The Life Of Riley

The Life Of Riley

  • 1953
  • 6 Seasons
  • 219 Episodes
  •  6  (2)
  •   Returning Series

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.

The Life Of Riley
Seasons
Here Comes Constance
35. Here Comes Constance
May 23, 1958
Riley and Gillis balk at attending cultural events with their wives.
Help for Honeybee
34. Help for Honeybee
May 16, 1958
Dudley Comes to Town
32. Dudley Comes to Town
May 02, 1958
Calvin Dudley returns for a visit and ropes Riley and Gillis into a phony money-making scheme.
Annie's Radio Romance
31. Annie's Radio Romance
April 25, 1958
Annie loves to listen to her favorite radio program, "The Lonesome Guy", starring Charles Chambers. The program is offering a romantic evening out with the lonesome guy for some lucky love starved woman and Annie wins the contest. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "lonesome guy" is not as appealing as his silky voice would imply.
The Price of Fame
30. The Price of Fame
April 18, 1958
Riley becomes a hero when he captures a thief.
The Barracks Bag
29. The Barracks Bag
April 11, 1958
The Otis Yonder Story
28. The Otis Yonder Story
April 04, 1958
Teenage Troubles
27. Teenage Troubles
March 28, 1958
Riley schemes to prevent other boys from dating Junior's girlfriend.
Riley's Burst Bubble
26. Riley's Burst Bubble
March 21, 1958
Riley schemes to reunite Annie with her father.
A Test for Gillis
25. A Test for Gillis
March 14, 1958
After You're Gone
24. After You're Gone
March 07, 1958
Riley decides to be more generous to Peg.
Mrs. Aircraft Industries
23. Mrs. Aircraft Industries
February 28, 1958
Babs is entered in the Mrs. Aircraft Industries beauty contest.
The Oily Birds
22. The Oily Birds
February 21, 1958
Based on their duplex agreement, Riley owns the grounds plus the maintenance and Gillis is responsible for the roof. But Riley is getting tired of doing all the yard work so he starts a rumor that oil has been discovered on their property. When Gillis hears about the oil, he becomes anxious to share in some of the yard work.
Ten O'Clock Scholar
21. Ten O'Clock Scholar
February 14, 1958
Riley enrolls in night school to obtain his high-school diploma.
The Letter
20. The Letter
February 07, 1958
Chester and Gillis persuade a discontented pal to leave his job, and they lend their assistance as he writes a letter of resignation.
Bowling Beauties
19. Bowling Beauties
January 31, 1958
Cunningham Aircraft has hired an efficiency expert, Walter Bellflower, to improve the recreational program for the employees. Walter has assigned Riley and Gillis to coach the new ladies bowling team; four old, rough-looking gals. But there's been a mistake, so Walter reassigns the boys to another team of young good looking beauties.
Movie Struck
18. Movie Struck
January 24, 1958
Music Hath Charms
17. Music Hath Charms
January 10, 1958
Little Awful Annie
16. Little Awful Annie
January 03, 1958
The food bill soars when Annie falls for heavy-eating Moose.
A Guest from England
15. A Guest from England
December 20, 1957
Going Steady
14. Going Steady
December 13, 1957
Junior has college finals coming up and needs private time to study without any distractions so he decides not to date his girlfriend Bobby for the next two weeks. Bobby agrees and now it becomes Riley's job to keep the hungry dating wolves away from Junior and Bobby until Junior completes his assignments.
A Trip for Peg
13. A Trip for Peg
December 06, 1957
Peg is upset because Junior has moved out to the Fleming House on the college campus. To cheer her up, Riley insists she goes to the beauty parlor for the works then buy a new outfit. He intends to send her on vacation to Brooklyn to visit his brother and family. The only problem is, his brother's daughter, Annie from Brooklyn, shows up at their door on a mission to cheer Peg up.
Baby Chester's First Words
12. Baby Chester's First Words
November 29, 1957
Nobody Down Here Likes Me
11. Nobody Down Here Likes Me
November 22, 1957
Riley becomes a recluse when his friends refuse to go fishing with him.
Anchors Aweigh
9. Anchors Aweigh
November 08, 1957
Babs and the Latin
8. Babs and the Latin
November 01, 1957
Happy Birthday, Little Chester
7. Happy Birthday, Little Chester
October 25, 1957
Riley's party for baby Chester boomerangs.
The Gruesome Twosome
6. The Gruesome Twosome
October 18, 1957
Peg and Honeybee take golf lessons so they can join the husbands in their outdoor activities. Chester and Jim are against the notion so they come up with devious plan to derail their wives' plans.
Down for the Count
5. Down for the Count
October 11, 1957
Contest enthusiast Riley applies a scientific method to determine the number of beans in a jar.
Gillis' Childhood Friend
4. Gillis' Childhood Friend
October 04, 1957
An old buddy of Jim arrives on the scene and Gillis starts spending all his spare time with the friend. Chester feels lonely and angry but his efforts to intrude create awkward moments.
The New Den
3. The New Den
September 27, 1957
Peg decides to turn a spare room into a den creating chaos in the Riley household, most of it caused by Chester.
Riley's Ups and Downs
2. Riley's Ups and Downs
September 20, 1957
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    January 02, 1953
  • Rating
    6  (2)