The Atom Ant Show (1965) Season 1
Operating out of his private anthill, the formidable Atom Ant picks up distress calls via his built-in antennae and heads out to battle a fearsomely delightful array of dastards including Bug Fat Dynamo, Crankenshaft, M.D. and his arch-nemesis Ferocious Flea. Sharing screen time with our hero are Precious Pupp, a rascal of a mutt who hides his antics from the kindly Granny Sweets and the Hillbilly Bears, the most ridiculous bears to ever come from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
01 Atom Ant is called in to capture Big Fats Dynamo after he and his gang break out of a maximum security prison.
10/2/1965
02 The great jewel thief, breaks into her house to steal her pearls.
10/2/1965
03 Maw and Paw tell the foreman on construction that they don't want any more eviction notices.
10/2/1965
04 When the Evil Dr. Crankshaft creates a monster in his lab, Atom Ant is called in to save the day
10/9/1965
05 Precious Pup is caught by the dogcatcher.
10/9/1965
06 Paw is harassed by Maw to get rid of a noisy woodpecker.
10/9/1965
07 Fancy Finger Finnegan laughs when he the FBI sends ant out after him.
10/16/1965
08 Two crooks, Blackie and Lefty, steal Precious Pup.
10/16/1965
09 Maw sends Paw off to catch some catfish for dinner.
10/16/1965
10 When a city is plagued by bank robberies, Atom Ant is forced into a battle with Ferocious Flea.
10/23/1965
11 Granny and Pupp are building a fast car to race with. They need the prize money. Two crooks want to win the money, too, and they're willing to do anything crooked to win.
10/23/1965
12 Maw makes Paw swear to invite the next person he meets to dinner.
10/23/1965
13 Junior's homemade robot goes berserk.
10/30/1965
14 Granny mistakenly snares a thief with her butterfly net.
10/30/1965
Goldilocks and the Four Bears 15 The Bear family decides to take a walk to let their breakfast cool. Meanwhile, a passing movie star named Goldy Looks gets a flat tire and finds the Bear's house while looking for help. She ends up eating their food and sleeping in their beds and she runs off when the Bears get home with an idea for a movie.
10/30/1965
16 The seductive Anastashia Antnick from Antsvillania keeps Atom Ant busy.
11/6/1965
17 Granny gets a letter in the mail with a big box. Her aunt has left her everything in a will, including a big bulldog. Granny must humor the bulldog and have perfect harmony, or else she will lose everything in the will. The bulldog takes an immediate dislike for Precious Pupp.
11/6/1965
18 While Maw is away in town Paw is left to guard the turnips.
11/6/1965
Atom Ant Meets Karate Ant 19 Atom Ant goes to visit his old foe, Muscles, just released from prison.
11/13/1965
20 Granny enters a bowling tournament.
11/13/1965
21 A truce is called between the Rugg's and the Hopper's so that Floral and Claude can begin dating.
11/13/1965
22 Rowdy Dowdy, tears up a town out west.
11/20/1965
23 Precious Pup competes with the Bulldog next door for the affections of a French Poodle.
11/20/1965
24 At the Hog Woller picnic Clod Hopper has a thing for Floral.
11/20/1965
25 Ferocious Flea disguises himself as Atom.
11/27/1965
26 Granny buys Precious Pupp a new dog license so the dogcatcher won’t bother him anymore.
11/27/1965
27 Sumo the Japanese fighting bear is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump. Sumo helps Paw Rugg learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper.
11/27/1965
28 Ferocious Flea and Bones, steal the Colonel's priceless dog.
12/4/1965
29 A trip to the beach for some surfing turns out different for Granny and Precious Pup.
12/4/1965
30 Experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with agent 00700 and his pal who are trying to steal the plane.
12/4/1965
31 Atom Ant welcomes the mad scientist to the good guy club and goes straight for the lump of sugar.
12/11/1965
32 A crook disguises himself as a little old lady when he hears that Granny Sweet won sweepstakes that are worth $500,000 dollars, but he can't fool Precious.
12/11/1965
33 The backyard of the Rugg's becomes a war zone.
12/11/1965
34 Professor Von Gimmick terrorizes Big City with his monster.
12/18/1965
35 Granny and Precious Pup go out West, only to find everything closed and deserted.
12/18/1965
36 Shag and the Hopper boy keep getting in fights over who has the toughest dad threatening to start the feud back up.
12/18/1965
37 Atom Ant and the kids race to see Super Guy, but he's not there.
12/25/1965
38 Granny Sweet goes shopping and gives Precious Pupp a big bone to keep him happy and busy while she is gone. Brutus the Bulldog decides he wants the bone and the battle is on.
