Life is a piece of wedding cake for Judge Stevens (Jim Backus) and his scatterbrained wife Joan (Joan Davis). CBS had Lucy, but NBC had Joan Davis and her wonderful brand of physical, knock-about comedy from 1952 to 1953. Each week, kindly Judge Bradley Stevens counsels folks in domestic court by using examples from his own married life. Joan Davis, a comedic veteran of vaudeville and a long career in films, brings her inimitable comic timing and charm to each of their wonderful misadventures! Episodes Include:
Talent Scout: Joan gets suckered by two phony "Hollywood" talent agents and the judge lets her get taken - all the way to the set of a TV show, as bait to catch them red-handed!
Bad Boy: The Stevens get a crash course in parenting when they take a juvenile delinquent into their home for a week!
Honey-Moon: Judge Stevens relates his own disastrous honeymoon to a couple contemplating divorce!
Neighbors: Joan takes matters into her own hands when partying neighbors keep her up all night!
Sister Pat: Joan's teenage sister moves in and takes over the house, so Bradley gets even by inviting all of his cousins over - as many as he can afford to hire, that is!
Mountain Lodge: When Brad spends the Stevens' entire rainy-day savings on a fishing lodge in the mountains, Joan is desperate to convince him to reconsider.
Joan's Haircut: The Stevens' plans to go to their college reunion are nearly ruined by Joan's trip to the beauty salon.
New House: The Stevens buy a new house and it's perfect in every way except one - another couple have already moved in!
Acrobats: Brad and Joan have an important dinner meeting with an influential politician. Little does Brad know that Joan has just been in a brawl with the man's iron-willed wife.
Prizefighter: Joan turns the boxing ring into a three-ring circus when she gets the bright idea of pitting a professional palooka against her milquetoast neighbor for a charity bazaar!
The Jailbird: A scavenging crow steals a pearl necklace from Joan's friend Janet, and Judge Stevens suspects his wife is the culprit!
Home Movies: Returning home exhausted and quarrelsome from a Hawaiian vacation, the Stevens invite friends over to watch their home movies with disastrous results!
Wall Safe: The day she discovers an old map hidden in the living room, nothing is safe from treasure-seeking Joan - especially Brad's sanity!
Dreams: Joan goes to her high school reunion and discovers that all of her friends have exciting careers and that all she has is Brad!
Changing Houses: Joan and Brad trade spaces with their neighbors' "modern functional house" for a week, and after a night of push-button convenience, discover there's no place like home!