Case of the Helping Hand

February 24, 1954

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My Little Margie - S3 - E26

Vern thinks his job is being taken over by an ambitious young man at Honeywell & Todd. The man is a big fan of murder mysteries, so Margie and Roberta set up a real mystery to try and trick him into leaving the company.

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My Little Margie: Season 3 - 39 Episode s

3x1 - A Present for Dad
September 2, 1953
Margie wants to have her portrait painted as a present for Vern's birthday. Short on money, she arranges to pretend to be the girlfriend of an artist to impress his friend and in exchange he will paint the portrait. Vern gets suspicious and, following Margie, thinks she is having an illicit affair.
3x2 - Campus Homecoming
September 9, 1953
Vern plans to do some business with the Dean at his college reunion, but Margie intends to teach him a lesson when she finds out he and his friends weren't quite as dignified in college as he had claimed.
3x3 - A Day at the Beach
September 16, 1953
Vern calls in sick so he can take the day off and go to the beach with Margie at her suggestion. Trouble arises when he runs into a client and, without realizing who she is, brags about being irresponsible.
3x4 - My Little Bookie
September 23, 1953
Vern hides the fact that he got a bonus and tells Margie he is in danger of losing his job if she doesn't start economizing. Margie tries to help, but only ends up causing more trouble.
3x5 - Go North, Young Girl
September 30, 1953
Vern tells Margie he will take her to Hawaii if she can last through a Canadian hunting trip. He's convinced she won't be able to take it, but Margie outfoxes him by hiring three men to do all her work for her.
3x6 - Margie, the Writer
October 7, 1953
Vern tries to get Margie interested in writing, thinking it will keep her out of trouble. In order to research her book, Margie starts pretending she has amnesia and when the police get involved, its wall-to-wall trouble for everyone.
3x7 - My Little Clementine
October 14, 1953
Margie asks Vern for a job at Honeywell & Todd, but Vern says no. When Margie's lookalike cousin arrives, Vern thinks its Margie in disguise and decides to get even.
3x8 - That's the Spirit
October 21, 1953
Margie tries to convince Vern to be more aggressive with Mr. Honeywell by taking him to a phony seance in which Mrs. Odetts pretends to be a spirit giving him advice.
3x9 - Margie's Phantom Lover
October 28, 1953
Vern and Mr. Honeywell make Margie believe she has a secret admirer to keep her from entering an auto race. When Margie tries to find out who the secret admirer is, Vern's new client gets involved.
3x10 - Margie's Baby
November 4, 1953
Margie tries to help the daughter of Vern's new client. He doesn't know his daughter is married and has a baby, so Margie has to pretend the baby is hers.
3x11 - A Slight Misunderstanding
November 11, 1953
Margie tries to help her neighbors repair their marriage by making the wife jealous, but Vern and Freddie end up thinking they are having an affair.
3x12 - Vern's Secret Fishing Place
November 18, 1953
Vern always wins the annual fishing tournament and Mr. Honeywell offers Margie a mink coat if she will help him beat Vern.
3x13 - Comedy of Terrors
November 25, 1953
Vern is the foreman on a jury that convicts a gangster. Worried about her father's safety, Margie sets a trap for what she thinks are the gangster's henchmen, but turn out to be a mild-mannered client and a private detective.
3x14 - What's Cooking?
December 2, 1953
Margie invites Mr. Honeywell and a prospective client to dinner. She lets Freddie, who now has a job selling cookware, make the dinner. What she doesn't know is that Vern's client is a competitor of Freddie's company.
3x15 - Vern's Two Daughters
December 9, 1953
Vern doesn't want Margie to meet a client's son, so he sends her out of town and has Roberta pose as Margie. When a suspicious Margie returns, she catches on and then pretends to be her own imaginary sister, Helen.
3x16 - Chubby Little Margie
December 16, 1953
Vern convinces Margie to break her date with a Marine to go out with a client's son. An angry Margie uses helium to inflate her dress so she will look fat. The plan backfires, however, when the client's son turns out to be a dreamboat.
3x17 - Margie's Millionth Member
December 23, 1953
The set and costumes used in the ""My Little Margie"" episode ""Margie's Millionth Member"" are from ""Rocky Jones Space Ranger"". Both sets and costumes were used at The Hal Roach Studios. The name of one of the cereal company owners is ""Mr.Crackie"".
3x18 - Meet Mr. Murphy
December 30, 1953
Margie agrees to babysit for a chimpanzee that belongs to one of Vern's clients. Vern, not realizing who the chimp belongs to, pays Freddie to kidnap it. When Margie learns of the plan, she tells Freddie to go ahead with it to teach Vern a lesson.
3x19 - Vern Gets the Bird
January 6, 1954
Margie must pretend to be a birdwatching enthusiast in order to keep a client of Vern's around long enough to sign a new contract.
3x20 - Vern Retires
January 13, 1953
A misunderstanding over Mr. Honeywell's health leads to Vern being fired. Now Margie must scheme to get his job back.
3x21 - Health Farm
January 20, 1954
At a health farm for wealthy women, Margie switches identity with a friend who wants to be sure her new boyfriend isn't after her money.
3x22 - Day and Night
January 27, 1954
Vern tells Margie if one more thing goes wrong she won't get her trip to Sun Valley. Margie then gets into trouble when she tries to operate a broken elevator and ends up taking a fellow tenant on a wild ride. When the woman threatens to sue, Margie tries to keep the landlord from talking to Vern, by convincing Vern it is the middle of the night.
3x23 - Mexican Standoff
February 3, 1954
Margie, Vern and Mrs. Odetts go to Mexico to see a client and run into plenty of trouble and misunderstandings.
3x24 - Margie's Manproof Lipstick
February 10, 1954
Freddie has a new job selling lipstick that lasts three months. When Margie messes up a demonstration Freddie was trying to give to Vern's new client, she must think of a way to correct the problem she has caused.
3x25 - Margie Babysits
February 17, 1954
Margie and Vern babysit for client's grandson who happens to be an obnoxious brat. What Margie doesn't realize is that the old lady neighbor who is helping them amuse the child is actually a notorious thief.
3x26 - Case of the Helping Hand
February 24, 1954
Vern thinks his job is being taken over by an ambitious young man at Honeywell & Todd. The man is a big fan of murder mysteries, so Margie and Roberta set up a real mystery to try and trick him into leaving the company.
3x27 - Sleepwalking
March 3, 1954
Margie decides she wants to live in a ground floor apartment and to convince Vern it is a good idea she makes him believe he walks in his sleep and it is dangerous for him to live on the tenth floor.
3x28 - A Proposal for Papa
March 10, 1954
Mr. Honeywell makes Vern hire the daughter of a client to be his secretary. When the girl falls for Vern and wants to marry him, Margie tries to make her see how ridiculous the age difference is by dating the girl's aged father. The only problem is, the old man really falls for Margie.
3x29 - Vern's Son
March 17, 1954
To keep a new client away from Margie, Vern lies and says he has a son instead of a daughter. When the client wants to meet Vern's son, Margie disguises herself as a boy.
3x30 - Daughter-At-Law
March 24, 1954
Margie's new boyfriend is a lawyer who convinces Margie Vern has no legal right to treat her like a child.
3x31 - The New Freddie
March 31, 1954
In order to breakup Margie and Freddie, Vern and Mr. Honeywell convince Freddie that Margie would like him better if he acted like a cave man. Margie discovers their plan and retaliates by pretending she loves the ""new Freddie"".
3x32 - Tugboat Margie
April 14, 1954
When Vern and Freddie are called to duty by the Navy, Margie ends up a stowaway on their ship.
3x33 - En Garde
April 14, 1954
Vern gets carried away with fencing lessons and neglects Roberta. Mr. Honeywell hires a Frenchman to make Vern jealous.
3x34 - Honeyboy Honeywell
April 21, 1954
Convinced Mr. Honeywell would be a better boss if he were a married man, Margie gets him a date at a lonely hearts club. When the woman turns out to be a gold-digger, Mrs. Odetts and Margie pose as Mr. Honeywell's wife and daughter to get rid of her.
3x35 - Careless Margie
April 28, 1954
Margie is careless with her money, so Vern tries to teach her a lesson about financial management. Margie ends up thinking her father has gone broke and rents out their apartment to a couple of wrestlers.
3x36 - Vern on the Lam
May 5, 1954
Vern gets into trouble when he forgets his entry permit on a trip to South America and ends up tangling with a commander, unaware that he is the client he is there to sign.
3x37 - Margie and the Shah
May 12, 1954
Despite Vern's objections, Margie is determined to meet Vern's old fraternity brother, the Shah of Zena...even if it means sneaking into his hotel room.
3x38 - Margie and the Bagpipes
May 19, 1954
When Margie accidentally breaks a set of antique bagpipes belonging to the head of a Scottish lodge, she tries to replace them with Mr. Honeywell's set.
3x39 - Dutch Treat
May 26, 1954
Margie poses as a 12-year-old immigrant girl to help Mr. Todd out of a misunderstanding he is having with his wife over a check he wrote.

