Episode 1
Home Sweet Swampy
May 19, 1962
Beetle and Sarge win ten-day leaves. But Sgt. Snorkle can't bear being away from Camp Swampy.
Episode 2
Hero's Reward
May 19, 1962
The army is playing war games and Beetle is picked to run messages between the regiments. Failing miserably, he manages to get everyone captured except Zero and himself.
Episode 3
Et Tu Otto
Jun 19, 1962
Sgt. Snorkle gets advice from the camp chaplain as how to get along better with his men. The chaplain tells him to be nicer and take an interest in their hobbies and help them with their work. The platoon thinks that Sgt. Snorkle has lost his mind and attack him to return him to his old self.
Episode 4
Psychological Testing
Jun 26, 1962
Van Bellingham Cartwright Forbes arrives at Camp Swampy to take on the best men for the new psychological test. Beetle and Snorkle are picked.
Episode 5
A Tree is a Tree is a Tree?
Oct 19, 1962
Sgt. Snorkle wants to make Camp Swampy look better so he sends away for a Japanese leechee tree. Zero is put in charge of planting it. He accidentally kills it and desperately needs a replacement before Sgt. Snorkle gets back.
Episode 6
Beetle's High Horps
Sep 15, 1963
To bring Camp Swampy to the attention of The Pentagon, Gen. Halftrack decides to put a man on the moon. And Beetle Bailey is chosen to volunteer.
Episode 7
Labor Shortage
Oct 6, 1963
Sgt. Snorkle assigns everyone to KP duty so they get even by making his chili extra hot.
Episode 8
Don't Fiddle with the Brass
Oct 20, 1963
Sgt. Snorkle's platoon is selected to play a concert for a group of visiting officers. Unfortunately nobody in the platoon can play an instrument. They decide to play a record and just pretend to play. Will their plan work or will it backfire?
Episode 9
The Sergeant's Master
Oct 27, 1963
A mistaken order from the Pentagon promotes the Sarge's dog, Otto, to the rank of lieutenant.
Episode 10
The Bull of the Ball
Nov 3, 1963
Bunny breaks her date with Beetle so she can go out with a dashing playboy in his Italian sports car. Cosmo advises Beetle to follow them to a masquerade ball. In a hastily thrown together costume, he puts a mounted stag's head on and an impromptu bull fight ensues on the dance floor.
Episode 11
60-Count 'em-60!
Nov 10, 1963
A company of WACS is stationed at Camp Swampy. Sarge tries his hardest to get them to leave.
Episode 12
Grab Your Socks
Nov 17, 1963
Sarge's nightmares keep everyone awake before a super-important morning inspection.
Episode 13
The Blue Ribbon
Nov 24, 1963
Sarge wants to enter Otto in the dog show. But only dogs of breeding are eligible.
Episode 14
Go Yeast, Young Man
Dec 1, 1963
Beetle Bailey and Zero provide an unwelcome contribution to Sgt. Snorkle's birthday celebration for Gen. Halftrack by baking a cake and adding a tremendous amount of yeast.
Episode 15
We Love You, Sergeant Snorkle
Dec 8, 1963
To prevent Sgt. Snorkle from being transferred, Cosmo tries to get him broken to private...by hypnosis.
Episode 16
Is This Drip Necessary
Dec 15, 1963
The plumbing in Gen. Halftrack's house goes haywire when Beetle takes charge.
Episode 17
A Christmas Tale
Dec 22, 1963
It's Christmas Eve, and Sgt. Snorkle dreams of "The Night Before Christmas"...with Gen. Halftrack and Pvt. Bailey as the stars.
Episode 18
For Officers Only
Dec 29, 1963
Beetle and his pals want to go to the big dance. But it's for officers only, and Sarge is determined it'll stay that way.
Episode 19
Bye Bye Young Lovers
Jan 5, 1964
Beetle tries to elope with Bunny, but makes the mistake of letting Zero supply the getaway vehicle, Officer Clancy's horse.
Episode 20
A Pass Is a Pass Is a Pass
Jan 12, 1964
It's the big football game between the Camp Swampy Swamprats and the Military Police Giants. With the MP's leading 167 to 0 and one minute to go, Beetle volunteers to make at least one score for Swampy in exchange for a weekend pass.
Episode 21
Leap No More My Lady
Jan 19, 1964
The General is receiving a visit from an old friend and his lady, but no one is aware of who the lady is.
Episode 22
Tatoo-Tootsie Goodbye
Jan 26, 1964
Beetle has to outdo Seymour Seymour, a well tattooed sailor who's got an eye for Bunny.
Episode 23
Welsh Rabbit
Feb 2, 1964
Beetle and Zero wage war on a rabbit entrenched in the General's garden. They use bazookas and decoy carrots to out, maneuver the animal.
Episode 24
Cosmo's Naught
Feb 9, 1964
Beetle, Zero and Cosmo take a fifty mile hike as part of the physical fitness program. Cosmo bets he can beat them to their destination.
