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Life of Riley -Jackie Gleason
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The
Life of Riley - Jackie Gleason (1949-50)
Episode Guide
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THE LIFE OF RILEY
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Irving Brecher production
for
NBC (Tuesdays 9:30pm ET)
Produced by Reuben Ship, Alan Lipscot
US Comedy series 1949-50 26 episodes x 30 min
(4Oct49-28Mar50)
Starring:
Jackie Gleason as Chester A. Riley
Rosemary DeCamp as Peg Riley
Lanny Rees as Junior
Gloria Winters as Babs
Sid Tomack as Jim Gillis
John Brown as Digby "Digger" O'Dell
Premise:
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!"
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
############# The Life of Riley ##############
############### season 1949-50 ###############
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NBC Tuesdays 9:30pm Eastern
(4Oct49-28Mar50) 26 episodes
Starring: Jackie Gleason
[--] The Life of Riley: TONSILS: 1949
[--] The Life of Riley: THE FRENCH PROFESSOR: 1949
############# The Life of Riley ##############
############### season 1950-51 ###############
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Note:
Some sources say only 26 episodes aired (ending Tuesday
28Mar50),
Copyright information indicates 39 episodes with copyright
dates/ broadcast dates in the following season (1950-51) - strange!
(Possibly RADIO
broadcasts) (to be verified)
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-1. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 16Oct50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-2. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 24Oct50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-3. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 30Oct50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-4. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 24Oct50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-5. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 30Oct50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Prog. F-6. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 20Nov50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-7. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 27Nov50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-8. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 4Dec50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-9. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 11Dec50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-10. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 19Dec50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-11. By Irving Brecher.
copyright date ODAT: 26Dec50;
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-12,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Dec. 22, 1950. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-13,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Dec. 29, 1950. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-14,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Jan. 5, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-15,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Jan. 12, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-16,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Jan. 19, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-17,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Jan. 26, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-18,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Feb. 2, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-19,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Feb. 9, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-20,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Feb. 16, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-21,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Feb. 23, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-22,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Mar. 2, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-23,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Mar. 9, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-24,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Mar. 16, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-25,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Mar. 23, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-26,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Mar. 30, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-27,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Apr. 6, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-28,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Apr. 13, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-29,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Apr. 20, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-30,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) Apr. 27, 1951. By Irving
Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-31,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) May 4, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-32,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) May 11, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-33,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) May 18, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-34,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) May 25, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-35,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) June 1, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-36,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) June 8, 1951. By Irving Brecher.
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-37,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) June 15, 1951. By Irving
Brecher
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-38,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) June 22, 1951. By Irving
Brecher
[--] The Life of Riley: Program F-39,
according to copyright notice broadcast (Friday) June 29, 1951. By Irving
Brecher
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"Papa's Delicate Condition" (1963 Movie) (Paramount)(98 min
color)
Starring Jackie Gleason & Glynis Johns
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