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#1 - Blind Date
Season 6 Episode 28
Aired 4/18/1960
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#2 - Bud, the Willing Worker
Season 6 Episode 10
Aired 12/7/1959
Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#3 - Time to Retire
Season 6 Episode 22
Aired 3/7/1960
When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#4 - A Day in the Country
Season 6 Episode 1
Aired 10/5/1959
While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#5 - The Imposter
Season 6 Episode 4
Aired 10/26/1959
Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Bud Branches Out
Season 6 Episode 2
Aired 10/12/1959
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#7 - The $500 Letter
Season 6 Episode 24
Aired 3/21/1960
The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#8 - The Gardener's Big Day
Season 6 Episode 3
Aired 10/19/1959
Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Togetherness
Season 6 Episode 16
Aired 1/25/1960
A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Jim's Big Surprise
Season 6 Episode 21
Aired 2/29/1960
Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Bud Plays It Safe
Season 6 Episode 5
Aired 11/2/1959
Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Second Best
Season 6 Episode 17
Aired 2/1/1960
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#13 - Not His Type
Season 6 Episode 31
Aired 5/16/1960
Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Turn the Other Cheek
Season 6 Episode 11
Aired 12/14/1959
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#15 - Kathy's Big Deception
Season 6 Episode 18
Aired 2/8/1960
Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Love and Learn
Season 6 Episode 27
Aired 4/11/1960
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#17 - Betty's Career Problem
Season 6 Episode 29
Aired 4/25/1960
Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Bud Hides Behind a Skirt
Season 6 Episode 15
Aired 1/18/1960
Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Family Contest
Season 6 Episode 26
Aired 4/4/1960
Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Bud, the Speculator
Season 6 Episode 23
Aired 3/14/1960
Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Bicycle Trip for Two
Season 6 Episode 6
Aired 11/9/1959
Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#22 - Margaret's Old Flame
Season 6 Episode 8
Aired 11/23/1959
Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Betty's Graduation
Season 6 Episode 32
Aired 5/23/1960
When Kathy refuses to graduate from high school, the family tells her about Betty's reluctance to graduate from High School, too. This is a recut version of episode 63. It is not part of the syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
Director: William D. Russell, Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Kathy Becomes a Girl
Season 6 Episode 9
Aired 11/30/1959
The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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#25 - Good Joke on Mom
Season 6 Episode 12
Aired 12/28/1959
Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Blind Date" is the best rated episode of "Father Knows Best" season 6. It scored 8.6/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by N/A, it aired on 4/18/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Bud, the Willing Worker".