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Apr 12, 1951 · 30:10
Do you know what a carrot is? I'm sure you do. A carrot is also a little girl, by the name of Cathy, who lives in…
Apr 16, 1953 · 29:29
Remember the old story about the tourist who stopped to ask a farmer what route he should take to reach a certain…
Apr 17, 1952 · 28:33
At comes to many families there came last week to the white frame house on Maple Street, the home of the Anderson's, an…
Apr 19, 1951 · 31:03
It's a peculiar thing about people, especially people who belong to a family, First, they begin to look alike, then (as…
Apr 2, 1953 · 28:48
There comes a time in every boys life when he is presented with the opportunity to go into business himself and he must…
Apr 23, 1953 · 29:20
Sometimes a man’s mind plays little tricks on him and on such an occasion he needs a little nudging to return to a…
Apr 26, 1951 · 30:11
Now is the time of year when a strange malady falls upon the land, affecting people from every walk of life. Butchers…
Apr 30, 1953 · 29:32
It's beautiful in Springfield this Saturday morning, just the kind of a day that makes a man want to get outside, move…
Apr 5, 1951 · 30:54
Some three hundred years ago, it was said in Rochester by an earl of the same name, 't'is a very good world that we…
Apr 9, 1953 · 28:46
As a means of developing strength of character, Benjamin Franklin tried each day to one thing that he was afraid to do,…
Dec 11, 1952 · 30:00
Even though Jim Anderson still feels that the basis of good citizenship lies in voluntary performance of ones civic…
Dec 14, 1950 · 30:00
It’s 9am and Jim is still in bed feeling miserable and coming down with a cold. But oh dear, Margaret has her girl…
Dec 18, 1952 · 30:11
The Andersons of 607 Maple Street generally stick pretty closely together but they have a day every now and then when…
Dec 20, 1948 · 30:05
Ed James produced this Audition episode of Father Knows Best on December 20th 1948, which was eight months before the…
Dec 21, 1950 · 29:31
It’s Christmas Eve and the Andersons are decorating the Christmas tree, well Jim is no one else is allowed to touch it…
Dec 24, 1953 · 29:30
The town of Springfield is lovely to behold this Christmas Eve. About noon the first snow flakes began to fall and soon…
Dec 25, 1952 · 24:35
Lets look in on Christmas day in the white-framed house on Maple Street. Since early this morning when little Cathy…
Dec 28, 1950 · 29:38
It’s 3 days after Christmas day and Jims tired of eating turkey, turkey hash, turkey croquets, cold turkey and cream…
Dec 3, 1953 · 29:24
Been the only witness to a traffic accident between his neighbors George Newman and Herb Ellis has placed Jim in a…
Dec 31, 1953 · 29:03
What starts out to be the first well-organized New Years Eve in the history of the Anderson family ends up becoming a…
Dec 7, 1950 · 29:38
Jim is trying to help Kathy with her fractions and is trying to explain that a 3rd is more than a 4th. Kathy is…
Feb 1, 1951 · 29:18
When a legal firm turn up to inform Jim that Joseph James Anderson his Fathers cousin once removed has died at the age…
Feb 12, 1953 · 27:24
Well you wouldn’t think a public meeting with the local school board would cause much of a disturbance, but it is…
Feb 15, 1951 · 28:25
It's St Valentine's day, a day for love and lovers and it was quite an event in Springfield this year especially in a…
Feb 15, 1951 · 28:25
Valentine's had been quite an event in Springfield this year, especially in a certain white-framed house in Maple…
Feb 18, 1954 · 29:02
You know, I think a person could make a really nice business out of manufacturing a kit of aids for parents who are…
Feb 19, 1953 · 29:35
Spring is still a few weeks away but out in the white house on Maple street it looks like the season of showers and…
Feb 22, 1951 · 29:59
Jim Anderson's birthday celebration takes an unexpected turn when his youngest daughter Kathy decides to give him the…
