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!"
Tonsils
Oct 4, 1949
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
Babs and Simon Step Out
Oct 11, 1949
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.
Egbert's Chemistry Set
Oct 18, 1949
No description available.
The French Professor
Oct 25, 1949
No description available.
Nervous Breakdown
Nov 1, 1949
No description available.
Assistant Manager
Nov 8, 1949
No description available.
Riley's Birthday Gift
Nov 15, 1949
No description available.
Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
Nov 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.
Junior Falls for Teacher
Nov 29, 1949
No description available.
Night School
Dec 6, 1949
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
Prom Dress
Dec 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.
Junior's Birthday Party
Dec 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.
The Boarder
Dec 27, 1949
No description available.
Peg's Birthday
Jan 3, 1950
No description available.
Junior Drops Out
Jan 10, 1950
No description available.
Riley's Firstborn
Jan 17, 1950
No description available.
Insurance
Jan 24, 1950
No description available.
The Gambler
Jan 31, 1950
No description available.
Acting Lessons
Feb 7, 1950
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.
Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 1950
No description available.
Home Sweet Home
Feb 21, 1950
No description available.
South American Job
Feb 28, 1950
No description available.
Riley's Quarrel
Mar 7, 1950
No description available.
Junior and the Bully
Mar 14, 1950
No description available.
The Banned Book
Mar 21, 1950
No description available.
Five Dollar Bill
Mar 28, 1950
No description available.
