The Danny Thomas Show

30min

Comedy

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

Production Companies

T & L Productions

Marterto Productions

CBS

Episodes

Cast

Uncle Daddy

1. Uncle Daddy

30min

29th Sep 1953

Party Dress

2. Party Dress

30min

6th Oct 1953

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.

Second Honeymoon

3. Second Honeymoon

30min

13th Oct 1953

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.

Mother-in-Law

4. Mother-in-Law

30min

20th Oct 1953

Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

Anniversary

5. Anniversary

30min

27th Oct 1953

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.

Margaret, Non-Pro

6. Margaret, Non-Pro

30min

3rd Nov 1953

The Visiting Englishman

7. The Visiting Englishman

30min

10th Nov 1953

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.

The Sea Captain

8. The Sea Captain

30min

17th Nov 1953

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.

Thanksgiving Story

9. Thanksgiving Story

30min

24th Nov 1953

Last Dollar

10. Last Dollar

30min

1st Dec 1953

Margaret's Job

11. Margaret's Job

30min

8th Dec 1953

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.

Wonderland

12. Wonderland

30min

15th Dec 1953

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.

Christmas

13. Christmas

30min

22nd Dec 1953

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.

Toledo

14. Toledo

30min

29th Dec 1953

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.

Margaret's Jealousy

15. Margaret's Jealousy

30min

5th Jan 1954

Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

Terry for President

16. Terry for President

30min

12th Jan 1954

True Blue Benny

17. True Blue Benny

30min

19th Jan 1954

Rusty Runs Away

18. Rusty Runs Away

30min

26th Jan 1954

The Professor

19. The Professor

30min

2nd Feb 1954

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.

Burlesque

20. Burlesque

30min

9th Feb 1954

Black Eyes

21. Black Eyes

30min

16th Feb 1954

Margaret's Birthday

22. Margaret's Birthday

30min

23rd Feb 1954

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.

The Matchmaker

23. The Matchmaker

30min

2nd Mar 1954

Night Club

24. Night Club

30min

9th Mar 1954

Terry's Career

25. Terry's Career

30min

16th Mar 1954

School Festival

26. School Festival

30min

23rd Mar 1954

Rusty's Pal

27. Rusty's Pal

30min

30th Mar 1954

Julia's Birthday

28. Julia's Birthday

30min

6th Apr 1954

Pittsburgh

29. Pittsburgh

30min

13th Apr 1954

Danny's Vacation

30. Danny's Vacation

30min

20th Apr 1954

First air date

29th Sep 1953

Last air date

27th Apr 1964

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks