Father Knows Best Radio Shows


(4.6 étoiles; 25 critiques)

Father Knows Best was a radio show during the 1950s and 1960s. It portrayed an idealized vision of middle-class American life of the era. A total of 203 episodes were produced until it made a debut on television in 1962.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapitres

Audition Show 30:06
Elusive Card Game, The 29:24
An Uncontrolled Dog 29:30
Golf Challenge 29:30
Superstitious Folk 29:31
Time for a New Car 29:31
New Housekeeper, A 29:33
June 29, 1950 29:34
Vacation Arrives 29:43
An Efficient House 29:37
Family Car Stolen 29:37
Who Has the Time 29:46
FreeOTRShows.com - 29:45
Family Spending 29:33
Skunk Must Go, The 29:37
Spooky Cemetery, A 29:32
Too Many Problems 29:21
Bad Barbecue 29:36
Enterprising Kids 29:30
Thanksgiving Show 29:47
French Teacher, A 29:39
Father Becomes Ill 29:39
Christmas Program 29:33
Party Preparations 29:39
Taking on City Hall 29:38
Missing Furniture 29:28
Recreation Woes 29:23
Sound Matchmaker 29:21
Ranch Inheritance 29:19
Discussion Of Diet 29:35
Smooth Household 28:40
Watching the Dog 29:34
September 18, 1952 29:19
Women Work 29:59
Betty and the Crooner 29:49
Bud Quits School 29:48
Carnival in Town, A 29:32
Boy Next Door, The 29:52
Bud Likes Girls 29:48
Aunt Thelma Visits 29:36
Babysitter Misery 27:32
Family Getaway 29:38
Old Father Time 29:30
Springtime Woes 29:42
Good Old Days, The 29:37
Sophisticated Bud 29:36
Paper Drive 29:30
Remembering Names 29:41
Big Inheritance 29:43
Mind Your Manners 29:53
Date Mix-Up, A 29:58
Value of Money, The 29:56
Life of the Party 29:55
Too Many Peanuts 29:53
Halloween Blues 29:51
Moving to Chicago 29:52
Thanksgiving Dinner 29:37
Taking Pictures 29:19
Unusual Bet 29:18
Mink Coat Woes 29:23
Trash Can Lids 29:18
Telephone Mix-Up 29:15
Check Writing 29:10
False Elopement 29:18
Spring Cleaning 29:16
FreeOTRShows.com - 29:24
Rainy Day Activity 29:23

Critiques

You might care to know . . .


(3 étoiles)

. . . that the radio version of Father Knows Best expired in 1953 while the television version was produced from 1954 through 1963. Research and accuracy are our friends. That said, there's something to be said for the radio show being much more of a genuine comedy than the television show, which was probably slightly more a light drama than a full comedy. And it's a kick hearing a slightly different Jim Anderson than would become familiar on television---on radio, he was a little addlepated and a little bit more of a dunderhead. Not to mention hearing the future Wilma Flintsone (Jean Vander Pyl) as the second Margaret Anderson on radio.

Good collection


(4 étoiles)

Father Knows best ran from August of 1949 until March of 1954 on the NBC radio Network

Pure delight!


(5 étoiles)

Robert Young is a national treasure. He elevates the cute and corny scripts into sublime delights.

The elusive card game


(5 étoiles)

In every family there are special days,

Who has the time?


(5 étoiles)

I've had this conversation! Great show!