Father Knows Best The Weaker Sex (Season 4, Episode 29)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Weaker Sex (Season 4, Episode 29)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

With all of Betty's male friends out of town, she does not have a date for the town fair. Since a new neighbor's daughter talks Bud into taking her, Jim and Margaret tell Betty to talk the neighbor's son into taking her.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Ed James (characters) | Paul West (written by)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 30, 1958

Release date

Apr 30, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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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)
Carol Leigh Marty Kramer Marty Kramer See fewer	Shower of Stars (1954)
Oliver McGowan Louis Kramer Louis Kramer See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Janet Lee Parker Alice Yates (as Janet Parker) Alice Yates (as Janet Parker) See fewer	David and Lisa (1962)