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Father
Knows Best
Episode Guide - December
2007
(episode #1.24 #5.22)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
contributions by:
Shawn A. Adam (synopses for all episodes), Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http:/www.us.imdb.com)
Robert G.Young-Eugene B.Rodney
production (episodes 1-112)
Robert G.Young-Dorothea S.Rodney-Morgan Ross Rodney
(as executors of the will of Eugene B. Rodney)
production (episodes 113 - onward)
Screen Gems, inc.
for
CBS (Sundays 10:00 pm EST)(1954-55)
NBC (Wednesdays 8:30 pm EST)(1955-58)
CBS (Mondays 8:30pm EST)(1958-60)
Produced by Eugene B.Rodney
Based on Characters Created by Ed James
US Comedy series 1954-1963 201 episodes listed x 30 min
(some episodes are re-edits of earlier episodes)
starring
Robert Young as Jim Anderson (1954-1963)
Jane Wyatt as Margaret Anderson (1954-1963)
Elinor Donahue as Betty Anderson (Princess) (1954-1963)
Billy Gray as James Anderson, Jr. (Bud) (1954-1963)
Lauren Chapin as Kathy Anderson (Kitten) (1954-1963)
also
Sarah Selby as Miss Thomas (1954-1963)
Robert Foulk as Ed Davis (1955-1959)
Vivi Jannis as Myrtle Davis (1955-1959)
Yvonne Lime as Dotty Snow (1954-1957)
Paul Wallace as Kippy Watkins (1954-1959)
Jimmy Bates as Claude Messner (1954-1959)
Roger Smith as Doyle Hobbs (1957-1958)
Robert Chapman as Ralph Little (1957-1958)
Sue George as April Adams (1957-1958)
Jymme (Roberta) Shore as Joyce Kendall (1958-1959)
Peter Heisser as Joe Phillips
Premise:
The life of a typical American insurance man and his family.
This series was based on a highly successful radio series of the same
name but with a different cast except for Robert Young.
* The original sponsors dropped the show after 26 episodes,
which just shows what sponsors know.
Some episodes are listed twice and are possibly re-edited rather
than re-runs
eg
ADOPTED DAUGHTER is 2.36 [062] and 6.30 [201]
BUD, THE SNOB is 1.16 [016] and 5.11 [144]
MARGARET GOES DANCING is 1.11 [011] and 5.37 [170]
These episodes are entered twice on the Library of Congress
with different episode numbers.
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[--] Ford Theatre: All Star Theater: no.74 (30min)(film)
KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
(prototype pilot for "Father Knows Best")
27May54 NBC
Screen Gems, Inc
Produced by Eugene B. Rodney
Written by Paul West and Roswell Rogers
Directed by William D. Russell
Starring:
Robert Young (as Tom, husband/father)
Ellen Drew (as Grace, wife/mother)
Sally Fraser OR Forrest (as Peggy, daughter)
Gordon Gebert (as Jeff, son)
Tina Thompson (as Patty, daughter)
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CBS Sundays 10:00 pm Eastern
1.01 [--] Father Knows Best: BUD TAKES UP THE DANCE
3Oct54 CBS Sun
Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first
school dance.
1.02 [--] Father Knows Best: LESSON IN CITIZENSHIP
10Oct54 CBS Sun
Jim tells his family to help others and winds up in more
trouble than before.
1.03 [--] Father Knows Best: THE MOTOR SCOOTER
17Oct54 CBS Sun
Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.
1.04 [--] Father Knows Best: FOOTBALL TICKETS
24Oct54 CBS Sun
Jim has an extra ticket to the big Football game and must
decide which kid to take.
1.05 [--] Father Knows Best: LIVE MY OWN LIFE
31Oct54 CBS Sun
Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take
care of himself.
1.06 [--] Father Knows Best: GRANDPA JIM'S REJUVENATION
7Nov54 CBS Sun
Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.
1.07 [--] Father Knows Best: BUD'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE LAW
14Nov54 CBS Sun
Bud receives a summons to come to the police station but can't
make out why.
1.08 [--] Father Knows Best: THANKSGIVING DAY
21Nov54 CBS Sun
Jim tries to take the family out for dinner, but they have
other plans for dinner.
1.09 [--] Father Knows Best: SECOND HONEYMOON
28Nov54 CBS Sun
Jim and Margaret go on a second honeymoon, but can't stop
worrying about the children.
1.10 [--] Father Knows Best: TYPICAL FATHER
5Dec54 CBS Sun
Jim believes that Betty is planning to elope with a classmate.
1.11 [--] Father Knows Best: MARGARET GOES DANCING
12Dec54 CBS Sun
Margaret and Jim both go to their own clubs, which they find
are both boring.
Later re-run / re-cut see 5.37 [170]
1.12 [--] Father Knows Best: THE CHRISTMAS STORY
19Dec54 CBS Sun
Jim takes the family into the woods to cut down their own
tree and become stranded there.
1.13 [--] Father Knows Best: SPARROW AT THE WINDOW
26Dec54 CBS Sun
After arguing the family is reunited by a sparrow.
1.14 [--] Father Knows Best: BOY'S WEEK
2Jan55 CBS Sun
Jim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be
judge on that day.
1.15 [--] Father Knows Best: A FRIEND OF OLD GEORGE'S
9Jan55 CBS Sun
An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday
party.
