User:Roman Spinner/List of TV shows with elaborately titled episodes

The list is in two parts: an alphabetical listing of show titles, accompanied by dates of first and last episodes, and a chronological arrangement, in order of the first episode's broadcast date. The titles of individual episodes appear only in the chronological list, organized, within each show, in order of broadcast.

Alphabetical list of show titles

 * Behind Closed Doors (NBC) October 2, 1958–April 9, 1959
 * Ben Casey (ABC) October 2, 1961–March 21, 1966
 * Breaking Point (ABC) September 16, 1963–September 7, 1964
 * Amos Burke&mdash;Secret Agent (ABC) September 15, 1965–January 12, 1966
 * Checkmate (CBS) September 17, 1960–September 19, 1962
 * City Detective (Syndicated) January 1, 1953–May 10, 1955
 * COronado 9 (Syndicated) September 6, 1960 – May 31, 1961
 * The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) September 17, 1961–September 6, 1964
 * East Side/West Side (CBS) September 23, 1963–September 14, 1964
 * ''87th Precinct (NBC) September 25, 1961–April 30, 1962
 * The Eleventh Hour (NBC) October 3, 1962–September 9, 1964
 * Empire (NBC) September 25, 1962–May 14, 1963)
 * ''Follow the Sun (ABC) September 17, 1961–September 9, 1962
 * For the People (CBS) January 31, 1965–May 9, 1965
 * Going My Way (ABC October 3, 1962–April 24, 1963
 * The Greatest Show on Earth (ABC) September 17, 1963–September 8, 1964
 * I Spy (NBC) September 15, 1965–September 2, 1968
 * It's a Man's World (NBC) September 17, 1962–January 28, 1963
 * Laredo (NBC) September 16, 1965–April 7, 1967
 * ''The Lloyd Bridges Show (CBS) September 11, 1962–September 3, 1963
 * Mr. Broadway starring Craig Stevens (CBS) September 26 –December 26, 1964
 * Mr. Novak (NBC) September 24, 1963–August 31, 1965
 * Naked City (ABC) September 30, 1958–September 29, 1959 and October 12, 1960–September 11, 1963
 * The Nurses (CBS) September 27, 1962–September 7, 1965
 * The Road West (NBC) September 12, 1966–May 1, 1967
 * Route 66 (CBS) October 7, 1960–September 18, 1964
 * Saints and Sinners (NBC) September 17, 1962–January 28, 1963
 * 77 Sunset Strip (ABC) October 10, 1958&mdash;February 7, 1964
 * Slattery's People (CBS) September 21, 1964&mdash;November 26, 1965
 * State Trooper (Syndicated) September 25, 1956&mdash;June 25, 1959

Chronological list of show titles and episode titles

 * Naked City (ABC) September 30, 1958–September 29, 1959 and October 12, 1960–September 11, 1963
 * "The Man Who Bit the Diamond in Half" (December 14, 1960)
 * "Murder Is a Face I Know" (January 11, 1961)
 * "Landscape with Dead Figures" (January 18, 1961)
 * "The Well-Dressed Termites" (February 8, 1961)
 * "The Day It Rained Mink" (February 15, 1961)
 * "The Fault in Our Stars" (March 22, 1961)
 * "To Dream Without Sleep" (May 24, 1961)
 * "A Kettle of Precious Fish" (May 31, 1961)
 * "Sweet Prince of Delancey Street" (June 7, 1961)
 * "Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes By" (September 27, 1961)
 * "A Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street" (October 11, 1961)
 * "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (November 22, 1961)
 * "Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon" (December 6, 1961)
 * "The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos" (January 17, 1962)
 * "One of the Most Important Men in The Whole World" (January 31, 1962)
 * "Let Me Die Before I Wake" (February 14, 1962)
 * "Today the Man Who Kills the Ants Is Coming" (March 7, 1962)
 * "The One Marked Hot Gives Cold" (March 21, 1962)
 * "The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth" (April 25, 1962)
 * "And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them" (May 9, 1962)
 * "The King of Venus Will Take Care of You" (May 30, 1962)
 * "Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud" (June 20, 1962)
 * "Daughter, Am I in My Father's House?" (June 27, 1962)
 * "And by the Sweat of Thy Brow" (October 10, 1962)
 * "Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy" (October 17, 1962)
 * "Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring" (October 24, 1962)
 * "Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long" (November 7, 1962)
 * "Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona" (November 14, 1962)
 * "A Horse Has a Big Head&mdash;Let Him Worry" (November 21, 1962)
 * "King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable" (December 12, 1962)
 * "Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow" (January 9, 1963)
