Series Description

The My Little Margie TV show was a comedy series that aired on CBS for its first season and then on NBC for the final two seasons. It was about a 50 year-old widowed father and his adult daughter who lived together in an apartment at the luxurious Carlton Arms Hotel on 5th Avenue in New York City. The father tried to control his daughter's life just like he ran his investment firm. She, however, used various schemes to get her way and drove her father crazy. Usually, she would enlist the aid of her neighbor, her boyfriend or the buildings elevator operator in her schemes.

Cast

Gale Storm .... Margie Albright
Charles Farrell .... Vern Albright
Don Hayden .... Freddie Wilson
Clarence Kolb .... George Honeywell
Hillary Brooke .... Roberta Townsend
Willie Best .... Charlie
Gertrude Hoffman .... Mrs. Odetts
George Meader .... Mr. Todd

Theme Song Lyrics

My little Margie
I'm always thinking of you, Margie.
I'll tell the world I love you,
Don't forget you promise to me.
I have bought a home and ring and everything,
For Margie, You've been my inspiration,
Days are never blue,
After all is said and done,
There is really only one,
Oh Margie, Margie, it's you.

Trivia

In a highly unusual move, there was a My Little Margie Radio Show that aired at the same time as this TV version. The early 1950s were an unusual time. Television was still a fairly new form of media. Many fans still did not own sets so running both versions simultaneously did make sense. Different scripts were written for each version so there were also a number of fans who listened to the radio version and also watched the one on TV! Gale Storm and Charles Farrell played the roles of Vern and Margie Albright on both shows!

Opening Narrative

[Note: The segment began by zooming in on photographs of Margie and her dad. Then, the pictures came to life and each one told their tales as follows]

Dad: "I've been both mother and father to her since she was born. She's grown up now. When she was a little girl I could spank her and make her mind me, I had control over her. When she disobeyed I took her roller skates away for a week. What can you do when a girl reaches this age? She's completely out of hand. I've got a problem. Believe me, I've got a problem."

Margie: "I've raised him from my childhood. He's nearly fifty now and you'd think he'd settle down, wouldn't you? Today, he looks better in shorts on a tennis court than fellows twenty five. Girls wink at him and what's worse, he winks back at them. I want a nice old comfortable father. I try to look after him, but he just won't settle down. I've got a problem. Believe me, I've got a problem!"

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. Reverse Psychology (6/9/1952)
2. Marrying Off Roberta (6/16/1952)
3. Margie Sings (6/30/1952)
4. Margie's Sister Sally (7/7/1952)
5. Costume Party (7/14/1952)
6. Margie Plays Detective (7/21/1952)
7. Insurance (7/28/1952)
8. Margie's Mink (8/11/1952)
9. Efficiency Expert (8/18/1952)
10. Hooded Vern (8/25/1952)
11. Margie Helps Out (9/1/1952)
12. Vern's Chums (9/8/1952)
13. Conversation Margie (10/4/1952)
14. Margie's Career (10/11/1952)
15. Vern Needs A Rest (10/18/1952)
16. Missing Link (10/25/1952)
17. Blond Margie (11/1/1952)
18. Who's Married? (1/1/1952)
19. New Neighbor (1/8/1953)
20. The Motorcycle Cop (1/15/1953)
21. The Indians (1/22/1953)
22. Two Lieutenants (1/29/1953)
23. The Hollywood Trip (2/5/1953)
24. Hillbilly Margie (2/12/1953)
25. Hypochondriac (2/19/1953)
26. Cry Wolf (2/26/1953)
27. Homely Margie (3/5/1953)
28. Trapped Freddie (3/12/1953)
29. The Failure (3/19/1953)
30. Stock Control (3/26/1953)
31. Buried Treasure (4/2/1953)
32. The Golf Game (4/9/1953)
33. They Also Serve (4/16/1953)
34. The Newly Weds (4/23/1953)
39. Careless Margie (4/28/1953)
36. To Health With Yoga (4/30/1953)
37. Young Vern (5/7/1953)
38. A Horse For Vern (5/14/1953)
39. Girl Against The World (5/21/1953)
40. Mrs. Margie Calkins (5/28/1953)
41. Vern's New Girlfriend (6/4/1953)
42. Father's Little Helper (6/11/1953)
43. Delinquent Margie (6/18/1953)
44. A Mother For Vern (6/25/1953)
45. Freddie's Formula (7/2/1953)
46. The Truck Driver (7/9/1953)
47. Margie's Helping Hand (7/16/1953)
48. Double Trouble (7/23/1953)

