The Dick Tracy Show — Season 1
Grab your two-way wrist radios and join Dick Tracy and his crime-busting pals—Joe Jitsu, Go-Go Gomez, Hemlock Holmes, Heap O’Calorie and The Retouchables Squad—as they battle notorious villains like t
About this season
Grab your two-way wrist radios and join Dick Tracy and his crime-busting pals—Joe Jitsu, Go-Go Gomez, Hemlock Holmes, Heap O’Calorie and The Retouchables Squad—as they battle notorious villains like the unibrowed gangster, Flattop Jones, mad scientist, Pruneface, and the infamous Mole.
Episodes (76)
1. Red Hot Riding Hoods
Aired 1 January 1961 • 5 min
The Eastside/Westside bank is being robbed by B.B. Eyes and Flattop, so Hemlock Homes and the Retouchables give pursuit.
2. Pearl Thief Grief
Aired 1 January 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy contacts Joe Jitsu aboard the SS Purely to go after The Mole and Sketch Paree, who have stolen black pearls from the Maharajah.
3. Jewel Fool
Aired 8 January 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy calls Joe Jitsu and assigns him to the wax museum where it is believed that Flattop will attempt to hide the real stolen Singleton Tiara.
4. Scrambled Yeggs
Aired 15 January 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Heap O'Calory after two counterfeiters - Oodles and The Brow.
5. The Oyster Caper
Aired 22 January 1961 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy are stealing oysters from the city's shores and stockpiling the shellfish in an attempt to monopolize the oyster stew market. Dick Tracy sends Joe Jitsu to stop them.
6. Two Heels of Wheels
Aired 29 January 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables after two bandits - Mumbles and Stooge Villa - who have robbed a retired millionaire.
7. Cheater Gunsmoke
Aired 5 February 1961 • 5 min
Cheater Gunsmoke is stealing cigars and cigarettes from Grumbles Department Store. Dick Tracy assigns Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to stop him.
8. Gruesome Twosome
Aired 12 February 1961 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy try to take over the Peanut market but Heap O'Calory foils them at Corny Island.
9. Racer Chaser
Aired 19 February 1961 • 5 min
While out for an afternoon drive, Joe Jitsu receives an urgent call from Dick Tracy. Stooge Villa and Mumbles have stolen a race car- the Spumoni Special- from the city's racetrack. The pair plans to hold the car for ransom.
10. The Purple Boy
Aired 26 February 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole are plotting to steal the rare painting titled "The Purple Boy." Officer Heap O'Calory heads for the museum and foils the villains with his supply of apples.
11. Surprised Package
Aired 5 March 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles are robbing the payroll at Grumbles department store. Officer Heap O'Calory foils the crooks by dumping them down the gift wrapping chute and turns them over to Dick Tracy.
12. Tanks a Heap
Aired 12 March 1961 • 5 min
Stooge Villa and Mumbles are hitting the city's banks in a stolen tank. Dick Tracy assigns Officer Heap O'Calory to stop them. O'Calory falls from the top of the water tower and breaks it open, which rusts the tank.
13. Phoney Pharmers
Aired 19 March 1961 • 5 min
Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables are after B.B. Eyes and Flattop for robbing The Able Sable Fur Co. Trailing them to a deserted farm. They find some skunks among the stolen fur pieces and use the stinky animals to capture the crooks.
14. Champ Chumps
Aired 26 March 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy gets a call. Mumbles and Stooge Villa are making counterfeit $3 and $7 bills (with a two-way stretch) in a remote mountain cabin. Tracy contacts Joe Jitsu and puts him on the job.
15. Stockyard Capers
Aired 2 April 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles are stealing the city's cattle and selling them on the black market. Dick Tracy sends Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables to stop them. With the aid of a feisty steer, Hemlock captures the pair.
16. A Boodle of Loot
Aired 9 April 1961 • 5 min
17. The Parrot Caper
Aired 16 April 1961 • 5 min
18. Rogue's Gallery
Aired 23 April 1961 • 5 min
19. The Catnip Caper
Aired 30 April 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy assigns Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to guard a rare cat at the cat show. Stooge Villa and Mumbles try to steal the priceless feline, but the detectives foil the villains and turn them over to Dick Tracy.
