The Life of Riley
Overview
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
S01E02 Babs and Simon Step Out
S01E03 Egbert's Chemistry Set
S01E04 The French Professor
S01E05 Nervous Breakdown
S01E06 Assistant Manager
S01E07 Riley's Birthday Gift
S01E08 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...
S01E09 Junior Falls for Teacher
S01E10 Night School
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
S01E11 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...
S01E12 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.
S01E13 The Boarder
S01E14 Peg's Birthday
S01E15 Junior Drops Out
S01E16 Riley's Firstborn
S01E17 Insurance
S01E18 The Gambler
S01E19 Acting Lessons
S01E20 Valentine's Day
S01E21 Home Sweet Home
S01E22 South American Job
S01E23 Riley's Quarrel
S01E24 Junior and the Bully
S01E25 The Banned Book
S01E26 Five Dollar Bill
Cast
Gloria Winters
Babs Riley
Rosemary DeCamp
Peg Riley
Jackie Gleason
Chester A. Riley
Bob Jellison
Waldo Binny
Lanny Rees
Junior Riley