12/25/1965
39 Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit much to the excitement of Shag and Floral. Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them.
12/25/1965
40 The ant hill mob takes over the city picnic grounds.
1/1/1966
41 Precious and Granny Sweet head out to the country to look for butterflies for her collection. Precious digs up a tin box full of money left by a pair of crooks who had buried it. They come back to find Precious guarding it.
1/1/1966
42 Convinced by Maw that a good father plays with his kids, Paw goes along with Shag's games.
1/1/1966
43 Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus comes back to life.
1/8/1966
44 Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.
1/8/1966
45 Maw chases Paw down to the creek for his yearly bath. When he gets to the creek he finds it has gone dry due to a pesky beaver that has built a dam.
1/8/1966
46 Thinking Von Gimmick has reformed, Atom Ant offers to help him.
1/15/1966
47 Granny Sweet agrees to watch a pet bird for her friend Mrs. Brown while she is out of town. While Granny takes Mrs. Brown to the train, Precious Pupp is put in charge of the bird and has to protect it from an overzealous and very hungry cat.
1/15/1966
48 Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman.
1/15/1966
49 Atom Ant meets Chicken Enchilada.
1/22/1966
50 The conductor makes Precious Pup ride in the baggage car instead of with Granny.
1/22/1966
51 Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.
1/22/1966
52 Dotzilla, goes on a rampage, eating everything in sight.
1/29/1966
53 Precious and Granny Sweet are in London where Granny Sweet snaps pictures of the sights to send the pictures to family members while Precious gets lost chasing a cat and meets a pickpocket and his group of dog pickpockets.
1/29/1966
54 Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly family of the month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month.
1/29/1966
55 J. Dastardly Deeds sends his nine selves out on a crime spree.
2/5/1966
56 Granny lets a puppy spend the cold night with them.
2/5/1966
57 Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.
2/5/1966
58 A wagon train of ants is surrounded by a red ant tribe on the western plain.
2/12/1966
A Grapple for the Teacher 59 Granny Sweet is forced to enroll Precious Pupp in an obedience school to avoid being sued by the postman.
2/12/1966
60 When an experienced hunter comes to the hills offering a reward for a speckled butterfly, the Hillbilly Bears try to capture the local pest for the reward.
2/12/1966
61 With no trouble in the world today, Atom Ant goes back to the days of old.
9/10/1966
62 Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet are on vacation. Granny is heating up a big pot of food for their dinner. A cannibal in the bushes has other ideas: he plans on them for his dinner. When he finally does capture them and Granny offers to share what she is cooking, he runs for his life.
9/10/1966
63 An unexpected ride happens when Paw Mugg tries to fix the broken windmill.
9/10/1966
64 A kookie professor sneaks into the natural history museum.
9/17/1966
65 Dr. Frightenstein needs a brain for his new monstrous creation. His faithful servant thinks that Precious Pupp's brain is the perfect candidate.
9/17/1966
66 Paw gets captured by aliens.
9/17/1966
67 Toadstool steals the police building.
9/24/1966
68 Granny competes against Ace McGurk in the year's biggest skiing race.
9/24/1966
69 Maw's pet bird gets out of the cage and flies away.
9/24/1966
70 A mouse, trapped by a cat, writes a desperate plea for help to Atom Ant.
10/1/1966
71 The local baseball team is advertising for a new mascot. Granny urges Precious Pupp to try out. He ends up playing ball instead and saves the team.
10/1/1966
72 Paw's turnip patch is being raided by a troublesome goat. When Paw fails to get rid of the goat, Maw mixes up some cooked turnips with hot sauce in them.
10/1/1966
73 Kong is on the loose, wrecking buildings (he "peels" a skyscraper like a banana) and tearing up bridges. This is Atom Ant's greatest challenge ever.
10/8/1966
74 Granny can't resist a piece of left-over gooseberry pie, which makes her sleepwalk.
10/8/1966
75 Paw's cousin Fud sends a telegram saying he is going to stop in for a visit since they have never met. Meanwhile, Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin.
10/8/1966
76 Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.
10/15/1966
77 Both Precious and Bruiser vie for the attention for the same female poodle dog by posing as superheroes because she appears to have a crush on Marvel Mutt, a canine superhero on T.V.
10/15/1966
78 Two record agents find Paw and make him a star.
10/15/1966
