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Written by freelance writer Ed James, Father Knows Best was a radio and television comedy series aired from the 1950's to 1960's. It featured the story of middle class American family, most especially of the family's head Jim Anderson (who was originally known as Jim Henderson based on James' audition disc), which was played by Robert Young.

The radio version started on August 25, 1949 on NBC Radio. Apart from Young, the series also starred June Whitley (and later Jean Vander Pyl) as his wife Margaret, along with Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, and Norma Jean Nillson as their kids Betty, Bud, and Kathy.

With General Foods as the main sponsor, Father Knows Best was heard every Thursday evenings until its last episode on November 19, 1953. On 2008, the series had its film adaptation, which starred Tim Allen. Click here to read more about Father Knows Best

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
10.05.1950	father knows best (050) family spending	+ Jim is surprised to find that Margaret has bought a subscription of The Poultry Breeders Bulletin ...
09.28.1950	father knows best (049) the new girlfriend	+ Slap a Bunch of poets together and at least one thing bound to emerge is a new definition of love....
09.21.1950	father knows best (048) who has the time	+ Starring Robert Young. It’s the time of year when the clocks go back, or is that forward? Jim ha...
09.14.1950	father knows best (047) family car stolen
09.07.1950	father knows best (046) an efficient house	+ Starring Robert Young. The Anderson Kids are all down in the dumps at the thought of going back to...
07.06.1950	father knows best (045) vacation arrives	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. Where will the Andersons go on their vacation? This is not an...
06.29.1950	father knows best (044) new arrangements	+ Starring Robert Young. Jim arrives home in a good mood after selling half a million dollars worth ...
06.22.1950	father knows best (043) a new housekeeper	+ Starring Robert Young. In every household there are two kinds of husband, 1) the one who takes abs...
06.15.1950	father knows best (042) father's day trip	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. A Father's Day program. A fishing outing with the entire famil...
06.08.1950	father knows best (041) time for a new car	+ Starring Robert Young. Betty declares that their car is a wreck, but Jim declares that it’s good...
05.25.1950	father knows best (040) superstitious folk	+ Starring Robert Young. In Springfield in the white-framed house on Maple Street Jim is packing for...
05.18.1950	father knows best (039) betty's screen test	+ To be or not to be that is quite a question, whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings...
05.11.1950	father knows best (038) the golf challenge	+ Starring Robert Young. Betty needs a new dress for $17 but when Bud and Kathy break the garage win...
05.04.1950	father knows best (037) an uncontrolled dog	+ Starring Robert Young. A decade or so before the turn of the twentieth century the city editor of ...
01.12.1950	father knows best (021) elusive card game	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee ("Robert Young Good Driver's Club"). The day father received th...

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I like Robert Young. He had very good range. I actually saw a film where he played a Nazi. Jimmy Stewart was in it. But usually he played GIs or airmen.

Dennis

Father Knows Best is my favorite.

Marc

father knows best is good

Robert

I love Father Knows Best

Tracy

CORRECTION:I looked it up and that Tim Allen version announced in 2003 apparently was scrapped by 2008, so he never did that movie as mentioned.

Pat Centeno

This situation comedy series starred Robert Young. It was broadcast by NBC from 1949 to 1954, and there was a long TV run for this series too. It was telecast by CBS, NBC and ABC from 1954 to 1963.

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