Choose per series where you want be kept informed of. It does not help that Margaret is having a bad parenting day and is really irritated with the family. He is an actor, known for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and Father Knows Best (1954). Kathy builds a play house and now Jim must reluctantly keep his promise. Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin. He decides they need to start finding their own solutions, so he can have some time to himself. Bud thinks his parents are old, but Jim & Margaret do not feel old. Jim must choose between the PTA meeting and an important business meeting, both scheduled for the same night. Everyone thinks he was quite brave and is considered a hero. After realizing Betty is in a bind, Jim agrees to go. Jim receives an invitation for his college reunion. When he applies, he does not get the job because his friend Eddie (. At the picnic, Joyce, the girl he took, has him doing all the events and dances. Evelyn doesn't want her mother to know that she is going skating with a new boyfriend. Margaret's friend Myrtle suggests she takes some lessons and then enter a Fly Fishing Contest. Bud finds Jim's old school yearbook and sees Jim played pranks when he was in school. Margaret suggests to Jim that he take Kathy to the Club's Annual Affair for the wives instead of her. Once there, Kathy meets Mara (. Father Knows Best - Full Cast & Crew. Alicia May, one of Kathy's classmates, is adopted and it gets the other classmates to wonder who else might be adopted. Margaret becomes upset, as it's all too clear what her husband and children think of her family. Everyone tells her she has premonition and she starts to believe it. Jim helps him learn some selling tips. (1954–1960). Bud talks Jim into hosting a masquerade party at home to show his friends he is not a snob. Betty finds out from the Sunday School teacher that the boys raised $10.39. This time Bud doesn't do as well. Jim learns that Grampa keeps delaying selling his print shop. Bud is thinking of joining the army after he is out of high school in two years. Bud develops a crush on the teacher, and starts to snub his girlfriend Joyce (Roberta Shore). On radio, Kathy often is portrayed as a source of irritation. Ralph tries to ask her, but there are too many family interruptions and he feels Betty is just not interested. Soon, Bud starts to get a big head and wants to take on the high school champion. So off Jim and Margaret go, although on the drive out of town they are already missing the kids. Betty becomes jealous of a new girl in school named Diane Mills (, Bud and Kippy go to work at a newspaper company. One of my all-time favourites!The second extension episode based on the "Father Knows Best" series of the '50s and '60s. Reruns of Father Knows Best air on Antenna TV as part of that channel's regular programming schedule since January 3, 2011 and it also aired weekday afternoons on digital sub-channel ME-TOO in Chicago. Bud finds a place to stay and thinks he will enjoy his independence. "[4] Never aired on television, the episode—distributed to schools, churches and civic groups—promoted the buying of savings bonds. Joyce has Miss Luvois give Bud a note inviting him to dinner. Jim comes home after a very bad day at work. It competed with nineteen other family shows then on the air waves, and out-survived them all. He starts complaining about everyone and everything around the house. Bud confides in Margaret that he broke a pair of binoculars that he saw Jim hide. Betty, realizing that she has been too hard on her, goes to find Kathy. Kathy wishes that Cookie would come back to her and it does, but only because it found something to eat at their house. Since this is a change from his previous tests, the teacher assumes he must have cheated. Arty takes money from Kathy's piggy bank to give to Bud. Turns out April is a flirt who tries to get all the boys to do her bidding, especially Bud. Naturally, Bud can't figure out the sudden sweetness from his sister. Betty convinces Ralph to stay, but they both come to realize that they would ruin a great friendship by getting married. Bud doesn't want his mother to find out what happened. The TV cast reunited for a pair of TV movies on NBC: Father Knows Best Reunion on May 15, 1977 and Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas on December 18, 1977. Marty Kramer, a new neighbor's daughter, tells her friend Alice that she will be able to talk Bud into taking her. The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Jim and Margaret show up and to help Bud out, Margaret says she won't let Bud enlist until he finishes school. Margaret has a commitment to the Woman's Club Charity Luncheon and has to stay home. Everyone has something to give - except Margaret. Doctors Jo Wilson, April Kepner, and Andrew DeLuca share the episodes they think are essential to understanding their characters. Jim has to come up with a way to make them both happy. Bud tries to avoid Eddie Jarvis, a bully at school, but Jim tells Bud he cannot avoid his problems forever. Betty, Bud, and Kathy want to nominate Jim. Written by Roswell Rogers and Directed by Peter Tewksbury. Realizing how silly he's been, he goes back to Joyce. Bud asked a girl to go to a dance with him - his first dance, and his first date. [7], In Region 4, Madman Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia. Bud works on the high school paper and brings home Mr. Beekman (, Kathy is certain that the Andersons' Christmas Eve will be ruined by the visit of spinsterish Aunt Neva (, John