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life of Riley easy and troublefree existence. [Am. Usage: c. 1900 song, “Best of the House is None Too Good for Reilly”; TV: “The Life of Riley” in Terrace, II, 26] See : Luxury How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Others--"straighten up and fly right," "the life of Riley," "not for all the tea in China," "it's your nickel," "put the cart before the horse"--are also ancient. The Company's extensive library includes such stars of yesteryear as Humphrey Bogart, Jack Benny, and Frank Sinatra; comedy teams including Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, and Martin and Lewis; hit series such as The Shadow, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, the Life of Riley and Dragnet; as well as Superman, The Saint, Sam Spade and The Green Hornet, and exclusive worldwide rights to War of the Worlds, arguably the most famous radio broadcast ever recorded. For people old enough to recall William Bendix's radio show ``The Life of Riley,'' I'd suggest that the role Kerry was born to play was that of Digger O'Dell, who always introduced himself as ``The Friendly Undertaker. |
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