
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
TV-G • Comedy • Series • 1953 • 11 seasons
Starring: Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer
Created by: Melville Shavelson
S1 E1 - Uncle Daddy
Sep 29, 1953 • 30m
S1 E2 - Party Dress
Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.
Oct 6, 1953 • 30m
S1 E3 - Second Honeymoon
Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.
Oct 13, 1953 • 30m
S1 E4 - Mother-in-Law
Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.
Oct 20, 1953 • 30m
S1 E5 - Anniversary
When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.
Oct 27, 1953 • 30m
S1 E6 - Margaret, Non-Pro
Nov 3, 1953 • 30m
S1 E7 - The Visiting Englishman
Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.
Nov 10, 1953 • 30m
S1 E8 - The Sea Captain
Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.
Nov 17, 1953 • 30m
S1 E9 - Thanksgiving Story
Nov 24, 1953 • 30m
S1 E10 - Last Dollar
Dec 1, 1953 • 30m
S1 E11 - Margaret's Job
When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.
Dec 8, 1953 • 30m
S1 E12 - Wonderland
While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.
Dec 15, 1953 • 30m
S1 E13 - Christmas
Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.
Dec 22, 1953 • 30m
S1 E14 - Toledo
Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.
Dec 29, 1953 • 30m
S1 E15 - Margaret's Jealousy
Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.
Jan 5, 1954 • 30m
S1 E16 - Terry for President
Jan 12, 1954 • 30m
S1 E17 - True Blue Benny
Jan 19, 1954 • 30m
S1 E18 - Rusty Runs Away
Jan 26, 1954 • 30m
S1 E19 - The Professor
After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.
Feb 2, 1954 • 30m
S1 E20 - Burlesque
Feb 9, 1954 • 30m
S1 E21 - Black Eyes
Feb 16, 1954 • 30m
S1 E22 - Margaret's Birthday
Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.
Feb 23, 1954 • 30m
S1 E23 - The Matchmaker
Mar 2, 1954 • 30m
S1 E24 - Night Club
Mar 9, 1954 • 30m
S1 E25 - Terry's Career
Mar 16, 1954 • 30m
S1 E26 - School Festival
Mar 23, 1954 • 30m
S1 E27 - Rusty's Pal
Mar 30, 1954 • 30m
S1 E28 - Julia's Birthday
Apr 6, 1954 • 30m
S1 E29 - Pittsburgh
Apr 13, 1954 • 30m
S1 E30 - Danny's Vacation
Apr 20, 1954 • 30m
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The Danny Thomas Show
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
TV-G • Comedy • TV Series • 1953