Thu, Feb 2, 1961
Ernie starts the show by trying to play a tuba, in the skit portion, he's a soda jerk. Brenda Lee comes into his shop and orders a "double". While she sings "One For my Baby" as Ernie keeps adding more and more to a sundae until it's a huge, awful mess of ice cream, pineapples, whipped cream and syrup, but her boyfriend takes her away before she even tastes it.
Thu, Mar 30, 1961
Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, Ernie and company perform for the sailors, with song and dance numbers and a skit where hayseed Ernie is coaxed into signing up for naval service, and given a plush cabin, a fruit basket and comely WAVES by the ship's Captain when he arrives.
Thu, Apr 13, 1961
Ford's young guests are the Everly Brothers, whose rock n' roll/ rhythm and blues style brings the tempo up a little faster than usual for the show. Ernie joins them on several numbers, and at one point picks a few bars on the guitar while the brothers strum the along on the same instrument.
Thu, May 18, 1961
Taking the cameras backstage, Ernie runs into a mob from Dean Martin's spectacular and Wagon Train blocking the coffee vending machine, and gets caught in an apple dispenser.Andy Devine tries everything down to begging and blubbering a sad song to get Ernie to buy a broken down horse named Lightning.
Thu, Jun 29, 1961
In the final episode of the series, Ernie has no special guest, he shows the large pile of scripts from the five years run of the show, then retells a few selected jokes. He then introduces and reminisces with members of "The Top Top Twenty". Most of the rest of the program is devoted to several of Ernie's favorite hymns, including "The Rugged Cross".