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The Lame Excuse
Gladys tells Pete's boss that he is sick, so they can attend a costume party rather than go to dinner with him.
Writing:
Release Date:
Mon, Sep 19, 1960
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Season 2:
Gladys picks up the phone to call the movie theater and instead overhears a conversation with a man she thinks is Gene Barry.
While trying to exchange a cheap piece of luggage, a gift from Pete's boss, Gladys runs into Pete's boss' wife.
Gladys is unhappy about removing junk from the garage, so she moves it to the spare bedroom. Then Pete tells her he is taking in a boarder.
Peggy and Gladys decide to buy a new car with their husbands' money.
Uncle Paul and his new bride show up and Gladys must convince them she is not a kook.
After Pete gets rid of one freeloading boarder, Gladys' nephew Bruce shows up.
Pete can't bring himself to sell insurance to Uncle Paul, so he tries hypnotism.
The neighbors are planning to turn a weekend at the lake into a surprise anniversary party for Pete and Gladys, but Gladys gets into a fight with Janet.
After seeing an accident, Gladys decides to offer her services as a witness.
Bruce is blackballed by a college fraternity, and Aunt Gladys launches a one-woman investigation to find out who is responsible and why.
Gladys is a contestant on a television giveaway show and wins the big prize with a story about her husband's serious illness, but Pete's boss sees the show and sends him to the hospital.
A bank will award a prize to the person opening the 5000th account and Gladys is determined to win, no matter how long it takes—even if she has to sleep in the bank.
In order to stop Aunt Kitty from visiting, Pete and Gladys decide to rent an apartment without a guest room.
When Pete and Gladys go to the theater, a man insults Gladys but Pete decides he is too big to fight with.
Gladys sells an old car she learns is valuable, then tries to retrieve it, only to learn it has been turned into a hot rod.
Gladys' ex-boyfriend is in town and she manages to make a fool of herself by spilling coffee all over herself.
Pete and Gladys celebrate their tenth anniversary by visitng the place where they were married and the justice of the peace who married them.
Gladys is dying to know what is in the trunk of Uncle Paul's car, but she regrets it when she finds a skeleton.
Gladys' double, a French dancer, disappears before an important press conference and Gladys volunteers to take her place.
Gladys wins a jingle contest, but she doesn't know what the prize is.
Uncle Paul is afraid Gladys' talkative nature will spoil a deal he has going with an antique buyer.
Gladys' old friend comes to town and suggests everyone get together for dinner to reconcile an old misunderstanding.
An efficiency expert has turned Pete's office upside down and Pete becomes upset, sending Gladys to the rescue as his secretary.
Uncle Paul believes a thief is after his expensive jade Buddha.
Pete invites a big insurance executive to dinner hoping he might offer Pete a vice presidency, but Gladys has been acting strangely lately.
The Porters are packing for a vacation in the mountains, having promised Cousin Helen and her husband they can use their home while they are away.
Gladys wants to open a box addressed to Pete's uncle, but it is nailed tight.
After Pete and Gladys tell a neighbor to watch their house while they are away, they decide not to leave and are faced with the problem of telling their hypersensitive neighbor he is not needed.
Gladys tells Pete's boss that he is sick, so they can attend a costume party rather than go to dinner with him.
Gladys wants to buy some new furniture, but Pete is happy with the old stuff.
Gladys suspects Horton, the gardener, has developed a crush on her when he gives her gifts, but is unsure when his girlfriend shows up.