 * "The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree" (January 23, 1963)
 * "Beyond This Place There Be Dragons" (January 30, 1963)
 * "Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant" (March 6, 1963)
 * "Stop the Parade! A Baby Is Crying" (March 20), 1963
 * "On the Battlefront, Every Minute Is Important" (March 27, 1963)
 * "No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!" (April 17, 1963)
 * "Color Schemes Like Never Before" (May 1, 1963)
 * "The S.S. American Dream" (May 8, 1961)
 * "One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski" (May 15, 1963)
 * Checkmate (CBS) September 17, 1960–September 19, 1962
 * "Hot Wind in a Cold Town" (June 10, 1961)
 * "A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Game" (January 3, 1962)
 * "Remembrance of Crimes Past" (February 28, 1962)
 * Route 66 (CBS) October 7, 1960–September 18, 1964
 * "A Fury Slinging Flame" (December 30, 1960)
 * "Most Vanquished, Most Victorious" (April 14, 1961)
 * "Good Night, Sweet Blues" (October 6, 1961)
 * "Once to Every Man" (October 27, 1961)
 * "Some of the People, Some of the Time" (December 1, 1961)
 * "And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon" (December 15, 1961)
 * "To Walk with the Serpent" (January 5, 1962)
 * "How Much a Pound Is Albatross?" (February 9, 1962)
 * "Aren't You Surprised to See Me?" (February 16, 1962)
 * "You Never Had It So Good" (February 23, 1962)
 * "Shoulder the Sky, My Lad" (March 2, 1962)
 * "Even Stones Have Eyes" (March 30, 1962)
 * "Kiss the Maiden, All Forlorn" (April 13, 1962)
 * "There I Am&mdash;There I Always Am" (May 4, 1962)
 * "Hell Is Empty, All the Devils Are Here" (May 25, 1962)
 * "From an Enchantress Fleeing" (June 1, 1962)
 * "Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?" (October 12, 1962)
 * "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing" (October 26, 1962)
 * "Across Walnuts and Wine" (November 2, 1962)
 * "Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own" (November 16, 1962)
 * "Poor Little Kangaroo Rat" (November 23, 1962)
 * "Hey Moth, Come Eat the Flame" (November 30, 1962)
 * "Where Is Chick Lorimer? Where Has She Gone?" (December 14, 1962)
 * "Give the Old Cat a Tender Mouse" (December 21, 1962)
 * "A Bunch of Lovely Pagliaccis" (January 4, 1963)
 * "You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti" (January 11, 1963)
 * "Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain" (February 8, 1963)
 * "Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow" (February 15, 1963)
 * "Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King" (February 22, 1963)
 * "Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine" (March 29, 1963)
 * "Peace, Pity, Pardon" (April 12, 1963)
 * "What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant" (April 26, 1963)
 * "But What Do You Do in March" (May 3, 1963)
 * "Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride?" (May 10, 1963)
 * "Soda Pop and Paper Flags" (May 31, 1963)
 * "Two Strangers and an Old Enemy" (September 27, 1963)
 * "Same Picture, Different Frame" (October 4, 1963)
 * "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are" (October 11, 1963)
 * "Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms?" (October 18), 1963
 * "Build Your Own House with Their Back to the Sea" (October 25, 1963)
 * "And Make Thunder His Tribute" (November 1, 1963)
 * "I Wouldn't Start from Here" (November 15, 1963)
 * "I'm Here to Kill a King" (November 29, 1963)
 * "A Long Way from St. Louis" (December 6, 1963)
 * "Come Home, Greta Inger Gruenschaffen" (December 13, 1963)
 * "Is It True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?" (January 10, 1964)
 * "Like This It Means Father&mdash;Like This–Bitter&mdash;Like This–Tiger" (January 17, 1964)
 * "Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep" (January 24, 1964)
 * "Cries of a Person Close to One" (January 31, 1964)
 * "Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl" (February 7, 1964)
 * "This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You" (February 14, 1964)
 * "Follow the White Dove with the Broken Wing" (February 21, 1964)
 * "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" (March 6-13, 1964)
 * Follow the Sun (ABC) September 17, 1961–September 9, 1962
 * "The Longest Crap Game in History" (November 5, 1961)
 * "Mele Kalikimaka to You" (December 24, 1961)
 * ''The Dupont Show of the Week (NBC) September 17, 1961–September 6, 1964
 * "The Triumph of Gerald Q. Wert" (June 9, 1963)
 * "Jeremy Rabbitt&mdash;Secret Avenger" (April 5, 1964)
 * "The Missing Bank of Rupert X. Humperdink" (June 21, 1964)
 * Ben Casey (ABC) October 2, 1961–March 21, 1966
 * "A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness" (December 11, 1961)
 * "Give My Hands an Epitaph" (February 5, 1962)
 * "Victory Wears a Cruel Smile" (February 12, 1962)
 * "Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase" (February 19, 1962)
 * "Behold a Pale Horse" (February 26, 1962) This Biblical phrase (Revelation 6:8) was later used as the title of a plotwise unrelated Columbia feature (released August 14, 1964) directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif
 * "For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses" (March 5, 1962)
 * "And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears" (April 23, 1962)
 * "So Oft It Chances in Particular Men" (May 21, 1962)
 * "In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption" (October 15, 1962)
 * "Go Not Gently into the Night" (October 29, 1962)
 * "Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road" (November 5, 1962)
 * "Of All Save Pain Bereft" (November 12, 1962)
 * "And Even Death Shall Die" (November 19, 1962)
 * "Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season" (December 3, 1962)
 * "Pack Up All My Cares and Woes" (December 17, 1962)
 * "Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Schultz" (December 31, 1962)
 * "Use Neon for My Epitaph" (January 28, 1963)
 * "He Thought He Saw an Albatross" (February 4, 1963)
 * "For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold" (March 25, 1963)
 * "Rage Against the Dying Light" (April 15, 1963)
 * "My Enemy Is a Bright Green Sparrow" (April 29, 1963)
 * "Hang No Hats on Dreams" (May 13, 1963)
 * "For This Relief, Much Thanks" (September 9, 1963)
 * "Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of Sand" (October 30, 1963)
 * "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast" (November 13, 1963)
 * "Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne" (November 27, 1963)
 * "It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost" (December 18, 1963)
 * "The Last Splintered Spoke on the Old Burlesque Wheel" (December 25, 1963)
 * "The Light That Loses... the Night That Wins" (January 1, 1964)
 * "I'll Get on My Icefloe and Wave Goodbye" (January 8, 1964)
 * "There Was Once a Man in the Land of Uz" (January 22, 1964)
 * "Onions and Mustard Seed Will Make Her Weep" (March 25, 1964)
 * "Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh Out" (April 8, 1964)
 * "For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times" (April 15, 1964)
 * "Money, a Horse and a Knowledge of Latin" (November 16, 1964)
 * "A Disease of the Heart Called Love" (November 23, 1964)
 * "A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks" (February 1, 1965)
 * "When I Am Grown to Man's Estate" (February 8, 1965)
 * "A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well" (March 1, 1965)
 * "Journeys End in Lovers Meeting" (April 19, 1965)
 * "Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?" (May 3, 1965)
 * "A Horse Named Stravinsky" (May 17, 1965)
 * "Because of the Needle, the Haystack Was Lost" (October 11, 1965)
 * "No More, Cried the Rooster&mdash;There Will Be Truth" (November 8, 1965)
 * "If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser" (December 27, 1965)
 * "For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus" (January 17, 1966)
 * "Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes the Cold Wind of Truth" (March 14, 1966)
 * Saints and Sinners (NBC) September 17, 1962–January 28, 1963
 * "The Year Joan Crawford Won the Oscar" (January 21, 1963)
 * The Nurses (CBS) September 27, 1962–September 7, 1965
 * "Show Just Cause Why You Should Weep" (October 3, 1963)
 * The Eleventh Hour (NBC) October 3, 1962–September 9, 1964
 * "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House" (October 24, 1962)
 * "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things" (November 7, 1962)
 * "Hooray, Hooray, the Circus Is Coming to Town" (November 21, 1962)
 * "Where Have You Been, Lord Randall, My Son" (January 9, 1963)
 * "My Name Is Judith, I'm Lost, You See" (January 16, 1963)
 * "Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night" (January 23, 1963)
 * "Beauty Playing a Mandolin Underneath a Willow Tree" (February 20, 1963)
 * "A Tumble from a High White Horse" (February 27, 1963)
 * "There Should Be an Outfit Called Families Anonymous" (December 11, 1963)
