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!"
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Season 1
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Tonsils
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
Oct 4, 1949 -
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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 -
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E3
Egbert's Chemistry Set
Oct 18, 1949 · 30m -
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E4
The French Professor
Oct 25, 1949 -
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E5
Nervous Breakdown
Nov 1, 1949 -
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Assistant Manager
Nov 8, 1949 -
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Riley's Birthday Gift
Nov 15, 1949 -
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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 -
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Junior Falls for Teacher
Nov 29, 1949 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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E13
The Boarder
Dec 27, 1949 -
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E14
Peg's Birthday
Jan 3, 1950 -
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E15
Junior Drops Out
Jan 10, 1950 · 30m -
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E16
Riley's Firstborn
Jan 17, 1950 -
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Insurance
Jan 24, 1950 · 30m -
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E18
The Gambler
Jan 31, 1950 -
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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 -
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E20
Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 1950 · 30m -
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E21
Home Sweet Home
Feb 21, 1950 -
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E22
South American Job
Feb 28, 1950 -
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E23
Riley's Quarrel
Mar 7, 1950 -
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Junior and the Bully
Mar 14, 1950 -
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E25
The Banned Book
Mar 21, 1950 -
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E26
Five Dollar Bill
Mar 28, 1950