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The Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace Season 2

Every episode of Dennis the Menace Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace Season 2!

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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 well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 33 - Dennis' Newspaper
    8.9/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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  2. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 24 - Dennis and the Fishing Rod
    8.8/10(39 votes)

    S2:E24

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

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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  3. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 30 - The Soapbox Derby
    8.8/10(40 votes)

    S2:E30

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 32 - Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food
    8.8/10(42 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 11 - The Raffle Ticket
    8.7/10(39 votes)

    S2:E11

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

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 22 - Dennis' Tool Chest
    8.7/10(42 votes)

    S2:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 23 - The Going Away Gift
    8.7/10(37 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 28 - Woodman, Spare That Tree
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 31 - Dennis and the Camera
    8.7/10(39 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 3 - Dennis and the Radio Set
    8.6/10(56 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 6 - Man of the House
    8.6/10(47 votes)

    S2:E6

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

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 9 - Paint-up, Clean-up Week
    8.6/10(43 votes)

    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.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 12 - The Christmas Horse
    8.6/10(63 votes)

    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.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 15 - Dennis, the Campaign Manager
    8.6/10(41 votes)

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 17 - Pythias Was a Piker
    8.6/10(46 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  16. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 20 - Dennis' Birthday
    8.6/10(40 votes)

    S2:E20

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

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 21 - Dennis Goes to Camp
    8.6/10(45 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 29 - The Boy Wonder
    8.6/10(45 votes)

    S2:E29

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 5 - The Stock Certificate
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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  20. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 16 - Miss Cathcart's Friend
    8.5/10(51 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 18 - Dennis and the Saxophone
    8.5/10(35 votes)

    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.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 19 - Wilson Sleeps Over
    8.5/10(43 votes)

    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.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 26 - Dennis' Obligation
    8.5/10(36 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 36 - The Pioneers
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    S2:E36

    Dennis, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Mitchell camp out as pioneers to prove to Mr. Krinkie that they can live of the land like the pioneers.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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  25. Dennis the Menace Season 2 Episode 4 - Dennis and the Ham-pher
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    S2:E4

    Dennis gets what he thinks is a hampster which turns out to be a gopher that escapes from his cage and almost ruins Mr. Wilson's yard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Leslie

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Dennis' Newspaper" is the best rated episode of "Dennis the Menace" season 2. It scored 8.9/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Phil Leslie, it aired on 5/21/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dennis and the Fishing Rod".