1.16 [--] Father Knows Best: BUD THE SNOB
16Jan55 CBS Sun
The family tries to help Bud overcome his shyness towards girls.
Later re-run / re-cut see 5.11 [144]
1.17 [--] Father Knows Best: THE PROMISED PLAYHOUSE
23Jan55 CBS Sun
Jim unwillingly says he will sleep in Kathy's playhouse.
1.18 [--] Father Knows Best: JIM, THE FARMER
30Jan55 CBS Sun
Jim sells the house and plans to move out into the country.
1.19 [--] Father Knows Best: FATHER OF THE YEAR
6Feb55 CBS Sun
The children write an essay to nominate Jim for the father
of the year contest.
1.20 [--] Father Knows Best: THE MINK COAT
13Feb55 CBS Sun
Jim seems to receive more bills than he can handle after he
buys a coat for Margaret.
1.21 [--] Father Knows Best: THE MATCHMAKER
20Feb55 CBS Sun
Margaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.
1.22 [--] Father Knows Best: BUD THE BRIDESMAID
27Feb55 CBS Sun
Margaret's cousin gets married in the Anderson house with Bud
as the stand-in bridesmaid.
1.23 [--] Father Knows Best: PROUD FATHER
6Mar55 CBS Sun
Jim tries to help the children regain their confidence.
1.24 [--] Father Knows Best: FATHER DELIVERS THE PAPERS
[verified -RF]
13Mar55 CBS Sun
F.K.B. Enterprises / Produced by Eugene B.Rodney
Story and Screen Play by Roswell Rogers & Dane Lussier
Directed by William D. Russell
Guest Cast:
Dabbs Greer ......... Mr. Collins
Jack Tesler .......... Husband
Cheerio Meredith ..... Old Lady
*
Director of Photography: Gert Andersen
Art Director: Ross Bellah
Film Editor: Robert Hoover
Set Decorator: Louis Diage
Assistant Director: Donald Gold
Synopsis:
Jim has to deliver the newspapers when Bud hurts his back. [SAA]
.
1.25 [--] Father Knows Best: NO PARTIALITY
20Mar55 CBS Sun
Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.
1.26 [--] Father Knows Best: CLOSE DECISION
27Mar55 CBS Sun
Directed by William D. Russell
Guest Cast:
Robert Lynn .......... Rev. Swain
Gary Pagett .......... Joe Phillips
Diana Christian ...... Virginia Harris
Synopsis 1:
Bud must confess that he did not tag a runner in a church baseball game. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Bud forgets his piece in Church and has to confess to the entire
congregation that the baseball game was to blame. [UK]
(UK: 01Aug61 ITV Tyne-Tees, Tue 6:30pm)
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New Network - New Day
NBC Wednesdays 8:30 pm Eastern
2.01 [027] Father Knows Best: ART OF SALESMANSHIP
31Aug55 NBC Wed
Jim tries to teach bud the art of salesmanship.
2.02 [028] Father Knows Best: FATHER'S PRIVATE LIFE
7Sep55 NBC Wed
Jim takes the day off and tells the family they must solve
there own problems.
2.03 [029] Father Knows Best: LESSON IN CIVICS
14Sep55 NBC Wed
The Anderson family all try in their own way to save the old
town meeting hall.
2.04 [030] Father Knows Best: FIRST DISILLUSIONMENT
21Sep55 NBC Wed
Directed by William D. Russell
Guest Cast:
Hal Taggart (as Mr. Stagg)
Peter Miles (as Eddie Wardlow)
Peter Heisser (as Joe Phillips)(recurring)
Bud loses a part-time job in a sports store to a boy who fakes
his resume, which leads him to believe it is alright to do this
himself.
2.05 [031] Father Knows Best: WOMAN IN THE HOUSE
28Sep55 NBC Wed
Margaret is forced to invite a woman who makes her uncomfortable
because she is Jim's friend's wife.
2.06 [032] Father Knows Best: NEW GIRL AT SCHOOL
5Oct55 NBC Wed
Bud learns that the girl he likes is dating his best friend.
2.07 [033] Father Knows Best: KATHY MAKES MAGIC
12Oct55 NBC Wed
Kathy believes that Bud will die because of the spell she put
on him.
2.08 [034] Father Knows Best: ADVANTAGE TO BETTY
19Oct55 NBC Wed
Betty is named queen of a sports banquet only because of her
beauty, which leads her to be ignored by the girl who should
have been named queen.
2.09 [035] Father Knows Best: THE BIG TEST
26Oct55 NBC Wed
Bud is accused of cheating because he is suddenly getting high
grades in class.
2.10 [036] Father Knows Best: FATHER IS A DOPE
2Nov55 NBC Wed
Jim believes that the family is trying to keep him from a
hunting trip.
2.11 [037] Father Knows Best: THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH
9Nov55 NBC Wed
Jim and Margaret go to their 1933 class reunion to show the
children they are not old.
2.12 [038] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE LADY KILLER
16Nov55 NBC Wed
Bud is dumped by a girl after he helps her get well liked.
2.13 [039] Father Knows Best: MARGARET'S PREMONITION
30Nov55 NBC Wed
The family believes that Margaret has psychic powers.
2.14 [040] Father Knows Best: STAGE TO YUMA
7Dec55 NBC Wed
Tate Idsen saves a stagecoach from savage Indians in a
flashback sequence.
