What happens
The Anderson family of Springfield prepares for a visit from Marcella Crane, Margaret's old school friend, now a New York fashion expert working on a coast-to-coast survey. Jim Anderson, who had planned to go duck hunting with neighbor Ed Davis, is pressed by his wife to stay home and entertain her. Meanwhile Betty frets over a white formal that is out of date, Kathy worries about her square dancing skirt, and Bud schemes to make his mother jealous. Father Knows Best is a radio family comedy from 1952, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson home in Springfield, a small American town, with the neighboring Davis house next door.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Freddie Anderson, Marcella Crane, Ed Davis
Listen for: Betty's distress over her outdated white formal, and Bud's scheme to make his mother jealous of Marcella Crane.
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.