Queye TV The Life of Riley
Comedy
The Life of Riley
1949
0:30
1 Seasons 26 Episodes
★ 8
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!"

Episodes

Tonsils
Episode 1

Tonsils

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

30m
Babs and Simon Step Out
Episode 2

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.

30m
Egbert's Chemistry Set
Episode 3

Egbert's Chemistry Set

30m
The French Professor
Episode 4

The French Professor

30m
Nervous Breakdown
Episode 5

Nervous Breakdown

30m
Assistant Manager
Episode 6

Assistant Manager

30m
Riley's Birthday Gift
Episode 7

Riley's Birthday Gift

30m
Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
Episode 8

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.

30m
Junior Falls for Teacher
Episode 9

Junior Falls for Teacher

30m
Night School
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.

30m
Prom Dress
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.

30m
Junior's Birthday Party
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.

30m
The Boarder
Episode 13

The Boarder

30m
Peg's Birthday
Episode 14

Peg's Birthday

30m
Junior Drops Out
Episode 15

Junior Drops Out

30m
Riley's Firstborn
Episode 16

Riley's Firstborn

30m
Insurance
Episode 17

Insurance

30m
The Gambler
Episode 18

The Gambler

30m
Acting Lessons
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.

30m
Valentine's Day
Episode 20

Valentine's Day

30m
Home Sweet Home
Episode 21

Home Sweet Home

30m
South American Job
Episode 22

South American Job

30m
Riley's Quarrel
Episode 23

Riley's Quarrel

30m
Junior and the Bully
Episode 24

Junior and the Bully

30m
The Banned Book
Episode 25

The Banned Book

30m
Five Dollar Bill
Episode 26

Five Dollar Bill

30m

Cast

Jackie Gleason

Chester A. Riley

Rosemary DeCamp

Peg Riley

Lanny Rees

Junior Riley

Gloria Winters

Babs Riley

Bob Jellison

Waldo Binny

Crew

Irving Brecher

Producer

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