Seastrom, Jim's boss, asks Jim if he can show John's son Elwood (, Margaret hires a very special gardener named Frank (, Margaret gets tired of all the housework and demands of the children, expecting her to do their every whim. Jim gives his approval, but Margaret is against it. He envisions himself as a musician that all the girls will love. They have a son Kathy's age and a daughter Bud's age. Bud has the chance to take the credit, but he doesn't. Bud runs into problems when he agrees to watch the home of Mr. Whitcomb (, It's time for Springfield's Founder's Day celebration. While Margaret is excited, Jim and the children are not. It is something Jim's friend Wes Coglan (, The Insurance Company where Jim works is buying a new building for expansion. In the end, Dora decides to go to the prom with someone else and Bud now knows what it's like to be rejected. Jim comes up with a way to help Bud, while hopefully not letting on they know about his problem. He finds out that Herman never finished high school and yet is a very successful man. When Jim and Margaret come home they find Betty and Bud dressed in their old clothes from the attic. Jim and the kids don't like these obligatory get-togethers and they think they are terribly corny. Jim tells Bud that he has to apologize. One of the kids is suspected of stealing $10 that all were hoping to win in an anti-snitching contest that Jim started. The building is called Hanno's (. To cheer her up, the family performs a version of ". Louise is nervous and Tom is weary. The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. 1954-1960; 6 seasons CBS Family, Comedy TVG Watchlist. Alicia May tells Kathy that adopted children are special, because they were chosen. Was this review helpful to you? Jim follows Armand to the Justice of the Peace, where he and Margaret find Armand acting as a witness as his father officiates at a wedding. Admitting he didn't tag the player costs them the game, but he gains the respect of many for telling the truth. Betty is embarrassed when her friends make fun of Rudy because they think he is inferior to them. When the team wins without him, Bud thinks he is now worthless. In the 17 years since the series ended, the characters of Betty and Bud had both gotten married and had families of their own. Jim & Margaret attend the reunion. Arty keeps giving Bud gifts and Margaret is suspicious as to how Arty's getting them. Bud interviews Herman Bernard , a business man, for a school project. Kathy is upset because all she seems to get are hand-me-downs. He gets embarrassed when the shoes hurt his feet at the award ceremony and he can't make it to the stage. S1, Ep2. After learning that none of the children will be home for Christmas, Jim and Margaret decide to sell their house. "Father Knows Best" ran on network television from 1954 to 1963 and is a classic example of American Pop Culture at its best. Bud says that it's not that, it's just that he can't afford the places he thinks she'll like. Jim talks to Bud about not taking advantage of Molly just because her family is rich. When Jim finds out that the team is losing, he sneaks Bud out to go play. But when Bud wears a Halloween mask he has all the confidence he needs. He even gets his picture in the paper. The day before the contest, Margaret sprains her arm. See full bio. Meanwhile, Betty announces she is moving into an apartment with a friend of hers named Jean. It is a rarely traveled road and their car breaks down. He is annoyed at doing the same activities and ceremonies as every other graduation class. Year: ... A family had become caught in a tropical storm while offshore in their cabin cruiser, and the father was unable to transmit his desperate call for help to the Coast Guard ... leaving the Andersons as possibly the family's only hope. Other things happen that makes Jim think Bud is behind them. Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store. There must be one among the more than 18.100 series. Luckily, the furniture is recovered. After a second cancellation in 1958, the series was picked up yet again, by CBS, where it aired until May 1960. Turns out that Margaret found the money and put it back in Jim's wallet. The May 27, 1954, episode of The Ford Television Theatre show was called "Keep It in the Family." Jim goes really overboard in his thought that there is a future celebrity in the family. Jim and Margaret find out Betty was involved. Kathy, meanwhile, had become engaged to a doctor, Jason Harper (played by Hal England).[5]. Betty and her boyfriend agree to take Kathy and her friend Burgess to dinner with them, but the plans fall through and Kathy is crushed. She decides to do it and keeps it a secret from the family. The teacher thinks Bud may have seen the test questions ahead of time. The only problem is the tickets are in a shirt that was sent to the laundry. Jim and Margaret plan a second honeymoon trip, and decide Betty & Bud are old enough to watch the house and Kathy by themselves. He talks his friend Lloyd (. The Anderson family takes refuge in a mountain lodge closed for the season and are befriended by a man named Nick (. At first, no one volunteers. