Thu, Dec 5, 1957
Peg is upset because Junior has moved out to the Fleming House on the college campus. To cheer her up, Riley insists she goes to the beauty parlor for the works then buy a new outfit and he intends to send her on vacation to Brooklyn to visit his brother and family. The only problem is, his brother's daughter, Annie from Brooklyn, shows up at their door on a mission to cheer Peg up.
Thu, Dec 12, 1957
Junior has college finals coming up and needs private time to study without any distractions so he decides not to date his girlfriend Bobby for the next two weeks. Bobby agrees and now it becomes Riley's job to keep the hungry dating wolves away from Junior and Bobby until Junior completes his assignments.
Thu, Jan 30, 1958
Cunningham Aircraft has hired an efficiency expert, Walter Bellflower, to improve the recreational program for the employees. Walter has assigned Riley and Gillis to coach the new ladies bowling team which consist of four old rough looking gals. But there's been a mistake, so Walter reassigns the boys to another team of young good looking beauties.
Thu, Feb 20, 1958
Based on their duplex agreement, Riley owns the grounds plus the maintenance and Gillis is responsible for the roof. But Riley is getting tired of doing all the yard work so he starts a rumor that oil has been discovered on their property. When Gillis hears about the oil, he becomes anxious to share in some of the yard work.
Thu, Apr 10, 1958
The US Army has located Gillis' old barracks bag and tries to deliver it to him but he's not home. Riley signs for the bag and pays $12.50 duty charges on it. Gillis refuses to reimburse Riley and tells him he can keep the bag and everything in it. When Riley goes through the contents, he finds an envelope marked "Top Secret".
Thu, Apr 24, 1958
Annie loves to listen to her favorite radio program, "The Lonesome Guy", starring Charles Chambers. The program is offering a romantic evening out with the lonesome guy for some lucky love starved woman and Annie wins the contest. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "lonesome guy" is not as appealing as his silky voice would imply.
Thu, May 8, 1958
Peg is off to spend a couple of days with Babs but she mentions to Riley that she's tired of their home decor and would like to renovate. So when Riley gets a visit from Donna Gibson with Strata-Dream Decorator and Associates, he buys their line of sutro-modern futuristic furniture for their living room. When Peg returns home, she enters into a state of despair.