What happens
Jim Anderson decides to turn the cluttered attic of his family's house on Maple Street into an extra room, and his wife Margaret, daughter Betty, and children Bud and Kathy are drawn into the job. Jim insists on clearing the attic that very evening, and the family hauls out years of accumulated belongings, including Margaret's mother's old sewing machine and a hitching post Jim treasures. Margaret reluctantly agrees to part with the sewing machine, and the family's sorting leads to a sale in the front yard. Series: Father Knows Best, first broadcast December 6, 1951, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson family home on Maple Street in Springfield, including the attic, the den, and the front yard.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson
Listen for: Jim's insistence on clearing the attic right away, and the family's reactions as the sewing machine and hitching post are sorted and sold.
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.