What happens
Jim Anderson learns that a distant cousin, Joseph James Anderson, has died and left him an inheritance. Jim and his wife Margaret, along with their children Betty, Bud and Kathy, begin to imagine a fortune, while the family's everyday affairs continue around them. Jim is also frustrated by a stalled town playground project and by a committee member, Mr. Gribble. The episode is part of the Father Knows Best series, starring Robert Young as Father, and it aired on September 17, 1953.
The Anderson family home, a white frame house on Maple Street in Springfield
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Mr. Gribble, Mr. Ford, Frank
Listen for: Mr. Ford, the family's lawyer, tells the Andersons about the inheritance from cousin Joe, which begins as a ranch worth nine million dollars.
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.