20. The Snow Monster
Aired 7 May 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Joe Jitsu to the Himalayas to stop Flattop from using the Snow Monster to commit his crimes.
21. Hawaiian Guy
Aired 14 May 1961 • 5 min
Joe Jitsu flies out to Hawaii to follow up on a report of two crooks who attempted to steal the jewel off Diamond Head. He finds out that the culprits are Stooge Villa and Mumbles. Joe foils the pair and turns them over to the authorities.
22. Tick Tock Shock
Aired 21 May 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles are preparing to steal a large tower clock of its jeweled settings. Dick Tracy sends Officer Heap O'Calory to stop the villains.
23. Lab Grab
Aired 28 May 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles steal Dr. Von Schnooker's notebook so that they can use the mad scientist's invisibility formula. Joe Jitsu follows the twosome and after drinking the formula, Joe trick the crooks into drinking a diluted version.
24. Escape from Sing Song
Aired 4 June 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles have escaped from Sing Song Prison in two souped-up electric chairs. Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables chase the two escaped cons to the local ice house. Holmes keeps the pair on ice until Tracy takes them to jail.
25. The Onion Ring
Aired 11 June 1961 • 5 min
Stooge Villa and Mumbles are trying to invent a new super gas that will render their victims completely helpless. With such a gas, the pair can commit their crimes without any interference. Tracy sends Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables.
26. Funny Money
Aired 18 June 1961 • 5 min
Stooge Villa and Mumbles have stolen the payroll from a theater co. Dick Tracy sends Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to stop them. Hemlock and his men route the crooks, only to be told by Tracy that the monies was stage currency.
27. Flea Ring Circus
Aired 25 June 1961 • 5 min
B.B. Eyes and Flattop are stealing the circus's rare flea collection. Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables follow the crooks and stop them by letting the fleas loose.
28. The Flower Pot
Aired 2 July 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole plot to steal a rare man-eating plant. Joe Jitsu foils their plans by having the plant catch the fiends and hold them for Dick Tracy.
29. The Brain Game
Aired 9 July 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu the case of stopping The Brow and Oodles. The pair are planning to steal Dr. Von Schnooker's brain transfer device.
30. Penny Ante Caper
Aired 16 July 1961 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy are stealing from the penny arcades in the city. Officer Heap O'Calory is sent to thwart them. An anti-theft gumball machine eventually stops the two thieves.
31. Wheeling and Stealing
Aired 23 July 1961 • 5 min
32. Big Bank Bungle
Aired 30 July 1961 • 5 min
Officer Heap O'Calory finds out that Pruneface and Itchy have taken over the bank and plan to rob it. O'Calory foils the two fiends and turns them over to Dick Tracy.
33. Tobacco Load
Aired 6 August 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy receives a report that someone is breaking into Grumble's Department Store. He sends Officer Heap O'Calory to investigate the situation. The cop finds out that Cheater Gunsmoke is stealing the store's supply of cigarettes.
34. The Boomerang Ring
Aired 13 August 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu to stop Pruneface and Itchy from committing robberies with a souped-up boomerang.
35. Mummy's the Word
Aired 20 August 1961 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy are using the Sphinx in Egypt as their headquarters for a spy ring. Dick Tracy sends Joe Jitsu to expose the ring. He not only gains evidence, he also captures the two fiends and turns them over to Tracy.
36. Trickery at Sea
Aired 27 August 1961 • 5 min
Joe Jitsu goes after Mumbles and the other bad guys who are stealing a ship.
37. Stamp Scamp
Aired 3 September 1961 • 5 min
B.B. Eyes is stealing all the city's trading stamps. Then he extorts a fortune from the trading stamp center to get their stamps back. Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables trail the villain to a trading stamp center.
