Another old television show from the 1950's is 'Father Knows Best' or did he. This program starred Robert Young and Jane Wyatt along with Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The basic premise of the show was that dad was the person who knew all the answers to all the problems that occurred but was he really. There was always some problem and the show centered on one child's or parent's issue to get at a solution whether it was Betty getting ready for graduation, Bud getting a new car somehow or Cathy getting into trouble over what she has done or some other misunderstanding. The father went out to work, the mother stayed home and made the perfect home right down to vacuuming the walls for any dust. Boys did boy things and girls did girl things. To me I like how I was raised in the 1970's and we had a choice if boys wanted to playhouse/school or whatever or if the girls wanted to race bikes or play with trucks who cared. Oh, there were questions raised but we did our own thing.
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There was an old television show that was from the 50's and before my time called 'The Donna Reed Show'. Donna is a stay-at-home mom as most were in the 50's unless the woman was a nurse, teacher or secretary you were a homemaker. Each episode there was always some dilemma with the kids or the husband for the mother was the only one able to figure out a way to solve the problem. It also seemed that Donna was somewhat a perfectionist for the house was always just so. I know that it was a television show, but there were episodes that Donna was able to scrub and wax her kitchen floor, bake a cake and paint a room all in one day and still have dinner on the table for the family. Believe it or not I liked the show for it gave me a somewhat idea of what the 1950's were like before all hell broke out of the 1960's. The Donna Reed Show had a young Shelly Fabree, a young Paul Peterson and a few other actors that I remember from some shows from my younger days and even today. Some of the rules from the 50's should still be in practice today.
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I loved Robert Young in this awesome show. He was everyone's favorite dad.
I loved that show. Your last sentence is great!! Now you must do Cloris Leachman. What about the different moms and Jeffs in Lassie. I'm old so I remember different ones LOL, (just like that Flash Gordon series).
Amazing reciew