Feb 25, 1954 · 29:01
To most Americans a bank is a fairly familiar institution; it’s the place where you keep your money. It’s the place…
Feb 26, 1953 · 29:25
One of the truly important milestones in the happy young life of eighteen year old Betty Anderson was the glorious day…
Feb 4, 1954 · 29:06
Not too many years ago an ingenious inventor by the name of Alexander Dumas Bell invented the telephone. This is an…
Feb 5, 1953 · 29:26
When relatives arrive for a visit after a long absence, the opening remarks generally follow a very familiar pattern.…
Feb 8, 1951 · 28:31
They say that curiosity once killed a cat, a faith that’s both proper and fitting so why not give thanks for the good…
Jan 11, 1951 · 29:27
Jim is reading the newspaper and commenting on the amount of lives that are lost due to motor accidents when Margaret…
Jan 12, 1950 · 30:00
Starring Robert Young. In every family there are special days like the day Junior had his hair cut, the day father…
Jan 14, 1954 · 29:09
In this episode Jim has come to the conclusion that all that girls talk about is boys and when his daughter comes to…
Jan 15, 1953 · 29:42
As far back as history has recorded our activities, woman has been a rather puzzling creature, especially when she’s…
Jan 18, 1951 · 29:22
Betty’s in love yet again! But this time she’s gone and fallen for Roger Van-Norton, of the very rich Van-Norton Family…
Jan 21, 1954 · 29:13
Ordinarily a Saturday morning at the whiteframe house on Maple Street is the time when the Anderson family takes a…
Jan 25, 1951 · 29:19
Margaret’s decided that Tom Goodwin is going to propose to her cousin Louise tonight after 5 years of going out…
Jan 28, 1954 · 29:08
Among life’s minor irritations which plague the average householder the crushed trash can lid ranks fairly high. This…
Jan 29, 1953 · 29:29
They say a mans home is his castle so possibly by the same token you might say a boys room in the home is also his…
Jan 4, 1951 · 29:57
It’s a typical mealtime at the Andersons when the conversation turns to Kathy’s spelling test. She didn’t know that…
Jan 7, 1954 · 29:09
All Margaret wants to do is take a few photos to finish of the last two pictures on a roll of film before she sends it…
Jul 5, 1951 · 30:15
In this week's Father Knows Best Father takes a trip back in time to explain to Kathy just why kids can't shoot-off…
Jul 6, 1950 · 27:36
Starring Robert Young. The Andersons have been going to the same holiday cottage in Round Lake for almost 10 years and…
Jun 14, 1951 · 30:00
It's Father's Day on Sunday and the women's committee have taken over the Anderson's house in preparation of the picnic…
Jun 15, 1950 · 29:41
Starring Robert Young. In Springfield in the white-framed house on Maple Street the Andersons have their own conception…
Jun 21, 1951 · 29:57
It's morning in Springfield, The morning of June 21st to be exact - and it's a day long to be remembered in the minds…
Jun 22, 1950 · 29:19
Starring Robert Young. In every household there are two kinds of husband, 1) the one who takes absolutely no interest…
Jun 28, 1951 · 28:47
It seems like everybody wants something this morning but none so surprising as 17 year old Betty who tells her parents…
Jun 29, 1950 · 29:32
Starring Robert Young. Jim arrives home in a good mood after selling half a million dollars worth of group insurance…
Jun 8, 1950 · 29:29
Starring Robert Young. Betty declares that their car is a wreck, but Jim declares that it’s good solid metal – before…
Mar 1, 1951 · 30:21
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man…
Mar 11, 1954 · 29:08
You’ve probably heard that the veteran woodsman can predict what the weather will be just by listening to the sounds…
Mar 12, 1953 · 29:45
To realise a job well done, there are four requisites. There must be a desire to do the job, the ability to do the job,…
Mar 15, 1951 · 28:57
