9.0/101 votes#1 - $1,000 TV Prize
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1954
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
9.0/101 votes#2 - Well Oiled
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/1954
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
9.0/101 votes#3 - Fencing Master
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/10/1954
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
9.0/101 votes#4 - Barber Lou
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 5/1/1954
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.0/102 votes#5 - Jail
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/19/1952
Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcake's waterpail and she drags him into court claiming .79 cents in damages. In jail, Lou's crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears "Niagara Falls."
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Eddie Forman
8.0/101 votes#6 - The Actors' Home
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/1953
Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.0/101 votes#7 - Amnesia
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1954
Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/101 votes#8 - Efficiency Experts
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/1954
Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/101 votes#9 - Car Trouble
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1954
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/101 votes#10 - Wife Wanted
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1954
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/101 votes#11 - Uncle from New Jersey
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1954
When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/101 votes#12 - Private Eye
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1954
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/101 votes#13 - The Tax Return
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1954
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/101 votes#14 - Bank Holdup
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1954
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/101 votes#15 - The Pigeon
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1954
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/101 votes#16 - Beauty Contest Story
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/17/1954
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
7.5/102 votes#17 - The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1953
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.5/102 votes#18 - The Army Story
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1953
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.0/102 votes#19 - The Vacation
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/1952
Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.0/102 votes#20 - Pots and Pans
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1953
Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.0/102 votes#21 - The Charity Bazaar
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1953
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.0/101 votes#22 - The Western Story
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/1953
Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
7.0/101 votes#23 - The Haunted House
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1953
Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends one night there. Bud and Lou come along with her for protection and Lou is scared out of his mind by frightful encounters.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
- 7.0/101 votes
#24 - Peace and Quiet
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/1953
Lou sleeps all day but can't sleep at night. Bud takes him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually Bud checks him into a sanitarium for a night's rest. "Crazy House" is performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Eddie Forman
7.0/101 votes#25 - Hungry
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/6/1953
Bud and Lou visit a couple of restaurants. In one they become involved with twin waitresses. In the other, Lou has a battle with an oyster.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
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"$1,000 TV Prize" is the best rated episode directed by Jean Yarbrough. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Jack Townley. It aired on 1/9/1954 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Well Oiled".