2.15 [041] Father Knows Best: BAD INFLUENCE
14Dec55 NBC Wed
Bud gets in trouble when his latest friend turns out to be
a kleptomaniac.
2.16 [042] Father Knows Best: BETTY HATES CARTER
28Dec55 NBC Wed
Betty would date Carter because her father set up the date
for her.
2.17 [043] Father Knows Best: JIM THE TYRANT
4Jan56 NBC Wed
Kathy goes on a rampage when Jim says he is a tyrant.
2.18 [044] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S BROTHER
11Jan56 NBC Wed
In order to boost Buds self-esteem Betty put Bud on a school
television program.
2.19 [045] Father Knows Best: BETTY EARNS A FORMAL
18Jan56 NBC Wed
Betty gets a job to pay for a dress for a high school dance.
2.20 [046] Father Knows Best: THE HOUSE PAINTER
25Jan56 NBC Wed
A house painted proves to Jim that integrity and pride are
basic human drives.
2.21 [047] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE WALLFLOWER
1Feb56 NBC Wed
Bud plans a camping trip when he is not invited to a Sadie
Hawkins dance at school.
2.22 [048] Father Knows Best: BUS TO NOWHERE
8Feb56 NBC Wed
Betty sets out on a bus to find meaning to her life.
2.23 [049] Father Knows Best: KATHY, THE INDIAN GIVER
15Feb56 NBC Wed
Jim tries to explain how a trade works after Kathy trades
her doll for a real baby.
2.24 [050] Father Knows Best: THE HISTORICAL ANDERSONS
22Feb56 NBC Wed
Bud writes a report on one of his ancestors in a report on
revolutionary war heroes.
2.25 [051] Father Knows Best: THE GRASS IS GREENER
29Feb56 NBC Wed
Jim thinks he has not been successful when he sees a friend
who is successful.
2.26 [052] Father Knows Best: THE PERSISTENT GUEST
7Mar56 NBC Wed
Bud new friend won't leave the Anderson house because he has
no family.
2.27 [053] Father Knows Best: FAMILY REUNION
14Mar56 NBC Wed
The family tries to think up excuses to keep from going to
Margaret's family reunion.
2.28 [054] Father Knows Best: FAMILY DINES OUT
28Mar56 NBC Wed
Jim, Margaret, and Betty give up a social dinner to help Bud
get a job in a restaurant.
2.29 [055] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE BOXER
4Apr56 NBC Wed
While teaching Bud to stick up for himself Bud turns into a
"prize fighter".
2.30 [056] Father Knows Best: BETTY, THE GIRL ENGINEER
11Apr56 NBC Wed
Betty works for a man who believes that a womans place is in
the home.
2.31 [057] Father Knows Best: THE MARTINS AND THE COYS
18Apr56 NBC Wed
Betty and her boyfriend refuse to see again after Jim and his
father fight.
2.32 [058] Father Knows Best: DILEMMA FOR MARGARET
25Apr56 NBC Wed
Margaret admits before the PTA that she can't control her
children.
2.33 [059] Father Knows Best: HERO FATHER
2May56 NBC Wed
Bud asks Jim to get Duke Snider and his "All Stars" to do a
benefit game in Springfield.
2.34 [060] Father Knows Best: FATHER, THE NATURALIST
9May56 NBC Wed
Jim must find Kathy's folder so she can become a tribal
princess in a local group.
2.35 [061] Father Knows Best: THE $10.00 QUESTION
16May56 NBC Wed
The family member who doesn't tattle for one week will receive
ten dollars.
2.36 [062] Father Knows Best: ADOPTED DAUGHTER
23May56 NBC Wed
Kathy finds a receipt for $25 from the adoption center and
believes she was adopted.
Later re-edited see 6.30 [201]
2.37 [063] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S GRADUATION
30May56 NBC Wed
Betty refuses to graduate when she thinks the best years of
her life are gone.
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NBC Wednesdays 8:30 pm Eastern
3.01 [064] Father Knows Best: NO APRON STRINGS
12Sep56 NBC Wed
Bud must prove to his girlfriend that he is not tied to his
mothers apron strings.
3.02 [065] Father Knows Best: NEVER THE TWAIN
19Sep56 NBC Wed
Betty falls in love with a cowboy on a dude ranch and discovers
the love won't last.
3.03 [066] Father Knows Best: BETTY GOES TO COLLEGE
26Sep56 NBC Wed
Jim and Margaret not knowing tell Betty what to take and what
to do in college.
3.04 [067] Father Knows Best: MAN ABOUT TOWN
3Oct56 NBC Wed
Bud tries to make himself taller and older when he dates an
older woman.
3.05 [068] Father Knows Best: THE HOMING PIGEON
10Oct56 NBC Wed
Betty leaves home and finds out life away from home is not what
she expected.
3.06 [069] Father Knows Best: SPAGHETTI FOR MARGARET
17Oct56 NBC Wed
Margaret puts on dinner for an retired author with her contest
prize.
3.07 [070] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S BIRTHDAY
24Oct56 NBC Wed
Guest cast:
Yvonne Lime ...... Dottie Snow
Eleanor Audley ...... Saleslady
Synopsis 1:
Betty announces that she doesn't want a birthday party or presents. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Betty decides that the celebration of her birthday is a primitive custom,
and refuses to take part in any of the festivities her family plans. [RF]
3.08 [071] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE MILLIONAIRE
31Oct56 NBC Wed
To teach Bud a lesson, Jim gives him ten dollars a week for
allowance, but he's not to spend the money on anyone else but
himself.