From Horace to Benjamin Franklin, and from Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde, practically everyone has had something to say…
Mar 18, 1954 · 29:15
There was a good bit of excitement and no little dismay stirred up at the white-framed house on Maple Street at noon…
Mar 19, 1953 · 28:40
A wedding ring has generally been considered to be the key to bliss and happiness. But then, if one is to consider…
Mar 22, 1951 · 29:19
It's raining in Springfield. It's been raining, as a matter of fact, for the past three days. In the white framed on…
Mar 25, 1954 · 29:13
It’s raining this morning in Spring Field one of those steady downpours that looks like it’s going to last all day. And…
Mar 26, 1953 · 28:47
At the white framed house on Maple Street, it is a cold March evening, with very little going on outdoors. But there's…
Mar 29, 1951 · 29:08
It's April Fool's Day in Springfield, and the Anderson household is in for a day of surprises and misunderstandings.…
Mar 4, 1954 · 29:07
It's Saturday morning in Springfield what's more it's a beautiful warm spring morning the kind that makes a man feel…
Mar 5, 1953 · 29:38
It's that time of year when a person begins to think about how nice it would be to get away for a while, even if just a…
May 10, 1951 · 29:57
In chapter ten of Oliver Twist, the astute Mr Dickens observed that there is a passion for hunting something deeply…
May 11, 1950 · 29:28
Starring Robert Young. Betty needs a new dress for $17 but when Bud and Kathy break the garage window playing golf in…
May 14, 1953 · 29:26
Well Friday afternoon is always an interesting time around the white-framed house on Maple Street. During the week it…
May 15, 1952 · 28:39
Welcome to Springfield and another half hour visit with the folks in the white-framed house on Maple Street. Sit back…
May 17, 1951 · 30:34
Once upon a time there was a popular little jingle that went something like this: "needles and pins, needles and pins,…
May 18, 1950 · 29:33
To be or not to be that is quite a question, whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of…
May 21, 1953 · 29:20
How true it is that the other person’s job always looks easier than our own and it’s always such a simple matter to…
May 24, 1951 · 30:10
Since the beginning of time songs have played a vital part in the history of our civilization. There are songs that…
May 25, 1950 · 29:30
Starring Robert Young. In Springfield in the white-framed house on Maple Street Jim is packing for a trip to Chicago…
May 3, 1951 · 30:30
It's busy in the Anderson household as the family are beating the carpets. Cathy is trying to tell her father that a…
May 31, 1951 · 30:38
"From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but…
May 4, 1950 · 30:00
Starring Robert Young. A decade or so before the turn of the twentieth century the city editor of the New York sun came…
May 7, 1953 · 29:28
It’s a well-known fact that the town of Springfield where the Andersons live is a fairly up-to-date little community…
Nov 1, 1951 · 29:30
Jim Anderson receives a tie with a painted lion on it in a purple jungle. He thinks its ghastly but Bud really likes…
Nov 12, 1953 · 29:54
In the average white-frame house on Maple Street, in the average town of Springfield, on an average sort of morning the…
Nov 13, 1952 · 30:19
Margaret is trying to get their home looking wonderful because on this day she is being interviewed by someone from the…
Nov 16, 1950 · 29:29
Bud wants $2 for some flashing socks and a hat, Betty wants $8 for a dress. Jim suggests that if they want something…
Nov 19, 1953 · 30:16
You wouldn't think an old straw suitcase full of dolls and doll clothes could upset a whole household, but that's…
Nov 2, 1950 · 29:20
In every week there are seven days in every day there are 24 hours in every hour there are 60 minutes or 3600 seconds…
Nov 20, 1952 · 29:56
What starts out as an innocent little bad dream of Cathy's become's a major neighborhood concern of a prowler in the…
Nov 23, 1950 · 29:46
