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The Danny Thomas Show

6.2·11 seasons·342 episodes·30 min avg.·United States of America

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

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Uncle Daddy
Uncle DaddyUp next
Sep 29, 1953·8.0
02
Party Dress
Party Dress
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.

03
Second Honeymoon
Second Honeymoon
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.

04
Mother-in-Law
Mother-in-Law
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.

05
Anniversary
Anniversary
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.

06
Margaret, Non-Pro
Margaret, Non-Pro
Nov 3, 1953
07
The Visiting Englishman
The Visiting Englishman
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.

08
The Sea Captain
The Sea Captain
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.

09
Thanksgiving Story
Thanksgiving Story
Nov 24, 1953
10
Last Dollar
Last Dollar
Dec 1, 1953
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Margaret's Job
Margaret's Job
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
Wonderland
Wonderland
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
Christmas
Christmas
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
Toledo
Toledo
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
Margaret's Jealousy
Margaret's Jealousy
Jan 5, 1954

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

16
Terry for President
Terry for President
Jan 12, 1954
17
True Blue Benny
True Blue Benny
Jan 19, 1954
18
Rusty Runs Away
Rusty Runs Away
Jan 26, 1954
19
The Professor
The Professor
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
Burlesque
Burlesque
Feb 9, 1954
21
Black Eyes
Black Eyes
Feb 16, 1954
22
Margaret's Birthday
Margaret's Birthday
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
The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker
Mar 2, 1954
24
Night Club
Night Club
Mar 9, 1954
25
Terry's Career
Terry's Career
Mar 16, 1954
26
School Festival
School Festival
Mar 23, 1954
27
Rusty's Pal
Rusty's Pal
Mar 30, 1954
28
Julia's Birthday
Julia's Birthday
Apr 6, 1954
29
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Apr 13, 1954
30
Danny's Vacation
Danny's Vacation
Apr 20, 1954

Cast

4 credited
Danny Thomas
Danny Williams
ML
Marjorie Lord
Kathy Williams
Rusty Hamer
Rusty Williams
Angela Cartwright
Linda Williams

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