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The Danny Thomas Show

Season 1

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Episodes

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Episode 130 min1953-09-29

Uncle Daddy

No episode overview available.

Episode 230 min1953-10-06

Party Dress

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.

Episode 330 min1953-10-13

Second Honeymoon

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 430 min1953-10-20

Mother-in-Law

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 530 min1953-10-27

Anniversary

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 630 min1953-11-03

Margaret, Non-Pro

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Episode 730 min1953-11-10

The Visiting Englishman

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 830 min1953-11-17

The Sea Captain

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 930 min1953-11-24

Thanksgiving Story

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Episode 1030 min1953-12-01

Last Dollar

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Episode 1130 min1953-12-08

Margaret's Job

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 1230 min1953-12-15

Wonderland

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 1330 min1953-12-22

Christmas

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 1430 min1953-12-29

Toledo

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 1530 min1954-01-05

Margaret's Jealousy

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

Episode 1630 min1954-01-12

Terry for President

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Episode 1730 min1954-01-19

True Blue Benny

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Episode 1830 min1954-01-26

Rusty Runs Away

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Episode 1930 min1954-02-02

The Professor

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 2030 min1954-02-09

Burlesque

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Episode 2130 min1954-02-16

Black Eyes

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Episode 2230 min1954-02-23

Margaret's Birthday

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 2330 min1954-03-02