 * "You're so Smart, Why Can't You Be Good" (January 22, 1964)
 * "The Only Remaining Copy Is in the British Museum" (February 12, 1964)
 * "Who Is to Say How the Battle Is to Be Fought" (March 11, 1964)
 * Breaking Point (ABC) September 16, 1963–September 7, 1964
 * "And James Was a Very Small Snail" (November 11, 1963)
 * "The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct" (December 16, 1963)
 * "Heart of Marble, Body of Stone" (December 23, 1963)
 * "So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time" (February 17, 1964)
 * "Shadows of a Starless Night" (March 9, 1964)
 * "Glass Flowers Never Drop Petals" (March 23, 1964)
 * "Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You" (March 30, 1964)
 * "Confounding Her Astronomers" (April 6, 1964)
 * The Greatest Show on Earth (ABC) September 17, 1963–September 8, 1964
 * "Silent Love, Secret Love" (September 24, 1963)
 * "Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back" (October 8, 1963)
 * "The Night the Monkey Died" (March 10, 1964)
 * "Of Blood, Sawdust and a Bucket of Tears" (March 17, 1964)
 * "The Glorious Days of Used to Be" (March 31, 1964)
 * "This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There" (April 14, 1964)
 * "There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities" (April 21, 1964)
 * East Side/West Side (CBS) September 23, 1963–September 14, 1964
 * "My Child on Monday Morning" (December 16, 1963)
 * "If Your Grandmother Had Wheels" (March 2, 1964)
 * "The Passion of the Nickel Player" (March 9, 1964)
 * Mr. Novak (NBC) September 24, 1963–August 31, 1965
 * "Fear Is a Handful of Dust" (February 25, 1964)
 * "How Does Your Garden Grow?" (March 3, 1964)
 * "With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord!" (September 29, 1964)
 * "Let's Dig a Little Grammar" (November 10, 1964)
 * "The People Doll: You Wind It Up and It Makes Mistakes" (November 17, 1964)
 * "Born of Kings and Angels" (December 1, 1964)
 * "Johnny Ride the Pony&mdash;One, Two, Three" (December 15, 1964)
 * "From the Brow of Zeus" (January 5, 1965)
 * "An Elephant Is Like a Tree" (January 12, 1965)
 * "Beat the Plowshare: Edge the Sword" (January 26, 1965)
 * "Where Is There to Go, Billie, But Up" (March 9, 1965)
 * "There's a Penguin in My Garden" (April 6, 1965)
 * Slattery's People (CBS) September 21, 1964&mdash;November 26, 1965
 * "Question: Why the Lonely... Why the Misbegotten?" (September 28, 1964)
 * "Question: What Is Honor... What Is Death?" (November 23, 1964)
 * "Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?" (November 30, 1964)
 * "Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?" (January 1, 1965)
 * "Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?" (January 8, 1965)
 * "Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?" (March 5, 1965)
 * "Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?" (April 2, 1965)
 * "Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?" (April 16, 1965)
 * "How Impregnable Is a Magic Tower?" (October 1, 1965)
 * "What Can You Do with a Wounded Tiger?" (October 22, 1965)
 * "Of Damon, Pythias and Sleeping Dogs" (November 12, 1965)
 * For the People (CBS) January 31, 1965–May 9, 1965
 * "...guilt shall not escape nor innocence suffer..." (February 14, 1965)
 * "Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety" (March 21, 1965)
 * "Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage" (March 28, 1965)
 * Amos Burke&mdash;Secret Agent (ABC) September 15, 1965–January 12, 1966
 * "Whatever Happened to Adriana, and Why Won't She Stay Dead?" (December 1, 1965)
 * "A Very Important Russian Is Missing" (December 29, 1965)
 * I Spy (NBC) September 15, 1965–September 2, 1968
 * "Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home" (January 15, 1968)
 * "A Few Miles West of Nowhere" (January 29, 1968)
 * Laredo
 * "Lazyfoot, Where Are You?" (September 16, 1965)
 * "I See by Your Outfit" (September 23, 1965)
 * "That's Noway, Thataway" (January 20, 1966)
 * "Limit of the Law Larkin" (January 27, 1966)
 * "Meanwhile Back at the Reservation" (February 10, 1966)
 * "No Bugles, One Drum" (February 24, 1966)
 * "It's the End of the Road, Stanley" (March 10, 1966)
 * "The Would-Be Gentleman of Laredo" (April 15, 1966)
 * "The Dance of the Laughing Death" (September 23, 1966)
 * "The Last of the Caesars: Absolutely" (December 2, 1966)
 * "The Bitter Yen of General Ti" (February 3, 1967)
 * "Hey Diddle Diddle" (February 24, 1967)
 * "The Small Chance Ghost" (March 3, 1967)