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers. Margaret has a long talk with her and eases her doubts. Betty learns from Ralph's mother that he has decided to turn down the job and move to the west coast. The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. At the party, Jim explains to Betty that every generation has different styles and we should except that. Need some help finding the best things to watch on Netflix? After a lot of panic, it turns out he left his wallet at the police station when he got his bike license. A family had become caught in a tropical storm while offshore in their cabin cruiser, and the father was unable to transmit his desperate call for help to the Coast Guard ... leaving the Andersons as possibly the family's only hope. The Andersons find out the boy is homeless and has no money. Everyone in Kathy's class has to write a civil war essay. It had been delivered to his house by mistake. Originally sponsored by Lorillard's Kent cigarettes in its first season, Scott Paper Company became the primary sponsor when in the fall of 1955 the series moved to NBC, where it aired Wednesdays at 8:30 pm (ET) for the next three seasons. The father is stubborn about every aspect, and Jim finds out why. The Andersons have a dinner party for Louise (Lyn Guild) and her boyfriend Tom (. Jim thinks it's great that Bud wants to do something on his own. The Anderson's gardener is chosen as the official greeter to the Governor when he arrives. I challenge any parent, of whatever generation, to contrast an episode of this show with any "Married with Children" or the majority of today's teen oriented sitcoms and decide which world view they would wish for their children. Dean Walton (, Bud's friend has his cousin Marissa coming to town. See more ideas about father knows best, robert young, classic tv. Betty says it is circumstantial evidence and says the family should hold a trial. Kathy has had enough and takes off to walk home. Season: OR . Chuck Fries Dies: Producers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Was 92, Chuck Fries, Prolific TV and Film Producer, Dies at 92, Ang Lee to Receive 2021 BAFTA Fellowship – Global Bulletin, Join A Television Family: 1940-1959 Edition. Bud then researches, and finds the Major was a minor in the war. Bud feels he is being underpaid in his allowance, and he has to work to earn it. Betty is depressed and finds every day events dull. Kathy makes a wish on an old horseshoe that she'll get a pony, and she'll name him Cookie. Shout! Problems arise when Margaret enrolls in Betty's junior college English class. Margaret and the children hatch a plan to make him feel young again. Jim has a solution to the problem. With listenership declining, Father Knows Best transitioned to television for the 1954-55 season. Others in the cast were Eleanor Audley, Herb Vigran, and Sam Edwards. When the mask goes missing, Jim tricks Bud by pretending to draw a mask on his face with makeup. Kathy is tired of being treated as a child. Jim believes that Bud has no drive. Jim finds a shortcut on a map they can travel to Margaret's family home. Bud now feels the pangs of unrequited love. When Margaret and Betty see how hard Bud is working on the car, they feel sorry for him and decide to help. She is worried that Bud will embarrass her. A friend offers Betty a ticket to a play she wants to see on the same night she has a baby-sitting job. The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. On her first day, she meets Doyle Hobbs (, Margaret is to give a speech on child guidance. To make her feel better he asks her to the prom and talks her up to all his friends. Jim has an extra ticket for the big football game, and since Margaret cannot go, Betty is chosen. If he doesn't go, he would like to marry Betty. Elvia Horsen, captain of the girl's track team, asks Betty to pose for a picture with the team to get some publicity. Bud announces he is moving out. For example, Jim says, "What a bunch of stupid children I have." The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Jim realizes he's pushing Bud to hard to be the salesman that he is. Let our editors help you find what's trending and what's worth your time. When Fronk (, Betty returns a defective radio to a store and mistakes a customer for the store owner. When we moved to TV I suggested an entirely new cast and different perspective."[2]. But then he looks at his children and sees how fast they are going up. Kathy trades her skates for a friend's magic set, and then believes she can make anything disappear or change appearance as long as she waves the magic wand. The series, which first began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons with a total of 203 episodes. Jim hears he may be awarded the Chamber of Commerce's Hall of Merit. Cornel Wilde has a car accident while traveling through Springfield. Eventually Muley sees Shirley (, Margaret receives the title deeds to a second property. Father Knows Best: Home For Christmas. While he tries to work, it seems everyone in the family needs just a few minutes of his time. Her co-stars were Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray as her younger brother, James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., and Lauren Chapin as her younger sister, Kathy.. Donahue was a musical judge in ABC's Jukebox Jury (1953–54). Even Bud and Betty try to make Kathy feel better, but she says all she wants is her baby. Their home was located at 607 Maple Avenue. Betty, however, announces she wants to stay in town and go to the junior college with her friends. He is trying to learn how to dance from a book over 50 years old. Bud's unsafe driving habits at cross walks gets him into trouble with the law. Lt. Charles Baron, a jet pilot, encounters problems when flying over Springfield and loses his helmet. The next day at 9 o'clock Betty will find out his fate. Bud is nominated the head of the decorating committee for homecoming week. Jim and Margaret decided to let him have a chance at child-rearing. Betty and her co-star in the school play, Armand, are rehearsing the play, which has an elopement as part of the plot. Betty finds Margaret's birthday card to Jim, and now the children feel horrible. Knowing he should not brag of his good deed, Bud tries to find another way to get credit. