Dennis The Menace

1959

4.5

74 reviews

TV-G

Rating

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Season 4 episodes (38)

1 The Chinese Girl

30/9/62

Season-only

Dennis becomes fast friends with a girl from Hong Kong who is staying with the Wilsons.

2 You Go Your Way

7/10/62

Season-only

Dennis hears the Wilsons arguing and spreads the news around the neighborhood, leading some of the neighbors to think the Wilsons have split up.

3 Dennis and the Circular Circumstances

14/10/62

Season-only

Mrs. Elkins turns Dennis down for a job delivering circulars for her campaign, but Mr. Wilson agrees to help Dennis pursue it.

4 The Little Judge

21/10/62

Season-only

Following a complaint from Mrs. Elkins, Sgt. Mooney takes Mr. Wilson to court for an alleged violation of a town ordinance when his incinerator continues to burn after 8:00 a.m.

5 Poor Mr. Wilson

28/10/62

Season-only

When Mr. Wilson's money is lost at Quigley's market through a hole in his pocket, he cannot pay Dennis for washing his car - but Dennis misinterprets "the market" to mean stock and assumes Mr. Wilson is broke.

6 Dennis in Gypsyland

4/11/62

Season-only

Mr. Wilson's article about gypsies is returned with the request that he get to know them better through further research.

7 The New Principal

11/11/62

Season-only

Dennis and his school's new principal get off on the wrong foot after the principal takes a remark about his height the wrong way.

8 San Diego Safari

18/11/62

Season-only

Both the Wilsons and the Mitchells take a trip when Mr. Wilson is selected to pick up a chimpanzee from the San Diego Zoo.

9 Dennis at Boot Camp

25/11/62

Season-only

When Mr. Wilson's nephew visits him in San Diego and gives him and Dennis a ride in his Navy truck, they inadvertently get brought back to the naval base.

10 Henry's New Job

2/12/62

Season-only

Dennis runs away from home because Henry is thinking of getting a new job that would relocate him and his family.

11 Wilson's Second Childhood

16/12/62

Season-only

Mr. Wilson hangs out and plays with Dennis and his friends for the day to gather information for a magazine article about the changing behaviors of children.

12 Jane Butterfield Says

23/12/62

Season-only

Mr. Wilson takes over an advice-to-the-lovelorn newspaper column for a few weeks, thinking he will have every single woman in town happily married by the time he finishes.

13 Dennis and the Hermit

30/12/62

Season-only

Mr. Wilson believes that a hermit Dennis visits at his shack out in the woods fought in the Civil War, so he tries to get his life story.

14 My Uncle Ned

6/1/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson has written a book about his Uncle Ned's life, but Ned does not want the book to be published.

15 Junior Astronaut

13/1/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson is named chairman of a saving-stamps campaign for the Junior Astronauts and arranges a contest at Dennis' school to win a trip to Cape Canaveral to meet an astronaut.

16 Wilson's Little White Lie

20/1/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson tells Dennis he isn't feeling well just to get Dennis to leave him alone, but Dennis of course spreads the word and leads everyone to believe that Mr. Wilson is very sick.

17 Dennis, the Rain Maker

27/1/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a book called Secrets Of The Indian Rain Dance, and he and his friends decide to give it a try.

18 The Creature with the Big Feet

3/2/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson sees large footprints in his yard caused by Dennis' new novelty shoes and thinks they may be from a monster that has been reported in the newspaper.

19 Dennis, the Confused Cupid

10/2/63

Season-only

Dennis decides to help along a potential romance between an older friend of his and a new girl in town.

20 Dennis Goes to Washington

17/2/63

Season-only

Dennis is appointed by the mayor to go to Washington to ask their senator to support the creation of a national forest at nearby Hickory Mountain.

21 The Big Basketball Game

24/2/63

Season-only

The star player on Dennis' basketball team, Stretch, quits the team because Johnny Brady and some of the other players constantly make fun of him.

22 Wilson's Allergy

3/3/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson is convinced that he is allergic to Dennis because he sneezes every time Dennis is around.

23 Baby Booties

10/3/63

Season-only

Mrs. Wilson knits several baby booties to use as covers for a new set of golf clubs, and Dennis quickly spreads word around the neighborhood.

24 My Four Boys

17/3/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson wins an essay contest that requires the entrants to be parents, so he tries to pass off Dennis and his friends as his own children.

25 Dennis and the Homing Pigeons

24/3/63

Season-only

Dennis and Tommy decide to use pigeons in the park to send messages to each other.

26 A Tax on Cats

31/3/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson becomes a cat-catcher for the police department to help enforce a cat license law.

27 The Uninvited Guest

7/4/63

Season-only

With Henry away in New York on business and Alice having to spend the night with Henry's mother, Dennis stays with the Wilsons for a night.

28 Dennis Plays Robin Hood

14/4/63

Season-only

Dennis takes Mr. Wilson's lawn edger without asking, so when Mr. Wilson sees Mrs. Elkins using an edger she recently purchased, he takes it believing it was stolen from him.

29 The Three F's

21/4/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson thinks his property taxes are rising because the school is wasting money on nonessential programs and luxuries.

30 Never Say Dye

28/4/63

Season-only

A famous actress commissions Mr. Wilson to write her life story thinking he is a young, vigorous author with a youthful point of view.

31 The Lost Dog

5/5/63

Season-only

Dennis finds a stray dog and convinces Henry to allow the dog to stay in their house for the night.

32 Tuxedo Trouble

12/5/63

Season-only

Dennis and his friends start a laundry service using Mrs. Elkins' old washing machine.

33 Hawaiian Love Song

19/5/63

Season-only

Mrs. Wilson is angry with Mr. Wilson because she thinks he's not taking her to Hawaii, for their anniversary even though he promised to.

34 The Lucky Rabbit's Foot

26/5/63

Season-only

With the recent bad luck Mr. Wilson has been having, Dennis offers to let him borrow what he believes to be a lucky rabbit's foot.

35 Listen to the Mockingbird

2/6/63

Season-only

Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Elkins each run for president of the Birdwatchers Society.

36 First Editions

9/6/63

Season-only

Henry tells Dennis to get rid of his massive comic book collection, so he decides to sell them.

37 A Man Among Men

16/6/63

Season-only

While Henry is out of town, Dennis tries to take his place and do everything his father would do.

38 Aunt Emma Visits the Wilsons

7/7/63

Season-only

When Mr. Wilson's Aunt Emma pays him a visit, she takes an instant liking to Dennis, causing Mr. Wilson to fear that she will make Dennis her heir instead of him.

About this show

Based on the comic strip of the same name, Dennis The Menace follows the lives of the Mitchell family - Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis. Dennis is an energetic, well-meaning, but trouble-prone boy and sometimes a mischievous child. He often tangles with peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

74 reviews

Dallas Lakey

21 February 2015

since the other old shows aren't. I watched every episode and I wish that there were more seasons of it. It's too bad that they took it off of TV.

Kristina Hoot

6 December 2014

I was sad when the Sunday Paper stopped printing his comics, and feel blessed when I catch it on TV:)

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Joshua Varner

9 July 2015

I'm only 15 and I don't know if its because me and this show were born on the same day or what but I love it this show and the leave it to beaver which also was born the same day