The Danny Thomas Show

Uncle Daddy

1953-09-29 · 30m

Party Dress

1953-10-06 · 30m

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

1953-10-13 · 30m

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

1953-10-20 · 30m

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

1953-10-27 · 30m

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

1953-11-03 · 30m

The Visiting Englishman

1953-11-10 · 30m

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

1953-11-17 · 30m

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

1953-11-24 · 30m

Last Dollar

1953-12-01 · 30m

Margaret's Job

1953-12-08 · 30m

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

1953-12-15 · 30m

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

1953-12-22 · 30m

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

1953-12-29 · 30m

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

1954-01-05 · 30m

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

Terry for President

1954-01-12 · 30m

True Blue Benny

1954-01-19 · 30m

Rusty Runs Away

1954-01-26 · 30m

The Professor

1954-02-02 · 30m

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

1954-02-09 · 30m

Black Eyes

1954-02-16 · 30m

Margaret's Birthday

1954-02-23 · 30m

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

1954-03-02 · 30m

Night Club

1954-03-09 · 30m

Terry's Career

1954-03-16 · 30m

School Festival

1954-03-23 · 30m

Rusty's Pal

1954-03-30 · 30m

Julia's Birthday

1954-04-06 · 30m

Pittsburgh

1954-04-13 · 30m

Danny's Vacation

1954-04-20 · 30m