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Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954, insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household. Father Knows Best premiered on CBS in October, 1954 and has been part of the American cultural fabric ever since. The program's depiction of a "typical" mid-century, middle-class, Midwestern American family is fondly remembered by many of us who grew up watching the show and rather enviously thinking: "Oh. So this is what happens in all the other houses." Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt) charmed us as the levelheaded domestic diva who stood faithfully behind the strong and benevolent father. Their three children—sophisticated teen Betty (Elinor Donahue), chronically befuddled 14-year-old brother "Bud" (Billy Gray) and precocious little sister Kathy (Lauren Chapin)—faced the challenges of growing up right alongside of us. And in episode after episode, Jim and Margaret treated their children's youthful transgressions with authority, empathy and wisdom. By the end of each half hour, we'd all learned our lesson. Join Jim and Margaret and "Princess," "Bud" and "Kitten" in their very first year as everyone's favorite '50s family in Father Knows Best.
Bonus Content:
- Daddy's Girls with Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue: Interviews with the Actresses Who Played the Anderson Sisters, Kathy and Betty.
- Robert Young's Home Movies – Beautiful Footage of Robert Young's Real-Life Family, Shot Between the 1930s and the 1970s, Reveals the Inspiration Behind Much of Father Knows Best. Narrated by Young's Grandson Bill Proffitt.
- Behind the Scenes: Rare Color "Home movies" From The Set Of Father Knows Best. Narrated by Bill Proffitt.
- 24 Hours in Tyrantland – In 1959, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Paid to Have a Special Episode Produced. It Was Never Broadcast, But Was Shown in Schools, Churches and Civic Groups for the Purpose of Selling U.S. Savings Bonds.
- Window on Main Street: "The Return" – Shortly After Father Knows Best Went Off the Air in 1960, Robert Young and Eugene B. Rodney Returned to the CBS Lineup with a New Series Starring Young, Titled Window on Main Street. This Is the Pilot Episode.
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8 ounces
Item model number : SF10768
Director : William D. Russell, James Neilson, Peter Tewksbury
Media Format : NTSC, Closed-captioned, Box set, Black & White
Run time : 11 hours
Release date : September 1, 2020
Actors : Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin
Language : Unqualified
Studio : SHOUT! FACTORY
ASIN : B0012Q3SZ0
Number of discs : 4
Reviewer: Fay Bleech
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Father knows best
Review: Excellent show
Reviewer: O'Dryden
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect Family Entertainment
Review: I have not seen this show in 30 years and I amazed how well the it holds up in the 21st century. The first season aired in 1954 and 1955 and it was based on the popular radio show that was broadcast from 1949 through 1953. Although the Anderson's do not look like any family you would see today, they do portray what every family wishes it could be. The Andersons represent a solid family where ever member is valued, and character and integrity are expected by all. The parents, Jim and Margret, work together to confront the difficulties of raising three children. Margaret looks to Jim as the head of the household. Jim does not abuse his position as the "man of the house" and constantly treats his wife Margret with the utmost respect and love. Therefore, Jim feels respected and Margaret feels loved and together they make a perfect team.Bud, the second child, is the one who seems to always find trouble which sets the stage for endless hours of entertainment. Betty, the oldest, is very level-headed and responsible but as a teenage girl, she does encounter her share of problems. Finally there is Kathy, the little sister, who keeps the pot stirring by always making the inappropriate comment or lets the cat out of the bag by purposely repeating what she heard her parents say earlier.Unlike today's shows, the teenage daughter is not promiscuous and does not reveal her body in a way that leads one to think she is a prostitute. The son is not on drugs, does not talk back to his parents, and does not have sex with every girl in the neighborhood. The youngest daughter is not one of those untamed little animals you see terrorizing her parents in the grocery store.I know people mock the show because it is unrealistic. But it is only unrealistic in the sense that the Anderson's have set the bar very high and in all reality few families can be like them. American television used to portray what the ideal family should be in an effort to foster a desire to be better. Today's television family shows the worst in people so that even a semi-dysfunctional family will feel good about itself in comparison and therefore, not strive to improve or reflect on how it behaves.I really like this show and my teenage son and 11 year old daughter really like it too. The stories are well written, the production values very high, and the actors perform superbly. This is perfect family entertainment.
Reviewer: William A Bourne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the Great early TV shows
Review: Since we didn't get a TV until 1960, I watched all these shows as reruns. The ideal American Family. We get into the world of the Andersons. A successful father and stay at home mom with 3 children. Robert Young and Jane Wyatt played the perfect couple after they had already proven themselves in Hollywood movies. Betty, Bud and Kathy were the ideal kids. It is nice that the Shout Factory released the show on DVD. Considering how old the source material was, the transfer to DVD was pretty and the sound was great with the minimal amount of popping. So if you want to re-live those days when life was simpler, this is a great collection of season 1.
Reviewer: A Christian Farmer's Wife
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Family Show even kids like it!
Review: Got a great deal on this Season of Father Knows Best!! Hope to get more good deals. This is a wonderful show about life in simpler times. It's still full of everyday antics that 3 children can come up with, and believe me these 3 are full of them. The best thing is there's Betty who's a teenager, Bud who's almost a teenager and Little Kathy who's in grade school, there something for just about any age on this show and it's just a clean, fun show with wonderful actors who seem to really love what they are doing, you'd never know they weren't a real family. Sure it's a little like Leave it to Beaver, but do they get any better??? The mother is Jane Wyatt, she's absolutely beautiful, and so smart and funny. You'll be happy your purchased this one, we love it. There's only one small thing we didn't like, the Father smokes sometimes, not very often, but it does have an ad for cigarettes at the beginning of one of the shows and when that show comes on, he's lighting one up. I don't smoke, and don't want to encourage my child to smoke, so that disturbs me some, but I do realize that was a different era. Buy this one, you'll love it, and your kids will long for those days or be happy for what they have in this day, either way it's a positive show about positive, good, things for the most part. No bad language, no fighting, no guns, just good old fun. Hope you enjoy!!! Got mine from Amazon, they are the best!!! Thanks Amazon for having such a wide variety of Clean, Family Shows!! Hope you continue to offer these. Until next time, May God Bless you all with good health, happiness and prosperity.
Reviewer: Blsultan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: DVD should have been cleaned prior to selling. Worked nicely.
Reviewer: Phil Rowan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Classic 60's TV series. A must have for collectors of old TV shows. Highly recommended.
Reviewer: Denise
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I already bought for myself 5 seasons of that series. The stories are warm and interesting and often quite amusing and the actors are just great. It's a beautiful family show. I have every intention of purchasing the whole series and I am now getting a double of each season for gifts. I think a whole season of a series makes an excellent gift for Christmas, a birthday or any holiday. Without spending a fortune, you give hours of entertainment to the person you want to spoil. Not any kind of gift can do that. And so far, I never had any trouble with the disks of that series; and Amazon is at its usual standard... THE BEST !
Reviewer: Daniel 98765
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ...he's trying. And that's what counts.
Reviewer: peter jones
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good family entertainmeny.