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S4 E3 The Good Neighbor

Comedy

ALL

25 minutes

8 Oct 1957

Margaret inherits a new rental property from her parents.Featuring: Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young

Season 4, 33 Episodes

Father Knows Best - Follow The Leader

Follow The Leader,

Bud must decide between defending the new teacher at school, or joining the rest of the class in revolt.

Father Knows Best - The Awkward Hero

The Awkward Hero,

Betty tutors a football star who wants to take her to the school dance.

Father Knows Best - The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor,

Margaret inherits a new rental property from her parents.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Executive

Bud, The Executive,

Bud enjoys his new leadership as chairman of the school picnic committee, until the power goes to his head.

Father Knows Best - Sentenced To Happiness

Sentenced To Happiness,

The Andersons' gardener, Frank, gets a new job and ends up in court.

Father Knows Best - Mother Goes To School

Mother Goes To School,

Betty and Margaret end up in the same English class at college.

Father Knows Best - The Indispensable Man

The Indispensable Man,

Bud is benched for the big game after breaking the coach's bedtime rule.

Father Knows Best - Kathy's Big Chance

Kathy's Big Chance,

Kathy wins a contest to appear with Greer Garson at her latest film opening, but gets the chicken pox.

Father Knows Best - Margaret Learns To Drive

Margaret Learns To Drive,

Jim teaches Margaret how to drive, but they end up in a fight.

Father Knows Best - The Way Of A Dictator

The Way Of A Dictator,

After learning about dictators in school, Bud takes over raising Kathy.

Father Knows Best - Mr. Beal Meets His Match

Mr. Beal Meets His Match,

Jim sells his soul to the devil -- at least, in Betty's version of the Faustian legend.

Father Knows Best - Kathy Makes A Wish

Kathy Makes A Wish,

Kathy makes a wish on a horseshoe, and it comes true.

Father Knows Best - Man With A Plan

Man With A Plan,

Bud's new girlfriend throws him a going-away party when she thinks he's enlisted in the Army.

Father Knows Best - Big Sister

At summer camp, counselor Betty pushes her sister to be the best -- and pushes her into rebellion.

Father Knows Best - Calypso Kid

Bud learns the bongos to impress a girl.

Father Knows Best - Father's Biography

Father's Biography,

Jim must choose between a PTA meeting and an important business meeting, both scheduled for the same night.

Father Knows Best - The Rivals

Betty has two dates on the same night.

Father Knows Best - Bud, The Mind Reader

Bud, The Mind Reader,

Bud takes up mind-reading, while Betty tries to make the debate team.

Father Knows Best - Margaret's Other Family

Margaret's Other Family,

The family feels sidelined when Margaret starts to help an elderly furniture maker and his wife.

Father Knows Best - The Trial

Bud is accused of damaging a neighbor's property.

Father Knows Best - Revenge Is Sweet

Revenge Is Sweet,

Betty teases Bud about his sloppy nature after he meets her rich, refined boyfriend.

Father Knows Best - Country Cousin

Country Cousin,

The Andersons' country cousin Milly comes to stay.

Father Knows Best - Poor Old Dad

Bud thinks his father is henpecked, so Jim shows him the true value of marriage.

Father Knows Best - Betty's Crusade

Betty's Crusade,

Betty helps save an elderly restaurant owner from eviction by Jim's company.

Father Knows Best - Young Love

Bud falls in love with an older woman at the supermarket -- then finds out she's married.

Father Knows Best - Tell It To Mom

Tell It To Mom,

Bud accidentally sells a pair of skates that Betty was hiding for a friend.

Father Knows Best - A Friend In Need

A Friend In Need,

The Andersons take in a stray dog who shows up on their doorstep.

Father Knows Best - A Medal For Margaret

A Medal For Margaret,

Margaret has no trophies in the family display case, so she tries to win a fly-fishing award.

Father Knows Best - The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex,

Betty uses her womanly wiles to get the neighbor boy to take her out.

Father Knows Best - Jim, The Answer Man

Jim, The Answer Man,

Jim wants to finish his work before leaving on a business trip, but is constantly interrupted by his family.

Father Knows Best - Bud Quits School

Bud Quits School,

Bud quits school after meeting a successful businessman who did the same.

Father Knows Best - A Matter Of Pride

A Matter Of Pride,

Bud is chosen as the most popular boy in his class.

Father Knows Best - Betty Finds A Cause

Betty Finds A Cause,

Betty lobbies a neighbor to remove his dangerously high hedge.

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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