Father Knows Best: Season One
Starring: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren ChapinDirector: William D. Russell, James Neilson, Peter Tewksbury
Studio: Shout! Factory
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release: April 1st 2008
Buy DVD:
DVD Review
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.Father Knows Best premiered on CBS in October 1954 and has been part of the American cultural fabric ever since. The program's depiction of a "typical" mid-century middle-class Midwestern American family is fondly remembered by many of us who grew up watching the show and rather enviously thinking: "Oh. So this is what happens in all the other houses."Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt) charmed us as the levelheaded domestic diva who stood faithfully behind the strong and benevolent father. Their three children-sophisticated teen Betty (Elinor Donahue) chronically befuddled 14-year-old brother "Bud" (Billy Gray) and precocious little sister Kathy (Lauren Chapin) - faced the challenges of growing up right alongside of us. And in episode after episode Jim and Margaret treated their children's youthful transgressions with authority empathy and wisdom. By the end of each half hour we'd all learned our lesson.Join Jim and Margaret and "Princess" "Bud" and "Kitten" in their first year as everyone's favorite '50s family in Family Knows Best.System Requirements:Running Time: 660 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: G UPC: 826663107685 Manufacturer No: SF10768
User Reviews
Father Knows Best Season One - Rating: 1/5
I would have liked to know that this DVD was not made from the original tapes, but from the TVLand or Nick at Night chopped up airings of the show. Sometimes the scene is cut in mid-sentence (apparently where they had placed a commercial.) It's a great show and I love it, but this DVD set is very poor quality
Father Knows Best but not this time - Rating: 1/5
I have been waiting for years for Father Knows Best to come out in DVD so I was excited to finally see it released. The show is great but as others have mentioned the product itself is poorly edited. The episodes are not complete!!!!!! Very disappointing.
Very clean & peaceful & funny --- just what we need sometimes. - Rating: 5/5
Love the shows! I have always enjoyed watching Robert Young & this is just clean fun~
Father May Know Best, but Shout Factory Should Know Better - Rating: 2/5
Unfortunately, "Father Knows Best--the First Season" is a compilation of episodes from the serie's first season, and edited like you've often seen them in syndication. A significant source of the pleasure in owning such classic series is that you expect to see them unedited, as they were originally broadcast. The editing of these episodes is obvious to even a casual observer, with dialogue and scenes simply fading out. To add insult to injury, even the closing credits are edited. As the credits are displayed, instead of the show's theme playing through the end, the credits just stop--abruptly. "Father Knows Best" deserves better treatment, and so do the customers.
Father Knows Best Long Overdue!!!! - Rating: 4/5
I have thoroughly enjoyed my Father Knows Best Season One DVD and hope that "Shout" is putting out a Season Two SOON!!!
