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Every evening mid-century, Midwestern insurance salesman Jim Anderson came home, put on his favorite sweater and prepared for an evening with his family-a situation where anything could happen. Robert Young returns to the head of the dinner table to play the patriarch of America's most beloved family in Season Two of Father Knows Best. Following Season One's cancellation from its 10:30 p.m. time slot on CBS, fans protested, prompting rival network NBC to pick up the series for a second season. The show became successful when it began airing in August 1955 at the more family-friendly time of 8:30 p.m. A growing number of families began tuning in to see what kind of trouble "Bud" (Billy Gray) was going to get into next, how Kathy (Lauren Chapin) was handling growing up, whether Betty (Elinor Donahue) and her boyfriend du jour would break up and how Margaret (Jane Wyatt) would inevitably hold their universe together. A day in the life of the Andersons was a 1950s suburban dream come true. Join Jim and Margaret and "Princess," "Bud" and "Kitten" in Season Two as everyone's favorite '50s family in Father Knows Best.
Bonus Content:
- Extended Father Knows Best Flashback Episode: "First Disillusionment," Which Aired During the Sixth Season (11/16/1959)
- Robert Young Western – "Stage to Yuma," 12/7/1955: The "Lost" Episode of Father Knows Best, Which Hasn't Aired in Syndication Since the 1980s. As Robert Young Points Out in His Introduction to the Audience, "They Are Doing A Different Show Tonight."
- "The Teacher" – From Robert Young's Very Next TV Series, Window On Main Street: This Second Episode from the Long-Lost Series Was Recently Discovered in the Young Family Film Vaults and Has Never Been Seen in Syndication.
- Daddy's Girls, Part 2: Interviews with Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue, the Actresses Who Played the Anderson Sisters, Kathy and Betty.
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; 3.2 ounces
Item model number : 4314337
Media Format : Multiple Formats, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Box set, NTSC
Run time : 17 hours and 30 minutes
Release date : September 1, 2020
Actors : Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin
Studio : SHOUT! FACTORY
ASIN : B001D2WUCA
Number of discs : 5
Reviewer: Piano Player
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful presentation! Unedited episodes & great bonus features
Review: Here it is: the best season (in my opinion) of FATHER KNOWS BEST, with a wonderful DVD release. Every episode is complete, from the opening titles right through the "Screen Gems" logo at the end. They run close to 26 minutes each!Video and audio quality is excellent. A few episodes even include the original sponsor cards during the opening/closing credits.Why is this the best season? Everything clicks here: acting, writing, direction, music -- the sometimes silly storylines that permeated the first half of the first season are gone, and this second season more than builds on the momentum of the end of the first season (when the show was starting to get a lot more interesting).Lots & lots of classic episodes here, including:* "Advantage to Betty" (Betty doesn't play tennis as well as the team champ, but gets more attention from the press because she's prettier)* "Persistent Guest" (Bud's homeless friend visits and won't leave)* "Family Reunion" (No one wants to go to Margaret's family's reunion -- except Margaret)* "Father, the Naturalist" (Kathy loses her Little Squaws nature folder in the woods)There are very nice bonus features, too: a "flashback" episode from the final season, another episode of "Window on Main Street," more interviews with Elinor Donahue and Lauren Chapin, and the long-missing "Stage to Yuma" Western episode that fans have been seeking for years. (The version of "Stage to Yuma" presented here is pristine, unlike the underground copies that have been floating around for awhile.)I'm delighted that Shout! put so much love & care into this FATHER KNOWS BEST set, and recommend it highly.
Reviewer: William A Bourne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great TV show from my youth
Review: From an era when you could sit down as a family and watch "family" entertainment. Robert Young and Jane Wyatt left the big screen to be in your living rooms on a weekly basis. The three kids, Betty, Bud and Kathy had their usual kid issues which are tame compared to today. A great transfer to DVD but you must remember these are in Black and White. Saved money by not shooting in color. Sound quality is good.
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for the entire family
Review: Love watching the old family stories. No sex , murder or bad language.
Reviewer: Sheri Heffner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This episode was very warm and could reflect on a situation today.
Review: I watched an episode of Father Knows Best. It was about this poor homeless boy that came to the Amdersons because he wanted to help Bud with his homework. He came right at dinnertime and Margaret and Jim asked him to stay for dinner. The boy was starving and kept Bud up past midnight and when Jiom told him to stay overnight. Howard pretended to call his house. The next morning the family is awakened by the smell of breakfast,they all go downstairs to see that Howard cooked and later on, he is playiong a game with Kathy and a friend of Betty's comes over to get a sweater and tells them Howard is "Bumming around." the poor boy has no home and his mother ran off when he was little then his father left and he was living in an old bus in a junkyard. She tells them he sponges off of people and Jim tells her they invited Howard to stay with them and tells her to get out. Later on, a co worker that has no children is called and he and his wife come over and meet Howard. They like him and he likes them.
Reviewer: Jeff Boomer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: You'll Love this DVD Set
Review: I help maintain the fatherknowsbest.com website, and i just want to stop the uncertainity whether or not the season 2 dvds are complete. They are complete with each episode running about 26 minutes. There are no music alterations (like they did to "the Fugitive" or "My Three Sons".) The Screen Gems logo is on the ending credits, and some episodes have the sponsor opening and closing credits, things true fans love to see. The episodes came from uncut masters from the Sony Vaults. It is 50 years old, and originally was on film, so you will get the occasional specks that film has, but the overall picture is so sharp you can actually see the nail marks on some walls! This DVD set is about as close to perfection as you can get. (Minor flaws: the expanded version of "First Disillusionment" doesn't have the opening credits, and they used 1st season episode photos in the menus of the DVDs). For most everyone who watched the series in the past 25 years, we only got 22 minutes of each episode, so to see the full 26 minutes is a real treat! Definitely get this!
Reviewer: Humberto Velazquez
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dads
Review: I always loved this show, I remember when I was sick and stayed home from school, and a local channel would show it in the afternoon. Father didn't always know best, but he did know when he made a mistake and faced up to it. its all about family, no matter how difficult it can be, he demonstrated gratefulness, patience and the values of having that family. it was a show pointing toward lessons, entertainment and fun. a Family show that you can sit and watch with your kids. its a show for everyone. Father knows best was a show then, as Bill Cosby show was in the 80's and 90's. Television has never seen such gracefulness again.
Reviewer: Doc Savage
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More antics of the Anderson family in Springfield!
Review: Transfer over to DVD is pretty good quality. I thought I would purchase a few of these seasons of the show. As I explained in my review of the first season and many of my DVD collections I value the Special Feature sections of some of the actors who are still alive and can talk about the show or some of the other actors who are deceased. The young girl in the show who portrayed Kathy talks about how nice Robert Young was to her in the show. I guess he had 4 children of his own in real life. The actress who played Kathy was hired, she thought, because her looks were similar to Robert Young's youngest daughter who's name happened to be Kathy. But the antics of the Anderson family in Springfield continues and everyone in the family except the Father seems to know that Father Doesn't always know best!
Reviewer: Tom Barrette
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: descent price good communication, loved the dvd show
Reviewer: Maria
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great
Reviewer: Guy Moineau
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Everything fine !