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The Life of Riley(TV show/series, 1949-1950)

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

The Life of RileyRating: 3.8/5 (with 1 vote)
The Life of Riley is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, as well as two different television series, and a comic book. ()
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About 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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The Life of Riley Seasons and Episodes

10/04/1949Season 1 - 26 episodes
#1 | 10/04/1949Tonsils
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
#2 | 10/11/1949Babs and Simon Step Out
#3 | 10/18/1949Egbert's Chemistry Set
#4 | 10/25/1949The French Professor
#5 | 11/01/1949Nervous Breakdown
#6 | 11/08/1949Assistant Manager
#7 | 11/15/1949Riley's Birthday Gift
#8 | 11/22/1949Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
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.
#9 | 11/29/1949Junior Falls for Teacher
#10 | 12/06/1949Night School
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
#11 | 12/13/1949Prom Dress
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.
#12 | 12/20/1949Junior's Birthday Party
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.
#13 | 12/27/1949The Boarder
#14 | 01/03/1950Peg's Birthday
#15 | 01/10/1950Junior Drops Out
#16 | 01/17/1950Riley's Firstborn
#17 | 01/24/1950Insurance
#18 | 01/31/1950The Gambler
#19 | 02/07/1950Acting Lessons
#20 | 02/14/1950Valentine's Day
#21 | 02/21/1950Home Sweet Home
#22 | 02/28/1950South American Job
#23 | 03/07/1950Riley's Quarrel
#24 | 03/14/1950Junior and the Bully
#25 | 03/21/1950The Banned Book
#26 | 03/28/1950Five Dollar Bill

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/04/1949
Last episode released on: 03/28/1950
Keywords: sitcom
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:16883, Added: 05/15/2018, Last updated: 03/10/2024