38. The Hot Ice Bag
Aired 10 September 1961 • 5 min
Stooge Villa and Mumbles have just robbed Gitler's Jewelry store, and they're hiding out on building that is under construction. Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables follow them and manage to capture them by tossing them into a cement mixer.
39. Cooked Crooks
Aired 17 September 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy and Joe Jitsu go after crooks Mumbles and Stooge.
40. The Elephant Caper
Aired 24 September 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole have stolen a prize elephant from a well-to-do sultan. Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu to find the elephant and capture the crooks. He finds the elephant hidden inside one of the city's best hotels.
41. Baggage Car Bandits
Aired 1 October 1961 • 5 min
B.B. Eyes and Flat Top are robbing a train of its cash and cargo. Hemlock Holmes and The Retrouchable Squad are sent by Dick Tracy to stop them.
42. Gym Jam
Aired 8 October 1961 • 5 min
Having trouble in getting his stolen gold brick back to his new hideout, Flattop decides to work out at the local gym. Unfortunately for Flattop, Joe Jitsu is also working out at the gym.
43. Bowling Ball Bandits
Aired 15 October 1961 • 5 min
B.B. Eyes and Flattop are stealing the city's supplies of bowling balls and extorting the bowling ball makers to pay them a fortune. Dick Tracy assigns Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to foil the villains.
44. Rock-a-Bye Guys
Aired 22 October 1961 • 5 min
A robbery at The Tiny Tot Shop is being reported to Dick Tracy. He sends Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to solve the crime. The thieves turn out to be Stooge Villa and Mumbles - disguised as a little boy and a baby.
45. The Ruby of Hamistan
Aired 29 October 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole are in India trying to steal the Ruby Of Hamistan, the world's most valuable ruby. Dick Tracy and Joe Jitsu are sent to India to foil the two villains.
46. The Platterpuss Plot
Aired 5 November 1961 • 5 min
Hemlock Homes and the Retouchables are sent in to protect a priceless Platterpuss from Platavia.
47. The Nickle Nabbers
Aired 12 November 1961 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy are stealing from the city's parking meters with a magnet on a mobile crane. Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables are assigned to capture the two thieving vandals.
48. The Bearskin Game
Aired 19 November 1961 • 5 min
Hemlock Holmes chases jewel thieves- Mumbles and Stooge Villa- and runs into all sorts of very funny problems.
49. The Newspaper Caper
Aired 26 November 1961 • 5 min
Joe Jitsu prevents Pruneface and Itchy from destroying the city's major newspaper. At the end of the cartoon, Detective Jitsu reads the climax of the story that is printed in the newspaper's comics section.
50. Grandma Jitsu
Aired 3 December 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and the Mole are robbing wealthy old women. Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu to stop them. Disguised as an elderly widow, the detective routs the pair and turns them over to Tracy.
51. Kidnap Trap
Aired 10 December 1961 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles have kidnapped Dick Tracy. They plan to use him to test a new device to get rid of nosey cops. Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables arrive just in time to save their superior.
52. Tacos Tangle
Aired 17 December 1961 • 5 min
Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu to head to Mexico to find out who is fixing the bullfights there. It turns out that the fights are being fixed by B.B. Eyes and his new henchman- or henchbull- Big Bully.
53. Rocket Racket
Aired 24 December 1961 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole have taken over an Air Force Rocket for the purpose of creating a crime syndicate on the moon. Dick Tracy assigns Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchable Squad to stop them.
54. The Venetian Bind
Aired 31 December 1961 • 5 min
Tracy sends Joe Jitsu to Venice, Italy to solve the statue stealing case.
55. Bomb's Away
Aired 7 January 1962 • 5 min
Mumbles steals the big bomb, so Hemlock Holmes and Dick Tracy are out to save the day.
56. The Fish Filchers
Aired 14 January 1962 • 5 min
Hemlock Homes goes out to the docks to nab The Brow and Oodles from a fish scam.
57. The Elevator Lift
Aired 21 January 1962 • 5 min
Disguised as two elevator repairmen, Stooge Villa and Mumbles attempt to break into the Fleabag Hotel's vault. The hotel is missing its elevator. Getting a report of strange activities, Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to investigate.
