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Starring Robert Young & Jane Wyatt
Season 9 (ABC Network Reruns) (1962-63)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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 ABC Re-runs

 [--] 14Oct 62 ABC Sun - Rerun of #6.5 "Bud Plays It Safe"
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Nolan ...... Coach Harper
Ann Benton ....... Sally Harper
Bud decides to make the school football team by dating the coach's daughter. [JB]

[--] 6Jan 63 ABC Sun - Rerun of #6.7 "First Disillusionment" (II) (Recut of #2.4)
Bud's "First Disillusionment" comes when he's turned down for a job in a sporting goods store---and a boy with
a fake employment record is hired. [JB]

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Re-runs on ABC Daytime

19Nov 62 ABC Mon - Rerun of #1.16 "Bud The Snob" (I) (Recut-see #5.11)
Bud's shyness with girls is mistaken for snobbishness until Jim uses some psychology to cure the
youngster of the complex. [JB]

20Nov 62 ABC Tues - Rerun of #1.13 "Sparrow In The Window"
The Anderson family adopt an ailing sparrow and the entire clan join forces to help the bird
regain its health. [JB]

21Nov 62 ABC Wed - Rerun of #1.8 "Thanksgiving Show"
Jim's plan for a family Thanksgiving celebration fall apart when the children make separate appointments. [JB]

22Nov 62 ABC Thurs - Rerun of #1.1 "Bud Takes Up The Dance"
Bud, not too much of a dancer, is horrified to learn his parents intend accompanying him to his first
school social. [JB]

23Nov 62 ABC Fri - Rerun of #3.31 "Bud, The Philanthropist"
Bud donates $10 toward a collection for an ailing classmate, but becomes disturbed that another boy
receives credit for the donation. [JB]

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3Dec 62 ABC Mon - Rerun of #1.24 "Father Delivers The Papers"
Jim Anderson takes over Bud's paper route while his son nurses a sprained sacroiliac. [JB]

4Dec 62 ABC Tues - Rerun of #1.25 "No Partiality" (possibly)
Kathy revolts against hand-me-downs. [JB]

5Dec 62 ABC Wed - Rerun of #1.14 "Boy's Week"
Jim gets a traffic citation and must plead his case before Bud, who is serving as judge. [JB]

6Dec 62 ABC Thurs - Rerun #1.2 "Lesson in Citizenship" (possibly)
The Andersons set out on a good-will campaign. [JB]

7Dec 62 ABC Fri - Rerun of #1.15 "A Friend of Old George's" (possibly)
The Andersons invite the wife of a friend to stay at their home. [JB]

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31Dec 62 ABC Mon - Rerun of #2.3 "Lesson In Civics"
The Anderson family pitches in to preserve the town's historic "old meeting hall" being razed because it stands
in the path of a new highway. [JB]

2Jan 63 ABC Wed - Rerun of #2.7 "Kathy Makes Magic"
When Kathy tries out her new magic set, she begins to believe she has supernatural powers. [JB]

3Jan 63 ABC Thurs - Rerun of #2.11 "Spirit of Youth"
Goaded by the thought that their children consider them "old fogies", Margaret and Jim go off to their college
reunion determined to recapture the spirit of their youth. [JB]

4Jan 63 ABC Fri - Rerun of #2.10 "Father is a Dope"
Suspecting Margaret doesn't want him to go on a fishing trip, Jim anticipates his family will trick him into
staying home. [JB]
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22Nov 63 ABC Fri - Rerun of #3.4 "Man About Town"
Cathleen Case ...... Marissa
This episode was rerun the same day when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. ABC interrupted
"Father Knows" Best with a news bulletin concerning the assassination attempt. Subsequent bulletins followed
where his death was reported later on.
See Video on You Tube, ABC News Bulletin 11-22-63, Part I [JB]

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