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The misadventures of two of New York's finest in the 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the short, stocky and dim-witted one, either saves the day or messes things up, much to the chagrin of Muldoon, the tall, lanky and smart one.

Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?" is "The Biggest Day of the Year", rated 8.6/10 from 84 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Biggest Day of the Year" aired on 2/17/1963 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Toody Undercover".

  • The Biggest Day of the Year
    8.6/10 84 votes

    #1 - The Biggest Day of the Year

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1963

    After Tooday tells Muldoon that "today's a very important day",Muldoon,the men & high ranking officials,try to figure out why it is.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toody Undercover
    8.4/10 95 votes

    #2 - Toody Undercover

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1962

    Toody winds up undercover as part of a mob ring. His intimate knowledge of the area (bank layouts, burglar alarms & patrolmen habits) makes him a better crook than cop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Today I Am a Man
    8.3/10 103 votes

    #3 - Today I Am a Man

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1962

    Tired of being stereotyped as a mama's boy, Muldoon feigns having a hot date at "the hottest club in the Bronx". When his bluff is called by doubting coworkers, he quickly commandeers a puritan family who gets the wrong impression from his weapon!

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    Writer: N/A

  • I Won't Go
    8.1/10 105 votes

    #4 - I Won't Go

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1961

    Introducing Mrs. Bronson, the sweet Jewish grandmother confounding the boys at the 53rd as well as New York City's bureaucracy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No More Pickpockets
    8.1/10 93 votes

    #5 - No More Pickpockets

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1962

    The boys go under cover at Yankee Stadium to stem the onslaught of pickpockets. One skilled pilferer turns the tide on Toody; who ends up arrested?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Beast Who Walked the Bronx
    8.1/10 90 votes

    #6 - The Beast Who Walked the Bronx

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/18/1962

    Burkholtz, relegated to the Lost & Found for 15 years due to his extreme laxity is the only choice to sub for Capt. Block on his forced two week vacation. The boys mistake his absence from active duty thinking it's because he was too tough!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Quiet! We're Thinking
    8.1/10 88 votes

    #7 - Quiet! We're Thinking

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/8/1962

    Gunther and Lucille's 11-year-old nephew Marvin, in the Big Apple for a Boy Scout event, helps Toody and Muldoon crack the cases that have flummoxed New York's Finest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Hate Captain Block
    8.1/10 94 votes

    #8 - I Hate Captain Block

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1962

    When Toody takes care of Captain Block's parrot, he decides to teach it to talk. But this backfires when he says he hates Captain Block in front of the bird, and the parrot begins repeating it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The White Elephant
    8.1/10 74 votes

    #9 - The White Elephant

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1963

    A gang buys the cursed eatery next to the bank to drill through the common wall into the vault -- but the boys of the 53rd stop by to see how they're doing, and help them establish a luncheonette instead.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toody & Muldoon Meet the Russians
    8.0/10 82 votes

    #10 - Toody & Muldoon Meet the Russians

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1963

    The boys chaperon two Russian ambassadors, and turn them into American capitalists.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I've Been Here Before
    8.0/10 74 votes

    #11 - I've Been Here Before

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1963

    A criminal gang bases its heists on the plots of the television program "Crimebusters," which program is also one of Officer Toody's favorite shows.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Curse of the Snitkins
    8.0/10 76 votes

    #12 - The Curse of the Snitkins

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/14/1963

    A jinx arrives at the 53rd and continues his streak of bringing bad luck wherever he goes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boom, Boom, Boom
    7.9/10 105 votes

    #13 - Boom, Boom, Boom

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1962

    The boys are attempting to win the barbershop quartet competition for "the old man" Capt. Block. The rules require all 163 quartets to perform the same song, which drives poor Jan Murray to insanity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What Happened to Thursday?
    7.9/10 93 votes

    #14 - What Happened to Thursday?

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1962

    The 53rd is embarrassed by the domestic dispute calls that come every Thursday night - from the Schnausers. Toody convinces Leo (along w/the rest of the boys) that Thursday's actually Friday leading to expected hilarious confusion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Occupancy, August 1st
    7.9/10 87 votes

    #15 - Occupancy, August 1st

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1962

    Mrs. Bronson causes trouble again -- by moving in to her promised apartment on the day it was promised to her -- but it's not finished! Once again she's adept at deflecting all opponents.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Put It in the Bank
    7.8/10 86 votes

    #16 - Put It in the Bank

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1961

    The 53rd Precinct's Brotherhood Club's newly elected treasurer Gunther Toody is determined to invest their hard-earned $800 in the stock market despite the protests of his fiscally conservative colleagues.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Here We Go Again
    7.8/10 74 votes

    #17 - Here We Go Again

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963

    Muldoon's father, Patrick was a police captain and a hero -- or was he?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Finds Muldoon
    7.7/10 97 votes

    #18 - Love Finds Muldoon

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1961

    Lucille plays matchmaker for Francis.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Get Well, Officer Schnauser
    7.7/10 87 votes

    #19 - Get Well, Officer Schnauser

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1961

    While Schnauser is laid up in the hospital, Toody is tapped by the FBI to go undercover to help them nab notorious bank robber "No Face."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toody & Muldoon Crack Down
    7.7/10 74 votes

    #20 - Toody & Muldoon Crack Down

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1962

    After the police chief drives through Toody & Muldoon's sector, he's so angered by the scores of violations he sees he orders an investigation - with surprising results.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 142 Tickets on the Aisle
    7.7/10 72 votes

    #21 - 142 Tickets on the Aisle

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1962

    When the boys of the 53rd Precinct suddenly show an interest in the clean and uplifting Broadway epic "Little Miss Pioneer," so does the prurient public.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Here Comes Charlie
    7.7/10 78 votes

    #22 - Here Comes Charlie

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1963

    The boys of the 53rd Precinct attempt to help rehabilitate chronically drunk Charlie by finding him a job where he won't be tempted to drink, but the officers'regular visits to check up on Charlie have an unnerving effect on his teetotalist coworkers. A Larry Storch tour de force!

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  • See You at the Bar Mitzvah
    7.7/10 86 votes

    #23 - See You at the Bar Mitzvah

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1963

    When the boys find out that no one is going to the Bar Mitzvah of one boy on their basketball team because of his hated father, they spring into action.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Lucille Is 40
    7.7/10 75 votes

    #24 - Lucille Is 40

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/1963

    Lucille is upset over turning 40, so Gunther decides to surprise her by buying her a wig for a birthday gift, a deceptively simple endeavor fraught with misunderstanding and melodrama when nosy Sylvia Schnauser stumbles upon the scheme.

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  • The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser
    7.7/10 74 votes

    #25 - The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser

    Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1963

    Sylvia Schnauser helps the police dept. to set a trap for con artists posing as book publishers.

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