Father Knows Best The Great Experiment (Season 5, Episode 13)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Great Experiment (Season 5, Episode 13)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Jim attends a meeting where the speaker's topic is to get more out of life and find out what is going on in their world. Jim becomes enthused and tries to pass this philosophy on to his family - who still have routine items to do.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (written by) | Ed James (characters)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 8, 1958

Release date

Dec 8, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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18 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)
Philip Bourneuf Dr. Melton Dr. Melton See fewer	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Vladimir Sokoloff Old Man Old Man See fewer	The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Thomas Jordan Mr. Paulson Mr. Paulson See fewer	Grand Jury (1959)
Paul Wallace Kippy Kippy See fewer	Gypsy (1962)
Leon Alton Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	Target (1958)
Paul Bradley Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	Jeep-Herders (1945)
Oliver Cross Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	The Foolish Virgin (1924)
Ben Frommer Musician (uncredited) Musician (uncredited) See fewer	Scarface (1983)
James Gonzalez Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	Iceland (I) (1942)
Yvonne Lime Dotty Snow (uncredited) Dotty Snow (uncredited) See fewer	I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Forbes Murray Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Paul Power Club Member (uncredited) Club Member (uncredited) See fewer	Adventures of Superman (1952)
Lomax Study Musician (uncredited) Musician (uncredited) See fewer	A Little Princess (1995)