3.09 [072] Father Knows Best: THE OLD DAYS
7Nov56 NBC Wed
For a costume dance Jim and Margaret pick out clothes from the
twenties for Bud and Betty.
3.10 [073] Father Knows Best: WHISTLE BAIT
14Nov56 NBC Wed
Betty's esteem is low after another girl gets all the attention
she used to get.
3.11 [074] Father Knows Best: THE GREAT GUY
21Nov56 NBC Wed
Bud gets a job at a newspaper office and finds out it won't be
as easy as he thought.
3.12 [075] Father Knows Best: THE FAMILY GOES TO NEW YORK
28Nov56 NBC Wed
Betty falls in love on a trip to New York to attend her
friend's wedding.
3.13 [076] Father Knows Best: BETTY GOES STEADY
5Dec56 NBC Wed
Bud's advisor (Robert Vaughn) tries to get Betty out of the
"in-crowd".
3.14 [077] Father Knows Best: THE GOOD PROSPECT
12Dec56 NBC Wed
Guest cast:
Don Beddoe ............. Lydom
Mary Adams ............. Mrs. Lydom
Paul Wallace ........... Kippy
Synopsis 1:
Kathy sells doughnuts to a man who backs out on the deal. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Jim Anderson is taken in by the big talk of an elderly man, who talks a
great deal about his success at making money, but is actually a failure. [RF]
3.15 [078] Father Knows Best: THE ANGEL'S SWEATER
19Dec56 NBC Wed
Aunt Neva comes for Christmas with the Andersons only to find
that Kathy hates her.
3.16 [079] Father Knows Best: THE PROMISING YOUNG MAN
26Dec56 NBC Wed
Jim tries to teach the boss's son the art of salesmanship.
3.17 [080] Father Knows Best: MARGARET HIRES A GARDNER
2Jan57 NBC Wed
A Spanish immigrant, Frank, fixes the Andersons lawn and then
charges a high price.
3.18 [081] Father Knows Best: SWISS FAMILY ANDERSON
9Jan57 NBC Wed
The Anderson family becomes shipwrecked on a deserted island.
3.19 [082] Father Knows Best: BRIEF HOLIDAY
16Jan57 NBC Wed
Jim takes Margaret out because he thinks she is becoming bored.
3.20 [083] Father Knows Best: THE LAWN PARTY
23Jan57 NBC Wed
Bud tells the family they are to set up for a lawn party that
is tomorrow.
3.21 [084] Father Knows Best: SHORT WAVE
30Jan57 NBC Wed
While listening to Buds short wave radio the family overhears
a distress call from a boat.
3.22 [085] Father Knows Best: CARNIVAL
6Feb57 NBC Wed
Bud gets a job working at a carnival under a very crooked
salesman.
3.23 [086] Father Knows Best: BETTY AND THE JET PILOT
13Feb57 NBC Wed
Betty's new boyfriend, a jet pilot, is transferred to Alaska.
3.24 [087] Father Knows Best: A TRIP TO HILLSBOROUGH
20Feb57 NBC Wed
Bud travels to Hillsborough to find materials for a new book
he is writing.
3.25 [088] Father Knows Best: AN EVENING TO REMEMBER
27Feb57 NBC Wed
Cornel Wilde asks Jim to stop a man from suing him because he's
rich.
3.26 [089] Father Knows Best: BUD BUYS A CAR
13Mar57 NBC Wed
Bud buys a car to impress his latest girlfriend, but the only
one he can afford makes quite an impression.
3.27 [090] Father Knows Best: SAFETY FIRST
20Mar57 NBC Wed
When Bud receives a traffic ticket he is forced to become a
crossing guard.
3.28 [091] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE HERO
27Mar57 NBC Wed
Bud captures some bank robbers only on accident and must tell
about it in church.
3.29 [092] Father Knows Best: BETTY, THE TRACK STAR
3Apr57 NBC Wed
Betty becomes flower queen and wins a track race all in the
same day.
3.30 [093] Father Knows Best: THE SPELLING BEE
17Apr57 NBC Wed
Kathy is to participate in a spelling bee but loses her lucky
penny.
3.31 [094] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE PHILANTHROPIST
24Apr57 NBC Wed
Kippy takes credit for a church donation Bud made, and Bud
plans to get even.
3.32 [095] Father Knows Best: BABY IN THE HOUSE
1May57 NBC Wed
Jim and Margaret takes care of a baby Betty is baby-sitting
so she can go out.
3.33 [096] Father Knows Best: CLASS PROPHECY
8May57 NBC Wed (rerun 25Apr61)
Guest cast:
Harry Townes ........... Henry Pruett
Betty Lou Gerson ....... Julie
Vivi Janiss ............ Myrtle
Synopsis 1:
Jim finds out that a friend who planned to be a doctor is instead a salesman. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Henry Pruett, a high school classmate of Jim's who was voted "most likely
to succeed", turns up at the Anderson's back door - selling kitchen utensils. [RF]
3.34 [097] Father Knows Best: THE ART OF ROMANCE #1
Screen Gems prod. no. 97 (see no. 162 - same title)
15May57 NBC Wed
Bud gets advice from Jim on how to win over Judy, while she
is asking Margaret.
