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
04-10-194930 minRiley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
- Ep 2
2.Babs and Simon Step Out
11-10-194930 minRiley's insistence that Babs has nothing to do with Simon comes between him and Babs. He forbids her to see him, then when she sneaks around behind his back, he chases Simon off. B...
- Ep 3
3.Egbert's Chemistry Set
18-10-194930 min - Ep 4
4.The French Professor
25-10-194930 min - Ep 5
5.Nervous Breakdown
01-11-194930 min - Ep 6
6.Assistant Manager
08-11-194930 min - Ep 7
7.Riley's Birthday Gift
15-11-194930 min - Ep 8
8.Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
22-11-194930 minRiley 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
29-11-194930 min - Ep 10
10.Night School
06-12-194930 minRiley 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
13-12-194930 minBabs 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
20-12-194930 minRiley 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
27-12-194930 min - Ep 14
14.Peg's Birthday
03-01-195030 min - Ep 15
15.Junior Drops Out
10-01-195030 min - Ep 16
16.Riley's Firstborn
17-01-195030 min - Ep 17
17.Insurance
24-01-195030 min - Ep 18
18.The Gambler
31-01-195030 min - Ep 19
19.Acting Lessons
07-02-195030 minBabs and her boyfriend have foolishly spent their money on an acting school con. Riley and Gillis are determined to go to the phony school and demand the kids' money be returned, b...
- Ep 20
20.Valentine's Day
14-02-195030 min - Ep 21
21.Home Sweet Home
21-02-195030 min - Ep 22
22.South American Job
28-02-195030 min - Ep 23
23.Riley's Quarrel
07-03-195030 min - Ep 24
24.Junior and the Bully
14-03-195030 min - Ep 25
25.The Banned Book
21-03-195030 min - Ep 26
26.Five Dollar Bill
28-03-195030 min
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