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The Danny Thomas Show

1953 Ended 30m episodes

6.2/10 20 votes

Comedy

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

Created by:: Melville Shavelson
Cast:: Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: ABC, CBS

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Seasons

12 available

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 17 selected

E01

Episode 1

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Uncle Daddy

1953-09-29 · 30m

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E02

Episode 2

Party Dress

1953-10-06 · 30m

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.

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E03

Episode 3

Second Honeymoon

1953-10-13 · 30m

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.

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E04

Episode 4

Mother-in-Law

1953-10-20 · 30m

Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

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E05

Episode 5

Anniversary

1953-10-27 · 30m

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.

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E06

Episode 6

Margaret, Non-Pro

1953-11-03 · 30m

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E07

Episode 7

The Visiting Englishman

1953-11-10 · 30m

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.

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E08

Episode 8

The Sea Captain

1953-11-17 · 30m

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.

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E09

Episode 9

Thanksgiving Story

1953-11-24 · 30m

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E10

Episode 10

Last Dollar

1953-12-01 · 30m

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E11

Episode 11

Margaret's Job

1953-12-08 · 30m

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.

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E12

Episode 12

Wonderland

1953-12-15 · 30m

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.

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E13

Episode 13

Christmas

1953-12-22 · 30m

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.

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E14

Episode 14

Toledo

1953-12-29 · 30m

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.

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E15

Episode 15

Margaret's Jealousy

1954-01-05 · 30m

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

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E16

Episode 16

Terry for President

1954-01-12 · 30m

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E17

Episode 17

True Blue Benny

1954-01-19 · 30m

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E18

Episode 18

Rusty Runs Away

1954-01-26 · 30m

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E19

Episode 19

The Professor

1954-02-02 · 30m

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.

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E20

Episode 20

Burlesque

1954-02-09 · 30m

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E21

Episode 21

Black Eyes

1954-02-16 · 30m

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E22

Episode 22

Margaret's Birthday

1954-02-23 · 30m

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.

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E23

Episode 23