The Life of Riley was a 30-minute family sitcom that started airing on CBS radio on April 12, 1941. It starred William Bendix as the lead character Chester A. Riley, a simple aircraft plant worker with a very complicated life. "What a revoltin' development this is!" was Riley's famous line in the show, which he usually utter after getting into one mess after another.
Due to its popularity, the show lasted for a decade, with the last episode aired on June 29, 1951. A total of 320 episodes were produced during its entire run. It also has a movie and TV adaptation in the 1950s. The movie adaption was a flop in terms of ratings, although it ironically received the very first Emmy Award. The TV adaptation (with also starred Bendix), on the other hand, was a success, producing more than 200 episodes in its six season run.
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Please enjoy these 243 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 06.21.1947 | life of riley (162) babs almost gets a job in san francisco | ||
| 06.28.1947 | life of riley (163) riley and gillis spend a week at the lake |
+ Sponsored by: Dreft, Prell. Riley and Gillis go on vacation in the woods without their wives, and... | |
| 07.05.1947 | life of riley (164) riley thinks peg is leaving him | ||
| 09.06.1947 | life of riley (165) riley enrolls at pip instead of ucla |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Riley enrolls at a phoney engineering school: "P. I. T."... | |
| 09.13.1947 | life of riley (166) babs has two dates |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Riley sticks his nose into Babs' social life. Will she b... | |
| 09.20.1947 | life of riley (167) junior wants to run away from home |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Junior runs away from home, which leads to many complica... | |
| 09.27.1947 | life of riley (168) venus with a radio in her stomach, art object for the piano | ||
| 10.04.1947 | life of riley (169) riley gets a promotion old age sets in | ||
| 10.11.1947 | life of riley (170) riley the cop |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. A flashback story: Riley the cop. + Tonight Mr. and Mr... | |
| 10.18.1947 | life of riley (171) the community chest drive |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Ivory Snow. Riley is collecting for the Community Chest...sort of. Riley als... | |
| 10.25.1947 | life of riley (172) the ragamuffin ball |
+ Like millions of other families, the Chester A Riley's are worrying about the cost of living. Righ... | |
| 11.01.1947 | life of riley (173) the football pool card |
+ , AFRS rebroadcast. Junior picks a pretty good football pool, which gets Riley a promotion. The d... | |
| 11.08.1947 | life of riley (174) junior and babs put on anniversary party | ||
| 11.15.1947 | life of riley (175) riley in school play | ||
| 11.22.1947 | life of riley (176) win a buick contest guess the number of beans in the bowl |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Are the Riley's ever going to get a car? There's a conte... | |
| 11.29.1947 | life of riley (177) thanksgiving with the gillises | ||
| 12.06.1947 | life of riley (178) the greatest man i know | ||
| 12.13.1947 | life of riley (179) babs is blackballed at the soroity | ||
| 12.20.1947 | life of riley (180) first christmas in store window |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Ivory Snow. A flashback story as the Rileys remember their first Christmas t... | |
| 12.27.1947 | life of riley (181) family christmas present tv or piano |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Riley decides a get a present for the family. Will it be... | |
| 01.03.1948 | life of riley (182) riley gets junior two dates for a dance |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Junior needs a date for the dance, so Riley gets him one... | |
| 01.10.1948 | life of riley (183) women's equal rights wedding ring |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Riley doesn't think women are the equal of men. Oh, yeah... | |
| 01.17.1948 | life of riley (184) the telephone is rationed walking man contest | ||
| 01.24.1948 | life of riley (185) babs quits school |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Babs has decided to quit school and has gotten a job. + ... | |
| 01.31.1948 | life of riley (186) uncle baxter returns scholarship |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. The return of Uncle Baxter, once again. Will Babs get a ... |
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