The Danny Thomas Show
Overview
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
Episodes
S01E02 Party Dress
Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at...
S01E03 Second Honeymoon
Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what...
S01E04 Mother-in-Law
Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.
S01E05 Anniversary
When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.
S01E06 Margaret, Non-Pro
S01E07 The Visiting Englishman
Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.
S01E08 The Sea Captain
Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who...
S01E09 Thanksgiving Story
S01E10 Last Dollar
S01E11 Margaret's Job
When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab...
S01E12 Wonderland
While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.
S01E13 Christmas
Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.
S01E14 Toledo
Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.
S01E15 Margaret's Jealousy
Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.
S01E16 Terry for President
S01E17 True Blue Benny
S01E18 Rusty Runs Away
S01E19 The Professor
After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.
S01E20 Burlesque
S01E21 Black Eyes
S01E22 Margaret's Birthday
Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she...
S01E23 The Matchmaker
S01E24 Night Club
S01E25 Terry's Career
S01E26 School Festival
S01E27 Rusty's Pal
S01E28 Julia's Birthday
S01E29 Pittsburgh
S01E30 Danny's Vacation
Cast
Danny Thomas
Danny Williams
Marjorie Lord
Kathy Williams
Rusty Hamer
Rusty Williams
Angela Cartwright
Linda Williams
