home of the Week contest.
Initiation (11/25/1953) Joan's sister, Bev, enrolls in college. Somehow her sorority sisters think that Joan is Bev and try to initite her.
Ladie's Prison (2/23/1955) Joan learns the her husband Brad, a judge, is concerned about conditions in the women's prison. Joan has herself incarcerated to learn about things first hand which is played to comical effect.
Letter (2/16/1955) Joan accidentally opens a letter belonging to a neighbor. She goes to unusual lengths to reseal the envelope and get it to the right person without anyone the wiser.
Lieutenant General (2/9/1955) Joan tries to pass her neighbor Wally off as an army general married to her sister in order to impress a friend.
Little Girl (3/18/1953) Brad and Joan play cupid for a pair of teenagers, who suddenly want to get married.


Manhole Cover (11/24/1954) Joan tries to get a loose (and noisy) manhole cover that's in front of her house repaired but she finds it's more difficult than she thought.
Masquerade (4/21/1954) Joan and her friends are invited to a costume party which leads to a dilemma. The husbands disagree with the wives concerning outfits with the result being the men wearing the feminine clothes, the women the masculine.
Memory (2/11/1953) Brad tries to help Joan overcome her problem remembering messages and appointments.
Mothers-in-Law (1/20/1954) The mothers of Brad and Joan end up visiting at the same time. Trying to please one's respective mother-in-law beomes a full time occupation for the judge and his wife.
Musical (12/23/1953) Joan cajoles Brad into being a part of her ladies club musical. Among the highlights is Joan masquerading as Groucho Marx while doing a routine with her husband the judge.
Pilot Show (10/15/1952) Brad tells a bickering couple how he met Joan when she was a hostess on a plane. Back in the present, Joan buys a fur coat.
Pop Retires (3/24/1954) Pop thinks he is invited to retire and move in with his daughter, Joan.
Talent Scout (6/17/1953) Joan is tricked by a couple of con men pretending to be talent scouts and finds herself filming a movie scene where a jungle girl costume sharing screen time with a scene-stealing chimpanzee.
Theatrical Can-Can (6/3/1953) Joan's women's club needs to raise $250. Brad's lawyer's banquet has $250 to spend on entertainment. Hilarity ensues.
Tropical Fish (11/11/1953) Brad's new hobby is tropical fish, Joan buys him another fish which eats his rare tropical fish.

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