Mona McCluskey
Mona McCluskey: Season 1

Air Date

September 16, 1965

Episodes

26 episodes

Mona McCluskey

Season 1

Episodes

1. Meet Mona McCluskey (Pilot)

September 16, 1965
30 min

Mona's letter to the Air Force secretary demanding a raise for Mike causes chaos.

2. All That Dough and No Place to Go

September 23, 1965
30 min

Mona plots to get Mike money for a Mexican vacation with her.

3. All in a Night's Work

September 30, 1965
30 min

Mona breaks her pact with Mike to finish a painting on time.

In Every Life a Little Wife Must Fall

4. In Every Life a Little Wife Must Fall

October 7, 1965
30 min

Reluctantly, Mona agrees to a State Department request to dine with a visiting, playboy maharajah.

5. Mona Carroll Versus Mona McCluskey

October 14, 1965
30 min

When Mike is recommended for officers training school, Mona decides to abandon her acting career.

6. How to Put Out an Old Flame

October 21, 1965
30 min

Mona is pleased when Mike leaves to attend a reunion of his old squadron, but becomes suspicious when General Crone says he knows nothing about it.

7. Let's Play Cupid

October 28, 1965
30 min

Mona and Mike's attempt to reconcile their friend with his girlfriend leads to complications.

8. Good for the Goose, Bad for the Gander

November 4, 1965
30 min

Mike becomes jealous when Mona films a love scene with matinee idol Mario Martoni.

9. Michelangelo's Rival

November 11, 1965
30 min

Mona buys a $1500 clay statue, and then pretends she created it herself to keep Mike from learning its price.

10. How to Cure an Old Ham

November 25, 1965
30 min

Mona invites a former film star to dinner, and he remains for weeks. Mona is unable to move him out because he has no money. She gets him a part in a picture so he can earn some cash, and he reacts in an unusual way.

11. My Husband, The Wife Beater

December 2, 1965
30 min

Mona's two spinster aunts puzzle Mike by snubbing him when they come to visit Mona. Mike's bewilderment grows when he offers the aunts a box of candy, and they stomp on it.

12. Mail Against Female

December 9, 1965
30 min

Irritated because Mona opens his mail, Mike sends himself a fake set of orders assigning him to Hawaii.

13. Stranger in the Love Nest

December 23, 1965
30 min

A professional photographer for a weekly magazine pretends to be one of Mona's old school chums in order to get a magazine story about her.

14. Dance, Kookerina, Dance

December 30, 1965
30 min

Mona explodes when Mike tells her that the general has booked another dancer for the annual frolics. The general plans to give Mona an award at the frolics in appreciation for her previous entertainment for the troops.

15. Mona, The Soft Air Force Recruit

January 13, 1966
30 min

Mike won't let Mona buy a color TV, so Mona figures a devious way to get Mike the money to buy it for her.

16. Down from the Wild Blue Yonder

January 20, 1966
30 min

Mike is leaving the Air Force after his enlistment ends, rejecting re-enlistment to pursue a higher-paying civilian job so he can better support Mona. Both Mona and General Crone are unhappy with his decision to leave the Air Force.

17. The General Swings at Dawn

January 27, 1966
30 min

General Crone's nephew pays him a visit, and when it's apparent that he out-Beatles The Beatles, the general begs the McCluskeys to keep him out of sight while his superior visits the base.

18. Lovebirds and Jailbirds

February 10, 1966
30 min

Mike smacks a pie at a nightclub comic who insults Mona. Mike hits nightclub comic with a pie, winds up in jail. He refuses to let Mona pay his bill because the comic said Mike married her for her money.

19. Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Friend

February 17, 1966
30 min

For their third anniversary, Mike gifts Mona a $350 diamond ring. A props-man mistakenly takes it from the studio, causing chaos.

20. Mona, The Mystic

February 24, 1966
30 min

On the eve of his wedding, Sgt. Gruzewsky abruptly calls it off after consulting a fortune teller, leaving Mona to salvage the situation.

21. Love, Chimp Style

March 3, 1966
30 min

A trained monkey complicates Mona's life when he takes a liking to her.

22. Operation Chicken Soup

March 10, 1966
30 min

Mona parachutes into Mike's bivouac, delivering her cold remedy via rented plane.

23. How to Turn Off a Laser Beam

March 17, 1966
30 min

A reputed Texas millionaire (Barry Kelly) persuades Mona to invest in a new electronics company.

Snow Valley Snow Job

24. Snow Valley Snow Job

March 24, 1966
30 min

Mona panics when Mike registers her as a contestant in a ski race at a winter resort.

25. Will He, Or Won't He?

April 7, 1966
30 min

Mona and Mike step up their campaign to get Sgt. Gruzewsky (Robert Strauss) to marry Alice (Elena Verdugo.)

26. Mike's Birthday Present

April 14, 1966
30 min

Misunderstandings lead Mike to believe Mona is pregnant.