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S3 E23 Betty And The Jet Pilot

Comedy

ALL

25m

13 Feb 1957

Betty is saddened when her new boyfriend, who is a jet pilot, is transferred to Alaska.

Season 3, 37 Episodes

Father Knows Best - No Apron Strings

No Apron Strings,

Bud's new girlfriend Georgia is jealous of Bud's family life. Because of this, she tries to make him chose between her and his mother.

Father Knows Best - Never In Twain

Never In Twain,

Betty falls in love with a cowboy on a dude ranch. Neither her experience nor the love lasts

Father Knows Best - Betty Goes To College

Betty Goes To College,

Margaret and Jim are excited about Betty starting college. Sadly, in their excitement, they overlook what their daughter actually wants to do.

Father Knows Best - Man About Town

Man About Town,

Bud tries to date an older woman named Marisa by lying about his age. However, things get sticky when Marissa wants to go to an exclusive restaurant.

Father Knows Best - The Homing Pigeon

The Homing Pigeon,

Bud's homing pigeon and Betty scare the family by not returning home immediately.

Father Knows Best - Spaghetti For Margaret

Spaghetti For Margaret,

Jim finds himself in a sticky situation after having loaned money to an old high school teacher who dreams of becoming an acclaimed author.

Father Knows Best - Betty's Birthday

Betty's Birthday,

Betty decides that she does not want to celebrate her birthday.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Millionaire

Bud, The Millionaire,

Jim gives Bud an allowance in order to teach him about the value of money.

Father Knows Best - The Old Days

At a PTA fundraiser, the Anderson parents and kids chose to swap styles for the day.

Father Knows Best - Whistle Bait

Betty becomes jealous when all the attention at school is directed at the new girl.

Father Knows Best - The Great Guy

Bud hates his job, but feels that he can not quit because he has been bragging about it at home.

Father Knows Best - The Family Goes To New York

The Family Goes To New York,

Betty goes to New York to help out in her friends wedding. While there, she ends up in the gossip column with her friend's new brother-in-law.

Father Knows Best - Betty Goes Steady

Betty Goes Steady,

Betty tries to get in with the upper class kids at school while along the way losing sight of what really matters in life.

Father Knows Best - The Good Prospect

The Good Prospect,

Jim and the family meet Mr. Lydum, a smooth talker, who wants to invest in his and his children's ideas. Jim has trouble deciding whether Lydum is fake or the real deal.

Father Knows Best - The Angel's Sweater

The Angel's Sweater,

Everyone is worrying that the visiting Aunt Neva will ruin Christmas.

Father Knows Best - The Promising Young Man

The Promising Young Man,

Jim's boss asks Jim to teach his son Woody how to be a successful salesman. To Jim's horror, though Woody is a gregarious guy, Woody prefers to be carefree and does not want to be an insurance salesman.

Father Knows Best - Margaret Hires A Gardener

Margaret Hires A Gardener,

Margaret hires a Spanish gardener. When the work is done, Jim goes to pay him, but the gardener has increased his price.

Father Knows Best - Swiss Family Anderson

Swiss Family Anderson,

Margaret, Jim, and the rest of the family are shipwrecked on an island.

Father Knows Best - Brief Holiday

Bored with being a housewife, Margaret goes shopping and has a portrait made of herself. Jim understands that Margaret it is not just boredom that motivates her to take this break.

Father Knows Best - The Lawn Party

The Lawn Party,

Bud plans a lawn party and his parents find out.

Father Knows Best - Short Wave

While Bud is showing his family how he has learned to use a short wave radio, they overhear a distress call from a boat.

Father Knows Best - Carnival

Bud loses the money he was supposed to use to pay the tailor. One of the Carnival booth owners cons him into thinking that he can work for him to earn the money back.

Father Knows Best - Betty And The Jet Pilot

Betty And The Jet Pilot,

Betty is saddened when her new boyfriend, who is a jet pilot, is transferred to Alaska.

Father Knows Best - Trip To Hillsborough

Trip To Hillsborough,

Margaret and Jim let Bud go to Hillsborough to do research so long as Kippy is with him. Unfortunately, at the last minute, Kippy does not go. Bud's parents find out and worry about Bud.

Father Knows Best - An Evening To Remember

An Evening To Remember,

Actor Cornell Wild gets in an accident and asks Jim for legal advice.

Father Knows Best - Bud Buys A Car

Bud Buys A Car,

Bud buys a $10 car to impress his girlfriend. Unfortunately, the car needs a lot of work and does not impress his girlfriend.

Father Knows Best - Safety First

Because Bud violates a traffic law, he must do community service as a crossing guard.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Hero

Bud becomes a town hero after preventing a bank robbery.

Father Knows Best - Betty, The Track Star

Betty, The Track Star,

Betty finishes first in a track race in addition to becoming the flower queen.

Father Knows Best - The Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee,

Kathy is nervous about the school spelling bee, so Betty give her a penny and convinces her that it has special powers.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Philanthropist

Bud, The Philanthropist,

Bud decides to donate to the church, but gets angry when Kippy makes it appear that he gave money instead of Bud.

Father Knows Best - Baby In The House

Baby In The House,

Jim and Margaret decide to baby-sit for Betty so that she can go out.

Father Knows Best - Class Prophecy

Class Prophecy,

Jim and Margaret find out that an unsuccessful classmate, who they thought would become a doctor, is actually a bad salesman now and unhappy with his job.

Father Knows Best - The Art Of Romance

The Art Of Romance,

Bud asks Jim how to get Judy's attention while Judy asks Margaret how to get Bud's attention.

Father Knows Best - Margaret Disowns Her Family

Margaret Disowns Her Family,

Margaret helps out a young pregnant woman.

Father Knows Best - Grandpa Retires

Grandpa Retires,

Margaret's father decides to retire because of help problems. However, when Margaret and Jim figure out what is the real source of his sickness, her father will have to decide if he really wants to stop working.

Father Knows Best - Shoot For The Moon

Shoot For The Moon,

The Andersons regain their confidence with the help of Sageman.

Details

Father Knows Best

Comedy

All

6 Seasons

22m

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 household.

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