3.35 [098] Father Knows Best: MARGARET DISOWNS HER FAMILY
22May57 NBC Wed
Margaret tries to help a young woman overcome her fear of
having a baby.
3.36 [099] Father Knows Best: GRANDPA RETIRES
29May57 NBC Wed
Margaret's father after retiring finds out he would rather work.
3.37 [100] Father Knows Best: SHOOT FOR THE MOON
5Jun57 NBC Wed
Sageman (Royal Dano) helps the Andersons regain their self
confidence.
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NBC Wednesdays 8:30 pm Eastern
4.01 [101] Father Knows Best: FOLLOW THE LEADER
25Sep57 NBC Wed
Bud must decide if he should stand up for a teacher or join
the class in a revolt.
4.02 [102] Father Knows Best: THE AWKWARD HERO
2Oct57 NBC Wed
Betty tutors a football player who will escort her to a dance
as payment.
4.03 [103] Father Knows Best: THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
9Oct57 NBC Wed
Margaret receives a new house which she plans to rent out.
4.04 [104] Father Knows Best: BUD THE EXECUTIVE
16Oct57 NBC Wed
Bud becomes the chairman for the planning of his high school
picnic.
4.05 [105] Father Knows Best: SENTENCED TO HAPPINESS
23Oct57 NBC Wed
The Anderson's gardener, Frank, is forced to get a real job
and then winds up in court.
4.06 [106] Father Knows Best: MOTHER GOES TO SCHOOL
30Oct57 NBC Wed
Margaret enrolls in an English class in college and is put in
Betty's class.
4.07 [107] Father Knows Best: THE INDISPENSIBLE MAN
6Nov57 NBC Wed
Bud is not able to play in the football game because he
wouldn't go to bed early.
4.08 [108] Father Knows Best: KATHY'S BIG CHANCE
13Nov57 NBC Wed
Kathy enters a contest to be the guest of Greer Garson at her
film premier.
4.09 [109] Father Knows Best: MARGARET LEARNS TO DRIVE
20Nov57 NBC Wed
Jim tries to teach Margaret how to drive a car.
4.10 [110] Father Knows Best: THE WAY OF A DICTATOR
4Dec57 NBC Wed
Bud is given the pleasure of raising Kathy when he says they
are doing it all wrong.
4.11 [111] Father Knows Best: MISTER BEAL MEETS HIS MATCH
11Dec57 NBC Wed
Betty writes a play using her family as the cast members.
4.12 [112] Father Knows Best: KATHY MAKES A WISH
25Dec57 NBC Wed
When Kathy finds a horseshoe and she wishes for a horse, and
gets one.
4.13 [113] Father Knows Best: MAN WITH A PLAN
1Jan58 NBC Wed
-new producers-from this episode onward.
a Robert G.Young/
Dorothea S. Rodney*/Morgan Ross Rodney*
production
(*as executors of the will of Eugene B. Rodney)
A girl thinks Bud is going into the Army and throws a going
away party.
4.14 [114] Father Knows Best: BIG SISTER
08Jan58 NBC Wed (rebroadcast 27Jun61)
Guest cast:
Florida Friebus ........ Mrs. Ellis
Stanley Adams ........ Mac
Synopsis 1:
At summer camp Kathy rebels after her counselor, Betty, keeps pushing her
to do better. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
The book Betty has found isn't on the best-seller list, but it still makes
pretty interesting reading - it's Kathy's Diary. [RF]
.
4.15 [115] Father Knows Best: CALYPSO BUD
15Jan58 NBC Wed (rerun 27Aug58)
Guest cast:
Paul Wallace ........ Kippy
Sandra Harrison ...... Jeanie
Sir Lancelot ....... Bongo Instructor
Synopsis 1:
Bud practices the bongo drums to impress his new girlfriend. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
In order to impress a young lady, Bud trades his watch for a set of bongo drums.
He's convinced that if he can learn to play them he will be the life of the
party
to which she's invited him. [RF]
4.16 [116] Father Knows Best: FATHER'S BIOGRAPHY
22Jan58 NBC Wed
Jim can either attend a business meeting or see Kathy read
his biography.
4.17 [117] Father Knows Best: THE RIVALS
29Jan58 NBC Wed
Guest Star:
Barbara Eden (as Marge Corbett)
Betty has two dates for the same night and doesn't plan to
break either one.
4.18 [118] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE MIND READER
5Feb58 NBC Wed
Bud practices mind reading, and Betty tries to make the
debating team.
4.19 [119] Father Knows Best: MARGARET'S OTHER FAMILY
12Feb58 NBC Wed
The family gets mad when Margaret keeps helping a furniture
maker and his wife.
4.20 [120] Father Knows Best: THE TRIAL
19Feb58 NBC Wed
Bud is in trouble when he is accused of causing damage to a
neighbor's property.
4.21 [121] Father Knows Best: REVENGE IS SWEET
26Feb58 NBC Wed
Betty teases Bud saying he is sloppy when some very influential
people come over.
4.22 [122] Father Knows Best: COUNTRY COUSIN
05Mar58 NBC Wed (rebroadcast 01Aug61)
Guest cast:
Susan Oliver ........... Milly
Beverly Long .......... Grace
Harold Lloyd Jr. ...... Joel
Michael Mason ........ Tommy
Synopsis 1:
The Anderson's cousin, Milly, arrives for a visit and to
look at the college. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Betty learns that Milly, her "Country Cousin", is coming for a visit.
