Mister Peepers - Episode Guide

Robinson Peepers arrives at Jefferson Junior High School to find that he will have to wait a month before construction is finished on the new addition in which he was to teach. He is assigned to work with the current science teacher, Mr. Wadd, but Wadd resents the new addition to the faculty, and forces Peepers to sit on the sidelines. At lunch, Peepers' cafeteria tray inadvertently snags Wadd's toupee, revealing his baldness. When Wadd leaves in shame, Mr. Peepers is assigned to take his place.

Convinced that Peepers spends too much time reading and too little time in the gym, Coach Burr starts him on a rigorous exercise regimen. Meanwhile, Mr. Gurney is desperately seeking a competent chess player to represent Jefferson Junior High School in a local match against its arch rival. Thrilled to learn that Mr. Peepers is the Tri-State Chess Champion, Gurney insists that Peepers play in the tournament, despite his previous commitment to deliver a lecture to Mrs. Gurney's Wildflower group. However, his exercise program may prevent Peepers from doing either.

Mr. Peepers finds himself short of cash and a decent lunch when his first paycheck fails to arrive on time. The home economics teachers, worried about his diet, invite him over to taste their students' cooking projects, and sample some halibut they are about to prepare. The problems begin when Mr. Peepers loses his tie clip inside of the fish. As Mr. Peepers grapples with the halibut, Mr. Feebles attempts to fix the ventilating machine, which proceeds to suck up Mr. Peepers' paycheck, the halibut, and finally, Peepers himself.

When Mr. Feebles is injured, the Jefferson Junior High School faculty draws lots to divvy up his janitorial tasks. Mr. Peepers lands the job of drawing lines on the volleyball court, but discovers the line marking machine has a mind of its own.

In Principal Gurney's absence, the administration of Jefferson Junior High is placed in the hands of the new English teacher and vice-principal Mrs. Clave, an ex-Army officer who fires Mr. Peepers when he stands up for one of his students.

Superintendent of Schools Mr. Bascomb, a stickler for cleanliness and efficiency, comes to inspect Jefferson Junior High School on the day that Mister Peepers' students have brought their pets to school. As Mr. Bascomb tours the classrooms, Mr. Peepers looks for a way to hide the largest pet—a cow.

Mr. Peepers' articles in Petal and Stem magazine impress the president of a seed company, who offers Peepers a twenty thousand dollar per year job. Lunch with company executives at their private business club, however, convinces Mr. Peepers that he would prefer to remain a science teacher at Jefferson Junior High.

Mr. Peepers asks Nancy to the dance.

Mr. Peepers goes fishing with one of his students and is caught with undersized fish in his possession.

School teacher Peepers' good intentions are misunderstood, getting both him and the principal in trouble.

Discharged from the U.S. Army, Mister Peepers returns to Jefferson Junior High, but is unhappy to learn that his return means the layoff of the teacher who replaced him – an older man with a sick wife.

Robinson Peepers meets Nancy's parents.

Peepers runs into a double-date dilemma.

Mr. Peepers and Wes recall the panic caused the previous year when the City Council made plans to fix a broken clock whose mechanism had become home to a rare species of bird.

Playing the role of a good Samaritan, Mr. Peepers finds himself involved in remodeling a wedding dress.

Mr. Peepers borrows Mr. Weskit's car to attend a drive-in movie, and inadvertently parks next to Nancy and her date.

One of Mr. Peepers' young students develops a crush on the shy science teacher.

Sis Peepers arrives for a visit and appears too intelligent to a young man she meets at Mrs. Gurney's dinner party.

Mr. Peepers takes the train go Chicago to attend the bachelor party for Wes.

Peepers tries to win a contest by guessing the number of beans in a jar, and has to deal with a Hollywood film company that has taken over his classroom.

A surprise birthday party for Nancy doesn't go off as planned when the teachers and students are all snowed in at the school.

A former student returns to Mr. Peepers' classroom to complete the one class he needed to graduate.

Everything goes wrong for Wes on the day of his engagement party.

Mister Peepers' astronomer sister takes over his class when he falls ill.

Mister Peepers and Nancy accompany Wes and Marge to the courthouse to get their marriage license, starting a rumor that Nancy and Peepers were about to be married as well.

At the Jefferson Jr. High bazaar, Mrs. Gurney tells fortunes, Wes challenges customers to test their strength, and Nancy sells kisses, while Mr. Peepers worries that Nancy will move to Iowa.

Jefferson Jr. High's most distinguished alumnus, Senator Malcolm H. MacDonald, visits the school, where Mister Peepers is to present him with the students' facsimile of a 15th-century illuminated manuscript.

Wes hunts for an apartment while Marge and Nancy attend Marge's bridal shower.

