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S2 E10 Father is a Dope

Comedy

ALL

26 minutes

1 Nov 1955

Jim becomes paranoid after watching a family sitcom on television.Featuring: Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young

Season 2, 37 Episodes

Father Knows Best - Art of Salesmanship

Art of Salesmanship,

Bud thinks he can earn much money fast by selling sauce-boats.

Father Knows Best - Father's Private Life

Father's Private Life,

Jim feels that his children need to work out their own problems.

Father Knows Best - Lessons in Civics

Lessons in Civics,

The county wants to build a new highway right through the old community hall.

Father Knows Best - First Disillusionment

First Disillusionment,

Bud is upset because he has lost a job to another boy.

Father Knows Best - Woman in the House

Woman in the House,

Jim wants to invite a friend of his over to the Anderson home.

Father Knows Best - New Girl at School

New Girl at School,

There is a new girl at school and it is love at first sight for Bud Anderson.

Father Knows Best - Kathy Makes Magic

Kathy Makes Magic,

Kathy trades her skaters for a magician's box.

Father Knows Best - Advantage to Betty

Advantage to Betty,

Betty is excited her tennis team has made the championships.

Father Knows Best - The Big Test

For once in his life Bud has studied hard for a big test.

Father Knows Best - Father is a Dope

Father is a Dope,

Jim becomes paranoid after watching a family sitcom on television.

Father Knows Best - Spirit of Youth

Spirit of Youth,

Betty, Bud and Kathy are convinced that Mom and Dad are very old.

Father Knows Best - Bud, the Ladykiller

Bud, the Ladykiller,

At school a dorky classmate of Bud's has a crush on him.

Father Knows Best - Margaret's Premonition

Margaret's Premonition,

Margaret's recent predictions have convinced that family that she has psychic powers.

Father Knows Best - Stage to Yuma

Robert Young tells us at the beginning that "the family is on vacation this week"(lucky them) and then proceeds to introduce what is clearly meant to be a Western pilot for an entirely different show.

Father Knows Best - Bad Influence

Bud has a new friend. Unfortunately, his new friend is a kleptomaniac and Bud gets blame for his friend's actions.

Father Knows Best - Betty Hates Carter

Betty Hates Carter,

Jim has decided to play match maker for his daughter for an upcoming ball.

Father Knows Best - Jim, the Tyrant

Jim, the Tyrant,

Jim has had a bad day at work. When he comes home from the office his mood is amplified when the family ignores him

Father Knows Best - Betty's Brother

Betty's Brother,

Because of the large age difference between Kathy and Betty, it was been easy for Kathy to be proud to have a sister like Betty.

Father Knows Best - Betty Earns a Formal

Betty Earns a Formal,

Jim refused to buy a formal dress for the dance for Betty because it cost too much money.

Father Knows Best - The House Painter

The House Painter,

The Anderson's are getting their house painted. This starts a moral discussion and the family wage a bet. Betty and Jim are having a discussion about responsibility and pride in a job well done versus the old mighty dollar.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Wallflower

Bud, The Wallflower,

Bud is depressed because he has not been invited to the Sadie Hawkins dance at school. He decides to plan a camping trip.

Father Knows Best - The Bus to Nowhere

The Bus to Nowhere,

Betty has been depressed for over a week. No one has been able to cheer her up. Betty seems to be facing a personal crisis and is searching for the meaning of life.

Father Knows Best - Kathy, The Indian Giver

Kathy, The Indian Giver,

Kathy is much younger than Bud and Betty. Though they love her they often do want to play with her. Kathy is tired of being left alone with her dolls to play. She wants to have a real baby sister to play with.

Father Knows Best - The Historical Andersons

The Historical Andersons,

Bud is given an assignment to write an essay about a great man from the War of Independence.

Father Knows Best - The Grass is Greener

The Grass is Greener,

In college Jim was spent so much time with his four college pals that they were known as the Four Musketeers. Charly Bradley, one of his college pals, is in town.

Father Knows Best - The Persistent Guest

The Persistent Guest,

Bud has a new friends that he has invited to stay over night at the Anderson Home.

Father Knows Best - Family Reunion

Family Reunion,

Margaret is excited about her family reunion. Her excitement is not shared by the family. They have found all kinds of excuses to prevent them from going to her reunion.

Father Knows Best - Family Dines Out

Family Dines Out,

Betty has a new friend, Elouise Sanford. Elouise is from an upper class family. Betty is concerned that she will not be able to keep the friendship unless Elouise thinks they are from the same class.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Boxer

Bud, The Boxer,

Eddie Jarvis is the school bully. He challenges Bud to a boxing match.

Father Knows Best - Betty, Girl Engineer

Betty, Girl Engineer,

After a job fair, Betty decides she would like to be an engineer.

Father Knows Best - The Martins and the Coys

The Martins and the Coys,

Betty and her boyfriend are getting along wonderful until his father and Jim have a fight. After the fight, he refuses to see her ever again.

Father Knows Best - Dilemma for Margaret

Dilemma for Margaret,

Margaret is candid about some minor issues with her children.

Father Knows Best - Hero Father

Bud impresses his classmates when his father gets Duke Snider make a visit to Springfield.

Father Knows Best - Father, the Naturalist

Father, the Naturalist,

Kathy is excited because if she can find five more herbs, her folder will be complete and she can get her promotion to tribe princess.

Father Knows Best - The Ten Dollar Question

The Ten Dollar Question,

Jim and Margaret are so tired of the family dynamics. The children will not stop tattling on each other. They offer a ten dollar review to the child that does not tattle for one week.

Father Knows Best - Adopted Daughter

Adopted Daughter,

Kathy is cleaning up and finds a receipt for $25 from the adoption center. She is sure that she has been adopted and is determined to get Jim and Margaret to confuss the truth to her.

Father Knows Best - Betty's Graduation

Betty's Graduation,

As Kathy approaches her completion of Junior High, she grows anxious. Jim tries to reassure her that Betty felt this way last year, when she graduated High School. As graduation grows nearer no one can reconcile Kathy's fears.

Details

Father Knows Best

Comedy

All

6 Seasons

22 minutes

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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