Season 1
(1954)
Cast
as Jim Anderson
as Margaret Anderson
as Betty Anderson
as Bud Anderson
as Kathy Anderson
Episodes
Bud Takes Up the Dance 0.0
October 3, 1954
Bud tries to learn how to dance from a book for his first school dance.
Lesson in Citizenship 0.0
October 10, 1954
Jim tells his family to help others which leads to complications.
The Motor Scooter 0.0
October 17, 1954
Jim buys Bud a motor scooter but Margaret won't let him have it.
Football Tickets 0.0
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 0.0
October 31, 1954
Bud moves out, but discovers he can't clean, cook, or take care of himself.
Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation 0.0
November 7, 1954
Jim comes to believe that he is over the hill.
Bud's Encounter With the Law 0.0
November 14, 1954
Bud becomes increasingly paranoid when Kathy (who has a fascination with the new washing machine, and puts everything i…
Thanksgiving Day 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
December 5, 1954
Jim becomes worried that things between Betty and a new male friend of hers are getting too serious.
Margaret Goes Dancing 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
January 2, 1955
Jim receives a traffic ticket and Bud is appointed to be judge on that day.
A Friend of Old George's 0.0
January 9, 1955
An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.
Bud the Snob 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
February 20, 1955
Margaret tries to get her cousin and her boyfriend married.
Bud the Bridesmaid 0.0
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 0.0
March 6, 1955
Jim tries to help the children regain their confidence.
Father Delivers the Papers 0.0
March 13, 1955
Bud injures himself, so Jim delivers the papers on his route to avoid Bud being fired.
No Partiality 0.0
March 20, 1955
Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.
Close Decision 0.0
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…