Mrs. Gurney and Nancy join the original Broadway cast of "Romeo and Juliet" for a performance of the play in Jefferson City.

Peepers' mother is the special guest at his surprise birthday party.

Peepers decides he needs a new car to win Nancy's heart.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, Wes decides to organize a picnic.

Peepers captures a rare butterfly on an outing with Wes.

School Superintendent Bascomb comes to inspect the students' newspaper publishing operation, run by a "crusading editorial staff."

A very nervous Wes takes the train to Chicago to meet Marge for the wedding, accompanied by Peepers, Nancy, and Mrs. Gurney.

Wes and Marge finally get married.

Misunderstanding an overheard conversation between Mr. Bascomb and Mr. Peepers, Mrs. Gurney feels unwanted and decides to retire.

An old buddy of Mr. Peepers brings his precocious young Chinese son to be enrolled in Mr. Peepers' class.

Marge and Wes are about to come home from their Sun Valley honeymoon, and their apartment proves to be in less-than-perfect shape as Mr. Peepers and Nancy prepare it for the Weskits' return.

Despite Marge's inexperience in cooking, she and Wes invite Mr. Peepers and Nancy over for dinner. After dinner, Wes and Marge fight, and at midnight, Wes appears at Mr. Peepers' apartment to spend the night.

Peepers takes public speaking lessons from Wes when he finds he must make the graduation speech.

Mr. Peepers borrows Mr. Remington's car to take Nancy on their last date before he leaves Jefferson City for ten weeks. They get lost and end up at Mr. Remington's lodge hall—where Nancy dances with everyone but Mr. Peepers.

As summer vacation begins, Peepers takes a bus trip to his home town. His attempts at reading a mystery novel are repeatedly foiled by numerous talkative passengers.

Show-off Cousin Luther and other relatives come to visit Ma and Sis Peepers, where Mr. Peepers is staying.

Wes, Marge, Nancy, and Mrs. Gurney meet Peepers at his mother's house in order to give him a ride to the college, where he is to take a refresher course for secondary science teachers. They plan to arrive in the evening and drive through the night, but Mom Peepers is concerned that they all get a good night's sleep first. Finally it is agreed that they will spend the night at Mom's house, but they wind up talking all night and get no sleep at all.

At Upstate Teachers' College for a summer refresher course, Mr. Peepers visits his former professor, Dr. Ludvig Hoffman. He winds up rooming with a young drum-playing football player who flunked out the previous year, and who calls the slightly older Mr. Peepers "Pop." Finally, the lonely Mr. Peepers meets up with some old friends, and they get together for a reunion drink.

Nancy repeatedly misses Mr. Peepers, and vice versa, as each seeks to welcome the other back after the long summer vacation.

Wes and Marge simultaneously make plans to have a larger, more comfortable home built, each without telling the other.

Wes is anxious to show his friends the motion picture film he and Marge shot on their vacation.

Wes pressures Mr. Peepers into getting his recalcitrant locker repaired.

Mr. Peepers gets cornered by Mrs. Gurney's niece, a very intellectual and aggressive type, at a party.

When Aunt Lil comes to Jefferson City to watch Peepers teach, Mrs. Gurney kept her occupied with social functions.

Mr. Peepers' nature study group takes a field trip to the country, but loses track of one little boy who is fascinated with a litter of puppies at the farm.

Plans are made for the box social, for which Mr. Peepers is in charge of the music. As Marge, Nancy, and Mrs. Gurney pack their box lunches, Mr. Peepers interviews a hep musician.

Looking for lamp parts in Mrs. Murchison's basement, Mr. Peepers discovers a comfortable old leather chair. He takes it up to his apartment, checks out some books at the school library, and plans a nice quiet evening at home.

Jefferson High gets a new gym teacher.

Marge finds out she's going to have a baby, and Peepers, Nancy, Wes, and Marge have Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs. Gurney.

After refusing several offers of help in picking out a new suit, Mr. Peepers goes out to buy one alone. Meanwhile, Mom, Sis, and Aunt Lil plan a surprise visit, and locate him at the clothing store just as he is about to make the purchase.

Mr. Peepers tries to find a job for one of his students.

Mr. Peepers and Frank T. Whip go Christmas shopping, as do Wes and Marge, but Mr. Peepers can't decide what to get for Wes.

Mr. Peepers goes to the orphanage to sing Christmas carols with his friends before taking the late bus home for Christmas.

Peepers travels to New York to accept the Bronze Bird Award for his article "A Sparrow Speaks His Mind."

Peepers returns from New York to find that everyone is talking about the Weskits' impending blessed event.

Aunt Lil is seen in Jefferson City, but she ignores Mr. Peepers, for no apparent reason.

