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Season 1

The Life of Riley Season 1

October. 04,1949

| 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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The Life of Riley Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 26 - Five Dollar Bill

First Aired: March. 28,1950

Episode 25 - The Banned Book

First Aired: March. 21,1950

Episode 24 - Junior and the Bully

First Aired: March. 14,1950

Episode 23 - Riley's Quarrel

First Aired: March. 07,1950

Episode 22 - South American Job

First Aired: February. 28,1950

Episode 21 - Home Sweet Home

First Aired: February. 21,1950

Episode 20 - Valentine's Day

First Aired: February. 14,1950

Episode 19 - Acting Lessons

First Aired: February. 07,1950

Episode 18 - The Gambler

First Aired: January. 31,1950

Episode 17 - Insurance

First Aired: January. 24,1950

Episode 16 - Riley's Firstborn

First Aired: January. 17,1950

Episode 15 - Junior Drops Out

First Aired: January. 10,1950

Episode 14 - Peg's Birthday

First Aired: January. 03,1950

Episode 13 - The Boarder

First Aired: December. 27,1949

Episode 12 - Junior's Birthday Party

First Aired: December. 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.

Episode 11 - Prom Dress

First Aired: December. 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.

Episode 10 - Night School

First Aired: December. 06,1949

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

Episode 9 - Junior Falls for Teacher

First Aired: November. 29,1949

Episode 8 - Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.

First Aired: November. 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.

Episode 7 - Riley's Birthday Gift

First Aired: November. 15,1949

Episode 6 - Assistant Manager

First Aired: November. 08,1949

Episode 5 - Nervous Breakdown

First Aired: November. 01,1949

Episode 4 - The French Professor

First Aired: October. 25,1949

Episode 3 - Egbert's Chemistry Set

First Aired: October. 18,1949

Episode 2 - Babs and Simon Step Out

First Aired: October. 11,1949