The Life of Riley
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!"
- 1948-1950
- 1 season
- KNBH
- Comedy
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!"
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 0
Five Dollar Bill (unaired pilot)
Sun, Sep 6, 2026
In his mistaken belief that Junior stole $5 to buy a new basketball for the championship game, Riley decides to punish him by forbidding him to play. This plot was recycled for the first season episode "Five Dollar Bill."
Awards
- 1950 - Primetime Emmy - Best Film Made for and Viewed on Television in 1949 - Winner
