Abby Berlin
Director
The Life of Riley (1953)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 2, 1953
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.los-angeles-california, imdb.blue-collar-worker, imdb.riveter, imdb.aircraft-factory, imdb.family-life, imdb.family-sitcom, imdb.clumsiness + 15 more, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.fatherhood, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.based-on-radio-show, imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.surname-as-series-title, imdb.four-word-series-title, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.airplane, imdb.sitcom, imdb.factory-worker, tmdb.blue-collar, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.1950s
Watch Providers: Tubi TV
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Babs' School Election
Babs is running for President of her college's freshman class. Riley attempts to provide unwanted assistance to her election campaign meet with predictable disaster.
Jan. 2, 1953, midnight
S1E2 - Riley's Gift from the Boss
Riley receives a letter from the president of the airplane plant in which he works, Cyrus P. Cunningham, announcing that the company will honor Riley's ten years of service with a luncheon in the boardroom the following day.
Jan. 9, 1953, midnight
S1E3 - Riley's New Suit
Riley needs a new suit. When his kids decide to surprise him with one, he begins thinking he's crazy because the only suit he has to use keeps disappearing.
Jan. 16, 1953, midnight
S1E4 - The Cake Contest
Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.
Jan. 23, 1953, midnight
S1E5 - Riley's Kiss in the Dark
Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.
Jan. 30, 1953, midnight
S1E6 - Riley Proves His Manhood
Peg goes to work in a run-down café.
Feb. 6, 1953, midnight
S1E7 - Riley's Sister Cissy
Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.
Feb. 13, 1953, midnight
S1E8 - Riley and the Bean Contest
Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.
Feb. 20, 1953, midnight
S1E9 - Riley the Scoutmaster
Riley sets up as Scoutmaster when Junior's regular scoutmaster must take a leave of absence for the troop. Also, Riley sets out to show his wife that a man can do all the household duties in half the time a woman can.
Feb. 27, 1953, midnight
S1E10 - Riley Invades the Fight Game
Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.
March 6, 1953, midnight
S1E11 - Riley's Lost Weekend
The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.
March 13, 1953, midnight
S1E12 - Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby
Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.
March 20, 1953, midnight
S1E13 - Riley's Family Reunion
Riley's family is selected to appear in a radio program that brings parents and a child together for a family reunion - and plants hidden microphones throughout the house to capture their unrehearsed reactions to the event.
March 27, 1953, midnight
S1E14 - Riley's Business Venture
Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.
April 3, 1953, midnight
S1E15 - Riley Camps Out
Feeling that their families don't sufficiently appreciate them, Riley and Gillis decide to spend their vacation camping at a remote mountain cabin - and come to appreciate their lives back in the suburbs.
April 10, 1953, midnight
S1E16 - Riley Steps Out
Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.
April 17, 1953, midnight
S1E17 - Riley's Operation
Riley's sore throat is traced to his tonsils and he's ordered to have them removed. It's all his family and friends can do to get him to the hospital for his operation.
April 24, 1953, midnight
S1E18 - Riley the Executive Type
Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.
May 1, 1953, midnight
S1E19 - Riley Engages an Escort
Riley's efforts to secure a date for Babs to the Sadie Hawkins dance backfire.
May 8, 1953, midnight
S1E20 - Riley Cultivates Babs
When Babs' friends see her out with Riley, rumors fly that she's dating a rich older man.
May 15, 1953, midnight
S1E21 - Riley's Uncle Baxter
Peg's uncle captivates the Rileys with stories of his war heroism.
May 22, 1953, midnight
S1E22 - Riley Outwits Cupid
Riley tries dissuading Babs from going steady.
May 29, 1953, midnight
S1E23 - Riley Gets Engaged
At the laundromat Chester meets an attractive French miss upset over her visa expiration. The lady explains that if it appears that she's to be married she can stay. Riley becomes engaged to her but explaining to wife Peg is difficult.
June 5, 1953, midnight
S1E24 - Riley Punishes Junior
Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.
June 12, 1953, midnight
S1E25 - Riley Meets a Rival
Hoping to make Riley jealous, Peg invites an old flame for dinner.
June 19, 1953, midnight
S1E26 - Riley the Typical Worker
A trip to Hawaii is offered to the most average employee where Riley is employed. Deciding he has the prize in the the bag Chester acts in ways that jeopardize his chances of winning.
June 26, 1953, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1740 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1953
Last Air Date: May 23, 1958, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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