Series · 1949 – 1950 · Comedy
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 into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
1 season · 26 episodes

Episode 01
Tonsils
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.

Episode 02
Babs and Simon Step Out
Riley's insistence that Babs has nothing to do with Simon comes between him and Babs. He forbids her to see him, then when she sneaks around behind his back, he chases Simon off. Both his wife and daughter are very upset with him.

Episode 03
Egbert's Chemistry Set
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Episode 04
The French Professor
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Episode 05
Nervous Breakdown
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Episode 06
Assistant Manager
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Episode 07
Riley's Birthday Gift
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Episode 08
Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
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.

Episode 09
Junior Falls for Teacher
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Episode 10
Night School
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.

Episode 11
Prom Dress
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.

Episode 12
Junior's Birthday Party
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.

Episode 13
The Boarder
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Episode 14
Peg's Birthday
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Episode 15
Junior Drops Out
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Episode 16
Riley's Firstborn
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Episode 17
Insurance
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Episode 18
The Gambler
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Episode 19
Acting Lessons
Babs and her boyfriend have foolishly spent their money on an acting school con. Riley and Gillis are determined to go to the phony school and demand the kids' money be returned, but they didn't expect the teacher to be a gorgeous blonde.

Episode 20
Valentine's Day
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Episode 21
Home Sweet Home
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Episode 22
South American Job
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Episode 23
Riley's Quarrel
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Episode 24
Junior and the Bully
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Episode 25
The Banned Book
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Episode 26
Five Dollar Bill
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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 into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
5 principal cast
The Life of Riley is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The comedy has 1 season and 26 total episodes, rated 8.0/10 by 3 viewers.
The Life of Riley has 1 season with 26 episodes in total.
The Life of Riley has ended and is no longer in production.
The Life of Riley airs on NBC.
The Life of Riley first aired on October 4, 1949.
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