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Season 1

The Life Of Riley Season 1

January. 02,1953
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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.

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The Life Of Riley Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 26 - Riley the Typical Worker
First Aired: June. 26,1953

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.

Episode 25 - Riley Meets a Rival
First Aired: June. 19,1953

Hoping to make Riley jealous, Peg invites an old flame for dinner.

Episode 24 - Riley Punishes Junior
First Aired: June. 12,1953

Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.

Episode 23 - Riley Gets Engaged
First Aired: June. 05,1953

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.

Episode 22 - Riley Outwits Cupid
First Aired: May. 29,1953

Riley tries dissuading Babs from going steady.

Episode 21 - Riley's Uncle Baxter
First Aired: May. 22,1953

Peg's uncle captivates the Rileys with stories of his war heroism.

Episode 20 - Riley Cultivates Babs
First Aired: May. 15,1953

When Babs' friends see her out with Riley, rumors fly that she's dating a rich older man.

Episode 19 - Riley Engages an Escort
First Aired: May. 08,1953

Riley's efforts to secure a date for Babs to the Sadie Hawkins dance backfire.

Episode 18 - Riley the Executive Type
First Aired: May. 01,1953

Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.

Episode 17 - Riley's Operation
First Aired: April. 24,1953

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.

Episode 16 - Riley Steps Out
First Aired: April. 17,1953

Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.

Episode 15 - Riley Camps Out
First Aired: April. 10,1953

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.

Episode 14 - Riley's Business Venture
First Aired: April. 03,1953

Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.

Episode 13 - Riley's Family Reunion
First Aired: March. 27,1953

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.

Episode 12 - Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby
First Aired: March. 20,1953

Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.

Episode 11 - Riley's Lost Weekend
First Aired: March. 13,1953

The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.

Episode 10 - Riley Invades the Fight Game
First Aired: March. 06,1953

Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.

Episode 9 - Riley the Scoutmaster
First Aired: February. 27,1953

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.

Episode 8 - Riley and the Bean Contest
First Aired: February. 20,1953

Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.

Episode 7 - Riley's Sister Cissy
First Aired: February. 13,1953

Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.

Episode 6 - Riley Proves His Manhood
First Aired: February. 06,1953

Peg goes to work in a run-down café.

Episode 5 - Riley's Kiss in the Dark
First Aired: January. 30,1953

Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.

Episode 4 - The Cake Contest
First Aired: January. 23,1953

Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.

Episode 3 - Riley's New Suit
First Aired: January. 16,1953

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.

Episode 2 - Riley's Gift from the Boss
First Aired: January. 09,1953

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.

Episode 1 - Babs' School Election
First Aired: January. 02,1953

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.

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