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52. Barber Lou
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After helping Mrs. Bronson stage an amateur show, Bud is exhausted and asks Lou to give him a relaxing rubdown by following the instructions of a radio masseuse. But when the broadcast switches over to a do-it-yourself commercial for re-painting a car, the oblivious Lou follows those directions.
51. Fall Guy
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After a fruitless day trying to sell "No Peddlers Allowed" signs, two men approach Bud and Lou. They offer the boys $200 to take two sisters out on a date and then switch places with the men. But when the boys arrive at the girls' home, their father has them install a new TV antenna on his roof.
50. Beauty Contest Story
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Mr. Fields recruits Bud and Lou to judge the "Miss Mud Turtle" beauty pageant for his lodge, and expects the boys to pick his niece as the winner. But then a tough thug pressures them to crown his girlfriend.
49. Fencing Master
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Bud volunteers Lou as a human guinea pig in a zany experiment performed by a mad scientist, Dr. Bluzak. Lou thinks he's indestructible until a pompous French fencing master challenges him to a duel.
48. Honeymoon House
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With the aid of Bud and Mr. Fields, Lou builds a prefabricated house for his fiancé, Sally. But the new construction is sabotaged by Sally's former boyfriend, and when her parents arrive to inspect the place, they are nearly killed.
47. The Pigeon
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A beautiful next-door neighbor wants to rid herself of her mobster boyfriend so she can marry another man. She hatches a plan to make the gangster think that Lou is her lover so that he will kill Lou and go to jail.
46. Well Oiled
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When Mr. Fields is threatened with a breach of promise lawsuit, the boys come to his aid. With Bud acting as his chauffer, Lou poses as a Texas oil tycoon in an attempt to court and discredit the gold digger.
45. Bank Holdup
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Bud and Lou are hired as armed guards and unwittingly assist in a bank robbery. They pay rent with their cut of the money, and then attempt to recover the stolen cash from Mr. Fields' safe.
44. Public Enemies
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When a newspaper runs a story about safecracker "Dapper Dan" and accidentally publishes Lou's photograph, gangster who have just moved into the rooming house think he's a fellow crook, and force him to join them in a warehouse robbery.
43. The Tax Return
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The IRS accidentally sends Lou a refund for $1 million. After he cashes the check, he is followed home by crooks. Meanwhile, Mr. Fields begins to suspect that Bud and Lou are counterfeiters.
42. Private Eye
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After Lou receives his diploma and private eye gear from the Watchdog Correspondence School, he and Bud help a young girl locate $50,000 in bonds hidden in a spooky mansion that belonged to her eccentric uncle. But her cousin, who was disowned, tries to scare them off.
41. Uncle From New Jersey
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After Fields locks the boys out of their apartment, Bud hatches a plan to convince the greedy landlord that Lou is the sole heir to the fortune of his rich Uncle Ruppert. To pull off the scheme, Bud disguises Lou as his uncle, but Mike the Cop starts to believe that Ruppert has been bumped off by the boys.
40. Wife Wanted
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The boys get a letter from Lou's grandfather, who plans to visit and give Lou $10,000 if he is married. After several failed attempts to meet women, Lou reconnects with his former girlfriend, Agnes, who has just broken up with a jealous wrestler, Bone-Bender Brodsky.
39. Car Trouble
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Lou wins an Edam automobile from Jeepers Creepers Canned Baby Food, but Bud sells it and uses the cash for a trip to Flint, Michigan to buy another car. On their trip they encounter Mike the Cop's twin brother, some hoboes, and an irate sheriff.
38. Efficiency Experts
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Somehow, the boys have landed jobs as efficiency experts. They are assigned to restrain their client's spoiled daughters from spending money. The young women, however, trick the boys into buying them expensive dresses and taking them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
37. Amnesia
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Lou plans to marry Edna, his lonely-hearts penpal, but Bud wants to break up the romance. He convinces Lou that he has amnesia and has a friend pose as Edna to make his life miserable.
