About this season
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 (26)
1. Tonsils
Aired 4 October 1949 • 30 min
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
2. Babs and Simon Step Out
Aired 11 October 1949 • 30 min
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.
3. Egbert's Chemistry Set
Aired 18 October 1949 • 30 min
4. The French Professor
Aired 25 October 1949 • 30 min
5. Nervous Breakdown
Aired 1 November 1949 • 30 min
6. Assistant Manager
Aired 8 November 1949 • 30 min
7. Riley's Birthday Gift
Aired 15 November 1949 • 30 min
8. Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
Aired 22 November 1949 • 30 min
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.
9. Junior Falls for Teacher
Aired 29 November 1949 • 30 min
10. Night School
Aired 6 December 1949 • 30 min
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
11. Prom Dress
Aired 13 December 1949 • 30 min
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.
12. Junior's Birthday Party
Aired 20 December 1949 • 30 min
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.
13. The Boarder
Aired 27 December 1949 • 30 min
14. Peg's Birthday
Aired 3 January 1950 • 30 min
15. Junior Drops Out
Aired 10 January 1950 • 30 min
16. Riley's Firstborn
Aired 17 January 1950 • 30 min
17. Insurance
Aired 24 January 1950 • 30 min
18. The Gambler
Aired 31 January 1950 • 30 min
19. Acting Lessons
Aired 7 February 1950 • 30 min
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.
20. Valentine's Day
Aired 14 February 1950 • 30 min
21. Home Sweet Home
Aired 21 February 1950 • 30 min
22. South American Job
Aired 28 February 1950 • 30 min
23. Riley's Quarrel
Aired 7 March 1950 • 30 min
24. Junior and the Bully
Aired 14 March 1950 • 30 min
25. The Banned Book
Aired 21 March 1950 • 30 min
26. Five Dollar Bill
Aired 28 March 1950 • 30 min