The Life Of Riley — Season 6
'What a revoltin' development this is!"
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.
Episodes (35)
1. Gossip
Aired 13 September 1957 • 30 min
2. Riley's Ups and Downs
Aired 20 September 1957 • 30 min
3. The New Den
Aired 27 September 1957 • 30 min
Peg decides to turn a spare room into a den creating chaos in the Riley household, most of it caused by Chester.
4. Gillis' Childhood Friend
Aired 4 October 1957 • 30 min
An old buddy of Jim arrives on the scene and Gillis starts spending all his spare time with the friend. Chester feels lonely and angry but his efforts to intrude create awkward moments.
5. Down for the Count
Aired 11 October 1957 • 30 min
Contest enthusiast Riley applies a scientific method to determine the number of beans in a jar.
6. The Gruesome Twosome
Aired 18 October 1957 • 30 min
Peg and Honeybee take golf lessons so they can join the husbands in their outdoor activities. Chester and Jim are against the notion so they come up with devious plan to derail their wives' plans.
7. Happy Birthday, Little Chester
Aired 25 October 1957 • 30 min
Riley's party for baby Chester boomerangs.
8. Babs and the Latin
Aired 1 November 1957 • 30 min
9. Anchors Aweigh
Aired 8 November 1957 • 30 min
10. Framed
Aired 15 November 1957 • 30 min
11. Nobody Down Here Likes Me
Aired 22 November 1957 • 30 min
Riley becomes a recluse when his friends refuse to go fishing with him.
12. Baby Chester's First Words
Aired 29 November 1957 • 30 min
13. A Trip for Peg
Aired 6 December 1957 • 30 min
Peg is upset because Junior has moved out to the Fleming House on the college campus. To cheer her up, Riley insists she goes to the beauty parlor for the works then buy a new outfit. He intends to send her on vacation to Brooklyn to visit his brother and family. The only problem is, his brother's daughter, Annie from Brooklyn, shows up at their door on a mission to cheer Peg up.
14. Going Steady
Aired 13 December 1957 • 30 min
Junior has college finals coming up and needs private time to study without any distractions so he decides not to date his girlfriend Bobby for the next two weeks. Bobby agrees and now it becomes Riley's job to keep the hungry dating wolves away from Junior and Bobby until Junior completes his assignments.
15. A Guest from England
Aired 20 December 1957 • 30 min
16. Little Awful Annie
Aired 3 January 1958 • 30 min
The food bill soars when Annie falls for heavy-eating Moose.
17. Music Hath Charms
Aired 10 January 1958 • 30 min
18. Movie Struck
Aired 24 January 1958 • 30 min
19. Bowling Beauties
Aired 31 January 1958 • 30 min
Cunningham Aircraft has hired an efficiency expert, Walter Bellflower, to improve the recreational program for the employees. Walter has assigned Riley and Gillis to coach the new ladies bowling team; four old, rough-looking gals. But there's been a mistake, so Walter reassigns the boys to another team of young good looking beauties.
20. The Letter
Aired 7 February 1958
Chester and Gillis persuade a discontented pal to leave his job, and they lend their assistance as he writes a letter of resignation.
21. Ten O'Clock Scholar
Aired 14 February 1958
Riley enrolls in night school to obtain his high-school diploma.
22. The Oily Birds
Aired 21 February 1958
Based on their duplex agreement, Riley owns the grounds plus the maintenance and Gillis is responsible for the roof. But Riley is getting tired of doing all the yard work so he starts a rumor that oil has been discovered on their property. When Gillis hears about the oil, he becomes anxious to share in some of the yard work.
23. Mrs. Aircraft Industries
Aired 28 February 1958
Babs is entered in the Mrs. Aircraft Industries beauty contest.
24. After You're Gone
Aired 7 March 1958
Riley decides to be more generous to Peg.
25. A Test for Gillis
Aired 14 March 1958
26. Riley's Burst Bubble
Aired 21 March 1958
Riley schemes to reunite Annie with her father.
27. Teenage Troubles
Aired 28 March 1958
Riley schemes to prevent other boys from dating Junior's girlfriend.
28. The Otis Yonder Story
Aired 4 April 1958
29. The Barracks Bag
Aired 11 April 1958
30. The Price of Fame
Aired 18 April 1958
Riley becomes a hero when he captures a thief.
31. Annie's Radio Romance
Aired 25 April 1958
Annie loves to listen to her favorite radio program, "The Lonesome Guy", starring Charles Chambers. The program is offering a romantic evening out with the lonesome guy for some lucky love starved woman and Annie wins the contest. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "lonesome guy" is not as appealing as his silky voice would imply.
32. Dudley Comes to Town
Aired 2 May 1958
Calvin Dudley returns for a visit and ropes Riley and Gillis into a phony money-making scheme.
33. Live Modern
Aired 9 May 1958
34. Help for Honeybee
Aired 16 May 1958
35. Here Comes Constance
Aired 23 May 1958
Riley and Gillis balk at attending cultural events with their wives.