Tonight in 1949 — THE LIFE OF RILEY starring Jackie Gleason debuted on NBC.

The first TV version of the radio sitcom won one of TV’s earliest Emmys.

It’s like a proto-HONEYMOONERS w/ Rosemary De Camp as Riley's Alice-esque wife Peg.

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And it was funny!