Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1954)

Cast

Robert Young as Jim Anderson
Robert Young

as Jim Anderson

Jane Wyatt as Margaret Anderson
Jane Wyatt

as Margaret Anderson

Elinor Donahue as Betty Anderson
Elinor Donahue

as Betty Anderson

Billy Gray as Bud Anderson
Billy Gray

as Bud Anderson

Lauren Chapin as Kathy Anderson
Lauren Chapin

as Kathy Anderson

Episodes

Bud Takes Up the Dance poster

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October 3, 1954

Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.

Lesson in Citizenship poster

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October 10, 1954

Jim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.

The Motor Scooter poster

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October 17, 1954

Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.

Football Tickets poster

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October 24, 1954

Jim gets tickets to an important football game, and picks one of the kids to go with him—only to be blackmailed by an i…

Live My Own Life poster

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October 31, 1954

Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.

Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation poster

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November 7, 1954

Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.

Bud's Encounter With the Law poster

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November 14, 1954

Bud becomes increasingly paranoid when Kathy (who has a fascination with the new washing machine, and puts everything i…

Thanksgiving Day poster

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November 21, 1954

Kathy writes the best poem in the fourth grade on what Thanksgiving means to her, and Jim builds the poem up in his min…

Second Honeymoon poster

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November 28, 1954

Jim's weekend retreat, just he and his wife, seems like a perfect idea, at first. But he doesn't want to pass this on t…

Typical Father poster

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December 5, 1954

Jim becomes worried that things between Betty and a new male friend of hers are getting too serious.

Margaret Goes Dancing poster

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December 12, 1954

Jim and Margaret rarely disagree on anything. But when he finds out Margaret signed them up to take dancing lessons, Ji…

The Christmas Story poster

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December 19, 1954

Jim takes the family into the woods to cut down their own tree, and they become stranded there.

Sparrow in the Window poster

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December 26, 1954

Kathy discovers a wounded Sparrow on the windowsill of the house—which she then considers hers—and the whole family bec…

Boy's Week poster

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January 2, 1955

Jim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be judge on that day.

A Friend of Old George's poster

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January 9, 1955

An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.

Bud the Snob poster

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January 16, 1955

Bud is deemed a snob by the girls in school because he won’t speak to any of them. When Jim talks it over with him, he …

The Promised Playhouse poster

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January 23, 1955

After making a big deal about people keeping their word, Jim is forced to put his words into practice to set a good exa…

Jim the Farmer poster

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January 30, 1955

Jim wants to give up his office job in order to move into the country to lead a quiet, and less stressful, life as a fa…

Father of the Year poster

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February 6, 1955

Jim is happy to learn his kids are planning to enter him in a Father of the Year contest. But things, of course, don’t …

The Mink Coat poster

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February 13, 1955

Even though finances have grown a little tight in the Anderson household, Jim buys Margaret a mink coat that ends up be…

The Matchmaker poster

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February 20, 1955

Margaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.

Bud the Bridesmaid poster

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February 27, 1955

Margaret's cousin (from the previous episode) is set to wed in the Anderson household, but things go wrong, due to the …

Proud Father poster

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March 6, 1955

Jim tries to help the children regain their confidence.

Father Delivers the Papers poster

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March 13, 1955

Bud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.

No Partiality poster

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March 20, 1955

Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.

Close Decision poster

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March 27, 1955

Margaret worries the entire day over what will become of Bud’s future if he doesn’t develop good character. This is tie…