The Danny Thomas Show

Season 1

30 episodes

  1. 1. Uncle Daddy

    30m · Sep 29, 1953

  2. 2. Party Dress

    30m · Oct 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.

  3. 3. Second Honeymoon

    30m · Oct 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.

  4. 4. Mother-in-Law

    30m · Oct 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.

  5. 5. Anniversary

    30m · Oct 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.

  6. 6. Margaret, Non-Pro

    30m · Nov 3, 1953

  7. 7. The Visiting Englishman

    30m · Nov 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.

  8. 8. The Sea Captain

    30m · Nov 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.

  9. 9. Thanksgiving Story

    30m · Nov 24, 1953

  10. 10. Last Dollar

    30m · Dec 1, 1953

  11. 11. Margaret's Job

    30m · Dec 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.

  12. 12. Wonderland

    30m · Dec 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.

  13. 13. Christmas

    30m · Dec 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.

  14. 14. Toledo

    30m · Dec 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.

  15. 15. Margaret's Jealousy

    30m · Jan 5, 1954

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

  16. 16. Terry for President

    30m · Jan 12, 1954

  17. 17. True Blue Benny

    30m · Jan 19, 1954

  18. 18. Rusty Runs Away

    30m · Jan 26, 1954

  19. 19. The Professor

    30m · Feb 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.

  20. 20. Burlesque

    30m · Feb 9, 1954

  21. 21. Black Eyes

    30m · Feb 16, 1954

  22. 22. Margaret's Birthday

    30m · Feb 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.

  23. 23. The Matchmaker

    30m · Mar 2, 1954

  24. 24. Night Club

    30m · Mar 9, 1954

  25. 25. Terry's Career

    30m · Mar 16, 1954

  26. 26. School Festival

    30m · Mar 23, 1954

  27. 27. Rusty's Pal

    30m · Mar 30, 1954

  28. 28. Julia's Birthday

    30m · Apr 6, 1954

  29. 29. Pittsburgh

    30m · Apr 13, 1954

  30. 30. Danny's Vacation

    30m · Apr 20, 1954