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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!

The Best Episodes of The Danny Thomas Show Season 1

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
  1. Background image for Uncle Daddy
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Uncle Daddy

    S1:E1

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Party Dress
    7.3/10(25 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Second Honeymoon
    7.1/10(20 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.

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  4. Background image for Mother-in-Law
    7.1/10(20 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.

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    6.8/10(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.

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    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

    S1:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Visiting Englishman
    7.2/10(20 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.

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  9. Background image for The Sea Captain
    7.0/10(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.

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  10. Background image for Thanksgiving Story
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Thanksgiving Story

    S1:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Last Dollar
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    #10 - Last Dollar

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Margaret's Job
    6.3/10(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.

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    6.8/10(19 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.

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  14. Background image for Christmas
    6.2/10(24 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.

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    5.8/10(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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Margaret's Jealousy
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Margaret's Jealousy

    S1:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Terry for President
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Terry for President

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for True Blue Benny
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    #17 - True Blue Benny

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Rusty Runs Away
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    #18 - Rusty Runs Away

    S1:E18

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Professor
    7.4/10(8 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Burlesque
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Burlesque

    S1:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Black Eyes
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Black Eyes

    S1:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Margaret's Birthday
    6.7/10(9 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Matchmaker
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #23 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E23

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Night Club
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Night Club

    S1:E24

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Terry's Career
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Terry's Career

    S1:E25

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    Director: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 7.8/10 based on 14 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".