The Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley

Gillis gets a telegram from out of the blue and is secretive about its contents. Riley speculates wildly that his friend came into money and gets mad at Jim for being so mysterious.

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Chester worries when Junior trades his car for a hot rod. Junior and friends just wanted a safe place to race but Chester ruins their plans to use an unused Cunningham runway. Chester assumes he's fired after he fixes his mess.

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Riley steps in when he suspects Junior is dating an older woman.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor plays a voluptuous maid who disrupts the Riley and Gillis homes.

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Riley and Gillis are gathering items for their annual camping vacation together. Except this year, at the last minute, Riley gets an invitation to use a luxury beach house and Gillis is invited to an all-expense paid stay at a Texas Dude Ranch. Now, each have to figure how to get out of their vacation commitment with the other.

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The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.

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Furious with one another after arguing, best friends Riley and Gillis compete to meet other people and make new friends.

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Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.

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Riley's sore throat is traced to his tonsils and he's ordered to have them removed. It's all his family and friends can do to get him to the hospital for his operation.

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Feeling that their families don't sufficiently appreciate them, Riley and Gillis decide to spend their vacation camping at a remote mountain cabin - and come to appreciate their lives back in the suburbs.

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Babs is running for President of her college's freshman class. Riley attempts to provide unwanted assistance to her election campaign meet with predictable disaster.

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Riley receives a letter from the president of the airplane plant in which he works, Cyrus P. Cunningham, announcing that the company will honor Riley's ten years of service with a luncheon in the boardroom the following day.

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Riley's family is selected to appear in a radio program that brings parents and a child together for a family reunion - and plants hidden microphones throughout the house to capture their unrehearsed reactions to the event.

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Riley needs a new suit. When his kids decide to surprise him with one, he begins thinking he's crazy because the only suit he has to use keeps disappearing.

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Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.

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Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.

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Peg goes to work in a run-down café.

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Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.

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Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.

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Riley sets up as Scoutmaster when Junior's regular scoutmaster must take a leave of absence for the troop. Also, Riley sets out to show his wife that a man can do all the household duties in half the time a woman can.

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Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.

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Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.

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Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.

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Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.

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