Episode
Father Knows Best: Father Delivers the Papers
Overview
Bud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.
Details
- Series
- Father Knows Best
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1955-03-13
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Father Delivers the Papers is Episode 24 in Season 1 of Father Knows Best. It aired on 1955-03-13. The runtime is 30 min.
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