Father Knows Best: Season One
by William D. Russell, James Neilson, Peter Tewksbury
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Actor: Billy Gray, Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Lauren Chapin, Robert YoungDirector: James Neilson, Peter Tewksbury, William D. Russell
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Reviews of Father Knows Best: Season One
DVD Review: awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I love watching these shows takes me back to when I was younger and they were on tv every week!!! They are wholesome have morals which most shows dont have today and good to watch.DVD Review: spp
Summary: 5 Stars
I was hoping that they would put this TV Series on DVD and they finally did! I ordered it before it was released. This was always my favorite when I was little and I really enjoyed watching them again!!!!DVD Review: This is like watching the reruns
Summary: 3 Stars
I think we need to get past certain things; well, at least I do. I need to not get so cranky that these are the poorly edited syndication versions (and not the pristine looking, uncut episodes like we got from I Love Lucy and The Twilight Zone dvd collections).
I've gotten totally spoiled by some dvd releases of television programs, and it's really not realistic to expect all retro series to be that great. Right?
So, the quality here is like watching vhs tapes recorded off cable. Better than not having the show at all, some would say. It's just annoying when Jane Wyatt opens her mouth to say something and the scene suddenly fades to black, then we cut to the same scene moments later. It's disorienting. Someone did a lousy job of editing these programs for commercials. Certain segments are removed, and often we are brought into the action after some dialogue has already been established. Trimming has been done at the beginning of scenes, and before the end of scenes. It's a lowdown shame that the scissors have been taken to these programs so much to make room for more ads.
Plus, the very end of the closing credits has been chopped off (could be a trademark issue that Shout Factory couldn't legally show). But that's no big deal, it's just jarring to have the music stop out of the blue.
Father Knows Best is a fun show that many folks grew up with. It is a hoot to revisit the Andersons and witness the values, the fashions, the slang, the old furnishings. Certainly it has dated, but somehow that adds to the charm.
So, my rating is a mix between my feelings for the program itself and also my opinion of the dvd quality.
I feel glad that the show is coming to dvd but also gypped that the result is only fair at best.
DVD Review: Already ordered Season 2
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching all of the shows and loved them then and I love them now. I was brought up in a neighborhood and family pretty close to the Anderson's. I was the same age as Bud and boys were so silly at that age. Time has sure changed. I smiled pretty much through all of the DVD Season ONE and ordered Season TWO before I finished watching the first season. It just made me feel so at ease because I saw no sex scenes or provanity or half dressed people. Please buy it.DVD Review: It taught me values
Summary: 5 Stars
This "Father Knows Best" Season 1 set is wonderful, especially for those of us who grew up with the Andersons and/or yearn for good, clean and decent TV. My family was not perfect (whose is?), but the idealized family of Jim and Margaret "inspired" me to realize that--perhaps--all of us could put forth a little more effort to BE like them. I was taught values in my church, at school and at home; and "Father Knows Best" reinforced those timeless values of problem-solving in a family, improving relationships, kindness, forgiveness, hard work, moral purity, etc. It also showed me values that I wish MY family had had and made me strive to be like the Andersons when I grew up. Well, I HAVE grown up (years ago), and I am pleased to say that "Father Knows Best," "The Donna Reed Show," "Leave It to Beaver," "Ozzie and Harriett" and many more shows are a (good) part of who I am. I am sure that millions of my generation would agree with this, and I heartily recommend this set (and future ones) to people of all ages, alive in the '50's or not. BRAVO!
Description of Father Knows Best: Season One
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:?SF10768It's telling that this family favorite began on radio as Father Knows Best? When the show came to CBS in 1954, the question mark disappeared. Contrary to popular opinion, however, Springfield, Ohio, insurance agent Jim Anderson (Emmy winner Robert Young) doesn't have all the answers. He and his wife, Margaret (fellow Emmy winner Jane Wyatt), come close, though. Were the show in production now, Anderson wouldn't smoke, but Father Knows Best reflects the standards of its time--separate beds and all. The sweet-natured pilot sets the tone when 14-year-old Bud (Billy Gray) frets about the school dance until Jim arranges for his 17-year-old sister, Betty (Elinor Donahue), to show him some steps. Other storylines revolve around community service and feeling needed, while "Thanksgiving Day" offers a glimpse of Jim's imperfect side when he dismisses a poem written by nine-year-old Kathy (Laurin Chapin), who overhears him; he realizes he was holding Kitten to impossible standards. As Chapin notes in the bonus interview (in which Donahue also features), the primary themes were cooperation and forgiveness. Naysayers can knock Father Knows Best for being square, but it espouses timeless values. And who's to say the lingo wasn't hip for the 1950s? Colorful examples include "goobers," "criminy," "creepers," "knot-head," and "simply utterly."
On the downside, these 26 episodes appear in unrestored, syndicated condition. Fortunately, the show doesn't look too bad for its age and abundant extras compensate, like special 1959 savings bond episode 24 Hours in Tyrantland and Young's home movies and behind-the-scenes footage, both with low-key narration by grandson Bill Proffitt. After Young put Father Knows Best to rest, he segued to 1960's Window on Main Street (this set includes the pilot) before scoring another hit with Marcus Welby, M.D.. Donahue followed suit with The Andy Griffith Show and Wyatt with Star Trek. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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