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The Mothers-in-Law

The Mothers-in-Law centers on the laugh-filled misadventures of longtime neighbors who become related when their children suddenly get married. Eve Arden stars as Eve Hubbard, the sophisticated wife of straight-laced lawyer Herbert Hubbard. Comedienne Kaye Ballard plays Kaye Buell, the outspoken wife of bombastic television writer Roger Buell.
196926 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Here Comes the Bride, Again
    September 15, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Kaye's grandmother comes from Italy for the kids' wedding, and since nobody has the heart to tell her it was a year ago, a formal wedding is staged, with Suzie finding out in mid-ceremony that she's pregnant.
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  2. S2 E2 - The Match Game
    September 21, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Since business is bad at the computer dating service where Jerry works, Eve and Kaye help out by posing as spinsters in search of love.
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  3. S2 E3 - A Little Pregnancy Goes a Long Way
    September 29, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    To their husbands' chagrin, the grandmothers-to-be take on sympathy symptoms: wild nighttime cravings and morning queasiness.
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  4. S2 E4 - Love Thy Neighbor - If You Can't Make Him Move
    October 6, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Flashbacks show how the Hubbards and Buells met 22 years earlier, when Kaye and Roger moved in next door. With no lights, phone, or water, the Buells also had no worries - they just mooched off the Hubbards' facilities.
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  5. S2 E5 - I Didn't Raise Myself to Be a Grandmother
    October 12, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    The joy of Suzie's pregnancy fades a bit when everyone realizes they'll soon be known as "Gramps" and "Granny." They take up jogging to feel young again. The foursome sings "You Make Me Feel So Young."
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  6. S2 E6 - Even Mothers-in-Law Have Mothers-in-Law
    October 20, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    The newlyweds try a devious diversion to get free of Eve and Kaye's meddling: They send for their mothers' mothers-in-law, who run the women ragged.
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  7. S2 E7 - The Matador Makes a Movie
    October 27, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    When Raphael Del Gado arrives in town to make a movie, the Hubbards and Buells invite him to a dinner party - which soon becomes a family talent show.
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  8. S2 E8 - It's a Dog's Life
    November 10, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    To keep peace, Jerry and Suzie frantically juggle gifts purchased separately by their mothers - a basset hound and a Yorkshire terrier. Caught in the confusion is a bewildered animal inspector.
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  9. S2 E9 - The First Anniversary Is the Hardest
    November 24, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    On the sly, the in-laws slip $40 into Jerry's old jacket for the couple's anniversary celebration. Unaware, Suzie donates the coat to a thrift shop, sending the mothers on a spree to retrieve it.
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  10. S2 E10 - The Birth of Everything, but the Blues
    December 1, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Eve and Kaye tackle the care and feeding of a motley menagerie when they take over for Suzie, who has become a pet-sitter for extra money. Problems increase rapidly, as most of the critters are expecting.
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  11. S2 E11 - Nome, Schnome, I'd Rather Have It at Home
    December 8, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Suzie and Jerry stun their folks with news of their post-graduation plans: They're moving to Alaska - before the baby is born. In a dream sequence, Eve and Kaye visit them in their igloo.
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  12. S2 E12 - Hail, Hail, the Gang's Still Here
    December 15, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    In hopes of spending a quiet evening, the Hubbards tell the Buells that they'll be away. Instead, they're stuck hiding under the bed when the Buells invite friends over to watch the Hubbards' color TV.
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  13. S2 E13 - Didn't You Used to Be Ozzie Snick?
    December 22, 1968
    25min
    TV-PG
    Producer Owen Sinclair - alias bandleader Ozzie Snick - is in town, and the Hubbards arrange a surprise visit between him and Kaye, who's been bragging for years about her singing success with his old orchestra. Eve, Kaye, and Ozzie Nelson sing "North Dakota Moon."
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  14. S2 E14 - Make Room for Baby
    January 5, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Confusion reigns as the Hubbards and Buells decide to save money by taking on a do-it-yourself project: Adding a nursery to the kids' apartment.
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  15. S2 E15 - Haven't You Had That Baby Yet?
    January 12, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    With the baby due momentarily, a mood of jittery expectancy grips everyone, especially the mothers, who mistake a trial run for the real thing, and then lose Suzie on the way to the hospital when it's really time.
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  16. S2 E16 - And Baby Makes Four
    January 19, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Eve and Kaye torment the hospital staff by crashing the maternity ward in various disguises to see Suzie, and when she has twins, fights erupt over the babies' names.
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  17. S2 E17 - Nanny Go Home
    January 26, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    When meddling mothers-in-law double Suzie's problems in caring for twins, Herb and Roger hire a stern nanny, who bars Eve and Kaye from the nursery, and they try hard to get rid of her.
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  18. S2 E18 - Double Trouble in the Nursery
    February 2, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Suzie and Jerry go away for a weekend of rest, and their mothers gladly abandon their own homes for nursery duty - which isn't as simple as they expected.
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  19. S2 E19 - Void Where Prohibited by in-Laws
    February 9, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    To win money for the babies' college fund, Eve and Kaye enter a contest to guess the number of Blimpo cereal bits in a barrel. To eliminate the guesswork, they plan to construct a duplicate barrel and fill it with cereal at their own expense.
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  20. S2 E20 - Guess Who's Coming Forever?
    February 23, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Eve and Kaye try to dissuade a black lawyer from renting the kids' apartment after the kids change their minds about moving, prompting faux pas and foot-in-mouth comments that make the adamant man lecture them about fair housing.
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  21. S2 E21 - Every in-Law Wants to Get into the Act
    March 2, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    The mothers arrange for the debut of Jerry's nightclub act, which features a Jimmy Durante impersonation, but when he comes down with the flu, the Hubbards and Buells take his place. Jimmy Durante makes a cameo appearance.
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  22. S2 E22 - Two on the Aisle
    March 16, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    The Hubbards and the Buells, battling over two theater tickets they got in the mail, carry their feud to the theater, where their antics provide a livelier show than the one on the stage.
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  23. S2 E23 - Take Hers, He's Mine
    March 22, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Eve and Kaye resort to domestic spying when they become jealous of the gorgeous new secretary their husbands hired to work at home: Kaye bugs Roger's den and Eve listens to Herb's sleep-talking.
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  24. S2 E24 - Show Business Is No Business
    March 30, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    Eve and Kaye cause a string of calamities as they both try to wangle a spot in Don Rickles' act for the lodge benefit show.
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  25. S2 E25 - The Charge of the Wife Brigade
    April 6, 1969
    25min
    TV-PG
    When the men cancel their wives' charge accounts, the mothers decide to overcome their forced recession by getting jobs as department store saleswomen.
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Directors
Elliott LewisDesi ArnazMaury Thompson
Starring
Eve ArdenKaye BallardHerbert Rudley
Studio
MPI Media Group
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