Meet Corliss Archer - Season 1

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No Clothes for the Party

1 - No Clothes for the Party

Air Date: January 1, 1954

Corliss and Dexter plan to go to a big party, but must work up the nerve to ask the Archer's for a tux and an evening wrap, both of which are in danger around Dex.

Harry, Child Psychiatrist

2 - Harry, Child Psychiatrist

Harry and Mr. Franklyn try to teach Corliss and Dex the value of money, and promise to match dollar for dollar everything the kids can earn.

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Dexter, The Director

4 - Dexter, The Director

Dexter is directing the school parent/student play. Corliss is the lead but to get Harry he tells him Judge Peters is appearing. To get the Judge he gives the lead to Lucy Peters and, well, you get the idea!

Dexter's Surprise Party

5 - Dexter's Surprise Party

After seeing Mr. Archer hiding a package and misunderstanding a business call, Corliss and Dexter decide he's a kleptomaniac.

The Algebra Problem

6 - The Algebra Problem

Corliss and Dex are struggling with a tough algebra problem. Their parents smugly think they can find the answer, and soon everyone is working on the problem with no solution in sight!

Quarenteened

7 - Quarenteened

Corliss has the measles, which makes Mr. Archer happy, because that means a whole week without Dexter; until Dex is quarantined along with her!

The Phone Fumble

8 - The Phone Fumble

Synopsis 1: Harry Archer needs to make an important phone call but is hindered by losing the phone number, not to mention the phone! Not helping at all is Corliss doing housework and Dexter's arrival with a pie and a watermelon. Synopsis 2: There's only one phone number in the Archer household - not enough when there's a teenager in the home. The phone is constantly in use, and Mr. Archer keeps missing important business calls.

Dexter's Job

9 - Dexter's Job

Dex's father makes a deal with him: get a job, keep it a week, and he will buy a new muffler for his car.

Harry's Cold

10 - Harry's Cold

Synopsis 1: Harry has a bad cold and Janet makes him stay in bed, and everyone leaves him alone except Dex. Synopsis 2: Harry has a bad cold. The well-meaning but bumbling Dexter tries to help out by going to the drug store for Harry's medicine. While there, a misunderstanding leads the druggist and neighbors to believe that the Archer family is destitute. As a result, lots of food baskets mysteriously begin to appear at the Archer's front door.

Dexter, The Helper

11 - Dexter, The Helper

The Best Policy

12 - The Best Policy

Harry's Diet

13 - Harry's Diet

The Vase That Came to Dinner

14 - The Vase That Came to Dinner

Corliss, The Cheerleader

15 - Corliss, The Cheerleader

The Archers Get a Maid

16 - The Archers Get a Maid

Dexter Becomes a Man

17 - Dexter Becomes a Man

Dexter's Masquerade Costume

18 - Dexter's Masquerade Costume

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Male Ego

20 - Male Ego

Money Matters

21 - Money Matters

A Party for Corliss

22 - A Party for Corliss

The New Neighbors

23 - The New Neighbors

Harry and the Soap Opera Queen

24 - Harry and the Soap Opera Queen

A Date for Doris

25 - A Date for Doris

Friends Forever?

26 - Friends Forever?

Boat Builders

27 - Boat Builders

Miffy's Overnight Painting

28 - Miffy's Overnight Painting

The Franklyns are having their house painted and the Archers invite them to stay at their house. But sometimes even best friends shouldn't be together for very long.

The Pain in the Neck

29 - The Pain in the Neck

Harry reads a psychiatric book and decides his stiff neck is caused by everyone else's problems.

President of the Garden Club

30 - President of the Garden Club

The Archers and Franklyns have a falling out when Janet and Mary are both nominated for president of their club.

The Fortune Teller

31 - The Fortune Teller

Dexter has everyone visiting a swami who tells their future, with Harry being the only skeptic.

Harry, The Dictator

32 - Harry, The Dictator

Harry becomes upset after hearing Corliss' essay on family life, which names the father as a dictator. Harry declares a democracy, majority rules, but he keeps losing the vote.

Harry Gives Advice

33 - Harry Gives Advice

Dexter and the Car

34 - Dexter and the Car

Dexter's jalopy falls apart, so he borrows the Archers' vehicle to drive over to borrow a car. The kids have trouble and Harry misses a meeting while getting arrested for car theft!

Harry, The Photographer

35 - Harry, The Photographer

Unimpressed with Bill's new camera, Harry digs out his father's old camera, which Dex destroys.

The Personality Test

36 - The Personality Test

Corliss is unhappy because a personality test shows that she and Dex are not compatible, but Harry has a solution.

Janet Goes to College

37 - Janet Goes to College

Harry convinces Janet to take some college classes, so she and Mary sign up, leaving all the housework for Corliss and Dexter.

Harry Tells Dex How It Is

38 - Harry Tells Dex How It Is

The Christmas Story

39 - The Christmas Story

Air Date: December 24, 1954

Corliss Archer and her goofy steady Dexter resolve to make gifts for everyone as Mr. and Mrs. Archer takes charge of decorating the house. Unfortunately others don't cooperate and even though the decorations, gifts, and Christmas tree are ruined, everyone ends up in the high spirits of the season.