Production Credits

           Production ........................... Screen Gems, Inc.
                                                  Robert G. Young & Eugene
                                                  B. Rodney Production

Cast:

           Robert Young ......................... Jim Anderson

           Jane Wyatt ........................... Margaret Anderson

           Elinor Donahue ....................... Betty Anderson (Princess)

           Billy Gray ........................... James 'Bud' Anderson, jr.

           Lauren Chapin ........................ Kathy Anderson (Kitten)

001 [1.01-54] Bud Takes Up The Dance

002 [1.02-54] Lesson In Citizenship / Lauter Freiwillige

003 [1.03-54] Motor Scooters

004 [1.04-54] Football Tickets / Vaters grosses Spiel

    The biggest football game of the season is approaching and Jim has,
    like every year, two tickets. Since his wife decides to skip the
    event, Betty will go with her dad this year. But when Bob Harris, a
    businessman and friend, is left without a ticket, Jim reluctantly
    promises to take him along to the game. Now he's in an awkward
    position: he has two tickets and promised two persons to take
    them along; Margaret forces him to keep his promises - now he's
    the one without the ticket. And the others, too, when he realizes
    that the tickets are in his shirt on its way to the dry cleaners ...

005 [1.05-54] Live My Own Life

006 [1.06-54] Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

007 [1.07-54] Bud's Encounter With The Law / Buds reines Gewissen

    Kathy uses the new washing machine for her astronaut-and-spaceship
    games. And into the washer she puts everything she gets her hands
    on: among those also Betty's skirt (which she wanted to put on for
    her 'Girls in Government Day') and even the mail. Among those now
    unreadable letters is one from the police who wants to see Bud.
    Jim, talking with a dismayed Bud, tries to figure out what the police
    wants from him and they come up that it could only be because Bud
    pilfered two old oil-drums from a dump.

008 [1.08-54] Thanksgiving Day / Die preisgekroente Dichterin

    Kathy won the first place in their class with her Thanksgiving
    poem. Jim thinks that a new Shakespeare is born and he as well
    as the family are quite proud of her - until he actually gets to
    hear the poem. Dissapointed, he runs down the poem which Kathy
    accidentally hears.

009 [1.09-54] Second Honeymoon / Flitterwochenende

    A weekend retreat, just he and his wife, looks like a perfect idea to
    Jim. First he doesn't want to pass this on to the kids when he learns
    that the kids have plans with them; and then when the kids take the
    news too easy Jim and Margaret are quite stunned. They leave, but soon
    they start thinking about their kids and after reaching the lodge they
    want to phone in - but no one answers the call ...

010 [1.10-54] Typical Father

011 [1.11-54] Margaret Goes Dancing / Weibliche Raffinesse

    When Margaret is told by Myrtle, a friend, she should enjoy life
    before it's too late, she agrees to take dancing lessons with her
    husband. Since Jim wouldn't like to go, she wants to use the 'female
    art of persuasion'. But this one backfires when Jim finds out first
    from Myrtle's husband. A fight between Margaret and Jim is the
    result ...

012 [1.12-54] The Christmas Story

013 [1.13-54] Sparrow At The Window / Spaetzchens Spatz

    Kathy has found a sparrow on the window sill and now the family
    takes care of the apparently injured bird.

014 [1.14-55] Boy's Week

015 [1.15-55] A Friend Of Old George's

016 [1.16-55] Bud, The Snob / Bud, der Snob

    In school the rumor makes the round that Bud is a snob. Although
    the actual problem is he can't talk to girls, as his father finds
    out. The family tries to help him but whenever he should talk
    to a girl he gets deadly nervous - only a Halloween mask gives
    him the self-conficence not to freak out. So, upon his wish, the
    family throws a costume party. But his dad has also something
    in mind ...

017 [1.17-55] The Promised Playhouse

018 [1.18-55] Jim, The Farmer / Vater zieht aufs Land

    Jim wants to give up his office job in order to move into the country
    to lead a quiet and less stressy life as a farmer. His wife doesn't
    think that he means it seriously but he has crossed many more lines
    to fulfill his dream than he ever did before. Soon the life at home
    turns more quiet than he expected and Jim starts to despair at home
    because no one from the office calls him, and his replacement and the
    secretary despair at the office because they don't want to phone and
    disturb him.

019 [1.19-55] Father Of The Year

020 [1.20-55] The Mink Coat / Sparmassnahmen

    Short on money, Jim summons a family meeting to explain the situation.
    Later, he gets a once-in-life chance to buy a heavily reduced mink
    coat for his wife. Unfortunately, this backfires since the mink now
    (in the public eye) represents a rich family - and the Andersons are far
    away from being rich. And living up to this mink coat isn't cheap either.

021 [1.21-55] The Matchmaker

022 [1.22-55] Bud, The Bridesmaid

023 [1.23-55] Proud Father

024 [1.24-55] Father Delivers The Papers / Vater, der Zeitungsjunge

    Mr. Collins, the man in charge, received several complaints about
    his paper boy Bud. He contacts Jim and this one promises that there
    won't be any more complaints from unsatisfied customers; Bud gets one
    last chance to keep his job. On the next day, Bud has an accident and
    then another mishap requires him to stay at home. Now Jim takes on
    Bud's route in order to keep his promise and safe Bud the job.

025 [1.25-55] No Partiality

026 [1.26-55] Close Decision / Samstaegliche Pflichten

    A lazy bud refuses to do his duties - like raking the leaves or
    learning a poem for Sunday's church - and his parents refuse to
    let him go playing baseball. But when his dad sees Bud's team
    losing (since he's one of the best the team really misses him),
    he nevertheless lets him go.