What happens
Jim Anderson decides to build a brick wall across the back of his yard, but when his new neighbor Mr. Hubbard comes by to chat, Jim begins to worry that a wall would seem unfriendly. His family argues over the plan, and he eventually turns the bricks toward a playhouse for his daughter Kathy. Father Knows Best, starring Robert Young as Jim Anderson, is broadcast on March 12, 1953. Jim's wife Margaret and their children Betty and Bud each have their own views on the project as the Andersons try to settle the matter among themselves.
The Anderson family's white frame house on Maple Street, with its back yard, garage and driveway, on a Saturday.
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Joe, Mr. Hubbard, Mrs. Hubbard
Listen for: Jim's shifting decision about the brick wall, and how the new neighbor Mr. Hubbard reacts to 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.