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The Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace

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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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  1. Background image for The Christmas Horse
    8.7/10(55 votes)

    #1 - The Christmas Horse

    S2:E12

    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.

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  2. Background image for Dennis, the Campaign Manager
    8.5/10(37 votes)

    #2 - Dennis, the Campaign Manager

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Dennis Goes to Camp
    8.5/10(41 votes)

    #3 - Dennis Goes to Camp

    S2:E21

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Dennis' Newspaper
    8.5/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Dennis' Newspaper

    S2:E33

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Pythias Was a Piker
    8.4/10(40 votes)

    #5 - Pythias Was a Piker

    S2:E17

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

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  6. Background image for Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food
    8.4/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food

    S2:E32

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Raffle Ticket
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #7 - The Raffle Ticket

    S2:E11

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

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  9. Background image for Miss Cathcart's Friend
    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #8 - Miss Cathcart's Friend

    S2:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Dennis' Tool Chest
    8.3/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Dennis' Tool Chest

    S2:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Woodman, Spare That Tree
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Woodman, Spare That Tree

    S2:E28

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Boy Wonder
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #11 - The Boy Wonder

    S2:E29

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Soapbox Derby
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #12 - The Soapbox Derby

    S2:E30

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Dennis and the Camera
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Dennis and the Camera

    S2:E31

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Dennis and the Radio Set
    8.2/10(50 votes)

    #14 - Dennis and the Radio Set

    S2:E3

    Mr. Wilson gives Dennis an old radio set that he mistakenly bid for at an auction. However, When Dennis finds money in his radio set, Mr. Wilson gets excited. So him and Mitchell put in add in the paper hoping the real owner isn't around to claim it.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Dennis and the Saxophone
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Dennis and the Saxophone

    S2:E18

    Tommy has a saxophone that he doesn't want so Dennis wants to buy it from Tommy's Mother, but when Mr. Wilson learns that Dennis is going to ask his father to buy it for him Mr. Wilson tries to talk Dennis's dad out of getting the saxophone.

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  17. Background image for The Going Away Gift
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Going Away Gift

    S2:E23

    Dennis gets his mom a going away present and hides it on Mr. Wilson's closet shelf and Mrs. Wilson finds it and thinks it's a gift from Mr. Wilson.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Dennis and the Fishing Rod
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #17 - Dennis and the Fishing Rod

    S2:E24

    Dennis attempts to buy a fishing rod for his dad and tries to purchase it with a $50.00 Confederate bill.

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  19. Background image for Dennis' Obligation
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #18 - Dennis' Obligation

    S2:E26

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Stock Certificate
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #19 - The Stock Certificate

    S2:E5

    Mr. Wilson has a stock certificate worth $500. He hides it in his Phone book, however when Dennis brings him in his new phone book Mr. Wilson goes crazy and ends up going to the warehouse where all the old phonebooks are taken to look for his old phone book because he thinks the stock is still in it.

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  21. Background image for Man of the House
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #20 - Man of the House

    S2:E6

    Dennis tries to take care of his mom because she is sick and his dad is out of town.

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  22. Background image for The Rock Collection
    8.1/10(47 votes)

    #21 - The Rock Collection

    S2:E7

    Dennis starts a rock collection and ends up finding what he thinks is real gold on Mr. Wilson's lot

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  23. Background image for Paint-up, Clean-up Week
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #22 - Paint-up, Clean-up Week

    S2:E9

    Dennis wants to help out for Paint-up, Clean-up week. So Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a bucket of red paint to paint his wagon with. Dennis however also decides to paint the street curve by Mr. Wilson's house and Mr. Wilson gets blamed for it.

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  24. Background image for Wilson Sleeps Over
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Wilson Sleeps Over

    S2:E19

    Dennis accidently knocks over a bottle which fumigates the Wilson's house, So the Wilson's stay the night at the Mitchell's and Mr. Wilson walks in his sleep.

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  25. Background image for Dennis' Birthday
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    #24 - Dennis' Birthday

    S2:E20

    Mr. Wilson puts on a magic show for Dennis' birthday and asks Spring Byington to be his assistant

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  26. Background image for Dennis and the Wedding
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #25 - Dennis and the Wedding

    S2:E2

    Mr. Wilson's Niece is getting married and asks Dennis to be the ring bear.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Christmas Horse" is the best rated episode of "Dennis the Menace". It scored 8.7/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by William D. Russell and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/25/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dennis, the Campaign Manager".