Jim Backus

Royal wedding: A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance. Pied Piper of Hamelin: The famous children's fairy tale is retold with warmth and understanding as the mysterious ratcatcher comes to the town of Hamelin and promises to rid the town of its unwelcome guests for a price. Wild guitar: Bud Eagle leaves rural South Dakota on his motor scooter...

Thom Andersen's landmark documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown as seen entirely though the films themselves. From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories...

The girls in Joaniešs bridge club are giving her a Luncheon, but Joan thinks they no longer like her. After taking a lesson on how to make people like you, Joan almost winds up a member of the Loyal Order of Brotherly Broncos!

From Season 1, Episode 21. Episode first aired Mar 4, 1953. Joan has a closet full of clothes, but Brad only has 2 suits to his name. Joan decides to make this right, and the two go shopping, and soon Brad has a new plaid suit. All is well, until outrageously crazy circumstances lead Joan to try and return the suit, and hilarity ensues!

Joan has a lapse of memory that nearly breaks up her marriage by overloading her husband with three separate spaghetti dinners in one night.

From Season 1, Episode 26. Episode first aired Apr 8, 1953. Brad is infuriated by Joan's tardiness when she arrives at the theater just in time for the final curtain. The late Joan Stevens fears oversleeping for a dinner date, so she buys extra time by turning back the clocks.

Bills for fender repairs to the Stevens auto go so high they lead to a "You did it" "No you did it" quarrel between Brad and Joan.

Joan plans a small dinner which grows and grows as more people are invited for one reason or another. Joan runs into trouble when she finds that the turkey she plans to serve does not enlarge with the growing party.

Joan's husband, Judge Stevens, is called on to decide the custody of a chimpanzee which has inherited a great deal of money. The judge brings "Marty," the wealthy chimp, home with him, and Joan proceeds to handle things with her usual aplomb.

Joan writes her In-Laws a letter suggesting they retire and come and live with Brad and Joan. But it gets mailed to her parents instead. El Brendel, as Joan's father, becomes a permanent member of the cast.