58. The Alligator Baggers
Aired 28 January 1962 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles are corralling swamp alligators in an attempt to control the alligator bag manufacturing industry. Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables set out to round up the racketeers.
59. Hooked Crooks
Aired 4 February 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy finds out that Pruneface is going to spring his henchman Itchy from Rock Island Prison. Tracy Sends Hemlock Holmes and The Retouchables to stop them. After a long and wild helicopter chase.
60. Lighthouse Creepers
Aired 11 February 1962 • 5 min
Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to Lighthouse point where someone is bringing in black market goods.
61. The Vile Inn Case
Aired 18 February 1962 • 5 min
Joe Jitsu is sent by Dick Tracy to gather evidence at a gambling parlor they think is run by the Brow and Oodles.
62. The Banana Peel Deal
Aired 25 February 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy calls Hemlock Holmes and has him and the Retouchables head out to the pier where it is believed someone is smuggling in diamonds.
63. The Casbah Express
Aired 4 March 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu the job of guarding the gold shipment on the Casbah Express from The Mole and Sketch Paree.
64. The Retouchables
Aired 11 March 1962 • 5 min
The Retouchables have been kidnapped by Stooge Miller and Mumbles and it's up to Hemlock Holmes and Dick Tracy to save them.
65. Horse Race Chase
Aired 18 March 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to stop The Brow and Oddles from rigging the horse race.
66. The Fixed Stare Case
Aired 25 March 1962 • 5 min
Sketch Paree and The Mole are hypnotizing well-to-do customers at the amusement park, and then taking all their money. Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to the park, disguised as a multimillionaire, to foil the two crooks.
67. Cop and Saucer
Aired 1 April 1962 • 5 min
A pair of aliens from outer space are committing robberies in various American cities. Dick Tracy assigns Joe Jitsu to find and stop the aliens. The two space robbers are actually Oodles and The Brow in disguise.
68. The Gold Grabbers
Aired 8 April 1962 • 5 min
The captain and divers of a cargo ship searching for buried pirate treasure are being killed by Pruneface, Itchy and their pet shark Cuddles. Dick Tracy and Go Go Gomez head for the ship.
69. The Copy Cat Caper
Aired 15 April 1962 • 5 min
The Mole and Sketch Paree pose as Dick Tracy to rob city banks.
70. The Loch Mess Monster
Aired 22 April 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to Scotland to stop The Brow and Oodles from ripping off the local citizens by showing off a fake Loch Ness Monster. Unable to get rid of Go Go, the two crooks try to make off with their booty.
71. The Windmill Caper
Aired 29 April 1962 • 5 min
The Brow and Oodles are operating a diamond smuggling ring in Holland. The pair hide their booty inside wooden shoes. Go Go Gomez heads for Holland and stops the crooks.
72. The Old Suit Case
Aired 6 May 1962 • 5 min
B.B. Eyes is released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez on his trail to recover the missing loot.
73. Smashing the Ring Ring
Aired 13 May 1962 • 5 min
Pruneface and Itchy have been creating and selling counterfeit wedding rings made from the debris of the shooting gallery at the city's amusement park. Dick Tracy sends in Joe Jitsu, who captures the crooks and their fence One
74. Snow Job
Aired 20 May 1962 • 5 min
Dick Tracy sends Go Go Gomez to Alaska to stop a gold smuggling operation run by Pruneface and Itchy.
75. Court Jester
Aired 27 May 1962 • 5 min
Mumbles and Stooge Villa are being tried for fraud. During the course of the trial, Stooge Villa escapes from the courthouse. On orders from Dick Tracy, Go Go Gomez goes after the escapee.
100. The Manor Monster
Aired 2 July 1962 • 5 min
Pruneface has created a robot that he plans to use to kidnap Dick Tracy. Once in his control, Pruneface will extract the law enforcer's crime-fighting secrets via a brain transfer device. Seeing that his commander is in trouble, Go Go Gomez quickly places the headpiece of the device on the villain's head.