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The Danny Thomas Show

6.21953TV-G11 seasonsEnglish

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

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Comedy
Starring

Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer

Created by

Melville Shavelson

Season 1

1.Uncle Daddy

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30 minSep 29, 1953

2.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.

30 minOct 6, 1953

3.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.

30 minOct 13, 1953

4.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.

30 minOct 20, 1953

5.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.

30 minOct 27, 1953

6.Margaret, Non-Pro

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30 minNov 3, 1953

7.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.

30 minNov 10, 1953

8.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.

30 minNov 17, 1953

9.Thanksgiving Story

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30 minNov 24, 1953

10.Last Dollar

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30 minDec 1, 1953

11.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.

30 minDec 8, 1953

12.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.

30 minDec 15, 1953

13.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.

30 minDec 22, 1953

14.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.

30 minDec 29, 1953

15.Margaret's Jealousy

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

30 minJan 5, 1954

16.Terry for President

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30 minJan 12, 1954

17.True Blue Benny

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30 minJan 19, 1954

18.Rusty Runs Away

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30 minJan 26, 1954

19.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.

30 minFeb 2, 1954

20.Burlesque

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30 minFeb 9, 1954

21.Black Eyes

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30 minFeb 16, 1954

22.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.

30 minFeb 23, 1954

23.The Matchmaker

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30 minMar 2, 1954

24.Night Club

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30 minMar 9, 1954

25.Terry's Career

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30 minMar 16, 1954

26.School Festival

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30 minMar 23, 1954

27.Rusty's Pal

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30 minMar 30, 1954

28.Julia's Birthday

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30 minApr 6, 1954

29.Pittsburgh

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30 minApr 13, 1954

30.Danny's Vacation

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30 minApr 20, 1954

The Danny Thomas Show

Comedy

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

Information

Released
Sep 29, 1953
Episode length
30m
Seasons
11
Episodes
342
Status
Ended

Language & origin

Original audio
English
Country
US
Rating
TV-G
Created by
Melville Shavelson

Networks

Network
ABC
Network
CBS

People in this story

Danny ThomasDanny Williams
Marjorie LordKathy Williams
Rusty HamerRusty Williams
Angela CartwrightLinda Williams

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