Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.
Aired: Dec 5, 1952 Bud & Lou get jobs in Mr. Fields' Drugstore.
Aired: Dec 12, 1952 Bud takes Lou to a nearsighted dentist.
Aired: Dec 19, 1952 Lou is arrested for shooting a hole in his neighbor's bucket.
Aired: Dec 26, 1952 Bud worries that Mr. Fields will rent their apartment while they're on vacation.
Aired: Jan 2, 1953 Lou invites Mr. Fields to his birthday party, but Bud winds up kicking Lou ou...
Aired: Jan 9, 1953 Lou's uncle in Alaska discovers a gold mine, so Bud and Lou prepare to head u...
7. The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Aired: Jan 16, 1953Lou tries selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.
Aired: Jan 23, 1953 The boys join the reserves.
Aired: Jan 30, 1953 Lou tries selling pots and pans door-to-door.
Aired: Feb 6, 1953 Lou spends most of his money at the kissing booth.
Aired: Feb 13, 1953 Hillary invites the boys to her uncle's dude ranch, there tangle with outlaws.
Aired: Feb 20, 1953 Bud & Lou keep Hillary company one night in an old house she'll inherit.
Aired: Feb 27, 1953 Lou can't sleep so Bud takes him to a shrink who gives him a sleep inducing r...
Aired: Mar 6, 1953 The boys visit two restaurants, one with twin waitresses.
Aired: Mar 13, 1953 Hillary's Dad will only allow her to marry a man with musical talent, so Lou ...
Aired: Mar 20, 1953 Lou runs for public office, so Bud brings in Lou's 4th grade teacher for symp...
Aired: Mar 27, 1953 Lou & Stinky agree to do a charity wrestling match, but Stinky gets sick, so ...
Aired: Apr 3, 1953 The boys deliver straw hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company and run into crazy...
Aired: Apr 10, 1953 Lou has to get a license for his chimp but accidentally applies for a marriag...
Aired: Apr 17, 1953 The boys plan a surprise party, but the noise angers Mr. Fields.
Aired: Apr 24, 1953 On the quiz show Hold That Cuckoo, the host puts Lou thru some embarrassing s...
Aired: May 1, 1953 The boys rent a car and drive to Vegas, where they play a violent game of pool.
Aired: May 8, 1953 Bud & Lou raise money to keep an old lady from being evicted but she uses the...
Aired: May 15, 1953 Thinking it's a counterfeit, bud tears up a $500 bill. When it turns out to b...
Aired: May 22, 1953 Mike the Cop helps the boys enroll in the police academy which Lou manages to...
Aired: May 29, 1953 Bingo the Chimp is sick and Lou figures he misses his family, so they all go ...
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