Overview of 'Car 54, Where Are You?' Season 2

Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)

Comedy

The misadventures of two of New York's finest in the 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the short, stocky and dim-witted one, either saves the day or messes things up, much to the chagrin of Muldoon, the tall, lanky and smart one.

Writing:

Nat Hiken
Chris Hamman

Stars:

Release Date: 1961-09-17
Seasons: 1 2

7.4/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 30

Season 2 Episode List

Episode 1 - Hail to the Chief
Release Date: 1962-09-16
Because their partnership has lasted so long, the secret service choose Toody and Muldoon to drive the president to the U.N. Unfortunately, Muldoon is incapacitated by the stress of ferrying his hero, Kennedy.
Episode 2 - One Sleepy People
Release Date: 1962-09-23
Francis and Lucille get the wrong idea, while watching a steamy movie on TV, that each loves the other.
Episode 3 - A Man Is Not an Ox
Release Date: 1962-09-30
When a medical doctor sees similarities between two oxen yoked together for 10 years and Car 54's occupants, the boys try to behave out-of-sync, but fail.
Episode 4 - Schnauser's Last Ride
Release Date: 1962-10-07
The boys recount what happened when Schnauser was taken off his mounted police route.
Episode 5 - Toody & Muldoon Sing Along with Mitch
Release Date: 1962-10-14
When the 53rd precinct Whippoorwills audition for Mitch Miller, it's clear which of the 4 is the problem, but who will tell Toody?
Episode 6 - Occupancy, August 1st
Release Date: 1962-10-21
Mrs. Bronson causes trouble again -- by moving in to her promised apartment on the day it was promised to her -- but it's not finished! Once again she's adept at deflecting all opponents.
Episode 7 - Remember St. Petersburg
Release Date: 1962-10-28
A fortune-telling scam ring mistakes Leo as royalty, and calls Sylvia with the news. Another mistake has the con artists convincing an undercover Toody that he's royalty, and Leo's his brother.
Episode 8 - That's Show Business
Release Date: 1962-11-04
Muldoon's sister Peggy lands a part in the play "Waiting for Wednesday" and the boys of the 53rd Precinct become financial backers before learning that it's a gritty play about police brutality.
Episode 9 - Toody Undercover
Release Date: 1962-11-11
Toody winds up undercover as part of a mob ring. His intimate knowledge of the area (bank layouts, burglar alarms & patrolmen habits) makes him a better crook than cop.
Episode 10 - I Hate Captain Block
Release Date: 1962-11-18
When Toody takes care of Captain Block's parrot, he decides to teach it to talk. But this backfires when he says he hates Captain Block in front of the bird, and the parrot begins repeating it.
Episode 11 - A Star Is Born in the Bronx
Release Date: 1962-11-25
Sylvia Schnauser goes into delusional rapture when asked to plug cookies on television.
Episode 12 - Pretzel Mary
Release Date: 1962-12-02
The boys finally bust a nasty nuisance in the Park - "Pretzel Mary". When they see her deplorable living conditions they replace her furniture - not realizing what they're taking away.
Episode 13 - 142 Tickets on the Aisle
Release Date: 1962-12-09
When the boys of the 53rd Precinct suddenly show an interest in the clean and uplifting Broadway epic "Little Miss Pioneer," so does the prurient public.
Episode 14 - Stop Thief
Release Date: 1963-12-16
After overhearing the Captain rehearsing a play in his office, the boys think he's a kleptomaniac! They "cover" for him by re-stealing all his Xmas presents. Can they make things right by the end of Christmas Eve?
Episode 15 - Je T'Adore Muldoon
Release Date: 1962-12-30
To get girl-shy Francis to ask the Captain's niece to the Mardi Gras Ball, the 53rd conspires to boost his ego. Suddenly, he's a Casanova! Who will go to the Ball?
Episode 16 - The White Elephant
Release Date: 1963-01-06
A gang buys the cursed eatery next to the bank to drill through the common wall into the vault -- but the boys of the 53rd stop by to see how they're doing, and help them establish a luncheonette instead.
Episode 17 - Benny the Bookie's Last Chance
Release Date: 1963-01-13
Benny's up for parole yet again, and the boys are sure he's going straight now. They set him up w/a candy store, and when he gets "in trouble" and tries mightily to get back in jail, the 53rd won't hear of it
Episode 18 - The Presidential Itch
Release Date: 1963-01-20
An unexpected challenger vies to unseat Muldoon in his bid to be reelected as president of the policeman's Brotherhood Club.
Episode 19 - Toody & Muldoon Meet the Russians
Release Date: 1963-01-27
The boys chaperon two Russian ambassadors, and turn them into American capitalists.
Episode 20 - Here We Go Again
Release Date: 1963-02-03
Muldoon's father, Patrick was a police captain and a hero -- or was he?
Episode 21 - The Star Boarder
Release Date: 1963-02-10
Gunther and Lucille Toody are trying to make some extra money. They decide to rent a room,taking in a preacher as a paying boarder. He seems as honest as the day is long but is he actually who he says he is?
Episode 22 - The Biggest Day of the Year
Release Date: 1963-02-17
After Tooday tells Muldoon that "today's a very important day",Muldoon,the men & high ranking officials,try to figure out why it is.
Episode 23 - Here Comes Charlie
Release Date: 1963-02-24
The boys of the 53rd Precinct attempt to help rehabilitate chronically drunk Charlie by finding him a job where he won't be tempted to drink, but the officers'regular visits to check up on Charlie have an unnerving effect on his teetotalist coworkers. A Larry Storch tour de force!
Episode 24 - See You at the Bar Mitzvah
Release Date: 1963-03-03
When the boys find out that no one is going to the Bar Mitzvah of one boy on their basketball team because of his hated father, they spring into action.
Episode 25 - I've Been Here Before
Release Date: 1963-03-10
A criminal gang bases its heists on the plots of the television program "Crimebusters," which program is also one of Officer Toody's favorite shows.
Episode 26 - Joan Crawford Didn't Say No
Release Date: 1963-03-17
When a septuagenarian delicatessen owner reports he will be marrying Joan Crawford, the boys of the 53rd are sent out to bust the phony matrimonial service that promises to pair its clients with Hollywood movie stars.
Episode 27 - Lucille Is 40
Release Date: 1963-03-24
Lucille is upset over turning 40, so Gunther decides to surprise her by buying her a wig for a birthday gift, a deceptively simple endeavor fraught with misunderstanding and melodrama when nosy Sylvia Schnauser stumbles upon the scheme.
Episode 28 - The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser
Release Date: 1963-03-31
Sylvia Schnauser helps the police dept. to set a trap for con artists posing as book publishers.
Episode 29 - Puncher & Judy
Release Date: 1963-04-07
At the begging and pleading of a girl (Shari Lewis) at a local beauty parlor, Toody and Muldoon enlist the help of champion boxer, (Sugar Ray Robinson) in a scheme to discourage a local male hair dresser at the same parlor from continuing his amateur boxing career.
Episode 30 - The Curse of the Snitkins
Release Date: 1963-04-14
A jinx arrives at the 53rd and continues his streak of bringing bad luck wherever he goes.