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Car Trouble

When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.

Writing:
  • Clyde Bruckman
  • Lou Costello
  • Jack Townley
  • Eddie Forman
  • Sid Fields
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Dec 05, 1952

Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 25
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Season 2:

The Paper Hangers
Episode 1: The Paper Hangers (Nov 07, 1953)
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Episode 2: Uncle Bozzo's Visit (Nov 14, 1953)
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
In Society
Episode 3: In Society (Nov 21, 1953)
A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.
Life Insurance
Episode 4: Life Insurance (Nov 28, 1953)
Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.
Pest Exterminators
Episode 5: Pest Exterminators (Dec 05, 1953)
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
Killer's Wife
Episode 6: Killer's Wife (Dec 12, 1953)
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
Cheap Skates
Episode 7: Cheap Skates (Dec 19, 1953)
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
South of Dixie
Episode 8: South of Dixie (Dec 26, 1953)
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
From Bed to Worse
Episode 9: From Bed to Worse (Jan 02, 1954)
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
$1,000 TV Prize
Episode 10: $1,000 TV Prize (Jan 09, 1954)
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
Amnesia
Episode 11: Amnesia (Jan 16, 1954)
Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.
Efficiency Experts
Episode 12: Efficiency Experts (Jan 23, 1954)
Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
Car Trouble
Episode 13: Car Trouble (Jan 30, 1954)
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
Wife Wanted
Episode 14: Wife Wanted (Feb 06, 1954)
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.
Uncle from New Jersey
Episode 15: Uncle from New Jersey (Feb 13, 1954)
When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.
Private Eye
Episode 16: Private Eye (Feb 20, 1954)
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
The Tax Return
Episode 17: The Tax Return (Feb 27, 1954)
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
Public Enemies
Episode 18: Public Enemies (Mar 06, 1954)
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
Bank Holdup
Episode 19: Bank Holdup (Mar 13, 1954)
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
Well Oiled
Episode 20: Well Oiled (Mar 20, 1954)
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
The Pigeon
Episode 21: The Pigeon (Mar 27, 1954)
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Honeymoon House
Episode 22: Honeymoon House (Apr 03, 1954)
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
Fencing Master
Episode 23: Fencing Master (Apr 10, 1954)
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Beauty Contest Story
Episode 24: Beauty Contest Story (Apr 17, 1954)
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
Fall Guy
Episode 25: Fall Guy (Apr 24, 1954)
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
Barber Lou
Episode 26: Barber Lou (May 01, 1954)
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.

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