Fearful that her backwoods relative will make a bad impression on her
friends, Betty decides it would be better not to get Milly any dates. [RF]
4.23 [123] Father Knows Best: POOR OLD DAD
12Mar58 NBC Wed
Bud believes that his father is henpecked when he willingly
does everything Margaret wants him to.
4.24 [124] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S CRUSADE
19Mar58 NBC Wed
Betty tries to help an old man fix up his restaurant so he
isn't evicted by Jim's company.
4.25 [125] Father Knows Best: YOUNG LOVE
26Mar58 NBC Wed
Bud falls in love with an older woman at the grocery store
who is married.
4.26 [126] Father Knows Best: TELL IT TO MOM
2Apr58 NBC Wed
Chaos strikes when Betty hides a pair of skates for a friend
of hers.
4.27 [127] Father Knows Best: A FRIEND IN NEED
16Apr58 NBC Wed
A very talented dog shows up and takes residence in the
Anderson's house.
4.28 [128] Father Knows Best: MEDAL FOR MARGARET
23Apr58 NBC Wed
When Jim plans to build a case for trophies, and Margaret
sets out to win a medal.
4.29 [129] Father Knows Best: THE WEAKER SEX
30Apr58 NBC Wed
Betty tries to use her feminine wiles on a young man to get
him to take her out.
4.30 [130] Father Knows Best: JIM, THE ANSWER MAN
14May58 NBC Wed
Jim is bombarded with questions when he is getting ready for
a business trip.
4.31 [131] Father Knows Best: BUD QUITS SCHOOL
21May58 NBC Wed
When Bud meets a successful business man who quit school and
Bud plans to do the same.
4.32 [132] Father Knows Best: A MATTER OF PRIDE
4Jun58 NBC Wed
Bud is chosen as the most popular boy in his class at school.
4.33 [133] Father Knows Best: BETTY FINDS A CAUSE
11Jun58 NBC Wed
Betty tries to make a man remove a hedge that blocks the
view on a road.
[--] 27Aug58 NBC Wed - rerun of #4.15 "Calypso Bud" (first aired 15Jan58)
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New Network - New Day
CBS Mondays 8:30 pm Eastern
5.01 [134] Father Knows Best: VINE COVERED COTTAGE
15Sep58 CBS Mon
Betty and Ralph plan to get married, but find it is not as
happy as they thought.
5.02 [135] Father Knows Best: BE KIND TO BUD WEEK
22Sep58 CBS Mon
Bud thinks Betty has an ulterior motive when she is kind to him.
5.03 [136] Father Knows Best: KATHY'S ROMANCE
29Sep58 CBS Mon
Kathy's new boyfriend is more interested in Jim than of Kathy.
5.04 [137] Father Knows Best: A VOICE FROM THE PAST
6Oct58 CBS Mon
Bud prepares for the arrival of the homecoming queen.
5.05 [138] Father Knows Best: FRANK'S FAMILY TREE
13Oct58 CBS Mon
Frank tries to console Kathy by telling her that his family
are entertainers.
5.06 [139] Father Knows Best: ALWAYS PLAN AHEAD
20Oct58 CBS Mon
Jim tries to teach the children a lesson when they are
constantly not planning ahead.
5.07 [140] Father Knows Best: SECOND WEDDING
27Oct58 CBS Mon
Betty talks Jim and Margaret into getting married again for
their anniversary.
5.08 [141] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE CARDENTER
3Nov58 CBS Mon
Bud finds a dent on the back of the car he is watching for a
friend.
5.09 [142] Father Knows Best: BETTY, THE PIONEER WOMAN
10Nov58 CBS Mon
Betty plays the founder of Springfield's wife in a play of
what really happened.
5.10 [143] Father Knows Best: FAIR EXCHANGE
17Nov58 CBS Mon
An Indian exchange student arrives for the weekend from
Betty's college.
5.11 [144] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE SNOB
24Nov58 CBS Mon
Re-run /re-cut of 1.16 [016]
5.12 [145] Father Knows Best: MARGARET WINS A CAR
1Dec58 CBS Mon
In a raffle, Margaret wins a car and uses it to help the
orphans home.
5.13 [146] Father Knows Best: THE GREAT EXPERIMENT
8Dec58 CBS Mon
Jim attempts to get the family to broaden their horizons and
disaster strikes.
5.14 [147] Father Knows Best: THE CHRISTMAS STORY
15Dec58 CBS Mon
5.15 [148] Father Knows Best: THE BASKETBAL COACH
22Dec58 CBS Mon
Jim becomes the coach of Bud's basketball team.
5.16 [149] Father Knows Best: KATHY, GIRL EXECUTIVE
29Dec58 CBS Mon
Kathy is elected by the family to control Bud's lawn moving
company.
5.17 [150] Father Knows Best: THE GOOD SAMARITAN
5Jan59 CBS Mon
Bud must do a good deed for an English report and ends up
resenting the whole world.
5.18 [151] Father Knows Best: THE IDEAL FATHER
12Jan59 CBS Mon
Uncle Charlie believes the children are spoiled when they
forget Jim's birthday.
