The Mickey Rooney Show

Season

1954

7.2

The misadventures of an eager but somewhat bumbling young actor who gets a job as a page at a television studio in Hollywood while trying to break into show business.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

Mickey is a page at a TV network who likes all the same television shows that the "average" person likes. It's his job to watch new programs and determine which will be a hit.

S1 • E2

The Moon or Bust

Mickey and his pal Freddy launch a home-made space ship to the moon. They land in outer space, but there are no moon men around only cows.

S1 • E3

Disc Jockey

Mickey, moonlighting as a disc jockey, gets mixed up with a gang of crooks.

S1 • E4

Double Trouble

Mickey is mistaken for a visiting French author.

S1 • E5

Private Eye

Mickey becomes a private eye and the target of much attention from a gang of hoodlums.

S1 • E6

The Grunion Hunt Mystery

A fishy character interrupts Mickey's plans for a grunion hunt with Pat.

S1 • E7

Ghost Story

A haunting tale: Mickey's parents and boss are trying to rent the same cabin for their vacations when ghosts suddenly appear.

S1 • E8

The Lion Hunt

Mickey and Freddy join a city-wide hunt for an escaped lion.

S1 • E9

The Bronc Buster

Mickey's girl Pat falls for a tall Texan and Mickey goes West to win her back.

S1 • E10

Tiger Mulligan

The betting is heavy when Mickey is picked to represent the network in a boxing match but most of the wagers are placed on his opponent.

S1 • E11

The Other Woman

Mickey shows some home movies which include a scene of his boss embracing a beautiful woman. When his wife threatens his supervisor, Mickey and Freddy decide to pretend to be Arab princes to lure the 'other woman' away.

S1 • E12

Diamond in the Rough

Undaunted by his lack of golf skills, Mickey enters the company's annual tournament to take a shot at its top prize of 50 dollars. A pair of jewel thieves grabs a valuable diamond and hides the jewel in Mickey's golf ball.

S1 • E13

The Executive

Mickey learns that his size may be impeding his growth in the business world.

S1 • E14

The Seance

Mrs. Mulligan falls under the influence of a spiritualist who tells her to sell the family house.

S1 • E15

The Voice

An injection cures Mickey's laryngitis and gives him a fabulous singing voice.

S1 • E16

Miss I.B.C.

In a beauty contest for "Miss I.B.C.", Mickey and Freddy start off competing their girlfriends, but when Pat says she doesn't care, Mickey enters homely, graceless Bobo the phone girl, and proceeds to try and make a lady of her with some quickly improvised lessons in charm.