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The Best Episodes of The Danny Thomas Show Season 1

Every episode of The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Danny Thomas Show Season 1!

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Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 1 - Uncle Daddy
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Uncle Daddy

    S1:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 2 - Party Dress
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Party Dress

    S1:E2

    Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 3 - Second Honeymoon
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Second Honeymoon

    S1:E3

    Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  4. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 4 - Mother-in-Law
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Mother-in-Law

    S1:E4

    Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  5. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 5 - Anniversary
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Anniversary

    S1:E5

    When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  6. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Margaret, Non-Pro
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 7 - The Visiting Englishman
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #7 - The Visiting Englishman

    S1:E7

    Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Bob Weiskopf

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  8. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 8 - The Sea Captain
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #8 - The Sea Captain

    S1:E8

    Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  9. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 9 - Thanksgiving Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Thanksgiving Story

    S1:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 10 - Last Dollar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Last Dollar

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 11 - Margaret's Job
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Margaret's Job

    S1:E11

    When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  12. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 12 - Wonderland
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Wonderland

    S1:E12

    While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  13. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 13 - Christmas
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    #13 - Christmas

    S1:E13

    Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writers:Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott

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  14. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 14 - Toledo
    5.9/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Toledo

    S1:E14

    Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 15 - Margaret's Jealousy
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Margaret's Jealousy

    S1:E15

    Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 16 - Terry for President
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Terry for President

    S1:E16

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 17 - True Blue Benny
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - True Blue Benny

    S1:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 18 - Rusty Runs Away
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Rusty Runs Away

    S1:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 19 - The Professor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Professor

    S1:E19

    After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 20 - Burlesque
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Burlesque

    S1:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 21 - Black Eyes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Black Eyes

    S1:E21

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 22 - Margaret's Birthday
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Margaret's Birthday

    S1:E22

    Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 23 - The Matchmaker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E23

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 24 - Night Club
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Night Club

    S1:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 25 - Terry's Career
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Terry's Career

    S1:E25

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Uncle Daddy" is the best rated episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1953. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Party Dress".