The Danny Thomas Show

1. Uncle Daddy

29 Sep 1953 · 30m

2. Party Dress

6 Oct 1953 · 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.

3. Second Honeymoon

13 Oct 1953 · 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.

4. Mother-in-Law

20 Oct 1953 · 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.

5. Anniversary

27 Oct 1953 · 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.

6. Margaret, Non-Pro

3 Nov 1953 · 30m

7. The Visiting Englishman

10 Nov 1953 · 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.

8. The Sea Captain

17 Nov 1953 · 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.

9. Thanksgiving Story

24 Nov 1953 · 30m

10. Last Dollar

1 Dec 1953 · 30m

11. Margaret's Job

8 Dec 1953 · 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.

12. Wonderland

15 Dec 1953 · 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.

13. Christmas

22 Dec 1953 · 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.

14. Toledo

29 Dec 1953 · 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.

15. Margaret's Jealousy

5 Jan 1954 · 30m

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

16. Terry for President

12 Jan 1954 · 30m

17. True Blue Benny

19 Jan 1954 · 30m

18. Rusty Runs Away

26 Jan 1954 · 30m

19. The Professor

2 Feb 1954 · 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.

20. Burlesque

9 Feb 1954 · 30m

21. Black Eyes

16 Feb 1954 · 30m

22. Margaret's Birthday

23 Feb 1954 · 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.

23. The Matchmaker

2 Mar 1954 · 30m

24. Night Club

9 Mar 1954 · 30m

25. Terry's Career

16 Mar 1954 · 30m

26. School Festival

23 Mar 1954 · 30m

27. Rusty's Pal

30 Mar 1954 · 30m

28. Julia's Birthday

6 Apr 1954 · 30m

29. Pittsburgh

13 Apr 1954 · 30m

30. Danny's Vacation

20 Apr 1954 · 30m