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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| 06.19.1948 | 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... | |
| 06.12.1948 | life of riley (205) babs' graduation |
+ Sponsored by: Prell, Lava Soap. Babs is graduating from High School, but Riley refuses to go to t... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 05.15.1948 | 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... | |
| 05.08.1948 | 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... | |
| 05.01.1948 | 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... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 04.17.1948 | life of riley (197) the care drive | ||
| 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... | |
| 04.03.1948 | 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... | |
| 03.27.1948 | life of riley (194) the giant easter bunny fertilizer | ||
| 03.13.1948 | life of riley (192) the monkey | ||
| 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 ... | |
| 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 "... | |
| 02.21.1948 | life of riley (189) riley lies to peg about going to a wrestling match | ||
| 02.14.1948 | life of riley (188) riley sends peg a comic valentine | ||
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. + ... | |
| 01.17.1948 | life of riley (184) the telephone is rationed walking man contest | ||
| 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... | |
| 01.03.1948 | 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... |
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