What happens
Jim Anderson and his wife Margaret live in Springfield with their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Betty tries to persuade her father that her sneezing is psychosomatic and that she needs a strapless evening gown, while Bud wants a gasoline scooter and Kathy asks for a larger allowance. Meanwhile, Jim sets out to cut the family's clothing budget so he can pay for a boat, and a shopping trip at Gorman's department store tests his plan. The episode is a half-hour comedy from the Father Knows Best series, first broadcast on September 6, 1951, with Robert Young in the lead role.
The Anderson home at 607 Maple Street and Gorman's department store in Springfield
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Ed Davis, Jamie Liggett, Stevie Long
Listen for: Jim's attempt to trim the children's clothing budget and his talk with Ed Davis about buying a boat
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.