The Life of Riley

8.030m19491 season

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. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"

Cast

Jackie Gleason

Chester A. Riley

Rosemary DeCamp

Peg Riley

Lanny Rees

Junior Riley

Gloria Winters

Babs Riley

Bob Jellison

Waldo Binny

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Episodes

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Tonsils

1949-10-04 · 30m

Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.

Babs and Simon Step Out

1949-10-11 · 30m

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.

Egbert's Chemistry Set

1949-10-18 · 30m

The French Professor

1949-10-25 · 30m

Nervous Breakdown

1949-11-01 · 30m

Assistant Manager

1949-11-08 · 30m

Riley's Birthday Gift

1949-11-15 · 30m

Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.

1949-11-22 · 30m

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.

Junior Falls for Teacher

1949-11-29 · 30m

Night School

1949-12-06 · 30m

Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.

Prom Dress

1949-12-13 · 30m

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.

Junior's Birthday Party

1949-12-20 · 30m

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.

The Boarder

1949-12-27 · 30m

Peg's Birthday

1950-01-03 · 30m

Junior Drops Out

1950-01-10 · 30m

Riley's Firstborn

1950-01-17 · 30m

Insurance

1950-01-24 · 30m

The Gambler

1950-01-31 · 30m

Acting Lessons

1950-02-07 · 30m

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.

Valentine's Day

1950-02-14 · 30m

Home Sweet Home

1950-02-21 · 30m

South American Job

1950-02-28 · 30m

Riley's Quarrel

1950-03-07 · 30m

Junior and the Bully

1950-03-14 · 30m

The Banned Book

1950-03-21 · 30m