Doesn't get the credit it deserves

tonylimo

As I watched it in the 1970 s as a teenager I didn't think much of it. Having just binged watch it in a month , it was very well written with great stories lines. Robert Young of course is the star and is very good playing Jim as a understanding and fair , even tempered Dad. But it the kids Betty , Bud and annoying Kathy that truly make the show. Elinor and Billy are very good and underrated , Elinor is a wonderful dancer " Betty makes a choice " shows her talent there. Billy will make you laugh and cry , never seen a guy bounce off of walls , trip walk into walls , do back flips , handsprings and he's great with his dead pan face , now Kathy is another story. Most of the time I feel like locking her up in the closet or chaining her up to the radiator ( I never seen one in the show ) when she starts up and has to get all the attention. She must be a great actress because I believe she is really like that in real life, knowing what has happened to her ( addiction, prostitution ect ) I believe in playing Kathy that it was so easy for her because she was really like that in life. She was just playing herself. She never listen always cause trouble for everyone, was very jealous of her brother and sister. She always had to get her way. And her parents added to the problem by spoiling her " Kathy , girl executive " and " No Partiality " is prime examples. Sometimes the show is written so corney. I liked her a lot in season 1 when she was small she could get away with being a brat as she grew and got bigger is wasn't as cute anymore , it became anoying. As for Margret , she belonged in a convent as a mother superior. She was too uptight , needed to loosen up a little , she belongs teaching 3rd grade and ordering them around , If I have to hear "Children I'm ASHAMED of you" for the 500 time , I'll go crazy . Those dresses had to go. She looked better in long pants , but she was a good mother , she cooked , cleaned, sowed, ironed, painted the fence, even fixed the plumbing pipe.
Overall is a great show. If your a baby boomer and sick in bed I recommend that you bing watch it.

score 10/10

tonylimo 9 November 2019

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5246293/