6.3/1037 votes#1 - Babs' School Election
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1953
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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- 6.4/1017 votes
#2 - Riley's Gift from the Boss
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1953
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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- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Riley's New Suit
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1953
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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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - The Cake Contest
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1953
Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Riley's Kiss in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1953
Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Riley Proves His Manhood
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1953
Peg goes to work in a run-down café.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Riley's Sister Cissy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1953
Riley makes a last-ditch attempt to marry off his sister Cissy.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Riley and the Bean Contest
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1953
Riley goes all out to win a car in a bean-counting contest.
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Riley the Scoutmaster
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1953
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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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Riley Invades the Fight Game
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/1953
Riley is pitted against boxer Lou Nova at a charity bazaar.
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Riley's Lost Weekend
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/1953
The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/1953
Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Riley's Family Reunion
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/1953
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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- 7.1/1014 votes
#14 - Riley's Business Venture
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/3/1953
Riley tries supplementing his wages by buying a hamburger stand.
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- 6.6/109 votes
#15 - Riley Camps Out
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/1953
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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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Riley Steps Out
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/1953
Riley picks up two banquet tickets discarded by his boss.
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- 7.1/1023 votes
#17 - Riley's Operation
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/1953
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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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Riley the Executive Type
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/1953
Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.
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- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Riley Engages an Escort
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1953
Riley's efforts to secure a date for Babs to the Sadie Hawkins dance backfire.
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- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Riley Cultivates Babs
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/1953
When Babs' friends see her out with Riley, rumors fly that she's dating a rich older man.
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Riley's Uncle Baxter
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1953
Peg's uncle captivates the Rileys with stories of his war heroism.
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Riley Outwits Cupid
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/29/1953
Riley tries dissuading Babs from going steady.
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Riley Gets Engaged
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/5/1953
At the laundromat Chester meets an attractive French miss upset over her visa expiration. The lady explains that if it appears that she's to be married she can stay. Riley becomes engaged to her but explaining to wife Peg is difficult.
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Riley Punishes Junior
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/12/1953
Riley is named Father of the Month by his lodge.
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- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Riley Meets a Rival
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/19/1953
Hoping to make Riley jealous, Peg invites an old flame for dinner.
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The Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley Season 1
Every episode of The Life Of Riley Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley Season 1!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Babs' School Election" is the best rated episode of "The Life Of Riley" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/2/1953. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Riley's Gift from the Boss".