Meet Corliss Archer
Season 1
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Season aired: 1954-01-01
Overview
Meet Corliss Archer is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from April to December 1954. The series stars Ann Baker in the title role. The program was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories by F. Hugh Herbert.
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Episodes · 39
No Clothes for the Party
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
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
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
After seeing Mr. Archer hiding a package and misunderstanding a business call, Corliss and Dexter decide he's a kleptomaniac.
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
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
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
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
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
The Best Policy
Harry's Diet
The Vase That Came to Dinner
Corliss, The Cheerleader
The Archers Get a Maid
Dexter Becomes a Man
Dexter's Masquerade Costume
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Male Ego
Money Matters
A Party for Corliss
The New Neighbors
Harry and the Soap Opera Queen
A Date for Doris
Friends Forever?
Boat Builders
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
Harry reads a psychiatric book and decides his stiff neck is caused by everyone else's problems.
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.
