Life Of Riley

The Life Of Riley TV show was a comedy series about Chester A. Riley, a very nice man who seemed to find trouble at every turn. When he would discover the mess he was in, he would utter the words that became the trademark of the show, "What a revoltin' development this is!"

There was also a Life of Riley Radio Show that ran for seven and a half years from January of 1944 through June of 1951 and a movie of the same name in 1949. William Bendix also starred as Chester A. Riley on the radio version and in the movie. There was also a 1949 Life of Riley TV Show starring Jackie Gleason as Chester A. Riley! 

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Living the Life of Riley

Living the Life of Riley" suggest an ideal life of prosperity and contentment, possibly living on someone else’s money, time or work.  Rather than a negative freeloading or gold digging aspect, it instead implies that someone is kept or advantaged.  This expression was popular in the 1880s a time when James Whitcomb Riley’s Poems depicted the comforts of a prosperous home life, but it could have an Irish origin: After the Riley clan consolidated its hold on country caravan, they minted their own money accepted as legal tender even in England.  These coins called O’Rileys and Reillys became synonymous with a monied person and a gentleman freely spending was "living on his Reillys".