Father Knows Best - "The Boy Next Door" (01-15-53)

 Father Knows Best - "The Boy Next Door" (01-15-53)

 The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. Set in the Midwest, it starred Robert Young as General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The Anderson children were Betty (Rhoda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson) and Kathy (Norma Jean Nillson). Others in the cast were Eleanor Audley, Herb Vigran and Sam Edwards. Sponsored through most of its run by General Foods, the series was heard Thursday evenings on NBC until March 25, 1954.

THIS EPISODE:

January 15, 1953. NBC network. Post cereals, Postum. Betty makes the mistake of allowing Bud to find out that she's interested in "The Boy Next Door". Bud promptly tells the boy next door all about it. Robert Young, Jean VanderPyl, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Helen Strohm, Ed James (creator), Bill Forman (announcer), Ed Prentiss (commercial spokesman), Paul West (writer), Roz Rogers (writer), Arthur Jacobson (director), Dorothy Lovett. 29:40. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index Cat# 110272