The Life of Riley
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Tonsils
04-10-194930mRiley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
- Ep 2
2.Babs and Simon Step Out
11-10-194930m - Ep 3
3.Egbert's Chemistry Set
18-10-194930m - Ep 4
4.The French Professor
25-10-194930m - Ep 5
5.Nervous Breakdown
01-11-194930m - Ep 6
6.Assistant Manager
08-11-194930m - Ep 7
7.Riley's Birthday Gift
15-11-194930m - Ep 8
8.Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
22-11-194930mRiley 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 Simo...
- Ep 9
9.Junior Falls for Teacher
29-11-194930m - Ep 10
10.Night School
06-12-194930mRiley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
- Ep 11
11.Prom Dress
13-12-194930mBabs 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...
- Ep 12
12.Junior's Birthday Party
20-12-194930mRiley 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.
- Ep 13
13.The Boarder
27-12-194930m - Ep 14
14.Peg's Birthday
03-01-195030m - Ep 15
15.Junior Drops Out
10-01-195030m - Ep 16
16.Riley's Firstborn
17-01-195030m - Ep 17
17.Insurance
24-01-195030m - Ep 18
18.The Gambler
31-01-195030m - Ep 19
19.Acting Lessons
07-02-195030m - Ep 20
20.Valentine's Day
14-02-195030m - Ep 21
21.Home Sweet Home
21-02-195030m - Ep 22
22.South American Job
28-02-195030m - Ep 23
23.Riley's Quarrel
07-03-195030m - Ep 24
24.Junior and the Bully
14-03-195030m - Ep 25
25.The Banned Book
21-03-195030m - Ep 26
26.Five Dollar Bill
28-03-195030m
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