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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| 06.22.1946 | life of riley (118) morris buys the riley house | ||
| 06.15.1946 | life of riley (117) a new suit for father's day |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Babs and Junior want to buy Riley a new suit for Father's Day. + Well,... | |
| 06.08.1946 | life of riley (116) the bread shortage and the black market |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley finds himself in the black market bread business. + Chester A Ri... | |
| 06.01.1946 | life of riley (115) the riley family of actors | ||
| 05.25.1946 | life of riley (114) junior sells peanuts at the circus |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. At Riley's urging, Junior gets a job selling peanuts at the circus. | |
| 05.18.1946 | life of riley (113) playing hookey | ||
| 05.11.1946 | life of riley (112) junior forgets mother's day |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley suspects that Junior has forgotten Mother's Day. Chester A Rile... | |
| 05.04.1946 | life of riley (111) rileys take in the gillises after a fire |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. The Gillises move in with the Rileys after a fire in their house. Brot... | |
| 04.27.1946 | life of riley (110) gambling doesn't pay | ||
| 04.20.1946 | life of riley (109) the giant easter bunny |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley is sure that his new secret fertilizer is a roaring success when... | |
| 04.13.1946 | life of riley (108) riley thinks junior is a shoplifter | ||
| 04.06.1946 | life of riley (107) riley finds a silver fox fur coat |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley finds a fur coat on the bus and wins an argument with his consci... | |
| 03.23.1946 | life of riley (105) junior races egbert poison ivy | ||
| 03.16.1946 | life of riley (104) riley buys an insurance policy | ||
| 03.09.1946 | life of riley (103) babs music scholarship | ||
| 02.02.1946 | life of riley (098) junior's school play | ||
| 01.26.1946 | life of riley (097) riley's tonsillectomy |
+ Chester A. Riley had weathered many a storm in his turbulent life but one storm that really got hi... | |
| 12.15.1945 | life of riley (091) grandma's captain riley |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley is sure that his mother has a boyfriend while his father is away... | |
| 12.08.1945 | life of riley (090) riley takes job promotion exam |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley goes to night school to prepare for a promotion exam, and is acc... | |
| 12.01.1945 | life of riley (089) bpla lodge election phonograph record saves riley |
+ Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley tries to lose the election for the presidency of his lodge. He d... | |
| 11.24.1945 | life of riley (088) babs and simon married |
+ Sponsored by: Teel. Has Babs gotten married to Simon? Now, there's a "Revoltin'Devopment!" + Ches... | |
| 11.10.1945 | life of riley (086) junior's birthday party | ||
| 11.03.1945 | life of riley (085) rosewell visits | ||
| 10.27.1945 | life of riley (084) the football game | ||
| 10.20.1945 | life of riley (083) peg's old boyfriend, sidney, is house guest |
+ Sponsored by: Teel. Peg's old boyfriend Sidney becomes a guest of the Riley's. + Chester A. Riley... |
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