5.19 [152] Father Knows Best: BIG SHOT BUD
19Jan59 CBS Mon
Bud gets into hot water when he tries to buy Margaret a
bottle of expensive perfume.
5.20 [153] Father Knows Best: HARD LUCK LEO
26Jan59 CBS Mon (rebroadcast 12Mar62)
Guest cast:
Arthur O'Connell ...... Leonard
Synopsis1:
Leo visits and takes advantage of the whole family until something
surprising happens. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Jim's cousin Leonard comes to Springfield and becomes a guest in the
Anderson home. Leonard has had trouble keeping jobs, but the Andersons
listen sympathetically to his hard-luck stories and try to find him
suitable employment. [RF]
5.21 [154] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE CAMPUS ROMEO
2Feb59 CBS Mon
When Bus refuses dates, the girl launch an anti-Bud campaign.
5.22 [155] Father Knows Best: CRISIS OVER A KISS
[verified -RF]
9Feb59 CBS Mon
Written by John Elliotte
Directed by Peter Tewskbury
Guest Cast:
Jymme Shore ....... Joyce Kendall (recurring)
Robert Brubaker ... Mr. Kendall
And:
Ron Ely .......... Jerry Preston
*
Director of Photography: Frederick Gately, A.S.C.
Art Director: Phil Bennett
Film Editor: Robert B.Hoover
Set Decorator: Frank A. Tuttle
Make-Up Supervision: Clay Campbell, S.M.A
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Assistant Director: Herb Wallerstein
Production Assistant: Seymour Friedman
Synopsis:
Bud tries to save Betty from her boyfriend but Betty resents the help. [SAA]
5.23 [156] Father Knows Best: KATHY GROWS UP
16Feb59 CBS Mon
Kathy says she wants to be treated as if she was an adult.
5.24 [157] Father Knows Best: A MAN OF MERIT
23Feb59 CBS Mon
Jim learns that he is to be appointed as an outstanding
person in the community.
5.25 [158] Father Knows Best: BETTY MAKES A CHOICE
2Mar59 CBS Mon
Betty is faced with a hard decision that will affect her
future.
5.26 [159] Father Knows Best: IT'S A SMALL WORLD
9Mar59 CBS Mon
Margaret must decide to attend a luncheon or go with Jim on
an important trip.
5.27 [160] Father Knows Best: TWO LOVES HAS BUD
16Mar59 CBS Mon
Bud has a hard time when he must decide between two girls to
take to the prom.
5.28 [161] Father Knows Best: AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN
23Mar59 CBS Mon
The Anderson's are visited by an author on African Culture.
5.29 [162] Father Knows Best: THE ART OF ROMANCE #2
Screen Gems prod. no. 162 (see prod. no. 97 - same title)
30Mar59 CBS Mon (rebroadcast 08May61)
guest cast:
Joan Freeman as Judy Corbett
Nancy Kilgas as Marge
Synopsis:
Bud hasn't got the courage to ask Judy Corbett to the high school prom.
So Jim decides to give his son some advice about romance. [RF]
5.30 [163] Father Knows Best: FORMULA FOR HAPPINESS
6Apr59 CBS Mon
Strange things begin to happen when Jim's dreams start to come
true.
5.31 [164] Father Knows Best: BUD AND THE DEBUTANTE
13Apr59 CBS Mon
Bud tries to impress a wealthy girl by taking her to an
expensive restaurant.
5.32 [165] Father Knows Best: THE PROMISED PLAYHOUSE
20Apr59 CBS Mon
5.33 [166] Father Knows Best: THE MEANEST PROFESSOR
27Apr59 CBS Mon
Bud regrets writing a bad article about a professor after the
professor finds the article.
5.34 [167] Father Knows Best: LIVE MY OWN LIFE
4May59 CBS Mon
5.35 [168] Father Knows Best: BUD HAS A PROBLEM
11May59 CBS Mon
Bud blames his professor when it appears he will not pass
Physics.
5.36 [169] Father Knows Best: THE GREAT ANDERSON MYSTERY
18May59 CBS Mon
The Andersons act out a detective story when the television
breaks down.
5.37 [170] Father Knows Best: MARGARET GOES DANCING
25May59 CBS Mon
Re-run / re-cut of 1.11 [011]
5.38 [171] Father Knows Best: THE GOLD TURNIP
1Jun59 CBS Mon
Bud feels that there is no use for tradition so he starts to
break all traditions.
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############### (final season) ###############
CBS Mondays 8:30 pm Eastern
6.01 [172] Father Knows Best: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
5Oct59 CBS Mon
The Andersons get stranded on a deserted road when their car
breaks down
6.02 [173] Father Knows Best: BUD BRANCHES OUT
12Oct59 CBS Mon
Bud falls in love with his French professor after a
misunderstanding.
6.03 [174] Father Knows Best: THE GARDENER'S BIG DAY
19Oct59 CBS Mon
Frank is picked as a model citizen to represent Springfield
before the governor.
6.04 [175] Father Knows Best: THE IMPOSTER
26Oct59 CBS Mon
Betty falls for a guy who pretends he is Mr. Ebert when he
really is working for Jim.
6.05 [176] Father Knows Best: BUD PLAYS IT SAFE
2Nov59 CBS Mon
To get on the football team Bud dates the coach's daughter.