Season 2

49. A Present For Dad (9/2/1953)
50. Campus Homecoming (9/9/1953)
51. A Day At The Beach (9/16/1953)
52. My Little Bookie (9/23/1953)
53. Go North Young Girl (9/30/1953)
54. Margie The Writer (10/7/1953)
55. My Little Clementine (10/14/1953)
56. That's The Spirit (10/21/1953)
57. Margie's Phantom Lover (10/28/1953)
58. Margie's Baby (11/4/1953)
59. A Slight Misunderstanding (11/11/1953)
60. Vern's Secret Fishing Place (11/18/1953)
61. Comedy Of Terrors (11/25/1953)
62. What's Cooking? (12/2/1953)
63. Vern's Two Daughters (12/9/1953)
64. Chubby Little Margie (12/16/1953)
65. Radioactive Margie (12/23/1953)
66. Meet Mister Murphy (12/30/1953)
67. Vern Gets The Bird (1/6/1954)
68. Vern Retires (1/13/1954)
69. Health Farm (1/20/1954)
70. Day And Night (1/27/1954)
71. Mexican Stand-Off (2/3/1954)
72. Margie's Manproof Lipstick (2/10/1954)
73. Margie Baby Sits (2/17/1954)
74. The Case Of The Helping Hand (2/24/1954)
75. Sleepwalking (3/3/1954)
76. A Proposal For Papa (3/10/1954)
77. Vern's Son (3/17/1954)
78. Daughter-At-Law (3/24/1954)
79. The New Freddie (3/31/1954)
80. Tugboat Margie (4/7/1954)
81. En Garde (4/14/1954)
82. Honeyboy Honeywell (4/21/1954)
83. Margie's Millionth Member (4/28/1954)
84. Vern On The Lam (5/5/1954)
85. Margie And The Shah (5/12/1954)
86. Margie And The Bagpipes (5/19/1954)
87. Dutch Treat (5/26/1954)

Season 3

88. Kangaroo Story (9/1/1954)
89. The All American (9/8/1954)
90. Vern's Guilty Feeling (9/15/1954)
91. The Star Of Khyber (9/22/1954)
92. Parrot Gold (9/29/1954)
93. Real George (10/6/1954)
94. The Do-Gooder (10/13/1954)
95. The Convention Story (10/20/1954)
96. The Shipboard Story (10/27/1954)
97. A Job For Freddie (11/3/1954)
98. The Switzerland Story (11/10/1954)
99. Big Chief Vern (11/17/1954)
100. Vern's Winter Vacation (11/24/1954)
101. The San Francisco Story (12/1/1954)
102. Operation Rescue (12/8/1954)
103. The Subconscious Approach (12/15/1954)
104. The New Neighbors (12/22/1954)
105. Margie's Client (12/29/1954)
106. Miss Whoosis (1/5/1955)
107. Murder In Bermuda (1/12/1955)
108. Unexpected Guest (1/19/1955)
109. Mardi Gras (1/26/1955)
110. Vern's Mother-IN-Law (2/2/1955)
111. Too ManY Ghosts (2/9/1955)
112. Make Up Your Mind (2/16/1955)
113. The Hawaii Story (2/23/1955)
114. The Las Vegas Story (3/2/1955)
115. Vern's Flying Saucer (3/9/1955)
116. Margie's New Boyfriend (3/16/1955)
117. Corpus Delecti (3/23/1955)
118. Mister Uranium (3/30/1955)
119. The Big Telecast (4/6/1955)
120. Margie's Recipe (4/13/1955)
121. Papa And Mambo (4/20/1955)
122. Matinee Idol (4/27/1955)
123. Countess Margie (5/4/1955)
124. Margie's Baseball Player (5/11/1955)
125. Vern's Butterflies (5/18/1955)
126. Margie's Elopement (5/25/1955)