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The Best Episodes of Dennis the Menace Season 2

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

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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  • The Christmas Horse
    8.6/10(54)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Dennis Goes to Camp
    8.5/10(40)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Dennis' Newspaper
    8.5/10(44)
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    #3 - 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

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  • Dennis, the Campaign Manager
    8.4/10(36)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Pythias Was a Piker
    8.4/10(40)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food
    8.4/10(38)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Dennis and the Radio Set
    8.3/10(48)
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    #7 - Dennis and the Radio Set

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/16/1960

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Raffle Ticket
    8.3/10(35)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Miss Cathcart's Friend
    8.3/10(46)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Dennis' Tool Chest
    8.3/10(37)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Dennis' Obligation
    8.3/10(33)
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    #11 - 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

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  • Woodman, Spare That Tree
    8.3/10(31)
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    #12 - 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

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  • The Boy Wonder
    8.3/10(42)
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    #13 - 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

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  • The Soapbox Derby
    8.3/10(36)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Dennis and the Camera
    8.3/10(35)
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    #15 - 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

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  • The Stock Certificate
    8.2/10(41)
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    #16 - The Stock Certificate

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/30/1960

    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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  • Dennis and the Saxophone
    8.2/10(31)
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    #17 - Dennis and the Saxophone

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 2/5/1961

    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: N/A

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  • The Going Away Gift
    8.2/10(34)
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    #18 - The Going Away Gift

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 3/12/1961

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Dennis and the Fishing Rod
    8.2/10(35)
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    #19 - Dennis and the Fishing Rod

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 3/19/1961

    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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  • Dennis and the Wedding
    8.1/10(50)
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    #20 - Dennis and the Wedding

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/9/1960

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

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

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  • Man of the House
    8.1/10(40)
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    #21 - Man of the House

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/6/1960

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

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

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  • Paint-up, Clean-up Week
    8.1/10(38)
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    #22 - Paint-up, Clean-up Week

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/27/1960

    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: N/A

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  • Wilson Sleeps Over
    8.1/10(38)
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    #23 - Wilson Sleeps Over

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 2/12/1961

    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: N/A

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  • Dennis' Birthday
    8.1/10(35)
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    #24 - Dennis' Birthday

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 2/19/1961

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

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Rock Collection
    8.0/10(45)
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    #25 - The Rock Collection

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/13/1960

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

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Christmas Horse" is the best rated episode of "Dennis the Menace" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by William D. Russell and written by N/A, it aired on 12/25/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dennis Goes to Camp".