Mona McCluskey Season 1, Episode 4: In Every Life a Little Wife Must Fall

1

Meet Mona McCluskey (Pilot)

Mona's letter to the Air Force secretary demanding a raise for Mike causes chaos.

30 min

2

All That Dough and No Place to Go

Mona plots to get Mike money for a Mexican vacation with her.

30 min

3

All in a Night's Work

Mona breaks her pact with Mike to finish a painting on time.

30 min

4

In Every Life a Little Wife Must Fall

Reluctantly, Mona agrees to a State Department request to dine with a visiting, playboy maharajah.

30 min

5

Mona Carroll Versus Mona McCluskey

When Mike is recommended for officers training school, Mona decides to abandon her acting career.

30 min

6

How to Put Out an Old Flame

Mona is pleased when Mike leaves to attend a reunion of his old squadron, but becomes suspicious when General Crone says he knows nothing about it.

30 min

7

Let's Play Cupid

Mona and Mike's attempt to reconcile their friend with his girlfriend leads to complications.

30 min

8

Good for the Goose, Bad for the Gander

Mike becomes jealous when Mona films a love scene with matinee idol Mario Martoni.

30 min

9

Michelangelo's Rival

Mona buys a $1500 clay statue, and then pretends she created it herself to keep Mike from learning its price.

30 min

10

How to Cure an Old Ham

Mona invites a former film star to dinner, and he remains for weeks. Mona is unable to move him out because he has no money. She gets him a part in a picture so he can earn some cash, and he reacts in an unusual way.

30 min

11

My Husband, The Wife Beater

Mona's two spinster aunts puzzle Mike by snubbing him when they come to visit Mona. Mike's bewilderment grows when he offers the aunts a box of candy, and they stomp on it.

30 min

12

Mail Against Female

Irritated because Mona opens his mail, Mike sends himself a fake set of orders assigning him to Hawaii.

30 min

13

Stranger in the Love Nest

A professional photographer for a weekly magazine pretends to be one of Mona's old school chums in order to get a magazine story about her.

30 min

14

Dance, Kookerina, Dance

Mona explodes when Mike tells her that the general has booked another dancer for the annual frolics. The general plans to give Mona an award at the frolics in appreciation for her previous entertainment for the troops.

30 min

15

Mona, The Soft Air Force Recruit

Mike won't let Mona buy a color TV, so Mona figures a devious way to get Mike the money to buy it for her.

30 min

16

Down from the Wild Blue Yonder

Mike is leaving the Air Force after his enlistment ends, rejecting re-enlistment to pursue a higher-paying civilian job so he can better support Mona. Both Mona and General Crone are unhappy with his decision to leave the Air Force.

30 min

17

The General Swings at Dawn

General Crone's nephew pays him a visit, and when it's apparent that he out-Beatles The Beatles, the general begs the McCluskeys to keep him out of sight while his superior visits the base.

30 min

18

Lovebirds and Jailbirds

Mike smacks a pie at a nightclub comic who insults Mona. Mike hits nightclub comic with a pie, winds up in jail. He refuses to let Mona pay his bill because the comic said Mike married her for her money.

30 min

19

Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Friend

For their third anniversary, Mike gifts Mona a $350 diamond ring. A props-man mistakenly takes it from the studio, causing chaos.

30 min

20

Mona, The Mystic

On the eve of his wedding, Sgt. Gruzewsky abruptly calls it off after consulting a fortune teller, leaving Mona to salvage the situation.

30 min

21

Love, Chimp Style

A trained monkey complicates Mona's life when he takes a liking to her.

30 min

22

Operation Chicken Soup

Mona parachutes into Mike's bivouac, delivering her cold remedy via rented plane.

30 min

23

How to Turn Off a Laser Beam

A reputed Texas millionaire (Barry Kelly) persuades Mona to invest in a new electronics company.

30 min

24

Snow Valley Snow Job

Mona panics when Mike registers her as a contestant in a ski race at a winter resort.

30 min

25

Will He, Or Won't He?

Mona and Mike step up their campaign to get Sgt. Gruzewsky (Robert Strauss) to marry Alice (Elena Verdugo.)

30 min

26

Mike's Birthday Present

Misunderstandings lead Mike to believe Mona is pregnant.

30 min