About this season
Based on Fujio Akatsuka's subversive family comedy, the series follows naive 10-year-old Bakabon and his folks: Papa, the patriarch and idiot supreme, Mama, Bakabon's darling mother and voice of reason, and Hajime, the newly-born baby boy who, due to being in the womb for an extended period, gained super-intelligence and an extensive bevy of worldly knowledge. Much of the comedy revolves around the idiotic natures of Bakabon and his Papa, and the people who have to put up with it.
Episodes (40)
1. Episode 1
Aired 25 September 1971
2. Episode 2
Aired 2 October 1971
3. Episode 3
Aired 9 October 1971
4. Episode 4
Aired 16 October 1971
5. Episode 5
Aired 23 October 1971
6. Episode 6
Aired 30 October 1971
7. Episode 7
Aired 6 November 1971
8. Episode 8
Aired 13 November 1971
9. Episode 9
Aired 20 November 1971
10. Episode 10
Aired 27 November 1971
11. Episode 11
Aired 4 December 1971
12. Episode 12
Aired 11 December 1971
13. Episode 13
Aired 18 December 1971
14. Episode 14
Aired 25 December 1971
15. Episode 15
Aired 1 January 1972
16. Episode 16
Aired 8 January 1972
17. Episode 17
Aired 15 January 1972
18. Episode 18
Aired 22 January 1972
19. Episode 19
Aired 29 January 1972
20. Episode 20
Aired 5 February 1972
21. Episode 21
Aired 12 February 1972
22. Episode 22
Aired 19 February 1972
23. Episode 23
Aired 26 February 1972
24. Episode 24
Aired 4 March 1972
25. Episode 25
Aired 11 March 1972
26. Episode 26
Aired 18 March 1972
27. Episode 27
Aired 25 March 1972
28. Episode 28
Aired 1 April 1972
29. Episode 29
Aired 8 April 1972
30. Episode 30
Aired 15 April 1972
31. Episode 31
Aired 22 April 1972
32. Episode 32
Aired 29 April 1972
33. Episode 33
Aired 6 May 1972
34. Episode 34
Aired 13 May 1972
35. Episode 35
Aired 20 May 1972
36. Episode 36
Aired 27 May 1972
37. Episode 37
Aired 3 June 1972
38. Episode 38
Aired 10 June 1972
39. Episode 39
Aired 17 June 1972
40. Episode 40
Aired 24 June 1972