6.06 [177] Father Knows Best: BICYCLE TRIP FOR TWO
9Nov59 CBS Mon
Jim tries to regain the memory of his first bicycle trip with
Margaret.
6.07 [178] Father Knows Best: FIRST DISILLUSIONMENT
16Nov59 CBS Mon
Kathy learns about what happened to Bud when a boy faked his
credentials.
(Recut from a previous episode.)
6.08 [179] Father Knows Best: MARGARETS OLD FLAME
23Nov59 CBS Mon
Margaret reminisces about her old flames before going to her
class reunion.
6.09 [180] Father Knows Best: KATHY BECOMES A GIRL
30Nov59 CBS Mon
Kathy is changed from a tomboy to a beautiful young woman.
6.10 [181] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE WILLING WORKER
7Dec59 CBS Mon
Bud tries to get a job so he can buy a boat.
6.11 [182] Father Knows Best: TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
14Dec59 CBS Mon
Jim and Kathy are both double crossed by people they trust.
6.12 [183] Father Knows Best: GOOD JOKE ON MOM
28Dec59 CBS Mon
Margaret makes the family believe that she is responsible for
the building of a clinic.
6.13 [184] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S DOUBLE
4Jan60 CBS Mon
Betty is sent to Hollywood to see a movie star who is her
double.
6.14 [185] Father Knows Best: BUD HIDES BEHIND A SKIRT
18Jan60 CBS Mon
Bud blames reckless driving on Betty, who is on the safe
driving campaign.
6.15 [186] Father Knows Best: TOGETHERNESS
25Jan60 CBS Mon
The Anderson family is the focus of a magazine article on
family togetherness.
6.16 [187] Father Knows Best: SECOND BEST
1Feb60 CBS Mon
In order to be the best at something Betty competes in a
fencing tournament.
6.17 [188] Father Knows Best: KATHY'S BIG DECEPTION
8Feb60 CBS Mon
Jealous of Betty's dates Kathy tells the family a lie about
her boyfriend.
6.18 [189] Father Knows Best: CUPID KNOWS BEST
15Feb60 CBS Mon
Betty plays matchmaker between Frank and the daughter of an
neighborhood florist.
6.19 [190] Father Knows Best: JIM'S BIG SURPRISE
29Feb60 CBS Mon
Jim is surprised when the family feels his big surprise is a
material item.
6.20 [191] Father Knows Best: TIME TO RETIRE
7Mar60 CBS Mon
Jim has trouble telling an employee that he has to retire
because of his age.
6.21 [192] Father Knows Best: BUD, THE SPECULATOR
14Mar60 CBS Mon
Bud invests fifty dollars in a company that is a fraud and
takes his money and runs.
6.22 [193] Father Knows Best: THE $500 LETTER
21Mar60 CBS Mon
The Andersons tell their good deeds in order to receive a
$500 check.
6.23 [194] Father Knows Best: ADOPTED DAUGHTER
28Mar60 CBS Mon
Synopsis unavailable.
This episode was recut from a previous episode.
See episode #62 (end of season 2)
6.24 [195] Father Knows Best: FAMILY CONTEST
4Apr60 CBS Mon
Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against them
in a photo contest.
6.25 [196] Father Knows Best: LOVE AND LEARN
11Apr60 CBS Mon
Bud falls for his English tutor but discovers she is all work.
6.26 [197] Father Knows Best: BLIND DATE
18Apr60 CBS Mon
Betty dates a boy considered to be a loser in order to spite
the other kids.
6.27 [198] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S CAREER PROBLEMS
25Apr60 CBS Mon
Betty is discouraged when every contest she enters she loses
to the same boy.
6.28 [199] Father Knows Best: BUD LIVES IT UP
9May60 CBS Mon
Bud charges numerous bills to a college he is debating in
Chicago.
6.29 [200] Father Knows Best: NOT HIS TYPE
16May60 CBS Mon
Betty is caught in the middle of a fight between two friends
that are going to marry.
6.30 [201] Father Knows Best: BETTY'S GRADUATION
23May60 CBS Mon
Kathy is told of Betty's fear of graduating when she doesn't
want to graduate from junior high.
Re-cut of 2.36 [062]
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############# season 1960-61 ################
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CBS Tuesdays 8:00 PM Eastern
re-runs
[--] 08May61 rerun of 5.29 "The Art of Romance" (first
aired 30Mar59)
[--] 27Jun61 rerun of 4.14 "Big Sister" (first aired 08Jan58)
[--] 01Aug61 rerun of 4.22 "Country Cousin" (first aired
05Mar58)
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############# season 1961-62 ################
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re-runs
[--] 12Mar62 rerun of 5.20 "Hard Luck Leo" (first aired
26Jan59)
final network rerun on CBS - 17Sep62 Monday
############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 1962-63 ################
############## (final season) ################
re-runs on ABC
############# Father Knows Best ##############
############### reunion tvm's ################
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x.xx [R1] FATHER KNOWS BEST FAMILY REUNION
17May77
Rodney Young production
produced by Hugh Benson
directed by Marc Daniels
Betty, Bud, and Kathy, secretly come home to surprise their
parents on their wedding anniversary.
x.xx [R2] FATHER KNOWS BEST HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
18Dec77
Rodney Young production
produced by Hugh Benson
directed by Norman Abbott
Betty, Bud, and Kathy, come home for Christmas and discover
the family house is up for sale.
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