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Betty's Engagement

Father Knows Best · November 12, 1953 · 29 min · 4,255 words

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Mother, our post-40% Brand Flakes really the best tasting cereal of them all. Well, your father says so, and Father Knows Best. Yes, it's Father Knows Best, transcribed in Hollywood starring Robert Young as Father. A half hour visit with your neighbor's The Anderson.

Brought to you by Instant Sanker, the delicious coffee that lets you sleep, and post 40% Brand Flakes. Mother, next time you're choosing a cereal, remember, You post-brand flakes give your family all the important keep regular benefits of brand in a cereal with a delicious new magic oven flavor.

Incest on post-brand flakes, the cereal preferred and eaten by far more people than any other brand flakes. They're wonderful for breakfast, lunch, or in-between meals, so get post-brand flakes this weekend. They're good and so good for you.

Some American philosopher, his name escapes me for the moment, said that there is no such thing as the average American family. He claimed that once the family becomes average, they immediately move out of the average class.

Is it possible that he had the Anderson family in mind when he made this wise observation? Well, let's take a look, see. In the average White Frame House on Maple Street, in the average town of Springfield, on an average sort of morning, the Anderson's are ready for an average sort of meal.

Breakfast. Well, they're supposed to be ready, but you know how it is, is Margaret. The average mother calls. Jim, your breakfast is on the table. And the average answer is... Mommy! Kathleen, come in and start your breakfast.

Breakfast. Don't you understand, Mommy? This is a crisis. How can I go to school without my skates? Eat your breakfast, dear, and we'll look for the skates later. But I have looked for them. They aren't anywhere.

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