Father Knows Best The Grass Is Greener (Season 2, Episode 25)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Grass Is Greener (Season 2, Episode 25)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Jim is excited to tell his family that his college friend Charlie is being interviewed on television. Charlie is quite successful. The more Jim talks about Charlie's success, the more Jim feels he is not a success.

Director

William D. Russell

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (teleplay) | Herman Epstein (story) (as Herman J. Epstein) | Ed James (characters)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 29, 1956

Release date

Feb 29, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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Cast	+ Add Cast
8 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)
Frank Wilcox Charlie Charlie See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Paul Harvey Gribble Gribble See fewer	Calamity Jane (1953)
Richard Norris Anders Anders See fewer	The Money Jungle (1967)