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The Best Episodes Directed By Jean Yarbrough

Every TV Episode Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - $1,000 TV Prize

    S2:E10

    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.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Well Oiled

    S2:E20

    Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Fencing Master

    S2:E23

    A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Barber Lou

    S2:E26

    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.

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  5. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Jail

    S1:E3

    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."

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  6. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Actors' Home

    S1:E24

    Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  7. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Amnesia

    S2:E11

    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.

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  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Efficiency Experts

    S2:E12

    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.

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  9. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Car Trouble

    S2:E13

    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.

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  10. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Wife Wanted

    S2:E14

    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.

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  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Uncle from New Jersey

    S2:E15

    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.

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Private Eye

    S2:E16

    After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Tax Return

    S2:E17

    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.

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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Bank Holdup

    S2:E19

    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.

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  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Pigeon

    S2:E21

    Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

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  16. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Beauty Contest Story

    S2:E24

    When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.

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  17. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman

    S1:E7

    Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  18. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Army Story

    S1:E8

    Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  19. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb

    S1:E8

    When Billie Jo has to come up with a fourth for her double date with Junior Hocker and Junior's visiting friend Roger Budd, Kate suggests Bobbie Jo to her. Billie Jo doesn't think Bobbie Jo would be a good fit as she knows all the boys see Bobbie Jo as a book worm instead of a fun girl. Convincing Bobbie Jo may be more difficult as Bobbie Jo admits that she just doesn't feel comfortable around boys yet. She goes on the date, but comes home early saying she just can't compete with Billie Jo. Kate tries to teach Bobbie Jo how to flatter a man the way Billie Jo does. On her next date with Roger, things go much better.

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    Writer:Joel Kane
  20. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - A Night at the Hooterville Hilton

    S1:E13

    A brochure made by Uncle Joe describing the incomparable Shady Rest Hotel of the future is accidentally mailed to The Centerville Sun Express travel columnist Gladys Stroud. In the brochure was the vision of what he hoped the hotel would one day be, including indoor ice rink, bowling alley, and swimming pool. Gladys decides to come and review the Shady Rest. Now the family has to scramble to keep her from finding out the truth and closing them down for lying. Despite their best efforts, Gladys finds out. Uncle Joe manages to sweet talk Gladys into not closing them down.

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  21. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik

    S1:E16

    Bobbie Jo brings home Alan Landman, a mad-at-the-world young poet and slacker who has won her heart. Despite Bobbie Jo liking him in every respect, he dismisses her way of life. Bobbie Jo wants to prove him wrong, while deep down she wants to find out for herself if Alan is really right about how meaningless her conventional life is. The family's impression of Alan is quite dismal. Kate has to figure out a way to make Bobbie Jo come to the conclusion on her own that Alan and his life do not deserve to be romanticized.

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  22. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - My Daughter the Doctor

    S1:E17

    Billie Jo receives a $500 insurance endowment, which her late father set aside for his first-born to become a doctor. But Billie Jo wants to go to Hollywood to become an actress. Kate thinks that Hooterville's long time doctor, Dr. Depew, can talk Billie Jo into it. But Kate's thinks that Dr. Depew's handsome new assistant, Dr. Clayton Harris, would be able to convince Billie Jo even more. So using Uncle Joe as a patient with non-existing symptoms, Kate hopes to have Dr. Harris make a thorough examination with Billie Jo as his assistant, exposing her to the wonders of modern medicine. But, Billie Jo faints at the first sight of blood.

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  23. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Vacation

    S1:E4

    Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  24. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Pots and Pans

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  25. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Charity Bazaar

    S1:E10

    Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.

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    Writer:Sid Fields

Jean Yarbrough Ratings Summary

"$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".