What happens
Betty Anderson tells her parents she plans to marry Billy Smith, a young man her father does not approve of. At breakfast, the Anderson household is busy with Kathy's lost skates and her request for two dollars for wings in a school play. Betty's announcement prompts Jim Anderson to forbid the match, but Margaret arranges a dinner with the Smith family. The evening turns into a heated argument between the two families over Billy's prospects and their social standing. Father Knows Best is a radio family comedy, first broadcast on November 12, 1953, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson home on Maple Street in the town of Springfield, during one morning and a later evening.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Bud Anderson, Billy Smith, Hector Smith, Elizabeth Smith
Listen for: Betty's announcement that she intends to marry Billy Smith, and her father's reaction at breakfast.
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.