What happens
Margaret and Jim Anderson plan to redecorate their traditional living room, but daughter Betty, newly enthusiastic about modern art after a visit with her friend Arthur, insists the whole house must go modern. Her enthusiasm spreads to her father, who starts taking the idea to extremes, while Margaret tries to hold on to the familiar furnishings. Meanwhile, Bud and Kathy are busy with a magic act that keeps running into trouble. Father Knows Best, the 1953 episode dated February 19, 1953, is a half-hour family comedy starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson home on Maple Street in Springfield, in the living room and around the house.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Ted Hodges, Arthur, Ralph
Listen for: Betty's enthusiasm for modern art, Jim's escalating plans for the living room, and Margaret's attempts to keep the old furnishings.
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.