What happens
Jim Anderson, the father in the Anderson family, reads Benjamin Franklin's Thanksgiving prayer aloud at the dinner table while his children, Betty, Bud and Kathy, grow restless. Earlier, Jim and his wife Margaret stage a prank to teach the children to respect their belongings, which backfires when Bud discovers his clothes missing. Robert Young plays Jim in this half-hour program. The episode is a Father Knows Best installment from November 22, 1951, sponsored by Maxwell House coffee.
The Anderson family home, including the dining room at Thanksgiving and the family's hunting lodge called Blue Paradise.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Dr. Simmons
Listen for: Jim reading Benjamin Franklin's Thanksgiving prayer over the family's meal, and the children's squabbling over 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.