Selling the House: Father Knows Best (November 6, 1952)

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“Selling the House” is an episode of Father Knows Best, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 6, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jim Anderson decides to sell the family's White Frame House on Maple Street after a series of household mishaps. While he attempts repairs himself, his daughters and son Bud cope with the disruption, and his wife Margaret worries about leaving the home where their children have grown up. Jim's sudden change of mind about the sale sets the household scrambling to tidy up before a prospective buyer arrives. The episode is from the series Father Knows Best, first broadcast on 1952-11-06, with Robert Young as Jim Anderson.

The Anderson family home, a white frame house on Maple Street

Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Bud Anderson, Ralph, Mrs. Smedley

Listen for: Jim's repairs to the water faucet and the exploding water heater, and the household's rush to prepare the house for a buyer

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.