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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| 02.07.1948 | life of riley (187) father and son banquet |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. Riley plans to attend the "Father and Son Banquet" with ... | |
| 02.14.1948 | life of riley (188) riley sends peg a comic valentine | ||
| 02.21.1948 | life of riley (189) riley lies to peg about going to a wrestling match | ||
| 02.28.1948 | life of riley (190) babs' sweet sixteen birthday party |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Ivory Snow. It's Babs' sixteenth birthday, and she wants to have a "... | |
| 03.06.1948 | life of riley (191) the nuts and bolts club riley punches his foreman |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. Riley fantazises that he's punched Hawkins, his foreman. Peg and ... | |
| 03.13.1948 | life of riley (192) the monkey | ||
| 03.20.1948 | suggestion contest |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Lava Soap. The Riley kids have little respect for their father. Rile... | |
| 03.27.1948 | life of riley (194) the giant easter bunny fertilizer | ||
| 04.03.1948 | life of riley (195) riley, the crime buster juvenile delinquency curfew |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Lava Soap. Riley attends a meeting of the "Neighborhood Betterment L... | |
| 04.10.1948 | life of riley (196) peg studies french |
+ Sponsored by: Prell Shampoo, Lava Soap. When Peg joins Babs in taking French lessons, Riley takes... | |
| 04.17.1948 | life of riley (197) the care drive | ||
| 04.24.1948 | life of riley (198) spring fever |
+ In this unusual case of spring fever, it is apparent that insignificant factors, a mood, a normal ... | |
| 05.01.1948 | life of riley (199) junior's baseball uniform reform school |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava (flower bulb premium). When Junior wants a baseball uniform, Riley gets... | |
| 05.08.1948 | life of riley (200) riley's mother's day gift is explained |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. A Mother's Day flashback story. Riley goes job hunting with littl... | |
| 05.15.1948 | life of riley (201) riley, man of distinction |
+ Chester A. Riley is wearing his new suit as he is expecting a call from an advertising agency as B... | |
| 05.22.1948 | life of riley (202) monahan spends weekend with the rileys |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. Sidney Monahan, Peg's old flame from Brooklyn, comes for a visit.... | |
| 05.29.1948 | life of riley (203) cooperation picnic riley and gillis buy a car together |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. Riley and Gillis go halves on a car and go on a picnic. A fight r... | |
| 06.12.1948 | life of riley (205) babs' graduation |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. Babs is graduating from High School, but Riley refuses to go to t... | |
| 06.19.1948 | life of riley (206) father's day bathrobes |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. It's Father's Day, and Riley is hoping for a bathrobe from Junior... | |
| 06.26.1948 | life of riley (207) a vacation on the prison farm |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. The Riley's go to a farm for their vacation...a prison farm! + We... | |
| 08.27.1948 | life of riley (208) second job | ||
| 09.03.1948 | life of riley (209) riley meets clem kadiddlehopper |
+ Riley spoils Babs' romance by hiding in the closet, so he sets her up with a new boy...Clem Kadi... | |
| 09.10.1948 | life of riley (210) the household drudge |
+ Deep down in his heart of hearts Chester A. Riley loves marriage but once a week the male ego caus... | |
| 10.08.1948 | life of riley (214) how to pick a mate |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Ivory Snow. After reading a book titled "How To Pick A Mate," Riley decides ... | |
| 10.15.1948 | life of riley (215) the problem child |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Ivory Snow. Junior has been misbehaving. + Riley’s boss has asked Riley a ... |
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