What happens
Bud Anderson, the teenage son of the Anderson family in Springfield, feels he is too old to be told what to do and decides he wants his own life. He plans to rent a room over Engel's feed store for five dollars a month, and his parents, Jim and Margaret, must decide how to handle him. Meanwhile his sisters Betty and Kathy have their own schemes, from a lecture on mentology to selling taffy for summer camp. Father Knows Best is the radio series, first aired on June 12, 1952, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson. The episode follows the family's conflicting plans and reactions as the day unfolds.
The White Frame House on Maple Street in Springfield, and nearby places around town.
Characters: Bud Anderson, Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Ralph, Joe Phillips, Claude Messner
Listen for: Bud's plan to move into the room over Engel's feed store, and his father's response to 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.