This was my favorite series as a child! I have the best memories about this series! As an elementary school child this series taught me good values that I still remember!

macpherr

I was raised abroad and watched it when the series was shown abroad, translations and all, long after its American release in 1954.  In France it was shown in 1960. I am sure I also saw it about that time. I always looked forward to that half an hour to watch  "Father Knows Best." Our entire family would tear up learning from Robert Young,  the dad. Actually the reason I liked that series so much is because I always thought that my parents knew best!  That was until I became a teenager, of course! Later I went back to my original opinion: that mom and dad  indeed knew best for me. I do not remember specific episodes but I remember the theme song.  Jim Anderson,  dad, played by Robert Young , was an insurance salesman. Margaret Anderson played the mom and she also looked very pretty and dressed up for just staying home.  Then there were Betty (princess)  Bud, and Kathy (Kitty).  They lived in Springfield.  Mom and dad slept in separate beds. That I could not get because my parents slept in the same bed. But I have the great memories about the show. "Father Knows Best" had family values, good moral ethics,  and valuable lessons were taught in every show. I would like for the series to be released  in video in its entirety because I would like to see it again!

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macpherr 25 March 1999

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