The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley (1949)

7.5 (2 votes)
1 Season
October 4, 1949
English
Comedy

Synopsis

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!"

Network

NBC

Episodes

Tonsils
E1

Tonsils

Oct 4, 1949
30 min

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

Babs and Simon Step Out
E2

Babs and Simon Step Out

Oct 11, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Egbert's Chemistry Set
E3

Egbert's Chemistry Set

Oct 18, 1949
30 min

No description available.

The French Professor
E4

The French Professor

Oct 25, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Nervous Breakdown
E5

Nervous Breakdown

Nov 1, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Assistant Manager
E6

Assistant Manager

Nov 8, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Riley's Birthday Gift
E7

Riley's Birthday Gift

Nov 15, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
E8

Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.

Nov 22, 1949
30 min

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
E9

Junior Falls for Teacher

Nov 29, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Night School
E10

Night School

Dec 6, 1949
30 min

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

Prom Dress
E11

Prom Dress

Dec 13, 1949
30 min

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
E12

Junior's Birthday Party

Dec 20, 1949
30 min

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
E13

The Boarder

Dec 27, 1949
30 min

No description available.

Peg's Birthday
E14

Peg's Birthday

Jan 3, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Junior Drops Out
E15

Junior Drops Out

Jan 10, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Riley's Firstborn
E16

Riley's Firstborn

Jan 17, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Insurance
E17

Insurance

Jan 24, 1950
30 min

No description available.

The Gambler
E18

The Gambler

Jan 31, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Acting Lessons
E19

Acting Lessons

Feb 7, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Valentine's Day
E20

Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Home Sweet Home
E21

Home Sweet Home

Feb 21, 1950
30 min

No description available.

South American Job
E22

South American Job

Feb 28, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Riley's Quarrel
E23

Riley's Quarrel

Mar 7, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Junior and the Bully
E24

Junior and the Bully

Mar 14, 1950
30 min

No description available.

The Banned Book
E25

The Banned Book

Mar 21, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Five Dollar Bill
E26

Five Dollar Bill

Mar 28, 1950
30 min

No description available.

Cast

Details

Original Title

The Life of Riley

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

26

Production

Filmtone Productions