What happens
Jim Anderson struggles with the cost and scale of his cousin Louise's wedding in Springfield, while his wife Margaret, daughter Betty and son Bud are caught up in the preparations. Expenses mount for chicken salad, chairs, rolls and a tuxedo, and the household grows tense as the Sunday ceremony approaches. Louise and her fiancé Tom Goodwin also argue over how large the wedding should be, and the disagreement leads to a rehearsal that goes awkwardly. The episode is part of the Father Knows Best series and aired on June 28, 1951, with Robert Young as Jim Anderson.
The Anderson home on Maple Street in Springfield, in the days before a wedding
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Louise Baker, Tom Goodwin, Dr. Swain
Listen for: Jim's growing exasperation over the wedding bills and Louise and Tom's argument about how large the wedding should be
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.