36. $1,000 TV Prize
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While trying to repair Mr. Fields' television set, Lou answers a phone call from the "Money to Burn" quiz show and correctly answers the $1,000 question. The prize money will be delivered that night, so Bud and Lou scramble to keep Fields out of his apartment.
35. From Bed to Worse
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While working in a garden supply store, Bud and Lou learn that a civic group is offering a cash prize for the best backyard garden. The boys decide to enter the competition, but provoke a feud with a neighbor who has also entered the contest.
34. South of Dixie
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Lou is smitten by a cute new neighbor. Hearing her cries for help, Lou bursts into her apartment and into a rehearsal for a Civil War melodrama. He is so magnificent in his rescue effort that she lands him a role in the play.
33. Cheap Skates
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Bud and Lou accidentally purchase a crate of roller skates at an auction. Unbeknownst to them, the skates have stolen diamonds hidden inside the wheels, and the smugglers behind the scam move into their rooming house to recover the jewels.
32. Killer's Wife
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Heavyweight prizefighter Killer King moves into the rooming house. Killer is insanely jealous over his knockout wife, Dixie, and becomes convinced that Lou is fooling around with her behind his back. When Costello accidentally knocks out Killer's sparring partner, Bud volunteers Lou to take his place.
31. Pest Exterminators
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The boys are working as pest exterminators. While on a job at a psychiatrist's office, they misunderstand a phone call from a Mrs. Featherton, who asks them to come to her house to "take care of her aunts" who are "out of control."
30. Life Insurance
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Mr. Fields wants security for the back rent the boys' owe him, so he and Bud take out a life insurance policy on Lou that names the landlord as beneficiary. Wary of Fields' and Bud's motives, Lou is too nervous to pass the physical. Bud takes him on a hunting trip to relax, but Lou is convinced that Bud is trying to kill him for the payoff.
29. In Society
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Mrs. Olga Van Goo, a wealthy society woman, hires Bud and Lou to impersonate the Duke of Gluten and the Earl of Waldo at her formal reception. But a series of etiquette miscues leads to a food-flinging finale.
28. Uncle Bozzo's Visit
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Lou's unemployed, opera singing Uncle Bozzo arrives from Italy and wreaks havoc with his booming voice. After a run in with Mike the Cop, the boys and Bozzo are arrested. While in jail, a fellow prisoner recruits them to assist in his escape.
27. The Paper Hangers
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While attempting to free it from a tight space, the boys damage Mrs. Bronson's car. To appease her -- and get Bud and Lou to work off their back rent -- Fields has the boys wallpaper her apartment. Later, they become waiters at a rowdy seafood joint and get into a brawl.
26. Barber Lou
1954 - Season 2
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.
25. Fall Guy
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
24. Beauty Contest Story
1954 - Season 2
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
23. Fencing Master
1954 - Season 2
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
22. Honeymoon House
1954 - Season 2
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
21. The Pigeon
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
20. Well Oiled
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
19. Bank Holdup
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
18. Public Enemies
1954 - Season 2
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
17. The Tax Return
1954 - Season 2
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
16. Private Eye
1954 - Season 2
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdo Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
15. Uncle from New Jersey
1954 - Season 2
When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.
14. Wife Wanted
1954 - Season 2
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.
13. Car Trouble
1954 - Season 2
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
12. Efficiency Experts
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
11. Amnesia
1954 - Season 2
Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.
10. $1,000 TV Prize
1954 - Season 2
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
9. From Bed to Worse
1954 - Season 2
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
8. South of Dixie
1953 - Season 2
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
7. Cheap Skates
1953 - Season 2
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
6. Killer's Wife
1953 - Season 2
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
5. Pest Exterminators
1953 - Season 2
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
4. Life Insurance
1953 - Season 2
Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.
3. In Society
1953 - Season 2
A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.
2. Uncle Bozzo's Visit
1953 - Season 2
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
1. The Paper Hangers
1953 - Season 2
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
