6.4/1040 votes#1 - And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1966
Hector and Mac have their first day in the past and the caveman think they are evil spirits. They make good with a caveman's son and save his life. He wants to be an adult and the custom is to spend a day in the jungle alone. Hector and Mac suggest that instead of having this ritual they throw him a birthday party instead.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1025 votes
#2 - The Copper Caper
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1966
Mac and Hector need to find copper to repair the space ship. Unfortunately, the only copper they can find is around Boss's neck, in his necklace.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joel Kane
- 6.9/1022 votes
#3 - The Initiation
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1966
Mac and Hec decide to move into a cave but they must become tribe members first. The must perform a few customary rituals before they become tribe members.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1023 votes
#4 - Tailor Made Hero
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1966
Mac and Hector are heroes to Breer after they rescue him from a blocked cave. Mac and Hector try to think of ways to get Gronk to look like a hero to Breer.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1025 votes
#5 - The Rainmakers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1966
There is a drought in the village, Boss decides to offer Mac and Hec as a sacrifice to the great Water Spirit.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Gershman
- 6.4/1023 votes
#6 - The Courtship of Miles Gronk
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1966
The astronaut visitors are troubled that Cavemen drag their women around by the hair as their form of courtship. And so, they do their best to institute modern, civilized courting techniques.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1021 votes
#7 - The Champ
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1966
Not wanting to fight, Mac persuades Boss to choose a champion to represent the tribe against its neighbor.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1020 votes
#8 - Mark Your Ballets
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1966
Hector takes a snapshot of Boss, who suspects the astronauts will use it to harm him and condemns them to death. The astronauts try to save their skin by convincing the natives to hold an election and remove Boss from power.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1024 votes
#9 - Have I Got A Girl for You
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1966
Shad tries to find the perfect mates for the astronauts.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
5.9/1025 votes#10 - Cave Movies
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1966
Before blasting off, Hector and Mac make movies of the cave dwellers using camouflaged equipment; Boss and Clon quietly watch in awe as the astronauts review their footage.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1021 votes
#11 - Androcles and Clon
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1966
Hector and Mac make a model plane for Breer, but Boss denounces the plane as evil and orders Clon to bring the astronauts to him for judgement.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
6.2/1028 votes#12 - Love Me, Love My Gnook
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1966
When a puppy trots out of the spacecraft, Hector decides to give it to Breer as a farewell present; the cave dwellers become petrified at the sight of the puppy, blaming it for all of the calamities befalling the village.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1019 votes
#13 - The Broken Idol
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1966
While searching for aluminum ore with which to repair their spacecraft, Mac and Hector accidentally desecrate an idol to the fire god.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1021 votes
#14 - The Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/1966
Mac and Hector are dismayed to learn that Mlor is going to be sacrificed to the dinosaurs to guarantee the villagers' safety, and they beg Boss to abolish the barbarous custom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1024 votes
#15 - King Hec
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1966
When Hector warns the cave dwellers of an imminent storm, they shower him with adoration and give him the royal treatment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1022 votes#16 - The Mother-in-law
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/25/1966
Gronk's mother-in-law pays a visit and takes a heavy-handed interest in her granddaughter's personal affairs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1022 votes
#17 - Which Doctor's Witch?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/1/1967
Gronk becomes gravely ill on the eve of the tribe's big dinosaur hunt, and Boss performs a dance to cure him but to no avail.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1022 votes
#18 - To Catch a Thief
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/8/1967
Hector and Mac resolve to catch the real thief after being accused of stealing various items from the cave dwellers.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#19 - The Stowaway
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/1967
While blasting off, Mac and Hector discover cave-girl Mlor hiding behind an instrument panel in the spacecraft.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1019 votes
#20 - 20th Century Here We Come
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/22/1967
Hector and crew leave the stoneage and enter the 20th.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/1021 votes#21 - Shad Rack and Other Tortures
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/29/1967
Hector and Mac try to convince a General to come and meet the cave people. Meanwhile Shad, Gronk, and their family visit a beauty parlor and a clothing store to try to help themselves blend in better with other people.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
6.5/1018 votes#22 - The Cave Family Swingers
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/5/1967
A talent agent overhears the cave family singing in Hector and Mac's apartment and advises the family members to continue to rehearse their unique sound.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1016 votes
#23 - To Sign or Not to Sign
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1967
Mac teaches Gronk and Shadd to write their names. With this new talent they sign up for things.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/1017 votes#24 - School Days, School Days
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/1967
Breer heads off to school for the first time and things seem to be going well. Then Gronk and Shad decide to check on their son, which leads to multiple misunderstandings and expulsion for Breer.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1015 votes
#25 - Our Brothers' Keepers
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/5/1967
Hector and Mac bring the cave family to the airbase to meet Gen. Morley as proof they traveled back in time to the Stone Age.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of It's About Time Season 1
Every episode of It's About Time Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of It's About Time Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You" is the best rated episode of "It's About Time" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Richard Donner and written by N/A, it aired on 9/11/1966. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Copper Caper".