What happens
Jim Anderson, a Springfield insurance man, is asked by Dr. Swain to speak at a community meeting on family relations, and his wife Margaret is pressed into the task instead. Meanwhile, Judge Mitchell comes to the house to report that Bud has knocked down his tree while driving with friends. Jim has to deal with his son's reckless behaviour and reflect on his own part in it. The episode is the Father Knows Best broadcast from January 5, 1950, and it features Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The White Frame House on Maple Street in Springfield, in January 1950.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Bud Anderson, Betty Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Dr. Swain, Judge Mitchell
Listen for: Jim's confession to Judge Mitchell about his own failure to teach Bud responsibility behind the wheel.
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.