Birthday Cards
Mel tries to drum up business by mailing flattering birthday cards to dozens of townspeople. The scheme backfires when he discovers every card also promises a gift under separate cover,…
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Mel tries to drum up business by mailing flattering birthday cards to dozens of townspeople. The scheme backfires when he discovers every card also promises a gift under separate cover,…
Betty persuades Mel to adopt an efficiency expert’s system at the fix-it shop, but the spotless new arrangement makes every needed part impossible to find. With a customer demanding her…
Mel’s attempt to avoid embarrassment over baking a cake turns into a full-scale county-fair contest, complete with putty holding his entry together and Zookie trying to dispose of competing cakes.…
Mel takes on repairs at the Colby house, but garbled telephone instructions send Uncle Rupert and Zookie into a demolition spree involving doors and windows. Mr. Colby is briefly delighted…
Mr. Colby enters Mel in a strength contest against district manager Lionel Owens and secretly orders Mel to lose so Owens will remain confident in his job. Uncle Rupert and…
Mel secretly agrees to repair Mr. Cushing’s fishing rod, Sally, and boat, Mary Lou, but overheard references to the two names convince Betty and Mr. Colby that he is seeing…
Mel wants to take Betty to the Postman’s Ball, but Mr. Colby insists she help entertain a visiting sardine-company executive. Discovering the guest is a fellow Zebra, Mel helps Colby…
Mr. Colby reveals a secret ambition to become a songwriter and asks Mel to use his supposed show-business connections to get a singer to hear his new tune. Mel manages…
Mel organizes a Community Chest benefit at the local auditorium, combining musical entertainment with Zookie’s wildly confused pageant about Columbus. The amateur show nearly gets away from him, but the…
Mel insists on repairing Mr. Colby’s brand-new radio and promptly ruins it. He hides behind the set and impersonates broadcasts to conceal the damage until Colby catches him, but Mel’s…
When Mr. Colby is initiated into Mel’s lodge, Mel dons a dress and wig to play flirtatious Lulu Belle while the other Zebras stage a jealous husband with a shotgun.…
When Mr. Colby prepares to sell his supermarket and move away, Mel discovers the buyer relies on an astrologer before making decisions. Zookie diverts the real mystic while Mel poses…
Mel hosts a Thanksgiving party to improve relations with Mr. Colby, but the guests discover there is no turkey because Mel quietly gave it to an orphanage and serves salami…
Mel wants to elope with Betty but loses his nerve after an earlier attempt sends Zookie into Mr. Colby’s hands. He visits a psychiatrist for courage, adopts an exaggerated tough-guy…
Unable to match Willie Murdoch’s expensive Christmas gift for Betty, Mel disguises himself as an elderly woman to win a $40 bottle of perfume in Mr. Colby’s supermarket contest. The…
Betty’s shifting Christmas wishes send Mel back to the department store again and again to exchange earrings, a compact, a bracelet and other gifts. When the store demands approval from…
Mel’s promise to play Santa for Mrs. Bradley’s young son makes Betty think he is secretly seeing another woman. He keeps the promise anyway, turning up in costume with presents,…
At the Zebra lodge’s New Year’s Eve meeting, Mel stages a comic pageant reviewing the events of 1946 before the members elect their Zebra of the Year. Every member initially…
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