Riley Coaches Junior's Basketball Team

The Life of Riley! The Life of Riley with William Bendix as Riley! Kester A. Riley is a man who gets kicked around considerably by an unkind world. But he can afford to shrug off these rebuffs with a smile, for he knows that no matter how he may appear to others, at home there is one to whom Riley is the greatest hero in the world.

His 13-year-old son, Junior. Now this may surprise you, but after all, how much does a 13-year-old boy know? The other day, however, Junior began to show signs of wising up. I'm Junior. Hi, Mom. I'm hanging up this picture of Hank Luzetti.

Well, why is he in his underwear? Well, that's his uniform. I mean, you don't know who Hank Luzetti is. Why, he's just the greatest basketball player in the world, that's all. He's terrific. Oh, is he a shortstop like Johnny Lujan?

Jack? Mom, he plays basketball and John Loojack plays football and short stops play baseball. Oh, well, it ran along here. I got to clean up your room. Okay, I got to thank you for composition. Hey, hey, where are you? I'm in Junior's room, dear. Hi, number one.

Hello, Riley. Have a nice day. Nice day. The foreman caught me smoking and threatened I got kicked off the bus because I lost my transfer. I had a walk all the way home. The cop almost gave me a ticket for crossing against the lights.

When I came up on our front porch, that loose board jumped up and cracked me on the knee. Some nice day. Well, if you had the walk home, how'd you get here so fast? Well, I got a lucky break. A bulldog chased me.