
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…
Comedy • Series • 1949 • 1 season
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Lanny Rees
S1 E1 - Tonsils
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
Oct 4, 1949 • 30m
S1 E2 - Babs and Simon Step Out
Riley's insistence that Babs has nothing to do with Simon comes between him and Babs. He forbids her to see him, then when she sneaks around behind his back, he chases Simon off. Both his wife and daughter are very upset with him.
Oct 11, 1949 • 30m
S1 E3 - Egbert's Chemistry Set
Oct 18, 1949 • 30m
S1 E4 - The French Professor
Oct 25, 1949 • 30m
S1 E5 - Nervous Breakdown
Nov 1, 1949 • 30m
S1 E6 - Assistant Manager
Nov 8, 1949 • 30m
S1 E7 - Riley's Birthday Gift
Nov 15, 1949 • 30m
S1 E8 - Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
Riley thinks that Babs' boyfriend Simon has money, after he finds his bank book. Riley talks Simon into going into business with him and quits his job. He then finds out that Simon's bank book was a fake as he was using it for his accounting class.
Nov 22, 1949 • 30m
S1 E9 - Junior Falls for Teacher
Nov 29, 1949 • 30m
S1 E10 - Night School
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
Dec 6, 1949 • 30m
S1 E11 - Prom Dress
Babs doesn't want to go to a school dance because she doesn't have a nice dress. Riley buys a used dress, but the former owner of the dress is a snob at school who tells Babs that the dress used to be hers.
Dec 13, 1949 • 30m
S1 E12 - Junior's Birthday Party
Riley plans a birthday party for son Junior but can't get anyone to come to the party because another boy's birthday is the same day.
Dec 20, 1949 • 30m
S1 E13 - The Boarder
Dec 27, 1949 • 30m
S1 E14 - Peg's Birthday
Jan 3, 1950 • 30m
S1 E15 - Junior Drops Out
Jan 10, 1950 • 30m
S1 E16 - Riley's Firstborn
Jan 17, 1950 • 30m
S1 E17 - Insurance
Jan 24, 1950 • 30m
S1 E18 - The Gambler
Jan 31, 1950 • 30m
S1 E19 - Acting Lessons
Babs and her boyfriend have foolishly spent their money on an acting school con. Riley and Gillis are determined to go to the phony school and demand the kids' money be returned, but they didn't expect the teacher to be a gorgeous blonde.
Feb 7, 1950 • 30m
S1 E20 - Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 1950 • 30m
S1 E21 - Home Sweet Home
Feb 21, 1950 • 30m
S1 E22 - South American Job
Feb 28, 1950 • 30m
S1 E23 - Riley's Quarrel
Mar 7, 1950 • 30m
S1 E24 - Junior and the Bully
Mar 14, 1950 • 30m
S1 E25 - The Banned Book
Mar 21, 1950 • 30m
S1 E26 - Five Dollar Bill
Mar 28, 1950 • 30m
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The Life of Riley
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. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
Comedy • TV Series • 1949