The Life of Riley - Babs and Simon Step Out (1949)
1949 · Episode · 22 min
Synopsis
Jackie Gleason stars in "The Life of Riley" episode "Babs and Simon Step Out" (season 1, episode 2), aired October 11, 1949.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Collection
- 1940s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Jackie Gleason
- The Life Of Riley
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Actually, my rating is 3.5/5, not 4/5 · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-05-02
Typical episode of the early television flop, "The Life of Riley", with a badly miscast Jackie Gleason. This short-lived series wasn't very funny, though it does have a quaint 1949 charm to it. The episode runs 22 minutes. Normally, a 30-minute show of this era runs 24-26 minutes without commercials. Is this an edited print? Not great, but hey, moderately interesting.
★★ · Babs and Simon Step Out (The life of Riley). · richgoup · 2012-05-09
Season 1, episode 2. Original air date: 11 October 1949. Cast: John Brown (Digby `Digger` O`Dell), Rosemary DeCamp (Peg Riley), Jackie Gleason (Chester A. Riley), Frank Jacquet (Franklin Ferrin- Justice of Peace), Jimmy Lydon (Simon Vanderhopper), Sid Tomack (Jim Gillis) and Gloria Winters (Barbara `Babs` Riley) Good interpretation for a very bad story. It is always bad at the end. From IMBD.