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S5 E13 The Great Experiment

Comedy

ALL

32 minutes

8 Dec 1958

Things don't exactly work out as planned when Jim attempts to get family members to expand their horizons.Featuring: Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young

Season 5, 38 Episodes

Father Knows Best - Vine Covered Cottage

Vine Covered Cottage,

Betty and her boyfriend are discussing the possibility of getting married but Jim and Margaret make her see that matrimony may not be as romantic as she thinks.

Father Knows Best - Be Kind to Bud Week

Be Kind to Bud Week,

Bud wonders what's going on when Betty suddenly starts being extra nice to him.

Father Knows Best - Kathy's Romance

Kathy's Romance,

Kathy gets herself a boyfriend but he seems to be more interested in Jim than her.

Father Knows Best - Voice From the Past

Voice From the Past,

Bud prepares to escort his school's homecoming queen.

Father Knows Best - Frank's Family Trees

Frank's Family Trees,

When Betty begins wondering about her new beau's family, he tells her they are entertainers.

Father Knows Best - Always Plan Ahead

Always Plan Ahead,

Jim decides to teach the Anderson children a lesson to always plan ahead.

Father Knows Best - Second Wedding

Second Wedding,

Betty talks her parents into going through another marriage ceremony for their anniversary.

Father Knows Best - Bud, the Caretaker

Bud, the Caretaker,

A friend gives Bud his car to watch over.

Father Knows Best - Betty, the Pioneer Woman

Betty, the Pioneer Woman,

Betty wins a role in a play about the founding of Springfield.

Father Knows Best - Fair Exchange

An Indian student from Betty's college spends the weekend with the Andersons.

Father Knows Best - Bud, the Snob

Jim and Margaret worry that Bud is turning into a snob when he begins hanging with an elite clique.

Father Knows Best - Margaret Wins a Car

Margaret Wins a Car,

Margaret wins a car in a raffle and uses it to help out an orphanage.

Father Knows Best - The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment,

Things don't exactly work out as planned when Jim attempts to get family members to expand their horizons.

Father Knows Best - The Christmas Story

The Christmas Story,

While putting up their Christmas tree, the Anderson family recalls how they acquired it.

Father Knows Best - The Basketball Coach

The Basketball Coach,

Jim gets named coach of Bud's recreation league basketball team.

Father Knows Best - Kathy, Girl Executive

Kathy, Girl Executive,

The family puts Kathy in charge of Bud's lawn mowing company.

Father Knows Best - The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan,

As part of a school assignment, Bud must do a good deed. The experience turns him into a cynic.

Father Knows Best - The Ideal Father

The Ideal Father,

The Anderson children all forget Jim's birthday.

Father Knows Best - Big Shot Bud

Bud wants to buy Margaret a bottle of expensive perfume for her birthday but ends up getting himself into trouble yet again.

Father Knows Best - Hard Luck Leo

A visitor to the Anderson home begins taking advantage of the family.

Father Knows Best - Bud, the Campus Romeo

Bud, the Campus Romeo,

Bud finds himself blacklisted by the girls at his school.

Father Knows Best - Crisis Over a Kiss

Crisis Over a Kiss,

Bud tries to save Betty after she makes a date with a notorious campus hound.

Father Knows Best - Kathy Grows Up

Kathy Grows Up,

Tired of being treated like a child, Kathy demands to be treated like an adult.

Father Knows Best - A Man of Merit

A Man of Merit,

Jim learns that he's been nominated for an important award by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

Father Knows Best - Betty Makes a Choice

Betty Makes a Choice,

Betty gets overconfident of winning the lead in her junior class college basketball because she got it the year before.

Father Knows Best - It's a Small World

It's a Small World,

Margaret's dilemma: attend a luncheon with her women's group or go on an important business trip with Jim.

Father Knows Best - Two Loves Has Bud

Two Loves Has Bud,

Bud must choose between two girls to take to his prom.

Father Knows Best - An Extraordinary Woman

An Extraordinary Woman,

An author on African culture is the latest visitor to the Anderson home.

Father Knows Best - The Art of Romance

The Art of Romance,

Betty finds romance in her college art class.

Father Knows Best - Formula for Happiness

Formula for Happiness,

Jim's dreams amazingly begin coming true.

Father Knows Best - Bud and the Debutante

Bud and the Debutante,

Bud tries to impress his wealthy galpal by taking her to a fancy restaurant.

Father Knows Best - The Promised Playhouse

The Promised Playhouse,

Flashback to an earlier episode about Jim building a playhouse for Kathy.

Father Knows Best - The Meanest Professor

The Meanest Professor,

Bud writes an uncomplimentary article about a professor for his school newspaper.

Father Knows Best - Live My Own Life

Live My Own Life,

Another flashback episode about Bud going out and trying to make good on his own.

Father Knows Best - Bud Has A Problem

Bud Has A Problem,

Bud is doing poorly in physics and blames his academic woes on the class professor.

Father Knows Best - The Great Anderson Mystery

The Great Anderson Mystery,

The Andersons decide to act out a detective story themselves when their television set goes on the fritz.

Father Knows Best - Margaret Goes Dancing

Margaret Goes Dancing,

Margaret tries to get Jim to take her dancing.

Father Knows Best - The Gold Turnip

The Gold Turnip,

Bud comes to the conclusion that the only good tradition is no tradition at all.

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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