It's About Time
It's About Time: Season 1

Air Date

September 11, 1966

Episodes

26 episodes

It's About Time

Season 1

Episodes

1. And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You

September 11, 1966
30 min

Hector and Mac have their first day in the past and the caveman think they are evil spirits. They make good with a caveman's son and save his life. He wants to be an adult and the custom is to spend a day in the jungle alone. Hector and Mac suggest that instead of having this ritual they throw him a birthday party instead.

2. The Copper Caper

September 18, 1966
30 min

Mac and Hector need to find copper to repair the space ship. Unfortunately, the only copper they can find is around Boss's neck, in his necklace.

3. The Initiation

September 25, 1966
30 min

Mac and Hec decide to move into a cave but they must become tribe members first. The must perform a few customary rituals before they become tribe members.

4. Tailor Made Hero

October 2, 1966
30 min

Mac and Hector are heroes to Breer after they rescue him from a blocked cave. Mac and Hector try to think of ways to get Gronk to look like a hero to Breer.

5. The Rainmakers

October 9, 1966
30 min

There is a drought in the village, Boss decides to offer Mac and Hec as a sacrifice to the great Water Spirit.

6. The Courtship of Miles Gronk

October 16, 1966
30 min

The astronaut visitors are troubled that Cavemen drag their women around by the hair as their form of courtship. And so, they do their best to institute modern, civilized courting techniques.

7. The Champ

October 23, 1966
30 min

Not wanting to fight, Mac persuades Boss to choose a champion to represent the tribe against its neighbor.

8. Mark Your Ballets

October 30, 1966
30 min

Hector takes a snapshot of Boss, who suspects the astronauts will use it to harm him and condemns them to death. The astronauts try to save their skin by convincing the natives to hold an election and remove Boss from power.

9. Have I Got A Girl for You

November 6, 1966
30 min

Shad tries to find the perfect mates for the astronauts.

Cave Movies

10. Cave Movies

November 13, 1966
30 min

Before blasting off, Hector and Mac make movies of the cave dwellers using camouflaged equipment; Boss and Clon quietly watch in awe as the astronauts review their footage.

11. Androcles and Clon

November 20, 1966
30 min

Hector and Mac make a model plane for Breer, but Boss denounces the plane as evil and orders Clon to bring the astronauts to him for judgement.

Love Me, Love My Gnook

12. Love Me, Love My Gnook

November 27, 1966
30 min

When a puppy trots out of the spacecraft, Hector decides to give it to Breer as a farewell present; the cave dwellers become petrified at the sight of the puppy, blaming it for all of the calamities befalling the village.

13. The Broken Idol

December 4, 1966
30 min

While searching for aluminum ore with which to repair their spacecraft, Mac and Hector accidentally desecrate an idol to the fire god.

14. The Sacrifice

December 11, 1966
30 min

Mac and Hector are dismayed to learn that Mlor is going to be sacrificed to the dinosaurs to guarantee the villagers' safety, and they beg Boss to abolish the barbarous custom.

15. King Hec

December 18, 1966
30 min

When Hector warns the cave dwellers of an imminent storm, they shower him with adoration and give him the royal treatment.

The Mother-in-law

16. The Mother-in-law

December 25, 1966
30 min

Gronk's mother-in-law pays a visit and takes a heavy-handed interest in her granddaughter's personal affairs.

17. Which Doctor's Witch?

January 1, 1967
30 min

Gronk becomes gravely ill on the eve of the tribe's big dinosaur hunt, and Boss performs a dance to cure him but to no avail.

18. To Catch a Thief

January 8, 1967
30 min

Hector and Mac resolve to catch the real thief after being accused of stealing various items from the cave dwellers.

19. The Stowaway

April 2, 1967
30 min

While blasting off, Mac and Hector discover cave-girl Mlor hiding behind an instrument panel in the spacecraft.

20. 20th Century Here We Come

January 22, 1967
30 min

Hector and crew leave the stoneage and enter the 20th.

Shad Rack and Other Tortures

21. Shad Rack and Other Tortures

January 29, 1967
30 min

Hector and Mac try to convince a General to come and meet the cave people. Meanwhile Shad, Gronk, and their family visit a beauty parlor and a clothing store to try to help themselves blend in better with other people.

The Cave Family Swingers

22. The Cave Family Swingers

February 5, 1967
30 min

A talent agent overhears the cave family singing in Hector and Mac's apartment and advises the family members to continue to rehearse their unique sound.

23. To Sign or Not to Sign

February 19, 1967
30 min

Mac teaches Gronk and Shadd to write their names. With this new talent they sign up for things.

School Days, School Days

24. School Days, School Days

February 26, 1967
30 min

Breer heads off to school for the first time and things seem to be going well. Then Gronk and Shad decide to check on their son, which leads to multiple misunderstandings and expulsion for Breer.

25. Our Brothers' Keepers

March 5, 1967
30 min

Hector and Mac bring the cave family to the airbase to meet Gen. Morley as proof they traveled back in time to the Stone Age.

26. The Stone Age Diplomats

March 12, 1967
30 min

Mac and Hector's landlord wants to kick out Gronk and family from their apartment. But the boys set-up a ruse that they are diplomats from a foreign country who simply dress differently and convince their actor friend to pretend to be the ambassador of the fake nation.