The Danny Thomas Show
The Danny Thomas Show: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 29, 1953

Episodes

30 episodes

The Danny Thomas Show

Season 1

Episodes

1. Uncle Daddy

8.0
September 29, 1953
30 min

2. Party Dress

October 6, 1953
30 min

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. Second Honeymoon

October 13, 1953
30 min

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. Mother-in-Law

October 20, 1953
30 min

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. Anniversary

October 27, 1953
30 min

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. Margaret, Non-Pro

November 3, 1953
30 min

7. The Visiting Englishman

November 10, 1953
30 min

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. The Sea Captain

November 17, 1953
30 min

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. Thanksgiving Story

November 24, 1953
30 min

10. Last Dollar

December 1, 1953
30 min

11. Margaret's Job

December 8, 1953
30 min

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

December 15, 1953
30 min

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

December 22, 1953
30 min

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

December 29, 1953
30 min

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

January 5, 1954
30 min

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

16. Terry for President

January 12, 1954
30 min

17. True Blue Benny

January 19, 1954
30 min

18. Rusty Runs Away

January 26, 1954
30 min

19. The Professor

February 2, 1954
30 min

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

February 9, 1954
30 min

21. Black Eyes

February 16, 1954
30 min

22. Margaret's Birthday

February 23, 1954
30 min

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

March 2, 1954
30 min

24. Night Club

March 9, 1954
30 min

25. Terry's Career

March 16, 1954
30 min

26. School Festival

March 23, 1954
30 min

27. Rusty's Pal

March 30, 1954
30 min

28. Julia's Birthday

April 6, 1954
30 min

29. Pittsburgh

April 13, 1954
30 min

30. Danny's Vacation

April 20, 1954
30 min