Father Knows Best Lessons in Civics (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

Lessons in Civics (Season 2, Episode 3)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The town is undergoing new construction, and when Jim learns the old meeting house is being torn down, he is upset. It is a memorial for the town since has history. Jim teaches civics to the children by trying to keep the old building.

Director

William D. Russell

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (teleplay) | Ed James (characters) (story)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Irving Lippman

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 14, 1955

Release date

Sep 14, 1955 (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)
James Todd Mayor Mitchell Mayor Mitchell See fewer	The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Ken Hardison Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell See fewer	TV Reader's Digest (1955)
Lane Bradford F. W. Burns F. W. Burns See fewer	Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Harold Miller Councilman (uncredited) Councilman (uncredited) See fewer	Leatherstocking (1924)