The Life Of Riley

30min

Comedy

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.

Episodes

Cast

Babs' School Election

1. Babs' School Election

30min

2nd Jan 1953

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.

Riley's Gift from the Boss

2. Riley's Gift from the Boss

30min

9th Jan 1953

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.

Riley's New Suit

3. Riley's New Suit

30min

16th Jan 1953

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.

The Cake Contest

4. The Cake Contest

30min

23rd Jan 1953

Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.

Riley's Kiss in the Dark

5. Riley's Kiss in the Dark

30min

30th Jan 1953

Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.

Riley Proves His Manhood

6. Riley Proves His Manhood

30min

6th Feb 1953

Peg goes to work in a run-down café.

Riley's Sister Cissy

7. Riley's Sister Cissy

30min

13th Feb 1953

Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.

Riley and the Bean Contest

8. Riley and the Bean Contest

30min

20th Feb 1953

Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.

Riley the Scoutmaster

9. Riley the Scoutmaster

30min

27th Feb 1953

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.

Riley Invades the Fight Game

10. Riley Invades the Fight Game

30min

6th Mar 1953

Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.

Riley's Lost Weekend

11. Riley's Lost Weekend

30min

13th Mar 1953

The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.

Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby

12. Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby

30min

20th Mar 1953

Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.

Riley's Family Reunion

13. Riley's Family Reunion

30min

27th Mar 1953

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.

Riley's Business Venture

14. Riley's Business Venture

30min

3rd Apr 1953

Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.

Riley Camps Out

15. Riley Camps Out

30min

10th Apr 1953

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.

Riley Steps Out

16. Riley Steps Out

30min

17th Apr 1953

Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.

Riley's Operation

17. Riley's Operation

30min

24th Apr 1953

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.

Riley the Executive Type

18. Riley the Executive Type

30min

1st May 1953

Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.

Riley Engages an Escort

19. Riley Engages an Escort

30min

8th May 1953

Riley's efforts to secure a date for Babs to the Sadie Hawkins dance backfire.

Riley Cultivates Babs

20. Riley Cultivates Babs

30min

15th May 1953

When Babs' friends see her out with Riley, rumors fly that she's dating a rich older man.

Riley's Uncle Baxter

21. Riley's Uncle Baxter

30min

22nd May 1953

Peg's uncle captivates the Rileys with stories of his war heroism.

Riley Outwits Cupid

22. Riley Outwits Cupid

30min

29th May 1953

Riley tries dissuading Babs from going steady.

Riley Gets Engaged

23. Riley Gets Engaged

30min

5th Jun 1953

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.

Riley Punishes Junior

24. Riley Punishes Junior

30min

12th Jun 1953

Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.

Riley Meets a Rival

25. Riley Meets a Rival

30min

19th Jun 1953

Hoping to make Riley jealous, Peg invites an old flame for dinner.

Riley the Typical Worker

26. Riley the Typical Worker

30min

26th Jun 1953

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.

First air date

2nd Jan 1953

Last air date

31st Jan 1958

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks