Riley Wants To Build A House
Sep 24, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
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Sep 24, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
Yeah, yeah, this is Rhett.
No, no, we can't come all the way over to your house and try to find saving gasoline.
I'll tell you what you do.
You walk over here and visit with us a while, and then later I'll drive you home.
Goodbye now.
The Life of Riley.
A half hour with the old newest and friendliest family and starring William Bendix as Riley.
The Life of Riley.
Friends, we're happy to have with us tonight as we meet the Riley family and hope listening to their problems may help you to forget some of your own.
One problem that the Riley family have solved in common with millions of other American families is how to best serve in the national war effort.
Every week, the Rileys buy war bonds and they're going to keep on buying war bonds and more war bonds until Johnny comes marching home.
Well, the Riley's are on the move again.
Or rather, they will be as soon as they can find another place to live.
The apartment they've been renting in Los Angeles must be vacated by the end of the week.
And while breadwinning father has been hard at work in his defense job, mom has been out house hunting all day.
Unsuccessfully.
It's six o'clock and just about time for dinner.
Oh, Junior, I wish you wouldn't do your homework on the dining room table.
Did you have homework when you were a little girl? Of course.
But your teacher didn't put it on the way mine does.
Seems like all I ever did was homework.
Were you good at arithmetic? Oh, pretty good.
Then how much would it cost to ship a carload of soft coal 900 miles if the freight rate is 15 cents a cubic yard, 2% for cash? Uh, Junior, your hand's clean.
Your father will be home any minute
now.
Yeah, yeah, this is Rhett.
No, no, we can't come all the way over to your house and try to find saving gasoline.
I'll tell you what you do.
You walk over here and visit with us a while, and then later I'll drive you home.
Goodbye now.
The Life of Riley.
A half hour with the old newest and friendliest family and starring William Bendix as Riley.
The Life of Riley.
Friends, we're happy to have with us tonight as we meet the Riley family and hope listening to their problems may help you to forget some of your own.
One problem that the Riley family have solved in common with millions of other American families is how to best serve in the national war effort.
Every week, the Rileys buy war bonds and they're going to keep on buying war bonds and more war bonds until Johnny comes marching home.
Well, the Riley's are on the move again.
Or rather, they will be as soon as they can find another place to live.
The apartment they've been renting in Los Angeles must be vacated by the end of the week.
And while breadwinning father has been hard at work in his defense job, mom has been out house hunting all day.
Unsuccessfully.
It's six o'clock and just about time for dinner.
Oh, Junior, I wish you wouldn't do your homework on the dining room table.
Did you have homework when you were a little girl? Of course.
But your teacher didn't put it on the way mine does.
Seems like all I ever did was homework.
Were you good at arithmetic? Oh, pretty good.
Then how much would it cost to ship a carload of soft coal 900 miles if the freight rate is 15 cents a cubic yard, 2% for cash? Uh, Junior, your hand's clean.
Your father will be home any minute
now.
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