3x1 - A Present for Dad

3x2 - Campus Homecoming

3x3 - A Day at the Beach

3x4 - My Little Bookie

3x5 - Go North, Young Girl

3x6 - Margie, the Writer

3x7 - My Little Clementine

3x8 - That's the Spirit

3x9 - Margie's Phantom Lover

3x10 - Margie's Baby

3x11 - A Slight Misunderstanding

3x12 - Vern's Secret Fishing Place

3x13 - Comedy of Terrors

3x14 - What's Cooking?

3x15 - Vern's Two Daughters

3x16 - Chubby Little Margie

3x17 - Margie's Millionth Member

3x18 - Meet Mr. Murphy

3x19 - Vern Gets the Bird

3x20 - Vern Retires

3x21 - Health Farm

3x22 - Day and Night

3x23 - Mexican Standoff

3x24 - Margie's Manproof Lipstick

3x25 - Margie Babysits

3x26 - Case of the Helping Hand

3x27 - Sleepwalking

3x28 - A Proposal for Papa

3x29 - Vern's Son

3x30 - Daughter-At-Law

3x31 - The New Freddie

3x32 - Tugboat Margie

3x33 - En Garde

3x34 - Honeyboy Honeywell

3x35 - Careless Margie

3x36 - Vern on the Lam

3x37 - Margie and the Shah

3x38 - Margie and the Bagpipes

3x39 - Dutch Treat

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4