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* CowboyEpisode: Season 2's "Stage to Yuma" has Robert Young play a passenger riding the titular stage in 1860 Arizona. Noteworthy for Young being the only cast member to appear, as in the intro he mentioned that the rest of the family was "on vacation" and that this was presented as a special dramatic presentation.
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->''"Creator/RobertYoung...\\
[[AndStarring And]] Creator/JaneWyatt...\\
With Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin...\\
In '''Father Knows Best'''"''
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[[AndStarring And]] Creator/JaneWyatt...\\
With Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin...\\
In '''Father Knows Best'''"''
-->-'''Opening narration from the TV series'''
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* UsedToBeATomboy: Seems to run in the family. Margaret claims to have been a tomboy when she was younger. Betty is rather athletic and occasionally has boyish interests, but is also fond of socializing and wearing nice dresses. Kathy is mostly a tomboy, but becomes slightly more girlish as the series goes on, especially with her interest in boys.
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* UsedToBeATomboy: Seems to run in the family. Margaret claims to have been a tomboy when she was younger. Betty is rather athletic and occasionally has boyish interests, and is even called a tomboy early on, but is also fond of socializing and wearing nice dresses. Kathy is mostly a tomboy, but becomes slightly more girlish as the series goes on, especially with her interest in boys.
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* UsedToBeATomboy: Seems to run in the family. Margaret claims to have been a tomboy when she was younger. Betty is rather athletic and occasionally has boyish interests, but is also fond of socializing and wearing nice dresses. Kathy is mostly a tomboy, but becomes slightly more girlish as the series goes on, especially with her interest in boys.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The radio program is notably much (well, marginally) more edgier than the television series. For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint more annoying.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The radio program is notably much (well, marginally) more edgier than the television series. For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint more annoying.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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The story revolved around the various issues the family got involved in. It is also noteworthy for being a complete subversion of the trope it supposedly represents. Like most sitcoms of it's time, it originated as a radio program that lasted from 1949 to 1954, around the time the television version aired.
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The story revolved around the various issues the family got involved in. It is also noteworthy for being a complete subversion of the trope it supposedly represents. Like most sitcoms of it's its time, it originated as a radio program that lasted from 1949 to 1954, around the time the television version aired.
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Creator/RobertYoung played Jim Anderson, an insurance agent; Jane Wyatt (who would later go on to play Spock's mother Amanda in the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'') was Jim's wife, Margaret; Billy Gray played Bud, the wisecracking teenage son; Elinor Donahue appeared as the typical teenage daughter, Betty; and Lauren Chapin as the youngest girl, Kathy (nicknamed "Kitten.")
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Creator/RobertYoung played Jim Anderson, an insurance agent; Jane Wyatt Creator/JaneWyatt (who would later go on to play Spock's mother Amanda in the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'') was Jim's wife, Margaret; Billy Gray played Bud, the wisecracking teenage son; Elinor Donahue appeared as the typical teenage daughter, Betty; and Lauren Chapin as the youngest girl, Kathy (nicknamed "Kitten.")
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* ItIsPronouncedTropay: Frank Smith, whose first name is pronounced [frawnk] with a short "O" sound (as in hot), instead of the usual [frangk] with a short "A" sound (as in yankee or thank).
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Since the show was made during the 1950s, it never dealt with anything controversial.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Inspired the TropeNamer. Creator/MattGroening said he always assumed as a child that the show was set in his nearby town of Springfield, Oregon. He replicated this effect in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' by setting it in a Springfield with no specified state.
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* BollywoodNerd: The episode "Fair Exchange" sees the Andersons taking in an Indian foreign exchange student, who teaches the family about India while she learns about America.
* BumblingDad: Jim complains about this trope while watching a show called ''[[ShowWithinAShow Father Does It Again]]'', claiming that such a "stumblebum" husband [[ThisIsReality could only exist on TV.]] Afterwards, he becomes convinced that his family is using sitcom-like tactics to keep him from going on a hunting trip.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Jim can be seen smoking a pipe on occasion.
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* FunnyForeigner: Mexican-American gardener Frank "Fronk" Smith (played by Natividad Vacío, a recurring character whose naivety resulted in quite a few comedic situations.
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* FunnyForeigner: Mexican-American gardener Frank "Fronk" Smith (played by Natividad Vacío, Vacío), a recurring character whose naivety resulted in quite a few comedic situations.
* HappilyMarried: Jim and Margaret never have any marital problems throughout the series.
* RedScare: The episode "24 Hours In Tyrant Land" has a sequence where the family lives in a [[DirtyCommunists horribly repressive government]], to teach them the value of democracy.
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* StandardFiftiesFather: The TropeNamer.
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* SoundToScreenAdaptation: The TV show was adapted from a radio show.
* StandardFiftiesFather:The TropeNamer.Jim Anderson is the complete embodiment of this trope, and quite possibly the TropeMaker.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: "24 Hours In Tyrant Land" was actually comissioned by the US government to be used as [[RedScare anti-Communist propaganda.]]
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Creator/RobertYoung played Jim Anderson, an insurance agent; Jane Wyatt (who would later go on to play Spock's mother Amanda in the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'') was Jim's wife, Margaret; Billy Gray played Bud, the wisecracking teenager teenage son; Elinor Donahue appeared as the typical teenager teenage daughter, Betty; and Lauren Chapin as the youngest girl, Kathy (nicknamed "Kitten.")
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The radio program is notably much (well, marginally) more edgier than the television series. For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint brattier.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The radio program is notably much (well, marginally) more edgier than the television series. For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint brattier.more annoying.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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** For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint brattier.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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**series. For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint brattier.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
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* FunnyForeigner: Mexican-American gardener Frank "Fronk" Smith (played by Natividad Vacío, a recurring character whose naiveness resulted in quite a few comedic situations.
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'''Old Man''': well, send him on his way and come in here. This is no night for you to be sitting outdoors. Do what your papa says; ''your papa knows best''.\\
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'''Old Man''': well, Well, send him on his way and come in here. This is no night for you to be sitting outdoors. Do what your papa says; ''your papa knows best''.\\
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* SleepingSingle: Jim and Margaret are shown sleeping in separate beds.
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* AffectionateNickname: Jim sometimes calls Betty "Princess" and Kathy "Kitten".
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** For example, Jim was a DeadpanSnarker, albeit one [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold DeadpanSnarker ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a golden heart]], heart of gold]], of course), Betty was more of a BrattyTeenageDaughter compared to her TV incarnation, Bud was a DumbassTeenageSon and Kathy was significantly [[BrattyHalfPint brattier.]] The only consistent character throughout both versions was [[WomenAreWiser Margaret]], though the radio version [[NotSoAboveItAll had her moments.]]
