Episode
Father Knows Best: Kathy, the Indian Giver
Overview
Kathy is taught about fair trading from her father—and ends up trading her doll for a real baby.
Details
- Series
- Father Knows Best
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1956-02-15
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Kathy, the Indian Giver is Episode 23 in Season 2 of Father Knows Best. It aired on 1956-02-15. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 22: The Bus to Nowhere
Betty becomes irritable with her family as she goes through an existential crisis.
Episode 24: The Historical Andersons
When Bud receives an assignment to write a term paper about a Revolutionary War hero, he ends up researching the life of a relative—Major Nathaniel Oliver Anderson.
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Episode 21: Bud, the Wallflower
Bud seems determined not to go to a Senior/Freshman dance that is Sadie Hawkins-themed.
Episode 25: The Grass is Greener
Jim’s old college friend, Charlie Bradley, a successful industrial tycoon, is in town. Charlie, along with Jim, were a part of a group known as The Four Musketeers, in college. Of the four, Jim appears to be the least ‘successful.’
Episode 20: The House Painter
Jim has a bet with Betty and Margaret concerning human nature, integrity and the man painting their house—Mr. Everett.
Episode 26: The Persistent Guest
Bud’s new friend, Fred, won't leave the Anderson house.
Episode 19: Betty Earns a Formal
Betty gets a job to pay for a new, expensive formal for the Cinderella Ball at the country club.
Episode 27: Family Reunion
The family tries to think up excuses to keep from going to Margaret's family reunion.
Episode 18: Betty's Brother
Bud is having trouble in school and the family are hard-pressed to find out why. Eventually, Jim and Margaret come to the conclusion that, since he’s entered high school, he’s lost his confidence over being constantly compared to Betty and her accomplishments.
Episode 28: Family Dines Out
Betty tells a wealthy friend, Eloise Sanders, that she’s going to a charity dinner at a club. But it’s expensive and she hasn’t asked her father, yet.
Episode 17: Jim, the Tyrant
Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort from his family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.
Episode 29: Bud, the Boxer
Bud gets in a tussle with a boy, Eddie, at school, then dreads facing him the next day because the kid wants to fight him. Jim makes Bud face him in a boxing ring to settle it, knowing that Bud will have to face Eddie, eventually. Later, Jim has Bud take boxing lessons.