Jim's Birthday

Mother, is Maxwell House really the only coffee in the world? Well, your father says so, and your father knows best. Yes, it's Father Knows Best, transcribed in Hollywood, starring Robert Young as father. A half hour visit with your neighbors, the Andesans, brought to you by Maxwell House, the coffee that's bought and enjoyed by more people than any other brand of coffee at any price.

Maxwell House, always good to the last drop. All great men, it seems, are born on special days. Abraham Lincoln, for example, was born on Lincoln's birthday. Coincidence, isn't it? In Springfield, where Jim Anderson was born, they do things in a slightly different manner.

So Jim shares his birthday with George Washington. That was yesterday, and in the White Frame House on Maple Street, they had quite a time. It went something like this. Bud! You want me, Mom? Are you almost finished down there?

Just about. I have to put up one more thing of balloons. Well, please hurry, dear. Your father will be home any minute. Okay. Did you get Mr. Gribble, Mother? Oh, dear. I knew there was something.

He's the only one I couldn't reach. It's too bad because I know your father like him to be here. I bet Daddy's gonna be surprised. Well, if he isn't, it won't be our fault. And if you say one word to him...

Why won't, Daddy? I didn't this morning, did I? No, but you certainly came close a couple of times. Now, don't be little smile, you dug up. You look like the Mona Lisa, Junior Grade. What's that? Never mind.

Daddy, you know, I'm not sure that we did the right thing at breakfast. How's that, mother? Well, your father looked so hurt. The least we could have done was wish him a happy birthday. Oh, no, Mommy!