Episode 25
Camp Invisible
Feb 16, 1964
While cleaning up for the big inspection, Zero grabs the wrong can of paint, special "invisible paint". As he works, Camp Swampy disappears.
Episode 26
'V' for Visitors
Feb 23, 1964
It's visitors day at Camp Swampy and Bunny's dad is visiting the camp.
Episode 27
Shutterbugged
Mar 1, 1964
Beetle needs money for his two-week furlough. Cosmo suggests he enter a photo contest using Zero as a model in parachute shots.
Episode 28
Little Pooch Lost
Mar 8, 1964
Beetle and his buddies ruin Gen. Halftrack's dedication speech at the new missile site...when they try to find the Sarge's missing dog Otto.
Episode 29
Halftrack's Navy
Mar 15, 1964
Snorkle's platoon is taught underwater demolition. They are to clear away all obstructions from the harbor so Admiral Bilgewater can bring his ship in for an inspection visit.
Episode 30
Don't Give Up the Swamp
Mar 22, 1964
The Navy is set to take over Camp Swampy...if the swamp is deep enough for a ship. Beetle's platoon has to make sure it isn't.
Episode 31
Hoss Laffs
Mar 29, 1964
Sarge picks Zero and Beetle to help him deliver the statue of General Ruff Rider to the big unveiling. But the ride to Swampy is a little too rough for the Ruff Rider.
Episode 32
The Red Carpet Treatment
Apr 5, 1964
Cosmo will provide all the trimmings for Bunny's birthday, chauffeured car, dinner, a show...for $20. Somehow he winds up with a profit of over $19.
Episode 33
Lucky Beetle
Apr 12, 1964
Beetle buys a good-luck magnet to help him through Friday the 13th. The magnet practically wrecks Camp Swampy.
Episode 34
Sweet Sunday
Apr 19, 1964
What starts as a pleasant Sunday drive for Beetle, Otto, Bunny, and Bunny's father turns into chaos involving littering, a speeding ticket, and an unexpected--and interrupted--marriage ceremony for Beetle and Bunny by a rural judge.
Episode 35
Operation Butler
Apr 26, 1964
Beetle goes on a quiz show and wins a butler for a day. His man is busy serving him when Gen. Halftrack brings a visiting senator to the barracks.
Episode 36
Bridge on the River 'Y'
May 3, 1964
During war games, Beetle and his buddies are sent to blow up the bridge on the River Y...leaving Zero at headquarters with the remote control of the dynamite.
Episode 37
The Secret Weapon
May 10, 1964
Camp Swampy receives a new secret weapon, but it looks a lot like the new organ intended for the post choir.
Episode 38
The Diet
May 17, 1964
Sgt. Snorkle puts on so much weight, he forces himself to diet...and he insists everyone do the same. The men resort to night maneuvers to get dinner.
Episode 39
The Heir
May 24, 1964
Beetle is sole heir to a ten million dollar estate, and Cosmo shows him how to spend the money.
Episode 40
Breaking the Leash
May 31, 1964
Beetle and his pals are assigned to train the ferocious new Army dogs. To gain their confidence, they don dog costumes and get into the cage with them.
Episode 41
The Spy
Jun 7, 1964
Somebody stole Camp Swampy's "top secret". The offender will be shot.
Episode 42
The Jinx
Jun 14, 1964
When Beetle and his friends read a fortune cookie message saying to beware of beetles because they bring bad luck, his friends immediately jump to the conclusion that Beetle himself will be a jinx to them.
Episode 43
Courage Encourager
Jun 21, 1964
Gen. Halftrack buys a new machine that makes the timid brave. Beetle tries it and starts giving the general orders.
Episode 44
Sgt. Snorkle's Longest Day
Jun 28, 1964
They try to sneak through the barbed wire, then a mine field. Sgt. Snorkle is getting so fat, he blows up like a balloon and takes off.
Episode 45
Everything's Ducky
Jul 5, 1964
Sen. Trombone visits Camp Swampy and orders his favorite meal, duck. But the only duck in camp is Gen. Halftrack's pet.
Episode 46
The Play's the Thing
Jul 12, 1964
Beetle plays a big love scene with sultry actress, Za Za Vavoom...and wrecks the set.
Episode 47
Geronimo
Jul 19, 1964
Gen. Halftracks has only a few days to train one of his platoons to parachute from 20 thousand feet.
Episode 48
Son of a Gun of a Gun
Jul 26, 1964
The Camp Swampy ceremonial breaks loose, rolls into Gen. Halftrack's office with Beetle and Cosmo hanging on.
Episode 49
Zero's Dizzy Double Date
Aug 2, 1964
Killer pulls a costume switch on Zero so he can get his date at the masquerade ball. But Beetle gives Zero a hand with some tricks of his own.
Episode 50
Dr. Jekyl and Beetle Bailey
Aug 9, 1964
Beetle takes an overdose of an experimental pep pill. His new found strength almost ruins Sgt. Snorkle and Camp Swampy.
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