The Danny Thomas Show

1Uncle Daddy

30 minSep 29, 1953

2Party Dress

30 minOct 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.

3Second Honeymoon

30 minOct 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.

4Mother-in-Law

30 minOct 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.

5Anniversary

30 minOct 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.

6Margaret, Non-Pro

30 minNov 3, 1953

7The Visiting Englishman

30 minNov 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.

8The Sea Captain

30 minNov 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.

9Thanksgiving Story

30 minNov 24, 1953

10Last Dollar

30 minDec 1, 1953

11Margaret's Job

30 minDec 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.

12Wonderland

30 minDec 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.

13Christmas

30 minDec 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.

14Toledo

30 minDec 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.

15Margaret's Jealousy

30 minJan 5, 1954

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

16Terry for President

30 minJan 12, 1954

17True Blue Benny

30 minJan 19, 1954

18Rusty Runs Away

30 minJan 26, 1954

19The Professor

30 minFeb 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.

20Burlesque

30 minFeb 9, 1954

21Black Eyes

30 minFeb 16, 1954

22Margaret's Birthday

30 minFeb 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.

23The Matchmaker

30 minMar 2, 1954

24Night Club

30 minMar 9, 1954

25Terry's Career

30 minMar 16, 1954

26School Festival

30 minMar 23, 1954

27Rusty's Pal

30 minMar 30, 1954

28Julia's Birthday

30 minApr 6, 1954

29Pittsburgh

30 minApr 13, 1954

30Danny's Vacation

30 minApr 20, 1954