Episode
Father Knows Best: Thanksgiving Day
Overview
Kathy writes the best poem in the fourth grade on what Thanksgiving means to her, and Jim builds the poem up in his mind to unreasonable expectations for a fourth grader. When he actually finds out what the poem consists of, his hopes for Kathy’s future are deflated and he disparages the poem to Margaret, unwitting that Kathy has overheard.
Details
- Series
- Father Knows Best
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1954-11-21
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Thanksgiving Day is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Father Knows Best. It aired on 1954-11-21. The runtime is 30 min.
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Bud becomes increasingly paranoid when Kathy (who has a fascination with the new washing machine, and puts everything in there) places a letter addressed to him by the police department in the washing machine, and ruins the letter, so he doesn’t know why he is asked to be there within seven days.
Episode 9: Second Honeymoon
Jim's weekend retreat, just he and his wife, seems like a perfect idea, at first. But he doesn't want to pass this on to the kids when he learns that the kids have plans with them; and then when the kids take the news too easy, Jim and Margaret are befuddled. They leave, but soon they start thinking about their kids and after reaching the lodge they want to phone in - but no one answers the call...
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