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The Life of Riley

1949 ★ 8.0 1 season 26 eps TV-MA
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!"

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Episodes 26 total across 1 season

26 episodes19490 watched
S1 · E1
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Tonsils✓
Oct 4, 1949
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
S1 · E2
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Babs and Simon Step Out✓
Oct 11, 1949
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.
S1 · E3
30m
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Egbert's Chemistry Set✓
Oct 18, 1949
S1 · E4
30m
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The French Professor✓
Oct 25, 1949
S1 · E5
30m
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Nervous Breakdown✓
Nov 1, 1949
S1 · E6
30m
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Assistant Manager✓
Nov 8, 1949
S1 · E7
30m
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Riley's Birthday Gift✓
Nov 15, 1949
S1 · E8
30m
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Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.✓
Nov 22, 1949
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.
S1 · E9
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Junior Falls for Teacher✓
Nov 29, 1949
S1 · E10
30m
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Night School✓
Dec 6, 1949
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
S1 · E11
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Prom Dress✓
Dec 13, 1949
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.
S1 · E12
30m
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Junior's Birthday Party✓
Dec 20, 1949
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.
S1 · E13
30m
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The Boarder✓
Dec 27, 1949
S1 · E14
30m
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Peg's Birthday✓
Jan 3, 1950
S1 · E15
30m
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Junior Drops Out✓
Jan 10, 1950
S1 · E16
30m
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Riley's Firstborn✓
Jan 17, 1950
S1 · E17
30m
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Insurance✓
Jan 24, 1950
S1 · E18
30m
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The Gambler✓
Jan 31, 1950
S1 · E19
30m
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Acting Lessons✓
Feb 7, 1950
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.
S1 · E20
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Valentine's Day✓
Feb 14, 1950
S1 · E21
30m
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Home Sweet Home✓
Feb 21, 1950
S1 · E22
30m
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South American Job✓
Feb 28, 1950
S1 · E23
30m
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Riley's Quarrel✓
Mar 7, 1950
S1 · E24
30m
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Junior and the Bully✓
Mar 14, 1950
S1 · E25
30m
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The Banned Book✓
Mar 21, 1950
S1 · E26
30m
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Five Dollar Bill✓
Mar 28, 1950

Frequently asked

How many seasons does The Life of Riley have?

The Life of Riley has 1 season with 26 episodes in total.

Is The Life of Riley still on the air?

The Life of Riley has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs The Life of Riley?

The Life of Riley airs on NBC.

When did The Life of Riley first air?

The Life of Riley first aired on October 4, 1949.

Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Chester A. Riley
Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp
Peg Riley
Lanny Rees
Lanny Rees
Junior Riley
Gloria Winters
Gloria Winters
Babs Riley
Bob Jellison
Waldo Binny

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