The faculty of Jefferson Junior High prepare for their annual "Festival of Fun".

Mr. Peepers is upset by the report that his friend, the school nurse, plans to live the life of a "bachelor girl."

Mr. Peepers is dismayed when his colleague refuses to accompany him to a parent-teachers meeting.

Jefferson Junior High has a new janitor, but he is unhappy at having been demoted from his position at the high school.

When Nancy asks Mr. Peepers for his picture as a gift, he goes to have it taken by a professional, to give her as a surprise. Much to his chagrin, Freddie Willis announces to Nancy that he too has a surprise for her.

Peepers, Wes, and Mr. Remington arise before dawn to go duck hunting.

When Jefferson City is hit by a big snowstorm, Mr. Bascomb informs parents that school is closed for the day. All teachers are told to report to the television station, where they send their lessons out over the airwaves. Integrated into the show is a 4½ minute film of President Eisenhower's appeal to give to the 1954 Red Cross Campaign.

Mrs. Gurney's admiration of Aunt Lil's freedom and independence, together with bus problems, motivate her to get a driver's license, after some lessons from Wes, Mr. Peepers, and Aunt Lil.

Mrs. Gurney gives a baby shower for Marge, while Mr. Peepers and Mr. Weskit babysit Mrs. Mandible's son, a "child genius."

Uncle Lyman causes problems when he and other relatives visit Mr. Peepers on his birthday.

When he and his pal come to Jefferson City for a visit, Mr. Peepers' old Army buddy asks Robinson to set them up with some "cute chicks."

Mr. Peepers gets a new motorcycle with sidecar, and takes Wes and Frank for a drive. When they become caught in a downpour, they decide to take refuge in an abandoned house.

In order to earn extra money, Mr. Peepers takes a second job selling the Encyclopedia Caledonia.

Mr. Peepers attends Easter church services with Nancy Remington and Marge and Harvey Weskit. Peepers is dangerously close to matrimony, egged on by the insidious, wife-happy Weskit.

Mr. Peepers buys the engagement ring a week before asking Nancy to marry him; soon everyone in town but Nancy knows he is going to ask her.

Peepers and Nancy have no luck as they look for an apartment. Meanwhile, Mrs. Gurney, lonely in her large house, decides to sell it and move to an apartment as well.

Wes and Mr. Peepers attend an exercise class while Marge helps Nancy address wedding invitations. Wes injures himself and Marge goes into labor, so that when the baby arrives, both are in the hospital: Wes in the emergency ward, and Marge in the maternity ward.

Mom Peepers comes to Jefferson City to visit and attend a lawn party where the Peepers family is to meet the Remington family.

Mr. Peepers and Nancy prepare for their wedding; each is anxious to see the other, but both are prohibited by Wes, the Remingtons, and tradition.

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Peepers start off on their honeymoon at the Concord Hotel and Resort in Indian country.

Friends of the Peepers await phone calls from the newlyweds when they stop by Mom Peepers' home on their way to Upstate Teachers' College.

The first show of the new series has Peepers and Nancy returning from their honeymoon summer to Jefferson City where he is the high school biology instructor. There is the problem of getting into the upper floor apartment they have rented in the home of Mrs. Gurney.

Mr. Peepers' sister Agnes arrives with a young scientist colleague from Chicago to view an eclipse of the sun which can only be fully observed in Jefferson City. Mom Peepers phones her son, asking him to carefully appraise Agnes' boyfriend, since she is not sure that he is right for Agnes. Peepers tries to watch both the boyfriend and the eclipse together.

Robinson and Nancy have finally saved enough money to purchase a household appliance they want, but Nancy's father points out how vitally important it is for Robinson to carry life insurance. Peepers' cousin Luther, an insurance man, sells them a policy and the initial premium payment depletes the savings which had been put away for the appliance.

When Mrs. Gurney and the Weskits discover the inadequacies of the Peepers' makeshift furniture, they plan a "furniture party" for Robinson and Nancy. It is Mrs. Gurney's duty to see that the Peepers remain at home that evening, but when they go off to the movies instead, it becomes Wes' job to go retrieve them.

Marge and Nancy are mighty proud the day that Wes and Robinson receive bids from the Grand Lodge of the Lancers of the Southern Star. The Ancient and venerable Mister Remington is among the ancient and venerable lodge.

In order to stop a group of children from playing pranks out of boredom, Mister Peepers invites them in for a Halloween story, which includes a bad knight (Wes), a wicked witch brewing practical jokes (Mrs. Gurney), a queen (Marge), the queen's younger sister (Nancy), and the queen's best knight (Mr. Peepers).

The County Supervisor of Schools visits Jefferson Jr. High for an annual inspection. Wes agonizes over whether he should apologize after the Supervisor takes exception to his suggestion that Christopher Columbus did not discover America.

