The Danny Thomas Show - Season 1

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Uncle Daddy

1 - Uncle Daddy

Air Date: September 29, 1953

Party Dress

2 - Party Dress

Air Date: October 6, 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

3 - Second Honeymoon

Air Date: 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

4 - Mother-in-Law

Air Date: 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

5 - Anniversary

Air Date: 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

6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

Air Date: November 3, 1953

The Visiting Englishman

7 - The Visiting Englishman

Air Date: 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

8 - The Sea Captain

Air Date: 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

9 - Thanksgiving Story

Air Date: November 24, 1953

Last Dollar

10 - Last Dollar

Air Date: December 1, 1953

Margaret's Job

11 - Margaret's Job

Air Date: December 8, 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

12 - Wonderland

Air Date: 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

13 - Christmas

Air Date: 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

14 - Toledo

Air Date: 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

15 - Margaret's Jealousy

Air Date: January 5, 1954

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

Terry for President

16 - Terry for President

Air Date: January 12, 1954

True Blue Benny

17 - True Blue Benny

Air Date: January 19, 1954

Rusty Runs Away

18 - Rusty Runs Away

Air Date: January 26, 1954

The Professor

19 - The Professor

Air Date: February 2, 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

20 - Burlesque

Air Date: February 9, 1954

Black Eyes

21 - Black Eyes

Air Date: February 16, 1954

Margaret's Birthday

22 - Margaret's Birthday

Air Date: 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

23 - The Matchmaker

Air Date: March 2, 1954

Night Club

24 - Night Club

Air Date: March 9, 1954

Terry's Career

25 - Terry's Career

Air Date: March 16, 1954

School Festival

26 - School Festival

Air Date: March 23, 1954

Rusty's Pal

27 - Rusty's Pal

Air Date: March 30, 1954

Julia's Birthday

28 - Julia's Birthday

Air Date: April 6, 1954

Pittsburgh

29 - Pittsburgh

Air Date: April 13, 1954

Danny's Vacation

30 - Danny's Vacation

Air Date: April 20, 1954