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Starring
Robert Young
&
Jane Wyatt
Season 6 (CBS) (1959-60)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Shawn A. Adam (synopses for all episodes), Rina Fox,
Jimmie D.
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
############ Father Knows Best ##############
############# season 6 1959-60 ###############
###### (final season of new episodes)
########
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
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Nolan ...... Coach Harper
Ann Benton ....... Sally Harper
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 (II)
16Nov59 CBS Mon
Kathy learns about what happened to Bud when a boy faked his
credentials.
(Recut from a previous episode - see #2.4)
6.08 [179] Father Knows Best: MARGARET'S 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 (II)
28Mar60 CBS Mon
Synopsis unavailable.
This episode was recut from a previous episode.
See 2.36 [062] "Adopted Daughter" (I)
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 (II)
(final episode)
23May60 CBS Mon
Kathy is told of Betty's fear of graduating when she doesn't
want to graduate from junior high.
This episode was recut from a previous episode.
See 2.37 [063] "Betty's Graduation" (I)
############# Father Knows Best ##############
############## end of season 6 ###############
##############################################
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