The Broken Caruso Record
Mel breaks Mr. Colby’s treasured Caruso and Galli-Curci records and tries to conceal the disaster by hiding with Professor Pachnik behind a curtain and impersonating the singers. The counterfeit concert…
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Mel breaks Mr. Colby’s treasured Caruso and Galli-Curci records and tries to conceal the disaster by hiding with Professor Pachnik behind a curtain and impersonating the singers. The counterfeit concert…
When Mr. Colby needs a bank loan, Mel and Professor Pachnik stage an elaborate parade of invented foreign relatives in hopes of impressing banker Grimes. The deception collapses, but Grimes…
At the lodge masquerade, Mel tests Betty’s devotion by courting her in a succession of disguises, including a French count and a tough gangster. Betty sees through much of the…
Trying to make himself look like Betty’s best marriage prospect, Mel and Zookie parade a succession of ridiculous rival suitors before Mr. Colby. The scheme only reinforces Colby’s hostility, and…
Facing bankruptcy and an auction of his fix-it shop on his birthday, Mel pretends to disappear so he can discover how much his friends really care. He returns in disguise…
When a loaf bought by Zookie is missing one slice, Mel becomes obsessed with finding a bread thief and even suspects Mr. Colby. After a blow to the head he…
Mr. Colby’s chance to head the Zebra lodge entertainment committee depends on proving he can put on a show, but he refuses to perform cheap vaudeville. Mel fills the gap…
Mr. Colby’s hopes for a city-council seat are endangered when Mel accidentally reveals that he shot a pheasant out of season. Mel then discovers Mayor Quimby committed the same offense,…
Mr. Colby leaves Mel two paintings to clean and tells him he may sell the worthless one for extra money. Mel manages to sell the valuable painting to banker Grimes…
An accidental proposal leaves Mel engaged to both Betty and Cousin Dottie. He tries to make Dottie abandon him by portraying himself first as a dangerous criminal and then as…
Jealous after misunderstanding Betty’s dealings with Hartley Benson, Mel urges the Zebra lodge to elect Cousin Dottie in its annual beauty contest. The vote ends in a tie, his South…
Mel’s April Fool prank convinces Mr. Colby he has inherited a fortune, prompting Colby to start giving away the supermarket’s stock. Mel disguises himself as an English lawyer to undo…
To impress Mr. Colby, Mel offers a $100 reward for the person who finds his advertising egg, then panics when the costly egg lands in Colby’s supermarket. He disguises himself…
Determined to prove he belongs at a society party, Mel disguises himself as a flamboyant Italian impresario and crashes the gathering with Professor Pachnik. His critique of Mrs. Grimes’s singing…
Determined to prove he belongs in high society, Mel attends Mrs. Grimes’s literary discussion while Mr. Cushing hides outside with an encyclopedia and feeds him answers through the window. The…
After a James Mason movie fires Mel’s theatrical ambitions, he tries to turn himself into a sophisticated actor and becomes entangled in plans for a play built around the famous…
Mel gets tangled in dubious Sunnyville Oil stock and tries to keep Mr. Colby from losing money with the same promotion. After a series of disguises and a staged report…
Before a Supermarket Journal interview, Mr. Colby assumes the editor will be impressed by foreign education, so Mel poses as an eccentric professor and invents a grand academic past for…
Mel and Betty try a temporary separation so each can date other people, but neither likes the experiment. Mel eventually enters a get-acquainted club in a Spanish disguise and runs…
After Zookie leaves Mr. Colby’s supermarket in a decorating disaster just as a buyer is considering the property, Mel disguises himself as French interior decorator Pierre Eclair and tries to…
When Hartley Benson beats Mel to a summer cottage Mr. Colby wants to rent, Mr. Cushing suggests that Mel exploit the owner’s love of sailors by posing as an old…
Mr. Colby depends on a famous Chinese philosopher to appear at graduation exercises, but Zookie’s bungling at the station sends the real guest back out of town. Mel takes the…
Mr. Colby fires Mel as master of ceremonies for the supermarket show after deciding his jokes are terrible and gives the job to Hartley Benson. When Hartley drives the audience…
When a loaf bought by Zookie is missing one slice, Mel becomes obsessed with finding a bread thief and even suspects Mr. Colby. After a blow to the head he…
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