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The Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace

Every episode of Dennis the Menace ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace!

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but...
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Fifty-Thousandth Customer" is the best rated episode of "Dennis the Menace". It scored 8.9/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by James Goldstone and written by N/A, it aired on 11/12/1961. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trouble from Mars".

  • The Fifty-Thousandth Customer
    8.9/1059 votes
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    #1 - The Fifty-Thousandth Customer

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1961

    Mr. Finch is having a contest that when the fifty-thousandth customer walks in his store they will win 5 minutes of free shopping of which Mr. Wilson is determined to be the one who wins.

    Director: James Goldstone

    Writer: N/A

  • Trouble from Mars
    8.7/1040 votes
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    #2 - Trouble from Mars

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1961

    Mr. Wilson accidentlly gets a space helmet that belongs to Dennis stuck on his head.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • Calling All Bird Lovers
    8.7/1043 votes
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    #3 - Calling All Bird Lovers

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1962

    Mr. Wilson holds a bird lovers session at his home Where a woman does bird calls that sounds just like a bird.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Christmas Horse
    8.6/1053 votes
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    #4 - The Christmas Horse

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1960

    Dennis is determined to get a horse for Christmas, So on Christmas day he goes around the neighborhood trying to find what he thinks is his horse.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis Goes to Camp
    8.5/1039 votes
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    #5 - Dennis Goes to Camp

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1961

    Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and his friends to a camp to visit for a day and end up getting stranded there for a week because a bridge went out due to a storm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis' Newspaper
    8.5/1043 votes
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    #6 - Dennis' Newspaper

    Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 5/21/1961

    Dennis overhears Mr. Wilson saying that he wishes he had his racoon coat back, so he gives the story to the newspaper and so all day people are bringing Mr. Wilson racoon coats.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • Mr. Wilson's Inheritance
    8.5/1043 votes
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    #7 - Mr. Wilson's Inheritance

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1961

    Mr. Wilson wants to represent Scotland for Dennis' School

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • The Fifteen Foot Christmas Tree
    8.5/1050 votes
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    #8 - The Fifteen Foot Christmas Tree

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1961

    Dennis, Henry and Mr. Wilson go out in the woods and cut down a big Christmas tree which ends up getting almost destroyed by the time they get it home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • The Man Next Door
    8.5/1044 votes
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    #9 - The Man Next Door

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 5/6/1962

    Mr. Wilson thinks his next door neighbor is the stocking bandit and tries to prove it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis and the Signpost
    8.4/10105 votes
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    #10 - Dennis and the Signpost

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1959

    Dennis replaces a fallen signpost... backwards.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis, the Campaign Manager
    8.4/1035 votes
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    #11 - Dennis, the Campaign Manager

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1961

    Dennis convinces Mr. Wilson to run for park commissioner because the playgroung is closed except on weekends.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pythias Was a Piker
    8.4/1039 votes
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    #12 - Pythias Was a Piker

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1961

    Dennis writes a composition for school on his best friend and he chooses Mr. Wilson to write about.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food
    8.4/1036 votes
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    #13 - Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food

    Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 5/14/1961

    Dennis accidently steps on one of Mr. Wilson's plants and so he buys him a replacement and plants it in Mr. Wilson's flower bed. When Mr. Wilson sees it, he is convinced that his new miracle plant food that he invented works like a miracle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Keep Off the Grass
    8.4/1035 votes
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    #14 - Keep Off the Grass

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1961

    Henry gets a ticket for walking on the grass in the park. When Mr. Wilson hears about it he thinks it isn't fair, So he convinces Henry to go to court and contest it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lucky Piece
    8.4/1039 votes
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    #15 - The Lucky Piece

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1961

    Mr. Wilson tricks Dennis into taking a silver coin that says GOOD LUCK and a horseshoe on it instead of 50 cents that he owes him for cutting his lawn. Mrs. Wilson is very angry with him about it. So, she and Alice start a scheme of their own by making lucky things happen to Dennis all day. Mr. Wilson soon starts to believe that the coin was lucky after all and is sorry he ever let it go. He then realizes that it was all a charade to teach him a lesson.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Leslie

  • Where There's a Will
    8.4/1038 votes
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    #16 - Where There's a Will

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1962

    Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a Gold watch in his will. Soon after that Mr. Wilson begins to feel old and is convinced that he has short time to live.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Raffle Ticket
    8.3/1034 votes
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    #17 - The Raffle Ticket

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1960

    Dennis gets an electric car for his mom from the lady who won the Raffle.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Miss Cathcart's Friend
    8.3/1045 votes
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    #18 - Miss Cathcart's Friend

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1961

    Dennis attempts to find Miss. Cathcart a best friend, so he gets her a dog from the pound. However the dog's owner is looking for him and ends up showing up at Miss. Cathcart's house before Dennis brings the dog over to Miss. Cathcart. So she mistakenly thinks that the guy is the friend instead of the dog.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis' Tool Chest
    8.3/1036 votes
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    #19 - Dennis' Tool Chest

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1961

    Miss Cathcart's cat is accidentally locked in the trunk of Mr. Wilson's car.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis' Obligation
    8.3/1032 votes
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    #20 - Dennis' Obligation

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1961

    Dennis brings home little chicken eggs to take care of for his school project, but ends up taking them over to Mr. Wilson's house because the Mitchell's electricity went out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Woodman, Spare That Tree
    8.3/1030 votes
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    #21 - Woodman, Spare That Tree

    Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1961

    Mr. Wilson has a hundred doller bill which he drops and a crow picks it up and flies away with it. He later finds it in an old tree in a park which the park commissioner is going to cut down, So Mr. Wilson climbs the tree to get his hundred doller bill and to also save the tree from being cut down.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boy Wonder
    8.3/1041 votes
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    #22 - The Boy Wonder

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/1961

    Mr. Wilson builds a barbecue in his backyard with help from Dennis' friend, Fred Bains.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Soapbox Derby
    8.3/1035 votes
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    #23 - The Soapbox Derby

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/1961

    Dennis enters a soapbox derby and Mr. Wilson accidently ends up being the one driving it in the race.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dennis and the Camera
    8.3/1034 votes
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    #24 - Dennis and the Camera

    Season 2 Episode 31 - Aired 5/7/1961

    Mr. Wilson is supposed to take a picture of a plant that bloomes at night but ends up dozing off when it bloomes, So Dennis takes the picture of the plant for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The School Play
    8.3/1039 votes
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    #25 - The School Play

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1961

    Dennis' school is putting on a play which Mr. Wilson ends up being in (not by choice) because him and Tommy (who is also in the play) get handcuffed together before the play starts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A