Father Knows Best is put up there with The Donna Reed Show, Leave It, To Beaver, The days when family was family and was the priority in life. Thank you for the update on ‘Bud’. Paul Peterson began a group for child stars and how they could once again become a whole person so to speak.
When watching the old family shows, it was all peaches and cream but, unfortunately that was not always true. It was rumored that Robert Young? had a drinking problem. At least that is the name remembered. True or not, I don’t know but to watch his show one would have never guessed. And that might have been before the problem; perhaps it occurred while filming Marcus Welby.
One of my father’s medical association gave an award to Robert Young for his portrayal of Marcus Welby, MD. The award went to him because of its positive portrayal of the practice of modern medicine. Young spoke to the group and joked about how often he was asked questions regarding his “medical expertise”.
I gave up cable TV over 10 years ago and now watch with an antenna that looks like a closed laptop plugged into my HDTV screen. Brings in 32 channels incl a ton of retro TV and old movie stations. I’m watching some Dr. Who reruns from the 70’s.
I grew up as a kid in that era. I think just about every adult back then had what they would call today a “drinking problem.”
And America seemed a MUCH happier place. :)