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The Danny Thomas Show Season 1

September. 29,1953

7.1

TV-G

| Comedy

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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The Danny Thomas Show

1953 / TV-G

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Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord

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The Danny Thomas Show Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 30 - Danny's Vacation

First Aired: April. 20,1954

Episode 29 - Pittsburgh

First Aired: April. 13,1954

Episode 28 - Julia's Birthday

First Aired: April. 06,1954

Episode 27 - Rusty's Pal

First Aired: March. 30,1954

Episode 26 - School Festival

First Aired: March. 23,1954

Episode 25 - Terry's Career

First Aired: March. 16,1954

Episode 24 - Night Club

First Aired: March. 09,1954

Episode 23 - The Matchmaker

First Aired: March. 02,1954

Episode 22 - Margaret's Birthday

First Aired: February. 23,1954

Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.

Episode 21 - Black Eyes

First Aired: February. 16,1954

Episode 20 - Burlesque

First Aired: February. 09,1954

Episode 19 - The Professor

First Aired: February. 02,1954

After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.

Episode 18 - Rusty Runs Away

First Aired: January. 26,1954

Episode 17 - True Blue Benny

First Aired: January. 19,1954

Episode 16 - Terry for President

First Aired: January. 12,1954

Episode 15 - Margaret's Jealousy

First Aired: January. 05,1954

Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

Episode 14 - Toledo

First Aired: December. 29,1953

Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.

Episode 13 - Christmas

First Aired: December. 22,1953

Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.

Episode 12 - Wonderland

First Aired: December. 15,1953

While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.

Episode 11 - Margaret's Job

First Aired: December. 08,1953

When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.

Episode 10 - Last Dollar

First Aired: December. 01,1953

Episode 9 - Thanksgiving Story

First Aired: November. 24,1953

Episode 8 - The Sea Captain

First Aired: November. 17,1953

Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.

Episode 7 - The Visiting Englishman

First Aired: November. 10,1953

Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.

Episode 6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

First Aired: November. 03,1953

Episode 5 - Anniversary

First Aired: October. 27,1953

When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.

Episode 4 - Mother-in-Law

First Aired: October. 20,1953

Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

Episode 3 - Second Honeymoon

First Aired: October. 13,1953

Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.

Episode 2 - Party Dress

First Aired: October. 06,1953

Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.