6.7/1038 votes#1 - Come Honk Your Horn
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1965
Lawyer Dave Crabtree's troubles begin with the purchase of a decrepit 1928 Porter that claims through the radio to be his mother. Wife, Barbara doesn't want the old wreck but it has an overwhelming appeal for Captain Manzini, a very persistent antique car collector.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Chris Hayward
6.4/1025 votes#2 - The De-Fenders
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1965
Dave fears for his mother's safety when car strippers are reported in the neighborhood.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.2/1022 votes#3 - What Makes Auntie Freeze
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1965
As Dave drives up the mountains, Mother gets higher and higher from the alcohol in her antifreeze.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
6.7/1019 votes#4 - Lassie, I Mean Mother, Come Home
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1965
When Dave neglects to set the parking break after parking on a hill, Mother rolls into an open van that is bound for Mexico.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1024 votes#5 - Burned at the Steak
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1965
Dave's mother badgers him into patching up the quarrel between the battling newlywed couple who lives next door.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arnold Margolin
5.3/1019 votes#6 - I'm Through Being a Nice Guy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1965
In a desperate effort to get the car away from Dave, Captain Manzini resorts to: Operation Unscrupulous, replacing the car with an exact replica.
Director: N/A
Writer: George Kirgo
8.0/1015 votes#7 - Lights, Camera, Mother
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1965
Dave gets back at his neighbors who are petitioning him to get rid of his antique eyesore by starring the car in a TV commercial.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: N/A
5.4/1013 votes#8 - The Captain Manzini Grand Prix
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1965
Captain Manzini goads Dave into racing the car against England's foremost distance walker with Mother as the stakes.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Hayward
8.0/1016 votes#9 - TV or Not TV
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1965
Dave's mother is tired of spending night after night in a dark garage so she tries to get Dave to by her a TV set.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Chris Hayward
8.1/1014 votes#10 - My Son, the Ventriloquist
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1965
Dave's mother and the rest of his family all want air conditioners. So to handle the expense, Dave must land the account of high living Franklyn Hotchkiss.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: N/A
7.9/1013 votes#11 - My Son, the Judge
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1965
Mother tells Dave how to impress two stiffnecked council members who are interviewing prospects for judgeship in the domestic relations court.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: Lila Garrett
- 7.7/1013 votes
#12 - And Leave the Drive-In to Us
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1965
Dave's mother wants to celebrate her birthday by seeing a surf movie featuring her favorite actor, at a chilly open-air theater.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1013 votes#13 - For Whom the Horn Honks
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1965
Dave hears that Captain Manzini is dying but Mother warns him that Captain Manzini is up to something.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: George Kirgo
5.3/1013 votes#14 - Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1965
Dave's mother in-law arrives for a visit and it's soon apparent that there is one mother too many on the scene.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1014 votes#15 - Many Happy No-Returns
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1965
Mother is furious when she learns that Dave intends to let Barbara choose her own Christmas present.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1013 votes#16 - Shine On, Shine On, Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/28/1965
After being married for 8 years, Barbara and Dave decide to go on a honeymoon. However, Barbara's mother, an astrology nut, warns them of impending danger.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.6/1016 votes#17 - I Remember Mama, Why Can't You Remember Me?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/1966
A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Arnold Margolin
5.3/1013 votes#18 - Goldporter
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1966
Captain Manzini's uncle Louie, the head of a secret organization called DURC, says his hypnotic drug will make Dave agreeable to any request such as selling Mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.1/1016 votes#19 - The Incredible Shrinking Car
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/18/1966
Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to the size of a small toy.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Chris Hayward
7.4/1014 votes#20 - I'd Rather Do it Myself, Mother
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1966
When the housework gets Barbara down, Dave surprises her by hiring a maid who's unbearably efficient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1015 votes#21 - You Can't Get There From Here
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/1/1966
While driving the kids to camp, Dave is stopped by a sheriff who asks him for his driver's license and discovers that it has expired.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arnold Margolin
6.8/1016 votes#22 - A Riddler on the Roof
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/8/1966
How can a car prevent a murder? That's what Mother has to figure out after she overhears three thugs plot the assassination of a visiting dignitary.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
7.5/1014 votes#23 - My Son, the Criminal
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/15/1966
Mr. Kroot, the postman, know two thing about Dave. He saw Dave cementing the garage floor and also heard him say something about his mother not complaining anymore. So Kroot concludes that Dave has done his old lady in.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1013 votes
#24 - An Unreasonable Facsimile
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/22/1966
Captain Manzini transforms a Swedish sailor into a lookalike, talkalike replica of Dave and smuggles him into the Crabtree household.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arnold Margolin
7.7/1015 votes#25 - Over the Hill to the Junkyard
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/1966
The future looks mighty bleak for Dave's mother when Barbara wins a new limousine in a supermarket drawing.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
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The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Come Honk Your Horn" is the best rated episode of "My Mother the Car" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Chris Hayward, it aired on 9/14/1965. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The De-Fenders".