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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
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Season 1

  • Tonsils
    6.8/1018 votes
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    Tonsils

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1949

    Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.

    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Babs and Simon Step Out
    7.1/1014 votes
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    Babs and Simon Step Out

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1949

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Egbert's Chemistry Set
    6.4/1010 votes
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    Egbert's Chemistry Set

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1949

    No description available

    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • The French Professor
    5.9/1011 votes
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    The French Professor

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nervous Breakdown
    6.8/1010 votes
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    Nervous Breakdown

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Assistant Manager
    6.4/109 votes
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    Assistant Manager

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Riley's Birthday Gift
    6.6/1010 votes
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    Riley's Birthday Gift

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
    6.6/1011 votes
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    Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1949

    Riley 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 Simon's bank book was a fake as he was using it for his accounting class.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Junior Falls for Teacher
    7.2/1011 votes
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    Junior Falls for Teacher

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night School
    7.2/1010 votes
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    Night School

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1949

    Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Prom Dress
    7.6/1011 votes
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    Prom Dress

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1949

    Babs 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 the dress used to be hers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Junior's Birthday Party
    6.6/1010 votes
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    Junior's Birthday Party

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1949

    Riley 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boarder
    6.6/1012 votes
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    The Boarder

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1949

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Peg's Birthday
    6.4/1010 votes
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    Peg's Birthday

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Junior Drops Out
    6.5/1013 votes
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    Junior Drops Out

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Riley's Firstborn
    6.8/1011 votes
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    Riley's Firstborn

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Insurance
    7.3/1013 votes
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    Insurance

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1950

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gambler
    6.8/1012 votes
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    The Gambler

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1950

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Acting Lessons
    6.6/1010 votes
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    Acting Lessons

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Valentine's Day
    6.4/1011 votes
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    Valentine's Day

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: N/A

  • Home Sweet Home
    6.7/1014 votes
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    Home Sweet Home

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: Irving Brecher

  • South American Job
    6.7/1011 votes
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    South American Job

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: Irving Brecher

  • Riley's Quarrel
    5.9/109 votes
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    Riley's Quarrel

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1950

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    Director: Leslie Goodwins

    Writer: Irving Brecher

  • Junior and the Bully
    6.8/109 votes
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    Junior and the Bully

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1950

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    Director: Leslie Goodwins

    Writer: Irving Brecher

  • The Banned Book
    7.4/1010 votes
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    The Banned Book

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1950

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    Director: Herbert I. Leeds

    Writer: Irving Brecher

  • Five Dollar Bill
    6.6/1010 votes
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    Five Dollar Bill

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/28/1950

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A