I Married Joan S1-18 "Memory" 02/11/1953

[@pamhamilton3488]

Love this program ♥️

[@karenshawgo7999]

I love that show

[@myjeevie]

Joan Davis' talent for physical comedy was amazing. Love seeing these shows.

[@Master_Blackthorne]

I haven't seen this since the 50's. This was a common theme with sitcoms. The scatterbrained scheming wife who's only talent was getting herself or her husband into trouble. Funny, after watching this, I have an inexplicable craving for spaghetti.

[@mle7143]

This is such a funny episode!

[@KingKongFan]

The Andy Griffith Show, episode "Dinner at Eight" had a very similar plot of this episode.

[@djr6876]

I love spaghetti ! I wouldn’t of had trouble eating three meals of it. With plenty of parmesan !

[@colettenasielski5488]

Loved I married Joan brings back memories

[@HavensLight364]

My favorite part is when she shoots the mannequin's head off, and then to blend in she pulls her shirt over her head to match the other mannequins. Gotta love Joan Davis. ^_^

[@jackieellenbarnes1268]

Love it 💖

[@wandajames6234]

now this was funny-- the show kind of grows on you

[@robert44861]

"THE JOAN DAVIS SHOW" The Diet had to be the inspiration for "I LOVE LUCY" the viga vitamin show that was later done by LUCILLE BALL whom not only had JOAN DAVIS as a most competent rival but also had GALE STORM as her greatest rival most likely because JOAN DAVIS died about 1960. Still it is great to "THE JOAN DAVIS SHOW'

[@Michaelahol]

The episode for Lucy's diet aired in 1951. Joan was inspired by Lucy.

[@howardkerr8174]

@@Michaelahol There was a vaguely similar episode of Pete and Gladys that took the wife's poor memory schtick a bit further. Gladys invites friends that she hasn't seen in years to dinner but before they arrive her nervousness gets the better of her and she forgets the friends names. To make matters worse, Gladys asked her neighbor to stick around and meet them, hoping they might introduce themselves....they didn't. So Gladys tried to bluff her way through the situation.

[@stephenmaniloff8493]

Happy Birthday....Louis...😅👏👍

[@chadkincham]

The Andy Griffith show copied this plot, down to having spaghetti three times for dinner.

[@bobbeaumont324]

BRAD: 4:16: Realizing Joan forgot dinner. 4:29: Joan, tell me you didn’t, but you did. 5:09: You mean horses invited us to dinner? 8:45: I don’t feel a thing, I am numb. 8:53: I feel something, my stomach.

[@billgish3424]

The Steven's house looks alot like the Ricardo's home in Conneticut

[@djr6876]

Not only did they share scripts, they shared sets as well.

[@scotnick59]

Some of the stories for this show were plain odd/stupid. I can see why Lucy is the more famous/beloved show.

[@CarlDuke]

Thanks for listing the writers here. Always wondered if Andy Griffith used the same ones, but it seems not. The reason I mention this is because they had this same exact script on that show and it was called Dinner at Eight. Guess the writer there got desperate and stole an idea from this older show. It involved Andy eating 3 dinners, even down to them being spaghetti, as Goober took a message and messed it up.

[@bdh70]

How funny, I was thinking the exact same thing, then I saw your comment!

[@JoanDavisChannel]

Thanks so much for watching. Actually, this bit was featured in one of Joan's films, "Kansas City Kitty," from 1944. And I bet the bit was even older than that--writers in those days had a thing for "recycling" shtick. There was one bit in an Abbott and Costello movie that was recognized as having been originally in a compendium of comedy from the late 1800s!

[@tammys7802]

Yes, I was going to say the same thing as well! "Dinner at Eight". Thanks for the added info, JoanDavisChannel! I kind of wondered if plots from even the earliest television were recycled from radio shows or even vaudeville, ect! Also, I noticed the very popular episode of Dick Van Dyke where Laura is opening Rob's mail and then opens his package which turns out to be an inflatable raft actually got the idea and even some of the exact lines from an "I Married Joan" episode called "Curiosity". I was so surprised to be watching these episodes and discover that! (Which is interesting since there's another episode of Dick Van Dyke where Rob accidentally steals an idea for the show he writes for from another show! ;)

[@djr6876]

Yep, that Griffith episode was one of my favorites.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔴👍👍👍👍👍!🔵

[@doctorartphd6463]

This woman would have driven me crazy. Geeze. What a dim wit, almost to the point of not being funny.

[@markxxx21]

Pasticcini is not spaghetti, they are pastries

[@ciroandsteven2407]

In those days there was no fact check, otherwise social media would have had a field day!