I Married Joan

30min

Comedy

I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens.

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

30min

15th Oct 1952

A young couple's quarrel over a fur coat ends up in Brad's court and brings back memories of another fur coat that caused a crisis in the Stevens marriage. Joan remembers when she was an airline hostess and buys a fur coat.

Career

2. Career

30min

22nd Oct 1952

Judge Stevens invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner, only to find that his wife, trying to be helpful, has invited another sponsor.

Ballet

3. Ballet

30min

29th Oct 1952

The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.

Jitterbug

4. Jitterbug

30min

5th Nov 1952

Joan finds an ingenious way to retaliate after Brad fines her for speeding, she takes up jitterbugging after trying babysitting and selling "all you can eat" to phone men.

Crime Panel

5. Crime Panel

30min

12th Nov 1952

Joan is scheduled to appear on a crime prevention forum. To prepare herself she spends the day visiting poolrooms.

Brad's Class Reunion

6. Brad's Class Reunion

30min

19th Nov 1952

Joan struggles to change herself into "The Perfect Woman" to fit a description written by her husband.

Hunting

7. Hunting

30min

26th Nov 1952

Joan insists that she is an experienced camper. Unconvinced, Brad decides to test her aptitude for the great outdoors.

Joan's Curiosity

8. Joan's Curiosity

30min

3rd Dec 1952

Joan is in for a surprise when she opens an interesting-looking package that arrived for Brad.

Birthday

9. Birthday

30min

10th Dec 1952

Joan buys some dresses, puts them on her charge account, then sells them to friends for cash. The reason is she needs money to buy Brad a birthday present.

Bazar Pie

10. Bazar Pie

30min

17th Dec 1952

Joan wants to arrange a romance, by introducing her new neighbor, a handsome Latin, to her visiting aunt.

Acrobats

11. Acrobats

30min

31st Dec 1952

When Brad announces that he is bringing home important guests for dinner, Joan feels it necessary to buy a new wardrobe for the occasion. While shopping for a hat she winds up in a fight with a woman who turns out to be one of Brad's dinner guests. At dinner Joan tries to disguise herself by joining the nightclub's entertainers, acrobats.

Dreams

12. Dreams

30min

24th Dec 1952

After meeting three former schoolmates who are now successful career woman, Joan decides that she is happier just being a housewife

Bad Boy

13. Bad Boy

30min

7th Jan 1953

Joan tries to reform a juvenile delinquent and nearly winds up in jail herself.

Circumstantial Evidence

14. Circumstantial Evidence

30min

14th Jan 1953

Joan takes an interest in her husband's work and tries to prove that a man he is about to sentence was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

Uncle Edgar

15. Uncle Edgar

30min

21st Jan 1953

Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.

Moosehead

16. Moosehead

30min

28th Jan 1953

Joan tries to kill two problems with the same fifty-dollar bill and winds up deeply wounded by a dead moose at an auction.

Fireman

17. Fireman

30min

4th Feb 1953

Joan tries to patch up the quarrels of her newlywed-neighbors and succeeds in creating some for herself at the firehouse.

Memory

18. Memory

30min

11th Feb 1953

Joan's faulty memory wreaks gastric disaster when she forgets a dinner invitation, resulting in not one, not two, but three spaghetti dinners in the same evening.

Draftboard

19. Draftboard

30min

18th Feb 1953

Brad receives a letter from his local draft board. Joan assumes he's being called to armed service and panics.

Opera

20. Opera

30min

25th Feb 1953

In order to save her club's benefit show, Joan takes a whirl at the opera. Bing Crosby helps out.

Shopping

21. Shopping

30min

4th Mar 1953

Joan needs newly out-fitted for a fancy party. So does husband Brad, but both have second thoughts about Joan's shopping trip.

The Stamp

22. The Stamp

30min

11th Mar 1953

Joan mails a letter using a Mozambique stamp that Brad just purchased for $350. Her husband blows his top, but why is Joan now on trial?

Little Girl

23. Little Girl

30min

18th Mar 1953

Joan tries to spark a romance between a guest and a neighbor's son. Joan Davis.

Diet

24. Diet

30min

25th Mar 1953

Model

25. Model

30min

1st Apr 1953

Lateness

26. Lateness

30min

8th Apr 1953

The Eviction Show

27. The Eviction Show

30min

15th Apr 1953

The Recipe

28. The Recipe

30min

22nd Apr 1953

Repairs

29. Repairs

30min

29th Apr 1953

Secrets

30. Secrets

30min

6th May 1953

The Artist Show

31. The Artist Show

30min

13th May 1953

The Threat

32. The Threat

30min

20th May 1953

Country Club

33. Country Club

30min

27th May 1953

Theatrical Can-Can

34. Theatrical Can-Can

30min

3rd Jun 1953

Neighbors

35. Neighbors

30min

10th Jun 1953

Talent Scout

36. Talent Scout

30min

17th Jun 1953

Honeymoon

37. Honeymoon

30min

24th Jun 1953

Joan locks Brad in a burglar-proof closet. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

Business Executive

38. Business Executive

30min

1st Jul 1953

Brad's Broken Toe

39. Brad's Broken Toe

30min

8th Jul 1953

All is not quiet in a hospital when Joan and Brad become patients. Jim Backus.

First air date

15th Oct 1952

Last air date

23rd Mar 1955

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks