The Best Episodes Directed By John Kimball
Every TV Episode Directed by John Kimball Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
John Kimball Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by John Kimball is "Catteries Not Included", rated 6.6/10 from 5 user votes. It was "written by Bruce Talkington". "Catteries Not Included" aired on 3/5/1989 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Piratsy Under the Seas".
6.6/10 5 votes#1 - Catteries Not Included
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/1989
A little girl is looking for her beloved cat Spunky, and the Rescue Rangers are on the case. It seems that all of the cats have been kidnapped by mechanical dogs under the power of Professor Nimnul. The Professor is using the cats for static electricity to power his device to take over the city. The Rangers find Spunky and free him along with all of the other cats, and the Professor's plan is foiled.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Bruce Talkington
6.0/10 6 votes#2 - Piratsy Under the Seas
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1989
Dale is being hassled with chores so much that he joins a group of pirate rats.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
5.8/10 4 votes#3 - Dale Beside Himself
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1989
In order to get out of doing his regular chores, Dale switches places with a visiting space alien who has a penchant for shape-shifting.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Dev Ross
5.8/10 4 votes#4 - Kiwi's Big Adventure
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/1989
The Ranger plane is swiped by a primitive tribe of flightless Kiwis, who worship it in the hope that it will allow them to fly once again.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Julia Jane Lewald
5.5/10 4 votes#5 - Flash the Wonder Dog
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1989
Dale's television hero, Flash, is kidnapped and framed by Fat Cat, in a ploy to discredit dogs everywhere.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: David Wise
5.5/10 2 votes#6 - Rescue Rangers to the Rescue (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1989
When an old detective friend is falsely accused of stealing a priceless ruby, Chip and Dale decide to take on the task of solving the crime themselves, in this introduction to the series.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Tad Stones
5.0/10 3 votes#7 - Out to Launch
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1989
Unforseen circumstances cause the Rangers to take off in the Space Plane and be stranded in space!
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
5.0/10 3 votes#8 - Risky Beesness
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/1989
A queen bee enlists the Rangers' help (and Zipper's affections) when her hive gets mesmerized by a rock star wannabe.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Linda Woolverton
5.0/10 3 votes#9 - The Carpetsnaggers
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/1989
The Rangers are met with a supernatural mystery when they catch flying carpets in the act of burglarizing houses.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Somtow Sucharitkul
5.0/10 3 votes#10 - Bearing Up Baby
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/14/1989
Humphrey the bear adopts a stray human child, and the Rangers have to figure out how to get him back to his gun-happy parents.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Dev Ross
5.0/10 3 votes#11 - Parental Discretion Retired
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/21/1989
Monty's father, Cheddarhead Charlie, comes for a visit and takes over, much to the Rescue Rangers' chagrin.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
4.7/10 3 votes#12 - Adventures in Squirrelsitting
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/1989
The Rescue Rangers try to recover the Maltese Mouse from Fat Cat, and end up with the unlikely task of babysitting a mother squirrel's two rambunctious daughters.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Tad Stones
4.7/10 3 votes#13 - Three Men and a Booby
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/1989
A mother Booby's egg is eggnapped and she asks for the Rangers' aid in recovering it.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Eric Lewald
4.5/10 2 votes#14 - Ghost of a Chance
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1989
While trying to foil Fat Cat's plan to steal the Crown Jewels, Monty unearths one of his ghostly ancestors.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Art Cover
4.5/10 2 votes#15 - Short Order Crooks
Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 2/5/1990
Monty tries to make some cheese chowder and instead encounters a couple of cut-rate crooks.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
1.0/10 1 votes#16 - Rescue Rangers to the Rescue (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1989
Chip and Dale are hot on Fat Cat's trail, who leads them to a Chinese laundry and then to a fishing vessel where they meet Monty and Zipper for the very first time.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Jymn Magon
1.0/10 1 votes#17 - Rescue Rangers to the Rescue (3)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1989
Monty suggests they visit his old friend, Geegaw Hackwrench, but instead find Geegaw's daughter, Gadget, who flies the group to Glacier Bay as they continue their investigation.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Jymn Magon
1.0/10 1 votes#18 - Rescue Rangers to the Rescue (4)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/1989
The investigative trail leads Chip, Dale, Monty, Gadget and Zipper from Glacier Bay to a dog pound and then to the subway where they find Claudaine, who masterminded this whole thing.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Jymn Magon
1.0/10 1 votes#19 - Rescue Rangers to the Rescue (5)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/1989
Claudaine and Nimnul plot together and build a huge jello mold, which they plan to use to cause an earthquake to crack open a Reserve Building vault so they can steal all the gold inside it.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Jymn Magon
1.0/10 1 votes#20 - A Lad in a Lamp
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/3/1989
Monty's greed backfires when a genie in lamp tricks Monty into changing places with him.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Eric Lewald
1.0/10 1 votes#21 - The Luck Stops Here
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/6/1989
Gadget takes pity on a hapless inventor who's had a streak of bad luck.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Kevin Hopps
1.0/10 1 votes#22 - Battle of the Bulge
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/1989
Monty's exercise regimen turns into a major disadvantage as the Rangers try to capture some flying jewel thieves.
Director: John Kimball
Writer: Tad Stones