30 episodes

The Danny Thomas Show - Season 1

First aired Sep 29, 1953Season 1

Browse all 30 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Uncle Daddy

8.0
Sep 29, 195330 min1 votes

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Episode 2

Party Dress

NR
Oct 6, 195330 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.

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Episode 3

Second Honeymoon

NR
Oct 13, 195330 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.

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Episode 4

Mother-in-Law

NR
Oct 20, 195330 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.

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Episode 5

Anniversary

NR
Oct 27, 195330 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.

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Episode 6

Margaret, Non-Pro

NR
Nov 3, 195330 min

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Episode 7

The Visiting Englishman

NR
Nov 10, 195330 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.

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Episode 8

The Sea Captain

NR
Nov 17, 195330 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.

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Episode 9

Thanksgiving Story

NR
Nov 24, 195330 min

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Episode 10

Last Dollar

NR
Dec 1, 195330 min

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Episode 11

Margaret's Job

NR
Dec 8, 195330 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.

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Episode 12

Wonderland

NR
Dec 15, 195330 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.

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Episode 13

Christmas

NR
Dec 22, 195330 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.

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Episode 14

Toledo

NR
Dec 29, 195330 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.

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Episode 15

Margaret's Jealousy

NR
Jan 5, 195430 min

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

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Episode 16

Terry for President

NR
Jan 12, 195430 min

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Episode 17

True Blue Benny

NR
Jan 19, 195430 min

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Episode 18

Rusty Runs Away

NR
Jan 26, 195430 min

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Episode 19

The Professor

NR
Feb 2, 195430 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.

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Episode 20

Burlesque

NR
Feb 9, 195430 min

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Episode 21

Black Eyes

NR
Feb 16, 195430 min

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Episode 22

Margaret's Birthday

NR
Feb 23, 195430 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.

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Episode 23

The Matchmaker

NR
Mar 2, 195430 min

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Episode 24

Night Club

NR
Mar 9, 195430 min

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Episode 25

Terry's Career

NR
Mar 16, 195430 min

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Episode 26

School Festival

NR
Mar 23, 195430 min

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Episode 27

Rusty's Pal

NR
Mar 30, 195430 min

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Episode 28

Julia's Birthday

NR
Apr 6, 195430 min

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Episode 29

Pittsburgh

NR
Apr 13, 195430 min

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Episode 30

Danny's Vacation

NR
Apr 20, 195430 min

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