Mrs. Gurney is appointed to represent Jefferson Jr. High at a teachers' convention in California, but can't decide whether to take the trip.

Mr. Peepers and his wife Nancy have their first marital spat. Robinson invites his beloved Aunt Lil home to dinner without warning Nancy; then Aunt Lil invites a friend of hers, to Nancy's increased consternation.

An attractive substitute teacher (Inger Stevens) arrives at Jefferson City Junior High School to replace Mrs. Gurney while she is attending a teacher's convention in California. Mr. Peepers and Harvey Weskit are more than helpful to her, leading to all kinds of rumors.

Mr. Peepers agrees to play Santa Claus to his neighbors' children; Harvey Weskit has a similar plan in mind, as do other parents in the neighborhood. The problem arises when there is only one Santa Claus suit in town.

A skiing safari is in the air for Mr. Peepers and his friends, but it doesn't quite work out as planned.

A law firm representative informs Mr. Peepers that he may be the heir to the estate of a deceased English great-aunt.

Mr. Peepers' inheritance becomes a legal fact and he prepares for his journey to England to collect the money. After frantic last-minute preparations, he boards the boat, only to find himself as cabin mate to an elegant British aristocrat, Peter Rhodes-Downing. Downing holds him in complete contempt until he finds out that Mr. Peepers is to collect some money; then his attitude changes quite quickly.

Robinson Peepers and his new-found friend, Peter Rhodes-Downing try to elude the purser in an effort to see the first class quarters.

Mr. Peepers and his new friend Peter Rhodes-Downing arrive in England. To compare English customs with those in the United States, Robinson visits an English junior high school, then takes a sight-seeing tour of London.

Mr. Peepers is in England to hear his uncle's will read. He's most interested in getting his uncle's insect collection.

Mr. Peepers returns from England and is met by Nancy and the Weskits. But a financial crisis arises as they live it up at a fancy restaurant.

To celebrate Mr. Peepers' birthday, Wes decides to bake him a cake. Meanwhile, Nancy and Marge make a secret trip to the doctor and confirm their suspicions: Nancy is going to have a baby.

Robinson Peepers' in-laws, Ma and Pa Remington, return from an out-of-town trip to learn that they are to be grandparents.

Aunt Lil is so thrilled to hear she will be a great-aunt that she takes some time off to visit Jefferson City and offer her congratulations. When there, she decides to stay a few days, and has Mrs. Gurney call her boss to say she's ill.

Mr. Peepers take out on his motorcycle in search of a flighty canary and breaks up a sedate woman's club meeting.

Mr. Peepers and his father-in-law Pa Remington decide to spend a day fishing, but they're after no ordinary catch. For fifteen years, Pa has been trying to hook a large trout, unofficially known as "Old Colonel." He thinks the assistance of his scientifically-minded son-in-law may do the trick this time.

A surprise party is arranged for Nancy Peepers who is leaving Jefferson City Junior high school to await the arrival of the stork.

Harvey Weskit returns from a visit to his in-laws with a large gift of money, which he hopes will buy him membership in an exclusive country club. Mr. Peepers knows the club president, and arranges a golf date between him and Wes. Meanwhile, Mr. Peepers takes a gardening job at the club in order to earn extra money, but this threatens Wes' chances of being admitted as a member.

Harvey Weskit borrows a cabin cruiser from a friend of his wealthy father-in-law, and invites the Peepers to join him and Marge on a cruise. Wes is self-appointed captain, but his piloting leaves something to be desired.

Mr. Peepers and Wes hear that Elaine Stritch is playing at a nearby theater, so they attend, hoping to convince her to appear at their parent-teachers meeting.

When a new ballet teacher is hired at Jefferson City Junior High School, all are shocked to learn that after school hours she dances at a roadside cabaret. Mr. Peepers goes to investigate

Mary McCarty and Mae Barnes help Mr. Peepers enact "The Life Story of Wally Cox".

Mr. Peepers gives the official commencement speech at the junior high school graduation exercises. He also asks for a raise in salary, in view of the coming baby. When the Superintendent of schools refuses the raise, Mr. Peepers considers applying for employment at a nearby military academy.

Peepers arrives at Jefferson Junior High School six months early, and is immediately mistaken for a student. He is introduced to the faculty, then placed as assistant to the science teacher, Mr. Wadd. Jealous of the fact that the pretty music teacher likes Peepers, Mr. Wadd assigns him menial tasks and tries to sabotage his job. Mr. Peepers finally gets the best of Mr. Wadd by inadvertently revealing his baldness. When Wadd leaves in shame, Mr. Peepers is hired as the new science teacher.