Father Knows Best was one of the most iconic and successful TV family sitcom of the 1950's like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet it showed an ideal 1950's family and the small little trails that became its comedy, but Like Ozzie and Harriet it had a health run on radio before it moved to TV. Film actor Robert Young played "Father" Jim Anderson the warm-hearted perfect Father who didn't handle all situation perfectly from the beginning but always ended well. Margaret his wife played by June Whitley and Jean Vander Pyl (who become famous for voicing Wilma Flintstone in 1960's cartoon) and 3 children Betty, Bud and Kathy all lived in typical post war Midwest town with usual teenage dramas. It ran on NBC from 1949-1952 and was sponsored by host of General Foods products...The beginning was built in commercial with Kathy the youngest daughter asking "Mother are 40% Bran Flakes really best-tasting cereal of them all?"...Which Mother would answer "Well your father say so, and father knows best!" and theme music would swell....Classic 1950 OTR...a joy for the whole family!!!
Robert Young and Jane Wyatt from TV's Father Knows Best...June Whitley and Jean Vander Pyl would play Margaret on radio.
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