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. But, he runs into Jeanie, who doesn't know that Bud has the bongos now. Margaret comes up with a plan to get them back together. They are to receive word by 9 o'clock, but the telegram never comes. The Anderson's are preparing for the holidays. She often is the source of money to her brother and sister, although she is in hock several years on her own allowance. When Fred stays over at the Andersons, he never seems to want to go home. An irritated and disappointed Margaret says they will not go. Betty reads a story she wrote for school involving her family. Father Does Know Best: The Lauren Chapin Story. Father Knows Best Lyrics: See, it's important to understand / That just because God allows things that may not be good to us / Does not mean … Bud even decides not to go to the graduation. Janet Mason (, Bud is out on a date with Joyce Kendall (. Kathy has to write a poem for a school project. One may also ask, what Father Knows Best Job? 07. Will he be able to do it and be on time for the train? She is selected as the winner in her class and the family is proud. Scott Paper remained as sponsor even after it moved in September 1958 back to CBS, where it aired Mondays at 8:30 pm (ET) for the last two seasons, with Lever Brothers as an alternate sponsor from 1957 through 1960. With the help of Margaret's diary, Jim convinces Betty that the best things are ahead for her. S01:E03 - The Motor Scooter. While there, she helps an old man (. While Betty is looking for the skates, Bud confides to Margaret what happened to them. Kathy and Grover become friends. He is trying to learn how to dance from a book over 50 years old. Bud is Traffic Court Judge for the day - the day that Jim goes in to fight his ticket. When Betty gets a road map and a suitcase for props for the play, Jim jumps to the wrong conclusion. She tries to get him to call it off. Father Knows Best Season 6 (7) 1960 7+ Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was … Everyone makes an extra effort to get Betty presents. The classic series FATHER KNOWS BEST (1954 -1960) is a situation comedy about the day-to-day antics of the Andersons, a middle-class nuclear family living in … Be the first to review this item 1958 7+ Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of … His family helps him learn some dance steps. She wonders if Bud could ask Claude not to bring the bongos as he's so bad at them. Tate Ibsen's plan to spring him loose before they reach the Yuma Penitentiary runs into complications when the stage is attacked by Indians. She brings it in to nurse it back to health. Betty, on radio, is portrayed as a status-seeking, boy-crazy teenage girl. Father Knows Best (1954–1960) Episode List. Error: please try again. Molly tells him that she just wants to be with him and it doesn't matter what they do or what he can afford. Then, when the team loses its sponsor, Jim comes up with a way to make everyone happy. The town is undergoing new construction, and when Jim learns the old meeting hall is being torn down, he is upset. Turns out it is the same boy. 10 Oct. 1954. Elinor Donahue believed her days as a child star were long gone before the hit series “Father Knows Best” came along. To make matters worse, his father has just been appointed chairman of the city's safe driving campaign. Bud finds the skates and sells them hoping to raise money for new binoculars. In the story a devil named Harry Beal (. Bernice, a classmate, has a crush on Bud, but he thinks of her has just a friend. Bud and the family have to find a way for him to move home again without hurting anyone's pride. Jim is not interested in going because he thinks Betty just wants to show off. After several test runs with his pigeon Charlie, Bud sends him on a 500 mile trip and waits for him to return home. Bud gets another job for the day to earn the money, but they can't pay him right away either. Tired of being told what to do by his parents, Bud announces he is moving out. A New York City attorney and his wife attempt to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville. She goes to a ritzy part of town, where she buys a hat, eats lunch at a French restaurant and has her portrait painted by a street artist (, Bud wants to have a lawn party at the Anderson's home the next day. She feels better when she remembers her lucky penny. Add the first question. Wanting to tell the family about his day, he is miffed when they ignore him. Bud and Kippy attempt to help a family being evicted from their home, but it almost turns to disaster when a stranger steals the family's furniture. Betty comes up with the solution. Jim needs to go out of town for an insurance deal and Margaret has a bad feeling about it. Jim & Margaret take Betty to State University, to look things over. When there is nothing to eat for breakfast, the kids think Jim should get upset. Betty becomes a counselor for a 3-day summer camp - the same camp Kathy is attending. But, in the end, Bud comes to realize how special Bernice is. Jim purchases a motor scooter for Bud for $50. Jim suggests an ancestor - Major Nathaniel Anderson, and says he must be important if he was a major. Bud now thinks he can do just about anything. Jim tells her