The Life of Riley - 2 Episodes From 1949 Boxcars711 OTR Day 16

Published: Feb. 13, 2006, 7:03 a.m.

The Life of Riley - 2 Episodes From 1949\n\n
\nThe Life of Riley was an American situation comedy, co-developed by the non-performing Marx Brother, Gummo, that appeared on both radio and television in the 1940s and 1950s and helped introduce the so-called "nuclear family" to American broadcasting.The radio version, starring William Bendix, debuted on ABC in 1944; the following year it moved to NBC, where it ran until 1951. Later, the show was adapted for television, with two different versions having been produced.