Episode
Father Knows Best: Family Dines Out
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Father Knows Best
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1956-03-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Family Dines Out is Episode 28 in Season 2 of Father Knows Best. It aired on 1956-03-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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