The Life Of Riley
'What a revoltin' development this is!"
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Comedy
Seasons | 6
Episodes | 219
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1953-01-02
Last EP | 1958-05-23
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Rating : 6
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Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1953-01-02
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Babs' School Election
1953-01-02
Babs is running for President of her college's freshman class. Riley attempts to provide unwanted assistance to her election campaign meet with predictable disaster.
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Riley's Gift from the Boss
1953-01-09
Riley receives a letter from the president of the airplane plant in which he works, Cyrus P. Cunningham, announcing that the company will honor Riley's ten years of service with a luncheon in the boardroom the following day.
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Riley's New Suit
1953-01-16
Riley needs a new suit. When his kids decide to surprise him with one, he begins thinking he's crazy because the only suit he has to use keeps disappearing.
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The Cake Contest
1953-01-23
Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.
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Riley's Kiss in the Dark
1953-01-30
Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.
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Riley Proves His Manhood
1953-02-06
Peg goes to work in a run-down café.
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Riley's Sister Cissy
1953-02-13
Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.
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Riley and the Bean Contest
1953-02-20
Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.
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Riley the Scoutmaster
1953-02-27
Riley sets up as Scoutmaster when Junior's regular scoutmaster must take a leave of absence for the troop. Also, Riley sets out to show his wife that a man can do all the household duties in half the time a woman can.
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Riley Invades the Fight Game
1953-03-06
Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.
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Riley's Lost Weekend
1953-03-13
The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.
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Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby
1953-03-20
Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.
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Riley's Family Reunion
1953-03-27
Riley's family is selected to appear in a radio program that brings parents and a child together for a family reunion - and plants hidden microphones throughout the house to capture their unrehearsed reactions to the event.
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Riley's Business Venture
1953-04-03
Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.
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Riley Camps Out
1953-04-10
Feeling that their families don't sufficiently appreciate them, Riley and Gillis decide to spend their vacation camping at a remote mountain cabin - and come to appreciate their lives back in the suburbs.
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Riley Steps Out
1953-04-17
Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.
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Riley's Operation
1953-04-24
Riley's sore throat is traced to his tonsils and he's ordered to have them removed. It's all his family and friends can do to get him to the hospital for his operation.
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Riley the Executive Type
1953-05-01
Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.
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Riley Engages an Escort
1953-05-08
Riley's efforts to secure a date for Babs to the Sadie Hawkins dance backfire.
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Riley Cultivates Babs
1953-05-15
When Babs' friends see her out with Riley, rumors fly that she's dating a rich older man.
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Riley's Uncle Baxter
1953-05-22
Peg's uncle captivates the Rileys with stories of his war heroism.
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Riley Outwits Cupid
1953-05-29
Riley tries dissuading Babs from going steady.
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Riley Gets Engaged
1953-06-05
At the laundromat Chester meets an attractive French miss upset over her visa expiration. The lady explains that if it appears that she's to be married she can stay. Riley becomes engaged to her but explaining to wife Peg is difficult.
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Riley Punishes Junior
1953-06-12
Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.
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Riley Meets a Rival
1953-06-19
Hoping to make Riley jealous, Peg invites an old flame for dinner.
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Riley the Typical Worker
1953-06-26
A trip to Hawaii is offered to the most average employee where Riley is employed. Deciding he has the prize in the the bag Chester acts in ways that jeopardize his chances of winning.
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“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney