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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E13: Riley's Family Reunion
Riley's family is selected to appear in a radio program that brings parents and a child together for a family reunion - and plants hidden microphones throughout the house to capture their unrehearsed reactions to the event.
Airdate: 1953-03-27
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/13
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E12: Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby
Junior's efforts to build a racer are hampered by unwanted advice.
Airdate: 1953-03-20
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/12
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E11: Riley's Lost Weekend
The Rileys swap houses with "Square Head" Malloy for three days.
Airdate: 1953-03-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/11
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E25: Night Shift
Airdate: 1955-03-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/25
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E22: The Auction
Airdate: 1955-02-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/22
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E6: Riley Proves His Manhood
Peg goes to work in a run-down café.
Airdate: 1953-02-06
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/6
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69 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S2E20: Riley Brightens the Corner
Chester, in a burst of generosity, donates his family's beds to a charity mission. His plan to replace the furniture falls through and Riley has trouble explaining what happened to Peg and the kids.
Airdate: 1954-02-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/2/episode/20
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E21: Family Activities Planned
Airdate: 1955-02-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/21
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E21: Family Activities Planned
Airdate: 1955-02-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/21
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E5: Riley's Kiss in the Dark
Riley tries determining the identity of a woman who kissed him in the dark.
Airdate: 1953-01-30
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/5
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E20: Light-fingered Babs
Chester and Peg notice Babs has many new things but no source of money to buy them. Riley suspects his daughter has been shoplifting the items and goes to unusual lengths to stop her criminal behavior.
Airdate: 1955-01-28
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/20
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E4: The Cake Contest
Riley replaces Peg's baking-contest entry with a store-bought cake.
Airdate: 1953-01-23
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/4
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70 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S1E3: Riley's New Suit
Riley needs a new suit. When his kids decide to surprise him with one, he begins thinking he's crazy because the only suit he has to use keeps disappearing.
Airdate: 1953-01-16
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/1/episode/3
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69 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S2E17: Riley's Love Letters
Airdate: 1954-01-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/2/episode/17
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#WilliamBendix (1906-1964) was #BornOnThisDay.
He was a familiar face in more than 50 films and an Oscar nominee for #WakeIsland (1942), but I know him best as the star of #TheLifeOfRiley!
Listen to the radio show (1944-51) on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfRiley
And watch the TV version (1953-58 on YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/mr2r2fnu
#1950s #nostalgia #1950stv #otr #classictv #oldtimeradio #thelifeofriley #wakeisland #bornonthisday #williambendix
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E18: Come Back, Little Junior
Riley is worried about money so he and Gillis ask their sons to contribute. Junior and Egbert runaway but an encounter with a hobo sends the boys back home. Promises are made by the worried dads, not knowing the kids are back.
Airdate: 1955-01-14
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/18
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68 years ago today:
The Life Of Riley
S3E18: Come Back, Little Junior
Riley is worried about money so he and Gillis ask their sons to contribute. Junior and Egbert runaway but an encounter with a hobo sends the boys back home. Promises are made by the worried dads, not knowing the kids are back.
Airdate: 1955-01-14
https://themoviedb.org/tv/22902/season/3/episode/18
#TheLifeOfRiley #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows
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Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1955 — #TheBobCummingsShow (aka #LoveThatBob) debuted on NBC.
Future #BradyBunch icon #AnnBDavis won 2 Emmys (and was nominated for 2 more). #DwayneHickman (#DobieGillis) and RosemaryDeCamp (#TheLifeOfRiley) co-starred.
The series was created by #PaulHenning, later the creator of #TheBeverlyHillbillies, #PetticoatJunction and #GreenAcres!
#ClassicTV #OnThisDay #1950s #1950sTV #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia
#nostalgia #1960stv #1960s #1950stv #1950s #onthisday #classictv #greenacres #petticoatjunction #thebeverlyhillbillies #paulhenning #thelifeofriley #dobiegillis #dwaynehickman #annbdavis #bradybunch #lovethatbob #thebobcummingsshow