What happens
Jim Anderson sorts through the household bills at the White Frame House on Maple Street, where his children are gathering old clothes for a Sunday school drive. A letter arrives announcing that Margaret's Aunt Ethel is visiting that very day, and the family has sent its living room furniture out for recovering. Jim, Margaret and the children scramble to hide the household's money troubles, including a gas and electric bill, from her. The episode is part of the Father Knows Best series, and this transcript is from its original broadcast on June 5, 1952, starring Robert Young as Jim.
The White Frame House on Maple Street in Springfield
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Aunt Ethel, Ralph, Mrs. Davis
Listen for: Jim's attempts to impress Aunt Ethel while the gas and lights are shut off
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.