Joe Palooka
ABC; 1954 thru 1955
26 Episodes

THE BIG BLOW-OFF
Joe's Publicity and bank account are suffering because of a lack of challengers. Boxingdom can't produce a challenger fit to fight Joe in defense of his first title. When one does appear, Knobby doesn't want to let him fight.

THE CLYDE-NAPPERS
Clyde, Joe's trainer and faithful friend, is kidnapped by gamblers. The gangsters want to make a deal with Joe to thrown a championship bout in return for their captive.

COME OUT FIGHTING
Joe needs a rest, so he and Ann go to the country for a vacation. There the champ gets some unexpected activity.

THE FAST TOUCH
 Joe and Knobby get involved in a phony charity drive invented by two con men.

THE HARD WAY
Joe is asked to work with a boy's club, but Knobby says he hasn't the time. When Joe catches a youngster stealing the hubcaps from his car, he realizes that the boy needs help. Joe decides to work in the boys' club and gives the youngster a choice of either joining the club or going to jail.     Paul Bryer.

JOE THE GIANT KILLER
Knobby refuses to let Joe visit the army camps in Alaska because of the experience that befell the Champ during a similar visit to Korea.

KNOBBY’S KNOCKOUT
Knobby convinces Joe that he should accept a job as a technical advisor for a motion picture.

TWO RINGS FOR EDDIE
One of Joe's protégé's has a problem. His girl has given him a choice between the ring and herself.
 Eddie: Charlie Buchinski Doris: Ellen Kay Maxie: Ray Walker

WINNER TAKE ALL
A down and out fighter engaged as a sparring partner for Joe, plans to trick the Champ and show him up.

A DATE FOR MURDER
Joe, Ann, Knobby and Clyde set out on a fishing trip that turns into near tragedy as they are held captive in a lonely farmhouse by killers who are waiting for the absent farmer.

AND STILL CHAMP
Knobby and Ann begin to worry about the Champ's age when they learn he is soon to fight a young challenger.

THE BLACKOUT
On her way to the training camp site, Ann has an auto accident resulting in a loss of memory. Joe's concern affects his fighting.

CLYDE’S MISTAKE
Knobby, Ann and Joe try to impress a very sociable charity director so that she will star the champ on her TV show. Clyde means well, but ruins the plan.

THE LAST CAR
Joe, Ann and Knobby are riding on the last car of a train when they suddenly realize that it has been derailed.

NEUTRAL CORNER
Joe's protégé, an up-and-coming middleweight, suffers a knee injury in an accident. The champ is reluctant to tell the boy he may never fight again. Charles Buchinski

SECOND HONEYMOON
After Joe has successfully defended his title he secretly slips away with his wife to the Canadian wilds for a second honeymoon. While there they become involved in a strange series of events, and aid a young couple, the husband of whom is accused of having been a Nazi!

SOCIETY JOE
In order to raise money for his favorite boys' club, Joe accepts the weekend invitation of an old flame, now married to a wealthy socialite.

SUMMER DAZE
Knobby is worried about Joe's summer slump. The little manager soon has much greater troubles to contend with.

BELOW THE BORDER
While on a Nation-wide tour, Heavyweight champion Joe Palooka is asked to fight the Mexican champ. This turns out to be a difficult task because subversive elements try to prevent the bout.       Tom Hernandez

THE BIG SWITCH
A society deb gets Joe's contract as collateral for a loan. Her idealistic attitude throws Knobby.       Brenda Atwood: Lucille Barkley

CAREER FOR ANN
When Joe hires a maid to take over the housework, Ann finds herself with nothing to do, so she takes a job as a salesgirl.

JOE’S SAFARI
Joe agrees to do a series of exhibition matches in South America. But the flight down holds many perils for the champ.

THE LAST FIGHT
A fighter takes a terrible drubbing from Joe until he is knocked out, which brings on a tirade from the boxer's wife that tortures Joe's conscience and makes him decide to retire from the ring. But Ann gets him into a situation where he can't quit.

THE LAST ROUND
Clyde erroneously believes that he has only three months to live. Intent on having one last fling, he borrows money from Joe to be repaid with his insurance.

THE LONG WAIT
Despite Knobby's objections, Joe agrees to train for a coming fight at the camp of some new friends. In this case Knobby is proved correct.

TURKEY FOR TERRY
When two fighters play a practical joke on Knobby, it turns into a tragedy for a little boy.        Gordon Gebert