Father Knows Best

Good Joke on Mom (Season 6, Episode 12)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Margaret gets a letter about a Children's Clinic being built and that she is the General Chairman of the Building Committee. She realizes it is a mistake, but when her family ridicules the idea and her skill, she pretends she accepted it.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Ed James (characters) | Roswell Rogers (written by)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frederick Gately

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 28, 1959

Release date

Dec 28, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Vivi Janiss Myrtle Davis Myrtle Davis See fewer	TV Reader's Digest (1955)
Howard Petrie Carlson Carlson See fewer	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Karen Green Ginnie Sloan Ginnie Sloan See fewer	Because of You (1952)
Ronald Anton Boy (as Ronny Anton) Boy (as Ronny Anton) See fewer	Diane (1956)