About

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.

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Episodes

1. Bud Takes Up The Dance

22m

Bud uses an old book to teach himself to dance in time for his very first date and his very first dance.

2. Lesson In Citizenship

22m

Jim sets out to teach his layabout kids a proper life ethic.

3. The Motor Scooter

22m

Jim and Margaret disagree on whether Jim should buy Bud a motor scooter.

4. Football Tickets

22m

Jim and Margaret go to the big football game every year. This year, Margaret finds she cannot go and Betty is promised the ticket—until Jim offers it to someone else.

5. Live My Own Life

22m

Bud feels beleaguered by his parents and siblings, and believes he is ready to take responsibility for his own life.

6. Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

22m

Jim wants to play badminton, but his kids see him as too old for such things.

7. Bud's Encounter With The Law

22m

Kathy's on a tear, throwing everything she can get her hands on into her new “spaceship,” a/k/a the family washing machine.

8. Thanksgiving Day

22m

When Kathy writes a prize-winning Thanksgiving poem, Jim envisions his “Kitten” as the next Emily Brontë.