Mona McCluskey (Season 1)

Meet Mona McCluskey (Pilot) (Episode 1)

Writer: Don McGuire

Air date: 1965-09-16

Runtime: 30 min

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

All That Dough and No Place to Go (Episode 2)

Writer: Irving Elinson

Air date: 1965-09-23

Runtime: 30 min

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

All in a Night's Work (Episode 3)

Air date: 1965-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

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

In Every Life a Little Wife Must Fall (Episode 4)

Air date: 1965-10-07

Runtime: 30 min

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

Mona Carroll Versus Mona McCluskey (Episode 5)

Air date: 1965-10-14

Runtime: 30 min

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

How to Put Out an Old Flame (Episode 6)

Air date: 1965-10-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Let's Play Cupid (Episode 7)

Air date: 1965-10-28

Runtime: 30 min

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

Good for the Goose, Bad for the Gander (Episode 8)

Air date: 1965-11-04

Runtime: 30 min

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

Michelangelo's Rival (Episode 9)

Air date: 1965-11-11

Runtime: 30 min

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

How to Cure an Old Ham (Episode 10)

Air date: 1965-11-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

My Husband, The Wife Beater (Episode 11)

Air date: 1965-12-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Mail Against Female (Episode 12)

Air date: 1965-12-09

Runtime: 30 min

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

Stranger in the Love Nest (Episode 13)

Air date: 1965-12-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Dance, Kookerina, Dance (Episode 14)

Air date: 1965-12-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Mona, The Soft Air Force Recruit (Episode 15)

Air date: 1966-01-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Down from the Wild Blue Yonder (Episode 16)

Air date: 1966-01-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

The General Swings at Dawn (Episode 17)

Air date: 1966-01-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Lovebirds and Jailbirds (Episode 18)

Air date: 1966-02-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Friend (Episode 19)

Air date: 1966-02-17

Runtime: 30 min

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

Mona, The Mystic (Episode 20)

Air date: 1966-02-24

Runtime: 30 min

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

Love, Chimp Style (Episode 21)

Air date: 1966-03-03

Runtime: 30 min

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

Operation Chicken Soup (Episode 22)

Writer: William Raynor

Air date: 1966-03-10

Runtime: 30 min

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

How to Turn Off a Laser Beam (Episode 23)

Air date: 1966-03-17

Runtime: 30 min

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

Snow Valley Snow Job (Episode 24)

Air date: 1966-03-24

Runtime: 30 min

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

Will He, Or Won't He? (Episode 25)

Air date: 1966-04-07

Runtime: 30 min

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

Mike's Birthday Present (Episode 26)

Air date: 1966-04-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Misunderstandings lead Mike to believe Mona is pregnant.