to speak about how well she raised her children. The next day, Jim suspects his own family is trying to show Jim how much Margaret has to save the day. Mr. Messner (, The Andersons are heading up to Lemon Falls for an annual reunion with Margaret's side of the family. The girls decide to start an "Anti-Bud Campaign". Kathy must complete a nature folder for a school club by the next day. Kippy backs out at the last minute, so Bud winds up going by himself. Herbert Anderson appears as Verle Wisman, the man buying Grampa's business. The videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of time and effort to make these videos available for us to enjoy. They decide to build a trophy case. Betty lets it slip to Margaret and Jim that Bud needs the money. In the end, Kathy realizes she was being stubborn and apologizes. It turns out the road Jim was going use was washed out in a storm and it's a good thing he didn't go. He ends up being put in charge. But, Marty manages to sweet talk Bud into it. Margaret gets upset that the other two children can't help because of their alternative plans and they keep asking for more favors. Betty says she wants a civil engineer position. Suddenly a mysterious intruder named Charles Barter (. At the dance Muley begins have a change of heart over Betty who he sees becoming more like his mother. Betty's school hosts a career day where the students can sign up to intern at a job. The family puts money into a family "corporation" to help finance a power mower for Bud's mowing business. As they decorate the tree, they recall the story of how they managed to get snow bound in a cabin while going to cut down their own tree. Bud learns it's no fun having money if you didn't work for it and you can't share it with others. For a school project, Bud's class is given jobs in the real world. Following that, reruns were shown on ABC-TV in the early afternoon for several years. [3] In the episode Peggy dreams of making it as an actress, but a talent scout who has raised her hopes just wants people for his acting school. Betty and Charles start dating and Betty falls in love with him. Feeling bad, Jim goes out in the middle of the night to try and find the folder. A disappointed Bud decides not to go to the party. A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways. He tells her he won't let Betty know as long as she does whatever he says. Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA. The state in which Springfield is located is never specified, but it is generally accepted to be Midwest United States. [6] Season 6 was re-released on July 18, 2017. FATHER KNOWS BEST. He feels he has become unpopular. Jim believes Margaret is staging all of them. Father Knows Best aired in the 1980s on Superstation WTBS and in the 1990s on The Family Channel. The wedding preparations are underway with food, chairs, flowers and more. In the end, Jim stays home. Meanwhile, Bud needs the family to eat at the modest drugstore counter where he has just gotten his first job on the same night. She's afraid she'll get into big trouble and writes a note saying she's going to hide-out somewhere. A man named Lyle (. Plus, Bud feels that no one cares or is as excited about it as he is. A Mrs. Laveer (, Governor Bradbury is coming to town to dedicate a local park. But, when he is asked by Reverend Swain to relate his story in church, he confesses that he really didn't do anything heroic. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Instead this program concentrated on the, now passe, issues of family love, warmth, charity, and decency. Show Details: Start date: Oct 1954 End date: May 1960 Status: cancelled/ended Network(s): CBS Run time: 30 min Episodes: 203 eps & specials Genre(s): Comedy. A flashback show about building a playhouse for Kathy and keeping promises, first aired Season 1, Episode 17. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The children in their own way try to stop the building from being torn down. Bud is extremely excited for the new school year to start. Marissa (. Bud finds having money does not buy friends. They think he is just too reasonable and are surprised at how infrequently Jim and Margaret quarrel. Jim is asked to be a speaker at an Insurance Convention and asks Margaret to go with him. But, in the end, all of his complications wind up helping many people. When Bud goes to ask Herman for a job, Herman's secretary (. This 26-minute episode stars Robert Young as Jim Warren, head of the Warren family. Jim is starting to get concerned about the price. The Anderson's pitch in to help him study, but it isn't always so easy. Betty is one of three girls in the finals for Flower Queen of Springfield and she is getting a lot of attention. The boy Betty broke the date with keeps calling her, so she decides to stop answering the phone. Jim decides to teach him a lesson by giving him $10 a week and the stipulation is he can only use it on himself. They were going to wear clothes from their youth that was stored in the attic, but Betty said they would look ridiculous. He is, however, shocked to find a very popular teacher has not returned but has been replaced by a Mr. Beckman (, Betty is excited to be chosen as a tutor for the football team. The family starts to believe there may be someone else around and become frightened. But, then things start to get a little hectic. Bud starts to do worse in his classes. The series, which first began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons with a total of 203 episodes. 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