I Married Joan

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195230m

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.

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I Married Joan--best version of syndicated opening

Seasons

39 Episodes • Premiered 1952

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1. Pilot

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.

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2. Career

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

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3. Ballet

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

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4. Jitterbug

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.

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5. Crime Panel

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

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6. Brad's Class Reunion

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

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7. Hunting

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

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8. Joan's Curiosity

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

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9. Birthday

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.

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10. Bazar Pie

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

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11. Acrobats

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.

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12. Dreams

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

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13. Bad Boy

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

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14. Circumstantial Evidence

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.

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15. Uncle Edgar

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

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16. Moosehead

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

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17. Fireman

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

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18. Memory

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.

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19. Draftboard

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

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20. Opera

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

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21. Shopping

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

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22. The Stamp

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?

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23. Little Girl

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

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24. Diet

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25. Model

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26. Lateness

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27. The Eviction Show

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28. The Recipe

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29. Repairs

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30. Secrets

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31. The Artist Show

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32. The Threat

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33. Country Club

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34. Theatrical Can-Can

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35. Neighbors

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36. Talent Scout

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37. Honeymoon

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

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38. Business Executive

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39. Brad's Broken Toe

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

Cast

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Joan Davis

Joan Stevens

Photo of Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Judge Bradley Stevens

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