The Life Of Riley (1953)
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.
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Episode 1 - Gossip
Release Date: 1957-09-13 -
Episode 2 - Riley's Ups and Downs
Release Date: 1957-09-20 -
Episode 3 - The New Den
Release Date: 1957-09-27Peg decides to turn a spare room into a den creating chaos in the Riley household, most of it caused by Chester.
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Episode 4 - Gillis' Childhood Friend
Release Date: 1957-10-04An old buddy of Jim arrives on the scene and Gillis starts spending all his spare time with the friend. Chester feels lonely and angry but his efforts to intrude create awkward moments.
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Episode 5 - Down for the Count
Release Date: 1957-10-11Contest enthusiast Riley applies a scientific method to determine the number of beans in a jar.
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Episode 6 - The Gruesome Twosome
Release Date: 1957-10-18Peg and Honeybee take golf lessons so they can join the husbands in their outdoor activities. Chester and Jim are against the notion so they come up with devious plan to derail their wives' plans.
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Episode 7 - Happy Birthday, Little Chester
Release Date: 1957-10-25Riley's party for baby Chester boomerangs.
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Episode 8 - Babs and the Latin
Release Date: 1957-11-01 -
Episode 9 - Anchors Aweigh
Release Date: 1957-11-08 -
Episode 10 - Framed
Release Date: 1957-11-15 -
Episode 11 - Nobody Down Here Likes Me
Release Date: 1957-11-22Riley becomes a recluse when his friends refuse to go fishing with him.
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Episode 12 - Baby Chester's First Words
Release Date: 1957-11-29 -
Episode 13 - A Trip for Peg
Release Date: 1957-12-06Peg is upset because Junior has moved out to the Fleming House on the college campus. To cheer her up, Riley insists she goes to the beauty parlor for the works then buy a new outfit. He intends to send her on vacation to Brooklyn to visit his brother and family. The only problem is, his brother's daughter, Annie from Brooklyn, shows up at their door on a mission to cheer Peg up.
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Episode 14 - Going Steady
Release Date: 1957-12-13Junior has college finals coming up and needs private time to study without any distractions so he decides not to date his girlfriend Bobby for the next two weeks. Bobby agrees and now it becomes Riley's job to keep the hungry dating wolves away from Junior and Bobby until Junior completes his assignments.
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Episode 15 - A Guest from England
Release Date: 1957-12-20 -
Episode 16 - Little Awful Annie
Release Date: 1958-01-03 -
Episode 17 - Music Hath Charms
Release Date: 1958-01-10 -
Episode 18 - Movie Struck
Release Date: 1958-01-24 -
Episode 19 - Bowling Beauties
Release Date: 1958-01-31Cunningham Aircraft has hired an efficiency expert, Walter Bellflower, to improve the recreational program for the employees. Walter has assigned Riley and Gillis to coach the new ladies bowling team; four old, rough-looking gals. But there's been a mistake, so Walter reassigns the boys to another team of young good looking beauties.
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Episode 20 - The Letter
Release Date: 1958-02-07Chester and Gillis persuade a discontented pal to leave his job, and they lend their assistance as he writes a letter of resignation.
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Episode 21 - Ten O'Clock Scholar
Release Date: 1958-02-14Riley enrolls in night school to obtain his high-school diploma.
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Episode 22 - The Oily Birds
Release Date: 1958-02-21Based on their duplex agreement, Riley owns the grounds plus the maintenance and Gillis is responsible for the roof. But Riley is getting tired of doing all the yard work so he starts a rumor that oil has been discovered on their property. When Gillis hears about the oil, he becomes anxious to share in some of the yard work.
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Episode 23 - Mrs. Aircraft Industries
Release Date: 1958-02-28Babs is entered in the Mrs. Aircraft Industries beauty contest.
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Episode 24 - After You're Gone
Release Date: 1958-03-07Riley decides to be more generous to Peg.
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Episode 25 - A Test for Gillis
Release Date: 1958-03-14 -
Episode 26 - Riley's Burst Bubble
Release Date: 1958-03-21Riley schemes to reunite Annie with her father.
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Episode 27 - Teenage Troubles
Release Date: 1958-03-28Riley schemes to prevent other boys from dating Junior's girlfriend.
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Episode 28 - The Otis Yonder Story
Release Date: 1958-04-04 -
Episode 29 - The Barracks Bag
Release Date: 1958-04-11 -
Episode 30 - The Price of Fame
Release Date: 1958-04-18Riley becomes a hero when he captures a thief.
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Episode 31 - Annie's Radio Romance
Release Date: 1958-04-25Annie loves to listen to her favorite radio program, "The Lonesome Guy", starring Charles Chambers. The program is offering a romantic evening out with the lonesome guy for some lucky love starved woman and Annie wins the contest. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "lonesome guy" is not as appealing as his silky voice would imply.
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Episode 32 - Dudley Comes to Town
Release Date: 1958-05-02Calvin Dudley returns for a visit and ropes Riley and Gillis into a phony money-making scheme.
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Episode 33 - Live Modern
Release Date: 1958-05-09 -
Episode 34 - Help for Honeybee
Release Date: 1958-05-16 -
Episode 35 - Here Comes Constance
Release Date: 1958-05-23Riley and Gillis balk at attending cultural events with their wives.