What happens
Jim Anderson becomes convinced the family should follow a diet promoted by Dr. Milford Clark, after reading his book Learn to Live and Like It. Margaret, Betty, Bud, Kathy and Jim argue over the raw vegetables and health claims, while Jim prepares to introduce Dr. Clark at a Chamber of Commerce dinner. The household's dispute grows heated over the new meals and a tuxedo that no longer buttons comfortably. The series is Father Knows Best, first broadcast on September 20, 1951, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson family kitchen and home, with a Chamber of Commerce dinner planned for Saturday night.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Dr. Milford Clark, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Manassian
Listen for: Jim's lecture on food and the diet of Dr. Milford Clark, and the family's growing exasperation with it.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.