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The Danny Thomas Show - Season 1

Episode List

Uncle Daddy
E1 - Uncle Daddy

Aired: September 29, 1953

Party Dress
E2 - Party Dress

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.

Second Honeymoon
E3 - Second Honeymoon

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.

Mother-in-Law
E4 - Mother-in-Law

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.

Anniversary
E5 - Anniversary

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.

Margaret, Non-Pro
E6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

Aired: November 03, 1953

The Visiting Englishman
E7 - The Visiting Englishman

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.

The Sea Captain
E8 - The Sea Captain

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.

Thanksgiving Story
E9 - Thanksgiving Story

Aired: November 24, 1953

Last Dollar
E10 - Last Dollar

Aired: December 01, 1953

Margaret's Job
E11 - Margaret's Job

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.

Wonderland
E12 - Wonderland

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.

Christmas
E13 - Christmas

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.

Toledo
E14 - Toledo

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.

Margaret's Jealousy
E15 - Margaret's Jealousy

Aired: January 05, 1954

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

Terry for President
E16 - Terry for President

Aired: January 12, 1954

True Blue Benny
E17 - True Blue Benny

Aired: January 19, 1954

Rusty Runs Away
E18 - Rusty Runs Away

Aired: January 26, 1954

The Professor
E19 - The Professor

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.

Burlesque
E20 - Burlesque

Aired: February 09, 1954

Black Eyes
E21 - Black Eyes

Aired: February 16, 1954

Margaret's Birthday
E22 - Margaret's Birthday

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.

The Matchmaker
E23 - The Matchmaker

Aired: March 02, 1954

Night Club
E24 - Night Club

Aired: March 09, 1954

Terry's Career
E25 - Terry's Career

Aired: March 16, 1954

School Festival
E26 - School Festival

Aired: March 23, 1954

Rusty's Pal
E27 - Rusty's Pal

Aired: March 30, 1954

Julia's Birthday
E28 - Julia's Birthday

Aired: April 06, 1954

Pittsburgh
E29 - Pittsburgh

Aired: April 13, 1954

Danny's Vacation
E30 - Danny's Vacation

Aired: April 20, 1954