September 15, 1969 • 30m
When Lydia complains to her father about the dullness of her history lesson at school, John tells her his own version of the story...Read more
September 22, 1969 • 30m
When the noise from the freight elevator beside his office becomes intolerable, John decides to try working at home, only to be co...Read more
September 29, 1969 • 30m
In order to get closer to her father, with whom she seems to share little in common, Lydia learns how to play chess from her mothe...Read more
October 6, 1969 • 30m
John has dog problems with just about everyone: Greeley, over a magazine piece about his childhood family pet who bit people; Elle...Read more
October 13, 1969 • 30m
When Lydia comes down with a bad cold, John takes the opportunity to try to show her that people with vivid imaginations are bette...Read more
October 20, 1969 • 30m
After Greeley once again fails to understand the humor in one of John's cartoons, John quits his job with The Manhattanite and ret...Read more
October 27, 1969 • 30m
John, finding himself bothered by the ordinariness of his life, fantasizes about being involved in a tale of espionage involving p...Read more
November 3, 1969 • 30m
Greeley rejects yet another of John's cartoons which he doesn't understand, one involving a seal in the bedroom of a married coupl...Read more
November 10, 1969 • 30m
After being bitten by the family cat, Dimity Ann, John takes her away and leaves her in a new housing developement. Lydia believe...Read more
November 17, 1969 • 30m
The Monroe's new neighbor, Paul Morton, who is also a cartoonist, challenges John's more sophisticated humor by pitting him agains...Read more
November 24, 1969 • 30m
The Monroes have a new maid who for some reason has a phobia about modern appliances, and Ellen tells John to be kind to her and k...Read more
December 1, 1969 • 30m
John finally manages to get his revenge on Zeph Leggin by studying old jokes and using them to defeat the local humorist in a batt...Read more
December 8, 1969 • 30m
When Greeley decides to dedicate an entire issue of The Manhattanite to children's book author George Lindsay Lockhart, John, who ...Read more
December 15, 1969 • 30m
Frustrated while trying to buy a Christmas present for Lydia, John makes the unfortunate choice of an American flag as her gift. ...Read more
December 22, 1969 • 30m
During a sixteenth anniversary party for the Jensens at the Monroe's house, Phil loses his temper when his wife Ruth interrupts on...Read more
December 29, 1969 • 30m
Lydia is supposed to go to a dance with a boy named Elbert, but when a bully beats him up and insists that Lydia go to the dance w...Read more
January 5, 1970 • 30m
Lydia is concerned about nightmares, so John tells stories about his family during his childhood in Columbus, Ohio. He recalls se...Read more
January 12, 1970 • 30m
When a neighborhood boy tries to tell Lydia about the facts of life, she responds by punching him in the mouth. While Ellen is mo...Read more
January 19, 1970 • 30m
When both Ellen and Lydia's teacher Miss Skidmore agree that John's cartoons are causing his daughter acute embarrassment, John go...Read more
January 26, 1970 • 30m
When Ellen and Lydia go on an overnight trip, leaving John home alone, he finds himself interrupted in his work by a pair of mover...Read more
February 2, 1970 • 30m
John suggests The Manhattanite use marriage as the theme of its anniversary issue, and he has his own ideas on the subject. After...Read more
February 9, 1970 • 30m
When John begins collaborating on a book with a female writer, Ellen suspects he may really be having an affair instead.
February 16, 1970 • 30m
John is suffering from cartoonist's block, making him irritable at work and then later at home. In his frustration he chases Lydi...Read more
February 23, 1970 • 30m
John once again has to deal with rejection, not only by Greeley, who can't find the humor in one of John's cartoons, but by the yo...Read more
March 2, 1970 • 30m
After both Ellen and Greeley accuse John of hating women, John becomes unable to think of any other kinds of cartoons to meet his ...Read more
March 9, 1970 • 30m
When Phil gives in to his son's wishes because of feelings of guilt, John chastises him for being weak, but when John himself miss...Read more