The Life of Riley
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The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book.
The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in Hal Roach’s The McGuerins from Brooklyn. The Flotsam Family was reworked with Bendix cast as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation—”What a revoltin’ development this is!”—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s. It was later reused by Benjamin J. Grimm of the Fantastic Four. The radio series also benefited from the immense popularity of a supporting character, Digby “Digger” O’Dell, “the friendly undertaker”.
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The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book.
The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in Hal Roach's The McGuerins from Brooklyn. The Flotsam Family was reworked with Bendix cast as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation—"What a revoltin' development this is!"—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s. It was later reused by Benjamin J. Grimm of the Fantastic Four. The radio series also benefited from the immense popularity of a supporting character, Digby "Digger" O'Dell, "the friendly undertaker".
Original Name: The Life of Riley
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 26
Status: Ended
Type: Scripted
Network(s): NBC
First Air Date: October 4, 1949
Last Air Date: March 28, 1950
Episode Runtime: 30 mins
Primary Year: 1949
Genres: Comedy
IMDB Link: tt0041036
Production Companies: Filmtone Productions
Spoken Language(s): English
Origin Countries: United States of America
- Season 1 — 26 Episodes — Air Date: October 4, 1949
- Gloria Winters – Babs Riley
- Rosemary DeCamp – Peg Riley
- Jackie Gleason – Chester A. Riley
- Bob Jellison – Waldo Binny
- Lanny Rees – Junior Riley
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