It's Thanksgiving Day and Kathy has won a 4th grade competition for writing a poem about Thanksgiving Day to be read…
Nov 26, 1953 · 29:27
As far back as history has recorded our activities, woman has been a rather puzzling creature, especially when she's…
Nov 5, 1953 · 29:42
Generally speaking there’s nothing especially exciting about lunchtime on Saturday but excitement ran fairly high on a…
Nov 6, 1952 · 29:45
To Jim Anderson one of the most attractive things about the white-framed house on Maple Street is the fact that the…
Nov 9, 1950 · 29:34
The district supervisor Bill Buckley and his family were due to visit from New York and Jim had promised him barbecued…
Oct 1, 1953 · 29:48
There are certain things that parents are required to do for their children, there are many things they want to do for…
Oct 12, 1950 · 29:35
It’s just short of dinnertime in the Anderson home and Jim has just arrived home to a wonderful greeting from Kathy, of…
Oct 15, 1953 · 29:45
The path of the adolescent boy is strewn with allsorts of frustrations and Bud Anderson is no exception. One such…
Oct 16, 1952 · 29:39
You know Cathy Anderson, she's the little girl that lives in the white framed house on Maple Street in Springfield. Did…
Oct 22, 1953 · 29:43
Jim Anderson had an experience this afternoon at an auction sale; he got the bargain to end all bargains. Margaret…
Oct 26, 1950 · 29:30
It’s Halloween in Springfield and the Andersons are heading home after a weekend away in the country with their friends…
Oct 29, 1953 · 29:41
When brown October rolls around the air is crisp and clear and hearts of men are happy in the twilights of the year. In…
Oct 30, 1952 · 29:22
Towns and cities, like people have birthdays and Springfield is no exception. Infact Springfield celebrates its natal…
Oct 5, 1950 · 29:32
Jim is surprised to find that Margaret has bought a subscription of The Poultry Breeders Bulletin and Gazette for $4…
Oct 8, 1953 · 29:46
It’s a pleasant Saturday morning in Springfield and out of the white-framed house on Maple Street the stream of life…
Oct 9, 1952 · 29:39
Margaret is most unhappy to find Jim taking the old clocks apart on the dining room table. There's cogs and springs all…
Sep 10, 1953 · 29:32
They say curiosity once killed a cat a fate that’s both proper and fit so why not give thanks for the good fortune that…
Sep 11, 1952 · 29:33
Welcome to Springfield and another half hour visit with the folks in the white-framed house on Maple Street. Sit back…
Sep 14, 1950 · 29:36
Starring Robert Young. It’s the first day back at school for the Anderson Kids and it’s quite a hectic morning…
Sep 17, 1953 · 29:34
We once knew a man who was extremely wealthy and he had a wonderful system for acquiring money, which we think, will…
Sep 18, 1952 · 29:18
A letter is received at the white-framed house on Maple Street from Chicago from an old school friend of Jim’s inviting…
Sep 20, 1951 · 29:34
It’s a normal day in the Anderson household and the conversation has turned to food. Jim is trying to explain that 90%…
Sep 21, 1950 · 29:44
Starring Robert Young. It’s the time of year when the clocks go back, or is that forward? Jim has decided to alter the…
Sep 24, 1953 · 30:00
Welcome to Springfield and another a half hour visit with the folks in the white-framed house on Maple Street. Sit back…
Sep 25, 1952 · 29:49
It’s evening in the white-framed house on Maple Street and Margaret is absorbed in reading, Kathy is spread-eagled on…
Sep 28, 1950 · 29:43
Slap a Bunch of poets together and at least one thing bound to emerge is a new definition of love. Shakespeare once…
Sep 7, 1950 · 29:36
Starring Robert Young. The Anderson Kids are all down in the dumps at the thought of going back to school after the…
Ned · your guide to the archive
Ned here. Forty-odd years I've spent with these old shows — and if you took to Father Knows Best, I'd wager my last valve you'll love this lot.
