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The Texas Wheelers Episode Guide
Wailin' Wheeler Is Dead
S1 Ep1
1.0
13th Sep 1974
The four motherless Wheeler kids are managing, watched over by the eldest Truckie. The father Zack, who disappeared years ago, returns but still seems irresponsible. Doobie refuses to go to school so Truckie must change his mind.
The X-Rated Movie
S1 Ep2
20th Sep 1974
Doobie gets a date with a pretty classmate and friends suggest he watch a porn film to learn the "facts". Double quickly quits watching and asks hos brother Truckie instead.
The Accident
S1 Ep3
27th Sep 1974
Truckie is on the warpath when he discovers a dent in his truck. He is determined to make someone pay and his suspicions land on Zack who used the vehicle the night before.
The Twister
S1 Ep4
4th Oct 1974
When a tornado approaching Lamont Truckie takes the kids to safety in town. Zack and Doobie are forced to ride out the storm in the basement of the family home.
The Bookmobile
S1 Ep5
3rd Jul 1975
Truckie falls hard for the local librarian but learns she has dreams that involve moving away.
The Music Box
S1 Ep6
10th Jul 1975
Zack discovers a pile of junk and after being told it's worth something, conducts a sale. But he accidentally deposes of daughter Boo's music box and the family frantically tries to get it back.
The Call
S1 Ep7
17th Jul 1975
Zack is determined to return to Superstition Mountain and locate the Lost Dutchman mine. Daughter Boo insists on going with him.
The Rebel
S1 Ep8
24th Jul 1975
Truckie is tired of working multiple jobs plus chores at home to support the family and decides to go on strike.
The Texas Wheelers is an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. The series, produced by MTM Enterprises, is about the cantankerous but lovable Zack Wheeler, a long-lost father who returned to raise his children Truckie, Doobie, Boo, and T.J. in rural Texas after their mother died.
The show was not successful, due to being broadcast against the second half of NBC's The Rockford Files, and was canceled after four episodes in the fall of 1974. An additional four episodes were aired in June and July 1975. The show is notable as one of MTM's few flops, and for the well-known actors in its cast, including Jack Elam as Zack, Gary Busey as Truckie, Mark Hamill as Doobie, Tony Becker as T.J., and Lisa Eilbacher as the Wheelers' friend Sally.
The theme song for the show was "Illegal Smile" by John Prine.
The first episode of The Texas Wheelers aired on September 13, 1974.
The last episode of The Texas Wheelers aired on August 08, 1975.
